When Ou Chenyu was powerless and furious on the Desert Stone Road, Su Mo had already sneaked back to New Moon City.

Now, he had gained a body with universal adaptability, and was adept at controlling the abilities of blood codes, prosthetics, and spiritual brain.

Su Mo first went to Haywood to return the borrowed set of equipment.

Haywood stared at that pile of returned scraps, his eyes wide: “What did you get up to again? How did you end up like this!”

The battle Su Mo experienced this time was more intense than any before, leaving the tactical goggles completely trashed, bulletproof vest and steel helmet full of bullet marks, and the Tsunami Assault Rifle was damaged by Gao Hai.

The perfectly fine anti-violence suit had turned into a heap of useless junk.

Su Mo waved his hand and said, “Consider this equipment bought by me, you can deduct the payment directly from the Red Blade Association’s debt dividend. By the way, do you have basic components for prosthetic modification here, or any good prosthetic pieces?”

Haywood suspiciously looked at him: “There are, but what do you want prosthetics for? You’re a Blood Code Carrier, you can’t implant prosthetics.”

Su Mo couldn’t possibly tell Haywood about the Faceless Enzyme, so he made up a lie casually: “I took on a newcomer, he has decent potential, I plan to gift him some prosthetics.”

Haywood made an understanding sound, then told his subordinate: “Bring the batch of goods that arrived the day before yesterday.”

The subordinate carried out several mechanical boxes, opened them, and inside were neatly packed mechanical components, along with an independently packaged bionic spine and an energy core.

Haywood introduced: “These components are just enough for one person to undergo basic prosthetic modifications. You’ve made it clear to him, right? Once you implant prosthetics, you can’t use blood codes or spiritual brains anymore.”

Su Mo: “Mmm, mmm, I’ve told him.”

Haywood continued introducing: “That one at the side is the ‘Wolverine’ series bionic spine, a ‘Stringently Managed Level 3’ prosthetic, which offers pretty good value for its level.”

“Wolverine spine along with basic modification components, pack it for 600,000, and I’ll throw in an ‘Ordinary Management Level 2’ ‘Giant Ship’ series energy core for you.”

Su Mo nodded, the price was quite reasonable.

Prosthetics are a game of immune tolerance on one hand, and money on the other.

Given the current status of his finances, he could only afford partial implantation, far from the ‘full body prosthetic replacement’ like Ou Chenyu.

Of course, one must eat one bite at a time, rush not.

Su Mo paid for the goods and carried the prosthetics back home, heading down to the underground laboratory.

“Future!” Su Mo placed the box containing the prosthetics on the ground, eager to say, “Quick, help me implant the prosthetics.”

Future looked at him quizzically: “Boss, why the sudden impulsiveness? If you want to commit suicide, you don’t need to choose such an expensive method.”

Su Mo revealed a mysterious smile: “Just go ahead with the implantation, rest assured.”

Future shook her head like a rattling drum: “No way, you already have a blood code and you’re still implanting prosthetics, when the prosthetics explode, I won’t get my face blown off.”

Su Mo directly extended his hand, activating the ability of the Python Poison Blood Code, secreting a bit of toxin from his fingertips into the waste barrel.

Future, a connoisseur, recognized it instantly, utterly shocked: “Python Poison Blood Code?! You’ve gained another blood code! Boss, are you even human?!”

Su Mo chuckled: “That’s why, go ahead with the implantation, I assure you, there won’t be any issues. My body can now simultaneously accommodate blood codes and prosthetics, and later will even be able to accommodate Black Domain Group’s spiritual brain!”

“Amazing! Boss, you’re simply amazing!” Future was so excited she jumped for joy, hurriedly cleared the mechanical workbench, disinfected it, and laid down a medical pad, “Lie down quickly, I’m starting work!”

Su Mo lay down on the workbench, and Future donned medical protective gear before injecting him with anesthesia.

His consciousness quickly sank into darkness…

…

According to the average level of prosthetic doctors, basic prosthetic modification plus implantation of the bionic spine and energy core usually takes at least 15 hours.

Future completed the surgery in just 9 hours.

Her skill in prosthetic implantation was exceptionally proficient, with components arranged neatly and circuits etched and lined efficiently, laying a perfect foundation.

This skill would put prosthetic doctors on the market to shame, even the best engineers in the Iron Blood Alliance would give a nod of approval.

Due to the presence of the Crimson Rose Blood Code, the surgical wounds healed quickly post-operation, requiring no recovery, and Su Mo directly jumped off the workbench.

Su Mo tried flexing his joints, feeling no discomfort whatsoever.

He willed a thought, transmitting neural signals towards the Wolverine spine, activating it.

This control process is hard to put into words.

Just like it’s difficult to describe how one controls their fingers.

After activating the Wolverine spine, Su Mo set the output power to maximum.

In an instant, the surrounding scenery seemed frozen.

It’s a very intuitive sensation—time slowing down.

The previously constantly rotating clock became incredibly slow, the second hand took several seconds to move, and the crisp ticking sound became elongated, twisted, and fuzzy.

Blood on the workbench dripped at the same slow pace, its droplet trajectory easily observable, and once on the ground, the blood beads scattered, the entire process of the scarlet blooms undergoing deformation clearly visible.

Future was jumping around on the spot, her movements akin to a film slowed down by several multiples, with the elongated sound slowly coming through: “A——ma——zing——”

In this space where everything slowed, only Su Mo’s actions remained normal, he lightly walked around the laboratory, while the second hand moved only twice.

Su Mo stopped and let the Wolverine spine shift to sleep mode.

“Whoosh—” A sudden gust of wind rose in the enclosed room, blowing their sleeves flapping.

“Whoa!” Future spun on the spot, looking around left and right, seemingly searching for something, and finally looked at Su Mo in front, eyes wide asking, “Did you just run around the lab?”

Su Mo smiled and nodded.

The scene where time slowed down was exactly the ability of the prosthetic spine.

In truth, the prosthetic spine doesn’t control the speed at which time flows.

Time is impossible to control.

After all, “Dawn” is a sci-fi game, not a fantasy game.

The phenomenon of slowed time occurs because the activation of the Wolverine spine enhanced Su Mo’s central nervous system transmission speed, greatly augmenting his dynamic-static vision, perception ability, and movement capability.

There’s no change in the actual speed of time’s passage in the real world, it just slowed in Su Mo’s perception, akin to the “bullet time” in gaming terms.

As a “Stringently Managed Level 3” prosthetic, with power fully activated like just now, using real-time as the frame of reference, it can maintain around 30 seconds of bullet time, diminishing time roughly three to fourfold.

If upgraded to a more advanced prosthetic spine later by spending money, the power limit and sustain time can continue to increase.

That’s prosthetics, no need to learn, no need to train, spend money installing them and results follow, VIP players exclusivity.

As long as your body’s tolerance holds, the more you spend on prosthetics, the greater benefits they’ll deliver.

So for Su Mo, besides intensely training blood codes, there’s now another path to grow stronger.

And that is…

Earn money well, spend on enhancements!

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