Chapter 21: Preparing to Create a Human (Bonus Chapter, Please Read Along!)
This is the third chapter for April 20th.
The 'Bitter Theory' from the previous chapter encountered censorship, so the description has been modified.
Also, let me answer some readers' questions.
Why not let the created human cultivate the Sunflower Manual and the protagonist cultivate the Northern Darkness Divine Art? Why go through such a big detour only to practice the Nine Yang Divine Skill in the end?
It's simple: because Nine Yang is stronger than Northern Darkness. Its development potential and immediate combat power are much greater.
Northern Darkness is an internal energy flow that's only good for internal conflicts. Aside from absorbing internal energy, it's inferior to Nine Yang in all aspects. With so many different enemies in the Reincarnation world, for combat power, it's definitely more suitable for the protagonist to practice Nine Yang.
The cost of cultivation manuals is not high, and a created human with limited potential can play around with absorption, act as a tool, handle the early stages, and engage in dual cultivation. Everyone wins.
Some readers are also concerned about whether the Sunflower Manual requires 'cutting.' In fact, this build can operate even if 'cut,' and it can be restored when switching to Nine Yang. Not cutting is simply for the 'gaming experience.'
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--- Main God, exchange for 【enlightenment tea】, 【NZT-50】, six scrolls of 【Scholar's Touch】, three scrolls of 【Master's Touch】!, 【Comprehensive Medical Knowledge】, 【Comprehensive Acupuncture Knowledge】, 【Encyclopedia】, and the 【The Art of the Bedchamber】 manual!
【enlightenment tea, from a general fantasy setting. A cup of tea brewed from enlightenment tea leaves, possessing the magical effect of enhancing comprehension and aiding enlightenment. After drinking, mortals can achieve divine comprehension, comparable to a heavenly prodigy, lasting for three hours. Exchange requires 1000 reward points/cup.】
【NZT-50, from 'Limitless.' An improved version of NZT-48, eliminating the drug's side effects. This drug will open up every neural connection, giving you photographic memory and super intelligence. Exchange requires 50 reward points/tablet.】
【Scholar's Touch Scroll (Generic Version), from the D&D worldview. Spell level 1. Can be used by directly tearing the scroll. The caster absorbs knowledge from a book by touching it, as if having read it from beginning to end. Requires 30 reward points.】
【Master's Touch Scroll (Generic Version), from the D&D worldview. Spell level 1. Can be used by directly tearing the scroll. The caster temporarily masters high-level techniques from a weapon by touching it. Requires 30 reward points.】
D&D scrolls, at the Main God, are divided into two types: one requires a 'Magic Net Contact Physique' to use, while the other is a generic version, like a normal magic scroll, which can be used by tearing it open.
The latter is three times more expensive than the former! Fortunately, they are only the most basic 1st-level spells, so they don't cost much.
【The Art of the Bedchamber, from a general wuxia setting. A ritual and cultivation method for harmonizing male and female energies, it is the most basic dual cultivation method. Enhancing the skill requires one C-rank side quest and 2000 reward points. Exchanging only the manual requires 400 reward points.】
A large pile of items appeared on the floor in front of Fang Ge, costing him a total of 1700 reward points.
Without any hesitation, he was very familiar with this process.
After drinking the NZT-50 with enlightenment tea, Fang Ge felt his intelligence soar, his thoughts clear. He could even instantly reassemble, organize, and deduce conclusions from details and information he normally wouldn't notice.
This was a state similar to 'flow.' Now, he could enter a state of complete concentration and self-forgetfulness in anything he did.
Fang Ge successively tore open six 'Scholar's Touch' scrolls and touched 'Nine Yang Divine Skill,' 'Northern Darkness Divine Art,' 'Comprehensive Medical Knowledge,' 'Comprehensive Acupuncture Knowledge,' 'Encyclopedia,' and 'The Art of the Bedchamber' respectively.
Each time he touched a book, it was equivalent to reading the entire text. A large stream of information would rush into his mind, then quickly be understood and digested under the influence of the drug…
Aside from the abstruse and difficult-to-understand two divine skills, conventional knowledge only took a few breaths for him to fully grasp!
Even The Art of the Bedchamber was no exception!
--- The enlightenment tea lasts for three hours. I must learn two of the 36 diagrams of the Northern Darkness Divine Art. All remaining time must be used to comprehend the Nine Yang Divine Skill!
Setting an alarm, Fang Ge immediately sat down and began to study the Northern Darkness Divine Art.
The long scroll was filled with nude female portraits, standing or lying, showing their chests or backs. The faces of the figures were all the same, but their expressions varied, sometimes joyful, sometimes sorrowful, sometimes gazing with affection, sometimes with a slight pout of anger.
There were a total of thirty-six diagrams, which were eighteen paths of absorption and eighteen paths of storage.
