After a brief dizziness, Bei Ta exhibited a strong appetite.

"So hungry... hungry..."

Zhou Yi directly handed over some Light Seed for him to gnaw on.

After all, for an enhancer or Guangna Species, consuming Light Seed is the quickest way to recover.

Bei Ta looked at the glowing Energy Body in his hand but shook his head. "Chairman, I... I can't eat this. I feel like if I do, my body will actually get worse..."

Huh?

What's going on now?

Zhou Yi felt puzzled but still called Yuan Xiao to bring over various foods.

Only then did Bei Ta start devouring the food ravenously.

Sweet potatoes, peanuts, cold rice—all of it was quickly consumed, yet he showed no signs of bloating or indigestion.

He finished off almost half a box of food.

"This is so delicious!"

Bei Ta said as he held half-eaten fruit in his hand. "After eating this, I recover quickly; I feel strong immediately and not too hungry anymore!"

It was a Dead Sea Fruit.

Although Bei Ta was a student at Mushroom Forest Primary School, he had never had Dead Sea Fruit.

This kind of fruit was temporarily being exported to generate revenue.

Employees with outstanding contributions could receive Dead Sea Fruit as a reward.

Zhou Yi was not surprised.

In terms of nutrition and energy, Dead Sea Fruit far surpassed any existing natural food.

But why, even though he had become an enhancer, couldn't he directly absorb Light Seed?

Xiao Fu answered his confusion.

"It's due to the growth path."

"There are two other paths: one is the intellectual development of the old humans, and the other is adaptive evolution. The evolution path is what Guangna Species follow, and it's also what organ enhancement surgery mimics."

"Bei Ta's situation involves genetic mutation, activating the direction most suited to him from the vast life information pool accumulated since the emergence of existing humans."

"Essentially, he is still a new human, needing to obtain energy from food in the conventional human way, without organs for direct energy conversion and absorption."

The Reverse Flow said, "I'm most interested in this direction. Da Zhou, see what abilities he has."

Zhou Yi focused his attention back on the teenager, handing him a tissue.

"Thank you for the hospitality, Chairman!"

The teenager wiped his mouth excitedly, saying, "Now I have a special ability; I've got an extra arm!"

Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow. "Show me."

"Chairman, this arm is invisible; only I can see it."

Bei Ta looked at a corner of the room where a piece of homework paper on the table suddenly floated up and flew towards his right prosthetic arm.

"Just like this, I can use the invisible hand to move and grab objects."

Zhou Yi was astonished.

Remote capture?

"Chairman, it feels very strange, as if the arm was always there, only now it's been reactivated."

"The range in which this hand can operate is about ten meters in diameter; beyond that, it's out of reach."

"Also, using it makes me sweat and nervous, like intense running—it's easy to get exhausted and can't be used too long."

Discussing his genetically mutated ability, the teenager beamed with joy.

"So this is what an enhancer feels like!"

"Thank you, Chairman, for giving me this opportunity!"

He bowed deeply.

Zhou Yi smiled, "It was your own choice; there were risks involved. Your ability still needs time to adapt and become proficient. Report any issues to me immediately, and keep it confidential. Understood?"

"Understood! Chairman, no one will know!"

The teenager said seriously.

Then he stumbled and collapsed to the ground.

"What's wrong?"

"A bit dizzy... probably from overusing that arm... I'll be fine after some rest, Chairman."

Zhou Yi told him to rest.

After all, it was the first human enhancement experiment, and at least a few months of observation were needed.

Before leaving, the teenager waved to a hydrogen-based lifeform in a transparent container. "I'll come back tomorrow. Thank you for helping me. We're good brothers from now on; I'll do my best to help you if you need it!"

The room fell silent, leaving Zhou Yi alone.

Qing Liu suddenly asked, "Cultivator, what does 'do my best' mean?"

"It means... he wants to be good to you."

"Do my best to flow, flow!"

Zhou Yi suddenly realized, "You can hear sounds? Understand our words?"

"Yes."

Qing Liu responded, "I can decipher; I can decrypt life, but I cannot decipher the cultivator. You're completely sealed, and I can't observe inside."

"Cultivator's flow, do my best, cannot decipher!"

This was of course due to the White Suanni.

Zhou Yi continued, "Can you decipher yourself?"

"Cannot decipher."

Qing Liu replied, "My structure is very simple; in this current state, it's at its best, but growth is very slow. I need external supplements for my body."

Zhou Yi had an idea and immediately called for a few cans of hydrogen gas through Yuan Xiao.

After injecting hydrogen gas.

Qing Liu reacted strongly, "This is... extra parts of the body... feels strange... body doesn't obey."

After a while.

It seemed somewhat exhausted, "Extra body parts, very difficult, difficult; flowing now, moving becomes hard, hard, hard. Energy, need, need, more."

Its speech became quite stuttered.

