"Can this really work?"
Lin Chenxing circled his Spirit Bamboo Clone, inspecting a humanoid figure covered in a vivid green hue.
A closer look revealed something growing up from underground beneath the figure, connected to the soles of its feet.
Bamboo-joint-like rings remained visible across its body. Under Lin Chenxing's control, its joints began to move. Its motions were stiff and jerky, but it already felt remarkably human.
This figure was the result of a sudden idea of Lin Chenxing's. Since he had already succeeded in creating weapons, could he change the shape into that of a person?
If he could create a human-shaped body, could it move like a person?
If it could move like a person, could it cultivate like one?
And if it could cultivate, could it use the energy it gained to stay active, eventually breaking free of its roots and becoming an individual?
If it could break free, could it become a clone of his own clone, one he could control?
With that, Lin Chenxing began testing and refining the idea step by step. At last, just before leaving Blue Star for Mars, he finished cultivating the Humanoid Sub-plant.
The reason Lin Chenxing had exclaimed in surprise was that he'd discovered the sub-plant really could absorb the faint traces of cosmic energy hidden between heaven and earth, gradually transforming its internal structure.
Fine strands of energy had formed throughout the sub-plant's hollow body, carrying energy absorbed from the outside to the spot known as the dantian. Everything had been modeled on Lin Chenxing's own body, right down to the dantian's location, which was exactly the same as his.
The curious thing was that when Lin Chenxing tried to cultivate a second one using the same method, he found that although it took on a human