Douluo: I am a biologist, awakening the weapon spirit?

Chapter 150 Instant
Generally speaking, improving reaction speed requires training.

Through extensive training, the body's reactions to various events can be made instinctive.

In this way, when something happens, the body can quickly take corresponding actions.

This also reveals a dark truth: humans, like animals, can be domesticated.

The most practical way for Chen Feng to improve his reaction speed is through extensive training.

However, this method has a problem: his third soul skill, Swift Thunder, cannot be used continuously. After using it once, it requires a period of recovery before it can be used a second time.

This is due to limitations in terms of soul power, as soul skills themselves have such limitations.

Such restrictions will greatly slow down Chen Feng's training progress.

Most importantly, he has many other things to do, such as summarizing previous experiments and thinking about the next course of action.

Furthermore, when Chen Feng uses the head soul bone of the Silver Lightning Flying Serpent, his control over lightning will be greatly enhanced.

Although Vengeful Wrath can enhance Chenfeng's lightning control to some extent, that is only a side effect.

In this respect, the head soul bone of the Silver Lightning Flying Serpent is much more effective.

This also gave Chen Feng a glimmer of hope—the hope of mastering the electromagnetic flying sword technique.

Therefore, Chen Feng cannot devote all his energy to reaction training.

So naturally, he had the idea of ​​taking a shortcut.

On Earth, the essence of the human body's response to the external environment is the transmission of signals within the nervous system.

This process is mainly accomplished by neurons and neurotransmitters.

The neural signals transmitted by neurons themselves are electrical signals, while the signals transmitted between neurons are neurotransmitters, which are essentially chemical substances.

That is, chemical signals.

Chen Feng is still unsure whether the human anatomy in the Douluo world is the same as that of humans on Earth.

However, he can first assume that the two are the same and see if he can find a way to increase the reaction speed.

If the method found is effective, then it means that the two nervous systems should be quite similar.

If that doesn't work, Chen Feng has no other choice but to practice relentlessly.

From the perspective of the human nervous system, to enhance reaction speed, it is necessary to accelerate the transmission speed of signals within the nervous system.

This can be approached from two aspects: the electrical signals of neurons and the chemical signals transmitted by neurotransmitters.

Chemical signals are transmitted between neurons. Although the transmission speed of neurotransmitters is slower than that of electrical signals, it is still considerable due to the short distance they travel, and can be temporarily ignored.

Therefore, Chen Feng's main focus is on the speed of electrical signals transmitted by neurons themselves.

His method involves using an appropriate electrical current to stimulate his brain and upper limbs in order to accelerate the transmission of nerve signals.

In addition, even a weak electric current can stimulate nerves to release neurotransmitters, which can also promote the transmission of signals within the nerves.

On Earth, instruments made using this principle can also treat conditions such as anxiety, depression, and insomnia.

After initially determining the method, Chen Feng sat down cross-legged and began to try it out.

His approach this time was exactly the same as before: using the special energy of the soul bone to release a weak electric current.

Of course, before starting the attempt, Chen Feng also informed Tang San to prevent any accidents from happening during the attempt.

Tang San had finished teaching Dugu Bo for the day and was now in a free period, so he began to protect Chen Feng.

Chen Feng closed his eyes and began his journey of human experimentation.

But just a few seconds later, he swayed and fell to the ground, his hair standing on end.

Tang San, who was standing to the side, was taken aback at first, and then very skillfully summoned his martial soul to use his first soul skill to heal Chen Feng. He then took out a pill that he had just made, which had the effect of strengthening the body's foundation and nourishing the vital energy, and stuffed it into Chen Feng's mouth.

After a while, Chen Feng slowly woke up.

He was stunned for a moment before he remembered what had just happened.

Just now, Chen Feng was trying to guide the special energy of the head bone to generate a weak current that stimulated his brain.

Because he couldn't control it properly, the current generated was too strong, and since it was generated directly in his brain, Chen Feng was instantly knocked unconscious.

"Hiss, this brain is really hard to deal with." Chen Feng covered his head in discomfort.

