Stone Monkey Gene 10 + Mind Gene 10 = Spirit-Intelligent Stone Monkey Gene!
A familiar formula. Only this time, the Ape Gene had evolved into the higher-level Stone Monkey Gene, and the Stone Fetus Gene had become the Mind Gene.
In the mythological systems of various nations, numbers carry unique meanings. In Chinese mythology, seven represents the limit of calculation, and nine the limit of numbers. Ten symbolizes ultimate perfection!
This Spirit-Intelligent Stone Monkey Gene evolution formula required each gene variable to be strengthened to ten points, as if it inherently contained some cosmic principle, embodying a transformation that turns the mundane into the miraculous.
This wasn't baseless speculation; there was evidence. For instance, both the Ape Gene and the Stone Fetus Gene were lower-tier basic genes, yet the Stone Monkey Gene they produced was a mutated gene. Compared to a major tier upgrade, the minor tier improvement was even greater—a full three-tier leap. This might be related to both genes being strengthened beyond their limits, reaching ten points.
Of course, with only this one piece of evidence, it was somewhat lacking in persuasiveness, but it was enough reason to be hopeful.
Now, the new formula required both the Stone Monkey Gene and the Mind Gene to be strengthened to ten points, a similar situation.
Feng Lin began to anticipate what abilities his upcoming Spirit-Intelligent Stone Monkey Gene would possess.
At this moment, the Spirit-Intelligent Stone Monkey Gene had not yet awakened; it remained a dark star.
Feng Lin eagerly began to explore it, and soon a stream of vague information flowed out.
Spirit-Intelligent Stone Monkey Gene: Master transformations, understand the heavens' timing, know the earth's advantages, shift stars and exchange constellations—one of the Four Spiritual Monkeys of Chaos.
Just this simple information sparked countless associations in Feng Lin's mind.
Master transformations, understand the heavens' timing, know the earth's advantages, shift stars and exchange constellations—to what extent could each be achieved?
Each ability seemed easy to comprehend, but how far one could go with them remained unknown.
Master transformations—could it only change appearances, or was it like Sun Wukong's limitless, all-powerful transformations?
Understand the heavens' timing, know the earth's advantages, shift stars and exchange constellations—to what degree could these be realized?
In Sun Wukong's mythology, that monkey was nearly omnipotent. Which abilities came from innate talent, and which were cultivated through practice?
These were all question marks.
Feng Lin couldn't distinguish them for now; he would only gain insight upon reaching the corresponding realm. Just as one never realizes how powerful an interstellar cultivator is until becoming one themselves.
There was no use overthinking now.
Though the path ahead was very unclear, it was already worth looking forward to.
Deducing the gene formula had consumed a massive amount of gene potential!
Feng Lin began to allocate points to the Stone Monkey Gene. He added one free gene point to it, but found it remained utterly unchanged—the Stone Monkey Gene showed no response, with only a "100%" displayed in the strengthening column.
What was going on?
Wasn't 100% gene potential supposed to equate to strengthening one gene point? Why wasn't it working?
Feng Lin's expression changed. The datafication of gene potential, allowing him to concentrate it on strengthening a specific gene, had been his greatest asset since starting cultivation. As long as he had enough gene potential, he feared no bottlenecks in his training.
If this failed, his future cultivation path would be far from easy, fraught with difficulties.
Even though he was usually mature in temperament, he was genuinely panicked now.
One free gene point added—no reaction.
Feng Lin couldn't understand it and refused to believe it. He added another point, still no change.
Only after his final attempt, adding another free gene point to the Stone Monkey Gene, did the strengthening points remain unchanged, now showing "300%."
If he still hadn't noticed the problem by now, his own head would truly be the issue.
He calmed down and wisely chose not to waste gene potential on further allocations.
Three strikes and you're out—three consecutive attempts with no effect meant there had to be a reason.
If he didn't figure out the cause, blindly adding points would only waste free gene points.
Since the gene strengthening column showed the number "300%," it indicated that gene potential strengthening was effective, so why couldn't the points be added?
Feng Lin was deeply puzzled. He sank his mind into the gene equation, studying the information within, and finally understood the truth.
It turned out that the so-called "100% gene potential converts to one free gene point" only applied to a basic gene point. To strengthen an original gene, it required 1000% gene potential—ten times that of a basic gene.
From then on, for every major tier increase in gene grade, the required gene potential would increase tenfold.
And Feng Lin now had only 201% gene potential left—far too short.
But thinking about it, this was normal. Original genes had far greater potential and much stronger abilities than basic genes.
Each additional point would bring an even more profound change to the person.
If it still only took 100% gene potential to add one point, it would completely violate the law of energy conservation.
But understanding it was one thing; Feng Lin himself was in a tough spot.
He had originally thought his gene potential was sufficient, but now, after squandering it with consecutive allocations, he was running low. Future use would be tight.
He was still far from the 1000% needed for the gene; strengthening the Stone Monkey Gene was out of the question for now!
First, he needed to figure out how to evolve the Mind Gene.
Strangely enough, the other gene variable required for the Stone Monkey Gene to evolve into the Spirit-Intelligent Stone Monkey Gene was the Mind Gene.
For some reason, he thought of Sun Wukong's innate wisdom and another nickname...
The Heart Monkey!
It all seemed perfectly logical now.
Feng Lin studied the properties of the Mind Gene.
"Gene: Mind Gene Grade: High-Level Original Gene Strengthening Points: 0 Ability: Spirit leaves the body, senses the myriad realms, manipulates intangible mental power."
This was actually a high-level original gene.
According to the information, he discovered that the Mind Gene allowed one to manipulate mental power, with formidable abilities: the spirit leaving the body, telekinesis, and even sensing the surroundings with thought—equivalent to a sixth sense.
Feng Lin was immediately intrigued.
The Mind Gene governed intangible mental energy, compensating for his lack of long-range attack methods, and its subtlety made it deadly and hard to defend against.
So how was this Mind Gene synthesized?
Every gene had its own evolution series, starting from the most basic genes and combining step by step.
Feng Lin began to deduce, consuming gene potential to derive the synthesis formula targeting the Mind Gene.
Fortunately, it was just an original gene's evolution formula, requiring little potential.
Gene potential -5%, -5%, -5%...
After spending 85% gene potential, he finally obtained the formula.
In the human gene map, starting from the Mind Gene, it extended downward, linking three dark stars to form a gene evolution path.
Mind Gene = Spirit Gene 9 + Psychic Gene 6 + Spiritual Gene 8
This required three basic genes to synthesize, each with remarkable power.
"Gene: Spirit Gene Grade: High-Level Basic Gene Strengthening Points: 0 Ability: Enhanced spirit, hypnotizes minds."
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"Gene: Psychic Gene Grade: High-Level Basic Gene Strengthening Points: 0 Ability: Intangible psychic force, telekinesis."
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"Gene: Spiritual Gene Grade: High-Level Original Gene Strengthening Points: 0 Ability: Subconscious awareness, senses the unknown, avoids misfortune."
These were three mental-type genes, each with different abilities, their power subtle and eerie, all high-level basic genes.
Different genes had different awakening conditions, making things very complex—this was why a complete gene cultivation method was so rare.
Feng Lin naturally didn't have one, but gene methods didn't necessarily need to be bought; perhaps they were inherent within the genes themselves.
A faint smile crossed Feng Lin's lips.
He thought he had found the way to awaken the mental-type genes!