Chapter 50: Demonic Bull King’s Totem

Shen Cong no longer controlled the dual-core model and did not increase the frequency. Ten minutes later, Titan’s level increased to Level 0.561. Even then, the two water buffalo horns retained their Activity resonance field, and it remained stable. It did not show any signs of breaking down or becoming weaker.

Aside from the layer of liquid that shone on the surface, the water buffalo horns remained safe. The resonance did not cause them to explode because of overloading.

The experiment with the dual-core model set worked!

Shen Cong did not divert his attention. He continued to watch Titan happily absorb the wandering Activity from the Activity tornado. For the next ten minutes, he observed the stability of the Activity resonance field from the water buffalo horns.

He wanted to be sure that the stability of the dual-core model was very high.

The liquefied metal on the surface of the two water buffalo horns was a great conductor for the Activity field. Not a single bit of Activity had leaked out.

But more importantly, the adsorption force produced by the Activity resonance field managed to gather all the wandering Activity around it into the field, even though the water buffalo horns themselves could not absorb it.

The wandering Activity turned into a wonderful medium for the Activity resonance field. This meant that since Titan automatically released Activity on its own, without even needing Shen Cong to control it, there was enough Activity needed to maintain the Activity resonance field.

This bit of loss was nothing compared to the Activity tornado formed by the Activity resonance field.

‘I did it!’

The dual-core model’s stability remained, and Shen Cong could not squash down the excitement in his heart.

After he finished eating the Activity-laced nectarines, Titan’s evolution turned into a problem. Shen Cong did not place his hopes on researching the Activity cores to help Titan evolve. He had instead thought about unraveling more of the profound secrets within them to create stronger bonemetal weapons so that he could handle the dangers that might occur.

But he did not expect that while he did not manage to create a stronger bonemetal weapon, he did manage to create an amazing tool for evolution.

And it was, indeed, an amazing tool for evolution.

The Activity tornado formed by the Activity resonance field from the water buffalo horns provided Titan with 0.0001 worth of Activity every ten minutes. In one hour, that would be 0.006. In one day, that would be 0.144.

Right then, Titan was Level 0.562, so it needed 0.338 points of Activity to evolve.

This basically meant that Titan would be able to reach Level 1 within three days.

And when it gave its Activity to Shen Cong to strengthen his body, Shen Cong should be able to reach Level 1 within a short period of time as well.

“Whew… This is a huge surprise.”

Shen Cong let out a long sigh while feeling that it was quite inconceivable. Even when the apocalyptic storm swept through the land, Titan had not been able to level up so quickly when it absorbed the wandering Activity. At that time, it could only absorb 0.03 worth of Activity in a day.

But now, if Shen Cong calculated it, the speed was at least four times higher.

‘This is abnormal.’

That was Shen Cong’s first thought. But after calming down, he gradually accepted this conclusion.

Titan was absorbing Activity and filling itself with it at a very fast pace.

Shen Cong drank a mouthful of mineral water while his gaze did not leave the dual-core model that was still in operation. His mind just kept thinking and analyzing the situation while he tried to convince himself that his inference was correct.

First, while the Activity tornado caused by the Activity resonance field could not compare to the apocalyptic storm that caused sand and stones to fly all over the place, the amount of wandering Activity in it was much higher than what was found in the apocalyptic storm. Shen Cong had used the Geiger counter to check, and he saw that the figures had reached 13 μSv.

During the apocalyptic storm, the highest recorded amount of radiation was just 5 μSv.

The Geiger counter was a device that checked the density of radiation, which meant that it detected the density of alpha particles, beta particles, gamma particles, and X-rays. He had yet to straightup prove that the figures provided by the Geiger counter were directly related to the density of Activity, but he had to admit that the two were closely related to each other.

The radiation density in the truck was at 13 μSv. That was practically three times the amount of radiation during the apocalyptic storm (5 μSv).

Besides, Shen Cong was adapting more to Titan. Logically speaking, he should be able to accept that Titan was absorbing Activity at four times its original speed. Reality also proved that Titan was able to absorb wandering Activity at four times its original speed.