When he was trying to develop cell activation methods, something similar happened.

However, the current was generated on the spine at that time, and the soul bone from the thousand-year-old soul beast had limited strength, so the current was bearable. Apart from being shocked, nothing serious happened.

However, since Chen Feng's head bone comes from a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, and the current is generated directly in his brain, it is easy for an accident like the one just now to happen.

"What are you doing?" Tang San asked, seeing Chen Feng's pained expression.

"I want to try and see if I can improve my reaction speed," Chen Feng said.

He briefly explained his thought process to Tang San, but omitted technical terms such as neurons and neurotransmitters.

Tang San roughly understood some of it and said:
"I think it's safer to focus on training in this kind of situation."

“I know that, but I still want to see if there are any other ways,” Chen Feng said.

The approach he adopted has actually appeared in some fantasy works, so he naturally wanted to try it out to see if it was feasible.

"Then you should be more cautious. It's better to go slowly than to be reckless. If you get electrocuted and become mentally impaired, that would be a great loss to the world," Tang San advised.

"Don't worry, the advantage is in my hands." Chen Feng sat up cross-legged again and began to try again.

This time, he adopted a steady and methodical approach, gradually increasing the intensity of the current and adjusting the areas stimulated by the current.

After some time, Chen Feng finally found the most suitable method of electrical stimulation.

"I've decided to name this ability to accelerate reaction speed 'Moment'," Chen Feng said with a hint of excitement after experiencing his newly developed ability.

However, his voice carried a hint of weariness.

"A fleeting moment?" Tang San asked, somewhat puzzled.

"That's right. In this state, my reaction speed is greatly enhanced, and everything in front of me seems to slow down in that instant," Chen Feng explained.

If his body can also keep up with the reaction speed in this state, then it will be no different from the instantaneous power of words.

As for Time Zero, he didn't really expect it; it was unlikely that such a heaven-defying ability would appear on a fantasy floor like Douluo Continent.

It's very difficult for humans, at least. After completing "Moment," Chen Feng didn't start practicing Raikiri; instead, he went to sleep first.

This is because "moment" has a limitation: it causes great fatigue after use.

After all, this is equivalent to overloading the brain, just like when Chen Feng used the Ten Thousand Years Concentration Jade Pendant.

However, after waking up, Chen Feng couldn't wait to try the combination of "Moment" and "Lightning Blade".

Just as he had thought, once the reaction speed was up, the realization of the Raicher would be a natural progression.

This also means that Chen Feng has finally mastered his third soul skill.

Although "Moment" will consume a lot of his energy, this situation should gradually improve as he becomes stronger.

By then, "moment" will become one of his regular skills.

As the days passed, a month quickly came to an end.

During this month, Chen Feng completed a summary of the soul bone experiments and put forward some more conjectures.

In addition, he also began experimenting with electromagnetic flying swords.

Unfortunately, Chenfeng has made little progress in controlling the change of current to generate an electromagnetic field.

Although the Silver Lightning Serpent Soul Bone enhanced Chen Feng's control over lightning, it was still a long way from achieving complete mastery.

However, Chen Feng was not discouraged. He had always considered flying swords a problem that required long-term solutions, so he did not take the current failure to heart.

After all, it's a flying sword, so it's understandable that it's more difficult.

Some distance from the shore of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Tang San was intently staring at the bronze cauldron in front of him.

Chen Feng stood closer to the spring, also observing the bronze cauldron, while Dugu Bo stood beside him.

The bronze cauldron was currently placed above a blazing hot spring, its bottom slightly touching the fire, and was being heated by the heat of the spring.

If it were just an ordinary bronze cauldron, even the slightest contact with this scorching hot spring would quickly turn it into molten bronze.

However, the bronze cauldron that Tang San is currently using has been coated with a kind of herb that grows near the Ice Spring, which is why it can barely withstand the temperature of the Fire Spring.

At this moment, faint purple smoke was continuously rising from the gaps in the lid that sealed the bronze cauldron.

