Chapter 1940: Auxiliary Gene Improvement (3)

Having plenty of food gives you confidence.

Many lords are swayed by food, and will even voluntarily cut back on soldiers and combat strength.

Su Qin counts as one of those.

Zhao Chi 【Su Qin, if we can break down a good gene and replace your dieting gene with it, what do you think?】

Su Qin 【Sure, but this dieting gene is really practical — it's saved me a lot of food】

Zhao Chi 【I'm here, aren't I? Didn't I say I'd take full responsibility for supplying your food? Has the cabbage been delivered?】

Su Qin 【Mm, it's arrived. My warehouse is full, all cabbage — the elves can't possibly eat it all】

Zhao Chi 【See? Isn't that great? Swap out this gene so your elves don't have to suffer that debuff anymore, how good would that be?】

Su Qin 【Alright then, sorry to trouble you】

Zhao Chi 【Keep being this polite to me and you're done for tonight — no matter how much you beg, I won't stop】

Su Qin 【No, no, no… I just don't want to be a burden to you】

Zhao Chi 【Su Qin, you're perfect in every way, but this one thing really does need to change. Bring out the air of a female head of the household!】

Su Qin 【Female head of the household? Me?】

Zhao Chi 【Yes!】

Su Qin 【I'm only a concubine. Sister Gu Qing and Sister Li Ruanyu are the female heads of the household, aren't they?】

Zhao Chi 【It has nothing to do with your status. You're my woman, so you can just accept everything I give you with peace of mind. Understand?】

Su Qin 【Understood~】

Zhao Chi 【Don't be like this from now on】

Su Qin 【Mm~ I'll do whatever you say】

Zhao Chi 【That's more like it. I'll take a look later and replace this dieting gene for you depending on the situation】

Su Qin 【Okay~】

Close the racial gene interface.

Open the faction pending-gene interface.

Su Qin had broken down racial bloodlines before; there should be leftover genes she hadn't used due to compatibility or attribute reasons.

There really are 2!

【Arrogance】 Morale +25%, Learning -50%, Compatibility 32%

【Lightness】 Agility +1, Compatibility 6%

Oh?

Not bad.

This Lightness is pretty good!

It directly adds 1 point to a base attribute — that's a really nice gene.

Zhao Chi really liked this kind and wanted it too, but had never managed to break one down.

He didn't expect Su Qin to have one on her side.

But the compatibility is too low — only 6%.

If Su Qin tried to improve it herself, the success rate would be far too low.

Zhao Chi 【Su Qin, this Lightness in your gene library is nice — where did it come from?】

Su Qin 【I once spent a few hundred gold coins to buy a cheap "Elf Bloodline." I got lucky and broke down a high elf gene from it, but the compatibility was too low, so I never risked it and just kept it stored】

Zhao Chi 【You really did the right thing keeping it】

Su Qin 【Also, there's another gene, "Arrogance" — it's useless, right?】

Zhao Chi 【Useless. Morale is indeed the guarantee for long campaigns, very important. But there's no need to weaken Learning by that much — leveling up will be slow, and breakthroughs will be slow too. Don't take it】

Su Qin 【Mm, I thought the same】

Zhao Chi 【I've basically got the full picture. I'll use this "Lightness" to replace "Dieting" in a bit】

Su Qin 【Okay!】

Zhao Chi used Su Qin's hand to lift up 【Tree Elf Racial Bloodline】, clicked activate, and chose to break down the gene.

Light scattered in an instant.

The entire room lit up.

A system prompt arrived:

【Breaking down gene…】

【You have obtained the racial gene "Tree Affinity" from "High Tree Elf" ×1】

【You have obtained the racial gene "Tree Sanctuary" from "Noble Tree Elf" ×1】

【Acquisition of remaining genes failed】

What the—?

Two high-tier genes?

A normal bloodline can break down 1–3 genes; this time it broke down 2, so by quantity it's middling, nothing special.

But what's going on with the quality?

One from a High Tree Elf? One from a Noble Tree Elf?

And both are racial genes.

Although what was broken down wasn't a primal bloodline, breaking down a normal bloodline does indeed have a certain chance of yielding high-tier rare genes.

It's just that the chance isn't high.

Su Qin's luck has really peaked.

Su Qin: "Wow, Zhao Chi, two! Two rare genes!"

Zhao Chi: "Yeah, I don't even know what to say about your luck. Hurry up and take a look."

Su Qin: "Mm!"

The two of them looked at the genes at the same time.

First, the first one:

【Gene】 Tree Affinity

【Source】 High-Grade Tree Spirit