58: Purify genes and awaken talents!

Li An set up his laboratory on the third floor of the villa and reinforced it specially, only to minimize damage to the villa if an accident occurred.

Once the laboratory area was set up, Li An plunged into it, but he had only purchased the necessary equipment and lacked the materials for practice.

After all, he only had 7 paradise coins left in his pocket at the time, so after placing all the purchased experimental apparatus in the lab, Li An walked out to the first-floor hall.

With the Alchemy matters handled, he now had two things left: awakening his talent and merging two knowledge-based abilities.

The fusion of similar abilities was the simplest, so Li An decided to merge his abilities first before doing anything else.

Currently, Li An possessed two knowledge-based abilities: Ancient Alchemy Lv.1 and Biology and Technology Specialization Lv.15.

Li An intended to merge these two abilities. After the precedent set by his combat abilities, he had to ensure that every ability he possessed served its purpose, rather than just taking up space without any use!

“Ding! Confirm fusion?”

Li An was already familiar with merging abilities. From activating the imprint to selecting the abilities, it only took him a few seconds to complete. As he finally confirmed the fusion, Li An's mind experienced a momentary blur.

That was the Paradise extracting and merging the two abilities from him.

In fact, when Li An previously merged two combat abilities, the Paradise also extracted both abilities from his body before merging them into his current Melee All-rounder.

So Li An didn't feel any discomfort. After the momentary blur in his mind, less than a second later, Li An felt a brand new ability within himself.

“Ding! Congratulations! You have acquired Biological Codex Lv.1.”

“Biological Codex Lv.1: Can quickly understand the manufacturing structure by analyzing the target species, increases insight into the weaknesses of artificial creations by 100%, increases the success rate of manufacturing items by 15% when entering a meditative state, has a 5% chance to directly increase an item's grade by one, and has a certain probability of triggering self-awareness in manufactured items.”

Boom!

At this moment, although the Paradise's notification sounded in Li An's ears, he couldn't hear it at all. He only felt his mind instantly filled with a vast amount of knowledge, as if he was completely immersed in an ocean of knowledge.

Due to his high Intelligence attribute, Li An's brain development was extremely advanced, so despite the vastness and breadth of this knowledge, he quickly absorbed it completely.

Ten minutes later!

After Li An had thoroughly absorbed all this knowledge, he snapped out of his daze. He felt his head throbbing, a clear sign of mental exhaustion.

In this state, Li An naturally couldn't immediately proceed with the final talent awakening. So he directly lay down on the soft sofa in the living room and fell asleep. Currently, without any means of mental recovery, sleep was the only method he could think of.

This rest, of course, didn't last eighteen hours like last time, but by the time Li An woke up again, five hours had already passed.

Upon waking, Li An first shook his head. After a few seconds of daze, he finally came to his senses. He then went to the first-floor restroom to wash his face before returning to the living room and sitting down.

The throbbing in his head had improved, and it would no longer affect the talent awakening. So, with a thought, Li An took out the Kryptonian Gene he obtained after killing Zod and held it in his hand.

“Kryptonian Gene”

Usage Requirements: Only for Kryptonians or individuals containing the Kryptonian Gene.

Origin: DC · Superman Man of Steel World

Effect: Grants a random ability upon use, and further purifies the Kryptonian Gene within the body.

Rating: 1299

Description: Do you desire supreme power? Become a god among men and defend the justice you believe in!

Price: 9999

Looking at the Kryptonian Gene in his hand, Li An recalled the plan given by the Paradise: he needed to use the Kryptonian Gene first, and while it purified the Kryptonian Gene in his body, activate the talent awakening permission. After that, it would be a battle of wills. If he could endure, then everything would have a future; if he couldn't endure...

Then all would be lost!

Clutching the Kryptonian Gene, Li An showed no trace of fear. Since the beginning of his survival world, since he personally injected himself with the blacklight virus, he had completely disregarded life and death.

He clearly realized that as an ordinary person, if he cherished his life so much, he wouldn't accomplish anything. Only by being ruthless and fearless could he truly carve out a path for himself!

And now, it seemed, it was time for another choice.

However, the next second, Li An didn't hesitate at all. He exerted force with his right hand and crushed the Kryptonian Gene.

Instantly, azure energy factors exploded, almost immediately engulfing Li An completely. Immediately after, a strong tearing sensation appeared. Li An felt as if something was pulling at his muscle cells.

Ah!!!

At this moment, an indescribable pain rapidly spread throughout Li An's body. He almost cried out subconsciously.

But at this critical moment, Li An endured the pain, controlled his consciousness to communicate with the imprint, and then he tried to activate the talent awakening permission!

“Warning!!! It is detected that you are currently purifying your genes. If you continue to awaken your talent, unknown dangers may occur. Do you wish to continue awakening?”

“Ding! You have activated the talent awakening permission!”

“Talent awakening beginning...”

Without hesitation, when the Paradise issued its warning, Li An directly ignored the warning prompt and chose to activate the talent awakening immediately.

Boom!

The next second, as Li An confirmed the start of talent awakening, he suddenly felt a jolt in his head, followed by an invisible force that seemed to directly impact his head, causing him such pain that he almost fainted.

But at this moment, one of his passive abilities was activated.

[Passive · Tenacious Will Lv.5: When you endure a soul impact on the verge of collapse, you will receive an additional mental power boost, with an initial value of 15 points, increasing by 11 points per second thereafter. If you can endure until the impact ends, you will also receive an additional random permanent mental power increase, with no cooldown.]

Previously, this ability was only Lv.3, but fortunately, after completing this mission world, its level increased. And because of the level increase, the effect of this ability was now stronger.

The initial value increased from 10 points to 15 points, and the continuous increase changed from 10 points to 11 points. Therefore, the strengthening of this ability also gave Li An more confidence to endure.