Chapter 27: Central Continent Exchange 【Part 2】
Slightly modified?
Zheng Zha greatly respected intelligent people. In his eyes, among the people present, except for Zhang Jie, whose presence was inexplicably faint,
the rest of them were more “intelligent” than him. He had that self-awareness.
To think that Zheng Zha, an elite who became a supervisor at 24, would appear so “ordinary” in the Main God Space. These Reincarnators truly were “talented individuals.”
“Tell me, how do you want to change it?”
“First, I suggest you only reinforce two D-rank bloodlines for now,” Fang Ge said, guiding him patiently.
“Why? Since I’m going to reinforce them anyway, why not do it all at once?” Zheng Zha was like a curious baby.
“I exchanged for a ‘Internal Force’ type reinforcement yesterday, and then I discovered that Internal Force can be improved entirely through self-cultivation.”
Fang Ge gave his reason: “This shows that self-cultivation is also a way to improve bloodlines, and it’s much cheaper than direct exchange… You might want to check the value of Vermillion Fruit and dragon blood.”
Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha connected to the Main God to inquire.
Soon, he exclaimed in surprise:
“dragon blood is 10 points per liter, and a Ten-Thousand-Year Vermillion Fruit is five hundred per piece. Are they all that cheap? Doesn’t that mean I’ll be invincible just by eating?”
That was “dragon blood”! That was a “Ten-Thousand-Year Vermillion Fruit”! They sounded intimidating. In TV dramas, protagonists might only encounter one in their entire lives!
He could actually buy nearly thirty of them? So, eaters were the true superior beings?
“Of course not. You also have to consider issues like digestion and absorption. But there’s definitely room for manipulation.”
Fang Ge motioned for him not to get excited.
“There are two more reasons. Firstly, we still don’t know if the two bloodlines will conflict, and if they do, one will definitely have to be abandoned.”
“Secondly, higher-level side quests should yield better rewards. So I don’t really recommend splitting high-level side quests.”
Although Fang Ge himself had split a side quest, it was due to the special nature of the Internal Force system.
After all, the most precious secret manuals could be exchanged for paper versions, so there weren’t many high-level exchanges in the Internal Force system.
“You have a point.” Zheng Zha nodded, agreeing with the reasons Fang Ge gave.
“We are a team, after all. You undergo the reinforcement first, and then we’ll make subsequent arrangements… We’re comrades who live and die together now. If someone is just a little short for an exchange, we can make up the difference.”
Fang Ge transformed into the “Rope-Twister Brother.” Now that Chu Xuan and he were on the same page, his prestige was unparalleled in the team.
These players, ah, they just had to be autocratic, they just had to be absolute! If he let these broken NPCs display their astounding wisdom, how could they talk about speed-running?
“Good!”
Zheng Zha liked the current atmosphere, and besides, this was a way of taking care of him.
Thinking that Internal Force was stored in the Dantian and blood energy in the brain, there shouldn't be any conflict.
He gritted his teeth and told the Main God his reinforcement intention.
Then, a beam of light shot down, and Zheng Zha floated about several meters high in mid-air. Countless tiny particles continuously shot into Zheng Zha’s body from the light beam. This situation lasted for about three minutes.
Zhang Jie “Zhang Jie-speak” shouted loudly: “Wife, come out and see God!”
When Zheng Zha slowly descended from mid-air back to the ground, he transformed from an ordinary white-collar worker into a charming white-collar worker.
—Although he was nicknamed “Gorilla,” Zheng Zha’s appearance had always been of the “delicate” type, creating a strong contrast.
“Whew, my physical fitness feels much stronger… It seems there are no signs of conflict either.”
Aside from the most basic physique, Zheng Zha began to try and feel the energy within his body, but found that only the warm current in his Dantian—Internal Force—was available for him to use.
Is this right? No, it's not, is it? Shouldn't there be blood energy in his brain? Where is the blood energy?
“Perceiving” Zheng Zha’s confusion, Fang Ge spoke: “Is there a problem?”
“There’s a small problem. The Internal Force is normal, but I can’t find my blood energy.” Zheng Zha scratched his head.
“Did the bloodlines conflict? Or did Internal Force suppress the blood energy?” Zhan Lan offered her opinion.
Fang Ge feigned contemplation and replied: “Objectively speaking, Internal Force is positive energy, and blood energy should be negative energy. It’s possible for the two to conflict.”
“Why don’t you try circulating Internal Force to a position close to the blood energy and see if the blood energy and it truly conflict.”
The honest Zheng Zha chose to “do as told.”
When the Internal Force circulated to his neck, the “honest man” blood energy could not allow its territory to be invaded!
The blood energy began to flow spontaneously, surging towards the Internal Force.
The two opposing energies uncontrollably came into contact, and then he felt an incomparably powerful force surge out from within his body!
This power was immense; his strength and speed, with this boost, might even double!
Oh! Yes, yes! Dual energy circulation is correct!
