stjorthotic Chapter 9 The Genetic Level of Life: 1.1
Chapter 9 The Genetic Level of Life: 1.1
The bathroom of a detached villa at No. 136, Jinghu Residential Area.
A huge bathtub, as tall as a person, stood there, filled with cooled black medicinal liquid. Chen Yuan stood naked in the tub, his eyes closed, with only his chest rising and falling slightly.
Suddenly, Chen Yuan opened his eyes, then jumped out of the bathtub, supporting himself on the edge with both hands. He gently twisted his body, and his joints immediately made a series of crisp cracking sounds, as if his muscles and bones were being stretched.
"Today is the 21st, exactly thirty days. The Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing should be complete." Chen Yuan went to the shower room next door, rinsed off the medicinal liquid on his body, and then took a bath towel to dry his body as he walked out, while opening the panel.
Name: Chen Yuan
Age: 19
Strength: 4183.65 (kg)
Realm: Advanced Warrior
Brain width: 19
Secret Technique:
Hibernation Technique - Crystal Meditation: Cultivation-type secret technique, rating B, current progress: Proficient (11.23%)
Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing: Cultivation-type secret technique, rating C, current progress: Perfect (overall aptitude +30%, gene level increased by 10%, brain capacity +4).
Spirit Wind Sword Technique: Combat-type secret technique, rating C, current progress: Overall beginner level 95.43% (Swordsmanship 97.85%, Movement Technique 88.47%, Guiding Technique 99.99%)
Power Level: 1.3
Current Optimizable Item: Arcane
Kill Points: 0
"Hmm?" Chen Yuan suddenly stared intently at the brain area width column. "Brain area width 19, shouldn't it be 18?"
"Also, I remember that before today, your strength was only over 3800 kilograms, but now it has increased to 4183 kilograms?"
His gaze shifted downwards, and Chen Yuan saw the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing (a classic text on traditional Chinese medicine). His eyes widened immediately: "Genetic level increased by 10%!"
Chen Yuan remembered that the introduction to the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing never mentioned this point. After all, that was at the level of life genes, how could a mere C-level secret technique achieve that?
But the facts were undeniable, leaving Chen Yuan no choice but to believe them.
"Yes, if the genetic level is improved by 10%, it makes sense that my strength would increase to 4183 kilograms."
"But how did you do that, with just this secret technique?" With this question in mind, Chen Yuan asked the panel.
The panel answered all his questions and quickly displayed his data before and after completing the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing.
The secret technique "Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing" has been perfected, granting a 10% increase to overall aptitude and a 1% increase to brain capacity.
Because the host achieves a "perfect transformation" within 30 days, the body's hidden potential is stimulated, the genes undergo a subtle leap, the gene level is increased by 10%, and the brain area is increased by an additional 1.
"So it turns out that a perfect transformation can stimulate the body's hidden potential, which leads to the improvement in the genetic level and brain capacity." Chen Yuan was extremely grateful at this moment.
"Fortunately, because my proficiency in the Hibernation Technique improved, my deep sleep entered the second stage, and I absorbed cosmic energy more efficiently. This led to my proficiency in the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing increasing by more than 10% every day, and I finally perfected the secret technique within thirty days." Chen Yuan said with lingering fear, "One more day and I wouldn't have been able to complete it. I almost missed such a precious improvement."
That's the level of life genes. Even for powerful beings who can command the winds and rains in the universe, it's incredibly difficult to improve their life gene level.
The improvement at the genetic level is comprehensive. Not only does Chen Yuan gain a permanent 1.1 times power boost, but he also benefits from this 10% bonus in areas such as the efficiency of absorbing cosmic energy, the comprehension of learning secret techniques, and even the efficiency of comprehending laws in the later stages.
"This is a huge windfall." Chen Yuan stared at the words on the panel, feeling delighted. "Not to mention, my brain capacity also increased a bit."
Then, Chen Yuan displayed new entries on the panel.
