Lucian's gaze instantly deepened, his fingers tapping lightly on the desk.
In the Marvel universe, "Chi" was an innate form of life essence energy within living beings. Whether they were villagers of the Daluo Secret Realm, martial artists of the Ten Rings, or even ordinary people on Earth, theoretically anyone could extract and control the "Chi" within their bodies, provided they mastered the correct breathing methods and training techniques!
Lately, Lucian had been considering how to further strengthen the forces under his command.
Although Helen Cho had successfully developed a stable version of "Extremis Five," and those close to him, such as Wanda, Pietro, Cate, and Annie, had all received Original Compound V or even the V1 serum, gaining super physiques.
But genetic drugs had their limits. They couldn't keep getting stronger through injections forever, could they? He had originally planned to have Fitz and Simmons work with Helen Cho once the Skrull business was over, researching how to break through genetic locks and allow those who had already received injections to evolve a second time.
But now, Jade Balance's words had jolted him awake!
Genetic drugs took the technological route of physical mutation, while "Chi" took the mystical martial arts route of tapping into life's potential and growing stronger through personal cultivation!
More importantly, his system could directly copy, paste, and forcibly upgrade even Kamar-Taj's spellcasting experience, which required borrowing from dimensions and placed extreme demands on mental aptitude.
Then there was no reason the system couldn't copy "Chi," a peculiar form of energy!
The current Shang-Chi had neither the ten rings nor Great Luo divine power. He was purely an ordinary human who had cultivated "Internal Qi" through the Ten Rings hereditary breathing technique.
If he could thoroughly figure out the underlying principles of extracting "Chi" from Shang-Chi,