Modification Points
Ascension Through Modified Breathing: A Post-Apocalyptic SagaBiodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Modification Points |
| Alias(es) | 修改值 |
| Affiliation | Scarlet Modification Panel |
| Occupation/Role | Resource consumed to modify, upgrade, deduce, or remove panel-recorded attributes |
| First Appearance | Chapter 2 |
Background
Modification Points appeared as a new feature of the Scarlet Modifier after Hu Qi's transmigration. The original game program could alter a character's attributes without side effects, but it had not originally contained Modification Points. The panel first displays Hu Qi with 8 points. 2
They function as the cost of Scarlet's alterations. Hu Qi's first confirmed expenditure reduces his severe bilateral leg fractures to minor fractures for one point, accompanied by restorative energy in his legs. 2
Mechanics
Panel Modification
Modification Points are spent through Scarlet to alter entries marked with a rotating triangular rune. The panel can be summoned or dismissed at will, and only entries currently eligible for alteration display this symbol. 2 17
- Personal practice can make a skill modifiable or reduce the points required for its next improvement. Hu Qi compares this process to gaining proficiency before spending points as accelerated experience. 18
- Scarlet can alter more than simple levels: Hu Qi states that, according to his will, it could delete a perfected skill or change a fist-based combat technique into a leg-based one. 153
- Some alterations remain unavailable despite a point reserve, such as an incomplete White Whale Stance that could not yet be completed through modification. 86
- Certain paths require external prerequisites before modification becomes possible, including advancement rituals and special materials. 334 460
Documented Applications
| Application | Cost | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Injury treatment | 1 point | Reduced Hu Qi's severe leg fractures to minor fractures. 2 |
| Comprehensive Combat Technique | 4 points | Advanced the technique to Perfected and awakened the Coordination trait. 22 |
| Soul restoration | 10 points | Cleared Hu Qi's Soul Mottled abnormal status. 153 |
| Remove King of Hell's Post mark | 300 points | Broke the unknown mark and interrupted the artifact's killing pattern. 315 |
| Reader authority | Over 50,000 points | Raised Hu Qi from Bronze Reader through Silver and Gold authority levels. 439 |
| Cave Heaven World evolution | 150,000 points | Increased evolution progress from 87% to 92%; each additional 1% was estimated at roughly 30,000 points. 408 |
| Godslayer advancement | 5,000 points | Advanced Sequence One Godslayer after its ritual was completed. 493 |
Acquisition
| Source | Acquisition method and observations |
|---|---|
| Exotic Beasts | Hu Qi identifies Exotic Beasts as an early source of Modification Points; a single eel provides more than three points. 22 23 |
| Black Blood Species and Secret Martial Artists | These are among the first three known sources. Ordinary Secret Martial Artists yield fractions of a point, while stronger targets can yield far more. 153 236 |
| Powerful extraordinary beings | Major targets can produce enormous returns: consuming the Earth Mother provides nearly 10,000 points, while Black Corrosion provides 63,545. 260 426 |
| Altered or independently empowered lifeforms | Killing an individual whose abilities arose indirectly from a Gene Ability Potion yields points, unlike ability users directly empowered by Hu Qi's own Heaven's Mandate System. 452 |
| Reincarnation Book House players | Player kills provide points even though the players later return. Hu Qi recognizes that this allows repeated harvesting. 545 |
| Cave Heaven World | Hu Qi's Cave Heaven World periodically generates additional Modification Points over long periods. 411 |
| Living entities in Origin Calamity mist | A wisp of Gray Mist is observed to provide ten points; Hu Qi plans to hunt living things within the mist rather than destroy a Dao Domain. 526 |
Restrictions and Uncertainty
- Modification Point costs are not fixed. A stronger foundation and prior practice can reduce the required expenditure, while major deductions or realm advancements can demand vastly larger amounts. 18 224 408
- Scarlet cannot freely bypass every requirement. Hu Qi delays further advancement of the Crimson Sun Demonic Elephant Hellfire Art because Dream Eyes are insufficient, and replacing them with points would be prohibitively expensive. 334
- A target empowered directly by Hu Qi's own system does not yield Modification Points when killed, preventing him from mass-producing extraordinary beings to farm points. 452
- Even after reaching the Dao Lord level, Hu Qi cannot directly perceive how Scarlet acquires the points. He concludes only that killing or consuming extraordinary beings plunders an unknown component from them and converts it into Modification Points. 547
- Hu Qi suspects repeated extraction from respawning players could eventually cause consequences beyond their temporary in-game deaths. 547
Scale and Notation
Modification Points are initially displayed as a whole number followed by a percentage, such as 8 points at Scarlet's first appearance and later reserves such as 14,000+ and 5,213,450. 2 260 497
As Hu Qi's reserves grow, the panel adopts Units as a larger denomination: