Chapter 164 – A Bodily Abnormality, the Stirring of Youth

A Qiang’s Swift Person evolution was a complete success.

Afterward, Su Hao threw a small booklet to A Qiang, asking him to exercise according to the instructions in the booklet within a month. After collecting A Qiang’s current Harmony gene information, he returned to his Laboratory to catch up on sleep.

After Su Hao left, everyone instantly became excited, surrounding A Qiang. Their eyes were full of envy and excitement, and they bombarded him with questions about what had happened.

“A Qiang, what did you guys do in there just now?”

“A Qiang, why did you suddenly become so fast?”

“A Qiang, are you an Evolved Human now?”

“A Qiang, are you very strong now?”

…

A Qiang, annoyed by these people, casually replied, “I just went in and took a nap, and when I woke up, this is how it is. I don’t know anything.”

After speaking, he moved his feet and, with a ‘whoosh,’ ran back into the cave, disappearing into the kitchen and not coming out again.

The rest of the people looked at each other.

“To run faster, do you also have to sleep with Boss Wei?”

“Really? It sounds kind of exc… ahem, kind of scary!”

“If it’s Boss Wei, it’s not impossible to consider!”

“If I can gain power, I don’t think just sleeping is a loss!”

…

The next day, after Su Hao had rested well, he called another person in.

This person had a round face and looked very unlike the Zhu Huo People. He was probably a mutated member of the Zhu Huo People, lowering the average appearance of the entire Zhu Huo People. However, Su Hao found this round face quite endearing.

This young man was named Naqi. As the second person Su Hao called to serve him, he appeared exceptionally excited.

That’s right, after continuous analysis and deliberation, he was convinced that he needed to serve Boss Wei before he would be qualified to gain power.

However, the scene Naqi imagined did not happen. Boss Wei merely gave him an injection in the arm, observed him for an hour, and then let him leave.

This left him with an indescribable sense of disappointment.

As for why Su Hao did not let Naqi choose his evolutionary sequence, it was because, in Su Hao’s eyes, not everyone was worthy of his high regard, and not everyone had the right to choose for themselves in his presence.

Just pick any sequence!

The sequence Su Hao casually picked for Naqi was [Residual Poison Person]…

Five days later, Naqi was summoned to Su Hao’s Laboratory again. This time, he stayed longer, for nearly four hours.

After he came out, the other six people immediately surrounded him.

“Naqi, what happened to you in there?”

Naqi replied dazedly, “Nothing, I just took a nap…”

“Hiss—”

Everyone gasped in excitement.

Someone else asked, “Naqi, what abilities did you gain?”

Hearing this question, Naqi became animated.

~Pfft, crackle, crackle…

A series of intense farts erupted from Naqi’s rear, with distinct layers and a gradually rising pitch.

An indescribable odor immediately spread, making the six people nearby feel ‘intoxicated’ and on the verge of fainting!

Before Naqi could understand what was happening, he saw the six people scrambling away, wailing and fleeing.

He sniffed, confused, “It smells good to me, why are you running away?”

From then on, Naqi was ostracized by everyone else; they would run away upon seeing him, afraid to get close!

Naqi himself had no idea why!

…

After one Moon, everyone successfully evolved into Level One Evolved Humans of their respective sequences; no one failed and died.

This also signaled the success of Su Hao’s first phase of experiments.

It also meant that even if Su Hao were to reincarnate into the next world, he could still obtain the complete power of [Steel Armor King] through the Gene Modification fluid.

This journey in this world was worthwhile!

Su Hao’s mood began to become somewhat buoyant, but he quickly adjusted his emotions.

“I still need to stay grounded and not act too recklessly.”

Gradually, Su Hao noticed something unusual about his emotional fluctuations.

“My thinking is generally rational, and I rarely act irrationally. The reason I’m having thoughts of being invincible and able to do as I please is likely due to the influence of this young Zhu Huo People body.”

