’Talent? Weren’t Soul Beasts with a C Talent or higher the only ones with a chance to awaken a Talent? How did the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm awaken one with an F Talent?’

Han Ning was puzzled.

[Muscle Activation]: As the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm grows, it can feed the nutrients it absorbs from the outside world back to its host, helping to transform the host’s body.

[Dissection]: The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s intense hunger for the blood of living creatures increases its aggression. When the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm attacks, it can precisely slice open the defensive outer layer of skin covering a creature.

The former was a Talent, the latter a Soul Technique.

"How do you feel?"

Seeing Han Ning staring blankly at the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm in his hand, Dean Wu asked with concern.

Han Ning came back to his senses.

"Oh... I just formed a contract with it. This Soul Beast... how should I put it? It seems to have a Talent already. I’ll need to explore its specific abilities more deeply."

"It feels... as fragile as a baby, but like a baby, it has infinite potential."

"Anything unusual?" Lü Xiuning asked, his eyes fixed on the small silkworm burrowing ceaselessly into Han Ning’s flesh.

"No, it just needs to be nourished by flesh and blood to survive."

As he spoke, Han Ning waved to Yin Yi, who was beside him, signaling for it to make a cut in the palm of his hand.

"Ling?"

Yin Yi froze.

’Do we really have to do this?’

"Go on!" Han Ning said, holding out his hand.

Receiving Han Ning’s confirmation, Yin Yi made a light slash across his palm.

A three-centimeter-long line of blood appeared.

Seeing this, the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm immediately burrowed inside.

Seeing that Han Ning showed no signs of distress and didn’t seem like his mind was being controlled, the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

...

After leaving the conference room, Han Ning returned to his dorm.

As he walked, he couldn’t shake the feeling that there was more to the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s abilities.

His physical fitness seemed to have gotten stronger again.

Lost in thought, Han Ning swung his arm forcefully. Facing a metal bed frame used for storing miscellaneous items, he felt the abundant power welling up in his muscles and punched it.

BANG!

The surface of the bed frame dented several centimeters.

Hiss...

He rubbed his slightly reddened knuckles and pulled his hand back.

’This strength is already far greater than an ordinary person’s. I wonder if I’ve reached the level of a peak human.’

Even before this enhancement, he felt his physical abilities were already comparable to the top athletes on Blue Star.

It wasn’t just an increase in strength; Han Ning also felt his heartbeat grow steady and his breathing become long and even, pushing him ever closer to the limits of the human body.

’And this is just while it’s Unranked. Once the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm reaches the Entry Level, and then the Awakened Level, I wonder what kind of changes my body will go through...’

Han Ning looked down at his palms. For some reason, a strange feeling came over him.

It was as if another "organ" had appeared inside his body, one he could control at will.

"Sss~ Ssssss~"

At the same time, a faint ripple of Spiritual Power that didn’t belong to him emanated from within his body.

"Hm? Are you the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm? You can talk?" Han Ning sent out his Spiritual Power.

"Sss~"

Its Spiritual Power was weak, only capable of conveying simple messages.

"Are you saying... you can fight alongside me?" Han Ning guessed after a moment, questioning.

"Sss~ (A sense of affirmation.)"

Hearing the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s "words," Han Ning looked down at the dented bed frame, extended a finger, and tried to command the strange "organ" that had suddenly appeared inside his body.

The next second, a flicker of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

From the tip of his finger, the skin squirmed slightly and suddenly extended a strange, flesh-colored, spike-like object. Like a long bayonet, it shot out with a WHOOSH and pierced a nearby soda can.

’What about all five fingers?’

As the thought formed, Han Ning saw all five fingers on his right hand simultaneously extend flesh-colored "long spikes" of varying lengths. They wrapped around, pierced, and pulled the soda can from the floor up before his eyes.

’Interesting... So this is the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s ability?’

It wasn’t that his body had mutated; rather, the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm inside him was controlling the changes in his flesh and blood.

"It’s like a Soul Beast hiding inside my body, using it to unleash its power. How... how interesting! And how bizarre!"

Han Ning’s eyes widened as he muttered to himself, his initial confusion instantly turning into delighted surprise.

"Change!"

His thoughts shifted, and he clenched his fist.

The spikes extending from his fingertips instantly twisted, converging in front of his palm to form a grotesque, spiked meat hook.

"How about defense?" Han Ning shifted his thoughts to his arm.

Not even two seconds later, a thick layer of flesh appeared on the surface of his right arm, encasing it completely.

He looked up, scanned his surroundings, and then aimed his finger at a protruding ledge ten meters outside his window and flicked it through the air.

FWOOSH!

The flesh-colored long spike transformed into a whip, undergoing Frenzied Growth until it became a ten-meter-long "flesh rope." It wrapped around the edge of the ledge, and he gave it a tug.

THWAP! THWAP! 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Han Ning’s body flipped over the windowsill. Like Spider-Man, he used the flesh rope to hang suspended on the outer wall.

Worried about alarming others, Han Ning immediately leaped back inside.

Then, he touched his cheek and thought to himself, ’If the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s flesh grew onto my face, could it change my appearance?’

Deciding to give it a try, he focused his thoughts.

An itchy sensation crept across his cheeks.

He took out his phone and opened the front-facing camera.

The original "Han Ning" was gone. On the screen was a fat man with a brutish face and a double chin.