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Chapter 8 Iron-Eating Beast!

Looking at the large sum of money that had been credited to his account on the panel, a satisfied smile appeared on Moses' lips.

Merit points are very useful; they can be used to materialize various blessings that one has not yet truly manifested.

A whopping 50000 merit points—it was like a windfall. At this moment, Mercer's feelings towards the Wahlbo brothers improved somewhat.

"I hope there will be more good things like this in the future. I would never mind how many lucky things happen to me."

Looking at the [Luck: C-] on the panel, Mercer had reason to believe that this incident was no ordinary stroke of luck.

Moreover, Messer used the "Appraisal" property on Kureha, whose luck attribute is only D.

It's only one quality level higher than Lucky E.

Garp's luck attribute is only D+, while ordinary people generally have an F-.

Regarding luck, Moses doesn't have much insight yet, only knowing that he has been quite lucky since birth.

Now, looking at the grayed-out gifts on the panel, Moses focused his attention on [Breathing] and [Precision].

Needless to say, I've been using abdominal breathing since birth.

Until now,

Although she did not comprehend any extraordinary techniques, judging from the breathing method summarized by Kureha, this breathing method has considerable benefits for both physical and mental growth.

Precision, even just by looking at the name, clearly indicates that it is a remarkable gift or ability.

Therefore,

Mercer used all 50000 merit points, and the next second, Mercer's consciousness instantly became clear, and a jumble of insights appeared in his mind.

At the same time, unexpected changes began to occur in the body.

The way I breathe has changed, yet it seems the same; each breath has become more subtle and the sensation has become unusually slow.

At this moment, it was as if Moses had returned to the womb, as if a brand new "umbilical cord" had been erected around him, making him feel as if he had returned to the amniotic fluid.

It was as if every pore on his body had been opened up. Mercer sat quietly in the chair, his breathing seemingly taking on a new rhythm and frequency.

With each breath, oxygen from the air is inhaled into the lungs through the throat, and after being converted, it is delivered to every part of the body.

Time slips away unnoticed, that special frequency becomes instinctive, and everything changes imperceptibly.

Moses opened his eyes, having already processed his newfound insights about breathing. Using his breath and Observation Haki to perceive the changes within himself, he completed round after round of breathing and drew his conclusion:

"My body hasn't become stronger; it's just that my perception and control over it have become more refined. It's not so bad."

He then opened the Gift Ability section of the light screen panel and looked at his newly acquired Gift Ability:

[Rank A Gift: Breathing] (Can grow freely)

[Blessing Effect: Qi flows throughout the body, greatly enhancing the user's physical abilities and granting a permanent, significantly accelerated growth rate to "Physical" and "Soul" attributes of A-grade or lower.]

[Gift's Evaluation: Is this a breathing technique? No, this is likely the foundation of some kind of spiritual practice.]

"No wonder it felt like oxygen was being transported throughout my body. It was the effect of energy flowing through my whole body, and the effect of greatly increasing attribute growth and physical application was like having an experience boost."

Although Moses doesn't fully understand the subtle changes happening to his body yet, he can guess that his already exceptional talent, now enhanced by the Gift of Breath, will be absolutely incredible.

Immediately after opening the attribute panel with his mind, Moses also saw his current attributes:

[Physical Fitness]: Strength: F → F+ Endurance: F → F+ Agility: F → F+

[Soul]: Willpower: F→F+ Perception: F+→E- Spirit: F→F+

[Special/Mysterious (Energy)]: F→F+ (Observation Haki growth bonus in progress.)

With the natural growth of his body, within a year and a half, Mercer's basic attributes had grown to the limit of F level, while his perception attribute had even reached the E level.

Even for an ordinary person, without using Observation Haki, they could now shout in the street, "I can take on ten of them!"

Just then, a "click-clack" sound came to his ears. Mercer turned his head and saw a black and white ball sitting in the corner, its big face puffed up like a bun.

Mercer got up, slowed her pace, and walked over to look at Bear Baby from behind.

The sight that greeted Moses's eyes widened. The weapons, firearms, and treasures he had seized from Wapol and his men had already been mostly devoured by Xiong Bao.

This guy grabbed a gold bar and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it like a wafer, one bite at a time, chewing with great relish.

The gold bar wasn't very big, probably at least 100 grams, and the price of gold is around 10,000 Berries per gram, meaning this little bear cub ate at least a million Berries in one bite.

The gold bars he brought back were measured in kilograms. At this moment, Moses felt an indescribable mix of emotions, so much so that he slowly pinched Xiong Bao's head with his right hand.

"What are you doing? Eating alone is not something a good child should do. Do you have any explanation for this?"

Mercer spoke calmly, pressing and kneading Xiong Bao's head with his five fingers. Mercer clearly noticed that Xiong Bao's body stiffened.

Mercer was also curious about what Bear would do next, and then Mercer saw Bear hand him the gold bar that he was putting into his mouth with his other hand.

Those dark, bright eyes seemed to be saying: "Mercy, here, have this, it's delicious."

Mercer slapped Xiong Bao on the head in an annoyed tone and said helplessly, "You'd better not eat this kind of gold bar. It's very valuable. You can eat other things without worry."

