Douluo Continent: Starting with a Void Treasure Trove

Chapter 115 Limitations of Soul Beast Biomimicry

Gu Yuena couldn't understand why Xu Yang, who had already been chosen by the God of Destruction as his successor, would still choose to improve himself in such a terrible way.

Xu Yang's talent is unparalleled among all humans, even surpassing that of Tang San, the Sea God from ten thousand years ago.

However, compared to the fusion warrior surgery, Gu Yuena now feels that there is another important thing.

Xu Yang's so-called soul beast bionics.

After these past few months of observation, Gu Yuena felt it was necessary to have a serious talk with Xu Yang about the future of soul beast bionics.

She contacted Xu Yang through that mark, informing him that there would be a small meeting at the bottom of the Lake of Life that evening.

After a brief period of excitement, no one suggested celebrating. Instead, they immediately began the next phase of the experiment.

Evening, in Gu Yuena's bedroom.

"Xu Yang, the success of the artificial spirit ring is indeed impressive. However—I think there's another matter between us—"

We need to have a serious talk about this.

Xu Yang was also completely baffled. Gu Yuena had been acting mysteriously during the day. If he asked her, she wouldn't say anything. Now, having just finished treating Gu Yuena, he felt utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally.

At this point, what could Gu Yuena possibly say to him?

"Regarding your soul beast bionics project, I think you need to take some control of it—"

Gu Yuena's voice was not loud; she knew that this request was actually very inappropriate.

Xu Yang helped her regulate her body and solve the problem of her soul ring, but she insisted on asking Xu Yang to stop a bright future.

Xu Yang suddenly understood; he had thought it was something else entirely.

He thought to himself that he hadn't slacked off during the treatment these past few days, nor had he been careless during the artificial soul ring experiment.

"So after all that, this is it?"

He had been thinking about the science of soul beast bionics for a long time.

Will the large-scale promotion cause soul beasts to return to their previous ecological niche and become resources for soul masters to continuously grow stronger?

However, some things that happened later made him realize that he wasn't always right.

He took a deep breath and came to his senses.

"Miss Gu Yuena, I've thought about this matter a long time ago. I can assure you that the kind of thing you're imagining won't happen."

"First of all, this technology has not been widely promoted at all."

"The only thing I've open-sourced is the Evil Eye Signal Station. Whether it's the Thousand-Faced Illusion Demon you saw before or my flying soul tool, it was all for personal use."

"So the only dangerous soul beast race at present is still the Evil Eyes in the Demon Forest, since it's really hard to find something more suitable to replace them in the short term."

"I have never intended to open-source this technology, or even if I did, there's no guarantee that anyone would be able to learn it. Look at Meng and Xiao, their Soul Master talents are among the best in the entire Sun Moon Empire."

"However, in my opinion, the soul beast bionic soul tool they made can only be considered a half-finished product."

"Even my maternal grandfather only borrowed some of the ideas, and his Purple Dragon Annihilation Cannon was also due to his martial spirit itself."

"You may not know how high the technical barriers are in making this kind of soul tool. It is extremely difficult for an ordinary soul master to learn this from scratch."

"It would be much more useful to spend that time learning about proper soul tools than to obsess over this stuff. That's why I even made some of Meng and Xiao's soul beast bionic soul tools for them."

Gu Yuena's brows remained furrowed as she listened to Xu Yang's analysis.

"But—there are still beings among you humans who can create those soul tools; it remains an uncertain factor."

Xu Yang saw that his persuasion was not having a significant effect.

He reached out and smoothed out Gu Yuena's furrowed brows.

"My Miss Gu Yuena, where has your extraordinary wisdom gone?"

"Was I not clear enough just now?"

"This technology is ultimately just a trick, and only one in ten thousand people can master it. Even if someone can make it, how many can one person make?"

"The soul tools made by low-level soul beasts are not much different from ordinary soul tools, and the risk of capturing high-level soul beasts is extremely high. It is far more practical to make soul tools with rare metals."

"To think about mass production is nothing short of a pipe dream. The consumption of soul beasts might not even keep up with the natural deaths or killings within your soul beast clan."

"It is said that the royal family captured several evil eyes in order to build a batch of military evil eye base stations some time ago, and almost lost a titled Douluo."

"The cost of making this one soul tool is almost ten times that of an ordinary soul tool—God knows how gloomy I felt when I came to this conclusion. After all, this thing was something I specifically put a lot of effort into figuring out."

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Xu Yang had indeed overlooked the cost issue, and due to other factors, he had fallen into a misconception—that soul tools made by soul beasts were generally superior to normal soul tools.

This statement is true for soul tools made from soul beasts that are over 50,000 years old, or some with exceptional bloodlines that are 10,000 or even 1,000 years old. However, it is not very effective for ordinary soul beasts that are 1,000 or 100 years old. Sometimes, the soul beast's power may even conflict with the user's, leading to incompatibility.

Xu Yang discovered this when it was used on a small scale by the Evil Lord Soul Master Legion.

"If it weren't for the special nature of the base station, who would want to touch that nasty thing called the Evil Eye? So now do you understand? My Miss Gu Yuena."

Gu Yuena was caught off guard by Xu Yang's sudden attack and didn't know what was wrong with her. Given her strength, this was practically impossible, yet—

Seeing that Gu Yuena was still in a daze, Xu Yang waved his hands in front of her eyes, and Gu Yuena realized that she had been daydreaming.

"Okay—okay—I understand—"

She quickly responded to cover up her embarrassment.

"Why do you seem so dazed? Have you been spending too much time with that girl Di Ni'er and caught her quirk?"

Xu Yang didn't pay attention to Gu Yuena's unusual behavior.

He turned around and was about to open the spatial passage.

After a busy day, Mr. Xu was going home to sleep.

However, for Gu Yuena, tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

Xu Yang had just returned to his bedroom and opened the door when he saw Zhang Lexuan standing quietly outside.

He casually greeted them.

Good evening, Senior Lexuan.

Then you have to walk towards the bathroom.

Zhang Lexuan hesitated for a long time, as if she had mustered up a lot of courage, and called out to Xu Yang, who was still walking towards the bathroom.

"Um—Xu Yang, could you—?"

Hearing Zhang Lexuan call his name, Xu Yang stopped in his tracks.

There was a hint of doubt in his gaze as he looked at Zhang Lexuan.

"Why is everyone having problems today?"

However, he patiently waited for Zhang Lexuan to continue.

Seeing Xu Yang stop, Zhang Lexuan quickly finished her request.

"Could you... teach me how to use the soul tool you gave me?!"

Then it was time to find a way to fix things again.

"I asked Master Kong, but he was in seclusion and asked me to come and learn from you instead."

Xu Yang rolled his eyes inwardly.

Having been Kong Deming's grandson for so many years, how could he not know what Kong Deming was up to?

This was a lie, and he couldn't be bothered to expose his true purpose.

However, Xu Yang, a working-class man, now has one more task. And unfortunately, it's the kind of task that doesn't pay him at all. "The capable should do more," Xu Yang could only console himself with this thought.