None of the three showed any change in expression in the face of this situation, because they all knew what was being refined inside.

The purple smoke rising from the bronze cauldron condensed above it without dissipating, swaying slightly. Anyone who saw this scene would instinctively sense a danger emanating from that purple smoke.

That's a biological instinct.

However, Dugu Bo did not feel this way, which means that the toxins refined in the bronze cauldron were not life-threatening to him.

After all, his martial soul is the nine-headed venomous snake Xiangliu, a walking venomous calamity.

However, Dugu Bo did not underestimate the poison that Tang San was refining, because he knew very well that if he were before his martial soul evolved, it was hard to say what would have happened if he had encountered this kind of poison.

He had already heard Tang San explain how this mixed poison called "King Yama's Talisman" was made.

During this period, they continuously explored the pharmacological properties of the various ingredients in Yanwang Tie (a traditional Chinese medicine plaster), attempting to study its basic principles.

However, they soon discovered that this was impossible, and even Tang San knew about the Yama's Decree but not why it worked.

Therefore, Dugu Bo had no choice but to settle for second best and try to plan his Nine-Headed Serpent Venom based on the various components of the Yama's Decree.

He has already developed some initial ideas on this matter, and the simulation experiments using the herbs here have yielded promising results.

However, we'll have to wait until the second head of Dugu Bo's martial soul grows out to see what the outcome will be.

Tang San's expression was more solemn than ever before, and he kept staring at the bronze cauldron and the purple smoke rising from it.

As time went by, the purple smoke on the bronze cauldron became thinner and thinner, and at the same time, its color changed from purple to white, and then from white to black, undergoing a strange process.

During this process, Chen Feng used the Tai Chi Bagua Sword to open the cauldron three times, and then added some medicine under Tang San's guidance.

Only Chen Feng, who has consumed both ice and fire immortal herbs and possesses a body impervious to water and fire, can complete this task.

Dugu Bo stood beside Chen Feng, using his poison skills to protect Chen Feng from the poison inside the bronze cauldron.

The process of refining the Yama's Decree was extremely long, but none of the three felt tired.

As the black smoke above the bronze cauldron gradually subsided and was slowly drawn back into it, Tang San suddenly stood up, his voice filled with excitement, and said:

"Success!"

"Should we just bring the bronze cauldron up directly?" Chen Feng asked.

"Yes, bring it up first, but be careful not to open the lid," Tang San said.

Chen Feng nodded, then carefully did as instructed.

After the bronze cauldron was brought ashore, it gradually cooled down. Once it was completely cooled, Tang San stepped forward and carefully lifted the lid.

At this moment, inside a small metal mold placed in the center of the bronze cauldron, lay three small needles, each only an inch long and entirely black.

All around it were traces of drying, which must have been the residue of the dried medicine.

"Is this the Yama's Decree?" Dugu Bo asked.

“That’s right, the Soul-Chasing and Life-Taking Yama’s Talisman.” Tang San carefully took out the mold, then took out a jade box he had prepared beforehand from the Jade Snow Ice, and poured the three Yama’s Talismans into the three grooves in the box.

"It's a mixed toxin capable of killing a Title Douluo," Tang San said seriously.

"But the problem is," Dugu Bo said with a strange expression, "how can this little thing break through the defenses of a Title Douluo?"

"Of course it was a sneak attack; this wasn't a weapon meant for direct confrontation," Tang San explained.

"Surprise them, attack where they are unprepared. Even the strongest cannot maintain a defensive posture all day long," Chen Feng said from the side.

"That's exactly what I mean." Tang San nodded.

"Hmm," Dugu Bo stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face.

“Speaking of which, old poison master, it’s about time we went back to the academy,” Chen Feng suddenly said.

Over the past month, their relationship with Dugu Bo has truly become familiar, rather than the past friendship based on helping and being helped.

Therefore, Chen Feng and Tang San called Dugu Bo "Old Poisoner," while Dugu Bo called them "Little Monster."

"It's time for you three little monsters to go back," Dugu Bo sighed softly.

(End of this chapter)