Chapter 8: Photosynthesis

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The Goblin Spin Wheel draw was just yesterday at noon; he clearly remembered that when he drew before, there were five balls inside. But now, there were only four.

“Could it be that the number of draws decreases each time?”

Li Rui’s gaze shifted to another goblin spin wheel that hadn’t been spun yet. He would soon know the answer. Casually selecting a small ball from the red section of the wheel, he examined it closely.

[Spore Propagation: You gain a new reproductive method. Your bodily fluids will produce trace amounts of special spores. When these spores fall into the soil, if the environment is sufficiently moist and warm, there is a certain chance they will take root and generate mushrooms of various shapes and colors. Beneath these mushrooms, new life will be nurtured in the soil. Depending on the humidity, soil fertility, and light exposure, the new life will sprout within 5 to 10 months. If the mushroom is destroyed and its connection to the new life severed, the new life will rapidly die and decay.]

Li Rui: “???”

If the gelatinous fluid drawn from the slime—no, the [gelatinous colloid]—had some use, then this [Spore Propagation], Li Rui truly did not understand what practical purpose it served.

Scattering spores everywhere?

And then suddenly having countless newborns in this world without a father?

“Also, goblins that reproduce by spores… I feel like I’ve heard this somewhere before… Damn!?”

Suddenly very anxious, Li Rui thought, “Could this place actually be the Warhammer universe?”

………………

After a moment of panic, he calmed down.

Firstly, panicking was useless; he was already in this unfamiliar world. Secondly, he wasn’t really a fan of the Warhammer IP—he’d only encountered some information about it online and wasn’t even a casual follower, so he probably wouldn’t have been thrown into the Warhammer world.

“…Come to think of it, this entry only says it can reproduce by spores—it doesn’t say whether the offspring are humans or goblins.”

Clicking his tongue, before the entry could automatically merge into his body, Li Rui immediately folded it behind the entry panel, making it his first backup entry.

Then, he began drawing from the second goblin spin wheel.

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Hmm, still red.

As the pointer transformed into an arm and reached down, Li Rui felt only three small balls.

“Looks like my earlier guess was correct: the total number of small balls available for drawing within a single organism is fixed.”

Li Rui frowned briefly but soon relaxed.

It made sense that a creature’s unique talents would be limited. Moreover, once he had drawn all the special talents from a species, getting duplicates would be useless.

After drawing the abstract talent [Spore Propagation], Li Rui no longer held any expectations for the goblin spin wheel’s contents. He randomly took a ball, regardless of its size.

[Chlorophyll Skin: Your skin gradually turns deep green, gaining the ability to perform photosynthesis like a plant. From now on, as long as you bask in the sun for ten hours a day and drink some water, you can maintain normal bodily functions. If you fail to get ten hours of sunlight, you will experience hunger and a need for food accordingly.]

“Enmm…”

Looking at the ability he drew, Li Rui began counting on his fingers.

“[Strong Devouring Stomach], [Spore Propagation], [Chlorophyll Skin]… all survival skills. No wonder these are low-tier monsters.”

After hesitating for a while, he still placed [Chlorophyll Skin] into the entry panel.

Though this talent would turn his skin green, if he could photosynthesize, his food requirements would decrease somewhat.

He really didn’t want to eat the strange roots and leaves that non-humans consumed; however, without hunting skills, it was difficult for him to obtain food fit for humans. In that case, it was better to eat less.

Perhaps goblins thought the same way.

However, [Chlorophyll Skin] didn’t seem to take effect immediately. After equipping it, Li Rui’s skin did not instantly turn goblin-green.

“Could it be because… my body cells lack chlorophyll and need to absorb it through food?”

For now, he set this aside and turned to the last spin wheel—the one he obtained from the dying youth.

After a long silence, he let the wheel spin.

Those who have passed cannot be mourned endlessly; it was better to strengthen himself and increase his chances of survival in this perilous forest.

Perhaps after facing mortal danger these past few days, his nerves had grown thicker. He recalled that after delivering that stab, he hadn’t felt nauseous or sick; in retrospect, no negative emotions surfaced.

The wheel slowly stopped, and upon seeing the pointer’s position, Li Rui’s spirit jolted.

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Gray!

It was his first time drawing from the gray section of a spin wheel.

The pointer, transformed into an arm, reached into the gray area, which shimmered with countless words.

Li Rui touched inside and sensed over a dozen spherical balls.

If there were only five or six, he could have counted them by touch, but now there were so many, rolling and bumping like inside a bag as the arm moved. That was impossible.

However, he could still distinguish size.

Finding the largest one, Li Rui pulled it out.

[Jay’s Universal Language Memory: You will acquire all of Jay’s memories of the universal language (including written and spoken forms, excluding colors, images, smells, and tactile sensations).]

Memories of the universal language…?

The ball transformed into a stream of light and merged into Li Rui’s body.

The next moment, he felt his mouth move rapidly, as if uttering countless sentences in a language he had never heard before. Suddenly, the meanings behind these sentences flooded his mind.

When everything settled, Li Rui felt a tingling itch in his lips and throat, as if an illusion, and his head seemed heavier. He didn’t know if it was from the sudden influx of memories or simply because he was tired and wanted to sleep.

In any case, once the gray entry panel displayed [Jay’s Universal Language Memory], Li Rui instantly gained much information about this world.

This world was called Endi.

The name Endi was bestowed thousands of years ago after the gods descended. Before that, people had no unified name for this world.

But what the word Endi truly meant seemed to be known only by the gods or a few legendary beings with power close to the divine.

Thousands of years ago, this world had no gods, nor monsters like goblins or slimes.

It could be said that before the gods’ arrival, although there were legends of gods and spirits, no one had ever truly seen any. Anyone claiming to have seen them was considered deceitful.

When the gods descended, Endi underwent extremely drastic changes.