Jade City, Room 3101.

All department heads and core technical staff of the company gathered together.

Because it was a residential home and everyone was dressed casually, even with a dozen people, it looked more like a friends' gathering than a company meeting.

Upon hearing Chairman Zhou Yi announce the Foundation Enhancement Plan, everyone was very excited.

This would fundamentally enhance the physiological strength of the employees.

A strong body can withstand higher stress, tire less easily, and be full of energy. These are obvious benefits.

Qian Su was the first to raise his hand to speak: "Chairman, I have a question. For those of us with body modifications, will it be effective for us as well?"

"Yes, it will be effective as well."

Zhou Yi said: "The core of Qing Liu's 'Life Decryption' is to activate genetic mutations, which will bring out certain human abilities that were once hidden. This is completely different from traditional enhanced organ modifications and does not affect the use of existing prosthetics."

As an expert in this field, Da Vinci added: "This is a form of directional selective atavism. Compared to enhanced organ modifications and prosthetics implants, this method has two major advantages."

"First, it is extremely safe and does not cause rejection reactions because it is essentially a deep secondary physiological development."

"Second, the adaptation period is very short, with no basic physiological requirements for the mutants. Unlike enhanced organ transplants, which take months to adapt and rehabilitate."

Liu Fusheng, one of the inventors of the Floating Heart, asked: "Can elderly people also participate? At our age, our bodies are already quite weak..."

"Yes, they can."

Da Vinci replied: "In aged humans, the weakness is at the cellular level, but genetic information is not lost or unusable due to aging."

"What we cannot determine is the direction of genetic mutations."

"Different bodies have different specific matches with genetic factors, so the mutation results are unpredictable."

"But no matter how it changes, genetic mutations still constitute a physiological enhancement. This will significantly improve physical strength, at least to an E-level lifeform, with comprehensive improvements in strength, speed, explosiveness, neural reflexes, hearing, and vision."

The elderly employees were thrilled to hear this and eagerly applied.

Octopus Brother Bi Qi spoke up: "Chairman, I would like to ask, is the Foundation Enhancement Plan open only to humans? What about beings like us, the Guangna Species, do we have a chance?"

Zhou Yi said: "The Foundation Enhancement Plan will cover all company employees, regardless of race. However, due to technical limitations, only mechanical life forms cannot participate, and the rollout needs to be gradual."

"The first step of the Foundation Enhancement Plan is to enhance all of you first. You are the pillars of the company. You may choose to participate or opt-out, it is voluntary."

Everyone present expressed their willingness to participate.

Zhou Yi nodded: "If that is the case, you all will be the first batch of enhancers. Da Vinci will schedule the timeline for initiating the genetic mutation process."

Qing Liu needs to start 'Life Decryption', the difficulty of which is related to life itself.

For ordinary humans, this process is relatively easy. However, decrypting again for an enhancer requires more energy and time.

Decryption also consumes Qing Liu.

Therefore, Da Vinci limited the process to one person per day to allow Qing Liu to rest and avoid excessive fatigue.

Priority was given to ordinary people and the elderly because the changes had the most substantial impact on them.

Also, the decryption process consumed an enormous amount of electricity. Maintaining hydrogen-based life required 50% of the company's current electricity, and it surged to over 70% once decryption began, a heavy load.

While the power infrastructure continued to expand, the high proportion also increased risks and made connected electrical equipment more likely to damage, creating maintenance issues.

Considering various factors, the current implementation was conservative.

In the following days, several senior technical staff were the first to complete the enhancement.

Liu Fusheng awakened an ability for mental calculation.

He could fully access his memories and directly design, draw, and record parameters in his mind while conducting simulation tests. He had a built-in enhanced brain computer.

The downside was that he got easily immersed, leading outsiders to think he was daydreaming. Due to the high energy consumption, he quickly fell asleep whenever triggered out of his mental computation.

This made Liu Fusheng appear to always be in a state of divine travel. When he finally came back to his senses, he fell asleep immediately.

Chen Ruixiang, on the other hand, experienced a literal rejuvenation, turning back into the handsome young man he was forty years ago. His hair turned black and thick, and his skin became smooth and firm.

This was due to developing the genetic trait of maintaining eternal youth.

Initially, he was very dejected about this.

"What's the use of this... Youth can't feed me and it doesn't help in developing technology..."

