join p atreon.com/KeyofStars and become a Sequence 9: Reader for hundreds of additional chapters and over a dozen stories
The number of people born with innate talent is too low compared to the total population of creatures within a world; the vast majority are still ordinary people born and raised there.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing; Kisaragi Rin has never underestimated his "predecessors."
If everyone in Demon Slayer had talent, and specialties from other worlds could take effect here, then without a doubt, given players' integrity, they would unhesitatingly exchange for a few tubes of viruses, attempting to trigger a zombie apocalypse here to starve the Demon King.
To some extent, viruses are also a product of fantasy; after all, they aren't photosynthesizing Orcs, so where does the energy to sustain their movement come from? Could it be that Umbrella Corporation's technology has already unlocked cosmic dark energy?
The more he thought, the further his mind wandered. Kisaragi Rin pinched his brow, feeling a bit tired.
The conditions were too limited; he could only use the wild guesses he developed in his previous life to speculate about all this.
But lacking the ability to prove them, they could only remain at the level of speculation.
Since he knew these matters couldn't be resolved right now, Kisaragi Rin stopped tormenting himself and chose to discard the clutter in his mind one by one.
After becoming a player, although some unexpected things happened, they were basically still within Kisaragi Rin's control.
With the Workshop's cheat and the advantage of knowing the plot, he had completely moved to the forefront of players at the same level.
Yukinoshita Yukino was also Lv1, but in a life-and-death struggle, it would probably be a three-to-seven split.
Well, Kisaragi Rin could kill her seven times in three seconds.
The only concern was encountering senior players.
Especially that Shikanoko Noko; Kisaragi Rin couldn't figure her out at all.
Arriving at the operating area, the bodies of the Spider Family were quietly arranged together, which could be considered a family reunion of sorts.
Kisaragi Rin came to the Workshop tonight, naturally, primarily for this family.
"Workshop, detect Lower Five Moon."
(50 energy consumed to complete data retrieval)
(Lower Moon Five - Rui)
(Can extract 1500 energy points)
(1 - Small amount of Demon King Bloodline: The source of power, the amount will affect strength to a certain extent. Possesses high-speed regeneration and infinite lifespan, but also brings negative effects such as memory loss, instant death upon exposure to light, and only being able to consume human flesh)
(2 - Blood Demon Art: Can freely control sharp and tough spider silk)
Perhaps because demons have extremely strong vitality, the extractable energy was as high as 30 Lizards.
The other demons were not much different; only the content of Demon King Bloodline was lower, and their Blood Demon Arts varied.
If he hadn't distributed his power to his other family members, Rui's strength would have actually been close to the Pillar-level, and he wouldn't have been killed so easily.
Kisaragi Rin came here not wanting to acquire the abilities of Lower Moon Five.
After all, threads are somewhat mystical; looking at a few famous users:
Spider-Man, Doflamingo, Lower Moon Five, and someone named Kisaragi Rin...
It seems that people who use threads to attack and their relatives are somewhat incompatible.
The above was purely Kisaragi Rin's grumbling; the real reason was that his paradise coins were simply not enough.
The invisibility Skill he extracted by consuming a large amount of energy last time, he still didn't have any spare paradise coins to upgrade it.
Golden Light Technique was only at level 7, and Heavenly Eye was only level 1; the upcoming Breathing Styles also urgently needed a large amount of paradise coins.
With several children at home crying for food, looking at his balance, he fell into silence, feeling as numb as if he had been carrying a mortgage for thirty-two years.
With limited paradise coins, Kisaragi Rin naturally had to choose the Skills that would benefit him more.
For example, Upper Moon Three Akaza's Destructive Kill: Compass Needle, and Upper Moon Four Hantengu's splitting.
Skills that compensate for weaknesses and enhance strengths are what Kisaragi Rin needed.
As for Lower Moon Five's spider silk, it was underwhelming but a pity to discard.
Instead of adding everything to himself indiscriminately, it's better to utilize it in a better way.
