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Chapter 61: Chapter 53 Secrets of Past Life Memories_1
"By the way, system, what changes will there be after the modification? Will there be toxins released or anything like that?" Tang Qing asked.
"In the first modification, almost all harmful substances in the host’s body will be destroyed by the system. According to all experimental data, the 98th Generation Level 1 Gene Unlocking Technology will not change the host’s body type, appearance, and other characteristics, but only make it more suitable for Origin Qi." The system replied.
"That’s good, as long as it doesn’t make any mess or expel any dirty stuff, otherwise I would have to bath, change clothes and bed sheets, making it hard to explain if it leaves any smell. I’m ready, system, let’s begin unlocking in ten seconds." Tang Qing finished speaking and lay down on the bed waiting for it to start. He couldn’t help feeling nervous, after all, this was a body modification. He always felt like he would not look like a human after the modification.
"Command confirmed," replied the system.
Ten seconds later, Tang Qing suddenly felt as if he had lost perception of his own body and everything went quiet as he plunged into darkness. It was a desolate, void and deathly stillness, as if even his spirit had disappeared. He felt like a conscious-less soul wandering around, he couldn’t even think anymore.
Who am I?
What am I?
I...
After an unknown period, Tang Qing woke up, then suddenly opened his eyes and sat up. He tried to recall the recent events, but he had no memory of anything. A sense of palpitation was arising, although he had no memories, it felt like a terrifying experience deeply engraved in his soul. His senses were blocked, and even his memories and consciousness had been sealed off.
"System, what happened just now? It felt like I was only a soul, or even that feeling was vague, I had no perception of anything else." Tang Qing couldn’t help asking. He had a feeling that he never wanted to experience this again. The feeling of one’s existence blurred was too terrible, which was completely different from the unconsciousness of sleep, it was unspeakable.
"The system has just blocked the connection between the soul and the body of the host. Without the nerve cells and synapses constructed in the brain, the soul has no carrier for thinking and memory, unless the Level Ten Gene Lock is unlocked, the human soul will be able to carry memory and thinking abilities." said the system.
"So that’s it. That makes sense, as human memory and thinking abilities are derived from the brain. Without it, the soul indeed has nowhere to store things and generates identification thinking abilities. Although this information is not useful at all, at least the system has confirmed the existence of the soul." Tang Qing said thoughtfully. As for the principle of soul storing things after Level Ten, well, who cares? The system won’t tell him anyway. He’ll ask again when the time comes.
Thinking of this, Tang Qing no longer pondered about it. He decided to check for any changes first, so he immediately called up his own information.
Host Name: Tang Qing
Level: Level 2
Experience: 110/200
Loan Quota for This Month: 0/1 Million
Personal Quota for This Month: 20/20 Thousand (overdrawn until the end of December.)
Withdrawable Assets: 5.18 Million
Spirit: 106
Physical Fitness: 104
Origin Qi Value: 0
Foreign Currency for Exchange: US Dollar.
"Eh, system, why have all my Origin Qi points disappeared?" Tang Qing asked surprisingly, his Spirit and Physical Fitness showed a unified display, but his Origin Qi points were gone.
"All the reserve Origin Qi points have merged into the host’s physical fitness, recalculating, Origin Qi points above level two are freestyle distributions. Each point of Origin Qi can only increase one of the two attributes by two points but cannot be split. The condition to unlock the Level 2 Genetic Lock is to have both attributes reach two hundred." the system answered.
Tang Qing understood after hearing this, during Level One, each point was mandatory distributed, but at Level Two, it was like free attribute points. However, unlike before, each point could not be added one by one, but two points at a time.
Exiting the system, Tang Qing tried out a few things to see any physical changes.
Ten minutes later.
After trying everything, Tang Qing didn’t seem to notice any major changes. However, his memory seemed to have improved. Previously, he needed to read new information six or seven times to memorize it, but now four or five times were enough. His comprehension ability had also improved.
As for the memories from his past life, even though they had become much clearer, he still couldn’t recall any important information. Even if he did recall something, they were only the things he was concerned about in his past life. He simply couldn’t recall things he didn’t pay attention to even if he had seen them before. It was strange, but then, thinking about it along the lines of his earlier reasoning, it made sense. Memories are stored in the brain. Having switched brains, there’s no way to recall previous memories, but the consciousness...
"System, didn’t you mention that the soul gets the ability to remember only after unlocking the Level Ten Genetic Lock? I don’t believe I reached that level before my rebirth. So, how do I remember the things from my previous life?" Tang Qing asked the system about his doubts. This was evidently a huge BUG.
"The host’s original soul did not have the ability to remember. This part of your memory was preserved temporarily by the system when it forcibly increased your soul’s level during the unstable shift due to a singularity. Therefore, you can only recall the memories you could remember before. Memories you could not recall no matter what were automatically discarded," the system explained.
"What is a singularity unstable shift? Space-time turbulence or something?" Tang Qing asked in confusion. He thought that this might have been a benefit of unlocking his Level 1 genetic lock. No matter how he asked, the system never divulged how he was able to come back. He had heard about things like space-time turbulence and black holes, and he knew what singularity, instability, and displacement meant individually, but when put together, he was completely lost.
