This Is Really Not Mechanical Ascension Chapter 358

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“Now that I’ve drunk it, isn’t that just a waste?” Li Ming gave a wry smile and then downed it all. The icy, viscous liquid rolled down his throat and rapidly turned hot, as if he had swallowed a bottle of concentrated sulfuric acid.

The burning sensation in his stomach gradually intensified and rapidly spread to other parts of his body. His cells were quickly mobilized, and various hidden elemental powers burst forth.

The room was ablaze with electric arcs, and Li Ming was drenched in sweat. The tingling and stabbing pains surged like tidal waves, one after another, causing his eyes to slightly lose focus.

Increasing the potential for inherent development may seem simple, but it is in fact incredibly difficult.

The Casablanca Flower, a material used for concocting S-class gene seeds, could only affect potential development up to level ten.

How much it could actually increase was unclear, as there weren’t enough data to prove that anyone would use such a precious material to enhance genetic potential.

Li Ming breathed heavily, feeling as if there was a furnace burning fiercely within him, ready to melt him completely at any moment.

“It’s too painful!”

Li Ming groaned and clenched his teeth, his heart pounding violently as his boiling blood roared, ready to burst from his veins.

This was even comparable to the transformation experienced during a life form’s elevation. Gold patterns interlaced on the surface of his skin and his dark blue veins bulged, the two intertwining to form a horrific image.

Li Ming gritted his teeth and endured for a moment before skillfully employing Battlefield Medical Care. After the last transformation, the 70% conversion enhancement was even more astonishing.

The gold patterns covering his body surface visibly dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if a cooling energy was soothing his rioting cells, gradually entering a benign cycle.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Li Ming slowly opened his eyes and exhaled. His body was filled with a sense of fullness, and he felt airy.

It was a difficult sensation to describe. It felt as though nothing had changed, yet everything had majorly changed, as if he had shed a dusty old shell and become incredibly relaxed.

After a moment, he took out the only Genetic Radiation Device he had kept. Measuring development progress was just one of its functions; it could also test genetic potential.

“Beep—Level Five!”

Li Ming was slightly stunned, then his eyes shone. His original development potential was just level one, but now it had risen to level five, a fivefold increase.

“If before, it was a multiplier of one for development speed, now it’s five…” Li Ming did a quick calculation.

The actual speed of development was unquantifiable, but this calculation still excited him.

Just as he was about to put away the Genetic Radiation Device, on a whim, he switched to another mode.

“Beep—52%!”

Had his development progress also increased? Li Ming was surprised; he had already felt something different and vaguely guessed that the development speed had increased. The quantified results confirmed it.

“How could it only have increased by 10%…” He was dissatisfied, feeling it was too little, but shook his head, “This thing was not meant to increase development progress—it must be a side-effect of the transformation, an extra gain.”

This was not mere speculation; he had looked through his purchased information several times, and it contained no such descriptions.

“Let’s just see how much the development speed has improved.”

The process to increase the genetic potential took several hours, and he could hardly wait to switch his control over the Controlled Objects.

However, upon opening the control page, a notification popped up—

[Due to deep stimulation, [Genetic Warrior] has undergone changes, please check.]

So, his professional abilities had also been stimulated? Li Ming was momentarily intrigued and looked carefully.

He discovered that [Genetic Warrior] had acquired a new ability—

[Extreme Transformation: When integrating a B-class gene seed, the remaining special power will bring about special changes.]

Li Ming was surprised. So, it meant that some effects of the Casablanca Flower had been retained.

[Extreme Transformation]… Li Ming smirked; just one sip had brought him various benefits, which put him in a great mood.

Although S-class sounded prestigious, the substance was just one of the materials and not even the main one.

Having enhanced various aspects, and retaining some for later use, he was quite satisfied.

Continuing to switch the development system’s control over Controlled Objects, he immediately sensed a difference; various theories of evolution were at work within him, his cell activity boiled in an unprecedented manner, and various elemental energies emerged on his body’s surface.

“To merely say it’s accelerated is an understatement; it’s soared!” Li Ming opened his eyes, having experienced various rates of development.

And now, his rate of development was definitely faster than his fastest time—a 1% increase in development progress per day.

“This stuff is like a miracle drug for me, but it’s a pity it’s so rare.” Li Ming pursed his lips.

The Casablanca Flower was effective for development potentials of level ten and below, which meant he could still use it once more.

But unfortunately, it was difficult to obtain.

“The information gap with interstellar civilizations is significant; if not by chance, I might never have even known about this thing,” Li Ming couldn’t help shaking his head before continuing his immersive development.

As he encountered more powerful life forms, he increasingly understood just how terrifying progress through effort could be.

As for C-class and B-class life forms, even striving for a month or half a year might barely improve the development progress by 1%.

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In a cramped space, the metal walls were covered in grey-brown streaks, and unidentified stains.

Ya Ro’s eyebrows furrowed, feeling the foul stench emanating from the toilet stained with yellow alkaline traces, as the sound waves fluctuated ceaselessly on the virtual screen.