Kisaragi Rin walked to the Spider Mother's corpse; she no longer looked plump and graceful but had turned into a small child.
In fact, her previous appearance was just a disguise to fit the identity of "mother."
Spider Mother was the most pitiful character in the Spider Family; Spider Father kept hitting her, and the Spider Younger Brother and Sister also disrespected her. Even a slight imperfection in her role-playing would lead to Rui's punishment, enduring endless grievances and torment.
In the drama, Tanjiro Kamado beheaded her with a gentle slash, and Spider Mother was moved by the gentleness, recalling her memories as a human, feeling liberated by death.
Kisaragi Rin certainly didn't have gentle swordplay, but he planned to use the Spider Mother as the main body to create a brand new Lower Moon Five.
He would extract all the blood and Blood Demon Arts of the other demons and integrate them into the Spider Mother's body.
These things originally belonged to Lower Moon Five, and they could be interconnected within the Spider Mother's body, requiring little energy to fully merge them.
The real big cost was eliminating the Spider Mother's weaknesses as a demon.
(Optimizing Kibutsuji Muzan's blood)
(Estimated energy consumption: 3200 points)
Kisaragi Rin's face twitched; the energy extracted from the other four demons combined wasn't enough to pay, and he would have to make up nearly a thousand more energy points.
The Spider Mother's transformation had already begun; her separated body parts started to regenerate under the power of the Workshop, and her slightly cracked cheeks were also mending.
(Negative effect of instant death upon exposure to light eliminated)
(Negative effect of emotional dullness eliminated)
(Negative effect of memory loss eliminated)
(Negative effect of only being able to consume human flesh eliminated)
A brand new Spider Mother gradually appeared before Kisaragi Rin's eyes. Compared to her original appearance, the Spider Mother, who had completely integrated all the abilities of Lower Moon Five, had changed again.
She truly became the appearance she had disguised herself as.
White hair down to her hips, cyan eyebrows and pupils, without those strange dots, her tender face, upon closer inspection, always had a seductive charm.
However, she was only palm-sized, timidly peeking her upper body out of her clothes. Kisaragi Rin picked her up and confirmed that she only had Rui's physical characteristics and hadn't become a male.
"Do you still have the memories of the Spider Demon?"
Kisaragi Rin asked her.
The Spider Mother didn't respond. Instead, she used Kisaragi Rin's hand to climb onto his palm, curled up, and fell into a deep sleep.
"Why does she feel a bit like Nezuko?"
Kisaragi Rin couldn't help but think.
Tanjiro Kamado's sister Nezuko was a demon who wasn't afraid of sunlight. After becoming a demon, she basically lost the ability to communicate, her body became much smaller, and she also became very sleepy.
Kisaragi Rin chose to consume energy to check her status.
(100 energy points consumed for data retrieval)
Spider Mother
1 - Demon King: No longer afraid of sunlight, possesses true Demon King Bloodline, and has extremely high potential.
2 - Undying: Even if beheaded, will not die until her own energy is completely exhausted. Body injuries will recover at an extremely fast rate.
3 - Demon Body: Physical attributes greatly increased, difficult to injure with swords, and can change body size and form to a certain extent.
4 - Spider Silk: Can create and freely control spider silk through energy. Spider silk can have special effects such as sharpness, toughness, severe poison, puppet, and curse.
Sharpness: Can easily cut through boulders
Toughness: Difficult to cut even with swords
Severe Poison: Possesses extremely terrifying corrosive poison, capable of corroding even energy
Puppet: Controls the enemy's actions through spider silk, like controlling a puppet
Curse: A bizarre curse that can turn enemies into spiders
5 - Gluttony: Can quickly consume prey and restore energy by encasing them in cocoons made of spider silk.
"What did I create?"
Kisaragi Rin looked silently at the Spider Mother in his hand. Even the complete form of Lower Moon Five wouldn't have such a luxurious panel.
Even the Workshop gave her an extremely high potential rating.
join p atreon.com/KeyofStars and become a Sequence: 9 Reader for hundreds of additional chapters and over a dozen stories