Life gene level: 1.1
Chen Yuan was happy for a while after looking at these words, but then calmed down and began to think: "Since the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing has such a hidden effect, why doesn't it just show it directly? I almost missed the opportunity this time."
Chen Yuan inquired with the control panel, only to be told that the control panel didn't know either.
The human body is too mysterious. The panel can only record the real-time changes of the body as they are, and cannot deduce all the changes in the future.
"Alright then." Chen Yuan clicked his tongue. "Now that the improvement of my aptitude has come to an end, I should prepare myself and head to the wilderness area."
"After all, it's time to get some kill points."
After changing his clothes, he went to the basement storage room of the villa.
The storage room was filled with all sorts of odds and ends, the most conspicuous of which was a huge safe located at the very back of the storage room.
The safe is integrated with the entire wall and is made entirely of 6-series alloy, making it impossible for anyone below the God of War level to damage. Even the God of War level would have no choice but to forcibly dismantle it.
Chen Yuan took out the key, inserted it into the safe, entered the three-part password, and then pressed his finger against the fingerprint scanner.
After completing the three steps, Chen Yuan was finally able to turn the key and open the cabinet door with a "beep" sound from the safe.
The safe contained only a longsword and a combat uniform.
The longsword is from the Flowing Light Type 1 series, model A6, and is capable of fighting against high-level Beast General-class monsters.
As for the combat suit, it's even more impressive. The D7 series combat suit can't be easily torn apart even by a low-level lord-class monster!
However, compared to the longsword, the combat uniform was not so intact. Only the combat vest and trousers were still in good condition, while other parts such as arm guards and combat boots were all missing.
These two pieces of equipment are the legacy left to him by his father, Chen Ji.
Chen Yuan learned from his memories that when his predecessor was 13 years old, Chen Ji led his team to encounter a small beast tide in the wilderness. Chen Ji chose to cover the retreat of the team and resist the beast tide alone.
It was around that time that Chen Yuan was entrusted to Qin Zhan's care.
When the beast tide ended and Qin Zhan risked everything to rush back, all he found was Chen Ji's mangled body.
Qin Zhan took Chen Ji back to Jinling City for burial, and then returned Chen Ji's belongings, the longsword "Flowing Light" and the 7-series combat suit, to Chen Yuan.
After that, the two items were placed in a safe by the predecessor and never taken out again. Even when the predecessor first went to the wilderness area, he only took an ordinary A2-type Flowing Light Battle Sword.
Chen Yuan learned from his memories that, in addition to worrying about being reminded of people by seeing familiar objects, his predecessor was also worried that he wouldn't be able to handle the equipment, which was too good.
But in Chen Yuan's view, his predecessor was just being pretentious, and he wouldn't let the treasures gather dust; he would use them when necessary.
After taking the two pieces of equipment out of the safe, Chen Yuan left the basement without looking back.
After all, Chen Yuan was completely unaffected by his predecessor's emotions. Although Chen Ji's story was touching, he would at most sigh a few times and would not miss his father like his predecessor did.
At this moment, Chen Yuan had only one thing on his mind: to go into the wilderness area to cultivate.
However, these two pieces of equipment were not enough to go to the wilderness area, so Chen Yuan ordered other equipment from Extreme House, including a tactical watch, backpack, combat boots, arm guards, and some dried meat and drinking water.
Chen Yuan didn't bring much dried meat, but he did bring a lot of drinking water. For him, the wilderness area was full of food, so he didn't have to worry about eating. On the contrary, he couldn't do without water.
Select the items you need, check out the checkout, pay, select "Express Delivery," and pay the express delivery fee.
With a "ding," the payment was successful, which also meant that Chen Yuan's meager savings had plummeted to rock bottom.
Chen Yuan glanced at his balance; good, only four digits left.
However, the power of money is great. In just one hour, Chen Yuan received the equipment, which can be described as very efficient.
Dressed neatly, with a backpack and longsword on his back, Chen Yuan left Jinghu Residential Area.
Wilderness, here I come!