Chapter 109: Bloodline Will
After Zhou Ming inquired about the information he wanted, finished drinking the Ice and Fire Love mixed by the bartender, and did not linger any longer at the Hunter Bar.
The only thing that astonished him was that Xu Chunjun, this military lieutenant general, had actually slain the Violet-Gold Berserk Ape that came as reinforcement, and heavily injured the Azure Moon Wolf King, forcing it to flee back into the Dimensional Rift.
His strength, at the very least, should have reached the mid-tier Transcendent realm.
Coupled with his performance this time in the Northern Wasteland, there was a high probability that his promotion to the rank of general would not be much of a problem.
However, this matter had little to do with Zhou Ming. He was merely instinctively curious about high-level Beast Tamers.
After returning home, Zhou Ming took out his harvest from the ruins and began studying the Half-Beastman class advancement materials.
Inside the suitcase were thick stacks of Half-Beastman class advancement materials, all of which were the research成果 of the scientific research team within the ruins back then.
If the class advancement ritual used by ordinary Beast Tamers was a machine, then the class advancement materials in Zhou Ming’s hands were records detailing how to manufacture that machine.
From the principles behind the machine’s operation, to the final specific design blueprints, everything was explained and recorded in detail.
The benefit was that Zhou Ming could gain more knowledge from this, obtaining a more thorough understanding of Beast Tamer class advancement.
If the Half-Beastman class advancement was not suitable for him, and he needed to open up a new advancement system on his own, then these materials could save him a great deal of time and provide him with a certain level of assistance.
The drawback was that this machine known as the class advancement ritual required Zhou Ming to assemble and manufacture it himself, and whether the machine could be successfully activated would still depend on his luck.
Moreover, if he wanted to open up a new advancement system based on the Half-Beastman class advancement, he needed to master extremely complex knowledge, which was practically a hellish challenge for him.
Faced with such a situation, Zhou Ming could only begin by flipping through the materials that introduced the specific information regarding Half-Beastman class advancement.
In the bedroom, the sound of pages turning rang out from time to time. Zhou Ming focused intently on every single word on the pages, afraid that he might miss something.
In this state, he had already lost track of the passage of time, only reacting once the sky gradually darkened.
He stood up and turned on the bedroom lights.
After sitting back down at the desk, he gently rubbed his temples to relax his mind, while organizing the Half-Beastman class advancement in his head.
After several hours of continuously reviewing the class advancement materials, Zhou Ming had gained a general understanding of Half-Beastman class advancement.
Gene fusion—no, it should be considered bloodline fusion at the Transcendent level.
Using the Spiritual Thread between Beast Tamer and Beast as a link, the ritual allowed the Beast and the Beast Tamer to temporarily fuse together.
This method not only borrowed the Beast’s power to break through the Beast Tamer’s Spiritual Power limits, but also used Spiritual Power to assist the Beast’s advancement.
The relationship between the two could be said to be mutually reinforcing.
After advancing to a formal professional Beast Tamer, the two could temporarily fuse at any time and place, with the Beast Tamer transforming into a Half-Beastman form.
Not only would they possess a terrifying body capable of resisting modern thermal weapons, they could also wield the Beast’s innate abilities.
On the surface, this looked like another system of Beast Knight, but in reality, it was not.
The core of the Half-Beastman class advancement system lay in attempting to steal the Beast’s bloodline through fusion, thereby causing a fundamental transformation in the Beast Tamer.
The next stage after Half-Beastman class advancement, the Sealer, involved completely sealing the Beast within one’s own body, then slowly “digesting” it and thoroughly integrating it into the Beast Tamer’s bloodline, thereby turning the Beast Tamer into a Transcendent being.
The information recorded in the materials was similar to the intelligence Zhou Ming had purchased from the Black Market back then, but the records here were far more detailed.
Among them, the defects of this class advancement system were also described with exceptional clarity.
That was, the fusion between Beast Tamer and Beast, and the act of stealing the Beast’s bloodline, would affect the Beast Tamer’s rationality.
Bloodline was not genes. Genes were only one part of bloodline, while within bloodline was hidden the most primitive will of Ferocious Beasts.
Even with the assistance of a Spiritual Seed, the influence of bloodline will could not be avoided.
This was because bloodline will was the most primitive information hidden within the Beast’s body, and was not controlled by the Beast’s own consciousness.
“Looks like those desiccated corpse monsters in the ruins should have been Beast Tamers who were affected by bloodline will and ultimately lost their rationality, mutating into what they became.”
“In other words, if I want to use the Half-Beastman class advancement ritual, I must resolve the influence brought by bloodline will.”
Upon grasping the crux of the problem, Zhou Ming immediately felt the urge to curse aloud.
Back then, the top scientific research teams of Blue Star’s humanity had failed to solve this issue, and now he was supposed to take responsibility for resolving the bloodline will problem.
Wasn’t this like asking a toothless old granny to chew peas—making things difficult on purpose?
Not to mention something as lofty-sounding as bloodline will, even if a high-level mathematics exam paper were placed in front of him, he would only want to ask whether there were multiple-choice and true-or-false questions.
If there were, he might at least have a chance of getting a few questions right.
However, no matter how dejected Zhou Ming felt, he was definitely going to read through all the Half-Beastman class advancement materials, and even study them in depth.
Even if he could not solve the bloodline will issue, the knowledge involved in the class advancement materials was extremely precious and might very well be useful in the future.
For now, however, Zhou Ming still planned to first deal with his hungry stomach, and then slowly consider matters related to Beast Tamer class advancement.
After all, it was impossible to think properly on an empty stomach.
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Early the next morning, after taking care of the Ironthread Snake group, Zhou Ming began delving into the various precious knowledge recorded within the Half-Beastman class advancement materials.
It was just like back when he was studying bitterly in his final year of high school—aside from eating and sleeping, all of his energy was devoted to the Half-Beastman class advancement materials.
Fortunately, he had the memories left behind by his predecessor, as well as a considerable accumulation of foundational knowledge from his time in the library. Otherwise, he would not have been able to understand the Half-Beastman class advancement materials at all.
Amid the dull and monotonous research and study, time flew by, and a full month passed quietly.
During this period, aside from two phone calls from Xiao Yun, Zhou Ming spent all his remaining time immersed in studying the class advancement materials.
To avoid having his research slow down his strength growth, all of his sleeping time at night was replaced with meditation.
Although Zhou Ming lived very arduously during this period, the gains were substantial, and various problems he had previously encountered were smoothly resolved.
“Now, regarding the Half-Beastman class advancement materials, aside from the Sealer class advancement which is difficult to comprehend, I have basically mastered seventy to eighty percent of the rest.”
“The core problem is still how to resolve the issue of bloodline will.”
Because he possessed relatively complete materials, it was not particularly difficult for Zhou Ming to grasp the knowledge within the class advancement materials.
Even if there were difficulties, they were beyond the scope of what he needed to consider at present.
Shutting himself away to theorize alone was ultimately not feasible, so Zhou Ming planned to make a trip to the Hunter Guild.
After all, he held more than a thousand Hunter Guild contribution points in his hands, and now was precisely the time to use them.
Moreover, over the course of this month, whether it was himself or the Ironthread Snake group, all required cultivation resources had been completely consumed.
Whether it was to replenish the necessary resources, or to investigate information regarding bloodline will at the Hunter Guild, he needed to make the trip.
After placing the Half-Beastman class advancement materials back into the Spatial Ring, Zhou Ming left his residence together with Inkband and the others.