Limitless Body Technique

After the Military Department Sweep during the day, panic spread through the Red Light District, and the air everywhere was thick with fear and danger. Gu Ding even heard the sound of both sides exchanging fire in the middle of the night.

Early the next morning, on his way to the academy, Gu Ding clearly noticed that the Red Light District had become much quieter. Some buildings had even been damaged, enough to vaguely suggest what had happened the night before. At the entrance, heavily armed Military Department personnel stood guard, scanning the irises of everyone entering and leaving.

When he arrived at the academy, he heard quite a few people discussing yesterday's incident.

"Gu Ding, did a fight break out in the Red Light District yesterday?" If being talkative were a skill, Reed was undoubtedly exceptionally gifted at it. And if gossip were also a skill, then he could be considered extraordinarily talented at that as well. There was no way he would miss this kind of "current event."

"I didn't see it, but I heard both sides exchanging fire at night. And when I came out of the Red Light District this morning, the Military Department had sealed off the entrance." Gu Ding nodded. He knew that if he did not tell Reed something, this guy would probably keep pestering him.

"Do you know what happened?" With the news confirmed, Reed became even more interested.

"Military Department personnel went to Auntie Rose's tavern yesterday to investigate. Apparently, something belonging to the Federal Government was stolen. As for what exactly it was, I don't know." Gu Ding strongly suspected that the missing item the Military Department mentioned was the Sea Emperor he had obtained.

"Go to the library." After Reed had walked away, Sea Emperor's voice suddenly sounded. "Heaven's military and civilian information are separated. At present, all the information I can gather comes from civilian networks and underground networks. Although your academy is only a military school, its internal network is connected to the Military Department. I should be able to gather some useful military information through the library's network."

"You can't break through that boundary?" Gu Ding felt that the Universal Key function Sea Emperor had mentioned before might have been exaggerated.

"You have no idea how powerful a Super Intelligence that has entered adulthood is. Heaven's network can cover the range of more than a hundred Universe Countries. Its stability can withstand all kinds of interference from different universes and dimensions. Such a colossal entity is almost without flaws." Sea Emperor was clearly wary of Heaven. "In my current state, I can forcibly breach more than 70% of the permissions Heaven has set, but Heaven would definitely notice. Once she does, she will erase me immediately. Your identity and location will also be exposed, and the Federal Government will hunt you down relentlessly. Unless necessary, I must conceal my existence as much as possible."

"So Heaven is that powerful..." Gu Ding scratched his head frankly. "Then let's go to the library!"

The vast majority of Deep Sea Star's natural resources had been destroyed in the great catastrophe before the New Era. A huge number of plants had vanished, making old trees a rare species. Paper had naturally become a highly valuable luxury item.

Naturally, the library was not a place piled with paper books. All books were stored as data. By connecting an electronic wristwatch to one of the library's terminals, one could access shared information for the basic military regions across the entire star zone.

Gu Ding found a terminal and sat down, connecting his electronic wristwatch to it. About two or three minutes later, Sea Emperor's voice quickly sounded. "I'm done. We can leave!"

Only after leaving the library did Sea Emperor speak again. "I scanned the Military Department network just now and found an unexpected surprise."

"Don't tell me you found a system vulnerability?" Gu Ding felt a faint flicker of anticipation.

"Not that. I merely found a hidden item, and it had access restrictions set on it." Sea Emperor's answer surprised Gu Ding. "To avoid being discovered, I spent some time bypassing the permissions."

"What was it?" Gu Ding vaguely felt that the hidden item was no ordinary thing.

"It was a cultivation method called the Limitless Body Technique. I skimmed through it. Its contents were derived from the true ancient civilization cultivation method, the Limitless Body Technique..."

"'Limitless Body Technique'? I've heard of it." A strange expression appeared on Gu Ding's face. "It is said that when Martial Civilization had just begun to flourish, a genius in the human world who studied ancient martial body techniques combined the strengths of numerous body techniques and created a set of Limitless Body Techniques. Its defining feature was that it no longer limited human attacks to fists and feet, but extended them to unconventional parts such as elbows, knees, heads, and fingers, turning every part of the body into a weapon. This Limitless Body Technique also made him a king of close combat. But later, after obtaining his consent, the Federal Government passed this cultivation method to the military, yet no one was able to cultivate it successfully. Eventually, the matter was dropped."

"This set of Limitless Body Techniques is not only incomplete, but also severely flawed. My database contains the complete version of the true Limitless Body Technique, which has twelve layers in total. This incomplete cultivation method has only seven layers, and its power is far inferior to the true Limitless Body Technique." Sea Emperor spoke with a trace of mockery. "The complete Limitless Body Technique was the true essence summarized by tens of billions of powerful body cultivators over nearly two hundred thousand years during the martial era. It was a true sacred tome of body techniques, once a dazzling comet of Martial Civilization, immensely popular for a time."

"Ordinary body techniques are already considered good if they can bring out more than 80% of the user's potential combat power. Yet the moves of just the First Level of the Limitless Body Technique can raise the user's potential combat power to a perfect 100%. The Second Level raises it to 1%, the Third Level to 150%, the Fourth Level to 0%, the Fifth Level to 300%, the Sixth Layer to 500%, and the Seventh Layer makes combat power soar tenfold. The Eighth Level, times; the Ninth Layer, fortyfold; the Tenth Level, eightyfold; the Eleventh Level, one hundred sixtyfold; and the Twelfth Level can amplify it by 3 times! That incomplete Limitless Body Technique, even when cultivated to its highest Seventh Layer, can only increase combat power by 400%."

"The true Limitless Body Technique must be cultivated starting from a First Order Gene Body, and the Cell Comprehensive Index must exceed 15 points for successful cultivation to be possible. The incomplete version has no gene-level restrictions. A First Order Gene Body can cultivate it with more than 12 points, but can only reach the Seventh Layer at most. Any higher, and the body will rupture. The cells of those who cultivate this method divide faster as their cultivation increases, causing the cultivator to age prematurely and die."

"If that's true, then nobody can cultivate this technique. For a First Order Gene Body, reaching a Cell Comprehensive Index of 10 points is already the limit. Only by breaking through to a Second-Order Gene Body can the Cell Comprehensive Index increase again." Gu Ding felt that the cultivation requirements of this technique were unbelievably demanding.

"Under normal circumstances, the Cell Comprehensive Index is indeed limited by gene strength. But certain special methods can break through that barrier. For example, taking a Cell Enhancer. You can also use electrical currents to stimulate cellular activity, though the effect may be limited. Or you can directly use targeted radiation to induce cellular mutation and enhancement..."

"Any one of those enhancements would cost at least ten thousand Star Coins. I don't have that kind of money." Gu Ding was telling the truth this time. He could only earn five Star Coins a month. After daily expenses, his total savings over all these years amounted to only a little over 0 Star Coins.

"I suggest you check your private asset account." Sea Emperor's tone was extremely calm.

Gu Ding opened his account in confusion. Looking at the number of digits in the balance, he asked, "Why is there so much money in my account?"