Chapter 10: Genetic Fusion

Chapter 10: Genetic Fusion

The next day, Chen Chu arrived at the classroom, and had just sat down when Xia Youhui approached from the front.

"Ah Chu, do you know? An Fuqing, the one who's ranked first, completed her foundation yesterday afternoon. She's already in Building C cultivating true martial arts."

"So fast~!" Chen Chu was a bit surprised.

Completing one's foundation in just two days required extraordinary talent, even if there was money and resources provided by the family. This was evident from the situation of their class monitor, Lin Xue.

Xia Youhui nodded in envy. "Not just her, I found out that the top ten in the ranking list will all complete their foundations in just a few days.

"That includes our class monitor. I heard that she's visualized up to the tenth petal and achieved eight cycles of vitality circulation in half an hour. She'll probably finish Foundation Building the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Curious, Chen Chu asked, "What about you, Old Xia? How far have you progressed in your cultivation?"

"I'm doing fine, I'm doing fine." Xia Youhui chuckled, and then complained, "Ah Chu, can you stop calling me Old Xia? I'm too handsome to be called old. Call me Ah Hui instead, will you?"

Chen Chu nodded. "Sure, Old Xia."

"Ah Hui. It's Ah Hui."

"Yes, I know. Old Xia."

"... Ah Chu, I'm breaking up with you for three hours." Seeing that he was relentless, Xia Youhui turned around fiercely and went to talk to the pretty girl in front.

Chen Chu merely smiled at this.

You're just mature and nice, not looking old. Why should I call you Ah Hui just to make you feel young?.

Perhaps due to some students having already finished Foundation Building, Chen Chu found that everyone was particularly diligent and focused during the afternoon cultivation class.

Unfortunately, talent still played a role in the speed of progress. Some people had been cultivating for three days with almost nothing to show for their efforts, while others showed remarkable improvement, such as the martial arts representative, Yi Rui.

Chen Chu didn't know the progress of Yi Rui's meditative visualization, but within half an hour, he finished seven cycles of vitality circulation with little effort.

As for the class rep Lin Xue, her speed went without saying. In less than half an hour, she finished eight cycles of vitality circulation, before finding a place to sit cross-legged to continue meditating.

Xia Youhui was a bit confused; he hadn't said anything bad about Lin Xue this time. Why did she find it disgusting?

***

The next morning, Chen Hu shouted from downstairs. "Bro, I'm going out to play with my friends. I won't be back for lunch."

Chen Chu's voice came from upstairs. "Go ahead."

Today was Saturday and there were no classes, but Zhang Xiaolan had to work overtime so she wasn't home.

In Chen Chu's bedroom, the six-horned salamander, measuring at twenty-eight centimeters long, lay on the desk.

Its head was wide and flat, and its skin was white, with a pinkish hue that made it look tender. Its tail was small, similar to a tadpole's. With its shiny black eyes and three pairs of red feather-shaped antennae behind its gills, it looked silly but cute as it lay there.

Its evolution points had accumulated to 9, and its size was approaching the limit for its species.

The salamander noisily chewed on pieces of fish. On the side, Chen Chu leaned against the chair, elbows on the table, palm supporting his chin, daydreaming while his consciousness was focused on the avatar.

Heat radiated from the salamander's stomach through its whole body as it ate and grew, the fish pieces disappearing in no time.

Half an hour later, two plates of food—equivalent to more than twice the salamander's body weight—had been devoured. The salamander's body length had reached thirty centimeters.

A row of text appeared in front of Chen Chu's eyes.

"Your salamander avatar has gained 1 evolution point through consumption and has reached its growth limit. You have now accumulated 10 evolution points, meeting the evolution requirements. Do you want to initiate evolution?

"Note: The avatar will have lower potential. The evolved avatar will not be strong in combat. You can choose to absorb the genes of another creature during evolution to enhance its potential."

Seeing the note at the end, Chen Chu sat up straight in surprise. "Absorb the genes of another creature to enhance potential!"

He had always been a bit worried about the issue of the avatar being too weak.

Although it could bypass its biological limit by evolution, even if it grew to one meter or ten meters long, what difference would it make? It would still be made out of flesh; could it withstand bullets? And those feeble limbs wouldn't even be able to support its massive body, so running fast or being a fierce fighter was out of the question.

But now...