Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 30 The Shortcomings of Unorthodoxy
This wasn't something he could control, but Mu Xiang remained completely calm. He effortlessly adjusted his legs in mid-air, executing a classic "Superhero Landing."

The violent impact of landing only caused a slight pain in his knees and ankles, and after deliberately shaking himself, he felt nothing unusual.

"Is this what it feels like to be a Kryptonian? It's going to get weird..." Mu Xiang was a little amused after the enhancement. This kind of thing was too tempting for a teenager in his (unacknowledged) chuunibyou phase. No matter how much he read the original work and fanfiction, he couldn't resist it.

[Okay, so he's not exactly a pure Kryptonian... but rather a half-Kryptonian infused with Kryptonian life energy? Judging from Kong Kenan's performance, compared to other Kryptonians, his use of energy and magic is far more outstanding, while his physical body is still considerably weaker. But if I don't nerf him too drastically, he should be one of the top B-grade enhancements.]

"Speaking of which, after the so-called optimization by the Main God," Mu Xiang muttered to himself as he closed his eyes and reconnected to the Main God, "I should no longer be a 'pay-to-win guy,' right?"

By focusing his mind on his six dimensions, Mu Xiang saw his data after being enhanced to B-level.

"Intelligence 302, Mental Strength 237, Cell Vitality 618, Nerve Reflex Speed ​​429, Muscle Strength 791, Immune Strength 585..." Mu Xiang was shocked when he saw his stats. To be honest, this was even higher than he had expected. According to his calculations, this Grade B enhancement should have given him a one-third increase in all six dimensions, which would be around 1300 points. But now it seemed that his six-dimensional increase should be a full 2000 points?
[It's calculated based on a 50/50 ratio? Is it because Kryptonians don't really use energy much, and they don't cycle energy around, so they're giving me a ratio somewhere between having energy and not having energy?]

Mu Xiang was somewhat baffled; these were all just speculations. Tomorrow he would need to check Zheng Zha's data after the enhancement, and he needed to have him enhance separately, unlike in the original story where the enhancements were combined... that way, he could see it more clearly.

Mu Xiang remembered his data clearly before the infusion of Kryptonian life energy. He calculated it according to his memory and found that the enhancement mainly benefited his physical body, especially his muscle strength, which increased by nearly 700 points. This was even higher than Zheng Zha's enhancement of a B-rank vampire count in the original story. Unless he encountered an exchange user who had undergone extreme physical enhancement, such as the Indian team who enhanced Toguro's brother's Imani, he should have few numerical rivals in the same level.

Secondly, his immunity level increased by nearly 500 points. Although it's still not as high as Chu Hao's 1672 (before he had any resistance), it's enough to resist the effects of many diseases. While he can't guarantee immunity to all poisons, delaying the onset of illness is definitely possible. Mu Xiang doesn't know if his immunity level can offset the effects of the T-virus... According to Chu Hao, the T-virus cannot infect him with his 1672 immunity. But this doesn't provide much useful information for Mu Xiang, whose immunity level is 585.

Cell vitality and nerve reflex speed both increased by over 300 points. Although the increase in cell vitality wasn't as significant as in immunity strength, it had already been enhanced by 160 points when exchanging for the Kryptonian energy adaptor, making its final value the second most outstanding. Mu Xiang suspected an intrinsic connection between cell vitality and immunity strength, both logically and in the way Zhang Jie listed these two indicators side-by-side in the original work. As for nerve reflex speed, it had also reached a very considerable level. This meant that Mu Xiang's reaction ability would be far superior to others in the early stages, enabling him to handle many dangers. If Zhang Jie sparred with them tomorrow, Mu Xiang should be able to easily defeat the others… even if Zhang Jie held back, Mu Xiang would still have a very easy time.

The improvement in intelligence and mental strength is relatively small compared to the improvement in other stats... This is not surprising. The infusion of Kryptonian life energy into the physical body is not enough to give Mu Xiang a super brain like Superman's, or even be comparable to other Kryptonians. Moreover, Kryptonians' talent doesn't lie in these areas to begin with... So this improvement is already a B-grade exchange done to save face for him.

However, taking Kong Kenan as an example, many of his Kryptonian abilities require him to concentrate his "qi" in a specific part of his body to activate. Without deliberate activation, the abilities won't work... This is the difference between him and a true Kryptonian; the inability to activate abilities simultaneously is a weakness in his early stages.

[But on the other hand, perhaps if I make good use of Kryptonian energy—what the comics call "ki"—it could also enhance my other abilities? For example, concentrating this energy in my brain might also improve my thinking speed and memory.] After sensing the state of his body, Mu Xiang understood why he had this weakness.

Kryptonian energy is a general term for the energy within the bodies of Kryptonians, and it cannot be considered an independent energy source. It has long been generally accepted that Kryptonian energy is a combination of solar energy and Kryptonian life energy, neither of which can be dispensed with. Even Kryptonians need to use the energy of the Yellow Sun to activate their life energy, and the resulting Kryptonian energy elevates their physical attributes and abilities to an extremely high level.

After receiving a B-grade Kryptonian life energy infusion, Mu Xiang also suffered from the same flaw as Kong Kenan. This was because while their Kryptonian energy was of decent quality, its quantity was far inferior to that of a true Kryptonian… let alone Superman. The root of this lay in the fundamental Kryptonian life energy itself. With an insufficient foundation, the amount of solar energy they could guide and combine with would naturally be less, preventing the Kryptonian energy within their bodies from fully accumulating and thus hindering the activation of the full power of a Kryptonian.

Without activating the corresponding ability, performance in that area would only be at the six-dimensional level. Mu Xiang pondered this as he punched the floor, creating a crater... Judging by the depth and size, this performance far surpassed that of J, the black market boxing champion in "Infinite Dawn" who had enhanced his C-level internal energy.

"So, if I develop super powers, I can improve even more?" Mu Xiang was fairly satisfied.

He then tried jumping again, and this jump startled him—he almost jumped again. He had previously fallen from a height of nearly ten meters, and this jump was almost the same height.

"It's at least seven or eight meters." Mu Xiang estimated, then thought about the data in the novel and compared it with his own muscle strength, and accepted it.

It wasn't that he was overly surprised. Although he quickly accepted the concept of the Main God Space, such a change happening to him was still beyond his expectations.

Mu Xiang tried to channel Kryptonian energy into his hands and feet, but to no avail. It was like a newborn baby trying to move from one end to the other, completely clueless about where to apply force… Well, maybe even less effective, since the baby could at least succeed, while he was utterly clueless. The so-called "qi" from the comics was located in his Dantian—the area of ​​his middle dantian—but it remained unresponsive despite his efforts. Not only in his limbs, but even in his nearest stomach, there was no reaction.

This energy might be even harder to mobilize than Zheng Zha's vampire energy... Hopefully, I can make a name for myself in these ten days, so that things will be easier in "Alien".

(End of this chapter)