"Ahhh, I Won't Say Anything!"

Lin En opened his mouth to speak, but he did not know what to say. The thick plan dossier gleamed within his Sea of Spirit.

The ball of light representing the abstract concept of Little Sage was also shining, seemingly asking for praise.

After merely glancing at the document, Lin En felt his head ache. He had stayed away from medicine and biology in the first place because they were too difficult to study. Most of his relevant knowledge was stuck at the high school level.

He recognized some of the words and concepts, but when they were put together, they became an incomprehensible tome. Asking a mechanical engineer or a civil engineering guy to understand advanced biology was simply too much.

Still, Lin En keenly spotted the ultimate flaw in the plan. If you wanted a Bugatti Veyron to run, you at least had to give it fuel, right?

The law of conservation of energy could not have vanished just because he had changed worlds, could it? This was not the world next door where the Emperor ruled Jiuzhou.

"Baby, I admit that your plan is profound and unfathomable, full of academic beauty. It is far more well-founded than the papers I used to cobble together through technology and shady tricks.

"But there is one very serious problem. Such a large-scale brain modification will definitely consume a huge amount of energy. Where am I supposed to get that energy?

"From the food those Evil Soul Masters give us every day?"

"I'm only a Soul Warrior. The amount of natural energy I can absorb is extremely limited."

In this sunless dungeon, Lin En had no idea where he could obtain energy.

Because his Martial Soul was the Immune System and Nervous System, his body indeed possessed limitless potential. But without energy, his body would kill itself through all this tinkering.

Little Sage dimmed, her voice carrying obvious disappointment. "That is why the plan has only a 3.7% success rate."

"Would you like to proceed with the plan? We can prioritize calculating a new energy currency and complete the energy cell modifications throughout the body. This can cover 70% of the energy shortfall for the entire plan."

At this point, what else could Lin En say? The future was bleak, and was gambling not the most popular thing on this continent? Then Lin En would gamble! He would bet on that 3.7% chance!

"Begin the plan."

"This uncle has no way back anymore."

"Whether the two of us can see the warm sun again depends on you!"

"Mm!" Little Sage began calculating the structure of the energy cells and the new energy currency. The Nervous System converted what little Soul Power remained into spiritual power to fuel the calculations.

Lin En felt his head grow heavy, as if he had stayed awake for two straight days. An illusory buzzing filled his ears. Only after Little Sage lowered her output did the symptoms ease slightly.

"Little Sage, let me ask you one more thing."

"If I am a Next-Generation Species, once my memories awaken, will the one standing on this earth still be me?"

Within the Sea of Spirit, the roar of calculation was briefly interrupted. The pure-blooded Dragon Clan of the Jiangnan Dragon Clan possessed the ability to undergo Cocooning. With sufficient preparation, they were difficult to kill.

If he truly was a Next-Generation Species, then when the Dragon Clan memories belonging to him awakened, how could his fragile human memories withstand the mighty power of the Dragon Clan?

Just like Old Tang and Norton—didn't the awakening of Norton, the Bronze and Fire King, also signify the death of the human known as Old Tang?

"..."

"I'm sorry, I do not understand the meaning of this question."

"You have already awakened. You are a dragon, and the dragon is you. There is no difference."

"Your soul essence is unique. Those Dragon Clan memories are stored in your bloodline's spiritual repository and cannot interfere with your consciousness."

"Theoretically, you should have obtained those memories with your first cry. However, your soul blocked them, leaving them stored in the bloodline's spiritual repository."

"The Dragon Clan are creatures of the spirit. Spirit is the key to their existence and continuation."

"If we compare you to Old Tang and Norton, then you are Norton. Old Tang never existed."

Lin En rested his hands beneath his head and stared at the ceiling, roughly understanding what Little Sage meant.

He had always been a dragon. His special transmigrator soul had made no distinction between his dragon will and his human will. He was a giant dragon with a human heart.

Little Sage resumed her calculations. His spiritual power and Soul Power had long since been exhausted.

The Immune System Martial Soul drove the hormones in his body into overdrive, removing safety limits. Glycogen and fat rapidly broke down, providing energy for the Nervous System's calculations.

