Chapter 1387: Accumulate Thickly, Release Thinly (3)

【Gene】 Underwater Breathing

【Source】 Ocean Shi Laimu

【Type】 Racial Gene

【Cost】 15 Improvement Points

【Match】 0%

【Effect】 Gain the ability to breathe underwater

This one is a must-have!

Another functional-type gene.

Like Night Vision and Leap, it doesn't directly boost combat stats, but it's a very good gene.

This gene is mainly for amphibious races, or races with a semi-aquatic affinity.

The match rate for Taoyuan women is 0%.

No problem — with the ability of Flower Transplantation and Jade Grafting, that's not an issue.

Although there are almost no water battles right now, that doesn't mean water battles will be few.

There will be plenty of water battles.

Zhao Chi currently has the protection of the Snowfield City formation, so the situation of magical beasts invading the territory hasn't happened yet.

If the formation's protection is ever lost, aquatic races are very likely to invade on their own initiative.

For example, Naga, Gorgon, Merfolk, Turtle Race, and so on.

When their territory forcibly connects over, it'll probably be a stretch of shallows and waters.

If Zhao Chi has no water combat ability, then the initiative in battle will be in the opponent's hands.

They fight when they want to fight, retreat when they want to retreat.

It'll be very passive.

With this gene, he can chase into the opponent's territory and fight even in the water.

Two months ago, when Zhao Chi decomposed the Medusa bloodline, he also obtained 1 "Water Affinity" gene that he hadn't used yet.

【Gene】 Water Affinity

【Source】 Medusa

【Type】 Racial Gene

【Cost】 5 Improvement Points

【Match】 11%

【Effect】 When in water, all stats +1

This gene alone is useless.

But with this Underwater Breathing gene, allowing prolonged combat underwater, it becomes very useful.

This time they can be improved together.

However…

Although the analysis is like this.

This Water Affinity might not be useful for now.

Taoyuan women currently have a total of 7 improved genes.

There are 9 Racial Gene Expansion Stones left.

Adding the two that must be improved just now, there are 7 left.

Is it worth using one on Water Affinity?

Zhao Chi hesitated again.

But in the end, he made up his mind.

Use it!

After all, this is different from that "Foul Slime" — it has no negative effects whatsoever.

And even if the Gene Expansion Stones run out, he can just buy more later.

Anyway, Chaoge Village has gradually developed now, and all kinds of grain can earn a large amount of money every month.

There's definitely no worry about money to buy them.

It's just that this kind of expansion stone isn't common, but no matter how uncommon, throwing more money at it should still let him buy quite a few.

As long as this gene provides a boost, improve it!

Continue to the next gene:

【Gene】 Lightning Resistance

【Source】 Lightning Shi Laimu

【Type】 Individual Gene

【Cost】 1 Improvement Point

【Match】 65%

【Effect】 Lightning Resistance +100%

If it were a racial gene, he'd improve it.

Too bad it's an individual gene.

Like other resistances, a 100% resistance increase doesn't mean complete immunity to lightning.

Instead, the damage that 1 Lei Guang spell originally dealt now requires 2 to inflict the same damage.