Body Tempering

Warren opened his eyes, and they were immediately filled with joy.

"Su Ming, I've become a Gene Warrior! My god, does that mean I'll be able to pilot a mecha in the future too?!"

Warren spoke excitedly, then stretched out his hand and casually gestured twice. As he swung it around, it even carried a hint of imposing force.

Su Ming chuckled from the side. "This is only the beginning! Even the weakest mechas possess Star-level combat power. You're only at the Surface level right now. Talk about it after you slowly improve!"

Warren gave a silly grin and said cheerfully, "It doesn't matter. We still have plenty of time. Gene Warriors live much longer than ordinary people, and I'm a mechanic too. There's a very high chance I'll become a mecha warrior in the future!"

Hearing Warren say this, Su Ming slowly nodded.

The combination of a mechanic and a Gene Warrior would practically guarantee that he would become a mecha warrior in the future.

The reason not every Gene Warrior became a mecha warrior, aside from their Brain Domain Level, was largely related to whether they were mechanics.

A powerful mecha warrior had to assemble his own mecha. For one thing, it would have the right level of compatibility. For another, if he left the assembly to someone else, that person could easily discover the mecha's flaws. If the mechanic assembling it wanted to target him, he could probably be killed by a dirty trick the moment they met.

Therefore, unless it was a standardized mecha, nearly all powerful mecha warriors were mechanics!

Conversely... if someone was already a skilled mechanic, then Warren's chances of becoming a mecha warrior in the future would truly be very high!

Seeing Warren's excitement gradually cool, Su Ming pondered for a moment before speaking to him. "Warren, I'm planning to leave Planet Nop!"

Warren had been immersed in the joy of becoming a Gene Warrior, but upon hearing Su Ming's words, he was immediately startled.

"What? You're leaving Planet Nop? Why?"

Confusion appeared on Warren's face.

Su Ming chuckled and said, "Planet Nop is simply too low-level. It's a Surface-level planet, so even the mechanical components we come into contact with are only Surface-level. They can't improve me much anymore. I want to visit a Planet-level world, or even one of a higher level!"

Su Ming was not lying.

The earlier Sea Blue Star incident had already given him the idea of leaving Planet Nop.

The real catalyst had not been the Sea Blue Star People, but that Sniper Rifle.

Only after assembling the Sniper Rifle had Su Ming realized how much Planet-level mechanical components could improve him.

What was more, the Starlight Points gained from assembling a Planet-level Weapon were even more substantial. Assembling one Planet-level Weapon yielded enough Starlight Points to match the gains from assembling five Surface-level weapons.

Now that Su Ming's level had increased, his cultivation required far more Starlight Points as well.

Before, assembling Surface-level weapons had been enough to meet his Starlight Point needs, but now... they clearly could no longer satisfy his cultivation requirements.

That was why Su Ming had developed this idea.

After hearing Su Ming's words, Warren fell silent for a long while. He then raised his head and said to Su Ming, "Su Ming, why don't I leave with you? Now that I've become a Gene Warrior, Imperial law no longer requires me to serve on a logistics planet. I'll leave with you!"

Su Ming froze. He had not expected Warren to make that choice.

Su Ming then looked deeply at Warren. Seeing the firm resolve in Warren's eyes and realizing that he had not made the decision on impulse,

Su Ming thought for a moment before nodding in agreement.

He would indeed need an assistant in the future to help him handle some tedious mechanical disassembly and assembly work. Moreover, he already regarded Warren as a friend.

Naturally, he would not refuse Warren's request!

"Then it's settled. Let's get ready first. Three days from now, we'll pack up and leave Planet Nop together!"

Su Ming said this with a smile.

That night, Su Ming returned to his dormitory. He stored some of the mechanical components he had bought to practice with in his space pendant, then sat cross-legged on the bed.

It had already been more than a week since the Sea Blue Star incident. During that week, Su Ming had performed mechanical disassembly and reassembly more diligently than usual.

It was not for the sake of work, but mainly to accumulate Starlight Points.

After using up all his Starlight Points in one go, Su Ming had immediately realized how immensely useful they were. Since he was preparing to leave Planet Nop, he had also prepared a large reserve of Starlight Points for emergencies.

Four hundred points!

That was how many Starlight Points Su Ming had obtained after frantically assembling machines, enough to last him for a long time.

However, today, after his usual cultivation, Su Ming looked at his system panel, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

Aside from cultivation and attacks, Starlight Points had another function that Su Ming had barely noticed before...

Body Tempering!

Previously, Su Ming's level had been relatively low, so he had focused most of his Starlight Points and energy on cultivating his technique.

But now, his level could not undergo another qualitative leap in the short term, and he gradually began to notice the Body Tempering function.

[Host Body Tempering Level: Level One (100 Starlight Points required for the next Body Tempering Level)]

This was the information about Su Ming's Body Tempering progress in the system.

A trace of puzzlement appeared on Su Ming's face.

In the current interstellar society, there was no such thing as Body Tempering. Su Ming had not even heard of any experts who practiced it.

This might have been because the interstellar society's overall cultivation framework for genetic evolution differed from the one provided by the system.

Interstellar society generally believed that as one's Physical Level increased, the body's resistance and the toughness of its cells would improve as well, making Body Tempering unnecessary.

That was indeed the case. Countless detection instruments had long since confirmed that as one's level increased, every aspect of the body's quality would improve as well.

For example, without being infused with Brain Domain Level energy, a Surface-level weapon could never injure a Gene Warrior above Level Four, no matter what.

Since increasing one's level could improve the body as well, why bother with Body Tempering?

This was something Su Ming had always been puzzled by.

Without hesitation, Su Ming directly spent 100 Starlight Points in the system to exchange for the Body Tempering option.

"Ding... Host has exchanged for the Body Tempering option. 100 Starlight Points consumed. Body Tempering in progress..."

Very soon, Su Ming felt a dense radiance of starlight surge instantly from some deep space within his body. In the blink of an eye, it flowed toward every corner of his body.

A trace of tension appeared on Su Ming's face.

One hundred Starlight Points was no trivial matter. This was terrifying energy capable of instantly killing a Level 5 Gene Warrior with a single strike.

Previously, merely releasing it from his body had nearly caused him to burst apart.

Now that it had all surged into his body, would the same thing happen again?