Suiyang, Li Family.

Outside the window, crape myrtle trees displayed a vibrant display of purplish-red flowers, swaying gently in the wind and occasionally scattering a few petals.

Below, an elderly woman holding her granddaughter pointed at the crape myrtle blossoms, reciting what sounded like related poetry.

Li Chengjiu pushed open the window, removed her Feiyi (flying suit), and hung it on the hook on the wall.

"Did Li Chengyi transplant these flowers?" She turned to look at her mother, Feng Yurong, who was mopping the floor.

"Yes, your brother said he liked crape myrtle flowers, so he spent his own money to transplant some from elsewhere. You know how he is, now that he has money, he spends it lavishly, without any thought of saving." Feng Yurong began to chatter.

Li Chengjiu responded with superficial agreement, but didn't really listen.

Ever since being beaten by Li Chengyi, she had suddenly come to appreciate how good her parents had been to her in the past.

It was all about contrast. She hadn't noticed before, but now, watching her parents do things for her, she realized that many things she hadn't paid attention to were things they had been busy with.

"Qingche and I plan to visit his family in a few days to finalize the engagement." Li Chengjiu said suddenly.

"Then I'll let Xiao Yi know, he'll be very happy." Feng Yurong was taken aback, then beamed.

"He's a big shot now..." Li Chengjiu murmured, then said no more, "Maybe he won't have time to come."

"It's his sister's engagement, no matter how important his affairs are, he can definitely make time." Feng Yurong reassured her.

Li Chengjiu remained silent.

Ever since Nie Qingche went back to investigate and discovered that Li Chengyi was actually the teacher of the national martial arts competition champion, she felt as if the world had suddenly become extremely unfamiliar.

Everything seemed like a fragile bubble, one color on the surface, another when it burst.

Standing by the window, she gazed into the distance. In the villa district, several people in baseball caps were gathered on the lawn, discussing something.

Further away, on the second floor of a white villa, a little girl in an ancient-style cyan and white gauze dress was holding a remote control, flying a drone back and forth.

Even further away, in the blue sky, layers of white clouds, like terraced fields, were cut and torn by supersonic low-altitude aircraft, leaving long gaps.

"After the engagement, Qingche and I will go to the fortress." She said suddenly.

"It will be alright. We are Yi Country; those Bai Xing guys who shout about freedom can't beat the big shots of Jiu Yi." Feng Yurong said with certainty.

"..." Li Chengjiu smiled, but said nothing. Only those who had truly been on the battlefield could understand how terrifying Bai Xing's large-scale modified human cannon fodder tactics were.

Perhaps she would die on the battlefield this time, but after being abandoned by the organization last time, she seemed to have become detached from some things in the face of life and death.

If she could come back alive, a peaceful life like this might not be bad...

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Inside a pure white experimental chamber.

Li Chengyi was immersed in a large, reinforced crystal cylinder.

Nutrient fluid was continuously injected into him through his mouth and blood vessels, and the waste impurities were automatically permeated and discharged through his skin.

At this time, the second imprint on his chest was much clearer.

It was a complex circular pattern composed of many Ks. After more than two full days of infusion, only the final touch was needed to complete this second imprint.

Da da da...

Suddenly, outside the lab, the crisp sound of high heels tapping on the floor approached.

Da Xiong, wearing a white, one-piece leather dress, swayed gracefully as she approached with a written document in hand, stopping at the observation window outside the lab.

"Brother Yi, the information you provided has been basically organized. Using supercomputers and simulated drug property experiments, we've found the corresponding ancillary drugs. A total of seventy-three sets of Zhenqi (true energy) martial arts, and sixty-four sets of Blood Yuan martial arts."

Inside the lab, Li Cheng opened his eyes. His powerful consciousness instantly penetrated the wall, sensing Da Xiong.

"Give me all the information, play it in front of me via projection."

"Okay." Da Xiong nodded, "Also, regarding the research on consciousness, I have a few clues here. Based on the research of relevant domestic institutions, our definition of consciousness is a holistic functional field composed of a large number of weak electric fields in a special structure."

"What I want is research results on how to greatly enhance this field." Li Chengyi said.

"No, this involves basic principles." Da Xiong shook her head. "Recently, I discovered in my research that consciousness is also divided into many categories. We humans are based on weak electric fields, but many other existences, such as the biological samples provided by Xiao Zong, are no longer based on weak electric fields, but on another special force field. Because it is too weak, difficult to observe, and highly coherent with light and shadow, and greatly affected by light irradiation, I named it the Light-Shadow Force Field."

"That is to say, the basic unit determines the different directions and peak limits in the future. Electric field consciousness and light-shadow consciousness have fundamental differences. This is a property that cannot be changed by strength." Da Xiong continued.

"...I understand what you mean. Then let's enhance the Zhenqi research first." Li Chengyi was silent for a moment. Returning this time to complete a large number of Zhenqi secret manuals and Blood Yuan secret manuals that he had mastered was his greatest gain.

"Okay. Also, I can provide bio-unit equipment made entirely from your bone material." Da Xiong smiled.

"What about the shield I brought back?"

"That shield..." The smile on Da Xiong's face froze, "Sorry, with our current technology, we cannot decompose and detect that shield. I took a little bit of the edge for sampling, but all observation instruments only see it as an ordinary bone structure, but its strength is far higher than ordinary bone. This is something we cannot understand."

