Evolving infinitely from ground zero

"Master?"

Shen Qinghan opened her eyes and saw Yuan Dongzhi standing still with a stunned expression, not responding to her words, which made her voice her doubt and feel very uneasy.

Lin Zichen's brow furrowed slightly, and after hesitating for a moment he stepped forward and asked, "Principal Yuan, is there a problem with Han Han's genetic fusion?"

Upon hearing the two people's voices, Yuan Dongzhi quickly snapped back to reality.

She steadied her emotions and said with some uncertainty, "Qinghan's genetic fusion failed, it didn't successfully integrate the Azure Jellyfish King genes, but... I can't say it's an outright failure."

"What do you mean?"

Lin Zichen's brows knitted even tighter.

Either it succeeds, or it fails, what is this 'not a complete failure'?

Did it only fuse halfway?

Lin Zichen was worried about this, afraid that Shen Qinghan's body might develop problems because of it.

Abnormal situations always provoke such unease.

Yuan Dongzhi didn't hide the situation from her young disciple's cohabiting boyfriend and told the truth, "Under normal circumstances, if exotic beast genes injected into the heart don't cause a severe rejection reaction, it's considered a successful genetic fusion."

"Because the biggest difficulty in genetic fusion is the rejection reaction."

"As long as there is no rejection reaction, with the assistance of various drugs in the gene reagent, one's own genes will quickly fuse with the exotic beast gene on their own, obtaining the authority to express the exotic beast gene, thus attaining certain abilities of the respective exotic beast."

"However, Qinghan's situation is strange; the Azure Jellyfish King genes injected into her didn't cause the slightest rejection reaction, nor did they initiate fusion, but were instead completely controlled."

"All the Azure Jellyfish King genes were controlled by her own genes."

As she spoke these words, disbelief was written all over Yuan Dongzhi's face, and she felt very unreal.

Having lived for nearly a century and personally witnessed the development of genetic fusion technology from scratch to the present, participating in tens of thousands of genetic fusion surgeries, she had never seen a case like Shen Qinghan's.

She had not only never seen it, but she had also never even heard of it.

Her past knowledge of genetic fusion was completely shattered, leaving her dumbfounded.

The Azure Jellyfish King genes, controlled by Han Han's genes?

Lin Zi Chen was extremely puzzled and looked at Yuan Dongzhi, asking, "Principal Yuan, what exactly is going on?"

"I can't quite clarify what exactly is going on," Yuan Dongzhi admitted with uncharacteristic patience. "The only thing I'm clear about now is that, under the perception of my spiritual power, I found that Qinghan's own genes seem to have a mind of their own, systematically surrounding the invading Azure Jellyfish King genes and then coiling around them, restricting their freedom."

"During the process, some Azure Jellyfish King genes instinctively tried to initiate fusion, only to be directly strangled by Qinghan's genes, turning into a heap of gene fragments that were completely absorbed as nutrients."

"The current situation is that the remaining Azure Jellyfish King genes are all restricted in their freedom, looking like a female thief who broke into a house and got imprisoned in the basement by the homeowner, a situation I have never encountered."

Surrounding?

Coiling?

Imprisoning?

Hearing these sensitive words, Lin Zichen found it unbelievable.

Is this something genes can do?

This notion was so astonishing that it made him doubt whether Yuan Dongzhi was lying.

Unfortunately, his spiritual power was not strong enough; otherwise, he would also want to investigate Shen Qinghan's body to verify if it was really that bizarre.

While the two were talking, Shen Qinghan on the bed was very well-behaved, not interrupting, listening quietly the entire time.

As she was attentively listening to Yuan Dongzhi explain the situation in her body,

suddenly, she noticed her hair changing color!

Turning blue at a visible rate, resembling the hue of the ocean.

At the same time, it became even more supple and glossy, looking crystal-clear like water.

"Xiao Chen, Master, my hair is changing color!"

Shen Qinghan felt a bit panicked and turned to look at the two as she spoke, reacting immediately.

There was no need for her reminder, as Lin Zichen and Yuan Dongzhi had already noticed.

Because their gaze had never left her, not even for a second.

"What's the matter?"

Yuan Dongzhi was once again baffled and asked with a puzzled expression, "Why does she express the Azure Jellyfish King's genes when the fusion clearly failed?"

Turning hair blue is one of the characteristics expressed by the Blue Spirit Jellyfish genes.

This shouldn't be occurring in Shen Qinghan.

Yuan Dongzhi sat down by the bed and observed Shen Qinghan's now azure-blue supple hair closely, asking her, "Qinghan, do you feel anything unusual in your body?"

Shen Qinghan calmed her emotions, focused quietly and felt something carefully, then said uncertainly, "It feels like there's something extra inside of me; I can sense it, and it seems... I can also control it."

Something extra inside?

Able to sense it?

And even control it?

Isn't that a Genetic Integrator?

Yuan Dongzhi felt perplexed.

After some thought, she figured that it must be a problem with her own spiritual power.

Indeed, Shen Qinghan had successfully fused with the Azure Jellyfish King genes, and it was a flaw in her spiritual power perception that had prevented her from realizing this.

Thinking this, she immediately withdrew her spiritual power from Shen Qinghan's body.

She took a moment to rest, allowing her brain to take a short break.

Afterward, she extended her spiritual power again, entering Shen Qinghan's body, carefully examining the Azure Jellyfish King genes inside.

Her findings revealed that the Azure Jellyfish King genes were still being controlled by Shen Qinghan's genes; there was no mutual fusion whatsoever.