Chapter 149 Freshman Tournament

Time flies.

Before I knew it, the first semester of my freshman year was coming to an end.

It's the end of December and the weather is getting colder.

That day, Lin Zichen did not go to the research institute, but chose to strengthen his body in the dormitory.

When the time came to 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

The body quenching is completed.

Lin Zichen slowly opened his eyes and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The second body tempering is complete!

There is no need for biological attribute support, the strength of the physical body alone is enough to rival that of a high-level first-level strongman.

If one takes into account the biological attributes such as natural selection, social animals, and rapid self-healing, Lin Zichen feels that his strength is at least at the advanced second level.

"Xiaochen, I have successfully tempered my body in one go!"

Shen Qinghan, who was standing aside, suddenly shouted excitedly, with an excited smile on her pretty face.

Lin Zichen looked at her in disbelief, thinking it was a bit too outrageous.

How long had it been since she started practicing the Blood Tempering Technique?

It seems like it’s been less than three months?

Is this the perfect way to temper your body?

That’s too exaggerated…

After being shocked for a while, Lin Zichen calmed down and said happily for Shen Qinghan:

"Your special physique is even more powerful than I imagined. As long as it's related to water, or anything even remotely related to water, you can display talents far beyond that of ordinary people. You have a promising future."

"This is what I got when I was a kid, often wetting my pants and getting teased about it. It must be something powerful."

Shen Qinghan smiled and said.

But just as she finished speaking, she frowned slightly and said, "Xiaochen, didn't you say that after a complete body tempering, the biological level will evolve to the ordinary ninth level? Why am I only the ordinary sixth level?"

This question touched upon Lin Zichen's blind spot in knowledge.

He, Song Yuyan, and Liu Chuanwu, all three of them evolved to the ordinary ninth level of biological level after completing the physical tempering.

Because of these three examples, he assumed that after a successful tempering of the body, the biological level would evolve to the ordinary ninth level and obtain a powerful physical body.

But judging from Shen Qinghan's situation, this law seems to be wrong.

I thought about it and pondered it.

Soon, Lin Zichen thought of the answer.

He explained to Shen Qinghan: "I roughly know what's going on."

"Normally, those who can practice blood quenching techniques are those with extremely high Qi and blood strength, that is, those with extremely high physical talent."

"And if the physical body has high innate talent, the improvement brought by practicing blood quenching technique will also be great."

"On the contrary, if one's physical talent is low, the improvement gained from practicing the Blood Tempering Technique will be low."

"As for you, you belong to the type of person with low physical talent. The reason you can practice blood quenching techniques, and practice them so well, is entirely due to your powerful blood control ability."

"To put it simply, your blood control ability is very strong, even stronger than mine, but because the strength of your Qi and blood is not high enough, the strength of the tempered body is not high either."

This explanation is well-reasoned and convincing.

After hearing this, Shen Qinghan said dejectedly, "If that's what you said, then I'll never be able to catch up with you, right?"

I'm a cheater, what will happen if you catch up with me?

Lin Zichen soothed him, "You're just a little behind me in terms of physical strength. You can find another way to catch up, for example, by developing your still mysterious superpowers."

"Yeah, I was just too anxious."

Shen Qinghan smiled sweetly and felt much better.

…

the next day.

Lin Zichen got up early and went to the research institute which he hadn't been to for several days to conduct in-depth research on opening the acupoints with Song Yuyan.

After studying for a whole morning, there was no progress.

To be precise, there has been no progress since I joined Tianren Pavilion.

"How do you open this acupoint?"

Song Yuyan was a little discouraged, her face full of worry, and her enthusiasm for research had almost reached the bottom.

Lin Zichen pondered for a moment, then said, "Do you think it's possible that I have to temper my body five times before I can open the acupoints?"

Song Yuyan shook her head. "It's better not to. If you have to temper your body five times before you can open the acupoints, then the universality of the Blood Tempering Technique will be too poor, and it won't be spread at all."

Lin Zichen nodded and agreed.

The two of them talked about the topic of opening the acupoints for a while and then stopped talking, and turned to talk about some random gossip.

Mainly, Song Yuyan was talking and Lin Zichen was listening.

Talk about how bad a leader’s private life is. He is married, but he still has affairs at school every day.

She said that the tutor was a bootlicker who gave her gifts every day and kept pestering her no matter how she refused.

Lin Zichen is not interested in these.

After listening politely for a moment, he quickly spoke up, "By the way, Sister Yan, how many credits do I have with you now?"

All the high-level off-campus tasks he had done in the past were done with Song Yuyan.

Considering that he was only a freshman and had no ability to complete high-level tasks to obtain a large number of credits, he deposited all the credits obtained after the 50-50 split into Song Yuyan's tutor account.

"Haven't you calculated it yourself?" Song Yuyan looked surprised.

"without."

"You trust me so much, aren't you afraid that I'll embezzle it?"

"Sister Yan, you are not that kind of person."

"Haha, thank you for your trust. It feels so good to be trusted."

Song Yuyan smiled sweetly and continued, "The total number of credits you have stored on my tutor account is now 2,400."

