K̷͔̮̞͎̾Ò̶͍̝͕̈́̍̽̍ͅC̶̢̭͝K̷͍̰̘̲̓́̓͑͊̃͝ ̵̛̠̇̒A̶̛̛̳͉̾̓̍͆͗ ̴̧̧̩̫͚͕͇͒͒̍̐D̴̛̖̦̙̦̻͕̩͖̥͂̂̐͂̆͘O̶̠͕̭̮̬̭̙͆͘O̴̡̬̞̟̘̣̔͜D̴̓͆̈́̉̈́̽̈́͜ͅͅĻ̷̲̂̃̽̔͐̔́͂̒E̴̳̮͔̐̋̑̓̏̎̒͑̀̂ ̴̱̮̀̽͝U̶̱͍̲̗̾́͑̓̐͜͝ͅP̵̨̮͙̩̏̄̚ ̵̧̖̥͕̱̥͈̩̻̠͘͠T̵̯͇̓̎O̵̡͚̳͂̈́̑͋̆̕̚͠Ẁ̶̺̗̝͂̍͊͆̿̆͝ͅŅ̷̗̟̣͐́̓͂̃͌͛͌̈́̆ͅ ̴̞͍̪͔͚̱͔̦͔̿̊̈́̊͑́̚͠F̸̣̮̼̼͕̉̈́̚ͅƯ̷̧̹͈̈̄̀̃̂͝C̶̛̤̘̏̏̊̌̿̏̀̃Ķ̵̻̣̖͙̫̰̳̳̓̏̔̚̕ ̸̰̜͓͑Y̷̡̢̖̻̗͙̐O̵̤̮͚͠Ų̵̢̨̙̖̣̗͋̄͜͝ ̶̡̢͚̭̱͉͎̬̹̜̅̑̌̐͆̋͗̕͠U̶̧̯̞̱̯̙̲̓̕Ṗ̴̛̮̅͊̑̽̀̕͠,̸̧͕͈̗͉̝̜̥̘̄́̇͗̈́̓͆̇ͅ

̴̡̯̮͇͙̞͂́̿̾͋͊̕U̴͖̪̖͗͆͆͒P̸̤̫̖̓͛̆͗́ ̴̢̦͙͚͍̹̰̹̝͖̅̀T̸͇̙͓̽̈́͆͂̑͜O̸̹̱̹͓̠̍̾̀͋͆̋̒W̶̧̥̠̦̩̮̗͕̮̲̓Ṉ̵̊͊̿͑́͆͘͘ ̶̦͚̱͙͔̲͖̲̀͒̀F̸̙̘͔̀̚Ǔ̴̥̬̞̹̥̝̺̦͕̽͆̀̋̅͠C̷̢̯̹͔͖̭̞̘̎̄̆͂̏̎͒̕ͅK̸̫͐̄͐̐͗̑̃́͠ͅ ̸̢͔̠̬͕̭͈̙̝́̊Y̸̟̼͍̫͈̅͗͊̍ͅǪ̴̯̮̜͈̗̃̓̈́͝ͅǓ̶̢̞̩͕͈͕̘͓̕̚ ̷͖͙͓͇̦͙̥̓̋͊̍͗͑͒̚̕Ư̸͍̰̩͙̩̲͙͓͍̇̓̅̾̅̾P̷̧̼̮̬̘̮̯̬̺͓͒̑̐͑͆̋̍̇̒̕.̸̭̭̤͑́͠͝ͅ.̷̢̫̂͂̾̒͊̏̈̚͜*

*S̷̡̡̤̏̄̉͑̋̈́͘̕͠Q̶̲̲̞͉͓̉̎̀̀̓̔Ủ̵̩͚̥̮̺̦̈́̑̔̂ͅẲ̴̦̣̺̼̰͙͙̈́͑ͅḲ̴̢̳͓͓̝̾!̴̝̟̝̇̀ͅ*

*P̶̜̻̙̣̈́́̑̇͗Á̴͕ͅD̶̘̏A̸̢̟̯̪̞̐W̵̡̰̮̃̀̒͑͜K̶̡̖͇̜̺̹͆́͋̚͝͝ͅ!̵̨̺͈̘͋͆͝*

"AHA, I FINALLY FOUND YOU, YOU FUCKING NIGHTMARE!" Liliam screams from somewhere outside of the house, waking me up from my slumber.

*CLATTER*

*C̷̮̱̳̲͕͙̳̤̲̱̈́̚͠L̷͉̦͔̭̦̾͌ͅͅƯ̵̝͖͗̊̀̅̎̐͊͠C̷̯̹̣͎̗̙̅̄̀͒̊̚͝K̷̻̰͍͝ ̴͍̜̋̈́Š̵̳̳͍̫̓̊́͒͌̚͝Q̴̧̯͔̙͈̠͍̃̅Ũ̵̱̺̻͉̲̜̜̙̎͌Ȃ̵̧͖̍͌̽̽̃͝K̵͍̞͚̞̤͓̂͜ͅ!̸̣͉͔̗̟͇̟̗̍̍̿̓͐̈*

"STOP RUNNING, YOU GODDAMN PEST!"

*CERAMIC DISHES SHATTERING*

"RARRGH! EAT THIS!"

*WOOSH*THOINK-SQUISH*

I stepped out of the house, only to see the upper handle of my kitchen knife running around in the backyard by itself. No wait, that’s wrong! Something is running around with the knife stuck inside of it, but I cannot see it! It’s shimmering like the Predator invisibility! You fucking kidding me, so it WAS invisible afterall?

I immediately rushed after the invisi-bird, to get my share of the vengeance!