Clack!

The crisp sound of leather boots striking stone slabs awakened the gloomy dungeon.

Yu Mu'en and the other adults silently opened their eyes. They watched the black-robed figures pass the doors of one cell after another, their gazes filled with hatred.

The cell next to Lin En's was opened. A dull thud sounded from the floor as Zhang Lexuan was brought back. Judging from the noise, she appeared to be unconscious.

The black-robed figures did not leave immediately. Instead, they stopped before Lin En's cell and opened the alloy iron door.

Not a single unnecessary word was spoken throughout the process. A pair of gaunt, gray-white hands seized Lin En tightly. They seemed to be nothing but skin stretched over bone, yet they were harder than steel.

Lin En was taken away. He sighed inwardly and did not resist.

As he passed Uncle Yu's cell, golden light lit up in Uncle Yu's eyes, with lightning flickering within it. His lips moved slightly, as though telling Lin En not to resist and not to be afraid.

The black-robed figures paid no attention to Yu Mu'en's strange reaction. These Holy Servants had long been trained into obedience. They only carried out orders and did nothing unnecessary.

Anyone with independent thoughts had long become material for the Myriad Souls Banner.

After passing through the familiar corridor, Lin En arrived once more at the laboratory where his Martial Soul Awakening had taken place. Under the effect of his optic nerves, his eyes immediately adapted to the bright silver light.

The white-robed old man did not turn to look at them. Instead, he was fiddling with a glass jar filled with blue liquid, in which various organs and chunks of flesh were soaking.

Some belonged to humans, while others belonged to Soul Beasts.

Blood still stained the metal bed at the center of the room, especially glaring within the silver-white space.

"Oh, you're here."

"Sit him in the chair, then all of you can leave."

The black-robed figures pressed Lin En into the chair. Latches extended from it and locked down his hands and feet. The cold metal was incomparably hard, and his fragile joints let out groans of protest beneath the pressure.

Lin En felt no pain, because the Nervous System had automatically severed the relevant pain nerves.

"Long time no see, little Sun Xiaochuan."

"I assume you have already felt the wonder of your Martial Soul."

"Your Martial Soul is the skeleton, a rather excellent Body Martial Soul. And it has quite an affinity with our Holy Spirit Cult."

The white-robed old man stood before Lin En, wearing a kindly smile like a benevolent old man from the neighborhood.

During the last Martial Soul Awakening, Lin En's skeleton had mutated. This old man had assumed that his Martial Soul was the skeleton, and his innate seventh-rank Soul Power also matched the strength of such a Martial Soul.

"I smell fear. Don't be afraid. You are an excellent specimen."

"I told you that I would give you a chance to become a Holy Servant, but the prerequisite is that you must give me enough interest."

"Of course, it is not just me. The two elders are also somewhat interested in you. The Holy Spirit Cult does not yet have a disciple with a Body Martial Soul. Perhaps you can become the first."

"Whether a Body Martial Soul can become an Evil Martial Soul is a most interesting subject of study. If it succeeds, I would truly like to see the reactions of those people from the Body Sect."

"Bear with it a little, little Sun Xiaochuan. Data related to a top-tier Body Martial Soul is extremely precious. After all, the Body Sect holds all the Body Martial Souls on the continent in a very tight grip."

The old man smiled and pressed a button. Terrifying electric currents immediately erupted from the chair Lin En was sitting in, filling the air with the pungent stench of rotten eggs.

"Aaaaargh!!"

Lin En's eyes widened. The electric current sent his muscles into spasms, making his entire body convulse. His blood boiled, large patches of his skin suffered burns, his heart began beating irregularly, his muscles showed signs of dissolving, and every organ in his body trembled.

The Nervous System Martial Soul severed all pain nerves at once. An echo sounded from the Sea of Spirit.

High-energy electric current detected. Fully utilizing the energy. Nervous System disorder detected. Little Sage requests manual takeover of the Martial Soul.

Takeover successful.

Macrophages, mast cells, and other immune cells have been deployed to construct a defensive line for you.

After regulating hormones such as adrenaline, all cellular mitochondria are being mobilized to synthesize energy currency (ATP).