Biological Equipment

"Damn it, now I finally understand what it means to pay money for suffering."

With a bruised and swollen face, Gu Qi returned home from the Trial Space once again.

Due to the sage Mari's secret technique, Gu Qi had to fight Po again.

Although Po went a little easier on him out of consideration for the ramen, Gu Qi was still sent running for cover.

"Sigh, looks like I still need to train more," Gu Qi sighed, taking a swig of Secret Brew in an attempt to drown his sorrows.

Actually, with the help of Explosives, defeating Po wouldn't be impossible, but Gu Qi felt it would be an unfair victory.

Therefore, Gu Qi abandoned that idea.

Besides, with Po's agility and speed, unless he set up traps beforehand, it would be very difficult to pose a threat to Po.

"Forget it, let's focus on building a good relationship first!"

Shaking his head, Gu Qi immediately opened the laboratory door and entered.

He walked up to the cultivation tank and checked on the experimental subject he had meticulously cultivated.

Looking at the nascent experimental subject before him, Gu Qi felt a sense of accomplishment.

This experimental subject had taken fifteen generations of his careful cultivation to reach this stage.

It was estimated that after three more generations of adjustments, it should meet Gu Qi's expectations.

If this experiment was successful, Gu Qi would then proceed to the next round of cultivation.

"What kind of dumplings are these? I've never seen them in the Valley of Peace," Po asked while eating the glutinous rice balls Gu Qi had brought from Konoha.

Gu Qi, with large dark circles under his eyes, replied, "These are special dumplings from my hometown, made with glutinous rice."

"They might not compare to my dad's hot soup noodles, but they're definitely a delicacy." Po ate the last rice ball and let out a satisfied burp.

Hearing this, Gu Qi tentatively asked, "Is your father a goose?"

Po burst out laughing, "What are you joking about? My father is of course a panda!"

Gu Qi stroked his chin. He had previously wondered if this place was either an independent world or a virtual space.

Now, Gu Qi was leaning more towards the former.

If that were the case, then the purpose of the Scroll would become clear.

If Gu Qi's guess was correct, then he didn't need to unlock the Scroll right now.

Moreover, he couldn't defeat Po at the moment anyway.

"I'm full, shall we continue?" Po asked, standing steadily in front of Gu Qi after a perfect somersault.

Gu Qi trembled upon hearing Po's words, "Uh, is that really necessary!"

"I don't mind, but don't you want to go back?" Po said he didn't mind, but his expression betrayed him.

Gu Qi was speechless. This guy was truly a fair-weather friend. He ate so many of his delicious foods, and now he was kicking him out.

However, realizing he couldn't beat Po, Gu Qi decided to forgive him.

"Let's go!" Gu Qi stood up with a look of resignation, like a soldier about to head into battle.

"Hiyah!"

Slap!

"Come back again next time, Gu Qi!" Po waved enthusiastically as Gu Qi disappeared.

"This guy, why does he always slap my face? Oh, he must be jealous of how handsome I am. Yes, it must be that."

Having failed the challenge again, Gu Qi rubbed his aching face and muttered to himself.

This was his fifteenth failed challenge this month, and consequently, the fifteenth time he had been beaten black and blue.

Fortunately, Gu Qi had managed to build a good relationship with Po through food this past month.

Every time Gu Qi was on the verge of defeat, Po would hold back slightly. Otherwise, he would definitely be in a much worse state now.

"It's about time. The experimental subject should be ready too."

After taking a swig of Secret Brew to recover from his injuries, Gu Qi checked the time and suddenly remembered that today was the day the experimental subject would mature.

With that thought, Gu Qi eagerly opened the laboratory door.

"Finally, it's finally complete." Gu Qi was overjoyed as he took the experimental subject out of the cultivation tank.

However, despite his immense happiness, Gu Qi did not lose himself to elation.

He first extracted ten DNA samples from the mature experimental subject as material for future cultivation.

After storing the materials in the refrigerator, Gu Qi then embedded the pre-made Mithril Alloy into the experimental subject.

After some cosmetic modifications, Gu Qi's bio-equipment was finally complete.

The next step was testing.

So, Gu Qi took the equipment and headed outside.

"It's so late, what do you want to go out for?" Unfortunately, Gu Qi ran into Kakashi just as he stepped out.

"Uh," Gu Qi asked, a little annoyed, "What about you? What are you doing here so late?"

"Why can't I come? What about you? Why do you always pull your curtains shut when you get home? Are you doing something shameful?" Kakashi asked with suspicion all over his face.

"Hmph, mind your own business!" Gu Qi sneered.

"Hmph, believe it or not, I'll beat you up." Kakashi raised an eyebrow.

"..." Gu Qi decided that once he became powerful, he would definitely teach Kakashi how to behave.

"I'm just doing an experiment. This time, I'm going to test my experimental subject." Gu Qi was helpless and could only tell the truth.

"Oh~" Kakashi said with interest, "What kind of equipment is it? I want to see too."

Kakashi thought highly of the strange and unusual equipment Gu Qi made.

Setting aside other things, the *** and explosives alone saved him a lot of effort during missions.

Gu Qi took out the experimental subject and showed it to Kakashi, saying, "Here, it's this."

"Shoes!" Kakashi stared blankly at the open-toed shoes in Gu Qi's hand.

The biological equipment Gu Qi made this time was actually super elastic shoes created by modifying slimes.

Slimes, as magical creatures, appear in many novels and games.

Although they are single-celled organisms, slimes have negligible combat power.

What Gu Qi valued was its strong plasticity and bouncy texture.

Thus, Gu Qi had a sudden idea to transform the slime into the shape of shoes and then use an adjuster to enhance its jumping ability.

After eighteen generations of continuous optimization and adjustment, the slime finally transformed from a ball of flesh into the shape of shoes.

However, no matter how it was adjusted, a slime was a soft creature after all, so it always felt soft and squishy in his hand.

So Gu Qi thought of adding a supporting skeleton to the slime shoes.

After much deliberation, Gu Qi finally chose Mithril Alloy, centered around Mithril, as the material for the supporting skeleton.

Mithril has good energy transmission properties, and since slimes are biological creatures, they themselves have good chakra conductivity.

With both combined, these elastic shoes would consume significantly less chakra from the user.

Don't underestimate this small amount of chakra consumption; it might save your life in critical moments.

"That's right, these are indeed shoes! However, they aren't ordinary shoes," Gu Qi said.

Kakashi sighed, "So, in the end, they're still just a pair of shoes."

"...Yes, they are just a pair of shoes." Gu Qi couldn't deny this fact.

Kakashi asked, "What are the features of these shoes?"

Speaking of this, Gu Qi proudly said, "Increased jumping ability and reduced chakra consumption, do those count as features?"

Kakashi pinched his chin and said, "If that's really the case, then it is indeed a rare item."

"However," Kakashi continued, "I can't just take your word for it. Show me."

Without a word, Gu Qi handed the shoes directly to Kakashi, "My word doesn't count. You try them. Also, give me some feedback."

Looking at the small shoes Gu Qi handed over, Kakashi stared at Gu Qi for a long time.