Inherent Ability

Feeling the long-lost power of the Devil Fruit within his body, Wang Gao focused his mind to sense every part of his physical form.

Skin, blood, organs, bones...

And the gene chains within his cells. After his soul had completely merged with Wang Gao's, the power of their combined souls was approximately 3.73 times greater than when Wang Gao existed as a single entity.

The ability to calculate this 3.73-fold value was thanks to his soul having wandered through the Space-Time Dimension for a very long time.

During his time drifting through the Space-Time Dimension, his soul had encountered various dangers, but within those crises lay not only peril, but also opportunity.

To survive, he had tried every method possible. It was through those desperate, life-or-death attempts that he had acquired several abilities.

These abilities were:

Precognitive Super Sensation (similar to the future-seeing aspect of Observation Haki), an ability that allowed him to foresee the future by about 10 seconds.

Quantum Computing, a special ability developed based on his own Quantum Soul. At this moment, his soul possessed a computing capacity of 64 qubits.

Spirit Tempering (temporarily unusable). This ability utilized the relatively stable, low-energy-level Space-Time Waves in the Space-Time Dimension to strengthen his Quantum Soul.

Now that his soul had returned to the Material World, Spirit Tempering had lost its environment for use. Compared to the Space-Time Waves he had experienced in the Space-Time Dimension, the intensity of those in the Material World was like the difference between a pond and the ocean.

Given the intensity of the Space-Time Waves in this Material World, his Spirit Tempering would have absolutely no effect.

His entry into this Material World was actually a twist of fate. At the time, he had encountered a terrifying Space-Time Torrent, and to ensure the safety of his core, his Quantum Soul had exhausted the vast majority of its power.

Otherwise, with the strength of his soul, possessing the body of a normal person would have been more than enough.

The moment he entered this Material World, his location was inside Impel Down, and the situation was extremely dangerous. Because his soul was so weak, as soon as he arrived, he felt a pull, as if something were trying to drag his soul into a certain place.

Looking back now, he could somewhat guess that the attraction came from the underworld of this world. If he hadn't chosen to merge with Wang Gao's soul to stabilize his spirit within the body, the consequence would have been being dragged into the underworld.

Wang Gao could now see the genes within his cells because his Precognitive Super Sensation, Quantum Computing, and Observation Haki had merged.

After the fusion and mutation, his Observation Haki had reached a brand-new height: foreseeing the future by 30 seconds, with a maximum coverage radius of about 36 kilometers and a maximum linear detection distance of about 240 kilometers. This was the macro-level enhancement.

Then there was the micro-level enhancement: he could observe particles at the atomic level. Combined with his Quantum Computing ability, this was one of his trump cards.

Carefully observing his gene sequences, a moment later, he revealed a knowing smile. After the Seastone Shackles were removed, a portion of the genes in his sequence had been activated—or rather, their restrictions had been lifted.

Furthermore, Wang Gao discovered that the genes expressing Devil Fruit abilities were concentrated on the 24th pair of chromosomes.

Due to a lack of samples, he did not know if humans in this world naturally possessed 24 pairs of chromosomes, or if they only had 23, and the Devil Fruit manifested as a 24th pair.

This required further research. It would be best to collect the genes of ordinary people and Devil Fruit users to conduct a comparative study.

However, according to some scenes in his memories, Devil Fruit users were not necessarily "pure biological entities."

For example, weapons that had consumed Devil Fruits, Brook, the user of the Underworld-Underworld Fruit, or Perona, the Ghost Princess who could project her soul out of her body.

These examples illustrate that Devil Fruit abilities do not necessarily need to be expressed as genes...

No, Wang Gao narrowed his eyes, as if he had thought of something interesting.

Devil Fruit Wave, the 24th chromosome, the carrying of non-biological entities by Devil Fruit Waves, the soul... countless torrents of data were derived through quantum computing.

Ten minutes later, Wang Gao opened his eyes and sighed slightly. The samples were still too few; it seemed he needed to get out of here as soon as possible.

I have arrived in this world!

Vegapunk, whose technology transcends the era by five hundred years, strange and bizarre Devil Fruit abilities, various ancient creatures and exotic species...

Thinking of this, the corners of Wang Gao's mouth curled up, and he immediately began to attempt to manipulate the Devil Fruit ability within his body—the ability of the Chain-Chain Fruit.

The development of Devil Fruit abilities is a matter that varies from person to person. In the absence of any way to change his Devil Fruit for the time being, digging deep into the capabilities of the Chain-Chain Fruit was the best choice for now.

Among Wang Gao's own abilities, the parts that could be used for direct combat were his crude Taijutsu, Swordsmanship, Armament Haki, and Marksmanship, which involved loading and firing guns.

However, his mutated Observation Haki and quantum computing tended toward the auxiliary type. Even though he could observe things at the atomic level, he still lacked the ability to manipulate matter at that level, making it impossible to maximize the effects of these two abilities.

Now, the Devil Fruit ability was a gateway to atomic-level manipulation.

The ability displayed by the Chain-Chain Fruit in the previous "Wang Gao" was to manipulate iron chains by releasing blood, which was why it was called the "Iron Chain Fruit."

In reality, this Devil Fruit should be called the "Chain-Chain Fruit," similar to Doflamingo's String-String Fruit.

The abilities of Paramecia Devil Fruits greatly test the user's intelligence and knowledge base. Users without education can only develop superficial abilities.

Just like the previous "Wang Gao," who would pierce his palm to release blood and manipulate chains stained with that blood—such a method of use was simply idiotic.

Isn't manipulating the Gene Chains inside one's own body better?

This is the price of being uneducated.

With the assistance of atomic-level Observation Haki and the massive computing power of quantum computing, the Chain-Chain Fruit ability within his body began to take effect.

Compared to external manipulation, the Chain-Chain Fruit ability was more convenient and efficient when operated within the user's body. Especially since he possessed super-strong microscopic observation and massive computing power, manipulating his own Gene Chains with the Chain-Chain ability felt as effortless as moving his own arm.

However, he encountered a problem at this moment: there were no test subjects. Modifying genes was not something to be done carelessly.

Although he could change them back, his current situation was being inside a cell in Hunger Hell. Even if he could precisely control his body, there was no way to quickly replenish the stamina and energy consumed.

What to do?

Suppressing the urge to modify his genes immediately, he began to think about how to solve the problem of test subjects.

While thinking, Wang Gao did not let his guard down. The pressure hormones in his ears proliferated rapidly, causing his hearing to climb by several orders of magnitude.

Pressure hormones are the core components of animal auditory organs. At this moment, he could hear subtle sounds from several kilometers away. This was not Observation Haki, but pure biological power.

This method was adopted to avoid one of the drawbacks of Observation Haki: the ease with which it can be detected by others who also possess it.

Purely biological hearing acts like a passive sonar monitor. Since it does not require the active emission of sound waves, even those with the strongest Observation Haki cannot detect that they are being monitored.

This super-hearing is not without its limitations; the user must possess sufficiently powerful information processing capabilities to analyze and handle complex sound sources.

Wang Gao relies on his quantum computing capabilities to utilize this ability.

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