"Indeed. To put it in medical terms, I've been afflicted with a very serious' radiation disease '."
Li Yao slowly spread his telepathic thoughts into the muscles, bones, and internal organs all over his body. He even sank part of his telepathic thoughts into the depths of his cells, sensing the mutations of his mitochondria and the collapse of his gene strands. He was both surprised and delighted. "This is a good thing. The structure of the mitochondria and the gene strands that have been solidified for a long time are disintegrating. As long as they can be reconstructed in a brand-new form, I will have a new body that is a hundred times stronger than before!"
The path of Cultivation was the process of destroying oneself and then reconstructing oneself.
As the saying went, there could be no construction without destruction. Great destruction and great construction meant great improvement!
Recognize oneself, shatter oneself, and reconstruct a brand-new self from the shattering. So on and so on until one was stronger and stronger, breaking the barrier of the barrier and surpassing the limits of one's limits!
It was the same even for ordinary people when they trained and worked out. First, they would use high-intensity exercise to tear their muscle fibers. Then, they would consume a large amount of protein, or even directly take protein powder, so that the torn muscle fibers would grow new and stronger muscle fibers. This was the reason why people would feel pain all over their body after high-intensity exercise, but they would be able to obtain huge muscles if they persisted.
After a hundred years of intensive development, a lot of primeval cells had been awakened, and he boasted an apocalyptic body similar to Blood Devil Yan Xibei's, Li Yao's body of flesh and blood had already reached the level of 'ultimate perfection' that the Yuanying experts could reach.
It was also the greatest confidence that allowed him to roam in the circle of Yuanying experts and even challenge experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage such as Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun above his level. Even if he could not defeat his opponents, he could at least guarantee that he would not be killed because of his tough body of flesh and blood.
However, 'perfection' often meant the same thing as' solidification '. Li Yao's nerves, blood vessels, muscles, cells, mitochondria, and even gene strands had all been trained to the limits. There was no room for improvement at all. No matter how hard he bombarded his body of flesh and blood, he could not feel the slightest improvement like a regular Cultivator.
The problem had bothered him for many years. But right now …
The body of flesh and blood that had been 'sealed for a long time' was blown apart brutally by the high-energy particles and the powerful radiation!
The mitochondria and gene strands that had been locked were seething again, vaguely showing him the infinite possibilities of a brand-new evolution!
He had a strong premonition that even though this body was on the verge of collapse, as the saying went, as long as he could recover from this collapse, the brand-new body after reconstruction would definitely be extremely powerful.
Cells would also age, die, and be reborn continuously. The cells of an ordinary person would be reborn every seven days, but Cultivators could shorten the time to one day or even less with their conscious guidance and training.
Many modern cultivation manuals referred to the renewal of all the cells in the body as "one cycle".
Li Yao believed that as long as he could complete a hundred cycles of cell renewal in one go, he would be able to finish the path of training that other Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators would have to take for decades!
That was the greatest advantage that his apocalyptic body brought when it collided with the weird high-energy particles and the powerful radiation spurted out of the nebula of Devilish Scorpion!
"What kind of powerful body would that be? Even a Tyrannosaurus Rex could be killed with one punch!"
Li Yao could not help but swallow hard. His bloodshot eyes were full of glittering stars.
"Don't be happy too early. Like you said, that is only if there are enough medical drugs and high-energy nutrition liquids!"
The mental devil couldn't help but remark, "Even the regular fitness enthusiasts know that thirty percent training, seventy percent eating. After high-intensity exercises, one must take tremendous protein powder in order to repair the muscle fibers that have been brutally torn apart and make them stronger! If one continued to train crazily without sufficient nutrition, it would only cause one's muscles to dissolve. The more one trained, the weaker one would become. In the end, one would completely collapse.
"Our situation right now is like finishing a hundred high-intensity exercises in a row, but not just the protein powder and the sports supplements, we can't even drink half a cup of water. How can we support the reconstruction of the body that is on the verge of collapse because of the serious' radiation disease '?
"If things go on like this, our fleshly bodies will 'die'.
"Of course, after we advance into the Divinity Transformation Stage, our 'Yuanying' has evolved into a 'soul' with an extremely stable structure. As long as we are not seriously struck, the odds of us being obliterated are slim. We will probably end up like Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun and exist as spectral Cultivators, won't we?"
"That is indeed a problem."
Naturally, Li Yao did not want to end up like Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun.
Although the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators could leave their bodies with their souls for a long time, they could not completely get rid of the limitations and support of the fleshly body and step into the mysterious palace of 'pure energy life'.
The soul and the fleshly body had to be grasped by both hands. Neither of them could be missing.
One only needed to look at how weak Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun, the two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators, were after they lost their bodies and turned into spectral Cultivators. They were in the Divinity Transformation Stage, but they were on the same level as the Yuanying experts such as Li Yao and Yan Liren. Even a heavy Colossus such as the Tartarean Skeleton could barely be driven by them.