Timmy, we’re having cooked rooster for tonight’s dinner!

I began to follow the blood trail and the running knife handle. Unfortunately, the knife did not seem to do much when it came to stopping the pest from running around, acting only as an identification marker. In the end, I just got pissed off, went for my bow, and then put three arrows into the shimmering silhouette below the handle, pinning it to the ground.

O̴̯̊ͅḦ̸̹̫͉̲́̐͒́͐̿̽͝ ̷̦̮̦̏̾̓ͅͅD̸̡͎̲̼̮͊̈̓̔̓E̵̠͔̣̐͑͑͛Ả̷̧͇̦̱̠͚͗́̆̚R̶͈͕̟̀͐,̵͚͐̎̂̑͠ ̵͉͍̺̊̐̈́̂̏͛̈̇̃͋Į̵̢̡̡̠͉͌̄́͑͗̀͠ͅ ̶͓͈͗S̶̙̭̪͙͒͆́̑̓͋̐̕̚͠E̶̛̥̤̠͔̿̀̊͝È̷̡̛̼͕̻͖̥̼̔͐́̀̌͂͑̄M̴̖̤͝ ̶͍͊̑̀͠Ţ̴̡̧̣̼̺̻̓̅̂͌͑̈́O̴̜̫͕͔̟̿͌͐͆̿̑̊͛͘̚ ̷̮̭͔͉̬͙͕̭́̋̔͑͂͘B̷̧͎͇̟̜̌͝ͅE̵̺̩͍̗͛̆ ̷̞̫͕̔̽̾̀̎͐̀̚Í̷̢̗̟̝̺̭̄̇̓̇͋͊̊̔́N̶̡̡̛̳͉͉̞̜͇͌̾̾ ̵̻͙͉̿̓̿̚A̷̰͚̐̀͌ ̷̢̧̛͈͈͕̂̍̀͐̓͌̀̿͝R̷͇̪̯͇͚̭̍̽̅͌̍̿̎͘͝͝Ä̴̙̭̇̿̏̄̎̓̕͠͝Ţ̸̬̲̹̀̂͂̊̽H̶̢̘̬̞͇͙̰̞̖̏̐̀E̸̡̩̰̹̹̲̩̪̖̠̋̀̄̎̓̓̅̀̈͌R̸̹̺̭̮̋̐̆̈́̍̀̿̔̂ ̶͙͙̤̞̦̓̚D̶̪̰̺̞̟͙̓͗̾̉̈́̊̉̏͝͝Ī̷̻͇̜͐͘R̵̡̙̗̖̜̼͗͌̊͋̈̀̈̕͝Ę̵̹̜̞͚̞̆̋̃͘͝ ̶̨̣̫̝̳̭͖̠͈̺̔̃̃́̑̿̿͠͝P̸̡̧̡̥̻͍̙̩̍͛̇̈̐͗̆̀̈R̷̢̘̹̒̇̽̅̀͆̚Ḝ̵̗̺̜̗̥̝̬͙̻͑͊̐D̴̡̡̘̯̮̺̘̞̭̙̀̍̇̓͑͗̆͂̈́̂Í̸͔̫͚̜̼̮̭̓͐̌̄͒͆̄̓͘͜Ć̸̭̫̰͙̝̣̃̓́̔͘͜A̴̩̱͖̺͙̝̬̠̳͇͝M̸̢͂͗̽E̶͇̮̗͈͙̰̍̄͘ͅN̷̡͇̰̭͕͍͖̪̥̺̎̐͋̿͑̐T̷̨̨̨̛̗̲̖͕͖͇̈́̿́͌̈́̄̐̈͝ ̶̨͇̩̳̱͖͈̀̿̑̃̀̃͊̅͘!̵̰̬̤̠͔̙̈͗̽͒̿̒͌͝͝ͅ

Once it finally stopped running around, the invisibility also got turned off.

It was a rather large rooster-like bird, totally black-colored including the plumes, crown and even the waddle, probably just like his evil alarm-clock of a heart. I say rooster-LIKE, because this thing had TEETH inside of its beak, like some sort of a shark. It also did not seem phased at all by the kitchen knife and three arrows that were stuck into it, as it kept trying to run away in place and failing. I immediately grabbed another knife, and I instantly chopped its head off.

Thinking that the nightmare was over and that I would be able to finally wake up late, I turned around to go into the house and get a pot for boiling the chicken’s feathers off, when I heard movement behind me and saw that from where the head had been laying at on the ground, an entirely fresh new chicken had sprouted out of nowhere, and was beginning to haul ass at top speed.

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H̴̡͉̻͇̺͙̠̩̾́̈̚͜A̶̧͙͎͙̐͗̑͜ ̶̢̛̩̰̹̫̹͐̎̿̽͜H̸̢̹͈̲̖̀͛̍͋̓͋́͝Á̵̛̙́͂̃̏̔̅̋͘ ̷͉̂̊̓͛̔̒̋́̏Y̷̫̹͇̬̎̽̂͌̇͋̀̆Ờ̵̢̮̺͔̟̱̭̼̈́̎̋͒͠U̴͈̙̿́͋̈́́̽̇ ̷̭̺̗̄͋̋̾͑̆͊̿̈́͝T̵̨̡̤͕̭̥̙̗͉̩͗̍̔͑̊͋̀̀͊͝H̵͇̻̝̹̹̱̘͇͕̞̀̋͑͑̄͋͋͌͆̕Ơ̴̧̪̯̽͆͆͌̇U̶̬̻͗̆̎̏͠͝G̷̳̲̞͎̿̓̋͜H̶̢͕͈̿̀̕T̷̪̑̈́̈́̕̕ ̴̲̭̜͙̹͔̘̾́̓͋͛̍̃̇Î̴̛͈̳́̽̒̚͜ ̷̨̭͍̞͉͔̼̟̞̭̊͒̉̅̔͑͐͒Ẉ̶̣͚̟̂̊̊͊̇A̸͎̳͓̋͋̎̀̍͘S̷̯̀̔̌͑͒͘͠͠͠ ̸̹͔͉̱̀̏D̷̳̪̣̰͚̯̠͈̳̜͆È̴̢̙̲̺̼̻̩̄̍̔̉͘̚͝A̴̡̨̤̬̼͍͉͓̳͔̐͝D̷͈̗̬͚̝͉͌̐?̸̧̳̲͖̯͎̖̆͛͂̽͝

