novelden Chapter 27 Mutation
Chapter 27 Mutation
Afternoon, clinic, operating room.
On the white medical device, a strong body lay face up, its streamlined muscles concealing terrifying power.
next moment,
Xu Yang suddenly opened his eyes.
A smell like disinfectant wafted to my nose. The room was completely silent, dark, and devoid of any light, as still as night.
I'm back...
There seemed to be lingering pain from the melting in my body. Melting? Wait, I'm dead.
The mutation failed!?
Just as he was thinking this, a message popped up in his field of vision—
[Task Completed]
Xu Yang paused for a moment, a strange light flashing in his eyes, and the guide panel unfolded:
【Strength: 5】
[Agility: 5]
【Perception: 4】
[Rationality: 3.5]
【Biohazard Slot (5): None】
[Skills: Fireball LV.1, Sacrifice, Regeneration]
Available attribute points: 1
Current task: None
[Comment: Even if it's your first time fighting in Southeast Asia, you can win with one hand.]
……
"It worked?"
When he saw the changes in the panel attributes, he suddenly came to his senses and realized that his strength had obviously increased.
Yes, obviously.
After targeted mutation, it gained a 2.5 attribute bonus, a point of perception, a point of strength, and a 0.5 agility.
Unlike previous missions that improved your character, this time the total improvement is greater, and the attribute points are not an average value. The further you progress, the greater the range of strength represented by each point will be.
As a result, Xu Yang could clearly feel a more comprehensive and intuitive growth in every aspect of his body.
Muscle strength, physical endurance, reaction speed, and even dynamic vision...
Xu Yang took a deep breath.
The only slightly strange thing is that the acquired property wasn't creep or flowing flesh, but rather the regeneration particle that was finally mastered, which even had a different name—
【regeneration】
The body's activity level increases significantly, and the expenditure of energy can stimulate wound healing.
[Note: Hey, hurry up and piece me together!]
Xu Yang subconsciously touched his back and found that there were no wounds.
Because of the implanted flesh and blood lure, the medical device must have cut open his back, that much is certain, yet there is not a single wound.
Regeneration is already working.
……
As he got up from the medical device and turned over, he felt a surge of power within him, but also an extreme emptiness in his heart.
This is a result of the consciousness not yet separating from the ethereal power of the flesh-and-blood angel. The good news is that, in the current state, there's no need to worry about not being able to adapt to the expanding power within the body.
My account went from being a max-level character to a completely blank account.
Xu Yang sighed slightly. If he could have all the abilities and power of the Flesh Angel, he would have been willing to avoid being hit by that planet-destroying cannon.
He thought to himself with a hint of regret.
Da da da……
A series of footsteps, some light and some heavy, came from the doorway. The lights in the operating room came on, along with the sound of metal instruments rubbing together.
Then, the door was opened.
"Mr. Xu, how did it go?" A gentle voice came from the doorway, where a silver-haired woman in a white doctor's coat stood.
With her was a short woman with ruby-red eyes who was also looking at her, seemingly without any emotional fluctuation.
Xu Yang smiled and put on his old clothes. "It went fairly smoothly, but Dr. An, why was my mutation process a dream?"
……
Waiting room.
The man sat in the chair, legs crossed, repeatedly sensing the instinctive, healing power within his body, as natural as breathing.
regeneration.
After the doctor's patient explanation, he gradually understood everything.
According to Anya, the essence of targeted mutation is to reproduce a specific gene in the human body.
The strange dreams that Xu Yang experienced before actually originated from real events; they were a genetic memory carried by the lure itself.
This memory comes from the source of the lure.
That is, the flesh-and-blood angel in the dream.
In the past, in some corner of the universe, there once truly existed a flesh-and-blood angel whose flesh blanket covered half a planet before being killed by a planet-destroying cannon.
Ultimately, its remaining flesh and blood underwent certain events before becoming the lure used by Xu Yang.
The new human mutagen helped Xu Yang gain the ability of regeneration from this lure.
The method of assistance is to construct a scene or dream based on the genetic memory of the lure, and to prevent Xu Yang from directly using the ability to be acquired.
All the abilities that can be easily used directly in the dream are "temptation" abilities, not abilities that Xu Yang's true body possesses.
Only by blocking the pathway to using special abilities through inducements can the body be forced to unleash its own potential.
The characteristics and abilities to be acquired serve as the final "answer" within the lure's flesh and blood. Consciousness needs to sense the "answer" provided by the lure, and then compile genes through its own reverse deduction process to ultimately reproduce the answer.
When he is cut open in his dream, as his consciousness attempts to sense and activate his abilities under the crisis, his external body tissues, under the influence of the mutagen, mimic and sense the abilities of the lure [regeneration particles], and write them into his own genes.
Ultimately, it became a unique form of "regeneration".
In other words, it is directed mutation.
In short:
The lure provides mutation selection and genetic memory; the mutagen selects mutations and reconstructs genetic memory for experience, and then obtains the corresponding mutation.
Moreover, according to Anya, there are some things to be aware of.
First, when conducting targeted mutations, it is essential to understand what characteristics will be formed when the inducer and mutagen are combined.
Xu Yang was lucky.
The doctor also mentioned one unlucky survivor, a member of the No. 3 settlement. He originally only wanted to obtain the toughness of the cowhide, but ended up becoming a minotaur wearing cowhide...
Secondly, adjust your mindset and don't let genetic memory affect you.
As a man who had once withstood a planet-destroying cannon with his bare hands (involuntarily), Xu Yang now understood that when he first saw the werewolf, the werewolf's description of "experiencing some kind of pain" might have been some kind of torturous experience in his genetic memory.
Xu Yang felt that he was similar in this respect. Suddenly, he recalled the cannons flashing overhead and shrank his neck slightly.
However, this reminded him that a question that was destined to remain unanswered had surfaced in his mind once again.
Since genetic memory is a real event, what exactly are the azure armored man and the star destroyer above them?
He glanced outside the clinic and vaguely felt that the style of the gathering place was strangely similar to the style of the two technological creations in his dream.
Could it be the Federation?
Thinking of this, Xu Yang's lips twitched and he smiled.
This idea is utterly absurd. A civilization capable of destroying planets with cannons is forced to play a game of drawing plots on its own ancestral planet, complete with isolation zones and safe zones.
This is hilarious; even novels wouldn't dare to write something like this.
Such a thing is absolutely impossible.
He shook his head, ignoring the absurd thoughts in his mind.
……
A sound came from over there.