They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 407 Gene Lock Research Record

This world is truly amazing...

Generally speaking, an independent worldview must have a self-consistent and exclusive power system.

For example, different systems can condense energy to launch a fireball, but their underlying logic and energy conversion methods are completely different.

Therefore, there is absolutely no need for so many redundant and conflicting systems.

More importantly, there will inevitably be clashes in rules between different systems.

For example, a system of the underworld has a strict order, and the destination of souls cannot be interfered with;
In another world, however, the souls of the dead can be forcibly bound to the present world through techniques such as the Impure World Reincarnation.

This fundamental contradiction, in a unified world, is enough to trigger a series of unpredictable bugs, and even lead to the collapse of the entire world's rules.

It's like someone installing countless operating systems on a single computer; who would be that bored?
Zhang Qi's fingertips tapped lightly without his conscious attention.

He doesn't have a clue yet, but he does have a direction.

That is... the gene lock.

As the name suggests, it is a kind of shackle and treasure hidden deep in the genes of life.

He has already accumulated sufficient experience in the field of genetic research.

With the large number of reward points obtained from the previous world, it's time to start researching.

And to conduct research, one naturally needs the appropriate experimental equipment.

With that in mind, he walked to the center of the square and began exchanging his money.

The items on the list are bizarre, each coming from a different technological or magical world.

His goal was clear—to replicate and upgrade the inventions of his "self" in one of his worlds.

The core of the instrument is the core of the "Cultivation Furnace" from the world of Under One Person, which is a product created by the Double-Handed.

Next, he integrated a technology module from the Assassin's Creed world into it. Countless fine biological probes, like silver nerve bundles, could penetrate deep into the DNA level and read the "ancestral memories" sleeping in the double helix structure.

Finally, he integrated a technology from the Sword Art Online world—one that could directly write information into the human cerebral cortex—into this system.

Integrating technologies from three completely different worldviews, it is no longer a simple body-refining furnace, but a super instrument that can directly read and write at the DNA level and synchronize genetic information with brain memory in both directions.

【Skin-Cultivating Furnace 2.0】

It can extend the capabilities of both hands from the macroscopic realm of the soul and body to the most microscopic realm of genes.

There is only one most suitable candidate for the experimental subject of the research—Zheng Zha, who is currently the only one in the team with experience in unlocking gene locks.

……

"Big brother, is this...is this really okay?"

Zheng Zha lay on the cold metal experimental table in the center of the [Cultivation Furnace 2.0], looking at the complex instruments around him that shimmered with a dark blue light, and the helmet that slowly descended above him. His Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.

He felt like a frog about to be dissected, filled with trepidation.

"Don't worry, it's very safe." Zhang
Qi stood in front of the control panel below, his face as calm as ever. He gave Zheng Zha an OK sign and said in a relaxed tone:
"You should also want to fully master that power, to rediscover the feeling of unlocking your genetic potential, and... make it your own."

These words struck Zheng Zha squarely in the heart.

"Okay! I did it!"

Zheng Zha steeled his heart and closed his eyes.

To survive in a horror movie, you can never have too much strength.

Zhang Qi nodded slightly, said nothing more, and started the instrument directly.

“Buzz—” Accompanied by a deep and harmonious hum, the core of the cultivation furnace was activated.

In an instant, two streams of pure blue and red Qi, like living mist, surged out from all directions of the instrument and gently covered Zheng Zha's entire body.

An irresistible drowsiness surged into Zheng Zha's brain like a tide, and before he could react, his consciousness sank into deep darkness.

At the control panel, Zhang Qi's expression became extremely focused.

Zheng Zha's vital signs and the deepest genetic scan data were displayed like a waterfall on the huge light screen in front of him.

"Gene expression profiles...more than 50 percent of active genes show significant differences from the standard human genome."

Zhang Qi's gaze swept across the data stream, and he understood.

This change is likely due to Zheng Zha's enhancement to Grade B vampire genes; in a sense, he is no longer purely human.

His gaze continued downwards, landing on the "redundant gene" fragments that were not being expressed.

In other words, it refers to the parts of gene sequences that were eliminated during the process of biological evolution...

"The information density of redundant segments is too high... This is not normal."

Zhang Qi muttered to himself. He had done quite a bit of research on human gene sequences, but he had never seen anything like this before.

Zheng Zha has a far greater number of redundant genes than the average person, and the coding sequences contained within them are quite complex...

With that in mind, Zhang Qi started the second phase of the instrument's program.

Through the blue Qi flow of his double-handed technique, he easily accessed Zheng Zha's complete memories from his hippocampus, specifically the memories of when he first unlocked the gene lock in Alien 1.

That complex flow of information, a mixture of fear, anger, survival instinct, and bursts of power, was precisely captured by the Body Refinement Furnace 2.0.

Immediately, the technology originating from the Sword Art Online world began to operate, converting this memory information into the purest neural electrical signals and inputting them back into Zheng Zha's cerebral cortex.

The purpose of doing this was, of course, to allow Zheng Zha to relive the process of unlocking the genetic lock in "Alien".

As the experiment progressed, the physiological indicators on the control panel began to fluctuate wildly.

Zheng Zha's heart rate soared from 60 beats per minute to 180 beats per minute in just a few seconds, and it continues to rise!
His body temperature was also rising in tandem, and even a faint white vapor began to rise from his skin.

The most astonishing change occurred in his brain. On the electroencephalogram (EEG), the previously calm waves instantly transformed into wild spikes, indicating that his brain was operating with unprecedented efficiency!

This reaction...

Looking at the image of the raging brain activity on the screen, Zhang Qi couldn't help but think of a strange prop from another world.

"It does resemble the Stone Mask from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure world somewhat..."

That was a tool created by Kars to unlock the full potential of the Night Clan.

When a human puts on it and gets stained with blood, the mask will extend countless bone spikes that precisely pierce specific areas of the brain. Through physical stimulation, it forcibly stimulates the brain's potential, thereby causing the human to evolve into a powerful vampire.

The phenomena occurring in Zheng Zha are remarkably similar to the effects of the Stone Ghost Mask stimulating the brain.

However, there is indeed a scene in the original work that pays homage to the Stone Mask...

Just as Zhang Qi was deep in thought, a sharp and piercing alarm suddenly shattered the silence of the laboratory!
"Beep! Beep! Beep! Warning! Unknown high-energy reaction detected!"

Zhang Qi's pupils suddenly contracted, and his gaze instantly locked onto the real-time updated image of human energy flow on the main screen.

The image in the picture represents Zheng Zha's body.

That deep, dark red energy, originating from the bloodline of the vampires, and that pure, clear inner strength.

At this moment, as if drawn by some enormous gravitational source, they began to converge towards the heart area...

(End of this chapter)