Chapter 1472

"Don't look down! Look at them properly, and remember it all in your hearts."

At this moment, Zhuang Ya's word was law; the werewolves all raised their heads in perfect unison, even more orderly than the female soldiers.

Zhao Chi gave a small nod.

This kind of work really was the right fit for Zhuang Ya.

After all, for her, this kind of work was a form of enjoyment.

The werewolves were all utterly shaken.

For the moment, it was quiet.

Zhao Chi piloted Qi Yue back to where they had just been.

The agonized screams from not far away kept coming, and the remaining three werewolf heroes were even more meek and submissive.

Seeing Qi Yue's feet, they all trembled.

It seemed they would cooperate now.

Zhao Chi grabbed a random werewolf hero and got straight to the point.

"What is the name of the gene you use to summon werewolves?"

The werewolf hero rolled his eyes and muttered, "It's just called Werewolf Summon."

"What are the skill's effects?"

"Th-that's not a skill, it's a gene ability."

Zhao Chi punched him with a thump: "I know it's a gene ability. I'm asking about the effects. Cut the crap!"

Qi Yue's little white fist had 7 points of strength; one punch sent him tumbling.

The werewolf lord didn't dare even fart, and hurriedly endured the pain to say: "We can summon werewolves during the full moon. Depending on the rank of the lord, we can summon different numbers of werewolves."

"Can you only summon during the full moon?"

"Yes."

"Earlier, when Iinai Kaihiro summoned Toshimasa, the sky turned dark and a red moon appeared. What skill was that?"

"That is also… also a gene ability… it can consume life force to temporarily summon a full moon."

"You lot have quite a few genes."

"…Mm."

"How many times can you summon?"

"Five times a month."

"Only five times a month?"

"Y-yes. It recovers every full moon."

Zhao Chi nodded.

It seemed the nobles' summon really was stronger than the ordinary summon.

The ordinary summon could only summon each other during the full moon.

During a non-full moon, they still needed to consume life force to summon a full moon, and there was a limit—only 5 full moons per month.

But the nobles' summon could be used every day, with no cost at all.

Not bad.

"Any other genes?" Zhao Chi asked in Qi Yue's voice.

"There's… there's also Equipment Overlay."

"Equipment Overlay? Not Equipment Fusion?"

"No…"

"What are the effects of Equipment Overlay?"

"It can turn equipment's attributes into our body's attributes. Durability becomes health, defense becomes the body's defense…"

"Sounds pretty good. No wonder you can take so many hits. But why do I feel like your health is much higher than your durability? What's going on?"

The werewolf hero said with an ingratiating smile: "Mainly we also have the Werewolf Transformation ability, which is also a gene ability. The fur after transforming is similar to leather armor, and it can increase max health. Plus we've all reinforced our health, and on top of that the health converted from equipment durability, so… we can really take a beating."

"Oh… I see. After Equipment Overlay, you can convert equipment durability into health, plus the health boost from Werewolf Transformation, plus your own reinforced health boost, plus your fur itself is already equivalent to leather armor's strength—so that's why you're so hard to kill, right?"

"Yes, you're really smart."

Zhao Chi frowned.

Why does it feel like he's mocking me?

But looking at his eyes, there was no trace of ridicule—only a fawning expression.

Perhaps he didn't mean it that way.

Zhao Chi clenched Qi Yue's fist, but didn't throw the punch.

He asked displeasedly: "Why is it that hitting you doesn't draw blood, only causes explosions? Is that some gene effect too?"

The werewolf laughed: "No, that's also the effect of the 'Equipment Overlay' gene. You can think of us as a large piece of equipment. When we lose health, you can think of it as losing durability, so we don't get injured. But once our health runs out, the equipment is destroyed, and we explode…"

"Actually, it looks like an explosion, but really it's just being beaten to death—it's just that the form of death is different, right?"

"Right, you're really smart."

"Stop saying things like that. I don't need you to flatter me. From what you're saying, after Equipment Overlay, it just turns equipment's attributes into body attributes. Isn't the difference from not overlaying not that big?"

The werewolf said: "The difference is still pretty big… After all, our wolf form is much stronger than our human form. But it's really hard to wear armor properly in wolf form, and wolf claws can't grip weapons at all. If we can overlay equipment, there's no problem. The wolf form is already strong on its own, and with armor and weapons overlaid on top, we can be even stronger."

"Understood."

"You understand so quickly. Truly wis… merciful."

Zhao Chi glared at him and continued looking at the genes.

The second one:

【Gene】Equipment Fusion

【Origin】Noble Werewolf

【Type】Racial Gene

【Cost】25 Improvement Points

【Match】100%

【Effect】Can fuse equipment into the body, converting equipment durability into health, equipment defense into body defense, and equipment bonuses into body bonuses. Consuming health will not cause injury; when health reaches zero, the body and equipment are destroyed and explode together.

Just now the werewolf said their gene was called "Equipment Overlay," while the gene Zhao Chi obtained was called "Equipment Fusion"—the names are different.

Looks like this is also the difference between ordinary genes and noble genes.

It costs 25 Improvement Points—a lot.

But why is the match rate 100% again?

Taoyuan women are also extremely suited to this gene?

Isn't that too much of a coincidence?

No matter, it's a good thing anyway.

The main thing is the gene's effect.

This gene's effect is about the same as what that werewolf said.

It also converts equipment durability into health, and defense into body defense.

The effect is the same too—no injury, only destruction…

Then where exactly does this noble gene differ from the ordinary one?

Zhao Chi analyzed carefully; half a sentence caught his attention—"equipment bonuses become body bonuses"—the werewolf hadn't mentioned that.

This is also a very key ability.

For example, the Mystic Woman Armor: damage reflection, increased spiritual technique resistance, and so on.

Or the Phoenix Cry Blade: attack range, attack bonus, and so on.

Just ask directly.

"After you overlay your equipment, do the equipment's original bonuses still get added to your body?"

The werewolf shook his head: "Equipment bonuses? No, didn't I already say? It only adds durability and defense—how could anything else be added?"

Zhao Chi frowned: "Watch your tone!"

Thud—another punch sent him sprawling again.

The werewolf hurriedly got up and knelt properly once more.

So that's how it is.

He had always had some psychological shadow about werewolves before.