̵̧̢̧̳͇͉̮͒̋̅̊͌̕͝Ï̶̛̲̝̫̟͉͒̅̃ ̴̨̪̬͉͕͂͌T̶̯̂̀͌͌̉̒̀̔̓͠A̴̼̰̲̪̝̅̀͐̍͗͝K̵̛̛̘͕̣͎̪͖̭̺̐̋͜͝ͅE̸̛̯͖͋͒̔͜S̶̢̳̞̙͎̊͆̄̐̾̂͒́̀͜ ̷͉̾̂̔͌͌̉̓̀A̸̝̰̿͛͆̚ ̴̯͚͉̥̘̦̩͌̑͑̀́͊L̴̬̰̮̖̜̳̠̦̈́̾͆͋̕͘͝͠O̵̝̜͉͔̫̱̅̏̀͌́̂͐̋̕T̷̨̮̳̘̄ ̷̺̣̍̄̇͋̿̕͝M̸͚̬̜̼͔͓̱̀͋̇̓̅̋͆Ơ̷̹̥̫̼̤͈̘͉͖͉͌͋́̑̄̈̂͠R̴̗͓̗͍͚̯̱͔͛̊͘͜Ė̸̡̪̥̯̎̔̀̈̍ ̷͕́͘T̷͚̻̯̱͈͍̖̓̌͒̓͒̕͜Ỏ̶̲͈̬͙̽̄ ̶̲̽̒͜ͅG̷͖̺̈E̷̞̺̥̜̫̟̞̎̅̐̅̿͌̊͌͠T̸͕̤̱̰͇̹̃ ̸̹͙͉̫͓͚̝̓̓͋̽̇̏̚͜͝͠͝Ṙ̷̢̠̠̗̰̽̊́I̷̝̲͍̳̪͉̪̬̺̋͛̑̉͂̆͌́͘D̴̫͓̥̈̈͐͛̈́͘ ̵̡̺̙̬͇͚̦̼͋̍̕O̸̡̳̩̯̪̳͇̒̑̾͑͆̓̄̊̈͠ͅF̶̡̓́̇̓ ̴̨̨̦̻͉͔͉͍̜̞̓͒͒͒͑́̎͝T̸̢̬̼̳̤̥͖̟̼͆̑̇̇̚H̶̟̼̒̓̄I̷̺͖͙͍̜̅̍̅́͒̐̈́̎͌̚S̷̢͎̦͈͍͙͛͂̂̆̔̐̀̓̍

̵̨̹͖̯̂̐̈́̇́̐͂̈̇M̷͍̩̝͎̲̲͚͖̣̞̓̓̓̓̎̉̋̀̓A̴̜̓̂͋̆͂̀̀̀͒͐G̵̢̣̰̘̫̾̉̓͛̂͜͠N̵͍̮̟͎̞͈̙̉͂̔̽̏͒̄͝I̷͙̻̿͌F̵̻̫̘̺̎͝Ì̷̢̻̱̫̲̻̼͎̹͖̓̽Ç̷̟̬̮̬̹͔̀̋̿Ȩ̴̠͙͕͚̫͋͋̉N̶͓̓̔̎̕T̴̳̰̪̑͐̽͊̎̓͜͝ ̷͙̜̼̙̯̩͙̞͆̽̑ͅP̴̡͍̻̯͓̻̬̉̈̊̋͜͝O̶̞͎̤͋̇͂͋̒U̶̟͖͇̰̖͙̻̿͂̈́́̈́͝Ļ̸̧͉͙͎͓̱͈͛̏̓̃͜Ţ̸̧̡̠̯̲͓̼̠͒̔̕R̶̥̦͚̫͈̦̰̫̖̬͐͋̏̕Y̵̼͙̘̺̗̌͒͌͂̈́̿,̷̱̹̩̲͔̼̙͉̟̊͋͜ ̶̧̫̜̟͚̳͙̘͛̀̎̒͘͝F̸̧͙̳̼̺̳͖̋͜͜O̵̼̙̘̔̄̉̃̈́̈́͝O̸̦͆̈́̉̈́̃́̌̚͝͝L̵̗̰̯̜̃͗͋͊̿̐̎̉͜I̵͉̿̕S̶̘̍̍͊ͅH̴̯͚̦̪̮̘̹̆͌̕ ̴̬̹̩̩̤̇͒̽̎̂͝O̴̥̹̮̗̰̫͐̾͐̽͠N̷͕̠͍̱̲̠̮̽̑̀̽͒͒͑̆E̸̦̠͈͛͒̇͗͒̃̅͗̈́!̴̧͓̭̅̍̐̀̌̀̏̚

"OH NO, YOU FUCKING DONT!"

I unleash another volley of arrows, and even though some miss, a couple still pierce the bird right through the middle, and pin it down again.

I look back at the “previous” chicken, only to see that that knife plus the 3 arrows were still stuck inside of the headless corpse.

