Gene Enhancement

Chu Feng's task was complete, and he no longer felt the anxiety he'd had before. He decided to treat the whole experience as a trip.

By evening, with no results, everyone was starting to give up. The salvage team officially confirmed that no items were found at the meteorite's impact site.

Chu Feng pretended to be disappointed and had the yacht return to Magic City.

Xue Qing was naturally disappointed too. It had been a rare opportunity for her livestream to gain such strong popularity.

Although everyone had come to see Chu Feng, she had managed to ride his coattails to fame, making a name for herself.

Because of this, Xue Qing was very grateful to Chu Feng and wanted to treat him to a meal once they reached Magic City.

However, Chu Feng, being the unromantic fellow he was, was solely focused on returning to check on his spaceship and retrieve items from it, so he politely declined Xue Qing's offer.

This left Xue Qing feeling quite frustrated.

There was nothing he could do. They exchanged contact information, and Chu Feng took a taxi back to Hailing that very night.

The trip from the Hundred Boats Marina back to Hailing cost nearly a thousand. Chu Feng gave the driver an extra thousand, which made the driver beam with joy.

Still, Chu Feng felt he needed to buy a car for himself; it was truly inconvenient otherwise.

When he returned to Hailing, the spaceship had already reached Jiangxinzhou.

He commanded the spaceship to activate its stealth mode and proceeded directly under the Hailing Bridge.

It was already ten o'clock at night. There wasn't a soul under the bridge, just Chu Feng and an automatically revealed spaceship hatch.

If anyone had seen this at the time, they would have likely been terrified, thinking someone was time-traveling.

Fortunately, it was only for a moment. Chu Feng verified his identity and was granted access to the spaceship's interior, and the hatch disappeared.

"Welcome back, Captain!"

A woman in a white officer's uniform was bowing to welcome Chu Feng.

Her black hair was meticulously combed back and tied, and she wore a white, fitted suit that accentuated her "S-shaped" figure. A white shirt paired with a black tie gave a stunning impression. Below her knee-length skirt, her long legs were showcased, complemented by black high heels. Standing at about 1.75 meters, she had a perfect model's physique.

Don't misunderstand; this was the spaceship's AI.

And a specially customized one at that.

It had been specially commissioned on Planet Taibo's black market, modeled after the most popular celebrity on Planet Taibo.

That's why it possessed this seemingly perfect body today.

Don't underestimate this seemingly delicate body; it was an absolute "female Tyrannosaurus Rex."

While it couldn't compare to the interstellar combat robots of Planet Taibo, it could completely outclass Earth's so-called martial artists or Sanda masters.

To put it in perspective, Amar'e Stoudemire's bench press was 111 kg.

Tracy McGrady's was 120 kg.

Kevin Durant's was 140 kg.

And Shaquille O'Neal's bench press of 210 kg was already terrifying.

"Iron" Mike Tyson, however, could bench press a staggering 312 kg.

But this body's bench press was measured in tons...

Who could possibly withstand that?

Alright, it's not a fair comparison; this was non-human.

Furthermore, the entire body perfectly replicated a human form. Its skeletal structure was made of high-density bone china, with hardness comparable to diamonds but higher flexibility, so it wouldn't shatter at a touch.

The skin was made of Cantara material, possessing the smoothness and delicacy of human skin, yet capable of resisting ordinary laser fire. Even a real anti-armor sniper rifle couldn't penetrate it; only a tank's armor-piercing rounds could likely damage it.

Moreover, it possessed a thermostatic system and a biological digestive system. Apart from being unable to bear children and not having menstrual cycles, it was essentially no different from an ordinary Earth woman.

Chu Feng had specifically rushed back today for one primary reason: to enhance his own body.

Citizens of Planet Taibo all undergo body enhancements to optimize their genes and physical strength. After enhancement, their bodies can reach the peak of biological potential.

Therefore, people on Planet Taibo could theoretically live indefinitely, as they were immune to diseases and death. Even if they lost limbs or organs, they could have replacement parts and organs, some even superior to their original ones.

Consequently, Planet Taibo had many "assembled people," with pure-bred individuals being the minority.

On the spaceship, Chu Feng had also brought a Gene Enhancement Device, intending to enhance his family's bodies. He hadn't expected to use it on himself first. Fortunately, the medical equipment hadn't been lost; otherwise, he would have been heartbroken.

Although the spaceship was only a little over a hundred meters long, it carried a considerable amount of supplies and equipment.

The middle section of the spaceship was the storage space, with fifty compartments, each about two meters long.

They appeared small, but they held wonders within. These storage cabinets were equipped with spatial folding devices, each containing a massive space of a thousand square meters with a height of one hundred meters. This was considered low-level equipment; it was said that the Grand Commander's personal storage space could hold an entire planet.

When Chu Feng returned, he had sold all his assets. Except for purchasing this lowest-class starship, everything else had been converted into supplies and stored in the spaceship's storage units.

"Oh, right. I remember storage unit 32 was damaged. What was inside?"

Chu Feng asked the AI with some trepidation. With fifty cabinets, he couldn't remember them all and was afraid of hearing something significant.

