Chapter 86: Foreign Substance

When the system warning echoed, Reign felt like it was messing with him.

How could a powerful System be defeated by a drug ? It does not make sense at all.

However, no matter how much he cursed the system, it wouldn't change the fact that the window had turned red, indicating a real emergency.

[System: Detected foreign matter]

[System: Detected foreign matter]

[System: Detected foreign matter]

[System: Would you like to sacrifice your energy attributes to tame the foreign matter?]

"Wait, what?" Reign exclaimed.

The energy attribute he had painstakingly cultivated had to be sacrificed? The benefits of his energy was roughly 70% of his power output, so nerfing it was bad news for him.

"What if I don't do it?" Reign asked, not expecting a reply but still tried regardless.

[System: Death]

"Yes!" Reign begrudgingly accepted the system's decision to sacrifice his energy. He didn't even have a choice in the matter.

Energy (B+) —> (D-)

Witnessing his energy plummet back to D- stung Reign in more ways than one. But he

[System: Reforming foreign matter]

He felt exhausted because the energy was now acting as antibodies to protect him.

It was the same concept when human get sick; when there was a virus, the human body generated antibodies to kill it off, which was why humans often experienced feverish symptoms during this time frame.

However, Reign was not a human, so instead of antibodies, he was using energy not to kill off the foreign object, but to neutralize its harmful effects.

After the system finished its task, he felt a different sensation. Unconsciously, he reached for Rodnick Bones' corpse and began absorbing it again.

This action was very illogical, considering that the system had deemed this corpse a danger. However, his intuition told him that it was okay to absorb it now.

[System: Congratulations, Host, for acquiring unique passive skills.]

>>Drug Immunity: Host will have some immunity to any type of drugs that could threaten the body. The immunity would depend on the skill level.

>>Drug Resistance: Host can now take any type of enhancing drugs and the side effect would be minimized depending on the skill level.

CLICK

CLICK

CLICK

The parasite started to move around in an erratic manner, then out of nowhere, it began banging its head on the glass.

'Is this thing safe?' Reign mused, wondering if the glass could withstand it.

After a few minutes, with no sign of the glass breaking, Reign sighed in relief.

He slowly closed the briefcase. This thing was complicated, so he would ask Melissa about it once he returned to the city. Maybe she knew someone who could figure out what it was.

No need to take additional risks by being a smarty-pants. He might be a genius, but he was no scientist. .

'Alright, time to go back,' Reign stood up, feeling a bit satisfied with his haul today.

He walked leisurely out of the building with the briefcase and some of the weapons that Divergent had used in hand.

The weapons and armor were made of a special type of material, so he could sell them for a good price.

Initially, money wasn't his top priority.

But witnessing the wide range of items and services available for sale on the app made him realize the importance of financial resources in maximizing his efficiency. This experience served as a valuable lesson for him.

'Oh, I forgot,' Reign realized that he needed to take a picture of the drug lab, now in ruins, as proof.

However, before he could turn around, he felt a searing heat from behind his back.

Instinctively, he looked back and raised his arms to cover his face, but the flames were so fast that before he could react, he was engulfed by them.

BOOOOOOOOM!

The deafening explosion ripped through the drug laboratory, sending shockwaves reverberating through the air.

Flames erupted violently, swallowing everything in their path as the building crumbled under the force of the blast.

Little did Reign know, there was a failsafe mechanism inside the place—a special bomb set to trigger to erase all the evidence just in case the lab was compromised.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Reign screamed as he was thrown by the explosion, his body engulfed in flames.

Despite the intense pain, he stayed conscious, feeling the burning heat outside and a cold sensation inside his body.

He summoned all his energy to stay alive, but the explosion inside the building was anything but normal. It resembled napalm more than a conventional explosion.