"Liliam! What the fuck just happened? Why is the bird in one piece again! I just cut its head off!"

"I DON’T KNOW! The moment you turned your back, these black weird tendrils just sprouted out of the ground and re-built an entire body for the rooster out of thin air!"

Hmm...where have I heard of that happening before? No...it couldn’t be!

If that’s true, then...OH BOY, I HAVE TO TEST THIS!

I charged the bird once more, and swish, the head goes flying off again. This time around though, I paid very close attention to it. The moment it hit the earth, a myriad of black tendrils just sprouted from the ground and reconstructed an entire new healthy body for the beast for no apparent reason!

WTF!

I pincushion the bird with arrows again, yet this time I do not behead it, but rather I tie it down with rope and I take it back into the house.

Timmy: Congratulations, you have now captured [Yi Gore's True Immortality Experimental Subject nr.5], a new pokem...ahemm, I mean possible creature companion!

Indeed, I could now notice on the side of one of the wings a few letters that seemed to have been burned into the flesh spelling YGTIES5.

Timmy: This creature is a possible pet candidate!

Timmy: This creature is available for taming!

Timmy: The rank of this creature is [Mythical]!

[YGTIES5] Description:

This is a minor Spirit Beast, a subtype of the Ethereal Fowl Spirit Beasts, which are renowned for their natural stealth capabilities.

This is also the mad scientist Yi Gore's Magnum Opus!

Started as an experiment in trying to replicate the healing factor of the Hero of the Sun, this genetically modified rooster has gained the ability to regenerate from any wounds that are inflicted upon its flesh no matter how severe, but has lost the ability to level up its body and is incapable of feeling any pain. It also seems to be suffering from a minor case of Yorkshire Spiffulitis. This creature can be used as a free target dummy, experimental guinea pig, and inexhaustible source of chicken meat, but otherwise it is absolutely useless as a combat pet against enemies, except maybe for it's absolutely annoying rooster call and sharp talons.

Current status: [Frightened] [Confused] [Missing Its Tea]

Inexhaustible source of chicken meat you say? Well why don't we put that to the test! Since it cannot feel any pain anyway, I'm sure that it is not going to get upset about what I'm going to do to it!

I go with the bird into the kitchen, and I put it on the chopping block. Once there, I simply chop a wing off.

Ṷ̶̦̞̺͍̺̮̈́̽̓́͊̏̇͛N̸͕͉̳̣̥̱͈̙͎̼̐̂͛̈́̇̈͗H̷̙̺̜͎̭̎͆̽̊̕͝A̶̼̓͋́̿͐͂̎̌̿̇͜N̷̦͐Ḏ̷͋ ̴̡͓͌͗͆͂̿̔̀̂͘͝M̸̛͕̱̮̣̩͖̖͔͍̅̈́͑̅̀͋ͅE̶̩̝̪̹̔̈̽́̃͝͝.̵̜̼̲͓̺͉̘̇̉͌͐̌!.̷̻̠͛̓̕̕̕͝.̴̢͍̯̗̽̋̏̒͘͜Ẅ̶́̍̃̾͌̕ͅA̶̳͕̞̘̦̙̱̼͈͊̌̆̀͋̿̉I̷̡̢̢͖͔̾T̸̜̩̬̞̗̀̂̚̚ͅ,̶̥̮̤̬̗͔̈́̆̋̃̒̓͠͝͝͠ ̸̨̡͉̣̣͓̯̣̈́̇̀́͘͘̕͜͠ͅY̶̢̨̛̰̼̥̖̰̊̋̑̀͋̉͜͠ͅO̴̼͂́̂͌͘Ų̵̙͇̙̋̊̈̋̓͑͛ ̶̖͈̝̅͐͝T̵̜̄͆̓̈́̂̿Ọ̸̱̬̭̲̏̇̚Ȯ̴̱̦̺͖̎̿͝ͅK̶̝̄̈́̌̍̌̍͘͝ ̴̢̤̖̠͂̅́́T̷͔̼̲̩͎̟͓̜̈̈́̀̉̂͘H̸̫͕͕͚͇̘̐̂̅̓͑À̴͋̓͊̓ͅT̷̢͍̟̈́́̔̍̏́͑ ̷̡͓̹̣̺͉̝̞͋̈̾͋̚͘̚͠͝͝T̵̢̨̜̦̙̫̺̂̅̄́͑̌͋̊͠͝Ö̴͍́͒́̑̄̑̒̍́O̶͍̝̦̩̝͗̓̔ͅ ̸̧̨̦̯͕͈̫͎͐́̓ͅL̶̢̡̲̹̠̳̆͑̌̇͌̉͊͠Ï̶̲̯̲͍̯̰͉͓̈́T̸̠̭͖̈͂̍́Ě̸̛͖̘͕͉̯̭͉͑̍͑͘R̵̢̺̝͖̰̮̺̼̍̑̌̽̌Ą̴̧͚̱͕͙̦̘̱̬̈́͆̍̿͒̏̇͠Ḻ̶̡̢̝̣̜͈̲͚̤͘Y!̵̧̥̘̮͎̦̤̗̙̿͗͒̊̑͝͝

In a few seconds, black tendrils sprout from the fresh wound, and rebuild the missing wing. I do the same for a leg, and it gets regenerated in the blink of an eye as well.

WHAT...THE...FUCKING...HELL...ARE...YOU?

