11: New features of the system

Qiao Yu squatted down, examining the safe in front of him. He noticed a fingerprint lock on it, then turned to look at Zhang Haobai.

After using two of Zhang Haobai's fingers to try the lock, the safe successfully unlocked. What appeared before his eyes was a green test tube of medicine, with a small label on the bottle detailing the reagent name, purpose, and precautions.

"B-grade Gene Serum?"

The original work didn't describe B-grade Gene Serum much, only stating that it was a serum to help Advanced Trainees advance to Warrior level.

However, those who become Warriors by relying on Gene Serum will naturally be weaker than those who break through to Warrior level on their own. Taking drugs, well, those who know, know.

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The method of use is simple: oral administration, then, under the guidance of a Warrior, use the 'Gene Primordial Energy Cultivation Method - Five Hearts Towards Heaven Method' to try to communicate with and absorb the faint energies of the universe.

"It needs to be used under the guidance of a Warrior? Isn't this just a special serum for untalented second-generations?"

Qiao Yu shook his head helplessly. This was also the tragedy of the current era; the strong could barely protect themselves, and the weak found it even harder to rise.

The function of the Gene Serum is to increase the sensitivity of one's own genes to cosmic energy within the effective period of the medicine.

During this time, the user will more easily sense cosmic energy and integrate it into their body cells, thereby reaching the initial Warrior level.

Because human genes are deceived by the serum during evolution, mistakenly believing that the body already possesses the ability to sense and absorb cosmic energy.

Therefore, there will be no further evolution in sensing cosmic energy. Those who become Warriors through serum can only rely on serum to maintain their Warrior strength in the future.

Just like before the Great Nirvana period, some bodybuilders used synthetic testosterone, and a large portion of their bodies no longer secreted testosterone on their own.

"Direct oral use would stop my strength at the initial Warrior level. What's the point of becoming a Warrior then? Becoming an initial Warrior still means I can't even be considered cannon fodder."

"I just didn't expect Zhang Haobai to actually plan to become a Warrior directly through drugs. It seems the rumor that Zhang Haobai is an Advanced Trainee built up by drugs is quite true."

Qiao Yu gave up the idea of oral administration. After a second thought, he decided to let the fungi absorb it. Perhaps it could help him become a Warrior without side effects.

"Let's try!"

With a thought, Qiao Yu recalled the fungal swarm from Zhang Haobai and the others. After all, this was within a Base City, and he didn't want to cause any deaths.

Meanwhile, the fungal colony within the five people lying on the ground rapidly self-iterated, simultaneously transforming into spore form and ejecting from the pores on their skin surface.

The spores burst open on the five people lying on the ground like brilliant fireworks.

For items like Gene Serum, valued at tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, their safes usually contain HR Alliance locators or tracking devices to prevent valuable items from being stolen within the Base City, which would damage the HR Alliance's credibility.

Therefore, Qiao Yu naturally couldn't take the serum home. Leaving fingerprints on the safe and serum would very likely lead to the HR Alliance, in conjunction with the Security Bureau, coming to his door.

The Gene Serum was sealed with an aluminum cap and a medical rubber stopper. Although considered a strict seal, it couldn't achieve absolute airtightness.

Immediately after, Qiao Yu guided the spores floating in the air to invade the serum.

Under Qiao Yu's conscious guidance, the spores quickly found invisible gaps and drilled into the serum.

Before long, speckles had already appeared within the liquid of the serum, and the fungal swarm had begun to multiply.

[Detecting unknown energy substance, analyzing...]

[Analysis successful. This substance is a medicine that can temporarily optimize human genes. Analysis results have been recorded. The host can replicate and optimize this substance by transforming the primordial fungal swarm!]

"What? Can it be replicated?"

Qiao Yu was shocked by this news from the system. There were many treasures in Swallowed Star, but not many in quantity. If they could be replicated, he could definitely accumulate powerful strength early on.

"System, how do I cultivate the primordial fungal swarm?"

[The host's body produces primordial bacterial colonies daily. The quantity of primordial bacterial colonies produced increases with the host's strength!]

He never expected that the Fungal System could also allow the fungal swarm to replicate Gene Serum. Although he didn't need too much, he could cultivate it at low cost and then sell it!

"Hmm... it doesn't seem to work out!"

After careful consideration, Qiao Yu felt that the path to riches by selling Gene Serum was not cost-effective.

Wealthy families could directly purchase it through the HR Alliance, while ordinary families couldn't afford it, and establishing sales channels would also be a problem.

Time cost was also an issue, and the quantity of the primordial fungal swarm was also a problem.

Since the Fungal System had this function, he could completely wait until he became a Warrior to replicate more valuable serums. Weren't Warriors richer than ordinary people?

So, this plan was temporarily put on hold. Everything would be decided after he became a Warrior.

Before long, the entire Gene Serum had transformed into the shape of a fungal swarm.

Qiao Yu felt the time was right. With a thought, he commanded the fungal swarm within the serum test tube to return to his body.

In just a moment, the nascent fungal swarm, as if alive, seeped out through microscopic crevices.

Only a sterile, empty test tube remained in the safe. With Earth's technological level, no one would be able to discover what this test tube had experienced.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for cultivating a new type of fungal swarm. Gene optimization through this fungal swarm can help the host permanently enhance their ability to perceive and absorb cosmic energy.]

[Note: This fungal swarm is a one-time use fungal swarm. Subsequent gene optimization cannot be performed with this fungal swarm!]

"One-time use fungal swarm? Well, the Gene Serum itself is similar to a one-time use medicine; continued use afterward wouldn't be very effective."

Qiao Yu didn't mind the system's limitation. If just one Gene Serum could make him invincible, it would be too illogical.

He re-closed the safe with Zhang Haobai's hand, leaving no extra traces at the scene.

Qiao Yu observed his surroundings, and after confirming no third parties were present, he picked up the bag of meat on the ground and hurried away from the scene.

He wasn't afraid of the police coming to his door. Luo Feng would leave the detention center the day after tomorrow, and his identity as a Warrior would soon be exposed. With a Warrior protecting him, Zhang Haobai wouldn't dare to trouble him.

Qiao Yu returned home and allowed the flesh and blood mycelium to continue multiplying on one hundred catties of meat.

"Indeed, actual combat can better stimulate human potential."

After tonight's battle, Qiao Yu felt that his control over his own strength had become much more precise.

Especially the later fight with Zhang Haobai, although he took many hits, he had already fully recovered.

Moreover, he had become quite familiar with Zhang Haobai's fighting style. If he were to fight Zhang Haobai again in his current state, Zhang Haobai would undoubtedly be the loser.

"Tomorrow, I need to go to the Dojo of Limits to test my current peak strength and speed."

Through his battles with Zhang Haobai and the others, Qiao Yu realized that he had misunderstood the focus of the system's gene optimization all along.

The essence of the system's gene optimization was not to simply upgrade him all the way to Warrior level or even higher, but to continuously raise his own talent cap.

It was just that due to his original accumulation, gene optimization directly elevated him by one level, causing him to constantly neglect control over his body.