"My lord, these are all the Ability glyphs related to the three elents of fire, ice, and electricity that I have sorted out." Yan Jinjin brought back a tablet and handed it to Li Zheng. "Please take a look, my lord."
"Mm, nicely done..." Li Zheng nodded in satisfaction, then his movent suddenly paused. Staring at the page displayed on the tablet, his eyes widened. "Over six thousand types?"
He flipped through it. "How co there’s even a Specialization System Ability called ’Loud Bang’?"
Loud Bang, as the na suggested, was using an Ability to produce an extrely loud sound. The frequency of this sound might exceed a biological creature’s upper limit for perception, but its destructive power did not diminish in the slightest.
For example, if this Ability was used on a human, once the sound exceeded a certain threshold, it might shatter the human brain in an instant.
Yan Jinjin explained, "My lord, lightning often cos accompanied by a loud bang. This Ability can be combined with your electric Ability. Other than Loud Bang, I have also collected a series of Abilities like ’Strong Light’, ’Vibration’, ’Resonance’, and ’Conduction’ to be used in conjunction."
Li Zheng simulated in his mind the possible effects of linking these Abilities Yan Jinjin ntioned with Demon Thunder Wings.
He would first have two 500‑watt light bulbs on his back blasting strong light to blind the enemy, then emit high‑frequency sound to create vibration, using resonance to transmit that vibration into every part of the enemy’s body, delivering a full‑scale, destructive strike.
It felt just like...
In CF, tossing a Flash Bomb first to blind the enemy’s dog eyes, then switching to a Barrett to one‑shot them.
"So you’re saying that even if the Abilities are not of the sa elent type, they can still be linked?" Li Zheng mused. "As long as the two are not mutually conflicting on the level of rules?"
"Of course they can." Yan Jinjin said, "Types are just a way of classification. It’s like how numbers belong to mathematics, but you can’t say physics and chemistry don’t use numbers, right?"
"Mm... so that’s how it is." Li Zheng muttered, nodding slightly, then continued scrolling down.
There weren’t many Abilities that could match Demon Thunder Wings, and Li Zheng quickly finished looking through them, then started on the Abilities that could be paired with Fire Elent.
Unexpectedly, he actually saw another multi‑type homologous Ability here, nad "Extinguish."
This was also the most unusual Ability Li Zheng had seen so far.
Because it had only one function: putting out fire.
According to the records, residents of the Outer City who possessed this Ability could only extinguish one square ter of ordinary fire source; faced with more powerful flas, they were completely helpless.
However, Yan Jinjin proposed a hypothesis: if the Abilities "Fire Intensity", "Condense Water", "Raise Wind", "Suffocate", and "Turn Soil" were gathered and each connected to "Extinguish", it might greatly increase its power.
"This Ability looks useless on the surface, but in truth it is extrely formidable." Yan Jinjin said from the side. "I speculate that if it is pushed to the extre, it might be able to extinguish a star with a single thought! At that point, any Fire Ability in front of it would be nothing but empty air."
Li Zheng did not respond and continued reading.
The stock in the Genetic Research Institute was extrely extensive; just this portion that Yan Jinjin had brought already left Li Zheng in awe.
These Abilities ranged from Black Iron Level all the way to Super Divine Level, but so Super Divine Level Abilities were not favored by Yan Jinjin, who believed they lacked Potential and would likely be too cumberso if used to form a sequence.
Most of the Low Level Abilities, on the other hand, had been marked out by Yan Jinjin as ones that Li Zheng could give priority consideration to.
Li Zheng selected a few Abilities from among them, morized their patterns, then closed his eyes and emptied his mind.
Yan Jinjin knew Li Zheng was "entering the Dao". A look of envy flashed in his eyes as he patiently stood guard at the side, keeping silent so as not to disturb him and also to prevent others from coming in and interrupting.
This "entering the Dao" lasted a full twelve hours!
When Li Zheng opened his eyes again, flas surged in the depths of his pupils, as if a volcanic lting Furnace was hidden within his eyes.
"My lord, how does it feel?" Yan Jinjin looked at Li Zheng expectantly; he also wanted to see whether his conjectures were correct.
Li Zheng opened his mouth to speak, and three‑ter‑long Deep Blue flas suddenly spewed out of his mouth. The flas were laced with what looked like droplets of grease, dragging the fire down toward the ground.
He hurriedly shut his mouth, the flas vanished into thin air, and after adjusting himself a little, he opened his mouth again—this ti no flas ca out.
"The effect is pretty good." Li Zheng said. "It’s just that I’ve only just grasped them and am still a bit unfamiliar. I need so ti to get used to these Abilities."
As he spoke, he looked inward and found that the more than sixty Level bases inside him had all been filled with all sorts of Abilities, but these Level bases were arranged into a chaotic ball.
So Abilities existed purely as links, connecting several different Abilities.
And those Abilities in turn connected to even more Abilities, making the whole thing look extrely intricate.
Li Zheng studied it carefully for a while and finally understood the logic behind arranging the Abilities this way.
For example, "Temperature" linked to "Spread", which then linked to "Burning".
And "Burning" could loop back to connect to "Temperature", forming a closed loop.
Once the Abilities were activated, Genetic Force would run through them in an instant. After cycling a few tis, the manifested Ability would have higher temperature, spread faster, and be much harder for its nesis—Water—to put out.
All in all, just from feeling it out, Li Zheng understood that his strength in Fire Ability had increased several dozen tis over!
If he now faced those Fire Ape Race individuals from before, he could even devour their Abilities with his own flas and turn their power back against them, burning them into ash.
Compared to the flourishing Fire Elent sequence, Ice and Electricity were still just two pitiful standalone Abilities, hanging off to the side, utterly inconspicuous.
Yan Jinjin asked for instructions. "My lord, do you think this kind of cultivation thod can be promoted now?"
Li Zheng smiled. "Let’s first run a pilot in District No. 4. Once it’s completely stable, we can promote it on a large scale!"
Yan Jinjin bead with joy. "Then I’ll go discuss it with Professor Renae right away and arrange for this to be implented."
"Good."
Li Zheng stood up. "You’ve done very well. I’ll find Zhan Zhouzhou for so active cells as soon as possible and make you a body."
Hearing this, Yan Jinjin was overjoyed. He bowed in thanks and left.
With his objective for this trip achieved, Li Zheng ca out of the Genetic Research Institute and headed straight into the Heavy Research Institute.
He first went to find Professor Rothschild and inford him that he would be stationed long‑term in District No. 4. The professor expressed regret.
But when he heard that Li Zheng intended to invest funds to set up a Heavy Research Institute branch in District No. 4, he said that he would apply to be assigned to District No. 4 for official duties and would bring Feng Yue and their current research projects with him.
Li Zheng told him that he was currently raising money and would soon have enough Crystal Coin, then asked him to temporarily suspend the gravity and let Zhan Zhouzhou out.
"Professor, why did you suddenly stop it?"
Zhan Zhouzhou stepped out of the Gravity Field, and the mont she saw Li Zheng, her expression beca incomparably grave.
She felt an unprecedented pressure from Li Zheng, to the point she could barely breathe.
Li Zheng looked at her with a half‑smile. "Zhan Zhouzhou, interested in a fight?"
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