Chapter 7 Initial Exchange

  "Yi Tang, why are the three gaps so big? Won't T-virus also turn people into zombies? Why do you need 500 energy points for that? And what about those two, introduce them to me too?" Yi Chi looked at the data of the three items and suddenly became depressed, saying "These all have side effects!"

  "Don't worry, host, with my assistance, you won't become a zombie. The T-virus is much more expensive, and the other two items can't be changed. However, the second generation of functional enhancement is slightly better, but you can't afford it now. As for the gene strengthening agent, don't worry at all - even if it fails and causes genetic chaos, 50 energy points will fix it completely, no need to worry. Ultimately, which one to exchange depends on you."

  Although Yi Tang's words made Yi Chi feel a bit more at ease, he still couldn't decide which one to exchange.

  "If I were to exchange for the T-virus, then the strengthening degree would definitely not be as good as the other two. However, if I were to exchange for the functional enhancement factor, there might be some side effects that are a bit nauseating. But if I can overcome it, it should still be fine. After all, it's just madness, and I have confidence in my ability to handle it. As for the gene strengthening agent, it's all about luck. If I'm lucky, the strengthening will succeed, and its function might even rival that of the functional enhancement factor. But if it fails, I'll need to repair the gene, which would waste 250 energy points."

  "No way, this world is too dangerous, who knows when I'll run into a powerful lunatic. If it happens to me, I won't be able to take it. I have to take risks." Yi Chi had seen through the nature of this world, for the strong, it was heaven, but for him now, it was a place where he could lose his life at any moment. He didn't have time to slowly build up his strength, he needed to hurry and gain some power quickly, so he could go kill some magical beasts and gather energy points to repair his Nine Leaks Body.

  "Easy Pond, enhanced exchange function and gene amplifier." Easy Pool thought to himself as two items appeared in his hand.

  "Confirmed exchange, deducting energy points: 400 points, remaining energy points: 199 points."

  Yi Chi only saw a flash of white light, and two syringes appeared in his hand, inside which were the functional enhancement serum and genetic amplifier he had exchanged for.

  "It's really possible, it's really possible to exchange, I'm Yi Chi, no longer that insignificant person who can be bullied by anyone. I must become stronger, I want the entire Luo Tian Continent to tremble for me, Yi Chi, I want to control the fate of all living beings!" Yi Chi thought excitedly, for how long, counting from his past life, it had been over twenty years, twenty years of being a small fry, Yi Chi had had enough. He wanted to change, but he didn't have the ability, he wanted to resist, but still didn't have the ability. But now, as long as he had energy points, he could become stronger, stronger than anyone else, and when that time came, it would no longer be others controlling his fate, but him controlling the fate of all living beings.

  "Calm down, calm down. I'm still weak now, and this matter absolutely cannot be known to others. If someone else finds out, they must be silenced, not even leaving a soul behind." Yi Chi forced himself to calm down, as his happiness had come too suddenly, and he couldn't accept it all at once.

  "Wow~~~"

  "Finally calmed down, it seems that my mental quality is still not good enough and needs to be strengthened." After calming down, Yi Chi returned to his usual slightly mischievous self.

  "Yi Tang, is it just a matter of injecting it in? Are there any specific requirements for the order?" Yi Chi asked, he didn't know anything about this aspect.

  "I suggest you inject the gene enhancer first, and after succeeding, inject the functional enhancer. This should alleviate the degree of madness."

  "Alright, I'll listen to you." Yi Chi knew his own strengths and weaknesses. Blindly following without a clear understanding was not a good thing. If he understood something, then he would do it; if not, he would listen to others. Acting impulsively on his own could lead to trouble.

  Calmly, I put the functional enhancement serum injector aside and held the gene enhancer in my right hand. Taking a deep breath, I steeled myself and injected it directly into my left arm.

  "Hmph..."

  "Huh, that's it? I don't feel anything?" Yi Chi felt no reaction in his body after the injection and was suddenly puzzled.

  "It is suggested that the host bite on a hard object to alleviate the subsequent pain."

  "What? Pain? How did I... Ah~~" Before he could even finish his sentence, Yi Chi felt a wave of convulsions throughout his body, followed by endless aching. He hadn't even had time to recover when wave after wave of excruciating pain, like his bones were being scraped, descended upon him.

  "Ugh... evil..."

  Yi Chi only felt that he should have fainted by now, if he had known it would be this painful, he would have knocked himself out earlier, rather than silently enduring like this.

  Like a tidal wave of pain, it came quickly and left quickly, but in just those few dozen seconds, Yi Chi felt like he had lived through a hundred years.

  When the pain subsided, he felt as if he was about to ascend to heaven, feeling comfortable to the extreme.