Ȃ̵̧̛̮̭̻͚̬̬̩̘̓̇̓Ȟ̸̩͎̗̙͖̻,̷̻̰̩̩̥̍͐̒̄̏͜͝͝ ̸͈͍̫̤̀́͋̇̂Į̶̧̢̥͍̦͇̐́̆͂̂̊̏̏͘͝ ̴̞͍̠̬̟̣̈̾̈̍͗͑̒͗ͅA̶̛͙͙̍͛̚͝M̵͓͒̒͐ ̷̧̦͈̣͎̼̄̽͒̂̽̕ͅB̵̤̤̈U̵̡̝͈̬̹͇͛Ṱ̴̨̡̭͖̮͎̅̇͆̕̚ ̷͇͙͂͝A̵͔͋̅͒͑̐͌̀ ̶̛̜̱̪̲̰͉̖͐̈́̄͠M̵̥̭͍̦͍͍̱̫̣̓͂̾͆̆͜E̸͚͙͉͛͘̚ͅÄ̷̞͑̔̑͌́̓Ġ̶̩̲̦̘̫͓̲̈́̋̇̆͊̽̀́̕ͅÉ̶͙̐͝R̶̜͇̞̱̪̺̾͛̾͛͝ͅ ̸̡̛̭̣̘͖̰̑̀̾̈́̋̑̕B̷̭̯̬̫͖̊̓Í̶̙̰̄̌̊͊̈́́͠͝R̸̘̣̪̝̃́̄̀̾͋̔͗͠D̵̩̥̒̊̄̏̎̒͠ ̸̰̤̲̺̳͖͇̩͛O̷̠̱̜̝͕̹̟͙͗͑F̶̨̡̥͉́́̾͑̃̑̔͛͠ͅ ̶͚̦͍̜́̂͌̊̅̌̌̈́̊C̷͈̻͙̗̦͉̥͓̻̒͆̈́̆ͅU̶̧͈͕͇̜͈͖̱̓͛́̀͐͑̀͝͝L̵̢̝̈̉̉̆̆̓̀̃̚͝T̶̖̰͙̫̯̘͚̄̾̈́̽͑̅Ű̸̻̝̥̩̲̀̾̾͐͝R̶̛͕̳̞͙̻̙̿E̴͇̻̳̥͉̞̘̿͂̎̂̀̅̑ͅ.̴̪͙͇̫̥̋͊͜ͅ.̸̳̫̫̖͑̾̇́͑͐̚̕.̴͕͐̈́̈́̒̽͘͜

I continued chopping off the legs of the creature, until I had a decent pile of chicken meat inside of a bucket. Otherworldly KFC, here I come!

I began to wonder how the hell it regenerates anyway? I went into “Qi Vision” mode, and I saw that even though the flesh would get cut away, the bird’s meridian pathways were unaffected and remained there like ghostly afterimages. After that, new flesh would begin to “sprout” around them and rebuild any missing organs or limbs.

I was curious why the body had been rebuilt from the head down, rather than having the body regrow another head, but after chopping off several pieces of it’s head off, it became obvious that the whole body was regrowing by using the Spirit Root of the beast as the starting point.

It meant that no matter what wounds the body suffered, the Spirit Root would always remain the same one, becoming a sort of “scaffolding” for the rebuilding of the body, hence the regrowth from the head down.

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After I was finished experimenting, I asked Liliam to keep an eye on the beast, while I boiled and plucked away the feathers from the chopped off legs and the two previous headless carcasses.

When Fungus arrived an hour later, he caught the both of us in the middle of a chicken meat cooking spree. It was rooster meat after all, so it was slightly more stringy and rebellious, but still tasted quite good. We only had to boil it for a while longer than normal chicken, or bash the flesh harder to tenderize it before frying it. I had cut and deboned the bird, tenderized the meat thoroughly, and I had separated the remaining flesh into smaller string-like pieces, which I then rolled through eggs and flour and tossed them deep into the fryer. The results were a bunch of Shanghai Chicken-like elongated schnitzels that were absolutely mouthwatering, and because I am an evil experimental bastard, I even gave one schnitzel piece to the bird, only to see it fucking eat itself! Is it still considered cannibalism if you eat yourself?

Seeing that all of the meat pieces we had eaten were absolutely similar to each other, I came to the conclusion that indeed, the System can almost instantly create full replicas of entire bodies without any issues. How the hell does that work in the first place! Isn't that almost instantaneous molecular assembly? How the hell is that even fair! The system can 3D print out whatever the fuck it please, whenever the fuck it pleases!

I wondered if the beast even needed to eat anymore, since any nutritional deficiency would just get detected by the system and get fixed immediately.

I also wondered what happened when certain objects were left inside of the body that would prevent a perfect recovery with their presence, so I simply stabbed it with my knife and then shot it with an arrow, leaving both metals inside of the wound. After a few minutes, the knife simply got pushed out of the wound by a set of those dark tentacles, and went clattering down to the ground. The same thing happened to the arrow head, before the wound started healing. So I guess that any foreign objects that are found inside get tossed out of the body by the System's dark tendrils, before they perform the fixing process. Makes sense. I wonder what happens where there is no room for the object to get tossed out though. If I were for example to lock the bird’s body inside a pressurised container with zero room for extra movement, how would the arrow tip get expelled then? Or would it just simply get disassembled by the dark tendrils of the System?

That required more testing, but I was getting slightly squeamish about torturing the bird any further. I had caused the critter enough emotional trauma already, even though it could not feel any pain with its body.

Since the chicken always recovered to a perfect state of health, I wondered if I could also use its flesh as an alchemical ingredient.

Once I got to the Pill Forge, I indeed received the Pop-Up screen from Timmy

Please select the essences that you want to retain:

Essence of Regeneration.

Essence of Health.

Essence of Stamina.

Essence of Flavour (chicken meat).

