From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 390 Even the gods would feel their eyelids twitch! [Please subscribe! Please vote!]

The young man in the white trench coat turned around, his deep black eyes, which reflected no light whatsoever, fixed on the silver-haired girl. Then he raised his hand and pulled open his collar, revealing his chest.

His chest was also very fair, seemingly broad, yet still giving the impression of being thin and lacking in physical strength. However, none of that mattered. What mattered was that, in the center of this young man, Chen Hong, a mysterious golden pattern, resembling a lotus flower, had appeared, reflecting a mystical light in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Inside his chest, near his heart, a vertebra shimmered with a color different from the surrounding white bones under the vision of his soul power. Clearly, that vertebra had been transformed into a soul bone by Chen Hong.

Regarding the installation of the secondary biological soul core, Chen Hong and Ye Lingling discussed hundreds of options, including external soul guides, physical embedding, physical absorption, and the soul bone transformation that Chen Hong is currently using.

This idea was proposed by Ye Lingling. At the time, Chen Hong preferred external secondary soul cores, but Ye Lingling's words broadened Chen Hong's horizons: "Didn't Brother Hong say that he has mastered the three arts of soul bone science, soul ring science, and soul mechanics? Since you want to install a secondary soul core into your body, why insist on taking the soul tool route? Aren't the existing soul bone routes very suitable for Brother Hong's 'painless, itch-free, and convenient to carry'? Moreover, this kind of secondary soul core can be directly called a secondary biological soul core."

Ye Lingling's words were like a resounding sermon to Chen Hong. Following Ye Lingling's literal interpretation, Chen Hong conducted a small-scale soul bone experiment on his own body. He first painstakingly extracted soul power factors from various soul beasts, then, according to their different attributes, aggregated them into sub-soul cores. Next, using the sage runes he was most familiar with, and employing his own spine as a foundation, his mental power as a carving knife, the sage runes as the form, and the sub-soul cores as ink, he painstakingly sculpted a small divine rune from his spine.

The secondary soul core can provide its own soul power, the sage runes provide the energy operation logic, and the spine serves as the initial foundation for shaping. When the sage runes drawn with the secondary soul core took shape, Chen Hong was slightly surprised to find that the runes on his spine could operate on their own. In other words, it perfectly conformed to the definition of the soul bone's operating state in the human body.

He just didn't know if others could still absorb it after it was taken out. Chen Hong wasn't so shameless as to experiment on his own spine. He only did it because Ye Lingling assured him, "You've been enhanced, hurry up and send it away."

However, there is one difference: traditional soul bones can materialize energy, while Chen Hong's artificial divine pattern spine cannot. Of course, it could also be because it has been around for too short a time. After all, traditional soul bones are the result of hundreds or thousands of years of accumulation by soul beasts, while Chen Hong's artificial divine pattern spine has only been around for a short time. It hasn't even grown its first hair yet.

Currently, Chen Hong has been undergoing surgery on himself. The artificial divine pattern spine has only been created for half a month, yet it has already raised Chen Hong's soul power level from level 48 to level 49. Although this is due to the enhancement of soul wine and soul power essence, and Chen Hong's absorption efficiency has been greatly improved, it is still evident that Chen Hong has used ample materials in his artificial divine pattern spine.

"Just the water-attribute divine pattern spine of Brother Hong alone contains soul power factors that far exceed the sample data of the innate level 20 soul power host provided by Senior Qian Daoliu. If it weren't for temporarily adding a few soul guiding lines as external meridians for Brother Hong, his body would not have been able to adapt to such a high concentration and quality of soul power."

Inside the high-rise building named Soto Tower, Ye Lingling couldn't help but roll her eyes at Chen Hong, who was standing shirtless in front of her. The golden lotus pattern on Chen Hong's chest had only one very simple effect: 'resistance'.

Excess soul power that the body isn't used to flowing through the lotus pattern generates heat, so there's no need to worry about Brother Hong's chest not being warm enough anymore! The golden lotus on Chen Hong's chest is an external meridian designed by Ye Lingling, allowing excess soul power to nourish cells, accelerating cell metabolism, and promoting life evolution.

Hmm... why does it sound so familiar?

Yes, the golden lotus pattern, tracing its origins, should be called the "Nine-Heart Begonia Divine Pattern," the only divine pattern that Ye Lingling has mastered.

However, the name "Nine Hearts" sounded a little awkward, so Ye Lingling used fine brushwork (an ineffective pattern) to embellish it for Chen Hong, disguising it as a golden lotus.

Knowing that Chen Hong didn't particularly enjoy physical training, Ye Lingling directly imprinted her Nine-Heart Begonia Divine Mark onto his chest. This not only absorbed Chen Hong's suddenly increased 'cultivation talent' but also continuously strengthened his body, allowing him to adapt to the body of a 'soul power genius' as soon as possible. At the same time, a secondary biological soul core requires a large amount of life energy to maintain, especially for a greedy guy like Chen Hong. Without Ye Lingling's exclusive Nine-Heart Begonia Divine Mark, Chen Hong would have been able to rapidly advance his soul power path while simultaneously accelerating his own life's progress.

Chen Hong, who doesn't particularly enjoy training, was able to catch up with his soul power level in terms of physical fitness, all thanks to Ye Lingling.

"Who knew that once these soul power factors were discovered, coupled with your life energy supply, enough soul power factors could clump together to crystallize, creating an unimaginable secondary biological soul core?" Chen Hong couldn't help but sigh slightly. He hadn't expected that simply being a little conservative would turn him into the most radical terrorist on the Douluo Continent.

It's important to understand that Chen Hong's soul power attribute leans towards being attribute-less, meaning he indirectly adapts to soul power factors of all attributes. According to his plan, Chen Hong intended to start with the relatively mild water-attribute divine rune spine and gradually add various secondary biological soul cores of different attributes to his spine. And now you're telling me that installing just one is already incredibly powerful???

"But this also shows that soul power factors are not important to gods. There must be a higher level of divine power above soul power, right?" Chen Hong couldn't help but make this conjecture.

However, it's worth mentioning that Chen Hong's conjecture was only half correct.

Soul power factors are not important to gods, but that is only relative. With the blessing of Ye Lingling's exclusive divine runes of the Nine Heart Begonia and the support of the vast life energy, if Chen Hong were to create a secondary biological soul (god) core at the level of a god-king, even the gods would be trembling.

(End of this chapter)