Xiao Feng had actually been thinking about this for a while. He was just worried that the four of them might have other bad intentions after taking them in, so he hadn’t taken out the crystal core until now.
After this extended period of interaction, Xiao Feng realized that their inner natures weren’t really that bad. They might have a bit of a sharp tongue, say some cheeky things, and act impulsively at times, but overall, they weren’t malicious.
So, during the process of opening the vaults, Xiao Feng decided to give the crystal core to Bullet King.
When Xiao Feng first met the four of them, he was quite impressed by their abilities. For instance, the Poison King, Wang Xiao, had a rather disgusting yet powerful ability. He didn’t need to put in much effort to train because all he needed to do was increase his level. He could become a perfect Poison King with his abilities.
However, his abilities also had some weaknesses. For example, someone wearing a gas mask could easily counter his toxic abilities. But when he teamed up with Fart King, Ma Feng, the gas mask became ineffective. Ma Feng’s stinky gas had evolved to have corrosive properties. Anything it touched would get corroded. The level of corrosion depended on the durability of the objects, but with Ma Feng’s increasing level, his corrosion ability was getting stronger. He might even evolve other abilities in the future.
Xiao Feng had considered the potential of a partnership between Fart King and a fire attribute evolutionist. The power could be unimaginable. It was known that the main components of flatulence were 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, 9% carbon dioxide, 7% methane, 3% oxygen, and 1% other gases. If it encountered flames, it would ignite. Fart King could control the release of his gas. When combined with a fire attribute evolutionist, they could be like a mobile flamethrower. The only downside was that Fart King might get a burned rear end.
And Dark King Zhao Ye.
His abilities have now reached the third tier. Initially, his abilities allowed him to turn invisible only in pure darkness. Back then, Xiao Feng had joked about who could see anything in pitch-black darkness.
However, at the time, Xiao Feng didn’t consider a critical factor: night vision goggles.
Later, Xiao Feng asked Dark King about this. He mentioned that he couldn’t be seen when he turned invisible, even with night vision goggles.
After he advanced to the third tier, he could achieve absolute invisibility, even in the presence of low-light conditions. Remember, absolute invisibility. Typically, invisibility could be detected in various ways. For example, dusting the ground with flour, and when an invisible person walked over it, footprints would appear. But Dark King was different.
Xiao Feng examined his abilities carefully. When Dark King turned invisible, he seamlessly blended with the surrounding light conditions. This allowed him to enter an absolute invisible state where any equipment capable of detection or even fellow evolutionists skilled in detecting invisibility couldn’t discover him.
Xiao Feng believed that as Dark King evolved further, he might eventually achieve an absolute invisible state even in broad daylight. According to a sentence Dark King had once said, "I want to see who’s taking a shower," which immediately prompted the other three to threaten him jokingly, "When you peep, you must bring a camera, or we’ll beat you up!"
Helpless, Dark King had to comply.
Another example was Bullet King, Zhang Qiang. The crystal core that Xiao Feng was now giving him was the same one that was initially inside Zhang Jie.
Zhang Jie was the former Vice Director of Biological Research at Shelter No. 1.
Xiao Feng had conflicts with people from Shelter No. 1 at school because he tried to save Annie.
Not long after that, Zhang Jie came with his people, intending to capture Xiao Feng.
However, Xiao Feng ended up killing him, which stirred up trouble and caught the attention of Zhang Guotao.
When Xiao Feng killed Zhang Jie, at the moment of his death, Zhang Jie’s body quickly turned into a gray steel-like color.
Later, Xiao Feng found out that Zhang Jie’s evolutionary ability allowed him to turn his skin into steel.
This evolutionary ability would be extremely powerful if absorbed by Bullet King.
Just imagine how overpowered Bullet King would become.
"This crystal core was obtained from killing a director of Shelter No. 1.
It’s a third-tier steel transformation crystal core.
If you absorb it, while using your ability to attract bullets, you can activate steel transformation, and then you won’t fear bullets at all," Xiao Feng explained.
Upon hearing this, the four Gang members were shocked and in awe.
"I mean, you’d be invincible, right?" Poison King said, admiring Bullet King.
"Heh, not exactly invincible. What if someone shoots with my Barrett bullets?" Xiao Feng replied with a smirk.
"After taking damage exceeding what your body can handle, you will still get hurt. So, after absorbing this ability, you need to level it up as quickly as possible, got it?" Xiao Feng advised Bullet King seriously.
"But isn’t it impossible to directly absorb crystal cores?" Bullet King suddenly remembered something they heard in the broadcasts.
They had learned that direct absorption of crystal cores could have a high chance of causing death due to the energy levels.
"Hehe, it might be impossible for others, but when I say it’s possible, it is!," Xiao Feng replied.
Then, Xiao Feng went into the kitchen, ground the crystal core into a powder, and started making a spicy hot pot.
After about half an hour, a steaming pot of spicy hot pot was ready.
"I’ve ground the crystal core into a powder and added it to the hot pot.
The hot pot can effectively eliminate the side effects of the crystal core.
After eating it, you will be able to awaken your new ability directly!"
"Really?" Bullet King was thrilled to give it a try.
Xiao Feng even made a bowl of rice for himself in the kitchen.
Seeing this, the other three immediately served themselves bowls of rice in preparation for the hot pot.
However, Xiao Feng stopped them directly.
"You four share one pot. None of you should expect to awaken this ability!" Xiao Feng scolded them.
Upon hearing this, the other three immediately obediently pushed aside their rice bowls.
"Hehe, sorry, bros, I can’t wait any longer, so I’ll dig in first!" Bullet King said triumphantly and began eating his rice.
In no time, he finished the whole large pot of spicy hot pot.
After only the soup remained, Bullet King poured it over his rice and devoured it all.
"All right!" Xiao Feng nodded, then had someone clean up the dishes.
"The awakening of an ability will take approximately twelve hours. By tomorrow morning, you should be able to sense the steel transformation ability!"