In Su Hao’s view, having experienced so many events and worlds, he could see many things with detachment. His mental state might not be exceptionally high, but he could at least discern the underlying principles of how things operate, thus maintaining relative calmness.

However, he had recently noticed some anomalies.

This young Zhu Huo People body, now made so powerful by him, was so strong that Su Hao doubted whether his will or spirit could fully control this power.

He recalled his father, Wu Cloud Sky, saying when he studied martial arts in his previous life: “The reason you cannot control your body’s Blood Qi to move is because the body controls it. If you want the Blood Qi to move according to your will, you must strengthen your consciousness and seize the control of the Blood Qi from the body.”

Thinking back, there was indeed wisdom in his words.

As the strength of the Blood Qi contained within the body increased, and the body became stronger through various ‘Enhancement Functions,’ his consciousness gradually lost complete control over the Blood Qi.

In other words, the body had become stronger than his consciousness, causing parts of the body’s authority to be reclaimed by the body’s instincts.

This resulted in the youthful vigor and impetuousness of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old body beginning to affect Su Hao’s thinking.

“In the end, my mental power is still too weak. But the consciousness-strengthening method taught by my father seems to have reached its limit, and I can’t further enhance my mental consciousness.”

In other words, for Su Hao to completely get rid of the influence of this ‘youthful vigor,’ he could only wait for this body to mature gradually or create a method that could continue to enhance his mental consciousness.

But creating a method oneself, how difficult that is!

For now, I can only hope to have the opportunity to go to a world that can strengthen mental consciousness in the future.

“Next, I’ll stabilize my mindset and continue experimenting. Remember, there are still many six-level Evolved Humans and seven-level Evolved Humans with extraordinary genes waiting for me to explore. Moreover, I need to thoroughly research how to express ‘Runes’ using genes.”

Thinking of this, Su Hao’s heart sank again. He sat in meditation, Tranquil Meditation, cast aside distracting Thought-power, visualized the Mental Exercise Method, and condensed his thoughts.

Half a Moon later, Su Hao found A Qiang again.

After Su Hao collected A Qiang’s blood sample first, he asked, “A Qiang, how are you feeling? Have you awakened any new abilities?”

A Qiang nodded and said, “Boss Wei, as you said, after about twenty days of training, I suddenly awakened an ability. I call it ‘Silent Movement.’ That is, when I run at full speed, I can move silently. Unlike before, when the wind used to whistle in my ears when I ran. I just don’t know if this counts as the new ability you mentioned!”

After Su Hao recorded what A Qiang said, he smiled and said, “Of course it counts, this is an incredible ability!”

Then Su Hao conducted further tests, comparing the differences between the ‘Swift Person’ obtained by devouring flesh and blood and the ‘Swift Person’ obtained by directly injecting Gene Modification fluid, and discovered the differences.

Because the gene fluid Su Hao injected into A Qiang contained the ‘Blood Qi Enhancement’ gene fragment that Su Hao had privately added, A Qiang’s Blood Qi strength was much greater than that of a newly evolved ‘Swift Person’.

Generally, a newly evolved ‘Swift Person’ needs to devour the flesh and blood of Evolved Humans of the same level to plunder the ‘Blood Qi Enhancement’ gene fragment to increase their Blood Qi.

Su Hao had a good grasp of this.

After the examination, Su Hao said to A Qiang again, “Go back and adjust your physical condition well, keep it at its peak. Come to my Laboratory in four days, and we will start trying to evolve into a Level Two Evolved Human, the ‘Speeder’.”

A Qiang nodded, then quietly left Su Hao’s Laboratory.

Su Hao turned his gaze back to the bottles and jars on the stone table, thinking to himself, “My heart is starting to surge again! Although I know it’s the influence of the Zhu Huo People’s body, this feeling is wonderful! I love the taste of success!”

“Level Six ‘Earth Monarch,’ you better wait for me! Give me a piece of the action!”

(End of chapter)