Self-Initiated Ability Activation

He sat cross-legged, inhaling and exhaling deeply. The long, drawn-out breaths allowed Xu Tui to completely empty his mind and body in just a few seconds, entering a meditative state.

Under the Illusory Internal Vision, Xu Tui's heart suddenly filled with joy.

Fifteen.

The number of white bright spots in his head had now reached fifteen.

Xu Tui's bold action last night had directly illuminated that one gray spot.

Based on Xu Tui's previous comprehensive deduction, this meant he had now unlocked fifteen Gene Points.

However, this wasn't important to Xu Tui at the moment.

There wasn't much difference between unlocking fourteen Gene Points and fifteen.

The most crucial point was this: Xu Tui could influence the direction of energy supply with his consciousness to unlock Gene Points.

Xu Tui hadn't realized this all day.

He only came to this realization after leaving the Special Intelligence Agency and pondering it all the way back.

Based on Xu Tui's current understanding, after normal people inject the Gene Liberation Potion, they unlock a certain number of Gene Points on the first day. The following three months after injection are also a period of high-frequency Gene Point unlocking.

After these three months, unlocking Gene Points would require either extremely arduous and persistent training or the use of special potions.

Typically, potions that could unlock Gene Points were very expensive.

And they were controlled substances.

But Xu Tui could unlock Gene Points under the Illusory Internal Vision by guiding the energy flow direction with his consciousness.

This ability was too powerful!

Xu Tui didn't know if there were any predecessors with similar abilities before him.

But whether it was the Gene Introduction he studied in his third year of high school, the materials given to him after the Gene Aptitude Test, or anything online, there was no record of this ability to autonomously unlock Gene Points.

Xu Tui's first reaction was: If this is exposed, will I be dissected and studied by the Gene Research Institute?

"I absolutely cannot become an experimental subject or an observation subject. No one else can know about this ability of mine. At least for a while, until I figure things out, I absolutely cannot expose it."

He had participated in many biology and genetics observation experiments in high school. Those lab rats, fruit flies, mosquitoes, and apple rabbits used as subjects for observation and experimentation never had a good ending.

"I absolutely cannot reveal this to anyone."

After the incident of capturing a traitor at the milk tea shop, Xu Tui himself didn't realize it, but he had suddenly grown.

Or rather, he had become a bit more mature.

Now, Xu Tui needed to confirm another matter.

Was the scope of his ability to autonomously unlock Gene Points limited to his head?

Or his entire body?

Or specific areas?

However, before attempting it, Xu Tui first went to the kitchen to prepare ten boiled eggs.

Only after returning to his room did Xu Tui realize that he had lost five jin overnight.

Xu Tui had a habit of weighing himself before going to bed every night.

Last night, before going to sleep, Xu Tui casually stepped on the scale. He remembered the reading was 149 jin, which was not much different from the usual readings.

But when he stepped on the scale just now, Xu Tui was shocked to find it was only 144 jin.

A daily weight fluctuation of one or two jin was related to diet, water intake, and so on.

But losing five jin overnight must have had a special reason.

Xu Tui felt that it was very likely related to the reckless act he committed last night.

So today, he prepared ten boiled eggs as a source of energy replenishment.

Of course, Xu Tui had better options.

There were various brands of F-grade energy supplement pills on the market, only the size of a fingernail, claiming to provide enough energy for an adult's 12-hour energy consumption, including strenuous exercise, but they couldn't replace food.

They were a favorite among outdoor enthusiasts and extreme sports athletes.

100 yuan per pill.

The advertisement claimed that one F-grade energy supplement pill provided energy equivalent to that of 12 to 15 eggs.

Hmm, a bit expensive.

Of course, Xu Tui's family conditions were average, but he could afford them.

The main reason was the bad taste.

And they weren't chewy!

If there were F-grade energy supplement pills, there were naturally E-grade energy supplement potions.

E-grade energy supplement potions were already controlled substances.

It was rumored they could be found in the black market of Jincheng.

But Xu Tui was just a high school student, he didn't even know where the black market was.

Before preparing to try, Xu Tui first ate five boiled eggs.

They were not good to eat directly, and it was easy to get disgusted.

A little light soy sauce and more vinegar.

Cut the boiled eggs into large pieces.

Dip them.

Delicious!

A few breaths later, Xu Tui once again entered the Illusory Internal Vision state through meditation.

As long as he relaxed and cleared his mind, he could quickly enter a meditative state, and by concentrating his attention, he could enter the Illusory Internal Vision state.

Xu Tui felt that if he practiced and tried more, he might be able to enter the Illusory Internal Vision state anytime and anywhere in the future, regardless of the environment or location.

In the Illusory Internal Vision state, the phantom was filled with flowing radiance and dense gray dots, some of which were very small and even blurry, while others were very clear.