Soon, however, he acquired a passionate and fiery girlfriend.

Chen Ruixiang visibly became energetic and spirited, transforming from his previous introverted and dull self to an outgoing and cheerful person.

"Being young is great!"

"This is indeed the most suitable ability for me!"

Zheng Tao, second oldest after them, was the first human enhancer to complete the genetic mutation.

He didn't gain any special abilities but became light-footed and agile. Zheng Tao's previously somewhat cloudy eyes became clear, and his physical strength increased significantly, especially his reflexes.

These changes had no interaction with his existing 'Food Tongue' ability.

It was Qian Su's result that Zhou Yi found most intriguing.

"This is my ability."

Now a young woman, no longer the Iron Head Girl but the Iron Head Lady, Qian Su looked pleased. She had two shadows trailing behind her.

One of the shadows moved out from under Qian Su's foot and walked over to Zhou Yi, waving at Zhou Yi's shadow.

"...Controllable dual shadows?" Zhou Yi was astonished.

"Yes."

Qian Su said: "They usually overlap."

As she spoke, the two shadows indeed merged into one, restoring normalcy.

"When needed, my shadow can enter someone else's shadow and be completely undetectable."

"And then?"

Zhou Yi was curious: "Can you control the other person?"

"No."

"Can you access their vision?"

"Of course not, it's just a shadow."

Zhou Yi: "..."

This superpower seemed quite useless.

Qian Su was convinced: "Although I don't know its use, I think it's quite special. I still need to develop this ability; I feel like there's more to discover... Chairman, I have an idea."

"Go ahead."

"What if we could further develop these genetic mutations? Maybe some abilities would become more apparent."

Qian Su's second shadow sat on her first shadow's neck, playing a shadow sisters' game.

Her real self said: "That is, further development of these genetic mutations could let Qing Liu advance us into a second phase. Do you think that's when the true power would reveal itself?"

"You see, like the thorny bird, its claws and beak fall off and regrow several times before becoming incredibly sharp."

Zhou Yi was stunned.

Indeed.

Some mutations may immediately show great usefulness, while others remain hidden, like Qian Su and Zheng Tao's cases.

Subsequent reinforcement plans can observe this after the Foundation Enhancement Plan becomes widespread.

Although everyone had different directions, the physical enhancement was still evident. After hospital checks, it was confirmed that the physiological strength of these mutated enhancers reached the E level.

Zheng Tao even reached the D level, but that was due to him already being an enhancer.

...

The Foundation Enhancement Plan was advancing steadily.

Zhou Yi monitored each new enhancer every day to see what new abilities they had gained.

One day, Xiao Fu suddenly said: "Da Zhou, I have a favor to ask."

"What's up?"

Zhou Yi felt it was not a trivial matter.

The Reverse Flow hesitated briefly before saying: "Before using this current body of Sea God, I spent a lot of time and energy creating a device. This device integrated several Circular Flow Technology devices and is our core toolkit known as 'Molding Fire Platform.'"

"It integrates equipment like the existing Light Wheel Well, Circumference Light Device, and Fire Transmitter. To create a large Circular Flow Device, the Molding Fire Platform is indispensable. It's like machine tools to the manufacturing industry."

"I need to retrieve it."

Zhou Yi, thoughtful: "You only bring it up now... seems finding it is quite difficult."

Xiao Fu said: "After creating the Molding Fire Platform, I hid it at a secret coordinate, with my special protective design. If someone finds it and tries to force it open, it would detonate, causing Transmutator-level instantaneous destruction!"

"Currently, it's still intact, I can confirm it's still there."

"Maybe I hid it while being chased by the Heavenly People back then."

"To restart it, it requires not just me but also hatching the Spark civilization concept to ignite the Molding Fire Platform and start it."

"It's just..."

"Just what?"

The Reverse Flow hesitated: "The Molding Fire Platform has a guardian, the 'White King.' You have to face its attack and fight it one-on-one to pass the verification..."

Zhou Yi asked: "What is the White King's strength?"

"Approximately Transmutator level."

"..."

Zhou Yi laughed in disbelief: "You think I can face the White King now? You want me to fight a Transmutator one-on-one? Just tell me you want me dead, alright."

"Da Zhou, don't be hasty, don't be hasty."

The Reverse Flow hurriedly said: "Listen to my explanation, it's technical, there's a technique..."

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