The "Needle Strike" skill is Su Ze's only D-level skill. It is only used reluctantly because it fits well with Su Ze's other skills.
As Su Ze's strength continued to improve, this skill gradually became weak.
But after this upgrade, it has become Su Ze's main output skill again.
"Last time, I drank tree marrow and upgraded the 'Regenerative Body' skill. The two are somewhat related, and the skill upgrade makes sense.
"But this time, I inexplicably absorbed a fourth-level coral polyp's tentacle. How come the 'Needle Strike' was upgraded?"
Even if the evolutionary grace skill really has some hidden effect that makes it easier to upgrade his skills, it is impossible to just absorb anything and upgrade.
Could it be that the stinging cells on the coral polyp's tentacles have something in common with my "needle shooting" skill... Su Ze thought about it for a long time, and this was the only possibility.
But where did the explosion effect come from?
Also, why wasn’t he upgraded from the toxins of the coral polyps?
Su Ze didn't know what skills the fourth-level coral polyp had, so he couldn't speculate. In short, upgrading skills was a good thing. He didn't think about it so much anymore and went home to dance happily.
…
Liu Wenyin was very efficient and had the paper written and published within two days.
She originally wanted to sign Su Ze alone, but at Su Ze's insistence, they signed both, but Su Ze's name came first.
In this way, Su Ze can be considered as having some small research results in the field of evolution.
Originally, this paper would not attract too much attention, but because the authors are Su Ze and Liu Wenyin, they have become so popular in Dongli recently that they have brought extra heat to this matter.
For a while, Su Ze was praised to the sky again, saying that he was not only strong, but also a genius in evolution and so on.
Su Ze's family knew about his family affairs, so they just watched it online for fun, and that was it for a while, without taking it seriously.
In addition, Liu Wenyin also made new discoveries after studying Su Ze's blood.
"I discovered a very high level of energy in your cells. It seems that it is not absorbed by you from the outside world, but produced by your body itself. This is incredible..." Liu Wenyin paused slightly and saw Su Ze concentrated on listening to her before continuing.
"This kind of energy can only be found in the bodies of saint-level powerful people. In other words, only saint-level life forms have the ability to produce this energy on their own. But you did it in the cocoon-breaking stage, or it may be in the pupa-transformation stage. Even earlier.”
Su Ze thought for a while and felt that this was most likely related to the evolutionary grace skill, and asked, "What is the use of this energy?"
Liu Wenyin replied: "You still remember what I told you, Saint-level experts can upgrade their own skills, right? This energy is the key to their ability to upgrade their own skills."
"In other words, the reason for my two skill upgrades has been found. Now I can upgrade my skills like a saint-level powerhouse?" Su Ze was surprised and a little excited.
"It's not that easy." Liu Wenyin poured cold water and said, "The energy in your body is far less than that of a normal saint-level powerhouse. In addition, you are not evolved enough to control this energy, so you can only use this energy passively."
"Sure enough, you still have to try your luck."
"You are already extremely lucky, just enjoy yourself secretly." Liu Wenyin saw that Su Ze was not satisfied yet, so she had to educate her brother, who was evolutionary illiterate, about the relevant knowledge.
She said: "You have upgraded some skills in advance, which will not only improve your current combat power, but also save you a lot of time in the future, after you become a saint."
Liu Wenyin was not surprised to see Su Ze's confused look.
"This can also be regarded as relatively high-level evolutionary knowledge. Do you know what is the biggest difference between the evolver after completing the fourth evolution and becoming a saint-level life form, and the extraordinary level?"
"Stronger?" Su Ze guessed, looking like a student who was suddenly called up by the teacher to answer a question in class.
Liu Wenyin glanced at Su Ze with an expression of "You're talking nonsense" and said, "It's the amount of extract absorbed! After becoming a Saint-level overlord, you can only absorb one tube of fifth-level extract, instead of three tubes!"
Su Ze was stunned and said: "Isn't that weakening? At each stage of the extraordinary level, you can absorb three tubes of extracts, acquire three skills, and your physical fitness will be strengthened three times. At the holy level, you can only Can I get one more skill?"
Liu Wenyin shook her head and said: "If you acquire fewer new skills, it doesn't mean you are weak. Why do human evolvers need to absorb the extracts of higher-level beings to evolve? In fact, it's just to build a 'ladder'."
