I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 222 - 187 Good Sister_1

Chapter 222: Chapter 187 Good Sister_1

"What’s the difference between this person and us?" Ahn Qi asked, looking at Ahn Ke who had just walked out of the laboratory. Although she had left dealing with the strong individual from the alien world to Ahn Ke, only wanting his knowledge of combat techniques, she was quite curious about his formidable abilities.

People differ from one another, and the stronger the existence, the more their physique will diverge from that of an average person. This divergence isn’t in the large structural makeup of the body, but in the details, which could be understood as evolution.

"It depends on what kind of difference you’re talking about. The individual is indeed human, but his physical strength varies significantly from ours. Haven’t you read the papers I wrote, sister?"

Ahn Qi nodded. She had indeed read some of her elder sister’s research papers. Like how people from lower environments become stronger when they move to higher environments, but it’s quite difficult to make an equivalent adjustment in that larger environment.

Growth potential is a way of putting it, and when talking about growth potential, one must also consider another factor, the lifeform level of an individual.

Growth potential is related to lifeform level. Why do individuals from higher environments receive an extra boost when they come to lower environments? Naturally, it’s because their lifeform level is higher in the higher environments, which grants them this bonus.

Ahn Ke’s papers have made it clear that growth potential is just a term that helps people understand better; the main factor is actually the lifeform level. So far, there is no unified opinion on this kind of research. Ahn Ke has her own research findings, and other people have theirs too.

Ahn Ke doesn’t reject the idea of growth potential, but she is quite sure that what affects Environmental Adjustment is the lifeform level. As long as the lifeform level is raised, even if the so-called growth potential is not high, the disadvantages brought by Environmental Adjustment can still be balanced out.

The reason why there is debate on this matter is because occasionally one comes across individuals with high growth potential whose lifeform levels are not high. Yet, when they go to higher environments, they receive a boost, or the reduction from Environmental Adjustment is very small, even though their lifeform levels aren’t high.

Anyway, the lifeform levels she has assessed are more or less the same as those of the people in their world. With these facts laid out, she certainly wouldn’t dismiss the theory of growth potential; it’s just that she has her own research principles to adhere to.

After all, she has received a large number of research materials from the hunters group and has carried out various comparisons, confident of the influence of lifeform level. The impact of growth potential is another case entirely, given its great randomness. Could there be one individual with high growth potential among a hundred thousand?

Just like with her sister Ahn Ke’s hunters group, growth potential is uncontrollable, whereas enhancing lifeform level is controllable.

As for the two theories, Ahn Qi didn’t place so much emphasis on them. In her view, whether it’s growth potential or lifeform level, as long as it can affect the overall combat strength of the hunters group, that’s enough. Her group was established for the purpose of exploring different worlds and acquiring knowledge and resources from those worlds.

More profound research wasn’t her forte or her responsibility. No matter how deep Ahn Ke’s research went, it was sufficient for her to understand the outcomes and occasionally read some of Ahn Ke’s papers.

"That dragon is of a high lifeform level. Its life quality is exceptionally high. I’ve made comparisons and matches. The person you brought back is a bit lower than that dragon, but compared to all the people on our side, he is still incomparable."

"Give me some chances to experiment. I want to use the dragon’s genes to create some modified warriors and try to raise their lifeform levels."

The higher the lifeform level, the higher the individual’s life quality. High life quality brings about high recovery ability, perpetual youth, fatal injuries becoming non-lethal, an increased rate of exercise effectiveness, and so on—

Even after reaching a certain height in lifeform level, one doesn’t have to do anything; merely eating can make one stronger. These two aspects should be differentiated. High life quality doesn’t necessarily mean a high lifeform level, but a high lifeform level definitely results in high life quality, even if it’s unbalanced.

Mere enhancement of life quality won’t necessarily lead to an increase in lifeform level. For example, longevity is a basic trait of beings with high lifeform levels, but solely high life quality doesn’t necessarily bring this trait.

She has created quite a few extraordinary creatures with high life quality, whose wounds from gunfire would heal quickly, and their hearts or even brains could avoid the effects of fatal attacks. However, these creatures’ lifespans are very short, a few years at most, or just a few months, and if sent into battle, sometimes only a few hours.

Therefore, enhancing life quality is easy, one just needs to conduct some strengthening modifications on the individual, but raising the lifeform level is not so straightforward. Although it’s possible to try and amass high lifeform levels through sheer quantity, such modifications can easily result in monsters.