2400 credits?

The meat of the all-poisonous mongoose costs 20 credits per pound, which is enough to buy 99 pounds to open the atlas.

Thinking about it, Lin Zichen said, "Sister Yan, I want to buy 99 kilograms of mongoose meat. Please help me place the order in the credit mall and choose the research institute as the delivery address."

"Why did you buy so much mongoose meat?"

"It's not convenient to say."

"Are you sure you want to buy it? If you are, I will place the order for you."

"Sure."

"Then I'll place the order."

Song Yuyan opened the credit mall and placed an order for 99 kilograms of mongoose meat, spending 1,980 credits.

…

Around 4:30 in the afternoon.

The poisonous mongoose meat has arrived.

Lin Zichen carried the meat out of the research institute and returned to the dormitory.

As soon as the dormitory door was closed, he couldn't wait to touch the mongoose meat in the express box with his hands, and a thought came to his mind: Devour it!

[You devoured a large amount of the life essence of the "Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose"]

[Mongoose Album: 100%]

The moment the text message appeared, a pitch-black mongoose gradually emerged from the void, hunting a colorful snake in the grass.

This strange snake is a highly venomous snake. Its venom glands are filled with terrifying neurotoxins. Just one drop can kill thousands of elephants on Earth.

However, such a poisonous snake bit the mongoose more than ten times in a row during the fight with it, but failed to poison the mongoose, and was finally eaten by the mongoose as a spicy snack.

Then, two pieces of text slowly emerged from the void.

[You have successfully opened the Myriad Poison Mongoose Atlas, gaining the biological attribute - Immunity to All Poisons]

[Immune to Poisons: Your poison resistance is greatly increased]

The attribute description is only eight short words, very simple and crude.

The fewer words, the bigger the matter.

Likewise, the less the introduction, the stronger the creature's attributes.

Soon, Lin Zichen went to the school’s living area and bought a Walmart jet set meal.

In his previous life, he would get diarrhea if he ate this.

In this life, I poop every time I eat.

Now that we have the biological attribute of [Immune to All Poisons], let’s see if I will still get diarrhea after eating it.

After buying the Splatoon set meal, Lin Zichen went into the pharmacy and bought a box of anesthetic.

It is said to be an anesthetic, but in fact it is a biological neurotoxin.

See if [Invulnerability] can provide immunity.

Back to the dormitory.

Lin Zichen poured a glass of water, sat down, and first took a neurotoxin with anesthetic effect.

I ate it and nothing happened.

I ate the Splatoon meal again and sat there until I went to bed at night, but my stomach didn't feel any movement.

Both of these poisons were successfully immuned by the biological attribute [Immune to All Poisons].

…

One night a few days later.

Administration building.

Principal's office.

Lin Zichen accompanied Shen Qinghan here to undergo the second injection of alien beast genes.

Before the injection, Yuan Dongzhi first checked Shen Qinghan's body to see what the Blue Jellyfish King gene in her body was like and whether it was suitable for the injection of the second alien beast gene.

As a result, this examination completely confused Yuan Dongzhi.

Shen Qinghan's biological level is as high as ordinary level six?

What's going on?

The last time I fused the Blue Jellyfish King gene into her, wasn't she just an ordinary second-level?

How long has it been since then? How come it has inexplicably evolved to the ordinary sixth level?

Yuan Dongzhi calmed down and asked Shen Qinghan with doubt in his heart, "Qinghan, how come your biological level has evolved to ordinary level six?"

"Well... I practiced the Blood Tempering Technique. I just completed the Body Tempering Technique a few days ago, and then my biological level evolved to the ordinary sixth level."

Shen Qinghan said weakly.

She had never told Yuan Dongzhi that she had practiced the Blood Tempering Technique, for fear that Yuan Dongzhi would find out and blame her for hiding it.

At this time, Yuan Dongzhi was shocked when he learned that she had practiced the Blood Quenching Technique.

Almost stunned.

His face was full of disbelief.

Yuan Dongzhi couldn't understand why Shen Qinghan, with such weak Qi and blood, could practice the Blood Tempering Technique?

Also, after completing the body tempering, shouldn’t it be an ordinary ninth level?

How come the little disciple is only at the ordinary sixth level?

I finished thinking about this in just a few seconds.

Yuan Dongzhi looked at Shen Qinghan and asked puzzledly: "How did you do it?"

Shen Qinghan explained weakly: "It's just to use the Blue Jellyfish King's ability to control water, control the blood and energy in the body to temper the body, and then it will be..."

"Is it that simple?"

"Well, it's that simple..."

“It’s unbelievable!”

Yuan Dongzhi felt like he was dreaming. It was too unreal.

She thought about it for a while and finally came to a conclusion. "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be because of your special physique."

"Whether it's your unprecedented gene fusion compatibility of 21%, your incredible gene enslavement abilities, or your ability to practice blood quenching techniques, it's most likely related to your constitution."

"Your physique is incredibly strong. You will surely become humanity's highest fighting force in the future."

The highest combat power of mankind?

