Fang Mo was shocked. He never expected something like this to happen.
He hurriedly gathered his true essence and Primordial Spirit power, preparing to control the Liquid Gold and force it out of his body. But the moment he unleashed his power, he stopped.
To his astonishment, the Liquid Gold was crazily devouring the life essence within him. Yet the energy it consumed did not disappear; instead, it transformed into silver-white streams of light, forming a fine network of circulating pathways through his meridians.
Those streams seemed to merge with his blood, rising and falling with its flow and producing a strange energy.
"Is this... a bloodline resonance?"
He endured the agony and unease, released his control, and let the silver liquid spread through his meridians.
The silver-white streams entered his limbs, then his internal organs, and then the Ren and Du meridians. At last, they spread throughout his entire body.
[Host gene sequence detected... compatibility: 92%... beginning fusion...] [Warning: the fusion process will consume life energy and cannot be interrupted]
Suddenly, a cold mechanical voice sounded in his consciousness.
"It's not a hundred percent?"
Fang Mo was puzzled. Anyone from the Mechanical Empire would have cursed at that. A 92% compatibility was already astonishingly high—unprecedented, in fact.
Suddenly, Fang Mo sucked in a sharp breath. Intense pain erupted throughout his body. Countless silver strands began madly devouring his body's energy, bloodline, and true essence.
At last, he understood why mechanical fusion was so difficult. Setting aside the tearing pain throughout his body, the frenzied devouring alone was more than an ordinary person could withstand. His body was far stronger than other martial artists', which was why he could endure it.
As the energy was devoured, the Liquid Gold fused with his genes. Silvery ripples shimmered across the