Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 771 Ghost Soul
"Don't worry about what's going on for now. We can study it later. What we need to do now is to modify the cultivation method as soon as possible." Li Zheng urged, "Eat it first, and then you'll be able to use that energy according to your feelings. However, you can only use it rigidly, unlike the true essence mentioned in your immortal cultivation methods, which is as easy to control as your own limbs."

"it is good."

He opened his mouth and swallowed the Arctic citrus fruit without saying a word.

The next second, an extremely cold aura emanated from his body, instantly spreading throughout the entire room.

Li Zheng raised his hand and cast a layer of ultimate isolation on himself and Miriel, then sat down quietly to wait for the transformation to end.

Forty minutes later, the cold air suddenly contracted and was all inhaled into Yan Bujin's lungs.

He opened his eyes, exhaled, and said, "I have just carefully examined myself and finally figured out what this simple Dao phenomenon is all about."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and gave it a gentle shake, and his arm was covered with dense, diamond-like ice crystals, layered like fish scales.

Immediately afterwards, the ice crystals broke off, fell to the ground, and disappeared.

Li Zheng had been monitoring Yan Bujin's changes through the Eye of Preers and discovered that after all the ice crystals fell off, his genetic abilities also disappeared, leaving only the genetic force he had developed!

Yan Bujin raised his other hand, and a miniature tornado appeared in his palm. After spinning several times, the tornado became weaker and weaker, and finally dissipated into a gentle breeze.

"These are simple Dao images left inside the body by the original owner," Yan Bujin explained.

Li Zheng found it strange: "Didn't you always want this so-called Daoist phenomenon? Why don't you want it now that you have it?"

"That's because these Daoist images remain within the body, restricting the flow of energy." Yan Bujin raised his hand and said, "Please take a look, Master."

He extended a finger and gently tapped the rim of the metal bowl containing the food. A small chip appeared on the hard rim, the thin edge curled up by Yan Bujin's tap.

Li Zheng's eyelids twitched. He made all these bowls himself, mixing several special metals inside, which were hard and tough enough to be used to make weapons.

As a result, Yan Bujin only touched it lightly, and a chip appeared?
Li Zheng is capable of doing something like that.

But the body of the man who couldn't speak was that of a patient suffering from amnesia who had been in a coma for an unknown period of time!

How can this be compared to Li Zheng's physical strength, which can withstand twenty times the force of gravity?

"Is this the third type of genetic ability?" Li Zheng glanced at the text information given by Lao Pu, which did not mention any signs of residual genetic abilities in this body.

“It’s the basic way of using that energy.” Yan Bujin’s fingers trembled as he put the energy away, his face flushed. “I just used that energy by circulating the Qi in my lower dantian. Although I was able to use it successfully, it seems that something went wrong.”

"What's wrong? Huh?" Li Zheng's expression changed. He realized that according to the information given by Lao Pu, Yan Bujin not only had no genetic abilities, but even his genetic force had been completely cleared!

It's not like it's been used up and cleared, but rather it's been reset to zero, meaning that the Arctic Ibaraki Fruit was wasted for nothing.

"Your Majesty saw through it?" Yan Bujin said with a wry smile, "Your subordinate was truly foolish. I was too complacent and did not expect that the energy was actually imprisoned within my body by the simplified Dao image. I forced the Dao image out earlier, which caused the energy to lose control, and even the source was completely consumed in the action just now!"

After he said that, Li Zheng suddenly gained some understanding of the relationship between genetic abilities and genetic force.

The human body can be likened to fertile soil, while genetic capabilities and genetic primal force combined are like a leek. Genetic capabilities are the leek root, and genetic primal force is the leek leaf.

As long as the roots are still there, the chive leaves can be cut off and regrown again.

It's unclear how they managed to pull the leek roots out of the soil and throw them away, but the leek leaves were still in the soil.

Once he pulls out the last batch of chive leaves, the chive roots are gone, and naturally no new chives will grow.

"If that's how you put it, genetic abilities shouldn't be considered a so-called Dao phenomenon, right?" Li Zheng felt something was off. If there were such a big limitation, would the people in Yan Bujin's world really fight to the death over such a thing?
“It certainly can’t be considered a Dao phenomenon; I was mistaken before.” Yan Bujin shook his head slightly and said, “Has Your Majesty ever heard of magic treasures?”

Without waiting for Li Zheng's response, he continued, "The so-called magic treasures are actually tools that we cultivators refine using Dao patterns. The Dao patterns originate from Dao images, not from Dao images themselves."

The spiritual fruit may contain Dao images, but what the human body absorbs are Dao patterns.

"So... eating those things is equivalent to turning yourself into a human-shaped magical artifact?" Li Zheng touched his body and felt nothing unusual.

However, Yan Bujin's actions just now cleared up Li Zheng's doubts from not long ago. The genetic ability is called a "genetic" ability, but it does not actually come from genes but exists in other parts of the body.

“You could say that.” Yan Bujin looked at Li Zheng and asked, “My lord, could you please bestow a few more spirit fruits upon me? I would like to study them carefully and see if I can leave that energy in my body after removing the Dao patterns.”

“Okay.” Li Zheng placed more than twenty Arctic Ibaraki Fruits on the table next to him. Each one was an evolved product, more stable than the original Platinum-grade ones.

After thinking for a moment, in order to have more room for experimentation, he left Yan Bujin a few more Platinum-grade Arctic Ibaraki Fruits and told Yan Bujin the difference between the two.

Yan Bujin picked up two fruits and examined them, saying, "Actually, there is not much difference between these two fruits, except that the Dao patterns contained within them are slightly more complex."

Li Zheng didn't care about these things and said to Yan Bujin, "Study hard. As long as the final result satisfies me, the body I give you will also satisfy you. If it exceeds expectations, it's not a problem to customize a body with a rare physique for you."

Previously, it was said that he had a formless body. Since there is a formless body, there must be other rare physical constitutions.

With so many people from the Blue Planet, you're bound to be able to find one or two.

"Your subordinate thanks you in advance, my lord!" Yan Bujin said gratefully, "Your subordinate will do his utmost and live up to your high expectations!"

"Alright, I won't bother you anymore. Here are some crystal coins for you. Take care of your food for the next few days." Li Zheng took out more than ten red crystal coins and placed them next to the Arctic Ibaraki Fruit.

These coins are enough for one person to live comfortably for a long time.

"Crystal coins?"

When Yan Bujin saw the red crystal coin, he immediately mistook it for a spirit stone.

After he saw it clearly, a look of deep astonishment flashed in his eyes: "Where did the master get this thing?!"

(End of this chapter)