Half an hour later, Shen Cong dismissed the final worry in his heart and typed some words into his laptop. [The sixth experiment of the dual-core Activity resonance field model is a success. The Activity resonance field is operating stably. Its radiation density is as high as 13 μSv. The tornado formed by the wandering Activity is in the shape of a sphere that is around 1 m in diameter.]

At the end of the report for the experiment, Shen Cong wrote a conclusion and gave the product of the experiment a name.

Activity resonance field: This was the final name for the enclosed field produced after Shen Cong had the Activity cores resonate. Its simplified name was Activity field.

Resonated liquid: This was the name for the liquid that formed on the surface of the Activity cores when they melted. This liquid was a great conductor and medium for the Activity field. It produced the same effect as the magnetic poles in a magnetic field.

Field strength in the form of a tornado: The fields of a magnetic field possessed different power at different locations, which was known as field strength. The Activity tornado formed by the Activity field also possessed different power at different parts of its body.

Hence, Shen Cong decided to call it field strength in the form of a tornado.

Then, Shen Cong thought about how “water buffalo dual-core Activity resonance field” was a little too long of a name for the dual-core model formed by the water buffalo horns. It also did not paint a vivid image of the model.

‘Should I just call it Water Buffalo Horn Matrix?’

Shen Cong remembered how the cultivators in cultivation novels would set up various matrices, especially the spiritual energy matrices. Both the dual-core model and the matrices produced the same effect, even though they were set up using different methods. Still, Shen Cong felt that naming the dual-core model in that manner would make it a little out of place among all the other things he named.

When Shen Cong finished eating a beef rib, he thought of something. ‘I’ll just call it Demonic Bull King Totem!’

In Warcraft, Tauren Totems allowed the users to train the tauren, while his Demonic Bull King Totem could strengthen Titan. Regardless of the name’s might, its aura, or its disposition, everything about it fitted Shen Cong’s aesthetics.

Hence, with Demonic Bull King Totem, Titan was constantly situated in a field strength in the form of a tornado and could greedily absorb wandering Activity.

It occasionally gave some of it to Shen Cong to make his physical constitution stronger.

Their evolution proceeded swiftly.

*****

On the 9th of August, Shen Cong habitually picked up his binoculars and equipped himself. He hid in the ruins of Yinpingzhen and observed the scavengers and evolved humans.

What surprised him was that the scavenger party that came over every day did not appear this time.

Yinpingzhen became a wasteland once more, and the only person in it was Shen Cong.

He returned to Titan and started to bury the remaining spoiled beef from the demonic bull king under a willow by the small lake. The willow tree was a mutated, evolved tree. The signs of its bark turning into metal were very obvious, but it did not produce any fruit. However, Shen Cong still ate quite a lot of leaves from the willow.

So he gave the tree a romantic name—vegetable willow.

[Vegetable willow: A mutated plant in the form of a willow tree. It is considered an evolved tree. The signs of its bark turning into metal are very obvious. The twigs cannot be broken easily, and it does not bear fruit, but its leaves can be eaten. They contain a bit of Activity and a large amount of vitamins and carotene.

[The tree’s roots are normal. Thread-like roots used to absorb nutrients from carrion were not discovered.]

The vegetable willow was only at Level 0.128. It was much weaker than the murderous peach tree.

Beside the vegetable willow, there were a few evolved trees like poplar trees and sycamores. They were about the same level as the willow, but only the willow’s leaves gave a sufficient amount of vitamins and carotene after eating and did not cause diarrhea.

In the beginning, when Shen Cong ate the murderous peach tree’s leaves, he had suffered from diarrhea for two days for that bit of vitamins.

Just like Shen Cong, Titan, and the other evolved beasts, the evolved trees were also growing and leveling up nonstop. A few days ago, Shen Cong had made calculations that the willow was at Level 0.127. Today, it was already at Level 0.128.

Since the demonic bull king’s beef had gone bad, Shen Cong would not touch it again. But he could bury it underground and have it serve as the willow’s fertilizer.

He wanted the vegetable willow to grow and evolve a little further so the quality of its leaves would increase. If the vegetable fruit could bear fruit in the future as well, that would be incredible.

Perhaps when catkins filled the tree and the air, if Shen Cong decided to come back, he could pick the catkins and make a cotton shirt for himself.