Zhou Yi immediately stopped the test.

It seemed that injecting hydrogen gas wasn't always beneficial.

External hydrogen directly entering the body could dilute Qing Liu's consciousness, making it uncomfortable. Fortunately, it only caused dizziness and sluggishness, without severe effects.

Jin Xiang herdsmen didn't continuously inject hydrogen into hydrogen-based life forms during cultivation.

The cultivation container made of seven times diamond was intricate and complex, its technology still uncracked.

This would suffice for now.

Zhou Yi concluded, "Take a rest."

Qing Liu quieted down.

Its surface developed some loose gaps, like pitted, festering wounds.

Zhou Yi asked Xiao Fu, "Have you encountered this ability to 'decrypt life' before?"

"I've heard of something similar."

The Reverse Flow became exceptionally cautious, shedding his usual confidence. "But directly deciphering life's information, this is the first time I've witnessed it. This ability is quite astonishing."

"Da Zhou, you are currently testing it on new humans. Even if some abilities are developed, they may not seem particularly remarkable."

"But consider some special life forms, such as the Cave People."

"Innately fragile, they've accumulated vast amounts of civilization knowledge over a long time. If there's a way to enhance their bodies or even extend their lifespans, their weakest link can be fortified."

"Imagine if the Cave People civilization had obtained Qing Liu. They could have evolved along two paths: one to deeply develop intelligence, and the other to enhance the strength and adaptability of their bodies, ensuring diversity. The probability of their civilization's collapse could be greatly reduced."

"And the Heavenly People."

The Reverse Flow continued, "Their primary goal in harvesting Earth's life is to cultivate and modify glass men to supplement their lack of secondary units."

"With a mature Qing Liu, they could efficiently screen and explore different life paths, deciphering the information codes within glass men. By comparing similar life forms, they could replicate the creation of glass men."

"If provided with enough energy for growth, Qing Liu might even decipher core secrets the Heavenly People wish to keep unknown to the world from the gem cells."

Zhou Yi felt a chill down his spine.

He immediately thought, "But isn't Qing Liu cultivated above the Forbidden Continent by Jin Xiang herdsmen? The Heavenly People could have bought it from them... If they haven't, it's probably because hydrogen-based life has its limitations and can't achieve such feats."

"You're right. Its limitation is extremely slow growth."

Xiao Fu explained, "Even after being cultivated for years by Jin Xiang herdsmen using containers, Qing Liu only reached A-level strength after our consciousness field catalytic stimulation."

"Leveraging energy also has limits."

"At A-level, Qing Liu can affect A-level and lower life forms. More advanced life forms are beyond its capacity to decipher with its current consciousness and body."

"Those glass men can fly directly through cosmic voids; they are at least Light Core Level, possibly Transformers. Reaching that level of growth for Qing Liu is extremely challenging."

"I suspect, the hydrogen-based life on Mars is also likely limited to A-level."

"Every life form has its strengths and weaknesses. Higher growth for hydrogen-based life forms means increasing sluggishness, which is their flaw."

Zhou Yi's mind raced.

This also meant the Heavenly People wouldn't focus on this group.

But Xiao Fu's proposal was very constructive.

Evolving the Cave People could be another direction to consider.

However.

Zhou Yi decided to start with new human tests first.

He asked Xiao Fu, "If I understood correctly, genetic mutation represents the reappearance of abilities a species already had, stimulated and reactivated under specific conditions?"

"Yes. Genetic mutation is a reappearance; adaptive evolution is new creation."

"So that means... humans in the past had abilities like Bei Ta's remote capture?"

"Correct. That's why I believe humans were also created and incubated by high-dimensional beings. Perhaps descendants of some high-dimensional beings, or they wouldn't possess such a vast life information repository."

The Reverse Flow's answer left Zhou Yi a bit overwhelmed.

So.

There really were superpower users among ancient humans.

Just then.

Red Kestrel suddenly flew in, "Zhou, the Legal Front has sent an emissary."

"They request to see you and protest our poaching of Turing."

Zhou Yi frowned, "Not seeing them. You handle the discussions."

"Okay."

Red Kestrel departed.

Zhou Yi continued to observe the hydrogen-based life in the transparent container.

After five hours of self-repair, Qing Liu's surface smoothed out and returned to its normal state.

During these hours, its power consumption surged to 70% of the company's total electricity.

Confirming it was unscathed,

Zhou Yi finally left Chamber No. 1 and took Hei Fu back to Jade City.

He slept soundly until morning.

As Zhou Yi was eating the pancakes and freshly sliced fruit prepared by Yuan Xiao,

Red Kestrel came flying in again.

"Zhou, the emissary requests to see you."

"He has been waiting downstairs in Jade City for 15 hours."

Zhou Yi took a sip of juice.

The visitor was indeed persistent.

If you can persist, then persist a bit longer.

"Not seeing them."

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