Chapter 20 Rifle Mastery and Ode to Flesh

After making the decision, Luke used his consciousness to distribute all the spiritual essence.

[Gun Mastery (Rifle)] Proficient → Mastery. A large amount of knowledge on the use of guns and fragments of memories related to shooting at the shooting range and war flooded into Luke's mind.

At the same time, his arms, shoulders and other muscle groups closely related to shooting also underwent some subtle changes, which transformed his rifle use experience from a rookie to a veteran.

Of course, he is not a soldier at the level of the Punisher Frank, but a veteran in the ordinary sense.

Feeling the subtle changes in his body and the knowledge he had just learned, Luke took the SR-47 out of the gun bag, stroked it gently with both hands for a moment, held the gun head with his left hand, grabbed the magazine with his right hand, pushed the latch forward, removed the magazine, and then used his hands without stopping to gradually remove the receiver cover, suspension rod and other accessories.

In a minute or so, a complete SR-47 was reduced to a pile of parts scattered on the table.

Luke's mastery of firearms has given him a lot of experience in firearm maintenance. He took out the gun oil that came with the rifle from the table and began to wipe and maintain it carefully.

Take every gun seriously, and when you are on the battlefield, it will take you seriously as well.

After reassembling the gun and putting it in his backpack, Luke leaned back in the chair and relaxed for a moment.

Ok?
Only then did he realize that when he was thinking about the allocation of points for the "Spiritual Essence", he had unconsciously completed a "work of art".

It is still a finished product with an American realistic style. The monster's skin is dark blue, like an ancient stone tablet eroded by time, covered with cracks and uneven scars.

It is tall and strong, like a savage living in the mountains, covered with dirty and lush hair, but the biggest difference from humans is that there are no other organs on its entire head, only a huge, spherical eye.

The creature was carrying a huge rock, demonstrating the enormous strength contained in its body, and casting a huge shadow in the moonlight, as real as if Luke had seen it in real life.

No, maybe the gunman had seen it.

Luke collected this mountain monster together with the Byaki from last time and started to add points again.

This time, the remaining spiritual essence was added to the [Miracle Seed - Fang]. With the influx of essence, the fusion progress increased from 13% to 48%.

As the progress increased, Luke felt that his mental power had changed slightly. It seemed to become more active and easier to control.

Based on Luke's progress in the past few days, if there are no other gains, the progress bar can be filled up in about a month.

In more than a month, others may have just had their first contact with the extraordinary seeds and become level 0 extraordinary apprentices, but Luke is about to be promoted to level 1 extraordinary.

If Philemon knew about this efficiency, he could proudly say that his son Luke has the potential to be an emperor.

The phone on the table suddenly vibrated. Luke picked it up. It was a message from the exorcist Rudy, whom he had just met. There would be a gathering of supernatural beings at Floyd Pier in a week, and he was invited to attend.

Luke, who knew nothing about the extraordinary world but was full of interest, naturally agreed readily. After replying to the message and agreeing on a time, Luke sat back on the bed and used his mental power to soak the [Miracle Seed] in a meditative way. On the other hand, while Luke was enjoying a peaceful and tranquil life, Lei Mulin, the top jungler in North America, was in a miserable situation.

After eating the sandwiches and cold pizza he begged for, he returned to the tent to rest for a while. Then he remembered what Luke said during the day, that the Sunshine Food stall would be closed the day after tomorrow. In order to find a retreat in advance, he decided to go to the church that distributed fried chicken in advance to at least find out the route.

Although most of the street lamps were damaged due to years of disrepair and the lights were very dim, the unusually bright moonlight in the sky allowed Lei Mulin's movements along the way to be relatively smooth.

After walking slowly for more than half an hour, he found the church according to his memory.

At first glance, the church door was half-open, and through the gap one could vaguely see shadowy figures inside, and singing-like sounds could be heard, as if someone was holding a ceremony inside.

Lei Mulin, who was from China, had never had any religious beliefs and had little respect for gods or other mysterious things like God. Out of curiosity, he quietly walked over and tried to see through the crack in the door what was going on in the church.

As the distance shortened, the sound coming from the church became clearer and clearer. It turned out to be singing. Even with Lei Mulin's half-baked English, he could understand it clearly without missing a word.

He emerged from the sea, He rose from the ground.
down from the sky，they are all around (He came down from the sky，He is everywhere)
they will return, mankind will learn (His return will leave corpses everywhere)
new kinds of fear, when they are here

The singing seemed to have some kind of magic, attracting all of Lei Mulin's attention and even making him ignore all the strange sights before his eyes. He only wanted to follow the rhythm of the singing and join in the great praise.

In the church, the old altar is covered with twisted bright red flesh balls. These spheres of flesh and blood are roughly spindle-shaped, or to put it more vividly, they are the pupa form of butterfly insects when they evolve from larvae to adults.

Under the altar, several figures sat in a circle quietly. If you looked carefully, you would find that their bodies had long been dead, and even rotted in many places. White, fat maggots as thick as an adult's index finger sometimes squirmed under the skin, and sometimes came out and rolled in the rotten flesh.

A priest in a red robe stood high on the altar. He glanced at the door and easily spotted Lei Mulin's presence.

However, he did not drive away or kill the homeless man.

It's just a poor insect that has the opportunity to listen to the hymns of God. There are only two outcomes: either it can see the truth of the world and become a believer of God, or it can become mentally ill and then physically deformed and become a sacrifice to God.

No matter what the outcome is, we can contribute a little to the great cause of the gods' coming.

He withdrew his gaze and no longer paid attention to the dirty homeless man, and continued to concentrate on leading the believers kneeling in the church to chant.

stars brightly burning，boiling and churning
bode a returning season of doom (This is the end of the world!)
scary scary scary scary solstice (Horror! Horror! Horror! Extremely terrifying!)

very very very scary solstice (extremely! extremely! extremely! extremely scary!)
The melody became higher and higher, and the singing became more rapid and compact, as if some great being was about to wake up from the starry sky and descend from outer space.

He is getting closer!
His figure gradually becomes clearer!

While you are observing Him, thousands of eyes on His countless tentacles are also watching you!
He is coming!
(End of this chapter)