First Cultivation of Genetic Origin Energy

"It was also because you took such good care of me, Grandfather, that I woke up so quickly." Yang Yu went to the kitchen and made breakfast with his grandfather.

While eating breakfast, Yang Yu noticed that the news on TV kept reporting on the global spread of the Double R Virus and the latest daily casualty figures.

"What a monstrous calamity."

Grandpa Yang sat nearby and sighed. "I heard that more than ten percent of the residents in our neighborhood have already died. Around another ten percent have been running low fevers and remain unconscious. Who knows how many more will die in the end?"

These neighbors were people Grandpa Yang had known for decades. Watching them pass away one by one naturally weighed heavily on his heart.

On the television, some countries were shown suffering from poor management. People infected with the virus were still wandering everywhere, eventually dying in all sorts of places and triggering all kinds of unrest. This caused the virus to mutate faster and more violently, until society as a whole descended into chaos.

Yang Yu was grateful that he had been reborn in Huaxia, a country almost indistinguishable from the one in his previous life.

And he also had a grandfather who cared for him, along with his closest brother.

Fortunately, Wang Lin had also endured the first wave of the Double R Virus. However, his two siblings and his mother had not been so lucky.

Upon learning this, Yang Yu could only comfort his Good Brother and tell him to restrain his grief.

After breakfast with his grandfather and after watching the news,

Yang Yu told his grandfather that he was going to exercise for a while and might take some time. He might not leave his room midway through, so there was no need to worry. Then he returned to his bedroom to prepare to cultivate the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method.

As the only method of cultivating Genetic Origin Energy now and in the future, it was actually very simple.

It was almost exactly the same as the sitting meditation posture of the Daoist School.

Yang Yu prepared to slowly explore it for himself.

After adjusting his mental state, Yang Yu sat cross-legged on the bed, his feet crossed and positioned with the soles facing upward.

At the same time, he placed both hands on his feet, palms facing upward.

Then there was the Baihui Acupoint at the center of the top of his head.

These were the so-called "five hearts."

In truth, it was simply Yang Yu's usual cross-legged meditation posture.

Now that he was doing it, it felt quite familiar.

He skillfully emptied his mind and entered a tranquil state.

Yang Yu mobilized his senses throughout his body and began trying to perceive the mysterious energy said to drift throughout the universe.

One minute passed.

Half an hour passed.

He still felt nothing at all.

Yang Yu showed no impatience and continued to focus on sensing everything around him.

His body, enhanced by the Double R Virus, was now extremely sensitive to the outside world. Combined with his master-level Martial Way Insight and powerful perception,

after an hour, Yang Yu finally sensed traces of extremely faint Cosmic Energy entering his body through the Baihui Acupoint atop his head, the soles of his feet, and the palms of his hands.

However, this passive absorption was extremely slow, and the amount was also very small.

The beginning was always the hardest.

But once it had begun, everything afterward became much easier.

Upon sensing the appearance of the mysterious energy,

Yang Yu remained calm.

He began gathering all his focus and concentrated first on the Baihui Acupoint atop his head.

That was because it attracted the most Cosmic Energy and was also the easiest place to sense it.

As all his attention focused on the Baihui Acupoint, Yang Yu was delighted to discover that its absorption speed suddenly surged!

What had originally been only a trickling stream now began devouring and absorbing Cosmic Energy from the surrounding area like a vortex.

It worked!

Yang Yu silently murmured to himself.

He immediately split half his focus toward his hands and feet, using his will to increase their absorption strength.

Sure enough.

With the support of his will, the absorption speed at his hands and feet also increased sharply.

As he felt the mysterious energy entering his body being devoured and absorbed by every cell throughout his body, after those cells had consumed enough energy and been "fed" through the first wave,

Yang Yu vaguely sensed his metabolism suddenly speeding up!

It seemed as though every cell in his body was undergoing Extreme Speed division and regeneration.

In fact, that was precisely what was happening.

As the cells devoured Cosmic Energy, it was transformed through the mitochondria within the cells and released as a strange energy, which was then rapidly absorbed throughout the cells.

Then the entire cell underwent an earthshaking transformation.

The DNA Blueprint also underwent subtle changes. At the same time, the cells began dividing, one becoming two, then dividing again after absorbing sufficient energy.

Time passed second by second.

In the blink of an eye, morning had turned to night.

Over the course of that day, Yang Yu's body continued changing.

His skin, muscles, bones, and even every deeper cell, along with his genes themselves, underwent slight changes.

This change was the evolution of life, the optimization of genes!

"According to the Original Work, since the human body had never actively absorbed Cosmic Energy before, it had always been in a state of 'hunger.' The first absorption of Cosmic Energy was the greatest, and it was also when Physical Fitness improved the fastest!"

Yang Yu opened his eyes and felt the abundant power coursing through his body. He deeply agreed with that statement.

Using his powerful perception to sense the muscles, bones, internal organs, and other parts within his body,

Yang Yu revealed a relieved and satisfied smile. "I finally passed the first hurdle of the Grand Nirvana. With my body enhanced by the Double R Virus and my Physical Fitness having already reached the Quasi-Martial Artist level, I have finally succeeded in absorbing Cosmic Energy in one go."

"Although my Spiritual Force still hasn't awakened, it will be soon!"

After absorbing Cosmic Energy for an entire day, Yang Yu felt as though the power in his body was about to burst forth.

This was an illusion caused by his body gaining too much strength all at once.

Having undergone his first baptism of Cosmic Energy,

Yang Yu's entire body had now transformed once.

The extent of that transformation could only be described as a complete rebirth!

Yang Yu could clearly feel that his bone density had risen to a terrifying level. He picked up the steel water cup by his bedside and turned it upside down.

Yang Yu threw a punch.

The steel cup immediately caved in!

Yet Yang Yu's fist did not feel any pain at all.

He even felt that the steel cup was far too fragile!

Like a sandbag, it would cave in with only a slight exertion of force.

He picked up the cup, squeezed lightly, flattened it, then kneaded it back into a round shape.

He did all of this effortlessly.

In fact, even before absorbing Cosmic Energy, Yang Yu could have punched a dent into a steel water cup.

But it was nowhere near as easy as it was now, and the extent to which he could deform the cup had been nowhere near as great.

And this was without Yang Yu using his Full Strength.

He lightly clenched his fist, feeling terrifying power gather within it.

To be honest, Yang Yu did not know exactly how much punching force he possessed now.

He could only roughly estimate that it had increased by at least three times!

After all, before cultivating Genetic Origin Energy, his raw punching force had already reached 1,200 kilograms. After using the Force Application Technique and unleashing the Tiger Cannon Fist with Full Strength, he could strike with 5,000 kilograms of force!

Now, Yang Yu was certain that his raw physical strength alone could deliver at least 4,000 kilograms of force!

For some reason, after writing these recent chapters, certain passages kept being flagged as risky during review. He had deleted and revised them several times, and the word count had suddenly dropped a lot.

It didn't feel like he had written anything problematic.