Chapter 189: Secondary Modification
“Snake Soul Curse Seal.”
A low whisper sounded within the laboratory. With the Snake Swarm Will as the core and bloodline aura as the supplement, an Ironthread Snake phantom condensed and appeared in Zhou Ming’s hand.
As Zhou Ming pressed his right hand against Lin Hai’s heart, the snake phantom opened its fangs and bit into the flesh on the other’s body, finally coiling around the heart to form a ring-shaped snake tattoo.
When the Snake Soul Curse Seal was successfully cast, the snake scales on Lin Hai’s body began to disappear, and his body gradually returned to a normal state.
“My lord, is this the transcendent method required for Bloodline Modification?”
If it had been any other matter, Su Ningfeng would not have been so rash as to inquire about something that was clearly confidential.
However, since it involved scientific research, he still could not help but speak up to explore the reason behind it.
“Have you learned about New Martial Arts?”
Zhou Ming did not immediately begin explaining. Instead, he asked Su Ningfeng about his understanding of New Martial Arts.
“I have heard of it. It uses Ferocious Beast blood in conjunction with martial arts to gradually modify the martial artist’s own genetic structure, thereby obtaining greater power.”
“However, it has severe side effects. It has a serious impact on the practitioner’s mind, easily causing irritability and loss of reason.”
“It can only be resisted through one’s own will, or if the practitioner is a Beast Tamer, by suppressing it with Spiritual Power.”
Compared to ordinary people, Su Ningfeng, as a biology professor, had an extremely comprehensive understanding of the once-popular New Martial Arts.
“Do you know the cause of the side effects?”
“This… I have not heard of it yet. But judging by the Alliance’s usual practices, there should be deeper-level research.”
Su Ningfeng did not know the cause of the side effects of New Martial Arts, but he was certain that the Alliance had definitely conducted private research. Some matters were unavoidable.
“Genes are information left behind during the process of biological evolution, and they are also a part of bloodlines.”
“Whether Ferocious Beasts or mutated animals, compared to humans, they do not have so-called education. They rely more on instinct.”
“And what is referred to as instinct is the original consciousness inherited by a race within its bloodline. At the same time, it also carries a portion of its own soul information. I refer to this instinctual influence as Bloodline Will.”
“The genes carry a portion of Bloodline Will, which is why they affect martial artists who practice New Martial Arts. However, because the Bloodline Will is incomplete, it can be restrained to a certain extent.”
“However, a complete Bloodline Will is something even a Beast Tamer’s Spiritual Power finds difficult to overcome. Even if one can resist the influence of the Bloodline Will, the gap between a Ferocious Beast’s bloodline and a Beast Tamer is too great. The bloodline can no longer help the Beast Tamer obtain the required power.”
After explaining what Bloodline Will was, Zhou Ming briefly introduced the Snake Soul Curse Seal.
“The Snake Soul Curse Seal I cast can be understood as a shackle, or a kind of seal. It allows the modifier to avoid being influenced by the Bloodline Will.”
“It can even temporarily lift the Snake Soul Curse Seal to boost strength with the help of Bloodline Will, but this process cannot be maintained for long.”
“And once the Snake Soul Curse Seal is lifted, I need to personally act again to reinforce it.”
“The only drawback of the Snake Soul Curse Seal is that its range of application is too narrow, and it cannot yet be cast on every type of bloodline.”
Regarding knowledge involving Bloodline Will, Zhou Ming did not choose to hide anything from Su Ningfeng.
Just as the latter had guessed, the Alliance must have conducted extremely detailed research in this area in private, and it was even possible that they had obtained many research results.
After all, hundreds of years ago, the research team inside that relic in the Northern Wasteland had already made certain discoveries. It was impossible for the Alliance to have gained nothing.
Therefore, at a certain level, knowledge about Bloodline Will could not be considered top-secret.
“Thank you for the explanation, my lord.”
After listening to Zhou Ming’s explanation, Su Ningfeng bowed in gratitude. This was the pure respect of a scientific scholar toward knowledge and academia.
As for the knowledge involving the Snake Soul Curse Seal, Su Ningfeng also knew where to stop and did not continue asking.
Just as the conversation between the two ended, the alarm that had originally emitted a dazzling red light returned to normal, and the detection instruments also began to flash green lights indicating safety.
“My lord, does that mean the Bloodline Modification is finished?”
Seeing the detection instruments return to normal, Su Ningfeng followed up by asking about Lin Hai’s condition.
“Under normal circumstances, yes. However, this time I plan to try something new.”
“This time, an organ modification surgery is required. You will act as my assistant.”
“Yes, my lord.”
Su Ningfeng watched as Zhou Ming placed the test tube containing dark green liquid into the mechanical arm. When he looked at Lin Hai, a trace of indescribable emotion appeared in his eyes. He could only hope that the other party would endure it.
After all, new things represented unknown risks.
“This is a gas mask, as well as my specially prepared antidote potion. If you don’t want to die, put it on properly and inject the antidote potion into your body.”
This time, Zhou Ming planned to use Lin Hai as an experimental subject to carry out deep-level modification, while also testing the snake venom he had researched.
Upon hearing that the subsequent modification involved life-threatening danger, Su Ningfeng’s reaction speed was extremely fast. At this moment, he was no longer worried about Lin Hai at all, but instead cared about his own life.
“Snake Spirit, close the ventilation ducts and activate the laboratory’s sealed state.”
If he did not do this, Zhou Ming feared that once he left the laboratory, what awaited him would be a floor full of corpses to clean up.
The modification surgery officially began. The surgical blade flashing with cold light sliced open Lin Hai’s tough skin, and Zhou Ming began searching for the position of the gallbladder.
For Lin Hai’s secondary modification, Zhou Ming had two plans.
The first was to remove the gallbladder from Lin Hai’s body, modify it using potions, then mix and fuse the internal liquid with snake venom, and finally reinsert it into Lin Hai’s body.
The second was to directly replace it with an Ironthread Snake’s gallbladder. These had all been removed and preserved by Zhou Ming after previous Ironthread Snakes had died.
The former was less likely to result in post-transplant rejection, but Lin Hai’s gallbladder might not be able to withstand the corrosion of the snake venom.
The latter did not require worrying about the effect of snake venom on the gallbladder, but organ transplant rejection was more likely to occur.
Considering that Lin Hai had only just undergone Bloodline Modification, Zhou Ming planned to use the first option first.
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Time slowly passed, and the modification surgery process was fairly smooth, perhaps due to the effects brought by the Bloodline Modification.
During the gallbladder modification process, the biggest problem was how to prevent Lin Hai from being harmed by the snake venom himself. Fortunately, someone had already helped Lin Hai complete this most critical step.
As for those in the camp who did not follow the rules, Zhou Ming cherished them greatly.
Several hours later, after all detection instruments indicated normal status, the modification surgery was finally considered officially complete.
“Inject high-grade nutrient liquid to help him recover his physical condition. Activate the Brainwave Soothing Device. Also, without my order, Lin Hai is not allowed to leave the laboratory for the time being. You and those assistants are also not allowed to enter the laboratory.”
After suturing the wound, Zhou Ming immediately issued instructions to Su Ningfeng.
The snake venom gallbladder modification was complete, but whether Lin Hai could freely control it was still an unknown.
Some things had to be tested in practice to obtain concrete data.
“Also, organize all the data from this modification and hand it to me tomorrow.”
“Yes, my lord.”
After completing the cleanup work in the laboratory, the two finally left the laboratory together, waiting for Lin Hai to awaken naturally.