IDK if managing to rip away his psychic energy counts towards the DNA stuff needed for trait acquisition. He did manage to get a ton of Evolution Points, but it would be a shame for the specimen that is williard to not be milked for all it's worth.

Very cool. Interesting ending. Does this mean that Scorch knows he is a parasite? Or atleast that he was experimented on by his parents, and that it included the alien tech/biology, thereby making him a psycher? I would like to request clarification! Looking forward to the next volume. I wish he had managed to take more samples from Williard so as to improve his evolution/trait options.

"wouldn't consume more life essence than normal" - more than normal humans? or just when he's not in direct sunlight in his soul form?

We're the masses? Crazy. Hey lads! We've been written into the story! What a day eh?

umm isn't this "game" being broadcast to the other wedding guests? Why is now the time to act? There's no way this is going to be subtle if the two people actually kill someone. Even less so if Matt takes them both out. They have to have a tracker or something on them right, analyzing their vitals? Is he going to hypnotize them, get a ton of DNA samples and then let them live?

Read this! This story focuses on the tale of a deceased protagonist. Betrayed by his system immediately after his first world travel, germs who'd have guessed, so that the system can steal his plot armor. Thus begins the tale of how a revenant spirit, clinging to existence, begins to grow. Brutally efficient MC who replaces his own weaknesses and manages to become, essentially, an eldritch soul virus horror over the course of several world travels. Watch the process of his ascension via pawns, experiments, and magic rituals to even more evil gods; his fight to stay as a chess master rather than a pawn.

you're -> your

struggled -> struggles

Shouldn't Matt want to stay in the neutral faction and avoid politics? With the evolution he chose, wouldn't staying lowkey and riding out his grinding during daily life be ideal? His fear of discovery comes from non-existent (as far as we know) tech from much further down the tech tree, stuff that knows about that was be developed ingame. He already passed the medical exam. He should be in the clear in terms of suspicion. Why has he fallen under such suspicion?

He didn't eliminate the evidence in some way? Like cleaning up the bloody vomit or the towel that has his bodily fluids? Isn't that pretty huge forensic evidence?

Author: Is he really making waves that would be noticeable in comparison to the size of the crew? Or is this more about the fact that he (before and after "awakening") managed Sheila and her pregnancy? I can't really imagine anything that he has done thus far to be really that big of a deal nor impacting the mission in any way. Unless Sheppard knows him to be an imposter there doesn't seem, from Matt's actions alone, to be reason to act against him this strongly.

doctor doctor doctor. JK love the novel. Really a fun twist on among us that I don't think anyone was expecting to be as good as it is. Glad that you didn't have williard there in person. It'll be interesting to see how MC tries to get enough blood from him to unlock an ability on that end.

I'll be honest, Willard moves out of his safe zone too frequently. He isn't acting the paranoid, deranged genius that you set him up as. I'm hoping that the new psionics can take him down a peg in terms of hypnosis/brainwashing. Allowing the MC to partner with the AI for the forseeable future is also a fantastic move. If MC can manage to ingratiate himself to Shepard before rank 3's planned take over, that'd be tight.

So any word on new updates? Hopefully the author is alright. It sort of feels like the story is coming to it's conclusion and I'd hate for it to end with a proper finish!

Jeez. I hope he goes Chloro as his primary. Too many MCs use lighning/fire as their affinity. Thanks for the chapter!

Thanks for the Chapter! Glad to here we may be getting more with a higher frequency in the near future! Interesting how the spell works, not alot of info in terms of actual metrics, but interesting nonetheless.

I appreciate the use of wood as his primary element. I know he started with fire and water/ice but those are way overdone in stories. Hopefully the wood/chloro elements will be more interesting. With life drain as well, this could very well work as an interesting druid like draining mechanic. Hopefully this new dantian also cleared up the issues he would have by using this technique. MC better learn how to disguise himself as well before moving forward with his quest.

Is Li not yet attuned to his eldritch half? What is this new attunement process for?

No way, we need to see the MC get a few chapters that will allow him to consolidate all his gains. Important for us to see how he decides to advance and proceed from this point. Also, the next Protag can't be either one of the end boss characters we just saw, prince or zhu lady. Gonna be another intro boss, maybe from the neutral faction to allow him to stay incognito for a time.