"BUUUUURRNS! IT BURRRRNNNS!!!" Lin Wu shouted as he writhed in pain on the ground.

The lower end of his body was aflame as it had touched the surface of the lava. While it had not completely been dipped into it, just the surface heat was enough for his body to ignite spontaneously.

"AHHHHHHH!!" He shouted as he rolled around.

A few seconds later he was able to stop the flames from burning him, but the part that was affected was already charred and had turned into black coke. Lin Wu was finally able to stop shouting and crying in pain, as the pain receptors in his body that were in the lower end were completely burned.

Due to this, he was no longer able to feel pain and only felt a numb sensation down there.

"HAA… HAA… HAA…" Lin Wu made imaginary heavy breathing sounds, even though he did not have the same physiology as before.

Evidently, his human habits and instincts were still rather firm in his mind and would come out whenever it was the right moment. After a few minutes, Lin Wu was finally able to calm down and was then able to think about his situation.

"Chickie nuggies! I… I… I was incinerated! What will I do know? I'll die in this injured state." Lin Wu spoke to himself in a strange state of confusion.

While he had physically calmed down, his mind was still not in the right place, thus he was not able to think straight.

~Ding~

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WARNING!: The host's mental status is altered due to physical injury.

NOTIFICATION: Initiating the tranquilizing process

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Lin Wu was not in the right sense of mind, thus did not notice the notification window that had appeared in front of him. This was the first time that he had ever experienced pain of this level in this life. In his past life, the greatest pain that he had experienced was being kicked in the crotch.

While compared to that pain this was nothing, but for his newly acquired worm body, it was still the greatest pain it had felt. The pain had overwhelmed his senses, which had resulted in his current condition. The system had thus taken a precautionary action and had initiated the tranquilizing process.

A few seconds later, Lin Wu became still, and no longer writhed in pain. He laid there unconscious for an unknown amount of time as the clouds over his head passed by and the sun and moon moved. Eventually, his body twitched again as he opened his eyes.

"Huh? Where… where am I?" Lin Wu muttered to himself as he struggled to move.

"Why can't I move? What's happening to me?" Lin Wu spoke in confusion.

He tried to move his head around and was able to do so with great difficulty. With what he could turn to see, he observed that he was on the ground just beside the lava pool. There was no pain in his body anymore, but he still couldn't move it and it was as if it had been paralyzed.

A few minutes later the groggy feeling that Lin Wu was feeling finally passed away and the fog in his mind was cleared. His memories came reusing by and the faint feeling of pain and horror returned too. This only made him twitch again but ineffectively since his body was still paralyzed.

~AAAAH~

Lin Wu groaned and wallowed in his previous misfortune.

'Why did I not think of a better alternative to just jumping over the edge? What was I thinking? Did the stupid system infect me and make me stupid too?' Lin Wu wondered.

Just as Lin Wu thought this, the sound of a notification sounded again.

~Ding~

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NOTIFICATION: Regeneration process complete

NOTIFICATION: Lifting tranquilizing effects

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Lin Wu read the notification and got an idea of what had happened. A few seconds later, he was able to move his body once again. This time he took a close look over his body as he remembered what had happened before. The first thing he checked was the lower end of his body that had been burned.

The last time Lin Wu had seen it, it was completely charred and had been reduced to a mass of black coke. But now that he was looking at it, there was no such thing to be seen. Instead, it looked the same as it was before he had been burned.

There were no scars, and neither were there any marks that would denote the site of injury. Lin Wu marveled at this sight and wondered about the regeneration ability that his body had.

"System, what happened before?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The host had been severely injured and had third-degree burns on his lower four segments of his body. Over ninety percent of the tissues had been incinerated and no viable tissue was left. In addition to this, the host underwent major mental trauma due to the pain of the injury.

In order to prevent mental damage to the host and to heal the injury, the system took the liberty to put the host in a tranquilized state. During this state, the system used the stored energy to heal and regenerate the host's injury.

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Lin Wu read the system's answer and then understood the entire sequence of events that had happened.

'Wait, four of my segments were incinerated and over 90% of tissue was inviable. Then this means…" Lin Wu muttered to himself and looked around.

A short distance from his body he found a charred black mass of coke lying. It was broken into multiple pieces and looked no different from a piece of charcoal.

"Whoa! So the system really did regenerate an entire part of my body." Lin Wu exclaimed to himself.

'How much energy did it use, though?' Lin Wu wondered to himself.

"System, how much energy was used up in this period?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: Please check the host data window for relevant information.

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"Oh of course, I forgot. Host Data." Lin Wu spoke.

~Ding~

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HOST NAME: Lin Wu

AGE: 1 month, 12 days

LIFESPAN: 2 months

HOST SPECIES: Common Mud Worm (enhanced) [Adult]

HOST CULTIVATION: Fifth stage of the Body tempering Realm

-Vital energy required to upgrade = [000/600] units

QI STORAGE: Unavailable [Insufficient cultivation]

- Reserved Spirit Qi: 953 units [wisps]

BLOODLINE: None

CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES: None

QI SKILLS: None

INVENTORY: Empty

BEAST CORE: Not formed

VITAL ENERGY STORAGE: 12 units

SYSTEM ENERGY STORAGE: 0 units

RAW BLOODLINE DATA COLLECTED:

1. Common Grass Mouse

2. Rock Trampler Boar

3. Human

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Lin Wu was absolutely stunned after seeing the consumption rate.

"My… my… my energy. It's gone… all gone." Lin Wu muttered in shock.