In a secret room at Hell headquarters, Ringo was trapped in a Pod while Emma, Melissa, Eva, Lena and Hila watched from outside.
Several tubes of liquid were constantly being injected into his body.
Emma continued to stare at the computer screen as she excitedly jotted down the data.
-How is he?- Eva finally couldn't help but ask, worried.
In fact, the only one there who wasn't worried was Emma, who knew Ringo's condition well.
-He's only halfway through the serums, but it's incredible how well his body is adapting. It's real-time evolution. Honestly, I don't even know how strong he'll be after this.- Emma replied excitedly. -Of course, I don't know how strong he is now either. Even during the tests, I don't think he used all his strength.
The women in the room frowned at Emma, but she didn't care, she was more excited about Ringo's progress than Ringo himself was.
Although it wasn't possible to track cellular activity in real time, simply measuring the energy emitted was already fascinating.
Just as Melissa was about to speak, a superb energy began to emanate from the Pod.
Emma's eyes widened and she stopped the injections, she knew she had started.
Ringo, on the other hand, was back in the evolution zone. He felt he could stay there longer, so he began to search calmly.
His consciousness touched one star after another, but he was soon surprised to find a desirable evolution in the Nightmare line.
[Nightmare Explorer]
It is also a form of energetic life, but it possesses great predictive powers.
He was isolated among the species, not a sequential evolution, but a unique being, even so, he was not a low-level being, probably upper-middle, since it was the first time Ringo had access to this evolution.
Ringo could sense some of the abilities of this evolution, it was easy to notice the proximity to the information form now that he had his precognition ability.
To be honest, Ringo thinks that if he didn't have this ability, he would probably miss this evolution without noticing anything, as if the Nightmare Explorer himself didn't want to be seen.
Everything based on information in this universe is very complicated, but all information-based abilities are also very difficult to deal with, it's the kind of power that frustrates enemies.
In the original text, the only time he remembers an information-based power being countered was when Aesop was targeted by a star cluster-level civilization, but to be fair, seers are the most common type of user of this ability, many mages have studied it enough to create a series of spells based on it.
Whether to predict or to prevent prediction.
But in any case, the Nightmare Explorer was perfect for Ringo, exactly what he needed right now!
Even if prediction isn't infallible, it's still very difficult to defend against it, or Aesop would have died a long time ago in his series of misfortunes.
So, he didn't hesitate and chose exactly that!
The next moment, Ringo's white energy in the Pod swelled considerably, it began to run wildly, but the white turned lilac as the purple energy of the nightmare was mixed in, Ringo entered his hybrid form as his body quickly adapted to the new species.
Everyone outside the Pod felt tremendous pressure, turning them pale, even the usually indifferent Hila was gritting her teeth, trying not to tremble.
-What fierce energy.- Eva managed to say, swallowing hard.
-The energy meters can barely keep up, it's about to go off the charts.- Emma said, looking at the computer. The next moment, a slight explosion sounded as the equipment burned out, but no one but Emma paid attention.
Lena and Melissa clenched their fists, worried, but while Lena had an anxious look, Melissa was seemingly calm, with her arms crossed, but her fixed and unblinking gaze betrayed her anxiety.
Not only in the room, even though it had been a room specially made to withstand energy, Ringo's energy mixed with Nightmare leaked out unimpeded, anyone below Grade E began to suffer hallucinations and fall into nightmares, people above Grade E suffered varying degrees of spiritual discomfort.
It took several minutes before Ringo's energy subsided.
But there didn't seem to have been any external change, it was only when Ringo opened his eyes that the biggest change was seen.
His eyes, in their hybrid form, once completely black, now resembled a galaxy of their own, the darkness dotted with millions of stars, simply looking into those eyes left the women in the room stunned for a moment, as if their souls had been ripped from their bodies.
Ringo paid no attention to the women's reaction, but slowly felt the growing power of his body. He hadn't moved up a grade, he was still at Grade B. He could probably be considered Grade B+ now, but still far from Grade A.
If the difference between Grade C and Grade B is like a lake, the difference between Grade B and Grade A is like the entire ocean, there's no comparison, which is why it's much harder to advance.
What is the difference between Grade A and Grade S? It's like comparing a grain of sand to the entire desert, even a million Grade A Supers can't handle a Grade S, at most they can slow it down a little because even they need to expend some energy to "harvest onions".
But in any case, Ringo focused on his new powers, there were only 3 abilities in this new evolution.
Vision of the future, Vision of dreams and Nightmare Descent.
Ringo was overjoyed with the progress.
The vision of the future was exactly what it promised.
Simple prediction, being able to see possible ramifications of the future, was basic, but that was exactly what he needed, he was no different from a seer now.
Dream Vision was an ability that connected him to the nightmare dimension, allowing him to connect to a target with just a trace of their aura. He could, for example, attack someone in the central galaxy from exactly where he was, he only needed enough energy and a bit of the target's aura.
Of course, enough energy to attack someone in the central galaxy was not something he possessed right now.
Even though secondary dimensions don't have a fixed point in the galaxy and theoretically could open a passage anywhere in them, attacking such a distant location requires not only opening a passage from the main plane to the nightmare dimension, but also opening a passage from the nightmare dimension to the main plane where he wants to connect.
Now, to open a passage over such a great distance... Ringo didn't even know how much energy he would need, the nightmare mark acts as a connector. It's as if Ringo only needs to open the passage on one side and the mark opens the passage on the other side. So the distance doesn't really matter because both sides are working together to connect, achieving the effect of instant teleportation.
Just as Han Xiao could still use the [Observer's Mark] skill to mark a target and then use [Void Vision - Observer] to keep an eye on the marked people, no matter how far away they were.
Sure, that would hardly work against experienced mages, but the Nightmare Mark wouldn't work either.
The upside was that the future vision meshed well with his teleportation ability, now he can teleport much longer distances, provided he has enough energy, but he needs to be in hybrid form or nightmare form, otherwise the ability will have a cooldown.
The ability was called Dream Vision because he could literally see someone dreaming anywhere, but the connection allowed him to send nightmares, send a nightmare blade or even devour the target's soul. However, it was a double-edged sword, using it was like creating a spiritual connection between two parties. If the target was weaker, he could end up with their soul wounded or destroyed.
In any case, it's still an incredibly useful skill.
The last ability, Nightmare Descent, was an area-of-effect ability, he could summon part of the nightmare dimension to descend into an area. Within that area, any being would be contaminated with nightmare energy, causing a series of mental debuffs and energy restrictions. However, if the target was completely corrupted by the nightmare, it would become a nightmare energy being, completely insane, attacking everything around it.
They could also be controlled by him, so it was still a useful skill.
He only hoped for the ability to see the future, but the other two skills weren't bad either.