I Don't Agree to the Terms

Chapter 853 453: Special Constitution ≈ Special Gene Segment

"These two people's abilities are indeed strong enough." Gu Shanhai glanced through a manual in his hands, named "Bone Penetration Fist." The name sounds much better than "Bull Strength," but the difference is that the former focuses on martial technique with cultivation as a supplement, and at best, it can only reach the bone training level.

So it's much worse than "Bull Strength."

This was the spoils of war that Lan Qiushui and Base Station Old Liu distributed to Gu Shanhai after busying themselves for a day yesterday.

These two are straightforward people; they said they'd split the spoils evenly, and they did.

One took the equipment, and the other took the item. In terms of value, what Gu Shanhai has, the "Bone Penetration Fist," is definitely the highest.

But that's not how you tally up the value. Lan Qiushui is on the sports track, so this skill is useless to him, which is why he took a universally applicable item, while Base Station Old Liu is an Artifact Repairer, who also can't use it. Instead, it was better for him to take the equipment, a knife, and if he can refine it into himself through his professional skills, he would gain additional attributes and effects.

So they chose the spoils of war more beneficial to them and gave the high-value but incongruent one to Gu Shanhai.

They were working outside, so they definitely chose first. If they didn't choose first, they obviously wouldn't want to contribute effort.

Luckily, we're all veteran players, so there's still some tacit understanding in this regard.

After Gu Shanhai glanced through it and made a comparison, he found that this "Bone Penetration Fist" is not without its merits; its effect at the bone training level far exceeds the bone training effect of "Bull Strength."

"Each cultivation technique has its advantages and disadvantages; it's not necessarily stronger if its upper limit is higher."

"Unfortunately, it's of no use to me."

It's not even about bone training; even strength training is of no use to him.

Even his skin is fake, entirely relying on the two Divine Skills: Size Control and Embryonic Transformation; let alone muscles, bones, or internal organs, he doesn't have any of those at all.

Therefore, if Gu Shanhai wants to take this world's cultivation system as a resource, it needs a major overhaul.

Moreover, this Body Refining Realm has essentially no reference value for him, no use at all.

But to say it has no use isn't wholly accurate; at least through these two cultivation techniques, Gu Shanhai quickly grasped the situation of the humans in this world.

It can only be said that these humans indeed have a good foundation and do possess some bloodlines within them.

These bloodlines, though non-human, aren't entirely so; the villagers of Zhen Shi Village appear more like evolved special gene fragments, just seemingly falling dormant for some reason. Gu Shanhai tried to awaken them, but found it impossible as if a bug had occurred.

This piqued Gu Shanhai's interest a bit. According to the data he obtained, once the other party awakens that gene fragment, they can comprehensively improve their physical quality and aptitude, equivalent to having a certain innate constitution, encountering no bottlenecks at some stage of cultivation.

Gu Shanhai speculated that perhaps there were extremely powerful cultivators among their ancestors, leaving behind descendants containing such a special gene fragment. Moreover, through intermarriage, decline, migration, etc., this gene fragment ended up not just being from one powerful figure, but is entangled from multiple strong ancestors.

Roughly speaking, being able to live till now means their ancestors were definitely well-off.

The reason it can't be awakened, Gu Shanhai speculated, is either it has been too many generations, making the gene fragment unable to be effectively activated, or there's a problem at the source, making it impossible to activate even if desired.

"From a certain perspective, personal aptitude is also related to these gene fragments."

"The more and varied the types of these mixed gene fragments, even if they can't be awakened, they can influence embryo development into a physique more suitable for cultivation, which is the variability in aptitude."

Of course, that isn't omnipotent. This process is also influenced by nutrition. If there isn't enough nutrition at the embryonic stage causing malnutrition, these gene fragments can't fully manifest their effects. If they did manifest fully, most likely, they would only lead to a miscarriage due to insufficient nutrition.

Thus, as long as they're not fully activated, the innate disparity is mainly driven by nutritional intake.

"Not being activated has benefits, at least avoiding the quest for the path in the path."

This benefit is only effective in the early and middle stages. By the time the strength catches up to the source in the later stages, there's a high chance of not surpassing the source, stuck for a lifetime, unless the source of that gene fragment can advance further. Taking a different path from the source may not be so easy.

The people of Zhen Shi Village don't need to worry because these gene fragments can't be awakened; naturally, there's no such limitation.

So, those who awaken such special constitutions might start as prodigies, but later on, it would hardly matter.

Conversely, without a special constitution, the future upper limit is higher. Whether they can survive to grow is another matter.

"This world is quite interesting."

Gu Shanhai also inquired and found out that this world, besides humans, also has unique lifeforms like the Demon Race. On the surface, it's a proper fantasy; as for behind the scenes, Gu Shanhai doesn't know. Only after the Air Wall is gone can he investigate.

These, of course, Gu Shanhai obtained by Soul Search. Unfortunately, only the village chief knew these things. Others knew very little; the majority of people probably wouldn't leave the village for the big city in their lifetime.