Shen Qinghan looked dazed when he heard this, and couldn't imagine that one day he would really be so powerful.

Yuan Dongzhi looked at Shen Qinghan, and the more he looked, the more unreal it seemed.

If Shen Qinghan didn't have any source power in his body, she would have suspected that Shen Qinghan was an alien.

The eldest disciple Luo Qianxue is an extraordinary person with a very special physique, very similar to Shen Qinghan.

More than ten minutes later.

Yuan Dongzhi no longer worried about Shen Qinghan's special physique and began to inject her with exotic animal genes.

There are five branches of exotic beast genes.

One is the golden-winged demon butterfly gene, which has powerful hallucinogenic ability.

One is the wood-attributed gene of the red spider lily, which has powerful camouflage ability.

One is a water-attributed living dead slug gene with powerful self-healing ability.

One is the Hellfire Lizard gene with fire attribute, which has powerful burning ability.

One is the armored earth dragon gene with earth attribute, which has strong defensive capabilities.

Yuan Dongzhi wanted to test Shen Qinghan's genetic enslavement ability to see if she could enslave multiple alien beast genes at the same time, and whether she could enslave alien beast genes with different attributes at the same time.

"Qinghan, I'm going to put it in."

"Um."

After a brief conversation, Yuan Dongzhi picked up the Armored Earth Dragon gene reagent, skillfully inserted it into Shen Qinghan's heart, and slowly injected the golden liquid inside.

During the injection process, she kept radiating her mental power to observe Shen Qinghan's physical condition.

Then, I observed an incredible scene.

As soon as the Armored Earth Dragon's genes were injected, they were immediately killed by Shen Qinghan's genes and dissolved into nutrients that were absorbed completely.

"How are you feeling?"

"fine."

Seeing that there was nothing unusual about Shen Qinghan, Yuan Dongzhi quickly picked up the Hellfire Lizard gene reagent and slowly injected it into her heart.

The result was the same, the Hellfire Lizard's genes were directly strangled and absorbed.

The genes of the red spider lily and the golden-winged demon butterfly injected later had the same ending, and were all strangled and absorbed by Shen Qinghan's genes.

Only the last injected living-dead slug gene managed to survive and was enslaved by Shen Qinghan's genes.

"Only water-attributed beasts with genes can be enslaved?"

Yuan Dongzhi murmured, then said to Shen Qinghan on the bed: "I'll go get a few more water-attributed beast genes to try, and I'll be back soon."

As soon as she finished speaking, she disappeared without a trace.

"Xiaochen, it's just as you said. Anything that has anything to do with water is a good match for me."

Shen Qinghan, who was lying on the bed, looked at Lin Zichen who was sitting beside her and said.

Lin Zichen smiled and said, "Indeed."

Not long after, Yuan Dongzhi brought back three different water-attributed beast genes and continued to inject them into Shen Qinghan.

This time, the results were somewhat unexpected.

After these three different water-attributed beast genes were injected into Shen Qinghan's heart, they were not enslaved by Shen Qinghan's genes, but were directly strangled and absorbed.

During the injection process, Shen Qinghan seemed a little uncomfortable, saying that he felt like he had eaten too much.

In this regard, Yuan Dongzhi came to a conclusion.

Shen Qinghan's genetic enslavement ability has certain limitations.

Can only enslave the genes of water-attributed beasts.

Moreover, only two different water-attributed beast genes can be enslaved at the same time.

But she thinks the upper limit will not be limited to two types.

However, Shen Qinghan's physical or mental strength is not strong enough now, making her unable to restrain more water-attributed beast genes at the same time.

When my strength increases in the future, I will definitely be able to enslave more water-attributed monster genes.

After thinking it through, Yuan Dongzhi told Shen Qinghan in detail the conclusion he had drawn, so that she could have a clearer understanding of herself.

Afterwards, he said to Shen Qinghan: "The living dead slug gene you just enslaved can give you the ability to secrete a kind of mucus."

"In addition to its powerful healing properties, this mucus also has excellent lubricating properties."

"From now on, when you and Lin Zichen need it in the dormitory, you can secrete this mucus."

"Oh, I understand, Master." Shen Qinghan said with a slightly blushing face.

Seeing that it was almost time, Yuan Dongzhi asked Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan to go back to the dormitory and rest early.

When the two of them walked to the office door, she looked at them and said:

"By the way, the date for this year's freshman competition has been changed. It will be held in mid-January at the end of this semester."

"Qinghan, your biological level has reached the ordinary sixth level. I am looking forward to your performance."

"I hope you can make it into the top five and get a chance to participate in the winter break training camp."

"Okay, I understand, Master. I will try my best not to let you down." Shen Qinghan nodded with the look of a model student.

Freshman competition brought forward?

Lin Zichen raised his eyebrows, his heart moving slightly.

After finishing the freshman competition and making it onto the freshman list, you will be eligible to challenge the peak list.

Originally, this was something that could only be done in the middle of next semester.

Now that it’s been brought forward, we can start at the end of this semester.

Get to the top of the list early and get credits early.

…

PS: I will update another chapter at around 3 o'clock.

(End of this chapter)