From the perspective of the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators, they could only be described as' miserable '.
Besides, Li Yao's fleshly body was different from theirs. It was the 'apocalyptic body' that had been highly developed by the Blood Devil. His taste buds and his primeval cells had all been activated. He could not abandon it easily.
If his body completely withered and collapsed, it would be an irrecoverable loss.
Even if he could possess a brand-new body, without the moral and legal constraints, it would still be far less useful than his own body that he was born with.
One of them was an authentic product from the original factory, and the other was an inferior product that had been assembled. How could they compare in terms of quality?
"This is somewhat troublesome. Judging from the speed of the collapse of the gene strands and the atrophy of the cells, my body will completely collapse in a couple of days."
Li Yao frowned. "We have to get a piece of 'high-molecular layer-by-layer scanning magical equipment' immediately to repair the Cosmos Ring and retrieve our assets. Since the Devilish Scorpion Galaxy is a place where the Imperium of True Human Beings tests new magical equipment and techniques, there must be a maintenance and modification center. Although 'high-molecular layer-by-layer scanning magical equipment' is precious, it is not rare. There must be some in the maintenance center of the Imperium!"
"Yes, but since it is a testing and modification center of the Imperium of True Human Beings, it must be a well-guarded place with a lot of experts. How can we find the target in a couple of days, and how can we sneak in without alarming anyone?"
The mental devil said coldly, "By dragging such a breathless, coughing body that will automatically glow in the darkness and is on the verge of collapse!"
"That does make sense …"
Li Yao tapped the table for a long time. Then, his eyes suddenly glittered. "Got it!"
Ten minutes later …
Inside the hibernation cabin of 'Jingle Bell', Li Yao narrowed his eyes and crossed his hands in front of his chest. He breathed evenly, and his body was soaked in bright blue liquids. Then, white mist was injected into the deep blue liquids, freezing the hibernation cabin into a giant block of ice.
The original prototype of 'Jingle Bell' was the single escape capsule of the Pangu clan that was discovered on Kunlun years ago.
Since it was a risky, unpredictable infiltration mission, it was naturally equipped with the most advanced hibernation cabin in the entire Federation, which could lock all the cells inside a human body instantly and stop all the reactions inside the cells.
Naturally, the mutation of the cells, the collapse of the gene strands, and the weakening and disintegration of the body were frozen at this moment, too.
A super-tiny starship the size of a finger, which looked like a shuttle, was floating above the hibernation cabin, surrounded by black and red brilliance.
It was exactly Neltharion, which he had not seen for a long time.
"Look, the problem has been perfectly resolved. The backup energy of the hibernation cabin is enough to support the freezing effect for three to five years!"
Inside Neltharion, Li Yao's soul was spreading out light waves.
"… It's so crowded."
The mental devil mumbled.
In the past few years of training, Neltharion had been its exclusive magical equipment and its' mobile residence '. That was why it had not been stored in the Cosmos Ring but had trained together with Li Yao.
It did not expect that it would be lucky enough to survive the disaster and become the best shelter for Li Yao's soul.
He would find a place to hide 'Jingle Bell' and his fleshly body first. After all, with the hibernation cabin, it would not be a problem for him to be frozen for a couple of years. Then, he would drive Neltharion to find a piece of 'high-molecular layer-by-layer scanning magical equipment' together with the mental devil. That was Li Yao's battle plan.
As it happened, he needed to practice more ways to fight with his soul without a fleshly body in the first place, which was a compulsory course for the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators.
"We all have dual personalities in the first place. What's there to be scared of if we are crowded?"
Li Yao rubbed his fists, his soul surging. "Let's take this opportunity to start a brand-new adventure of the soul!"
The mental devil mocked for a long time, but it knew that Li Yao's proposal was the best plan. It could only cheer up and practice the ways to control Neltharion together with Li Yao, which would lay a solid foundation for the two of them to perform the 'double absolute domain' in the next step.
Although 'Jingle Bell' had been seriously damaged in the nebula storm and could not perform a super long-distance space jump anymore, it was still possible for it to perform 'frog jumps' over a super short distance after the simple maintenance of Neltharion with the existing components.
Li Yao adjusted the destination of the 'frog-jumps' with the star map that Di Feiwen provided. He wandered and searched for half a month.
During the half month, he also tried to reacquaint himself with the whole world in the form of his soul and constructed models of his soul in a myriad of forms.
Half a month later, they finally arrived at a place that was suspected to be the Martial Meritocrats Sector based on the astronomical parameters.
The core of the Martial Meritocrats Sector, like most Sectors, was a stable solar system with one star and twelve planets in total.
The 'Martial Meritocrats Sector', the main body of the civilization of mankind, was the fourth planet of the solar system.
Judging from the remnants of starships and space garbage that had been floating quietly in space for thousands of years, there were obvious traces of human development in the place. A very glorious civilization must've existed a long, long time ago.
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