To be fair, successfully perfecting the Dual Ability system in just over a month was already pretty astounding.
But the good news Xie Qingyan brought went far beyond that, and what she revealed truly exceeded Xu Shi's expectations.
"Here, take a look. There are four vials in total."
She laid out the contents of the briefcase one by one and explained them. "Not everyone can adapt to Dual Abilities, so this testing agent has to be injected first. Then we'll observe them for a while."
"The principle is roughly the same as an allergy skin test. You understand, right?"
"Go on."
Xu Shi nodded. It was easy enough to understand.
"Only if the test shows no problems can we move on to the next step."
Xie Qingyan continued, "At present, Ability Transplant can still only be done through gene mixing. I haven't found a way to extract pure Ability samples... so this suppressant has to be used alongside it to minimize rejection."
Xu Shi understood. From what that dog woman said, it was much like organ transplantation. Didn't plenty of people undergo drastic personality changes after receiving someone else's organs? Her considerations were certainly thorough.
But he cared more about another question. "What's the approximate success rate?"
"That's exactly what I want to discuss with you."
Xie Qingyan grew serious. "Based on the clinical trials these past few days, we've roughly summarized a few points."
"First, an Ascendant can possess at most two Abilities, and an implanted Ability cannot exceed the rank of their original Ability.
"Among the more than four thousand experiments so far, the success rate for these two cases is still zero. Without exception, every test subject died on the spot."
Xu Shi nodded. That was about what he had expected. Otherwise, everyone could just implant his