Each diagram had fine colored lines indicating acupoint locations and cultivation methods.
The human meridians consist of the twelve regular meridians (the six hand meridians and the six foot meridians) plus the eight extraordinary meridians, totaling twenty meridians.
Of these twenty meridians, excluding the Ren and Du meridians, each has one path of absorption.
Each path of absorption corresponds to one path of storage on the Ren and Du meridians.
If all thirty-six diagrams are practiced to completion, achieving mastery of the divine skill, then every acupoint in the body will generate a swirling suction force, capable of absorbing others' internal energy and transforming it into North Darkness True Energy!
In 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils,' Duan Yu only practiced the absorption method of the first diagram, the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, and its corresponding storage method of the second diagram on the Ren Meridian.
These are the most fundamental two diagrams, and Fang Ge also decided to learn them.
In the reincarnation world, enemies are diverse, and it's rare to encounter enemies who cultivate internal energy, so being able to absorb internal energy from the entire body is not very meaningful.
After mastering the movement method of the Northern Darkness Divine Art, as long as there is one path of absorption and one path of storage, it will be enough to achieve Fang Ge's goal.
With the enlightenment tea's enhancement, Fang Ge was no less than a so-called martial arts prodigy. The learning of the Northern Darkness Divine Art was completed in nearly an hour.
As for the remaining time, it was all dedicated to the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
This martial art was complex and varied, beyond words. Fang Ge was engrossed, unable to fully grasp the profound mysteries of this supreme martial art…
“Ding-a-ling!”
The alarm clock, exchanged for 100 reward points, rang, and Fang Ge realized that the effects of the enlightenment tea were about to wear off.
--- If it's about the introductory and energy circulation methods, I've pretty much mastered them… The optimization of the cultivation experience is so good, it really makes one wonder if this cultivation method could be practiced in reality too.
In the past, cultivation methods and martial arts in games could of course be self-taught, but the sensory experience still felt somewhat fake and empty.
This time, it even made a carefree player like Fang Ge get completely immersed, experiencing the mysteries of the human body!
Fortunately, according to the 'Update Log,' the time ratio between the virtual game and reality has been optimized to 1:30, and events like cultivation and sleep can be accelerated hundreds or thousands of times.
Otherwise, Fang Ge would never have agreed to play 'Jail Nine Gates.' Although he spent every day in the game pod, he couldn't possibly spend several months playing a single save.
According to the old version, the situation would have gone stale, and neither 'Internal Energy' nor 'Orthodox Cultivation' would have amounted to anything!
Taking advantage of the last bit of the drug's effect, Fang Ge casually chose an empty room and generated 'boxing gloves,' 'leg guards,' and a 'long sword' in it.
Finally, he used 'Master's Touch' to touch each of them, thereby temporarily mastering techniques comparable to real-life masters in boxing, kicking, and swordplay.
From then on, all the preliminary preparations for creating a human were complete.
Created humans can only freely possess the knowledge that the Reincarnator themselves has.
And temporarily possessing it also counts as possessing it.
Returning to the base of the Great Light Orb, Fang Ge ignored Chu Xuan, who was always meditating and studying the Main God, and prepared to begin the crucial task of creating a human.
--- Main God, first generate a model with six dimensions of 200, and set the gender to female.
【Reincarnator's request has been received.】
A demonic muscular female model suddenly appeared in his mind, making Fang Ge shiver involuntarily.
Can't this basic model be changed? Is it the production team's bad taste?
--- Add the 【T-Virus original solution】 from my pocket to the created human, and ensure it does not mutate.
【Reincarnator's request has been received. Current cost for created human: 500 points.】
The familiar price put Fang Ge at ease.
Next was the most controversial, but also the most classic and effective operation.
The Main God was very stingy; any additions to a created human required additional reward points.
But what about subtractions?
What if some of the human's original functions were abandoned?
The conclusion was that no additional expenditure was required.
Thus, a great forum user developed a 'Xiao Long Ren' created human template, a more morally questionable method of creating humans based on the previously common dragon blood created humans.
It was deeply favored by players like Fang Ge, who had no bottom line.
What morality is there to talk about in a game? I just want the purest stats!
--- Main God, strip the created human of pain sensation, and remove the created human's rejection ability towards 'true dragon cells.'
【...】
The Main God had a very obvious pause.
After about three seconds, the Main God gave feedback again.
【This request will significantly reduce the created human's immunity. Do you confirm?】
--- Confirm!
Fang Ge breathed a sigh of relief. He had almost thought this unconventional method had been patched, but fortunately, it could still be used.
【Reincarnator's request has been received.】
--- Main God, exchange for 【young true dragon spinal cord】, 【young true dragon heart】 from the food section, and 10 liters of 【true dragon blood】!
