Evolution from scratch with added points.

"Passive underwater breathing?"

"Adaptive evolution can actually occur on the seafloor?!"

Chen Jue looked at the prompt that popped up on the panel with a dazed look in his eyes.

Exercising and practicing Tai Chi underwater tonight was purely an unexpected inspiration while diving during the day.

I didn't expect that after only diving for more than an hour, in addition to a bunch of attributes exploding, even my body structure showed small changes.

What surprised Chen Jue the most was that the air he inhaled into his chest seemed to never be exhausted.

As the salty and fishy sea water entered his nasal cavity, a few strands flowed back into his throat, and the feeling of suffocation caused by holding his breath underwater for a long time seemed to disappear without a trace in an instant!

It was as if he, a human being, suddenly mastered the fish-like method of breathing through gills!
Such amazing physical evolution immediately made Chen Jue give up the idea of ​​continuing to improve his proficiency.

Because in the past hour or so, the Lv6 progress bars of both [Three Peaks Tai Chi] and [Tai Chi Thirteen Postures] have advanced by more than 25%.

The convenience of being rooted in the seabed and using the undercurrents to deduce boxing moves and standing meditation has greatly improved Chen Jue's comprehension of these two skills.

It's like taking a lot of experience potions and enlightenment pills specifically for skills!
"I remember Master said that in his later years, Master Chongyang took his disciples to the Shandong coast to preach and practice."

"Perhaps Master Chongyang, like me, has also traveled in the sea and used the power of the ocean currents to hone himself?"

"Otherwise, why would the Longmen Sect pass down the [Water Fist] and [Mian Fist], the origins of Tai Chi?"

"If you don't get into the water, and only rely on the so-called highest good like water to realize it, you will never be able to create a true boxing theory like Tai Chi that combines hardness and softness!" Chen Jue recalled some anecdotes and legends within the Quanzhen Longmen, and combined with his own experience in practicing martial arts, he roughly figured out why Master Chongyang went east to preach.

In addition to visiting the illusory Penglai Fairy Mountain, it is most likely also to see the magnificent ocean, so as to complement the missionary and practice concept of "Quanzhen Hall".

Of course, in addition to these benefits, another skill created by Chen Jue, the [Furnace Core], was also upgraded within this hour, from Lv4 to Lv5.

However, the improvement of these skills only brings partial benefits to physical attributes.

What Chen Jue is most concerned about right now is the adaptive evolution of his body!
……

It took more than a minute to swim to the shore, and Chen Jue returned to the hotel under the cover of night.

There was no rush to verify the new body function of passive underwater breathing. Instead, he first logged into Jiangnan University's intranet and searched for relevant prompt words such as gill slits and gill arches that appeared on the panel according to the human anatomy course.

"In the fetal stage, that is, when in the mother's womb, humans have gills, which begin to appear at the 4th to 5th week of embryogenesis, including gill arches, gill grooves (gill clefts), gill membranes and pharyngeal pouches, collectively known as gill apparatus."

"Fish and amphibians evolved gills to breathe in water, but human gills are very short-lived and evolve into other organs and tissues during the fetal period."

"After birth, the human body normally does not have gills. However, if there is a problem during the development process, such as the gill clefts not completely degenerating, connecting, closing or remaining, it can lead to gill-related lesions, such as gill cleft fistulas and gill cleft cysts."

"In other words, this gill organ is also a degenerate organ like the palmaris longus muscle and the coccyx?
"It's just that the degeneration is more thorough! It will only be apparent during the fetal period!" Chen Jue's eyes widened slightly as he looked at the information in Jiangda's textbook.

There are currently several hypotheses in the scientific community about the origin of human beings, one of which is the very famous fish evolution hypothesis.

Moreover, according to research in recent years, a very convincing historical chain has been established from fish to humans.

The gills that form in the human fetus are a very convincing piece of evidence for this hypothesis.

"I didn't expect that I accidentally stimulated the evolution of the degenerated gills in my body?" After Chen Jue checked the information, the doubts in his mind were slightly resolved.

Then I went to the bathroom and filled the bathtub with water, and looked at the sides of my neck in the mirror. According to the structural illustrations in the textbook, the human body's degenerate gills are concentrated in the human neck, with a total of 6 pairs of gill slits, and the distribution area varies from person to person, from tonsils to ears, mandibles and even collarbones.

By consulting information and combining it with his own evolution, Chen Jue also discovered abnormalities in his neck area.

First of all, it is thicker than before, and looks like it has an enlarged thyroid.

However, this thick thing shrank back on its own soon after Chen Jue got ashore.

"There is no way to adjust these gill slits and gill arches at this time."

"That means they have only evolved halfway!"

"It is even very likely that there has only been a small sign of evolution!"

Chen Jue made a bold guess and recorded this discovery in his "Strongest Human Training Plan". After taking off his clothes, he soaked in the bathtub full of water.

Since the underwater environment can stimulate the re-evolution of these degenerate gills, Chen Jue plans to use artificial water environment to accelerate their evolution.

Because under the ocean, the currents are too strong.

In addition, the sea water has a strong odor. Even if Chen Jue wants to stimulate his body's evolution, he doesn't want to use salty and smelly sea water for experiments.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Chen Jue soaked in the bathtub and the water covered his head, he noticed something strange in his neck.

The two sides of the neck, which had originally shrunk, actually expanded on their own after coming into contact with water.

This passive reaction to stress surprised Chen Jue, and he began to think in his mind: "The oxygen content in tap water is not low. If I can absorb the oxygen in it through these gills, it means that I have a way to survive underwater for a long time!"

"And the textbook says that humans don't need to breathe through lungs during infancy. Growth and development can be guaranteed solely by the oxygen and nutrient delivery from the mother's umbilical cord."

"But in order to transport these oxygen and nutrients to the whole body, blood circulation is still necessary."

"The main thing is that the baby can swallow the amniotic fluid, so that the lungs are immersed in a liquid environment without suffocating."

"It doesn't make sense for me to be able to return to my innate body from acquired one when I'm about to complete the [Foundation Building]!"

So after a burst of imagination, Chen Jue plucked up the courage to take a deep breath of the tap water that covered his head from his nasal cavity.

The foreign feeling of water entering his trachea and then his lungs caused him to cough violently several times underwater.

But when Chen Jue tried a few more times and relied on his mental strength of over 4 to suppress the suffocating feeling of foreign body, a magical scene happened!

Chen Jue discovered that he could actually breathe passively underwater by swallowing tap water, allowing his lungs and trachea to completely fill with water!
As the blood circulation in his body accelerated, he gradually adapted to the foreign body sensation and suffocation caused by choking on water as the gills evolved in his neck began to work.

After soaking in the bathtub for an hour or so, Chen Jue felt that he was about to float in the water. He climbed out of the bathtub and squeezed out all the water in his lungs and trachea and vomited it out.

"magic!"

"So this is what it feels like to breathe underwater!"

"If I can master the ability to breathe underwater, won't that mean I can explore all four oceans on Earth at my will?" Chen Jue's eyes flashed with heat.

The sense of achievement and excitement from developing his body even dampened his anticipation for the live show tomorrow morning. (End of this chapter)