Chen Shouyi keenly noticed that his skin was covered in layer upon layer of tiny scales. They were exceptionally dense and possessed an eerie beauty.
The scales were so small that they were nearly impossible to see with the naked eye.
Each was only a dozen or so micrometers in diameter—about the size of a cell.
In fact, on closer inspection, these scales were cells as well, only specialized ones. They were flat and overlapped like fish scales.
"Ordinary people probably can't see scales the size of cells." He thought to himself.
He stroked them. They felt delicate and smooth, like a freshly peeled egg, with not the slightest trace of numbness. His sense of touch was actually sharper than before.
That was because these scales were not simply a layer of keratin. They were covered in nerve clusters far thicker and denser than those of ordinary people.
"The difference between me and humanity is growing larger and larger!" Chen Shouyi muttered to himself.
Even without testing, he could sense how powerful this special skin's defenses were. This was only the epidermis; the changes within his body were probably even more earth-shaking.
He could no longer be called human. Aside from their similar appearance, the two were already entirely different species.
At that moment, an intense hunger welled up in his heart. He hurriedly took out some meat paste made from Great Divine Power flesh from the Space Channel and began wolfing it down.
Over the next few days, he stopped cultivating and remained in the other world recuperating his weakened body. Even someone as powerful as him had been reduced to a withered, emaciated skeleton by half a month of hellish training.
Fortunately, for him, all that was needed was sufficient food.
With unlimited gluttonous feasting every day, his