Chapter 425: Frost Wraith · Wendigo, [Biological Enhancement Syringe Production Recipe] (Epic Tier) |
—Frost Wraith · Wendigo
As this name appeared in Yu Yuan's field of vision, he also saw the pattern that appeared behind it, resembling antlers, similar to a ritual symbol.
Even though the current temperature in the shelter was a full 25°C.
Yu Yuan shivered, feeling a faint chill, and the chill had a tendency to intensify.
And his stomach and intestines, which had felt nothing just a second ago, were now filled with a sudden hunger.
Hungry~
So hungry~
Cold and hungry~
Saliva rapidly secreted in Yu Yuan's mouth, his body already subconsciously preparing to head to the kitchen.
His talent, [Mysticist], took effect once again.
A pale golden filter appeared.
The chill and hunger quickly dissipated.
As if everything before had been an illusion.
Yu Yuan, however, instantly narrowed his eyes.
And before he could summon it, the door to the rest area was pushed open with force.
In the next second, Zhi Zhi had already appeared on his shoulder.
"Squeak squeak!"
Zhi Zhi sensed the hidden aura and also detected the fluctuations in Yu Yuan's soul, so it came to investigate.
Yu Yuan soothed Zhi Zhi, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
He pointed at the sheet of paper in front of him.
"Zhi Zhi, we've got work..."
Zhi Zhi was also quite excited. It had been a long time since it last encountered a tasty 'meal' after its breakthrough, and it had just caught the scent of delicious food.
—[The Wendigo is a peculiar entity that only appears in extremely cold environments. Some say it possesses the bloodline of ice demons, while others believe it exists in the gap between reality and illusion.
Those who know of the Wendigo's existence are exceedingly few, but those who do know of it are haunted by its memory.
Rumors say the Wendigo is emaciated yet tall in stature, with a typical height ranging from 3 to 5 meters. Its skin is ashen white, clinging tightly to its bones like a corpse.
Its head is skull-like, with branching antlers growing from the top. Its eyes are sunken and glowing, its teeth sharp and pointed.
Its arms are slender, its claws like knives. Its feet often appear as deer hooves, accompanied by wind and snow when it moves.
The Wendigo possesses the abilities to control blizzards, ice, hunger, and mental corruption. Its own combat strength isn't exceptionally high, but it is one of the few Silver-tier entities possessing a corruption attribute.
It likes to appear near human settlements, often attracted by the desires of those suffering from cold and hunger. It will select targets, enter their dreams, and plant seeds of corruption within them.
Those corrupted are controlled by endless hunger, losing their humanity, and subsequently resorting to cannibalism.
Therefore, where it frequently appears, legends of cannibals often emerge.
These cannibals might initially only secretly gnaw on corpses, but as the mental corruption worsens, the Wendigo will enter their dreams to harvest them.
Watching them devour their own internal organs and bodies, it then consumes the resulting negative emotions to enhance its own power.
When cannibals are within a group settlement, the Wendigo's seeds of corruption will spread to other humans until the entire settlement completely falls—either dying or becoming the Wendigo's servants and claws.
At that point, the Wendigo will go to find the next human gathering place.]
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"It is a taboo in itself, and one of the few Silver-tier entities possessing a corruption attribute."
Yu Yuan's gaze returned to this piece of information.
When he was previously contaminated by forbidden knowledge, he truly thought this was information related to another great being.
He didn't expect it to be merely a Silver-tier entity.
However, looking at this life information.
For some reason, Yu Yuan's mind suddenly recalled the two attack incidents that occurred at the Iron Anchor Shipping Company a few days ago.
He quickly walked to the magazine display stand and flipped through the previous newspapers.
"Gnawing on corpses... hoof-shaped footprints 11 centimeters in diameter... extreme cold, ice and snow..."
Finally, he saw the news about the Orthodox Church member of the Humpback Whale team sensing a demonic aura at the time.