"So, there's no way to research it?" Li Chengyi frowned.

"Yes." Da Xiong nodded. "Unless we have higher-level observation instruments, otherwise... we don't even have the opportunity to explore its microscopic structure, it is impossible to study it clearly."

Li Chengyi said nothing more, but the imprint on his chest suddenly solidified, becoming completely clear.

A hint of dark red light emerged from the second imprint on his chest.

Success!

The second imprint, which was also a fusion imprint that simultaneously integrated the two growth direction imprints, was finally completed at this moment.

In fact, the imprint was only an external symbol. It represented that Li Chengyi's body had been successfully sublimated to a new level.

It was first reaching this level that would naturally form the imprint marker from the inside out.

Whether it existed or not, Li Chengyi had already truly become a stronger organism.

With a gentle leap, he flew out of the nutrient tank and landed steadily on the ground.

His whole body was covered with a thin layer of black scales.

Those were the dragon scales belonging to the Shadow Dragon.

After all, he wasn't an exhibitionist, he wouldn't expose his body to Da Xiong all day long.

"Project the martial arts information, and you can choose to learn it yourselves." He said in a deep voice.

"Can we? Are you sure it's suitable for our bodies?" Da Xiong immediately became interested.

"You can experiment yourself, shouldn't you be the expert in this field?" Li Chengyi put on a white coat to cover his body.

Soon, a light curtain appeared in front of him out of thin air, and began to play the analyzed ancillary drug data.

*Gui Yu Jue* (Ghost Jade Art), *Bi Bo Hai Lin Gong* (Azure Wave Sea Forest Skill), *Xue Lang Jue* (Blood Wave Art), *Jin Yue Dao Fa* (Golden Moon Saber Technique), *Chi Lin Dao Fa* (Red Phosphorus Saber Technique), *Jiu Qu Sang Men Jian* (Nine Tendency Funeral Sword)...

One Zhenqi martial art after another flashed before his eyes.

Li Chengyi's purpose was for the imprint, not for the amplification brought by Zhenqi cultivation in the end, so he focused on the efficacy of the martial arts.

The efficacy of Zhenqi basically determined the nature of the Zhenyin (True Imprint) that was pursued in the end. Compared with Blood Yuan martial arts, Zhenqi's versatility and compatibility were much better.

Now, what he lacked most was speed. In terms of absolute speed, he was still quite far from the top masters.

So, at this time, he was looking for speed-related martial arts.

Soon, a movement technique appeared in his field of vision.

*Xu Ye Xing* (Void Night Travel).

This was a pure speed-cultivating martial art, a Zhenqi martial art. Its level was Black, and legend had it that it was obtained by the Qu Ling Prefecture from a very agile thief after the thief was captured by the Prefect.

However, because the difficulty of cultivation was extremely high, and the required innate conditions were too many, few people were interested in it.

Fortunately, these cultivation conditions were not a problem for Li Chengyi.

If he didn't have the innate conditions, he would find someone who did. As long as he entered the door at the beginning, everything else would not be a problem.

Coupled with the accelerated cultivation effect of the language power of Huayu (Flower Speak), he would be able to cultivate the martial art to an unimaginable level in a very short time.

After selecting the martial art, he began to quickly cultivate and refine Zhenqi, but unfortunately, there was no True Imprint Spirit here, and naturally no True Imprint Marrow appeared.

So, Li Chengyi could only memorize the matching prescription first, then got up and left the laboratory to test the strength changes brought about by the new imprint.

In the empty rock martial arts field of the underground base.

Li Chengyi and Da Xiong stood face to face, both wearing tight-fitting white test suits.

The perfectly fitting test suit completely exposed Da Xiong's curves.

Even though she usually liked to make lewd jokes, she was a little shy at this time, using her short skirt to cover her lower body.

"Brother Yi, what do you want to test?" Looking at the burly Li Chengyi opposite her, she tapped a finger, and a light curtain appeared in front of her, displaying a row of various biochemical beasts she had cultivated.

"I have cultivated hundreds of biochemical beasts here, from level one to level six, corresponding to the modified humans from first to sixth level. But higher levels are impossible. I can't cultivate that for the time being, the resources required are too much, and it's too sensitive."

"It's already very strong..." Li Chengyi was also shocked. She had even cultivated sixth level biochemical beasts... Da Xiong had used the single Flower Speak to the extreme, and the effect was amazing.

After all, how much time had passed?

"Actually, it's okay. I combined the biological samples of the monsters from the dead corner last time with your and Xiao Zong's sample cells to cultivate a new little cutie. It looks like it has great potential, but the growth rate is too slow. I've been cultivating it for two weeks, and used a lot of methods to accelerate growth, but it's still just a regular embryo." Da Xiong was a little helpless.

"...What kind of monster sample did you use?" Li Chengyi couldn't help but ask.

"Ah, it's a kind of weirdo with a very long head, usually with a female appearance, whose neck can fly out very long, a bit like the prototype in ghost stories. I call her Long Neck. This kind of monster's sample has very strong self-healing power, as long as there is a little bit of cell residue, it can continue to devour and grow." Da Xiong replied.

(End of this chapter)