Chapter 2189: Enhancement and Production (3)

The first few options are all useful.

But the most useful is still the daily number of people added.

Right now the default is 10 people per day—if it could be enhanced… maybe 15 per day?

Are there really that many?

Even if it's only 1 more person, that's still a 10% enhancement.

If it could be even more… that would be incredible.

Zhao Chi still didn't know of any other way to increase these, but now, at last, he had a method.

Zhao Chi was truly a little tempted.

He asked, "Since we still have plenty of time anyway, how about we give it a try?"

Li Ruanyu was still gently frowning.

She didn't seem to support it.

She softly suggested, "Option 4 is too unstable. If it could be enhanced to exactly what we want, that would be great, but anything random is unreliable. I still recommend choosing option 3. This isn't the time to take risks."

Option 3, huh…

Zhao Chi actually understood this reasoning too.

The Taoyuan Clan currently has 19 improved genes in total. Among them, "Soft Body" and "Over-limit Load" have both been enhanced, leaving the remaining 17 that can still be enhanced.

If he chose option 3, there was a high probability of breaking down genes that could be enhanced.

Enhancing the Taoyuan Clan this way was indeed the most stable approach.

Zhao Chi decided to take the advice.

"You're right. Let's go with option 3. When we have time later, we'll try enhancing option 4."

Li Ruanyu smiled and said, "Yes. Once we get through this hurdle, we'll still have plenty of time."

Zhao Chi no longer hesitated.

He selected option 3 again.

【Decomposing genes…】

【You have obtained the racial gene "Self-Healing" ×1 from the "Taoyuan Human Clan"】

【You have obtained the racial gene "Flame Creature" ×1 from the "Taoyuan Human Clan"】

【You have obtained the racial gene "Extreme Desire Body Scent" ×1 from the "Taoyuan Human Clan"】

【You have obtained the racial gene "Tough Bones" ×1 from the "Taoyuan Human Clan"】

【You have obtained the racial gene "Strong Pectorals" ×1 from the "Taoyuan Silk Clan"】

【The remaining gene acquisitions failed】

Five in total.

Not bad at all.

Setting aside the quality for now, Zhao Chi was very satisfied with the quantity.

At this moment, Li Ruanyu said in astonishment, "Zhao Chi, I remember 'Strong Pectorals' wasn't an individual gene? How did it become a racial gene?"

"Huh? Oh, right… wait, no, look at the note in front of 'Strong Pectorals'—it's the Taoyuan Silk Clan."

Li Ruanyu nodded. "I see. Because Gu Qing is the bloodline master of the Silk Clan, her possessing this individual gene means all Silk Clan members can have it too. So… the individual gene has now become a racial gene."

Zhao Chi said, "Right. Because what we're breaking down is the original bloodline, even the genes of the branch races can be broken down."

Li Ruanyu said excitedly, "If that's the case, then Qiyue's auxiliary arm, Gu Qing's silk-spraying, Tang Ruan's hyper-speed self-healing, or Zhuang Ya's pain amplification—could they all become racial genes?"

Zhao Chi nodded. "If our guess is correct, then yes."

"Oh my god, then wouldn't the Taoyuan Clan become… absurdly powerful?"

"In theory… yes."

Li Ruanyu sighed softly, "If only everything could have happened sooner. I'd love to become a Taoyuan Clan member too… but it's fine. I will definitely become one in the future, and I'll be even stronger then."

Zhao Chi nodded. "Once the battle is over, I'll help you convert immediately."

Li Ruanyu smiled and said, "Great~ You can now condense 1 bloodline sprout with Gu Qing and the others every 2-3 days, right?"

Zhao Chi thought for a moment and said:

"To be precise…

"They can now condense one full point of bloodline energy every 10 days.

"As long as there's full energy, it can fuse with my genetic material to produce a sprout.

"That means on average they condense 10% of the energy per day, so in 3 days they can gather 30%.

"Although Su Qin is now a Taoyuan Clan member too, she's not a bloodline master and can't gather yet. Only Gu Qing and the other 3 can gather.

"So every 3 days, the 4 of them together can gather 120% bloodline energy. I can absorb 100% of that and condense it into 1 full point of energy.

"Then I transmit that energy to one of them, and the fusion into a sprout can begin. So roughly every 2-3 days, 1 sprout can be fused."

Li Ruanyu nodded. "Got it. Then to nurture a sprout into a fully formed one, you need 10 full points of energy?"

Zhao Chi nodded. "Right, plus all my spiritual power over about 20-plus days."

"Looking at it this way, the sprout in Su Qin's belly really did absorb quite a lot of the energy from her original human bloodline."

Zhao Chi nodded. "It looks that way. And I absorbed human energy for half a day without any improvement at all."

Li Ruanyu covered her mouth and laughed:

"Don't be impatient.

"This time the Taoyuan sprout in Su Qin's belly absorbed a lot of human bloodline energy, and I absorbed some too, so what you absorbed definitely wasn't enough to let you advance.

"Even so, you've still accumulated quite a bit now.

"Next time when you help me convert, you'll still need to help me draw off the energy. Next time, you'll definitely be able to advance."

Zhao Chi smiled and said, "Alright."

Li Ruanyu said, "Going back to the earlier topic — from accumulating bloodline energy, then fusing the bloodline sprout, and finally feeding it to a finished bloodline, it takes a total of… 28 days, right?"

"Right."

"Now 50 days have passed in total, with 50 days left, so at most you can condense 1 more?"

"Mm, yes."

"Adding the few days in the Greater World, you can accumulate 9 points of bloodline energy for your own use?"

"No, it's 10 points. I've already stored up 1 point now."

"That's good then. 10 points of bloodline energy should be enough for you to use."

"Right. After the battle starts I won't necessarily go in myself; if it's used inside Gu Qing and the others, it won't be needed. But if it turns into a prolonged fight, it'll be used eventually."

"Good, then I can rest easy. Hurry up and help everyone strengthen up."

Zhao Chi nodded and said, "Alright, but I need to make a trip over to Gu Qing's side. I can't keep you company."

Li Ruanyu smiled and said, "It's fine, I haven't woken up yet anyway. I was just about to keep sleeping."

"Want me to coax you to sleep?"

"Heh, you little rascal, saying things like that now — isn't it usually me coaxing you to sleep? Hurry up and go, don't delay the important business."

"Alright."

"Hey hey, you're not going to give me a kiss before you leave?"

"Oh…"

Smooch!