A bold idea emerged in Yu Yuan's mind.
Could the thing that attacked the Iron Anchor Shipping Company be this so-called [Wendigo]!
Once this thought appeared, it took root in Yu Yuan's mind.
The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.
Because the information discovered so far highly overlaps with the intelligence on the Wendigo.
If it really is the Wendigo...
Yu Yuan narrowed the corners of his eyes.
"A Silver-tier creature that is a taboo in itself..."
A long-unfelt pressure also rose in Yu Yuan's heart.
He deeply understood Zhi Zhi's terror and power.
He admitted to himself that if he had to confront Zhi Zhi head-on now, he had no confidence of a guaranteed victory.
Zhi Zhi was practically the king of shadows. Every shadow ability Yu Yuan knew, Zhi Zhi knew them all.
Those he didn't know, Zhi Zhi also knew, plus summoning rat swarms and the Shadow Dimension.
In a fight between him and Zhi Zhi, the odds were forty-sixty.
He was forty, Zhi Zhi was sixty.
Of course, that was referring to a head-on confrontation. If all means were employed, that would be a different story.
If Zhi Zhi was this terrifying, then this Wendigo was reputed to control ice, blizzards, hunger, and possess mental corruption abilities.
These abilities alone were enough to give Yu Yuan a hard time.
Especially the mental corruption ability.
Yu Yuan himself didn't mind much, but what about the others?
If they were truly corrupted, every single one of them would turn into cannibalistic monsters.
Fortunately, the other party was currently attracted to the Iron Anchor Shipping Company.
But...
If it really was the Wendigo, then they couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
Otherwise, once the entire Iron Anchor Shipping Company turned into cannibal monsters, the next target would either be the Humpback Whale team or the Recruit Training Camp.
These were the two human settlements closest to the Iron Anchor Shipping Company.
And in terms of numbers, the Recruit Training Camp had dozens of times more people than the Humpback Whale team, making it a much more likely target.
Even though the Humpback Whale team was in the southern district, Yu Yuan didn't want to gamble on this kind of thing.
The most urgent matter now was to confirm whether the entity targeting the Iron Anchor Shipping Company was indeed the Wendigo.
This was very important.
"I'll need to make a trip tonight."
It had been three or four days since the Iron Anchor Shipping Company was last attacked.
The third attack should be within the next couple of days.
Yu Yuan then stored this content together with the previous sheet about the Blood Duke.
Among the remaining sheets, there was only one piece of content left, but it was still a useless secret offering no help whatsoever.
"Getting one valuable piece of hidden information every three or four days, that probability is still pretty good."
However, this probability couldn't be taken as definitive; ultimately, it needed to be viewed over the long term.
At that moment, the automatic writing machine sounded an alert.
A new 12-hour writing cycle had been completed again; a new random secret was about to be written.
Yu Yuan immediately went to the automatic writing machine.
He saw the pen tip on the paper, which had been writing a series of numbers, pause slightly.
Then, a brand new string of content was written out in a smooth, flowing manner.
Yu Yuan focused his gaze.
"This is..."
[Biological Enhancement Syringe Production Recipe.......]
It was actually a potion recipe, and this recipe had no contamination or danger.
As the recipe finished being written on the paper, a mechanical prompt sounded in Yu Yuan's ear.
[Ding, high-value item detected—Biological Enhancement Syringe Production Recipe (Epic Tier)...]
—[Biological Enhancement Syringe Production Recipe]
Quality: Epic
Type: Medical - Potion
Introduction: This is an enhancement potion that can quickly repair and heal the damaged functions of a biological organism. It is quite rare.
Usage Requirement: Medical-type, biological-type facility, or follower in biology or potions
Function: Rapidly repairs full-body injuries within 10 seconds and restores 80% of stamina and energy
Metabolism Time: 24 hours
Production Materials: Silver-tier Spiritual Creature Blood or Regeneration-type Bronze-tier...