Apocalypse Rebirth: Beauties Surround Me

Chapter 158: Secondary Permissions

The essence of his abilities relies entirely on the seeding and interaction of the Seed of Consciousness, resulting in capabilities in suggestion control, information gathering, and ability mimicry.

Upon advancing to the third tier, first and foremost, the number of his Seed of Consciousness skyrocketed from 20 to 50.

This means he can now contract with up to 50 individuals.

Excluding the current 20 spots already filled, he can still contract with an additional 30 people, whether humans, zombies, or other animals.

These slots are crucial for their future endeavors.

In the future, he can mix his Seed of Consciousness into awakening potions for sale, allowing those who ingest the potion to be influenced and controlled by him!

Yes, controlled!

After reaching the third tier, he is not only capable of suggesting humans but can also exert a certain level of control over them.

The extent of this control depends on the person's trust in him, the task at hand, and their own mental strength.

It's not a one-size-fits-all situation, but any degree of control represents progress; starting with suggestions and then proceeding gradually.

In any case, as long as their awakening potion business takes off, the gathering places in the nearby areas will subtly fall under their control.

Furthermore, the range of his Seed of Consciousness control has greatly expanded.

Originally, he could only control contract zombies within a 5-kilometer radius, beyond which he couldn't effectively constrain them.

Now, he can clearly perceive and link with Fiona and others even as far as the mall, and this isn't his limit yet.

At least 20 kilometers!

Elijah had a rough estimate in his mind.

Additionally, the maximum range he can borrow with his mimicry ability has increased from 2 kilometers to 5 kilometers.

But that's not the most important change!

His mimicry ability has also evolved at the third tier. He can now permanently solidify an ability within his body, no longer constrained by distance!

This means he will become a true multi-ability user!

The only downside of solidification ability is that once solidified, the ability can no longer be improved.

This means that if he decides to solidify Bella's healing ability, even if Bella advances to the third stage later on, his healing ability will remain at the second stage and won't advance further.

Of course, imitation is an exception—he can still imitate Bella's third-stage healing ability.

So, if he decides to solidify, he must choose from the second-stage abilities available. Currently, the second-stage abilities are Charlotte's psychic power and Bella's healing power. Without hesitation, Elijah has already decided to solidify Bella's healing power.

The key lies in Bella's ability to ensure the cyclical cultivation of spirit plants. This ability is crucial, and he wants to be prepared in case of emergencies.

Furthermore, this ability can heal injuries, giving him the ability to regenerate quickly.

Apart from these changes, his ability has also greatly improved in terms of information exchange.

Previously, he could only occasionally receive some images seen by the zombies under his control.

Now, whenever he wishes, he can continuously receive information, almost like watching surveillance footage.

Regarding sending information, originally he could only send simple commands.

Now, the Seed of Consciousness within the contracted beings can accept complex information.

This allows Elijah to realize a previous idea he had: secondary control permissions!

For instance, he can implant Sophia's information into Whitey's Seed of Consciousness, enabling it to obey not only his commands but also Sophia's.

This way, he doesn't need to worry about animals or zombies on the island going out of control if he moves away from them.

He will be completely liberated and no longer confined to one place.

Moreover, he can now proceed with revenge against Matthew, his archenemy from a previous life, with a clear path forward!

Elijah roughly explained the changes in his abilities, holding back on the aspect of controlling humans.

Currently, he has only disclosed this to Fiona. Bella and Katherine, upon hearing this, felt both envious and proud.

Elijah becoming stronger meant they would have more confidence and a more stable life in the apocalypse.

And someday, they too could become so powerful!

After chatting for a while longer, the excitement faded, and mental fatigue began to set in.

Using abilities excessively still had its side effects. Elijah advised the two of them to rest and recuperate their energy.

He carefully placed the two new spirit plants and once again buried several corpse cores in the basin.

He was out of second-stage corpse cores now and could only bury first-stage ones under the Crystal Grass.

They would grow slower, but it didn't matter since he had advanced.

The next step was to slowly elevate everyone on the island to the second stage. There wasn't an urgent need for Crystal Grass at the moment.

With everything settled, Elijah left the villa. Abigail was waiting outside as he had intentionally arranged.

During his advancement period, Abigail had remained obedient and calm, which eased Elijah's worries.

"Master, you've become stronger again!" Abigail greeted him, speaking up voluntarily. This was unusual; usually, Abigail silently followed behind him.

"One day, Abigail, you will become as powerful as I am!" Elijah replied warmly.

"Eat, this, cannot!" Abigail presented a first-stage corpse core.

"It can only fill, the stomach!"

Elijah's mind raced. Did zombies need second-stage corpse cores to advance to the third stage?

While it might be challenging for others to gather second-stage corpse cores, it was a breeze for Elijah.

He could easily cultivate second-stage zombies himself and collect their cores.

But doing so seemed wasteful and unnecessary, especially since Abigail might accidentally advance if not careful.

However, the thought of cultivating second-stage zombies prompted Elijah to gather the four female zombies scattered around the villa. Each zombie was fed five corpse cores to see if they could advance to the second stage.

Elijah wasn't sure how many corpse cores Abigail needed to advance to the second stage.

Watching her consume corpse cores was like watching someone eat candy—Daisy had given her so many, he had lost count.

He would have to proceed step by step.

It seemed that zombies advanced to the second stage much faster than humans did.

"Oh, Abigail, would you like a few underlings?" Elijah wanted to test his secondary control permission idea.

"Listen to the master!"

"Well, in that case, let's give it a try!"

After Elijah finished, he implanted information about Abigail into the four female zombies and ordered them to obey Abigail's commands as well.

The four female zombies stared at Abigail with their blood-red eyes, all at once.

If it were an ordinary person, they would definitely be scared. But Abigail was completely unaware, looking more eager than ever.

Soon after, Elijah finished inserting commands and let Abigail try to control them.

"Um... spin!"

Abigail ordered.