"I’m sorry, insufficient permissions to access."
Well ... okay, if I can’t check it, I can’t check it. At least he knew about his memory problems and had no other doubts. This also explained why he hadn’t been able to remember anything other than the few songs he really knew how to sing. All the other songs he could think of, he only remembered bits and pieces, or just a few lyrics.
Seems like being omnipotent was a no-go. He had thought that he could eventually recover complete memories of all kinds of information, movies, news, and other snippets that he had seen but not consciously memorized. Now it seems impossible. He could only remember certain snippets, and the rest of the information was directly discarded by the system. But it doesn’t matter, he still has the system, and even without that information, he can still make something of himself.
As for his physical condition, he noticed that his punches produced a noticeable whoosh of wind, something he had never been able to do before. His strength seemed much greater, too. What used to be a somewhat heavy desk now felt more than half lighter. No wonder he hadn’t felt significant improvement, even though he was almost at the human limit: his full potential hadn’t developed yet. In the future, he would have to be careful when hitting people, or he might just kill someone.
He didn’t notice any changes in his physical appearance when he looked in the mirror. He wasn’t any whiter, but upon closer inspection, his skin was much firmer. All of the scars and pimple marks that had once dotted his skin were now gone.
This skin, tsk, tsk, would make women all over the world green with envy. Hmm, satisfied, I bet even Lin Jiaxue’s skin isn’t as good as mine. Thinking of Lin Jiaxue, Tang Qing felt some reaction. Oh well, sinful, sinful.
But it made sense to him. Before, the Origin Qi Value was an external force. Now that it had been added to his body itself, things were bound to be different. In summary, his skin improved a lot, his strength increased a lot, his mind became clearer, and just had no further improvements. He didn’t get taller, and certain parts of him didn’t get bigger either. But then again, he was only at Level 1 now. There were many more levels to go.
If he thought that upgrading one level would let him rule the world in the blink of an eye, then how could that be possible? Even cheats couldn’t get him there.
Thinking of Level 98, Tang Qing felt a wave of dizziness. Long way to go, indeed. Just wondering if there are other ways to increase the Origin Qi Value. Doing tasks alone would take forever for him to reach his goal. Even if he became the world’s richest man, he probably wouldn’t level up much.
Whatever, forget it.
After testing out his own changes, Tang Qing had no complaints. In general, all aspects of himself had improved, and that was enough.
Time for bed, busy day tomorrow.
.......
December 3rd.
Friday.
First thing in the morning, Tang Qing called and asked the class teacher for half a day off, claiming he needed to go get an injection for a cold. In the end, Shen Mei asked if it was serious. If it was, he could rest at home all afternoon. Upon hearing that, Tang Qing took the whole day off.
Shen Mei didn’t say much about it. This call should have been made by a parent, but Tang Qing’s progress in recent times was clear for all to see. One day wouldn’t make much of a difference.
If she didn’t trust Tang Qing and decided to phone Qin Yugang to confirm, regardless of the result, she would have put herself in an awkward position. If it turns out Tang Qing lied to her, Qin Yugang would surely discipline him, and Tang Qing would harbor resentment towards her.
If Tang Qing wasn’t lying, she would give him the impression that she didn’t trust him. Shen Mei knew how to calculate these odds. It’s not like he was taking a long leave, just one day. This simply reflected how conscientious students were treated; if the student were a poor performer, she would not care about his feelings.
His uncle and aunt left early. After seeing his two cousins leave, Tang Qing hastily changed into the outfit he had bought last time and stepped out, his backpack in tow. Inside the backpack was his school uniform, which he planned to change into when he came back in the afternoon, to avoid any slip-ups. The bag didn’t contain any books because he had important matters to attend to at a government office later. He didn’t want to wear his uniform and become a spectacle.
About ten minutes later, Tang Qing took a taxi to Qi Yan’s factory. The name was interesting; Qingyan City Dongfeng Clothing Factory. He immediately thought of Dongfeng Automobiles. Tang Qing didn’t know much about company law, but if the word "Dongfeng" was free to use, wouldn’t it infringe on their trademark? Well, since it was now in use, obviously it could be used.
Next door was Lu Jianhui’s Qingyan City Jianhui Clothing Factory. This name seemed more normal. Today was the day of his transaction with Qi Yan. Lu Jianhui didn’t show up to watch.
Qi Yan was already waiting at the factory entrance. The factory workers sped up their pace upon seeing the boss at the entrance, wondering who she was waiting for. Only a few upper-level factory workers knew Qi Yan was waiting for the buyer, and those who were interested had already turned their attention to the entrance, trying to get a glimpse of what the buyer looked like and thinking various thoughts.
"Sister Yan, why are you waiting at the door? I could have come to you," Tang Qing approached with a smile.
"Haha, you’re going to be my future boss. How could I let you come find me?" Qi Yan giggled.
"Who’s the boss? You’re the backbone of the company in the future. I’m counting on you," Tang Qing modestly replied. Give and take was crucial in maintaining relationships, especially when words were free.
After exchanging several greetings and compliments, the two walked into the factory.
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