Chapter 1690

They were all very happy.

Chatting and working with beaming smiles.

Although they couldn't be said to possess top-tier intelligence, they could all be considered clever and quick-witted.

Turning such a beautiful group of women into mild intellectual disabilities?

Better forget it.

What lousy genes!

And the compatibility of these genes with the Taoyuan human race is actually 90% — are they really this suited to becoming silly women?

No way!

Not improving this one!

After spending so much money, how is it all this kind of gene?

I'll ask Li Ruanyu tonight to see if this kind of gene can be used to improve other races.

Otherwise, keeping it in Zhao Chi's hands would really be a waste.

Moving on to the next one.

【Gene】Tough Bones

【Source】Giant

【Type】Racial Gene

【Cost】6 Improvement Points

【Compatibility】55%

【Effect】Bone durability increased by 300%, toughness increased by 300%

This one seems alright.

Of course bones have durability.

Working for long periods will cause bone wear. Carrying heavy objects can also cause bones to fracture from excessive burden.

Although the Taoyuan women's load-bearing capacity has greatly increased, what increased was their attribute ability, not their physical strength.

It's fine within the load-bearing range, but occasionally operating under overload, or if pressure suddenly spikes at some moment, their bones would endure tremendous pressure and might break.

Especially now that they have the Leaping gene and can jump dozens of meters in a single bound, the impact on their leg bones upon landing is very great.

And they also have to wear a full set of heavy armor and clash head-on with enemies. Although almost no one can outmatch them, the pressure generated from frontal impacts is imaginable — definitely very great.

With this 300% increase in durability, it's definitely a tremendous blessing.

Not bad!

Besides that, there's also a 300% increase in toughness.

Durability is equivalent to vitality, while toughness is equivalent to defense.

With toughness greatly increased, they would almost never suffer fractures or bone cracks.

They wouldn't have to fear clashing head-on with enemies either.

Even if those women used their fair foreheads to butt heads with sturdy beastmen, it would only make the enemies' heads bleed, their skulls shatter, or even smash them apart entirely.

While these women's skulls would be almost fine, at most a scraped patch of skin.

Not bad.

The improvement points aren't many either.

This gene is a must!

I'll improve it in a bit!

Not easy at all — finally there's a gene that can be used.

Continuing to look.

【Gene】Limb Regeneration

【Source】Hydra

【Type】Racial Gene

【Cost】25 Improvement Points

【Compatibility】0%

【Effect】Except for the head, severed limbs and torso can slowly regenerate based on the Constitution attribute.

(Note) Every 1 point of Constitution can regenerate 1% of a body part per day.

(Example) At 5 Constitution, 5% of a body part can be regenerated per day. At 7 Constitution, 7% of a body part can be regenerated per day, and so on.

(Note 2) A finger accounts for about 0.05% of the body, a palm about 0.5%, an arm about 5%, the sole of a foot about 1.3%, and a leg about 15%.

This is awesome!

Finally encountered a good gene.

Healing techniques cannot regenerate limbs.

If a hand is severed, using a healing technique or life-healing technique can only quickly stop the bleeding at the severed spot and close the wound — it won't make the severed limb grow back.

Only certain items or special abilities can do that.

If there's this gene, then just wait slowly for it to heal.

And it's not just limbs — the torso can also regenerate.

So... if decapitated... would a brand-new body grow from the head?

That seems a bit far-fetched.

Even if it can regenerate, there must certainly be an upper limit.

And the effect explicitly states "except for the head" — at least after decapitation, it probably won't work.

If it's severed below the waist, would that work?

Don't know.

This gene doesn't have any notes either.

Zhao Chi doesn't plan to try it either.

After all, there's no way to try it.

Taoyuan women can indeed be reborn, but some things really can't be done.

Regardless, this gene definitely needs to be improved—even if the only effect is limb regeneration, it's still worth improving.

This one's not bad.

And the match rate is 0%, which further proves that for humanoid races—at least humans—no one could possibly obtain this ability.

Then it's even more worth improving.

Still, the regeneration speed of this gene is written quite clearly.

Taoyuan women's constitution is 6 points, Silkworm women's constitution is 7 points, so they can regenerate 6% and 7% of body parts per day respectively.

That means an arm can be regrown in 1 day. An entire leg can be regrown in 3 days.

That's very fast.

Quite good.

The second gene to be modified is confirmed to be this one!

Continue!

【Gene】 Carrion Stomach

【Source】 Hydra

【Type】 Racial Gene

【Cost】 4 Improvement Points

【Match】 100%

【Effect】 Enhances stomach capability, allowing the consumption and digestion of highly rotten food, and even the digestion of toxins.

This…

The name doesn't sound great, but the effects are all positive.

Humans definitely can't eat rotten food, let alone highly rotten food.

Setting aside the question of whether it's disgusting, the main issue is that eating it would really cause problems for the body.

Rotting is caused by microorganisms, such as bacteria and mold.

But I don't know whether these exist in this world.

Still, the phenomenon of rotting does exist, so this world should have bacteria too.