"Each tube of extract is a 'ladder' leading to a higher level of life. At the extraordinary stage, three tubes of extract, that is, three ladders, are needed to help the evolver climb to a higher level, but at the saint level stage, All it takes is a ladder.”
Su Ze wondered: "Wouldn't it be easier to evolve to the saint level?"
"No, you can understand it this way. At the extraordinary level, the most important thing to climb up is the 'ladder'. The longer and stronger your ladder is, the higher your success rate in climbing up. But at the holy level , everyone only has a ladder, who can climb up will fail, the key is the person who climbs the ladder."
After listening to Liu Wenyin's words, Su Ze vaguely grasped something. After thinking for a moment, he asked: "So the focus of the Saint-level stage is to strengthen the skills acquired before?"
Liu Wenyin finally nodded with satisfaction, showing a happy smile that said, "You can teach me a child," and said:
"That's right, every skill you acquire is engraved into your genes and is a part of your life. After you evolve into a saint-level life form, those skills you acquired at the mortal level and the extraordinary level, You have fallen seriously behind your level of life, and they are holding you back.
"When you complete the fourth evolution and want to climb to the fifth evolution, first you need a tube of fifth-level extract as a ladder, and then you need to upgrade all the skills that are holding you back in your genes to the holy level. You Only then are you qualified to climb that ladder.
"This is not easy. It takes a lot of time. Of course, the rewards are also great. The improvement in strength will be very obvious. Can you imagine how powerful it will be if all the skills you currently master are upgraded to the holy level?"
Su Ze imagined it for a moment and found that he couldn't imagine it...but in any case, it was good to be strong. My sister was definitely right.
"So when I upgrade my skills now, I am doing things that can only be done at the Saint level in advance. When I become Saint level in the future, I will save a lot of things." Su Ze understood.
"Yes." Liu Wenyin nodded slightly. "So I've told you a long time ago that every skill you acquire now is very important. Don't waste any skill column at will, because these skills now determine the upper limit of your strength in the Saint level stage. They are just like the skills you have laid down. The foundation, the stronger the foundation, the higher you will be able to build it when you add more bricks and tiles when you reach the holy level."
Su Ze nodded, keeping these in mind, and became more cautious about his future skill choices.
"By the way, sister, once you've finished researching your small piece of fourth-order coral stone, don't give it back. Give it to me." Su Ze suddenly said.
Liu Wenyin glanced at him and said: "After using the precious research materials, the remaining ones must be handed back."
"My birthday is coming soon, so just think of it as a birthday gift to me, good sister."
"Isn't your birthday still more than two months away?"
"My... the birthday on my ID card is Zhao Lingxiao's. I am a clone. How can I have my own birthday? I have no father or mother to love me. I don't have any relatives. I am all alone..."
"Okay, okay." Liu Wenyin sighed helplessly, knowing that Su Ze was pretending to be pitiful, but she still couldn't help but feel soft, "I'll bring it back to you in a few days."
"My sister still loves me. I'll buy you milk tea right now."
Su Ze immediately went out with a smile.
He wanted the fourth-level coral stone, mainly because he wanted to soak it in water and drink it.
Ning Yushen had given him a third-grade coral stone the size of half a brick before. He broke off a small piece of it, ground it into powder and soaked it in water every day for the past two days, and his weight increased day by day.
Of course it's not that I gained weight, but that my bone density increased significantly.
As bone density increases, bones will naturally become harder and more resistant to impact.
The third-order coral stone had such an obvious effect. Of course, Su Ze was thinking about the fourth-order coral stone from Liu Wenyin.
…
Su Ze's seven-day leave had been used up. He once again asked for a long leave from counselor Jiang Hong, saying that he was going to attend the Lin Huazhou Evolutionary Exchange Conference with Liu Wenyin and needed to prepare.
Jiang Hong had nothing to say. After all, Su Ze had just published his research results, and he also received a B-level meritorious service during his leave of absence and received a national award.
As a teacher within the establishment of Dongli University, Jiang Hong can also be regarded as a public employee of Dongli. As Su Ze was promoted after his meritorious service, his rank was even one level higher than Jiang Hong.
