Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 264: Initial Use of Scorpion Spine
On this day, Xia Shou studied occult history in the morning, painted a self-portrait in the afternoon, and conducted compatibility tests on forbidden objects in the evening. He selected suitable forbidden objects from the idle ones as equipment for this mission.

In addition, data on the scorpion spine must be collected to conduct complex advanced conditioned reflex training.

Fencing, boxing, judo, grappling, target shooting...

Rock climbing, practical parkour, multi-party fighting, interrogation, brainwashing, micro-expression management...

In the practical application field of Scorpion Spine, the theory is already very mature, because before Xia Shou, there have been countless test subjects that provided a large amount of data support, allowing the Control Bureau to figure out the hidden mechanism of Scorpion Spine when it works.

To put it simply, the Scorpion Spine is extremely powerful, but it is also very demanding on the brain and body. One day of training can completely master multiple skills, but most people cannot withstand the side effects of such intensity.

Although it can allow the brain to establish complex and advanced conditioned reflexes, it does not completely transform the human body, so the body remains in its original state. It requires a mortal body to instantly calculate the movement of every muscle in the opponent's body during a fight with a boxer, and perfectly control the muscles of its own body to launch the best counterattack, and also choose the best solution from several sets of tactical templates that have already been established. This is a burden in itself.

Most people can withstand one or two sets of top-level washing techniques, but they can't stand more than that.

A considerable number of transplant recipients are unable to actively shut down the function of the scorpion spine and are subjected to the effects of the scorpion spine for a long time in their daily lives, which leads to muscle strain and premature aging of brain cells, and greatly shortens their lifespan.

Therefore, the original plan of the research department was to provide multi-faceted training in skills, with the main goal of allowing people to know a little bit about everything, but not necessarily to be proficient in everything.

Xia Shou is in this state now. He hits the ten-ring every time he shoots, but there is no need to train to hit the ten-ring every time in any posture and under any external environment. Otherwise, if wind force, humidity, gun performance, etc. are taken into consideration, the burden of subconscious calculation will suddenly increase.

In addition, Modise has recently customized a set of Scorpion Spine suppression plans, the theme of which is "How to Establish Advanced Conditioned Reflexes to Suppress Scorpion Spine".

That is to let the Scorpion Spine establish a conditioned reflex so that it can suppress its own power in the host's own safe environment, shut down various reflex functions as much as possible, and only leave a very small part to predict danger.

If the plan goes well and this conditioned reflex can be successfully established, the scorpion spine can be used as a potential exploder with first, second and third levels. The life span of Xia Shou, the host, will be greatly extended, and Xia Shou's successor will also benefit from it.

On the ring, Xia Shou stared coldly at the boxer opposite him.

The opponent is the previous UFC champion, nicknamed Big Brown Bear Jed by fans. He is the top restricted-level fighter among ordinary people, and now he is the opponent who feeds him moves.

Xia Shou didn't feel like he was in a battle. After the initial training, he no longer felt any sense of urgency.

When the fist hit him in the face, his head tilted back slightly. He knew the amplitude and distance of the tilt very clearly. It was not an answer obtained after thinking or calculating, but his body instinctively got stuck at that point. After the posture was in place for an instant, the feeling appeared in his mind - "Oh, that's right, it's safe here."

He could perfectly see through a large number of feints and probing movements. In a fight, feints and probing movements were one of the strategies to consume the opponent's physical energy. The calculation of possibilities made the fatigue value of brain cells accumulate bit by bit, and the small backward dodges subtly weakened the boxer's physical strength.

But for Xia Shou now, all unnecessary dodging will not happen. He is like a 100% accurate AI running at high speed. He can read the instructions of his opponent's body and even understand the limits of the range of movements that his body can make better than his opponent.

There was no dodging, no diving, all strategic evasive moves were gone. He was like a falling feather and a thin tissue. When a fist approached his body, he would stick to it and dodge to the extreme distance that was just out of reach.

"Fight back." Modis, who was standing on the edge of the ring, suddenly said.

Xia Shou threw a punch and his glove grazed the opponent's chin.

It was just a graze. However, the violent shaking reached his brain, and the boxing champion who was so powerful in the ordinary world collapsed forward. Xia Shou stretched out his arms and hooked the opponent's armpits to prevent him from falling directly to the ground, and then dragged the boxing champion who was unable to recover to the side of the ring.

"Very good, the automatic combat against ordinary people has been successfully established." Modis patted his thick palms, strode to Xia Shou, looked up and explained in detail, "But you have to pay attention, this is only for ordinary people. The calculation of your conditioned reflex is all based on the premise that ordinary people are your opponents."

"So, a humanoid anomaly that cannot be dealt with using this technology?"

"It depends on the situation. The basic parameters of the conditioned reflex imprinted in your bone are those of a normal person. If you are facing a monster that looks like an ordinary person but punches faster than a bullet, will your skills still be useful? If you rely too much on the established conditioned reflex, then when you encounter a situation that cannot be applied, your body will just sit there and wait for death! You must remember this!"

"Then can't we increase the range of response parameters? What if the opponent has a faster punch speed?" Xia Shou suggested.

Modis waved his hand: "That won't work. More possibilities will increase the cost of your actions. Jed just now had so many fake moves and so many punches, why didn't you dodge most of them?"

"Because Scorpion Spine judges that these attacks cannot touch me, and knows the ultimate limit of dodging, so I will not take the feint seriously unless it exceeds that limit."

"Yes, you are not an idiot. Since you know this, you should understand the dangers of expanding the parameter range."

Xia Shou nodded thoughtfully.

He understood that expanding the parameter range would cause him to overreact to even non-dangerous attacks.

If you assume that the opponent's attack speed is faster than a bullet, then even if the opponent just raises his hand slightly, his body will make a large evasive movement. In this way, the opponent does not even need to attack seriously, and only a few fake moves can tire him to death.

"The best way is to establish more complex conditioned reflexes, nesting a template for one type, but now you have not mastered the skills to switch No. 103 on and off at any time, so you should first learn the most versatile general template, that is, imagine the enemy as the top elite among ordinary people." Modise patted Xia Shou's calf to show encouragement.

He picked up the tablet, ticked it a few times, and said to Xia Shou, "Go back today. The date for the surgery has been set. Report to the medical department tomorrow night. Qiao Xin will be your surgeon.

Then remember to go to Uncle Liu to get your special clothes before you leave, which will match your mirror ability."

Hearing the other party mention his special abilities, Xia Shou became nervous for a moment, but when he saw Modis turn around and jump off the ring, he immediately relaxed.

The other party doesn't seem to have any idea of ​​delving deeply into his supernatural powers. Aren't they curious about the effects of his supernatural powers?
Until now, the official file of Xia Shou has a very brief note about his supernatural power: [Possessed Spirit]. The description in the column of specific effects states that it will change as the situation changes.

Xia Shou himself never modified the file, the only explanation was that Shangguan Yan wrote it for him.

So, was it also her who made Dr. Modise and the people in the research department lose their curiosity about his true superpowers?

The longer he spent with Shangguan Yan, the less he understood her. Her image became more and more mysterious in Xia Shou's mind. Even the labels that formed the impression at first sight were peeled off one by one as they spent more time together, and then some labels representing doubts were posted one by one.

Shangguan Yan gave Xia Shou a very contradictory feeling. On the one hand, he felt that he was being used, but on the other hand, he felt that he was being protected.

Xia Shou took off his boxing equipment, took a shower in the bathroom of the training ground, put on his clothes, and walked towards the dormitory.

(End of this chapter)