At this moment, Xu Tui desperately wanted to go to school.

Xu Tui wanted to study at Huaxia Gene University and use knowledge to solve his current doubts.

After observing his phantom full of gray dots for a while, Xu Tui prepared to start trying.

However, before trying, he first learned from the lesson of last night.

Yesterday, Xu Tui was too reckless in trying to activate that gray dot.

The most direct consequence was that he bled from all seven orifices and fainted on the spot.

He felt a little scared thinking about it now.

If he had been a little more reckless, would his gene group have collapsed on the spot?

And then it would have been game over!

He hadn't considered everything thoroughly at the time.

Xu Tui felt that he should learn from yesterday's lesson.

If he tried again today, he should also try to slow down as much as possible.

Luck would not always favor a reckless person!

In the Illusory Internal Vision state, the gray dots of the phantom were mainly concentrated in the head, limbs, and important internal organs.

Well, there were also some gray dots in the crotch area.

Xu Tui had some understanding of the ability directions of the gene points in these areas.

For example, those in the head were related to many Mysterious System abilities, including sound-based abilities, olfactory abilities, visual abilities, etc., all of which were related to the gene points in this area.

The gene points in the limbs were definitely related to speed and strength, though not entirely.

As for other areas, with Xu Tui's current cognitive ability, he couldn't even do a broad classification.

The human gene group was too complex.

A hundred years ago, most scientists believed that the human body had 20,000 to 30,000 genes.

But now, scientists believe that the human body may have more than 200,000 genes, or even more.

This only refers to possession, not that all of these more than 200,000 genes are useful.

During humanity's long evolutionary process, many genes naturally fell into a dormant state.

And genes themselves also had their complexity.

One gene might determine the activation of a certain human ability, but the activation of a certain ability might also require the combined influence of several or even dozens of genes.

This was the complexity and difficulty of gene enhancement and evolution.

Xu Tui's test target for tonight was—whether this ability to autonomously activate gene points could activate gene points other than those in the head.

First, Xu Tui had to choose a direction other than the head.

The incident of apprehending the traitor at the milk tea shop today told Xu Tui that personal strength was very important.

Heaven and earth are big, but safety is the biggest.

Only by becoming stronger personally could one's personal safety be enhanced to a certain extent.

If his leg speed had been a little faster today, and his leg strength a little stronger, perhaps that kick to the groin could have incapacitated the traitor codenamed "Autumn Pants."

Render him completely unable to fight.

Even further, activating the gene points in his legs, whether for strength or speed, could allow Xu Tui to run faster when encountering danger.

He could attack or retreat.

Xu Tui chose to try activating the gene points in his left Little Leg.

As for which specific gene point to try activating, Xu Tui was clueless.

There were hundreds of flashing gray dots visible in the left Little Leg area.

He had no idea which ones were useful, which ones weren't, which ones were for speed, which were for strength, or if some were for overall improvement.

There was only one option—guess!

He'd pick one at random, but he couldn't be reckless today; he had to take it slow.

Fortunately, the ability to activate Gene Points was mainly influenced by his own consciousness. Otherwise, Xu Tui wouldn't have known how to operate it.

It was roughly like Xu Tui's own consciousness speaking to himself.

It was similar to telling yourself, "I'm handsome."

And then, through self-consciousness, you genuinely felt like you were really handsome.

Actually, Xu Tui was really handsome!

"Let a bit more energy flow to this spot, just a little bit more."

After maintaining this thought for a few seconds, Xu Tui noticed that two or three beams of white energy flowing from his stomach had entered the Gene Point guided by Xu Tui's consciousness.

That Gene Point just vibrated slightly, and there was no other sensation.

"A little more, just slightly more than before."

Xu Tui was very careful, trying to make this activation as gentle as possible.

But this state only lasted for about forty minutes before Xu Tui got hungry.

Very hungry.

He was still very hungry after finishing the remaining five boiled eggs.

He cleared out everything in the refrigerator that could be eaten directly.

Xu Tui was starting to understand how Cheng Mo felt.

This feeling of extreme hunger was truly unbearable.

He even felt like eating paper.

Only after his stomach began to bulge from eating did Xu Tui return to his room to cultivate.

That's right, Xu Tui called this cultivation.

About an hour later, the gray dot on his left Little Leg, which Xu Tui had been continuously working on, lit up like it had been electrified, flashing with white light.

It lit up.

At that exact moment, Xu Tui's right hand suddenly experienced a twitching, stinging pain.

Before Xu Tui could investigate further.

Extreme fatigue washed over him.

It felt like he hadn't slept for days and nights.

He was incredibly sleepy.

His stomach also began to cramp from hunger.

But even the hunger that could make his stomach cramp couldn't suppress the overwhelming sleepiness.

As soon as Xu Tui's consciousness relaxed slightly, he immediately fell into a deep sleep.