Bloodline Factors

After leaving the dining hall, Isaac went straight back to the laboratory and buried himself in designing modification plans for Gale Demon Wolves, Demonic Wild Boars, and Horned Rabbits. Each had clear strengths and weaknesses.

Horned Rabbits could multiply easily, giving them an absolute numerical advantage. Their drawback was that they were individually too weak; against powerful enemies, they would be even more helpless, without even a chance to maneuver. Gale Demon Wolves were comparatively more balanced. They could bite in close combat and launch Wind Blades from afar. Moreover, most of the Demonic Creatures subdued by the enemy were Gale Demon Wolves, making them highly efficient to convert.

As for Demonic Wild Boars, they had only one advantage: thick hides and tough flesh!

Once they charged in a herd, they were no different from heavy cavalry!

However, their magical power was too low, and both their speed and toughness were somewhat lacking.

Therefore, before sending them onto the battlefield, they still needed a certain degree of modification. If there was truly no breakthrough, then he would send them in as they were.

But once he actually got started, Isaac found himself at a loss...

Only when he truly began designing Demonic Creature modification plans for warfare did Isaac suddenly realize just how inadequate the biological modification techniques he had been so proud of were...

Strictly speaking, he only had two modification techniques at his disposal: replacing hearts and replacing blood...

His success rate was merely a little higher.

Those two techniques alone were nowhere near enough to support the design of modification plans...

Fortunately, this was Sheryl's Mage Tower, which held an abundant collection of books. Isaac could look up whatever books he needed at any time.

Most of the books in the Mage Tower belonged to Sheryl herself. Only a small number belonged to the Truth Association and could not be borrowed. However, those books were generally protected by magical seals, and no one could access them without Sheryl's permission.

Of course, Isaac had no use for those books. He only took a few Magic Books related to biological modification, and all of them were solid theory with relatively little spellwork involved.

But that did not matter. In Isaac's eyes, this stuff was far more useful than specific arcane arts or witchcraft.

Thus, with those books in hand and the anatomical diagrams of the three Demonic Creatures before him, Isaac once again immersed himself in the sea of knowledge. He even brought a book along to read during meals.

Fortunately, Isaac now ate alone in the new dining hall. Otherwise, if his father Gaia saw him, he would probably nag him a few times.

And the results of such tireless study completely exceeded Isaac's expectations.

He had previously thought that wizards, aided by spells, would have advanced farther in biology than his previous world, but he had never expected them to have come this far!

So comprehensively!

After studying the major renowned theories of the Truth Association during this period, Isaac discovered that wizards' biological modification techniques were actually extremely advanced!

His methods of replacing hearts and blood had been obsolete centuries ago!

What was truly popular now was genetic modification!

Of course, in this world, the formal term for genes was Bloodline Factors.

By editing Bloodline Factors, Demonic Creatures could be optimized in a more meticulous and comprehensive manner.

Besides optimizing Demonic Creatures, one could also add new Bloodline Factors to them, making them more perfect!

One paper from the Truth Association mentioned such a concept—the Perfect Creature.

It was a creature that existed only in theory. It perfectly combined the advantages of every living thing in the world and could do anything!

However, it existed only as a hypothesis. There was not even a process for achieving it in its preliminary form.

First, different Bloodline Factors produced a certain degree of rejection. The more Bloodline Factors one fused, the stronger that rejection became, and the more likely failure was. Second...

The theory of Bloodline Factors was still not complete. They could only affect Tier 1 and Tier 2 Demonic Creatures. Tier 3 creatures—High-level Demonic Creatures, like humanity's High Wizards and High Knights—possessed authorities.

And authorities, most of the time, stood above bloodlines!

Only a small number of Demonic Creatures possessed bloodlines that surpassed certain authorities, such as dragons!

Dragons were among the rare Demonic Creatures whose Bloodline Factors could not be interfered with. That was why the cultivation of dragons currently remained at the feeding stage.

Thus, one week later, with the Golden Finger's help as the perfect teacher, Isaac had successfully gained an initial grasp of the Magic Books on biological modification in Sheryl's Mage Tower.

There were actually only eleven books, because Sheryl herself was not skilled in biological modification. Her field of study was alchemy, and Alchemy Golems were what she excelled at, so she did not have many books related to biology.

Even so, Isaac's learning speed still somewhat shocked Sheryl!

After all, this was self-study!

At least, that was how it looked to her.

Through self-study alone, he had gained an initial grasp of eleven Magic Books in the field of biological modification in merely one week...

With such talent... it would truly be a pity if he did not become a Truth Wizard!

Thinking of this, Sheryl sighed, closed the research progress Isaac had posted, shook her head helplessly, and returned her attention to the manuscript before her. It recorded Little Mouse's data.

This would be of some help in her research into developing her own authority.

"Very good, Hamon. Get ready. We're conducting our first Bloodline Factor modification experiment!"

In the third-floor laboratory, Isaac wore a white coat and white gloves. A ferocious Demonic Claw extended from the back of his head. He held a scalpel and forceps in his hands, and his eyes above the mask overflowed with excitement.

Before him lay a deeply sleeping Gale Demon Wolf. A young wolf slept soundly indeed.

"Hiss, hiss~"

Hamon swayed gently, indicating that he was ready.

Isaac immediately stopped hesitating. Without even shaving the fur, he dragged the scalpel directly across the Demonic Wolf's body. One bloody wound after another appeared, and layers of skin were peeled open.

Hamon swayed lightly, and an obscure wave of magical power descended upon the Demonic Wolf on the operating table, halting its rapidly draining life force.

Very quickly, Isaac had roughly cut open the Demonic Wolf. It looked horrifying, but it was actually nothing much. Though the wolf was now covered in wounds and several cuts even exposed bone, compared to when Little Mouse had the Divinity Network implanted, it was truly insignificant.

Isaac had been able to preserve Little Mouse's life under such dangerous conditions back then. A few wounds on a Demonic Wolf were naturally no issue.

After cutting open the Demonic Wolf, Isaac set down the scalpel in his hand and took the forceps from Hamon. With great care, he embedded strands of blood thread into the Demonic Wolf's body.

These blood threads were divided into three types. One promoted the optimization of its own Bloodline Factors; another contained Bloodline Factors from other compatible wind-element Demonic Creatures; the last had no direct function at all, serving as a buffer unique to Isaac's Golden Finger. Thanks to it, Isaac could raise the success rate to two hundred percent!

In other words, unless a fatal mistake occurred during the operation—such as his hand slipping and cutting open the heart—the surgery was guaranteed to succeed!

Isaac naturally would not make such a low-level mistake. Soon, he had embedded every blood thread into the Demonic Wolf's body and completely stitched up the wounds.

After casting several healing Spells on it and thoroughly stabilizing its condition, Hamon placed the Demonic Wolf into an iron cage, then knocked out a Horned Rabbit and laid it on the operating table...