"Storage unit 32 contained one hundred thousand tons of gold and one million tons of silver collected by the Captain," the AI replied calmly.

Chu Feng clutched his chest, feeling like he was about to explode.

Ten thousand tons of gold.

Gold density is 19.32 x 10^3 kg/m^3.

The volume of ten thousand tons of gold is approximately 517.6 m^3.

For a room measuring 5m x 3.3m x 3m (for example, a bedroom 3m high with an area of 16.5 m^2), about 10.5 such rooms would be needed to hold it all.

We can really build houses with gold now, and that million tons of silver can be used to build city walls.

It hurts so much I can barely breathe.

Planet Taibo has many resource planets rich in pure gold and silver. There, gold and silver are cheaper than scrap metal on Earth, basically unwanted. If it weren't for the fact that some equipment requires gold and silver, the prices would probably be even lower.

Chu Feng saw this advantage, which is why he frantically stockpiled large amounts of gold and silver.

In 2010, the total amount of gold mined globally was 163,000 tons. The United States, as the country with the largest gold reserves, only had a little over 8,000 tons.

This is an astronomical amount of wealth.

Although Chu Feng wasn't short of money now, how could he not feel heartbroken about losing almost all the world's gold?

Fortunately, the other storage spaces had no problems.

Chu Feng could only comfort himself.

Walking past the storage equipment, he arrived at the main event of the day: the Gene Enhancement Device.

Ten enhancement pods, three meters tall and two meters wide, emitted a blue glow upon Chu Feng's entry, indicating they were operating normally.

He walked into an enhancement pod as if it were his own home.

"Beep, scanning... please wait."

A red light flashed.

The detection results were displayed on the monitor inside.

Although he was prepared, he was still overwhelmed by the dense list of disqualifications on the detection report.

"Let's start the enhancement!"

Ignoring the unpleasant report, he proceeded directly with the enhancement.

"Enhancement commencing..."

An electronic voice sounded, and the enhancement pod began to inject gene enhancement fluid. It quickly submerged Chu Feng's nose and mouth, but he didn't feel suffocated. It was as if he had become a fish, able to breathe underwater, which was truly remarkable.

He remembered that the first time he underwent enhancement, he thought they were trying to murder him. He had wailed and cried inside, which was incredibly embarrassing.

Even though he was used to it now, it still felt very strange.

The pale blue liquid was at body temperature, neither hot nor cold, and felt very comfortable, like soaking in a hot spring. His entire body felt warm.

In reality, this was the enhancement fluid subtly strengthening his body, creating an illusion.

The enhancement wasn't as painful as described in other novels. It felt like a massage and a bath, incredibly comfortable. After all, it was something everyone on Planet Taibo had to go through, with a greater emphasis on combining effectiveness and experience.

An hour later, the color of the enhancement fluid gradually turned transparent. Chu Feng knew the enhancement was nearing its end.

Indeed, within a few minutes, the enhancement completion notification arrived. The enhancement fluid, now clear as water, was rapidly drained.

Chu Feng felt his body. It had been completely transformed into a perfect state.

The slight belly fat he had was now completely gone, and his six-pack abs were clearly visible. His height remained unchanged at 186 cm, but his entire body was now in perfect proportion to his height, giving him a flawless model physique.

He looked slim in clothes and muscular when shirtless – that's exactly what it meant. Even his facial features had become more defined and masculine, making him even more handsome with his bright, piercing eyes.

His slight myopia was also cured, and after the modification, the fatigue from a night of exertion vanished completely, leaving him looking energetic and radiant.

He tested his strength. A single punch registered a force of 514 kilograms.

The average man's maximum punching impact force is 100-150 kg, while even Tyson's was only a little over two hundred. He had completely surpassed them.

Combined with proper fighting techniques, Chu Feng could break world records.

Next, he tested his athletic abilities.

The highest instantaneous running speed achieved by humans is 44.722 km/h, set by Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.

This was on August 19, 2009, during the 100-meter race. He ran it in 9.58 seconds. In the 60-80 meter segment, he took only 1.61 seconds, reaching an instantaneous speed of 44.722 km/h. This is the maximum speed in human sprint races. In another race, American sprinter Tyson Gay also reached a maximum speed of over 44 km/h in the 100 meters.

His own speed easily reached 65 km/h.

The longest known long jump record belongs to American football player Byron Jones, a member of the Dallas Cowboys. As one of the players with the most outstanding physical abilities in his draft class, Jones became widely known among fans for breaking the standing long jump record during the combine. This 6-foot-1 inch, 199-pound cornerback jumped nearly 12 feet 3 inches in the test. Calculated by standard measurements, this is about 3.73 meters. As for himself, he could easily jump five to six meters.

Chu Feng couldn't help but feel smug. With this physical condition, wouldn't winning Olympic medals and breaking world records be effortless if he participated in competitions?

"Captain, based on your current physical strength and fitness report, you are rated as barely qualified. You have not yet reached the top 25% level on Planet Taibo. I hope you can strengthen your training and improve your physical functions."

The smile on Chu Feng's face had not yet faded before he was struck down by the AI...

"Don't compare me to those freaks!"