This made Jiang Hong always feel like he was being crushed to death by the official level every time he communicated with Su Ze, as if he was talking to a leader.
Su Ze's request for leave was not entirely to skip classes. During this period, he went to Liu Wenyin's laboratory every day to help, and he also learned a lot of evolutionary knowledge in the process.
He gets up every morning, brews a cup of coral stone infusion, goes out with the cup like an old man, goes to the laboratory to work for a long time, and comes back in the afternoon to dance the swan dance with Aunt Yun and digest the extract.
Learn knowledge in the morning and practice postures in the afternoon. Wen and Wu will not fall behind.
The progress is also obvious. The Gravity Demon Extract in his body is being digested day by day, and because he insists on taking the third-level coral stone granules every day, his bones are getting harder and harder.
Su Ze has checked the third-level coral stone and found that you should not drink too much every day. You can only drink a small piece as big as a fingernail at most. Drinking too much can easily lead to kidney stones.
Ning Yushen gave me a good gift. He really wants to recruit me as his grandson-in-law... Su Ze sighed with emotion. He had inquired about the value of the third-order coral stone. Such a large piece is worth hundreds of millions.
Speaking of this, Su Ze suddenly thought of Senior Ye Jin, why has there been no movement for so many days? Aren’t you going to come to Tori University?
He looked at the dark night outside the window, picked up his phone and sent Ye Jin a message.
[Su Ze: Senior sister, how are you thinking? When will you come to Tori University? 】
[Ye Jin: I originally planned to go there two days ago, but something happened at the base, so I may have to wait for a while before going there. 】
Ye Jin replies instantly. She is always so polite. Unless there are special circumstances, she always replies instantly.
[Su Ze: What happened? Is it convenient to say? 】
[Ye Jin: Two soldiers disappeared in the base one after another. We searched for several days before we found the body of the first missing soldier. There is still no clue about the second missing soldier. 】
Su Ze frowned. One of the two soldiers died and the other disappeared. It couldn't be an accident or coincidence. Who is so bold and dares to cause trouble in the army?
[Su Ze: Are there any suspects? 】
[Ye Jin: It is still unclear whether it was caused by alien beasts or human evolvers. The dead soldier's flesh and blood had been drained from his body, leaving only one bone. In addition, the body was severely damaged and nothing more could be seen. . 】
[Ye Jin: Grandma has been investigating this matter recently, and I am also trying to help her share some of the work. When this matter comes to light, I will go to Tori University. 】
[Su Ze: Okay, senior, I'll wait for you to come over. If you need any help, just send me a message. I'll be there at night. 】
That being said, Su Ze didn't feel like he could be of much help even though he was so far away.
After finishing the chat with Ye Jin, Su Ze lay on the bed, flipping through his phone casually, and saw a piece of news.
"The owner of an evolution store in Ningshui City disappeared mysteriously."
According to news reports, the missing shop owner himself is a cocoon-breaking evolver and has close ties with many "fisherman" teams. His shop mainly deals in extracts and materials of marine animals.
Evolutionaries who make a living by hunting exotic beasts on land are called "hunters", so evolvers who make a living by hunting exotic beasts in the ocean are naturally called "fishermen".
"Is there any connection between another case of missing evolvers and the case of missing soldiers at the naval base?"
Su Ze naturally made the association. Mainly, Ningshui City was not far from Lihai City. It was entirely possible that the same murderer was committing the crime.
Su Ze forwarded the news to Ye Jin, and it wouldn't be a bad thing for them to check it out.
Su Ze didn't take this matter too seriously. He was currently waiting to attend the academic exchange meeting in Lin Huaguo, hoping to get some valuable information from Feng Boyi.
Before that, all he had to do was digest the Gravity Demon Extract with peace of mind and prepare to absorb the Mutated Electric Eel Extract.
What Su Ze didn't expect was that the news he casually forwarded to Ye Jin turned out to be wrong. The Dongli military followed this clue and found something.
A severely damaged body was found in the warehouse of the missing evolution store owner. After DNA comparison, it was confirmed that it was the second missing soldier.
It can be inferred from this that the two cases should be the same murderer. However, no information such as fingerprints and DNA are available about the murderer.
(End of chapter)