Just as Zheng Zha was admiring his “astounding wisdom,” an accident happened!
“Bang!”
His neck suddenly exploded, and his head almost flew off!
“Main God, heal Zheng Zha! Deduct the reward points from me!”
Fang Ge, who was already prepared, “feigned shock” and quickly shouted towards the Main God.
With the Main God’s intervention, all was well, and Zheng Zha’s head and body avoided the fate of “separation.”
“This isn’t right, is it?” Zhan Lan stammered, blood almost splattering onto her.
“No! This definitely isn’t right. The consequences of positive and negative energy conflicting are terrifying!”
Zheng Zha, still shaken, shook his head repeatedly. Then, he carefully described his feelings.
“As soon as the two energies got close, they immediately went out of control, but at the moment they touched, I felt like I became omnipotent…”
“You had a delusion before you died, didn’t you? Omnipotent… Wait until your head flies off, then you’ll know what omnipotent means.”
Zhang Jie curled his lip in disdain and advised: “Give up one of them. Fortunately, the sunk cost isn’t much.”
“…What he said should be true. Since ancient times, ‘hedging’ has always unleashed powerful forces. Many achievements of modern technology rely on this.”
The scientist Chu Xuan, however, offered a different perspective.
“Perhaps the physical strength isn’t enough, or the control isn’t precise enough. Improving from these two angles might not be unfeasible.”
“I have a suggestion…”
Seeing Zheng Zha in a dilemma, Fang Ge spoke at the opportune moment:
“Check for ‘Symbiote’.”
【Symbiote mutation reinforcement, from the “Marvel” movie series, requires parasitism on another life form to exert its unique abilities. In its normal state, the Symbiote is hidden within the body, providing a certain degree of physical enhancement and automatically repairing the body when the exchanger is damaged. The Symbiote can be externalized to cover the body for transformation, which will significantly enhance the exchanger’s physical fitness. Because it is a mutated reinforcement, the Symbiote will not fear fire, sound waves, etc. Requires 1 B-rank side quest and 6000 reward points.】
Zheng Zha looked at the description on the entry and found that it could indeed solve the current predicament.
It enhances physical fitness and recovery; if a limb is truly blown off, according to its performance in the movies, the Symbiote can “pull it back.”
Zheng Zha couldn’t help but exclaim: “Your eyes are truly sharp, but it’s so expensive! Fortunately, I can afford it…”
—Oh right, what a coincidence! Why can you just happen to afford it?
Fang Ge indicated that everything was within his calculations.
Perhaps worried that Reincarnators would rely too much on the Symbiote, the Symbiote exchanged at the Main God only possessed the most basic consciousness, requiring the Reincarnator to operate it themselves during combat. However, like the Vampire clan, the Symbiote had no fatal flaws of its original version; one could only say each had its pros and cons.
Aside from Zheng Zha needing the Symbiote in the short term to prematurely perform that half-baked “Explosion,” the Symbiote’s developmental potential was also a part Fang Ge valued.
Of course, that’s not to say how strong the Symbiote would become once developed.
This reinforcement is more akin to “equipment” than a bloodline; even if the Gene Lock development is not high, it can be mastered relatively well, which is a major advantage in the early stage, but it will inevitably become a “chicken rib” in the later stage.
Anyway, this thing doesn’t take up a bloodline slot, and if this plugin isn’t needed anymore, it can be phased out to others.
The master of precognition—Spider-Man is already in line!
Fang Ge placed more importance on the Symbiote’s “splitting” and “learning” abilities.
First, the Symbiote will strengthen its host’s “personality,” making righteous people more righteous and evil people more evil.
At the same time, while a newborn Symbiote is a blank slate, it will slowly learn the “host’s” qualities… even its split-offs are no exception.
This is very important; many “problem children” will appear later in the Central Continent Team. Especially the driver surnamed Luo, the boxer surnamed Ming, and the coward surnamed Zhang… it’s simply a time when humanoid stars shine!
In comparison, Zheng Zha, aside from being overly kind, was undoubtedly obedient and qualified as a fighter.
It’s time to unleash the invincible “Scarlet Emperor Dao Erosion” and deal with these damned freaks!
“This exchange is very good. The movie didn’t describe the specific ‘reproductive cycle’ much, but according to biological instinct, consuming a large amount of high-energy flesh and blood should accelerate this cycle. Perhaps one day, everyone can have one.”
Seeing Zheng Zha seemingly hesitating due to the high price, Chu Xuan assisted,
“After all… we have no shortage of high-energy flesh and blood.”
“Okay! Then I’ll exchange for it!”
Zheng Zha gritted his teeth, and the side quest in his account was completely depleted!
A pool of scarlet viscous liquid suddenly appeared from mid-air and splattered onto Zheng Zha’s head!
I thought about it carefully, the previous chapter was a bit watered down and lacked content, so I might update one more chapter today. It’s impossible not to explain the original work, please bear with me!