Chen Yan did not choose to stay alone at home. After finishing all the material purchases, he went straight back to Qin Yourong's villa.
Although it was already midnight, Qin Yourong had not yet fallen asleep.
As the awakening level of the awakened person increases, the need for sleep will decrease relatively.
Coupled with the harsh living environment of the apocalyptic wasteland, people who grew up in this era naturally have an unreasonable sense of vigilance and tension.
Therefore, they will try to further shorten their sleep time based on their minimum sleep needs.
As for the resulting sub-health condition and the damage that will inevitably be caused to the body over time, they do not take it into consideration.
Because they really don't know which will come first, 'accident' or 'tomorrow'.
Under the premise that there is only today and no tomorrow, talking about so-called health preservation is as ridiculous as talking to an unemployed mortgage slave about how to promote consumption.
"What are you doing?"
As soon as he appeared in Qin Yourong's bedroom, Chen Yan saw Qin Yourong wearing a strange tights and performing yoga-like poses with great effort.
However, compared to yoga, the posture Qin Yourong is currently holding seems to be more difficult, and the physical exertion will inevitably be more exaggerated.
"Ah? I'm tempering my body! I thought you wouldn't be coming back tonight! So I thought I'd just adapt to the new level of awakening so that I can fully master the power of the third level awakening as soon as possible!"
Qin Yourong showed a look of surprise on her face. She put away the pose she had just been in and happily walked forward and threw herself directly into Chen Yan's arms.
Chen Yan hugged Qin Yourong who was rushing towards him, but then he was hit by the potential energy of Qin Yourong and fell on his back on the bed!
"What's going on?! Why are you so heavy?! I feel like I was hit in the chest with a sledgehammer!"
Chen Yan said in astonishment.
"Ah? Excuse me, I'm wearing a compression weight suit. This full-body compression weight suit weighs a hundred kilograms. I can get twice the result with half the effort when I train in it."
While Qin Yourong was speaking, she had already sat up and taken off her tight weight-bearing clothes, revealing her beautiful figure.
Chen Yan swallowed his saliva, but still asked curiously, "You don't need to wear weight-bearing clothes to adapt to the awakening level, right? You weigh only about 100 kilograms at most. If you suddenly put on a weight-bearing suit that is twice your weight, even if you have already awakened to the third level, the tempering process will be very painful."
Qin Yourong stretched her body, then lay on Chen Yan again, explaining with a smile, "Because there are more ways to raise your awakening level than just injecting genetic medicine. Theoretically, as long as anyone has injected a first-level genetic medicine and completed the initial unlocking of the genetic lock, the subsequent process can be completed through self-refining.
Whether it's constantly stressing the body through excessive weights in the hope of pushing it past its limits, or constantly engaging in battle, tempering oneself in life-or-death situations, these methods can gradually loosen the genetic locks in the body. However, the downside is that it takes an extremely long time and requires a high level of willpower, mental strength, and even talent.
From a cost-effectiveness perspective, it's far less effective than direct injections of genetic drugs. Unless contamination limits the genetic unlocking potential of the drug, further injections will almost certainly fail. At this point, self-reinforcement is the only way to become even stronger. Of course, diligently training your body regularly will help increase the success rate of subsequent genetic drug injections.
Chen Yan thought for a moment and asked doubtfully, "So, does that mean that constantly injecting genetic drugs to unlock the genetic lock will lead to an unstable foundation? I remember it was written like this in novels: only the power gained through painstaking cultivation is the most stable. The power gained through other methods, whether it's taking medicine or using methods like the Star Absorbing Technique, will be very superficial and prone to going astray."
Qin Yourong was stunned by what Chen Yan said.
He said with a strange expression: "Aren't novels all nonsense? How can you believe it? The way I usually use to relax my mind now is no longer reading novels. Basically, I have changed it to watching holographic movies. At least those movies shot before the outbreak of the catastrophe have many very beautiful scenery.
Simply experiencing the world before the Cataclysm can be incredibly relaxing. On the other hand, novels, each one more bitter and vengeful than the last, become tiresome after a few. Life in this wasteland is hard enough, and then I read a novel where the protagonist is even more miserable than me. Why would I read it?
Chen Yan nodded in surprise and said, "What you said makes sense. So, what you mean is that there are no side effects of injecting genetic drugs to unlock the gene lock?"
Qin Yourong nodded as a matter of course and said, "Of course! If the power you gain comes from the outside world, or is forcibly snatched from someone else, then there is indeed a possibility that your foundation will be unstable. After all, it is not yours in the first place. You obtained it through other means, and it is unlikely to be completely compatible with you.
But the power you gain after unlocking the genetic lock is a power you already possess, locked away by the genetic lock. Do you understand? Human DNA actually contains incredibly powerful biological energy. In the fifty years since the Cataclysm, powerful forces in the wasteland have been conducting research.
It's said that relevant research has been conducted very deeply within the five top factions. However, those legends are too far-fetched for me, and I'm not sure whether they are true or not. I only know that the process of unlocking your genetic lock is actually undoing the shackles that bind you layer by layer!
As the degree of unlocking of the genetic lock continues to increase, the shackles will gradually fall off, which means that the power you already possess but have been blocked will be released again. What side effects can there be when you use your own power? How can your foundation be unstable? Right?"
Chen Yan frowned when he heard this, and even his reaction to Qin Yourong's stimulation was affected.
Qin Yourong was sensitive to the changes in Chen Yan's body and couldn't help but wonder, "What's wrong? Did you suddenly think of something troublesome?"
Chen Yan said uncertainly, "I suddenly thought of something, but I don't know if it's going to be troublesome or not. Since the human DNA contains powerful biological energy, but it's forcibly blocked by the gene lock, then... where did the gene lock come from? It definitely didn't form naturally, right?"
Qin Yourong blinked, then shook her head blankly, "I... haven't thought about this question..."
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