61: Faction Function

" Hey! Big Brother Yu Yang! You mustn't, you really mustn't!"

Qiao Yu hurriedly helped Yu Yang up. As a well-educated modern person, Qiao Yu still felt a bit uncomfortable with the idea of someone kneeling before him.

Yu Yang instinctively wanted to wipe the tears from his face with his shoulder, but he felt a sense of heaviness in his shoulder, which made him realize that he was a person with hands now.

" Brother Qiao, I cannot repay such great kindness. From now on, your affairs are my affairs. As long as you give me a word, no matter how big or difficult the favor is, as long as it is within my ability, I will help!"

Yu Yang cupped his hands and bowed as he spoke.

" Big Brother Yu Yang, you are too polite. This was just an experiment. It wouldn't be right to treat you as a test subject, so let's just call it even. You don't need to be so polite."

Qiao Yu waved his hand and smiled. Seeing that Yu Yang still wanted to insist, he kept waving his hand and saying it wasn't necessary.

Seeing this, Yu Yang had no choice but to give up, but deep down, his gratitude toward Qiao Yu would never diminish.

The white-robed, bald Thunder God asked Yu Yang to test the power of his new arm on the punch strength tester in the martial arts training room.

Yu Yang nodded and immediately walked over to the punch strength tester, attempting to throw a punch with all his strength.

" Bang!" A loud noise erupted.

" Beep beep beep!"

On the numerical panel of the punch strength tester, a force value of 100,000kg appeared.

Thunder God looked at the value on the panel, pondered, and then spoke.

" It seems that your water of rebirth can not only allow people to regrow severed limbs, but the newly grown limbs can also adapt to the person's original strength level. From this point of view, it is countless times stronger than the water of life."

Qiao Yu was equally curious.

' System, since you can directly allow a War God Level Expert to recover a War God Level limb, can you directly promote me to a God of War, or let others promote to a God of War in advance? '

【 The host can increase the talent limit through genetic optimization, and can also increase the Realm by consuming flesh and blood mycelium. 】

【 Since the host has not yet established their own faction, it is temporarily impossible to improve the strength of Martial Artists from other factions. 】

Seeing the System explain it this way, Qiao Yu understood immediately.

When he reached the Bottleneck period, he only needed to undergo genetic optimization to advance to the next major Realm, but he would only be at the Elementary stage of that Realm.

It seems that if there is enough flesh and blood mycelium in the future, it is possible to continuously improve his strength.

' But why can you regrow a War God Level limb for a War God Level Martial Artist? '

' If I were to cut off my own limbs and then let the System regrow a War God Level, or even a Planetary Level limb for me, wouldn't I be invincible? '

' What do you say, System? '

【 Please retract your little thoughts. Being able to directly regrow a War God Level limb for a War God Level Martial Artist is because the Martial Artist's own Qi, blood, and genetic supply are sufficient. Even if the host forcibly shapes a limb far exceeding their own Realm, the limb will revert to its original level. 】

' Fine, I can't exploit the System's loopholes. '

Since he couldn't exploit loopholes, it seemed like a new function had appeared in other aspects. What does this "faction" mean?

' System, what does it mean by not having established my own faction yet? Am I not part of the human faction? '

【 Consuming 1000 cubic meters of fungal swarm can activate the faction function and establish your own faction. 】

【 The host's current Realm is Warlord Level, and the Fungal Squad faction can be unlocked. 】

【 When the host's Realm reaches War God Level, you can unlock the establishment of a fungal city; when the host's Realm reaches Planetary Level, you can establish a fungal Empire that belongs solely to the host; as strength increases, you can even establish a fungal planet. 】

' You certainly paint a big picture skillfully. What are the benefits of establishing a faction? You have to tell me that, right? '

【 Establishing a faction allows you to cultivate independent life forms composed of fungus. These fungal life forms will have their own thoughts but will absolutely obey the host's will. 】

【 Any creature within the faction will not truly die within the camp range and can be resurrected by consuming flesh and blood mycelium. Other System functions will be unlocked step by step as the host's strength increases. 】

【 After the host establishes a Fungal Squad, you can analyze and record monster genes. One squad can cultivate ten fungal organisms from scratch to explore and expand territory with the host. 】

【 Ten squads make one platoon, ten platoons make one battalion, and ten battalions are one of the unlock conditions for establishing a fungal city. 】

' Doesn't that mean immortality? And building a faction is truly step-by-step; you need a sufficient quantity to establish a city. '

Qiao Yu was incredibly shocked upon hearing the System's explanation. This really turned into "flesh is pain, fungus is Ascension," and even infinite resurrection.

【 Replying to the host, this is not immortality. The life cycle of creatures within the faction is determined by the length of the host's lifespan. The longer the host's lifespan, the longer the lifespan of the faction's creatures. 】

' Sigh, it's close enough. If they can't be killed no matter what, isn't that immortality? '

Qiao Yu roughly understood what the System meant. They could keep resurrecting, but there was a lifespan limit; they just wouldn't die due to external accidents.

However, the original lifespan limit still existed, which was a reasonable restriction. If even that restriction didn't exist, wouldn't he be directly invincible?

Qiao Yu's attention returned to the martial arts training room, where Thunder God was looking at Yu Yang's strength data with surprise.

Even with the water of life, it could at most allow a person to regrow a severed limb, regrowing an ordinary arm; it was absolutely impossible to make a disabled War God Level Martial Artist return to their Peak state.

Qiao Yu's water of rebirth truly gave Thunder God a pleasant surprise.

Within the American Military, there were countless Martial Artists who had retired due to disabilities. The wealth that a War God Level Martial Artist could create was by no means comparable to a few tens of billions.

The reason why they still inflated the price of the water of life instead of providing it directly to Soldiers within the army was actually because after regrowing a severed limb, the Soldier would have to consume resources to start training from scratch.

If the strength was only Warrior level, the process of recovering strength would be much shorter; a few days or even a few months would be enough.

But if it was Warlord Level or War God Level, the resource consumption required for retraining would be huge.

Therefore, the American Military did not let Soldiers use it directly on the battlefield; the cost-effectiveness was not high.

But Qiao Yu's water of rebirth had such a miraculous effect, which meant that the restored Soldier could return to the battlefield directly without needing to be retrained. The original combat power gap on the human side would be filled instantly.

" Yu Yang, let's save the touching words for another day. I have some matters to discuss with my disciple in a moment. You should test out how your new arm feels over the next few days and report back to me then."

The white-robed, bald man's expression was calm; he was issuing an order for Yu Yang to leave.

Seeing Thunder God speak this way, Yu Yang felt embarrassed to continue lingering here, lest he affect the master and disciple, Thunder God and Qiao Yu, from discussing matters.

It was just unclear why he had to come to the Dojo of Limits; wasn't the Thunderbolt Martial Arts School Thunder God's base camp? Forget it, no point in dwelling on that.

He had originally thought that Thunder God calling him over was just to chat with him, an inspirational Martial Artist in the martial arts circle, but he hadn't expected a huge surprise.

Leaving is fine. He came empty-handed and returned with two hands; what else was there to complain about?

" Yes, Director-General, I will take my leave now. I will definitely report the experimental results to the Director-General on time in the next few days."