Using the blood of extraordinary creatures for modifications, even those intended to enhance lifeform level, typically only increases the life quality of the subject, and only occasionally does it improve their lifeform level. But such individuals are rare, not something you can just stumble upon readily.

"Without mature technology, my people will not accept any modifications," said Ahn Qi, frowning slightly. Ahn Ke had always wanted to conduct experiments beyond prohibited matters. Some experiments were supported by the Ahn family, but they would not let Ahn Ke operate without restraint.

"Then I would like to know more about the person who beat him up so badly," Ahn Ke changed the subject, referring to the topic she had previously mentioned but which Ahn Qi had ignored.

Ahn Ke knew that there wasn’t such a person in Ahn Qi’s hunters group, at least not before. She had met the individual with Level 5 growth characteristic in the group, but afterwards, she wasn’t particularly interested, mainly because he didn’t relate much to her field of research. He was of the same lifeform level as them, but with a lower life quality, fragile.

Perhaps what was higher about him was his soul level beyond his physical lifeform level, but she wasn’t interested in that. Souls are too insubstantial. Although she had seen captured souls in Hazy City and encountered frozen Evil Spirits, the research texture of those entities was far different from flesh and blood.

The little girl with Level 5 warrior growth characteristics definitely couldn’t have beaten the experimental subject sent to her like that, in its home world, the subject could defeat a hundred thousand of that girl, and if it stopped fighting, it might have been because it found killing too boring, or perhaps it had a change of heart and didn’t want to proceed.

"He’s not from the hunters group, so don’t overthink it."

Without hesitation, Ahn Qi refused, "Besides, he’s very dangerous. If you do anything unnecessary, I’ll tell him directly."

"You really are my lovely sister," Ahn Ke said with a touch of speechlessness, looking at Ahn Qi. It was no longer just a threat; she was bluntly warning her that if she did something unnecessary and he found out, he might choose to kill... And Ahn Qi, for the sake of their relationship, would directly sell her out.

"Hmph, as if you haven’t done enough," she scoffed.

Ahn Ke smiled, "I’m happy with this gift. Come and get what you want later."

...

Katrina looked at Zheng Yichen sitting in front of her vanity and then at the scissors in her hand, her expression showing a hint of reluctance, "Are you really going to cut it?"

"Hurry up. I have to go work again. Just before leaving, I ran into a tough customer," Zheng Yichen rubbed his shoulder. He had intended to leave early and return early to have more time. Otherwise, like last time, half a month would rush by, making it very uncomfortable. However, after fighting a brawny creature similar to a gorilla, he decided to wait until the next day to leave.

That man might not have a physique as strong as the gorilla’s, but his combat skills were definitely far superior to both his and the gorilla’s.

"So, shall I cut it?"

"Go ahead."

The sound of snipping short hair filled the air. Zheng Yichen’s hair was tough, making it somewhat difficult for Katrina to cut, but as lock after lock fell, she felt increasingly sorry for him.

Zheng Yichen, however, wasn’t bothered by it. These locks were deliberately grown out, intended for later use. If it weren’t for sudden work, he would have let it grow longer. During the fight with the middle-aged man, his hair was grabbed more than once.

That was unsportsmanlike.

Now that the hair that was long enough to be used as a mop when standing was cut off, he felt relieved.

"All done." Katrina looked at Zheng Yichen’s short hair in the mirror and put the scissors down.

"This looks much more comfortable," Zheng Yichen said as he looked at himself in the mirror and ran his hand backward over his head. A breeze swept up all the trimmed hair, eliminating the need for a wash.

"Such a shame."

"What’s there to regret? Long hair suits someone like you, not me," Zheng Yichen gave Katrina a smile, "Come on, time for a bath."

The next day, Zheng Yichen arrived at the Dusk Cathedral. Although he could still potentially be stopped by traffic police, today his luck held, and he didn’t encounter any. Arriving at the Dusk Cathedral, Katrina helped him straighten his collar, "Be safe."

Zheng Yichen looked around and didn’t see Arno’s figure. During this time, he had exchanged words and items with the Dusk mercenary, who didn’t show much interest in martial arts.

Arno showed some interest in techniques, and Zheng Yichen had planned to get his hands on the weapon that could briefly pass through space from Arno, but, regrettably, Arno said that item had been sold long ago. He had other items in hand, but none seemed of substantial help to Zheng Yichen.

On the other hand, some items that Zheng Yichen had collected were quite popular — items like tea leaves from the Oma’s worlds, which, in Arno’s words, could improve one’s quality of life and possibly the lifeform level... yet Zheng Yichen felt no different after drinking them.