  "Hoo... Hoo... Hoo..."

  Gasping violently, Yi Chi had rolled on the ground countless times just now to relieve his pain, and now he felt weak all over.

  "Damn it, Yitang, why didn't you tell me it would hurt so much? If I had known, I would have prepared myself at least. You could have knocked me out first!" Yi Chi felt his body recovering quickly and suddenly gained energy, turning to scold Yitang. He was certain that this guy must have done it on purpose, absolutely.

  "Sorry, host, I don't know the specific pain level either, but you've endured it, haven't you? And if you had been knocked out beforehand, I guarantee that the strengthening would have failed. You must endure it yourself to have a 31% chance of success. Now, congratulations, host, you've successfully strengthened your body, and all your basic attributes have increased by 400%." Yi Tang's words were more like an explanation than a statement, but he had already convinced Yi Chi. After all, people say that being knocked out is not an option, so what could Yi Chi do?

  "Hehe, succeeded? That's good, the suffering wasn't in vain. By the way, is the function enhancement serum that painful?" Yi Chi heard that he had succeeded and Lima got excited, but thinking about another function enhancement serum injection, possibly with the same pain as before, Lima became apprehensive.

  Having never experienced such pain, I really can't empathize with Yi Chi's current mood.

  "According to the data, the strengthening of functional enhancement elements should be slightly reduced."

  "A little pain? How much is that? I'm depressed, and it's probably not going to be light anyway. Forget it, the pain will just have to hurt, for the sake of getting stronger, for the sake of being a superior person, I'll endure it." Yi Chi thought he knew now, this suffering would still have to be borne once more.

  "Host, your state of mind is very good."

  As soon as Yi Tang said this, Yi Chi was unhappy. Who would think that suffering is a good thing? Yi Chi didn't think so. Who wants to suffer pain? Who doesn't want to get powerful strength without any pain? The key is whether it's possible or not. Without paying the price, where does the return come from?

  "Go, go, go, take this fan and wait over there."

  "Fan? Why?" Now it was Yi Tang's turn to be puzzled.

  "It's just telling you to cool down, aren't you going? I thought you understood everything, but it turns out there are things you don't know!" Yi Chi excitedly raised his right hand holding the Enhanced Essence, seemingly celebrating that he had turned the situation around.

  "Come on, let the pain come more fiercely!" Yi Chi gave himself a boost of courage and bravely pressed the injection switch.

  "Hmph..."

  "Slap"

  He threw away the syringe and Yi Chi had made a complete mental preparation to welcome the arrival of pain.

  "Ah~ wu~~~~" Just as he was about to cry out, Yi Chi hastily covered his mouth.

  It seems that because he had endured it once before, this time Yi Chi found it relatively easier to bear than the last.

  However.

  "Damn it, Yi Tang, he's leaked half a sentence again! This is already one minute in, what kind of slight mistake is this? It's simply an enhanced version!" Yi Chi thought to himself in anger, now unable to speak due to the pain, and could only scold Yi Tang silently.

  Three to four minutes, for Yi Chi, these few minutes were as torturous as several centuries.

  He's okay, he made it through.

  "Hoo~ hoo~ hoo~ hoo~"

  "Yi Tang, I'm counting on you, next time please speak fully, this is over three minutes, the previous one was just a few dozen seconds, can they be the same?" Yi Chi said indignantly.

  "You didn't ask about the time, did you? You didn't ask, so I didn't say anything." Yi Tang said with a slightly aggrieved tone.

  "Hmph, compensate me with a few million energy points and I'll forgive you." Yi Chi started to imagine himself having a few million energy points, exchanging them for a large pile of divine artifacts. Of course, he was also clear that Yi Tang would not agree, as these energy points didn't come out of thin air, and Yi Chi still had to go find them.

  "Host, don't daydream."

  "Come on, be more tactful."

  Yi Chi lay on the ground, feeling his powerful body, and his mood suddenly brightened.

  "Yi Tang, how much stronger is my body now compared to the original?" Yi Chi didn't know exactly how much the second enhancement increased it by, but thinking about it, he felt that it shouldn't be more than the first time.

  "Host, your current body's various numerical values have all increased by 900%."

  "900%? So much?! Doesn't that mean I now have the equivalent of a 9-star Dou Shi's power?" Yi Chi was shocked, he had originally thought that having 700% was already very good, but who would have thought that it would be 900%, which means that the second strengthening directly increased by 500%.

  "Yes, because they are two different kinds of boosters, so it won't decrease effectiveness even if you've already boosted."

  "Fifteen years old, nine Star Dou Servants, although I still can't cultivate Dou Qi, but at least I've caught up with my peers." Yi Chi was now more excited than his daydream earlier, after all, that was just fantasy, this was real power.