Chapter 46 – An Attempt

Old Liu explained the process of engraving a Beast Pattern to Su Hao in detail, covering how to adjust the structure, how to solidify it, and how to confirm if the structure matched his own.

Before leaving, Old Liu added, “Oh, right. In one month, our Academy’s first, second, and third-level students will have their annual competition. You won’t need to participate. It would just be bullying others if you did. So, just stay here and focus on engraving your Beast Pattern!”

Su Hao was indifferent to this. It was a good opportunity to have free time to do his own thing, so he nodded in agreement.

Unexpectedly, Old Liu added, “The first-place winner of the competition will receive a powerful combat skill. It’s optional for you.”

Su Hao chuckled, “But who would complain about having more skills?”

Old Liu said, “If you want to learn it, once you successfully advance to Grandmaster, I’ll teach you a thing or two.”

“Thank you, Teacher Liu!”

Su Hao realized that Old Liu genuinely cared about him. He hadn’t seen anyone else receive such treatment. He would keep this kindness in his heart.

Su Hao knew Old Liu didn’t expect anything from him. Old Liu simply saw him as someone with potential and was teaching him wholeheartedly, anticipating his future growth into a strong individual who could carry the Human Clan’s burden. Perhaps this was the conviction of a teacher, a reverence for the transmission of knowledge!

Su Hao felt increasingly that every piece of knowledge he gained was so profound. He thought that as long as he lived, he would one day give the Human Clan of this world a great gift.

…

After Old Liu left, Su Hao found a quiet spot on the third floor and opened the Beast Pattern – Perception.

The Scroll depicted a complex and exquisite circular pattern, resembling clusters of electrical signal ripples, twisted and entangled together. Within the distorted and interwoven lines, an indescribable beauty emanated.

Perhaps this is the beauty of nature, the beauty of life.

The moment he saw the pattern, a question immediately popped into Su Hao’s mind. Would one year really be enough to engrave such a complex pattern into his body?

Anyone who can accomplish this in a year is truly an extraordinary genius. And the Human Emperor who created this method back then must have been incredibly brilliant.

Su Hao took a deep breath and murmured, “Not only must it be engraved, but the Coordination structure must also be modified to align with my own nature. With this level of difficulty, even two years wouldn’t be enough for me. But… who told me to have Little Light? With Little Light’s help, it should be faster, right?”

The instant Su Hao saw the Beast Pattern, he recorded its design into ‘Cosmic Light’ and created a new knowledge entry named ‘Rune’!

These Beast Patterns can be categorized under Runes, as a branch of Runes. Once more Runes are collected in the future, I can start researching them.

Su Hao’s consciousness entered the Pinball Space, looking at the complex Rune materialized in mid-air, contemplating how to analyze and adjust it.

Since Little Light was there to help, the process of memory engraving became very simple; all that was needed was to set up the program and follow Little Light’s instructions.

The problem now is that engraving this Rune as is would not work, as it wouldn’t be compatible with his body, leading to failure. According to Old Liu, relying on instinct and slowly adjusting the structure would eventually lead to success.

“Instinct?”

Su Hao’s mouth twitched. If instinct were reliable, he would have been rich from buying lottery tickets years ago. He believed that ‘feeling’ was the most unreliable thing about a person. When someone starts a conversation with ‘I feel like…’, never trust them; they are usually wrong.

This was a lesson Su Hao had learned through bitter experience.

Since ‘feeling’ was unreliable, he had to rely on ‘science’.

However, lacking comparative material, Su Hao didn’t know where to start.

“I’ll just try something randomly. As long as I take action and keep trying, I should be able to do it.”

Su Hao waved his hand, and the environment of the Pinball Space instantly transformed into a scientific laboratory, with a large workbench in the center.

“Little Light, collect real-time body data and project a 3D model of my body.”

“Little Light received.”

As soon as the voice fell, a naked figure instantly appeared above the workbench, suspended in the air. It was a projection of Su Hao’s body, detailed to the smallest degree.

Not only was the physical body materialized, but even the Blood Qi within was projected.

Su Hao continued his command: “Adjust transparency to 50%.”

The body on the workbench instantly became semi-transparent, with internal organs faintly visible. The beating of the heart, the flow of blood, the movement of the intestines—all could be seen directly.

“Adjust the size of the Rune ‘Perception’ and attempt to engrave it.”

The Beast Pattern, hovering to the side, began to adjust its size. Then, it moved into the semi-transparent body and was finally engraved between the inner side of the chest cavity and the spine.

“Magnify locally by 2x!”

The place where the Rune was engraved was magnified, and Su Hao stared intently at the changes in Rune Harmony’s body.

He continued to issue commands: “Automatically simulate the changes in the body’s operation.”

A moment later, Little Light’s voice sounded: “Simulation failed, reason for failure: missing corresponding data.”

Su Hao sighed.

As expected, it’s impossible without data for reference. It seems he needs to try engraving it himself multiple times and collect enough data before he can perform an Analysis Harmony automatic simulation for comparison.

Su Hao immediately issued a new command: Create a task to engrave the Rune ‘Perception’.

“Task created successfully.”

After adjusting, Su Hao immediately exited the Pinball Space, sat down on the ground, and quickly entered Tranquil Meditation.

At this moment, within his Perception, his own body and the body materialized by Little Light overlapped. A point of light lit up on the inside of his spine, indicating where Little Light suggested he begin drawing.

Su Hao immediately mobilized his elite Blood Qi to the point of light. The point of light began to move, extending forward like a high-definition navigation system, with Su Hao’s Blood Qi following closely behind.

Thus, following the prompt of the point of light, Su Hao carefully controlled his Blood Qi, slowly drawing the pattern. As he became more skilled, his speed increased, and the pattern quickly took basic shape.

In just ten minutes, the first Rune engraving was successful.

After confirming that the Blood Qi maintained its shape and would not easily dissipate, Su Hao opened his eyes and couldn’t help but smile: “With Little Light’s help, this process has indeed become much simpler. If I try a few more times, I might be able to engrave it successfully soon.”

Su Hao entered the Pinball Space again, used the 3D visualization to display his current body state, and adjusted the perspective to 50%. He observed carefully.

Soon, he discovered something uncoordinated.

At this moment, the Blood Qi Rune within his body seemed to be spontaneously rejected by his body, shaking slightly in various places, and even showing signs of slow dissipation in some areas.

Su Hao was not in a hurry and continued to observe the dynamics of the Blood Qi Rune.

“Not all positions are uncoordinated! Out of 89 node positions, 86 are uncoordinated, but three positions are very stable.”

A flash of light shone in Su Hao’s eyes.

He quickly recorded these two phenomena and added them to the database.

Then he exited the Pinball Space, voluntarily canceled the Blood Qi Rune, and returned to his normal state.

“Let’s go again!”

Su Hao entered Tranquil Meditation again, slightly adjusted the Rune, and without affecting the three stable positions, rotated it by an angle and began to engrave the second Rune.

(End of chapter)