Though it sounded simple, all it took was fusing in a single animal gene to allow a peak King to advance into an Emperor.
But actually doing it presented enormous difficulties.
It was not as though Eric had never conducted experiments in this area before, but every one of his previous experiments had failed.
If it was merely a minor modification, such as integrating some animal genes into a human body, Eric could naturally accomplish that.
Yet such fusion came with enormous limitations. At most, it allowed humans to gain animal genes and develop some of their traits.
And this sort of Gene Modification could not actually bring about much improvement. At most, it fused in some of an animal's characteristics and abilities, but it would not raise them very far.
For instance, if ant genes were fused in, a human's strength would indeed increase after a normal fusion. But wanting strength like an ant's, enough to lift hundreds of times its own weight, was impossible.
But complete gene fusion could achieve that.
Of course, ant genes were simply too special. Even the Breg Family was still only at the theoretical stage, because the genetic technology involved was even more subtle.
Thus, the Breg Family could only settle for the next best thing and choose to fuse gorilla genes.
The Breg Family was thoroughly following the path of genetic source power, seeking complete fusion with ant genes so humans could gain strength hundreds of times greater.
But Eric was different. Although his path also pursued complete gene fusion,
what Eric sought was to have humans fuse with powerful animal genes. This meant adding powerful genes and then obtaining powerful strength.
In Eric's vision, he wanted an ordinary human to gain formidable strength after fusing with powerful animal genes.
But Eric