Chapter 15 – ATP

Muscle contraction is the mechanical response of muscle fibers after receiving stimulation.

Su Hao also understood the process of muscle contraction. Simply put, muscle contraction occurs when the muscle is stimulated and, after a series of reactions, the cross-bridges combine with actin, twist, detach, re-combine, and re-twist in a cycle. The energy for this muscle contraction process comes from ATP hydrolysis.

So what is ATP? It’s adenosine triphosphate.

In the conversion and transmission of energy within living organisms, ATP is a crucial substance. All biological activities are inseparable from ATP; it is a substance that can directly supply energy to cells and serves as the ‘transfer station’ for energy conversion within cells.

So, could the Blood Qi mentioned by Father be a combination of some substance and ATP Harmony? Regardless, it must be directly related to ATP.

So the other difficulty is, no matter what Blood Qi is, Su Hao cannot directly perceive its existence. What does Father mean by finding it?

It’s like how a person can easily perceive their fingers, toes, ears, nose, and other organs, but cannot directly perceive their internal organs. Not perceiving the internal organs doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Similarly, Su Hao not perceiving Blood Qi doesn’t mean Blood Qi doesn’t exist.

So when Father said to find Blood Qi, he didn’t actually mean for Su Hao to consciously perceive Blood Qi wriggling around in his body like an eel. Instead, it means he needs to have a clear understanding of the entire body’s energy circulation. It’s like how our brain cannot directly perceive internal organs, but we know their location, function, and state.

In other words, Su Hao only needs to establish a cognitive system for his own Blood Qi. This cognitive system includes: where Blood Qi starts, where it is, how much there is, how to use it, and so on. He just needs to update the cognitive system according to his own state at any time.

As time goes by, when such a cognitive system becomes a habit, the brain will automatically optimize a model, making people truly feel a powerful Blood Qi energy throughout their body.

This model is essentially an illusionary deception, but this deception allows for incredibly precise perception of one’s true state.

Su Hao’s whole body became excited. He clenched his fist and said, “If this is true, then the people of this world are incredible. Mind Studies and biology are perfectly combined, allowing ordinary people to wield immense power.”

So, how do I establish my own Blood Qi system?

A gleam flashed in Su Hao’s eyes.

Cosmic Light 2.2, it’s time for you to shine.

……

After understanding the principle, there was no need to run. He directly entered the Pinball Space to check the Recording of this body from Moon.

Little Light!

Little Light is here!

Immediately retrieve my detailed body data. Set the date to one Moon prior to today, and the time from 8 AM to 10 AM.

Retrieval complete.

Soon, vast amounts of data appeared on the living room wall, dense and disorganized.

Su Hao continued to give commands: “Establish a 3D model of the human body.”

The data on the wall disappeared. The coffee table and sofas in the living room vanished, replaced by thirty small boy bodies neatly arranged in the center of the room. Their faces were exactly like Su Hao’s. He materialized the body data from the past 30 days. Each body contained all of Su Hao’s physical information from 8 AM to 10 AM on that day.

Retrieve ATP data.

The thirty bodies instantly shed their bones, skin, and muscles, leaving only incredibly tiny silhouettes made of light. Through these light figures, one could clearly see which parts of the body had more ATP and which had less.

After observing for a moment, Su Hao gave another command: “Little Light, starting from 8 o’clock, play the dynamic graph. Time ratio 1:1.”

The bodies of thirty silhouetted children suddenly started to move, while Su Hao watched quietly from the side.

When running, a large amount of ATP in the muscles is consumed. When the consumption reaches a certain level, ATP in other locations also begins to be consumed. When the ATP in the body reaches a low point, Su Hao can no longer run.
  
 After drinking the Vegetable Egg Soup, Su Hao sat quietly, her digestive system was operating at full power, and the consumed ATP was slowly restored.

Three hours later, Su Hao showed a smile.

“Blood Qi! Found you!”

ATP is not Blood Qi, but Blood Qi must be related to ATP. A model system constructed based on ATP content can be regarded as a model system of Blood Qi.

Su Hao is confident that in just half a moon, he can build his own Blood Qi model system in his mind without relying on Little Light.

By that time, he will be a warrior who has truly mastered Blood Qi.

……

The next day, Su Hao came back from running, drank Vegetable Egg Soup, and meditated. It seemed that Harmony was no different from usual, but when Su Hao closed his eyes, his consciousness had come to the Pinball Space, and Little Light reflected the current physical state and updated it in real time. At the same time, Perception took the initiative to build a Perception system in his mind based on the overall condition of his body and the changes in light and shadow of the human figure in Pinball Space.

Not only that, as long as you don’t sleep, you will be building systems anytime and anywhere in your daily life.

After three days of this, Su Hao no longer needed to constantly watch the body light and shadow in Pinball Space. He was able to accurately perceive the changes in the body and build a Blood Qi model of the body.

After another five days, Su Hao only needed to compare the light and shadow of the Pinball Space from time to time to accurately represent the dynamics of the body’s Blood Qi, and the comparison error afterward was not large.

After another five days, there is no need to compare light and shadow at all. At this time, the brain’s perception of the changes in the blood Qi of the body has a very small error with the pinball space.

Su Hao knew that he had successfully built a precise Blood Qi system in his brain.

Two days later, after confirming that it was correct, Su Hao found Wu Yuntian.

“Father, I found Blood Qi.”

“Found it?” Wu Yuntian looked suspicious. It’s not that he doesn’t believe Su Hao’s words, but he has never heard of anyone using PerceptionBlood Qi for only one and a half Moon, which is too appalling. As far as he knew, it took half a year for the most talented person in the Human Clan to find Blood Qi.

Facing his father’s suspicious eyes, Su Hao affirmed: “Found it.”

“Impossible!” Wu Yuntian blurted out, this was his first reaction. After speaking, he hurriedly explained: “I mean, it’s possible that your Perception is wrong. Please tell me carefully the process of your Perception. Many people will have some illusions when they seek Blood Qi. This is normal. Speak it boldly and truthfully, and I will help you analyze it.”

So Su Hao told Wu Yuntian his perception of the body, the changing process of Blood Qi, and his understanding of Blood Qi.

After finishing speaking, Su Hao looked at his father again. At this time, his father had already opened his mouth and his eyes were wide.

It was as if the four characters “incredible” were written on his face.

If Su Hao could hear his father’s voice at this moment, he would know that his father was roaring angrily: “Where does this monster come from? Is this thing really my son? I asked you to find Blood Qi, but I didn’t ask you to touch all the Blood Qi all over your body. This is something that only a high-level Ordinary Martial Artist can do! You just need to know that there is such a concept of Thought-power!”

Su Hao asked with a confused look, “What’s wrong, Father? Did I say something wrong?”

Wu Cloud Sky indicated he didn’t want to talk.

(End of Chapter)