Chapter 202 - 126: Does My Charming Mythological Ancestor Count Too?

Chapter 202: Chapter 126: Does My Charming Mythological Ancestor Count Too?

"Luck is opening a window earlier than others. The trouble is that you might not be able to resist chasing after it, subsequently wasting more time on a direction that currently has no practical application."

"Master, I don’t want to research real time. I only want to research annihilation particles," Chen Shang corrected.

"Alright. Then you need to find a way to bypass real time to capture annihilation particles. If you do find one, remember to share it with me."

Chen Shang could not hold back anymore. "Master, I’m asking for your guidance here!"

"Chen, I am truly not skilled in this." Olivia looked helpless. "Annihilation particles might not be that high-end, but they are entangled with real time. So... I’m powerless to help."

"I understand." He stood up. "Thank you for the guidance, Master. I look forward to our next consultation."

Olivia waved her hand weakly. "I don’t look forward to it at all. Go heal your injuries."

Before going for treatment, Chen Shang first visited Hathaway’s laboratory to have her examine him.

Hathaway probed his Sea of Consciousness with her Spiritual Power, circling around inside. "You dismantled it quite cleanly."

"Does it meet the requirements?" Chen Shang asked.

"Of course. But get treated first. The cracks in your Sea of Consciousness are the foundation, and the Magic Spring is the house. If the foundation is cracked, no matter how well the house is built, it won’t stand firm," Hathaway said. "Go there and resolve the issue with your Sea of Consciousness first. Once the cracks have healed, come back and build the Quadrupole Ring. You’ll have a much higher chance of success then."

Chen Shang nodded. "I was thinking the same thing."

"Then why did you come looking for me?"

"You are highly experienced. I wanted to consult you."

The Spiritual Power project team.

Chen Shang swiped his card to enter. After verifying his identity, a staff member immediately picked up a Crystal Plate and dialed a number. "Master Yvette, Chen Shang is here."

In less than half a minute, Yvette strode out from the end of the corridor, her light gray robes billowing behind her. She walked up to Chen Shang, looked him up and down, and unceremoniously sent her Spiritual Power probing into his Sea of Consciousness.

"The Repulsive-Attractive Dual Force Model? This fast?"

"It’s just the lowest-level model," Chen Shang said modestly.

"The lowest level? Do you know how many Apprentices in Starfall Laboratory can’t even build the lowest-level model?"

"Master, let’s get down to business first."

Yvette turned and walked down the corridor. "Everything is ready. Follow me."

Chen Shang followed behind her. They passed through two security doors and entered a massive, circular laboratory. The ceiling was high, and the walls were embedded with various instruments. Right in the center sat a strangely shaped metal pod. The pod was entirely oval, its surface carved with Runes. Its hatch was open, revealing a layer of pale blue gel-like substance lining the interior. A circle of workstations surrounded the pod, where seven or eight researchers were calibrating the equipment.

"Lie down inside." Yvette pointed at the metal pod.

Chen Shang took off his robe and lay down inside the pod. The gel-like substance sank around the contours of his body. It felt cool, like being wrapped in an icy blanket.

Yvette walked over to the main control console, her fingers gliding rapidly across a Crystal Plate. The pod hatch slowly closed, and the Runes overhead lit up one by one, bathing him in a pale golden glow.

"Reading Spiritual Power data..." a researcher reported. "The depth of the cracks in the Sea of Consciousness is 0.3 millimeters. There are seventeen cracks on the surface of the Crystal Core. The residual amount of alien Spiritual Power is... on the high side."

"How high?"

"Four times over the safety threshold."

Yvette frowned. She tapped the Crystal Plate twice, pulling up a proposal. "I added more pure Spiritual Power into the surgical design to neutralize the Black Wizard’s residue. However, the injection of pure Spiritual Power will simultaneously strengthen your total amount of Spiritual Power. Your Constitution might not be able to withstand it. Therefore, we need to simultaneously enhance your Constitution. Do you have any specific requests?"

Chen Shang turned his head to look at her. "Master, I still prefer to go with the Pure-blooded Race path."

Bloodline Wizards had several sub-domains, and the Pure-blooded Race was one of them. It involved stimulating one’s own power and enhancing it through Bloodline resistance. In the later stages, one could even supplement it with Ancient Possession. The advantages were stability and safety. There were no rejection reactions or Bloodline limitations of any kind. The disadvantage was that one could not skyrocket to power overnight. In contrast, there was the Alien Bloodline, utilizing the Bloodlines of powerful races like Dragon Blood Warlocks, Titans, Demons, Angels, and Magical Beasts. Besides that, there was the Elemental Race, where one was naturally born as or acquired the state of Half-elemental Creatures. The Flame Race, Water Race, Wind Race, and so on fell somewhere between Elements and Bloodlines, with relatively minor alienation reactions. Lastly, the True Divine Race consisted of the descendants of certain Divine Spirits. In some worlds, they could even be called Divine Sons...

Yvette confirmed, "Pure-blooded Race?"

"Yes."

"Then I will submit the application for you. Are you really not going to consider a powerful Bloodline?"

"Master, I only want the Pure-blooded Race. The future is unpredictable, and I don’t want my path to be locked in by a Bloodline."

Yvette was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing. "You are absolutely right. In fact, if you had chosen another path, I would have dissuaded you. I certainly don’t want such an excellent subject to have his upper limit locked."

She turned around and operated the main control console a few times. "Alright. We will use the Pure-blooded Race Constitution enhancement plan, following the framework of the Ancient Possession school. But you have to accept one condition."

"What condition?"

"During the surgery, your Spiritual Power will fluctuate violently, and the cracks in your Sea of Consciousness might temporarily expand. I need you to remain conscious throughout the entire process and follow my commands to adjust your Spiritual Power output."

Chen Shang took a deep breath. "That’s not a problem!"

Yvette was just preparing to commence the treatment when she suddenly paused. "Huh? You are clearly a pure human. Why would a half-human, half-snake offshoot appear? A genetic mutation? How strange, the database is blank."

Chen Shang was instantly ecstatic. He thought he knew what that was. Did mythological ancestors count too?