Essence of Anger. (unconfirmed)

Essence of Invisibility. (unconfirmed)

Essence of Immortality. (unconfirmed)

Holy Motherlode of all alchemical ingredients! This fucker had both the Essence of Regeneration which could regrow even missing limbs, and the Essence of Immortality, which could basically turn you Immortal from an ageing point of view, if you had enough of it.

People would murder eachother to get their hands on such an ingredient! And I now had an infinite supply of it?

Fuck, that is another reason for me to be absolutely terrified about what's coming to get me! It's almost like the spirit stone recharge method wasn't enough to paint a target on my forehead in the first place!

Still, I wondered what sort of pill I might be able to cook with that Essence of Regeneration. The episode when that poor bisected Templar had died on my front porch was still lingering inside of my head, and I was still being bothered by the absolute helplessness sensation that I had felt back then. Maybe if I had owned a regeneration pill back, then I could have saved him somehow.

But! The past was the past and was pointless to wallow in regrets about what could have been. I only had to find a way to not let that happen again in the future!

Since it was bothersome to have the chicken run around the house even when it was tied up, I asked Fungus if he could drop by his clan and get me a cage designed to hold a pet. Fungus ran back home and came back half an hour later with the huge cage that was made out of iron bars, which was usually employed to hold spirit beasts of a small-to-medium size inside of it.

Ĭ̶̧̠̘͓̲̙̤̝͇̏̐̎̂ ̸͚̇̈́̇̌S̸̙̝̪̯̤̰̼̆̐́̎̉̉̉͝A̸̙̺̖͚͖̍̐̈̇̑͘Y̵̼̫͇̼͔͔͆̓͊̈́̎͐͋̕͠ ̸̨̖̻͔͍̈̒̈́͋͠G̵̦̦̖̜̔̓ͅI̵̩̳̝͊̄͊̔͂͝͝R̶̲̲̺̮̼͉̹̱͙̝̾̽̕Ḷ̷̫̙̠̺̣̃͒,̷͍̍͂͋̌̇̓ ̴̨͚̝̳̽̽̽͌̌͗̂̽I̴̢̘͎͌̇̆̈́̎̾̓̾͘͠S̴̜̙̮̬̐̒̎̃̌͑͒̕͠N̸̨̛̖̳̳̯͈͔̱͐̏̽̃̇̕͜'̴̹̩̣̬͉͚̗̓̏̅̓̏͂̓̆͝T̷̪͉̺̲͉͖̠̜̘͑͐̽͑͗̏͠ͅ ̸͔̠̯̳͍̤͍̟̈́ͅT̶͕̠̠̬̤̙͉̐͛͂̏̒́̓H̴̠̥͖̝̩͑̃͌̔̒̐̔̍͘I̸̡̭͖̠̪̺͙̽͛̐͠ͅS̵͚̤̟̞̳̿͆͊͗͘͠ͅ ̵̢̛̫̫̄͆̓̿͊̎̎͝À̷̠͍̬̾͂͘C̵̜̹̙̟̝͙̟̹̓̿̎͐̽͐̌͂͘͝C̸̡͙̟͉̯̬̗͚̐̎̔̀̃͂̇͌Ö̷͍͕̭͇̥̭̹́͜M̶͉̲̰͑̊͑̌̑M̷̱̦͔̤̠͔̅͗͛̽͠Ō̸̳͖̹͇͖̠̅̓́̓͌̂̏͘ͅD̶̰̫͚̱̮͔͔͔̊̂͝A̷̢̨̛̪̱͚̭̾̉̔́̚͜͝T̸̢̲̩̱̗͉̣̆̌Ȋ̸͔̫̼̟̝̞͍̠̱̆͝O̷̡̭͍̱͉̍̂͝N̶̨͉͔̅̿͜

̷̡͕̟͖͖̞͆̓̍̔̂̋͐̔̂̕͜Ŝ̵̳̰̹̳͖͖̙͚̮̠̋͑́̿̎̈́͠L̸̝̫͆̉͌̒͝Į̵͖̫̮͔͇̙̮̟͉̈́̀̎͛̓͘G̶̘̮͙̘̮̙̱̥̜͗̕ͅH̶̡̻̯͖̩̻̙̼̎͛̾̆̀T̷̨͙͍͐͑͂̋͋͌̊̕͜͝L̴͚̭̰̼͍̏̋̽͆̓͗̈́̕͝͝Y̴̥̽̒̂̈͛̿ ̸̟͒̾C̶̦̮͍̟͕̦̦̫͠R̴͈̟̟̤̦̪̈́̉̒̐A̸͚̪̹̻̣͑͜ͅṂ̴̢̧̻͙͋̀́̎P̴̤̭̏̏͛̈̿̊̕ͅÉ̸̢͉̞̮̖̥͓̩͂͛͌̂̏̾̏͝ͅḒ̸̫͕̄̎̓͌͌̓̽̚͝͠?̵̵̛͈͍̪͉̥̆͊̋́̇͊̈́̈̓́̎͘͠

