Chapter 1916: 60%
When the car arrived at the laboratory, Xu Huo discovered that there were still quite a few players from the city government waiting to undergo the activation experiment, and many had already entered the activation instruments.
"Wait for the next batch." Bai Kou gave a brief instruction to the staff and then came outside the room to watch. Just then, two players were carried out on stretchers, having stopped midway because they couldn't endure the side effects of the activation.
Seeing Bai Kou, the two players lying on the automatic stretchers looked very embarrassed. They struggled to sit up but their bodies had no strength, so they could only avoid Bai Kou's gaze.
Bai Kou didn't blame them for giving up midway. Instead, she asked the accompanying staff, "Check the evolution agents they took. If many people have problems with the activation experiment, we must trace the source and hold someone accountable. Also, change their evolution agents. Batch-purchased evolution agents aren't necessarily suitable for everyone. Selecting the appropriate evolution agent based on a player's physical condition is your job. Don't make the players pay for your negligence."
These words made the staff lower their heads repeatedly, and also moved the players who had been carried out. One of them struggled to say, "Miss Kou Kou, I definitely won't fail next time!"
Bai Kou smiled slightly and gestured for the staff to take the people to the medical room.
"Miss Kou Kou."
"Miss Kou Kou."
"..."
Along the way, people came over to greet Bai Kou, showing that she was well-loved.
After roughly inspecting the laboratory, she followed the staff to a newly calibrated room at the end of the corridor.
"Your activation data from last time was very good, with a high utilization rate of the agent. This time, the goal is consolidation, so I had the intensity of the activation weakened," Bai Kou said, gesturing for him to enter the room. "Although the intensity is weakened, it doesn't mean there won't be any problems, especially since you've overused your spiritual power. Pay attention to your tolerance limit."
After he lay down, Bai Kou took the operation controller and simultaneously instructed the staff to separate the machine's data and connect it directly to her micro terminal, preventing the laboratory from saving the corresponding data.
The staff complied.
Then the machine started. Watching the person in the full metal protective suit tremble slightly, the staff member said, "Is the activation intensity too low? Will it be ineffective?"
Bai Kou looked at the fluctuating values on the projection panel, "This is about right. He takes very few evolution agents, almost always digesting and absorbing them completely before injecting the next one. He doesn't need high-intensity stimulation of his body cells."
Forcibly stimulating body cells to become active and digest evolution agents doesn't only have benefits. The first possible consequence is muscle soreness as a side effect. Additionally, this method of relying on external force is somewhat like violent pounding; it's not a natural progression. It's most suitable for players whose evolution rate has increased significantly and whose agent absorption rate has greatly decreased compared to before.
For someone like Xu Huo, it's actually neither here nor there, because he already absorbs agents quite fully. Over time, his agent absorption rate will be much better than that of players at the same level. Using it in advance is just to save time.
Of course, his situation is different from ordinary players.
After about half an hour, this activation ended. Xu Huo's condition was much better than last time; he barely felt any pain, and for most of the time, his body was in a very comfortable state.
After letting the staff leave, Bai Kou closed the laboratory's doors and windows, blocking the view from outside, then pointed to a detection instrument and said, "Stand on it after injecting the agent. The instrument will immediately estimate your agent absorption rate, making it convenient for the next use of the activation instrument."
Xu Huo took out the agent He Pu had left behind, extracted the P4S syringe from it, and injected it into his right arm.
The moment the drug entered his body, his body involuntarily relaxed and stretched. All his meridians and bones underwent a new evolution. Unlike the feeling of full-body expansion during activation, when enhancing through the agent, the human body feels a sense of fullness and power. The strength of muscles and bones, the intensity of senses, all increased, and his perception of the surrounding environment climbed to another level of intensity.
It didn't take long to adapt to this bodily sensation. Unlike the previous few injections, Xu Huo moved his limbs and said with some surprise, "Is it because of the agent, or because the evolution rate has increased to 60%? I feel my body's recovery ability has strengthened."
Player evolution isn't just an increase in physical strength and speed; recovery ability also grows accordingly. Therefore, players recover faster than ordinary people after injury. But this kind of fast recovery isn't the kind that can automatically and quickly stop bleeding or even seal wounds. Except for those who have undergone physical super evolution, other players are still within the normal human range. However, Xu Huo now felt a vibrant vitality within his body, like a seed ready to sprout but still wrapped in its shell, with endless power trying to break out.
"Normal phenomenon," Bai Kou said. "Generally, when you reach sixty or seventy percent, evolution becomes more apparent in recovery. Whether injured or poisoned, you recover faster, and the impact is smaller... At least, if you get a couple of holes in your body, you won't have to rush to use a self-healing agent; you can hold out a bit longer."
She pointed to the number displayed above the instrument. "The agent utilization rate is approaching 70%. Your body is using it very well. There's no need for forced stimulation. It will slowly absorb the agent cleanly afterward."
"Judging by this, even when your evolution rate reaches 90%, you won't have a situation where the agent can't be absorbed. That's much better than those who, after reaching 60%, have to inject a dozen or even dozens of agents just to advance their evolution rate by a few points."
"Do you still have any perfect agent?"
"The last syringe," Xu Huo said. "The agents I'm using now are all left by He Pu."
Bai Kou nodded slightly. "Then you can start looking for agents again. Perfect evolution is good, but finding the agents is troublesome. However, you still have time before your upgrade."
Xu Huo paused in the middle of putting on his clothes. "I'm already a B-level player."
Bai Kou's busy fingers stopped for a moment. She looked up at him. "Did you skip instance levels?"
"I skipped once, I suppose," Xu Huo said. "A B-level player with a 60% evolution rate is still too low. Entering an instance might cause unnecessary trouble."
Generally, players judge another player's approximate level based on their evolution rate. There are common data points for which evolution rate stage a B-level player should be at. Unless the body has undergone special evolution, most players can determine which stage a person is at based on their physical strength. His low evolution rate means that when he enters an instance, he will likely be mistaken for a C-level player.
Being mistaken is a minor issue, but the fact that a B-level player has such a low evolution rate is itself very abnormal and might attract some special attention.
(Chapter End)