Chapter 270

Of course. Although the protective inclusivity of the Eternal Knowledge Treasury allowed him to complete the first phase of genetic sequence enhancement smoothly, the pain of cellular mutation remained excruciating. A heart-piercing numbness surged through him. At first, the hair on his skin stood on end, and by the midway point, every pore on his body seemed to stretch open. Dead cells resulting from the radical genetic modification began to slough off his skin as black stains and dry, flaky layers. Fine arcs of lightning flickered and spread across the surface of his body. His eyes were squeezed shut. Under the constant interaction of countless sparks, the temperature of his skin began to rise, becoming searingly hot. Even the dust on the floor of the laboratory began to float into the low air—a secondary effect caused by the weak electric field formed by the volatile ionic currents swirling around Chu Yang.