Rc Cells Greatly Enhanced

Rc Cells have always been adept at engulfing flesh and blood.

Indeed, that is the case.

After all, the owners of these flesh and blood had been cruelly murdered, and their consciousness had long since vanished.

The remaining chunks of meat seemed destined for nothing more than becoming a meal for the Rc Cells.

Rc Cells could easily devour them.

However, this time the situation is different.

The owner of the Undying Cells —that Demon Race's Heaven-Controlling Realm— is still alive and well.

Moreover, based on the available intelligence, even when the Undying Cells are far from the host body, their connection with the host body remains extremely close.

Shisui recalled one of the biological experiments he had seen in the memory of the person in charge of the Shahai City.

In that experiment, the researchers planned to use a group of ex vivo Undying Cells to remotely control the experimental subject that had been transplanted with Undying Cells.

As a result, they succeeded.

What does this mean?

This means that even Undying Cells separated from the body can resonate with other Undying Cells.

This allows them to control the individuals they parasitize.

Therefore, as the true owner of these Undying Cells, the Demon Race's Heaven-Controlling Realm expert could probably do even more than that.

Shisui experienced this firsthand at that moment.

Inside the ice cave, a large chunk of Undying Cells that had been released was being devoured by the blood mist.

Inside the centrally suspended biological cocoon, Shisui is sensing the condition of the Rc Cells.

Through the isolated Rc Cells, a faint, piercing howl echoed in his mind.

The sound was the mournful cry and curses emanating from the Undying Cells.

Clearly, these Undying Cells contain trace amounts of soul fragments from the Demon Race Heaven-Controlling Realm experts.

A moment later, the wailing abruptly stopped.

A two-meter-tall piece of Undying Cells tissue was completely eaten.

Shisui sensed the change in his own realm.

It improved, but not significantly.

The next moment, another two-meter-tall piece of Undying Cells tissue appeared.

The Rc Cells swarmed forward, and the piercing screams rang out once more.

This time, the sound was a little clearer than before.

However, for Shisui, it still has no substantial impact.

Time slowly passed as the Rc Cells continued to feed.

The screams abruptly ceased the instant the Undying Cells being devoured reached a certain threshold.

Then, the venomous curse echoed clearly in Shisui's mind, like a lover's whisper.

Shisui was not alarmed by this.

Instead, he chuckled softly, then effortlessly crushed the remnant of the soul in his mind.

Next, as long as it continues to devour the Undying Cells, the cursed phantom of the soul will appear in Shisui's mind from time to time, haunting him relentlessly.

This reminded Shisui of his past life, when he experienced a similar situation after consuming a large number of his own kind of Kakuhou.

His dead kind would crawl into his dreams at night, clamoring to devour his soul.

At first, due to their large numbers, the consciousness of the Shisui was suppressed, causing them to either be unable to wake up or fall into madness.

But Shisui could kill their physical bodies, it could also easily devour the lingering fragments of consciousness within the Kakuhou.

Once he got used to the situation, the tables turned.

These fragments of consciousness were dismembered one by one and then devoured again.

Nowadays, the already scarce number of Undying Cells, and now even more so the fragmented souls broken into pieces, are also scarce.

They too will be devoured, becoming nourishment for the Shisui growth and strengthening.

That's it?

A scornful sneer rang out amidst the increasingly fierce resistance of the shattered soul.

That fragment of soul was currently within Shisui's sea of consciousness, and naturally, it could perceive what this meant.

It began to surge wildly, attempting to wound the Shisui soul.

The Shisui consciousness merely looked down upon the fragments of a soul consumed by impotent rage.

He watched as the vast, ocean-like Soul Energy instantly engulfed him.

The unwilling roars and venomous curses vanished in that instant.

The Undying Cells were completely wiped out, and a large number of Rc Cells inside the ice cave began to flow back, surging into the biological cocoon.

A massive surge of energy washed over Shisui's body, and his cultivation level began to rise.

The barriers between realms were broken one after another until Shisui stopped himself at the threshold of the Fifth Realm.

The Early Fourth Realms of the Heaven Realm are a natural progression!

He plans to slow down his attempt to break through to the Fifth Realm and conserve some energy.

To make the realm pavilion he built even more solid.

"Um?"

His advancement in cultivation level had come to a temporary halt, and only then did he notice the changes in the Rc Cells within his body.

They are visibly more active.

Furthermore, some old cells that were on the verge of dying have now been rejuvenated and are full of energy.

That's right, Rc Cells also have a lifespan.

They will still undergo procedural death.

This is to ensure the stability of the body's internal environment.

Before evolution, they had short lifespans.

The reason is actually quite simple: Ghouls have an extremely strong self-healing ability.

This means that their bodies have a very fast metabolic rate and their cells proliferate and divide very quickly.

To maintain a dynamic balance in the number of cells in the body, Rc Cells have a shorter lifespan than other cells.

Conversely, as long as there is food and sufficient energy in their bodies, Ghouls can ignore most damage and quickly repair their bodies.

This is why Ghouls become extremely hungry after intense battles or injuries.

The above describes some of the original characteristics of Rc Cells.

After arriving on Ruolan Star and undergoing Psychic Energy modifications, Shisui's control over his body became even more refined.

Now, he can completely control the rate of cell proliferation in his body, ensuring that there are neither too many nor too few.

However, matters concerning cell lifespan are not something he can easily modify.

But now, after engulfing the Undying Cells, the Rc Cells have undergone a self-iterative upgrade.

While maintaining its proliferation rate, it not only surged in intensity again, but also enhanced the connections between cells.

They even gained an extremely long lifespan, almost like immortality.

Leaving aside the improvement in strength...

The enhanced intercellular connections mean that Shisui can more easily control the puppets he creates.

It can even act like Undying Cells, controlling the actions of the host while the host is conscious.

Furthermore, extending cell lifespan directly extends Shisui's own lifespan.

This also places the Shisui within the category of longevity.

At the same time, it reduces the fixed Psychic Energy consumption required for Shisui to produce new cells daily to replace dead cells.

Little by little, this saved up for Shisui the equivalent of the Psychic Energy within an ordinary fifth or Sixth Realm Earth Realm being.

In conclusion, this upgrade represents a significant enhancement for Rc Cells.

Shisui was very satisfied with this.

With a sudden thought, he began to try contacting isolated Rc Cells, intending to conduct a test.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of kilometers away, Yuanli aboard a Sea Race warship.

Deep within his soul, his innate talent, known as [Survival in Desperate Situations], was the first to sense something.