H̵͕̀̀͐̀̈̅̐̆̕͠Ǫ̷͕̖͈͔̖̠̼͇̍W̶̛̝͙̥͎͑̔̈́͐̅̎̌̏ ̴̡͓͈͇͉͔̅̏̈́̕Ą̵̫̣͚̱̲̓̅̑͠M̶̺͙̫̩̭͙͗ ̵̡̧͇̈́͆͂I̶̻͕͔̝͛ ̷͎̫̈́͆̿̀̅͑͒̇̀S̵̗̤͕̀̎U̶̡͓̲͚̬͍̮͗̆P̵͕̲͖̾̅̇̋̅́̾̓̈́P̵̢̫̥͎̫̔̑̑̎̂͠ͅÓ̵̠̦̲̺̥̰̈̈́̈̍̇̋̌̾̓Ş̷̗̺̬̝̫̱̗̬̐͊͘E̵̳̣̺̞̙̻̔͂̐̚͠Ḓ̴̥̹͕̥̪̣̿͗̓̍̀ͅ ̷͈̳̪̃́̿͆ͅT̴͇̞̟̋͑̓̊̄̇́͒͝Ö̶̘́̚ ̸̧̛͚̤̭̝̱͔̟̩̾̅̓͒̕͠͠͝S̷̨̥͍̦̯̗͚̹̊̎̈̈͘ͅT̷̡̛̮̭͚͙̘̞͇͋̎̏̃͗̈́̓͑R̸̹͛Ę̶̩̥͉͗͒̔́́T̸̖̣͈͉̣̞̾̀̏̎̿̇́͘͝C̵̢̜̥͖̒̅̋̏̓̈́͐͝H̶͔̯̎̏́̈́̄̿͌̚

̵̢̳̲̣͙͈͕͖͉̂̀̎͂M̴̲͙͈̜̹͖̰͌̒́̄̂͑͊̅̑͆ͅẎ̷̱̥̳̟͑̂ ̶̤̭̖̖̗͓̺̣̽̊W̶̪̖̺̩͈̲̐̅̀̽̋̓I̸͕̪̝͌̋͛͐̕N̶̢͓̹̜̹̮̅͌́͘͝G̵̤͍̜̜̗͈̰͓̃͐̉͛̀͋͝S̷̺̝̜̠͂́̽̈́̃͗͒̕̚ ̷̢̟̹̳͓̒̐̏̓̓̿̕̕͝͠Į̵͈̀̐̈́̚Ṅ̵̹̚S̵̩̥̠̱̳̱̈́̓̍͘͜͜I̴̛̭̗̓̊̃̈́D̵̛͈̼̳̺̊̉E̶̞̰͙̐̈́̒͌͘͝ ̵̼̫̤̟̳̫̪̰̦͐̈͂̒̈́͊̏͘̚Ơ̷̲̞̻̼͖̫͈̤͌͂͊F̷̣̘͔̲̦̦̂̽̆͘ͅ ̷̢͎͚̳̣͊̒T̸̻̋̌͛̌̌̔͑̈̄̈H̷̛̰̫̹̟̅͂Ì̶̝̒̔̄̓̎̇S̸̳̪̲͙̩̥̯̮͚͗ ̶̲̘͙̲͓́͗̂̽̌͂̆̎T̶̩̭̄H̴̥̓̉̓̉́͠I̷̙͂̇̿ͅN̶̛͈̫̱̥͎͈͈̟̈́̒͌͠G̷͎͝?̵͇͕̖̬̈́̑̊̄̑͋̚͜

I tossed the rooster inside, and I left it there to continue complaining in its unintelligible angle-grinder cawing noises.

Fungus was giving me an raised eyebrow look, with an amused and slightly concerned look on his face.

"Weird stuff just keeps happening around you, doesn't it? What the hell is that chicken? Why can it regrow all of its body without any problem?"

"It is one of the test subjects from the Demonic Sect Lab where I was being tampered with. Somehow, they have managed to reproduce the healing factor of the Hero of the Sun, making this Spirit Beast almost Immortal. It cannot level up though, so that's probably the reason why it got discarded. And before you ask, I have absolutely no fucking idea why it is here. It must have followed me and Lingfeng away from the Lab and all the way to the Sect, but I have no idea for what reason, outside maybe its own sadistic pleasure of waking me up every morning with its incessant screeching that is."

"How long can it keep on doing that? Regenerate its entire body I mean."

"I honestly do not know!"

Timmy, for how long can it do that anyway?

Timmy: At the moment, that regeneration is unlimited. This is one of Mother System’s experiments, to find out what happens when a Player has access to an almost Infinite amount of a specific resource, in this case, Chicken Meat and Regeneration Essence. Since the whole planet is currently the Beta, certain “broken” items or builds are still allowed to occur. After we will flesh out the kinks and the bugs, these items will probably become myths that you will only be able to read about in history books. But for now, expect other players to have found similarly powerful “broken” Items, Skills or Pets to counter yours with.

Timmy, I have to ask this because you keep on referring to this planet like it's some sort of a server. Are we in some sort of virtual simulated reality? Be honest with me.

Timmy: Oh Heavens forbid, no. We are as authentic as it gets. Real planet with real people and real laws of physics. It’s one of the sales pitch of this whole place. “Come enjoy a true ancient cultivation world, where everybody is made out of real flesh and blood, emotions run true and unrestricted, and the danger is tangible on your very skin.” It took quite a while to terraform the whole planet to the exact specifications needed for an Ancient Cultivation world, you know. We accept clients from all over the Omniverse, but most come from the many versions of the Earth similar to your own, because of the whole Isekai Anime and Novels that are popular on those Earths. Whatever your experience here on this planet, while it may still be considered under the guidance or purview of the System, it is most certainly not “fake” or simulated by any measure. And Players get an unrestricted level of freedom, where the choices they make are truly their own, compared to the local “NPC Locals” which sometimes get altered by the system to fit the narrative surrounding the Players. In theory, at this moment, a single Player has the potential to fuck up the entire world. Since this is the Beta, such actions are actually encouraged, because we want to see how far the Players are able to push the boundaries of the System, if left to run absolutely wild.

So, if I run into another Player that did not have his memory erased, is he going to be a person from my previous Earth, or another Earth altogether?