Xiong Bao looked puzzled and let out a soft "Eek?"

"One of those gold bars you've eaten can buy a whole room full of pork ribs, or exchange for a huge bamboo forest, enough to feed you for a very long time. Do you understand?"

As Xiong Bao listened to Mercer's explanation and description, his two bear eyes widened involuntarily, and his bear mouth opened wide as well.

"Waaaaah!!!"

Crying anxiously, Xiong Bao suddenly opened his mouth wide, reached in with his right front paw and rummaged around. A few seconds later, he pulled out an irregularly shaped lump of gold.

Judging by its color, it's clearly better.

It is clear that it has been purified.

Mercer slapped his forehead in exasperation, speechless at Xiong Bao's silly antics.

Xiong Bao handed over the gold in his hand. Meise looked at the gold and saw that there was no saliva or other residue on it as he had imagined.

The power of Devil Fruits is truly amazing.

However, Moses didn't take it. Instead, he pondered for a moment and said, "You should be able to turn what you eat into part of your body, right? Then show me."

Xiong Bao tilted his head in confusion, somewhat bewildered, "Eek?"

"Didn't you just eat a knife and a gun? Turn your claws into knives and let me see, like this."

Mercer continued to explain, and reached out to draw the remaining standard-issue military knife from its sheath, showing it to Xiong Bao.

Xiong Bao scratched his head with his paw, then looked at it in front of him. His left paw kept clenching and unclenching. After a dozen seconds, Mercer saw Xiong Bao's left arm begin to change, starting from his forearm.

Although the process was slow, the change was steady. Xiong Bao stared blankly at his left forearm, which had transformed from an elbow into a blade, and brought it to his mouth, biting it with his snow-white teeth.

Crunch, crunch.

Xiong Bao looked at his arm in horror and swung it around violently.

At the same time, Mercer leaned back sharply to dodge the blade, his eyes fixed on the tip of the blade as it flashed past his eyes.

With his right arm braced against the floor, he rolled away from Xiong Bao and sighed, "Phew, that was close. I almost got chopped down."

At that moment, Xiong Bao let out a pitiful howl, staring anxiously at Messer, and vigorously swung his left arm as if trying to shake off the blade.

Mercer sighed and called out to the silly bear, "Quiet down first."

Seeing that he had calmed down under her command, Moses stepped forward, pinched his chubby cheeks, and whispered:

"Think carefully about what your original arm looked like, and then try to recall it as if you want your arm to come back to normal."

Mercer gently rubbed Xiong Bao's head, soothing him with her words. A few seconds later, Xiong Bao's arm returned to its original position.

Immediately, Bear Cub happily rolled around on the ground, making cheerful "quack quack" sounds. After Bear Cub quieted down, Mercer said:

"Now turn your arm into a knife, and then back into a knife. Let's begin."

Hearing this, Xiong Bao plopped down on the ground and began changing the shape of his arms, his skill in doing so increasing visibly.

Unsurprisingly.

Once you acquire a Devil Fruit ability, it's like gaining a brand new limb or organ. With enough effort, you can use it as flexibly as your own hands and feet.

This is what Moses saw in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia; it's a quote from the introduction, and it's quite profound: "That's why Bear Cub was able to adapt to his abilities so quickly."

"If man-made weapons can be transformed from one's own body, what about those from natural creatures? For example, the eyes of an eagle, the tail of a dinosaur, the skeleton of a tiger? Chimeras without side effects?"

It is very likely that all of this can be done, but it requires Xiong Bao to understand and develop, and also requires constant guidance from himself.

This is a good topic.

Then, the gift of taming becomes necessary, but poverty makes it difficult.

There are only a few ways to gain merit points. Mercer scratched his head. "Isn't this forcing me to cause trouble? The easiest and most stable way is to increase my own legend level, isn't it?"

After thinking for a moment, Mercer shook his head again. Let it be. At his age, causing trouble at this point would easily lead to problems.

Then, without thinking too much about it, she continued to watch Xiong Bao play with his abilities. After a while, he got tired of playing and started eating the rest of his food.

However, I didn't eat much gold.

The sight of that smacking-lips-eating-foodie made Mercer hungry.

Smelling the pork ribs in the pot in the kitchen, Mercer ladled out a bowl, and seeing Xiong Bao drooling, she also made him a basin.

The two, one human and one bear, ate with great relish.

After finishing the meal, we cleaned up the mess.

After assigning Xiong Bao the task of recasting the gold ingot into gold beans, Moses sat at his desk and continued reading, and the room became quiet.

There was only the soft rustling of Mercer turning pages and the sound of Bear Cub chewing and grinding his teeth.

breathe.

The Secret Language of Cells

Moses was reading a book about cell theory, which was no longer a basic book, but an advanced one.

It describes the communication methods between different compartments within human cells, brain cells, and microbial cells.

It contains all sorts of interesting knowledge about the immune system, blood vessels, gut, brain tissue, microorganisms, and more.

Some have been proven, while others are just conjectures.

Learn about the human body through reading, and improve your personal qualities through reading.