Chapter 81-2: Gene Seed (2) |
By modifying the structural pathways of the plant essence, he transformed it into a special structure compatible with the human body.
It was equivalent to creating an energy release program for the plant essence, where the spiritual particles would be gradually released along the consciousness-inscribed pathway, adhering to the flesh, bones, and meridians, thereby achieving progressive bodily transformation.
Without an inscribed pathway, the spiritual particles implanted into the body would erupt instantly, and the uncontrolled release of energy particles would rampage throughout the body.
An ordinary person’s body simply could not withstand such force running amok internally.
Lacking proper experimental equipment, the inscription process proved quite troublesome for Yu Ze.
Although the externalized perception allowed him to observe the microscopic view of the plant essence, without the assistance of mechanical arms, his first attempt at modifying the pathways through consciousness extension appeared extremely clumsy.
Snap!
With a crisp sound, the core structure of the Moonshade Grass Essence in his hand was destroyed by the inscription knife, dispersing into green energy particles.
The first attempt ended in failure.
Switching to extraction form, he retrieved a Bloodglow Lotus from his inventory and extracted a cluster of Bloodglow Lotus Essence using the same method.
Under the microscopic view, the Bloodglow Lotus presented a complex combination of light point structures, completely different from the composition of Moonshade Grass Essence, requiring a new spiritual particle release pathway.
Yet this attempt also ended in failure.
After multiple subsequent failures, Yu Ze realized the problem.
The Owl-Headed Fiend’s trait allowed him to activate the microscopic perspective and even modify the plant essence pathways through extended consciousness.
But the control strength of a level 1 Owl-Headed Fiend was far from sufficient.
He needed to level up the Owl-Headed Fiend soul and strengthen his mental power and consciousness intensity.
“Let’s go, leave the starter village and level up.”
Having failed the initial attempts, Yu Ze chose to first improve his strength before continuing the gene modification experiments.
This process would also allow him to accumulate the sacrificial power needed for future experiments.
Once he had sufficient sacrificial power reserves, he could consider no longer hunting and instead earning sacrificial power income by selling gene seeds.
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Three days later.
With the help of the Doomsday Technology Guild, Yu Ze and his team members reached level 8 through monster hunting.
Reviving in Emperor’s Mound Village, Yu Ze chose to attempt the production of gene seeds once more.
At level 8, the Owl-Headed Fiend had several times greater mental strength, recovery speed, and consciousness intensity.
This gave Yu Ze the confidence for another attempt.
The process went surprisingly smoothly. After spending an hour restructuring the internal structure of the spirit plant and planning a release pathway for the spiritual particles, he successfully produced his first gene modification seed.
After the restructuring, the seed took on a golden-red color, about the size of a thumb.
Attempting an analysis read, the relevant information appeared in Yu Ze’s mind.
[Spiritual Seed]
Item Quality: Normal Level 3
Item Description: A personalized enhancement item created by player ‘Gene Frontline,’ fused and inscribed from Moonshade Grass Essence and Valleygrass Essence. Upon ingestion, it grants a one-hour spiritual particle enhancement state. After completion of the enhancement process, body tempering experience is gained. Due to poor craftsmanship, ingestion causes continuous bodily damage.
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Seeing ‘poor craftsmanship’ in the analysis description, Yu Ze did not feel embarrassed.
Glancing at the already solidified enhancement seed in his hand, he decided to personally test the result.
He tossed the spiritual seed into his mouth and swallowed it directly.
After a brief silence, the veins on Yu Ze’s face bulged, and his face reddened visibly.
Even with pain feedback reduced to the lowest setting of 10%, the intense pain still made Yu Ze cry out and roll on the ground.
At the same time, continuous game notifications sounded in his mind:
[Challenger Notification: Gained Spiritual Seed enhancement, Body Tempering Experience +3.]
[Challenger Notification: Body suffering spiritual impact, taking continuous damage.]
At this rate, he would die before the enhancement process finished.
Enduring the excruciating pain, Yu Ze decisively opened the item shop and purchased a healing potion. Twisting open the cap, he chugged it down.
Immediately, two forces inside his body began a tug-of-war between destruction and repair.
Several times, Yu Ze nearly blacked out from the pain, but he held on with sheer willpower.
After a full hour of torment, Yu Ze had consumed a total of 9 bottles of healing potion, each costing 10 sacrificial power, barely managing to withstand the spiritual seed’s destructive effect on his body.
Letting out a long breath, he summoned the attribute panel.
[Challenger Name: Gene Frontline]
Primary Form: Human
Body Tempering Level: 0 (318/10000)
Star Vein Embedment (Level: 2):
Slot 1: Owl-Headed Fiend Level 8 (Trait: Dirge)
Slot 2: Extraction Level 1 (Trait: Extraction)
Primary Form Bonus: All Attributes +2.3 (No additional attribute inheritance before reaching Body Tempering Level 1)
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From this modification, he gained 318 points of body tempering experience.
At the same time, he obtained a +2.3 boost to all attributes in his human form.
However, Yu Ze was not satisfied with these results.
The materials used for this enhancement were a level 2 Valleygrass and a level 1 Moonshade Grass purchased from the item shop, costing a total of 235 sacrificial power. Adding the 9 healing potions consumed during enhancement, the total cost reached 325 sacrificial power.
Yet the body tempering experience gained was only 318.
No matter how he calculated it, he still ended up losing 17 sacrificial power.
No player would be willing to buy this gene seed; it was far more convenient to directly spend sacrificial power to increase body tempering experience.
Without a price advantage, gene seeds had no market.
Yu Ze realized that he had to find a way to adjust the release pathway of the gene seeds to reduce the bodily damage caused by the enhancement.
The problem was that the internal spiritual particle structures of each type of spirit plant essence were different. Different plants required different inscribed release paths, and merging two types of plant essences to achieve a synergistic effect of greater than 1+1 required extensive time-consuming research into various combinations.
This problem left Yu Ze feeling troubled.
Other issues could be solved somehow, but the problem of sacrificial power had no solution.
Without sacrificial power to support it, the research simply couldn’t continue.
He had to quickly produce a batch of cost-effective gene seeds and generate a positive income cycle by selling them.
When questioned by his subordinates, Yu Ze gave no reply, choosing instead to consume his remaining sacrificial power and continue research testing.
In this attempt, he altered the direction of the inscribed pathway.