Timmy: Depends on who you run into. Few are indeed from your old version of the Earth, but most are from other Parallel Universes. Still, we tried to keep the difference between the original Earths to a minimum, at least for the Beta. The knowledge and history from your own Earth will mostly be similar to their own version, with only a few minor differences here and there.

Why do you keep referring to this period as the “Beta”, if this is not a “game”?

Timmy: Because it's the easiest way for you to understand. For now, we are still in the testing phases with the entire world, which is similar to a game’s Beta stage before release. We’re currently in Stage One of the Beta, awaiting for Stage Two to occur naturally.

And what will that take?

Timmy: Sorry, that tidbit of info is on the Confidential list, so you’ll have to find out by yourself.

HRR! Well...damn. Way to play with reality, Mom System!

Timmy: As long as there is demand, there will always be supply. Do not be upset. Remember, you actually “subscribed” to be one of the Beta Testers, otherwise you wouldn't have been recalled to this planet after your Earth time ended.

Well, I filed this “new” disturbing amount of information under the “WHAT THE FUCK!” folder inside of my brain, and left it to “stew”.

It only made my fear about surviving for yet another day even more tangible than ever. Which basically meant that I just had to increase my Levels as fast as possible. No more holding back on Meridian openings!

Since Fungus was already here, it was a good time for the three of us to attempt and open some more meridians and gain more cultivation experience!

After we had stuffed ourselves with “demonic” Shanghai chicken, I went through the steps of opening the Ear Meridians with Fung and he managed to open both of his ears in a surprisingly fast amount of time.

Since the three of us were basically now at the same “stage” of progress as far as the meridians went, we began to push for the opening of more meridians together at the same time.

Since we were opening meridians that resided in the head anyway, I decided to attempt and open my eye meridians. All three of us were almost nearing the next level up, so I thought that by opening our eye meridians we would gain enough cultivation experience to push onto the next level. Having a little bit more hit points would help with the opening of the Heart Dantian, just in case something went wrong on that side.

I began doing the usual procedure of pushing one of my branch-tentacles through the breach and popping the membrane that separated the Right Eye meridian from my Crown dantian. As soon as the Meridian got opened, I felt all of my eye muscles stiffen, locking my eyeball into place, and then I saw something like a myriad of dark wires invade my sight, before my vision went black for a couple of minutes. The insides of my eyeball were also itching extremely hard, so I assumed that the System was doing some sort of “hardware upgrade” inside of there.

After the upgrade was finished and the itch subsided, I suddenly realised that now I could see certain colour nuances that I had never seen before. It was not pushing the sight spectrum into infrared or ultraviolet yet, but was nearing it, with a lot more colour discrimination having been added to my vision. I could also feel like there was a new “muscle” inside of my eye, probably for that zoom function that the System had mentioned, but I did not feel like I could access it yet. I guess some practice may be needed for that function to unlock. I could also now better see objects that were in Motion. The human eye is usually pretty terrible at tracking items that are moving too fast, and this new upgrade was compensating for that fact by a large margin. Combined with my perception booster skill, I could now literally see the wings of a fly beat up and down in slow motion, if I wanted to.

After I relaxed for about a half an hour to recover from the shock of opening my right eye, I then proceeded to do the same with the left.

Everything went smoothly and without a hitch, so I was now sporting the better vision upgrade in both of my eyes, a boost that gave me enough CXP to put me on the next level.

Timmy: Congratulations!

Timmy: You have leveled up!

Timmy: You are now [Level 16]

Timmy: 5 Unassigned Attribute points and 1 Unassigned Skill Point have been awarded

Current Experience: 232,167 / 275,207

Since I was usually using myself as the guinea pig for the openings of the meridians, and had confirmed that the method was viable and safe, I shared with the other two my experience and told them what to expect.

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Lingfeng was nearing the room’s door, when he suddenly got stopped into his tracks by the voices coming from inside.

"Did it hurt?"

"Not that much...it felt more like itching. I think the membrane popped immediately when I put it in."

"I do not know...I had to push real hard on my side."

"Did you both get it done? Nice! Then we can all do it again after you rest."

"Yes, I am glad that we decided to do this together. It makes me feel so much more reassured about the whole thing!"

Lingfeng enters the room in a rage and finds both of the girls and Fung sprawled down on the floor, filled with sweat and in a disheveled state.

"YOU! What the hell have you three been up to?"

"Fung was just helping Liliam with popping her locks."

"What? Fungus, if I hear that you have laid your hands on my niece, I will stuff your balls down your…"

"Her meridian locks! You old perv!"

"Ah! Erghh...cough...Well, you can never be too careful when it comes to youngsters like you three. I was once a hormonal teenager as well, you know! I would have fucked anything that walked at that age!"

"Like when, 135 years ago? And your mind is still in the gutter? When’s the last time you got laid, windman? No, we have been opening meridians for a couple of days now."

"Yeah, Trina helped me open my ear meridians Uncle! Apparently I had a hearing problem and I did not even know about it! I even Leveled Up! UU...UUU! I wonder how I sound now? I never tried singing again after opening my ears!"

*ℓ𝕒𝕝Ã𝕝𝓪𝓪ά𝓐𝓐ⓐⒶ𝔸卂𝕒*

*Horrible earth-shattering screeching*

*Ceramic shattering sound*

"Ergh, FUCK! Is that what everybody else was hearing? Oh my God, I did not know, I am so sorry! I think I might have hurt a lot of people with my singing, without even knowing it!"

"Duh! Noshit!" We all said in unison!

Well, at least she has a method of improving herself now. I hope she can adjust her singing tones to the right levels.