The sudden quest startled Rahen.
"Space crack? Is that the thing causing all this chaos?" From the knowledge he had from novels and comics, anything related to space was obviously dangerous. But being curious he decided to check that out.
After all, greater danger meant greater rewards.
While he was lost in thought the people ahead were done treating the injured and collecting the dead bodies. They were now resting after the fierce battle, but still on high alert since no one knew when the next attack might come.
Having nothing to do he decided to explore on his own. He knew that if the army found the space crack first then there was no way he would get a chance to get close. He cautiously approached the location those beasts came from. The horde has destroyed the whole path and there were many small animals lying there trampled by them.
Ignoring them he continued forward where he saw an even more gruesome scene. There was a tiger the size of a car surrounded by the bodies of dead animals and was crazily devouring them. Rahen quickly distanced himself to avoid being spotted.
He had gone just a bit further when he heard loud roars and cries from ahead, silently approaching he saw a huge elephant battling a huge eagle. Both of their bodies were riddled with injuries and were leaking blood. But none of the two backed down.
The eagle was using its enlarged talons and beak to continuously harass the elephant from the sky, while the elephant was using its trunk to defend itself. Rahen was watching the battle when the eagle made the mistake of coming closer to the elephant's head and was caught by its trunk.
It struggled but was unable to escape, the elephant however didn't care and started eating it alive, which led to the end of its life. After he finished eating the elephant roared at the sky and fell to the ground.
"Huh! Did it die too? But the injuries were not so serious." Rahen silently approached it and used his skill.
===============================
Elephant (mutation 50%)
Name: - - -
Level: ??
Abilities: ??
Skills
Active: ??
Passive: ?? , ??
After consuming its enemy, it has reached the threshold of mutation and is going through evolution.
===============================
"What!" Even though he couldn't get any more detail, he was completely shocked by the only information he got. But unable to do anything he focused on something else just some distance away, the space crack that the system mentioned.
It looked like the world itself was starting to crack like glass. The crack was pitch black with stars shining throughout it, just like his space stone. It spread through a few metres and was suspended in the air. It was beautiful and scary at the same time.
"So, what am I supposed to do now?" The was no way he knew how to close it and complete the quest.
[ There are few ways to close a space crack, but currently the host can use only one, which is to allow the system to use the host's life force to complete the deed. ]
"That does not sound safe"
[ This method will weaken the host's life force which might lead to mutations in the current environment. ]
Thinking about the elephant, Rahen first thought it might be a good idea to grow stronger, but he discarded that thought. From all the shows he had watched ,things like this never had a good end.
"Is there no other way?"
[ Host can use the one time purchase ticket in the shop to buy a suitable cultivation method or item. Since this is a special case host can be allowed to purchase it without unlocking the shop. ]
"Why didn't you say that earlier, were you looking forward to turning me into an abomination!"
"..."
No reply came.
"Sigh! Just show me the suitable method. And remember to give me the best ones."
According to rahen having a powerful weapon was good but personal strength was still a better way to go.
The system showed him a variety of cultivation methods that were inclined towards cultivating various types of energies, including space, magic, demonic energy, divine powers and more. Just by seeing their sky high prices Rahen knew they were extraordinary. None of them were lower than a billion credits.
He opened the description of the most expensive one.
[ Chaos qi cultivation art:
Chaos qi is born with the birth of a universe and is the basic and most primal form of all the energies of the universe. Since ancient times many of the top powerhouse have tried to utilise the chaos qi, but none of them succeeded completely. This technique was formed from their cumulative research, experiences and knowledge, but it's still incomplete. It's divided into soul and body arts.
Price: 10 billion credits ]
Being shocked would be an understatement of what rahen was experiencing. This was the technique priced the highest and was still incomplete. He took some time to finally calm down and think rationally. Since it was an incomplete technique there might be hidden dangers with it and he didn't have the confidence to complete it.
Putting it aside he checked other techniques but just by description he knew that even though they were all extremely powerful, none could compare to the chaos qi cultivation art.
"Let's just take this,if it doesn't work I'll change it after reincarnation." He decided and used the ticket to buy the cultivation art.
Soon he felt a headache like none behind, it felt like his head was going to burst at any moment due to the immense amount of information being transferred to his mind. It took a few minutes for the headache to subside. The first thing he did was to check if the beast had woken up.
Seeing everything was fine he focused on the art. From the information he got, it was divided into different stages but he got the information for only the first stage 'nourishment stage'. During this stage he could learn how to absorb the chaos qi and used it to nourish the soul and body.
Along with this information he also got an ancient looking book, which recorded the experiences of predecessors that have tried using chaos qi and the method.
Rahen knew that it would definitely take him time to reach the nourishment stage, so he returned to his nest after checking the army which was still resting, maybe waiting for reinforcements.
His parents were not at home so decided to enter the space stone and stay the training without wasting time, he was in a race against the army close the space crack behind they reach it. Thankfully the mutated beasts would help him with that.