Chapter 246
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Chapter 246: Transmutation Magic
Merlin’s Healing Progress: 61%
The conditions for obtaining rewards have been met, and Merlin’s divine abilities can be randomly drawn again.
Merlin’s healing progress has exceeded 50%, allowing for short-term activities outside the Divine Mental Hospital…
As expected!
The moment Lin Qiye saw this prompt, his heart raced with excitement. Patients in the hospital can leave for activities once their treatment reaches 50%.
More importantly, Lin Qiye has gained a second chance to draw Merlin’s abilities. With the impending catastrophe, having an extra ability means an additional hope for survival.
Lin Qiye’s gaze fell on the mysterious spinning wheel floating in the void, and he slowly spoke:
Draw ability.
In the next moment, the wheel of Merlin’s abilities began to spin rapidly, the pointer gliding over various abilities: Fire Magic Mastery, Space Magic Mastery, Abyss Magic Mastery, Dark Magic Mastery…
Finally, the pointer stopped on a line of small text.
—Transmutation Magic Mastery!
The moment Lin Qiye saw these words, his eyebrows raised in surprise.
The illusory characters hovered in the air, and as Lin Qiye reached out to touch them, a mysterious power flowed through his fingertips into his body.
Immediately, several lines of small text appeared before Lin Qiye.
Transmutation Magic Mastery (Illusionary Divine Ruins):
You can use magic to perfectly transform yourself into any creature or object you have seen, and to a certain extent, mimic their abilities and characteristics (the degree of ability mimicry is related to your understanding of them).
After scanning this line of text, Lin Qiye’s eyes lit up with delight.
This time, he drew another ability infused with divine power, namely the Divine Ruins. From this point, Lin Qiye began to realize that the patterns of these three ability draws were not the same.
When the healing progress reached 1%, the ability draw was completely random, and any miscellaneous abilities could be selected.
However, when the healing progress reached 50%, it was guaranteed to draw an ability containing divine power, such as Nyx’s Dark Erosion and Merlin’s Transmutation Magic.
So, what would the ability draw process be like when the healing progress reaches 100%?
Lin Qiye shook his head, temporarily dismissing this thought, and began to study Transmutation Magic carefully.
Standing in the courtyard, a blue light flickered in his eyes, and a deep blue magic circle flashed beneath his feet. In the next moment, he perfectly transformed into the appearance of Li Yifei.
Disheveled hair, a slightly plump figure, gray caregiver uniform, and even the name tag on his chest… every wrinkle in the clothing was identical.
Li Yifei stared blankly at the other version of himself, mouth agape.
Qiye… you, you, you…
Lin Qiye activated another magic circle beneath his feet and transformed into the appearance of A Zhu, a short stature, gray-white hair, and the spider web patterns on his face perfectly matching A Zhu’s.
If one had to point out a difference, it was that his gaze was much sharper than A Zhu’s natural dullness.
A Zhu’s eyes widened in surprise, exclaiming, “Wow!”
Next, Lin Qiye transformed into the appearance of Hong Yan.
Li Yifei glanced at the real Hong Yan, then at the fake Hong Yan, swallowing hard. “Qiye, I have a bold idea…”
“No, you don’t.” Lin Qiye shot him a glare and transformed back into his original appearance.
He was too familiar with these three caregivers; aside from them, perhaps he could try something else…
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Qiye activated the magic circle again. This time, the magic circle was several times larger than before, almost covering the entire courtyard.
As the light flashed, Lin Qiye’s figure vanished, replaced by… an enormous frost dragon!
Everyone looked up in awe at the exaggeratedly shaped frost dragon, their jaws nearly dropping to the ground.
This was the frost dragon Lin Qiye had caught a fleeting glimpse of while traversing other planes. Although he only had a vague impression, he filled in the details with his imagination, resulting in the current scene.
It seemed that the size and species of the transformation could be freely chosen.
The frost dragon raised its head, opened its massive mouth, and a deafening roar echoed throughout the hospital. It turned its head, gathering power within, a faint blue light brewing between its jaws, and then forcefully…
Spat out a mouthful of phlegm.
Lin Qiye: …
Why can other dragons breathe fire, but it can only spit phlegm?
Perhaps it was due to his insufficient understanding of the frost dragon; after all, he had only caught a brief glimpse of it. Although he had transformed into the dragon’s form, he was still a human at the pool realm, and trying to unleash dragon breath across several major realms was akin to dreaming.
However, when Lin Qiye transformed back into A Zhu, he could spit out a few strands of spider silk just like A Zhu. But this silk was far inferior in both length and flexibility compared to A Zhu’s; it could catch bugs, but using it like Spider-Man would be quite challenging.
Ultimately, after transforming, he could indeed possess some characteristics, but they had to be below his own realm.
Lin Qiye then tried transforming into Mu Mu, Hong Ying, Chen Muye, Bai Li Pangpang, and Cao Yuan… Meanwhile, Li Yifei and the others sat on the ground with snacks, watching like it was a performance. Every time Lin Qiye transformed into someone else’s appearance, they applauded enthusiastically.
Once Lin Qiye fully mastered Transmutation Magic, he left the mental hospital.
Lin Qiye wandered around the office but did not find Chen Muye. After hesitating for a moment, he pushed the door open and walked out.
The once bustling and lively Hepingqiao Street had now fallen into silence. Most shops had closed their doors, with only a few remaining open. Not a single private car was seen on the street, and occasionally, a couple of military vehicles whizzed by.
Under the government’s and military’s push, the residents of Cangnan were orderly evacuating. However, with such a large population, complete evacuation was impossible. Most residents waiting to evacuate were required to stay at home and could no longer engage in group activities.
This city, which should have been vibrant, suddenly became desolate.
Lin Qiye walked through the deserted streets and arrived at Heping Bridge, gazing down the canal’s waters flowing into the distance, lost in thought.
Suddenly, he froze, squinting at the distance of the canal, rubbing his eyes.
He saw a horse-drawn carriage rushing through the rolling river waters upstream. Just as it was about to cross Heping Bridge, the carriage bizarrely lifted off the ground, made a wide turn, and stopped right in front of Lin Qiye.
On the wide, empty bridge, only this carriage and Lin Qiye stood there.
“Are you Lin Qiye?” An old man’s voice drifted from within the carriage.
