Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant

If successful, there would be corresponding obligations.

When needed in the future, mutants must unconditionally respond to the government's conscription at least once, serving the nation until the end of their duty.

Ji Xinghuo was confident in passing the physical fitness test at the age of eighteen, but he had not participated in order to score higher in the test.

The higher the score, the more abilities he could choose from, and the better their quality.

The levels of abilities provided by the nation, from low to high, are: Basic, Quality, Excellence, Transcendent.

The vast majority of citizens who pass the test could only choose abilities from the first three levels.

A citizen had to pass all four tests—strength, speed, endurance, and will—and score highly, then go through several rounds of assessment by the Star Realm Department, to apply for the highest level of Transcendent Ability and enter the queue to obtain the ability based on the order of time.

Ji Xinghuo's original goal was a Transcendent Level ability, with about a 30% chance.

But now, things were different.

"If this really is an Alien Species," Ji Xinghuo muttered to himself, "judging by the hardness of the gemstone and the nightmares it causes, the ability it contains is at least Transcendent Level. Moreover, it might even be higher, reaching the quality of a 'Starfall Level' ability!"

Starfall Level!

Ji Xinghuo's heart pounded fiercely a few times.

This level of ability is incredibly powerful, its value immeasurable in monetary terms; the few publicly known occurrences of Star Fall Level abilities were not sold, but exchanged.

"Gaining a chance at a Star Fall Level ability, even if the fusion fails, it would be worth it!"

"At worst, I'll recover and try again, just a few months' delay."

Ji Xinghuo hesitated no longer.

However, there was a problem at the moment, how should he fuse with it?

The most common fusion methods with an Alien Species are two.

The first is ingestion, directly eating the Alien Species and digesting it.

The second is injection, dissolving the Alien Species into a prepared potion and injecting it into the bloodstream to absorb it.

There are also less common methods of fusion: such as converting the Alien Species into a gas to inhale; resonating spiritually with the Alien Species, merging it into the brain; there are rare Alien Species that can directly penetrate the skin and enter the body.

The most troublesome method of fusion is implantation, generally suitable for organ-shaped Alien Species harvested from biological bodies, which involves implanting it into one's own body like performing surgery.

If he could choose, Ji Xinghuo would of course prefer to fuse by "ingestion."

The volume of the gemstone was not large, about the size of a human eyeball, and could be swallowed in one gulp. However, he doubted whether he could digest it given the gemstone's hardness.

He feared that "implantation" would be necessary for fusion.

Implanting an Alien Species isn't simply placing it anywhere in the body; prior research must be done, and issues like rejection reactions must be considered. Sometimes drugs are needed to suppress the rejection, wounds sutured, postoperative recovery, etc., all requiring a professional surgeon.

The most crucial aspect is that the implantation site of an Alien Species is usually at the body part where it can function effectively.

For example, for "Thunderbolt Hand," the Alien Species is a piece of tendon capable of discharging electricity. It needs to be implanted in the palm and connected to one's tendons to master this ability.

Ji Xinghuo looked at the eye-like nebula inside the gemstone.

"Eyes!"

"Could it be implanted into my eye socket?"

Ji Xinghuo couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. The space in the eye socket was limited, not allowing room for two eyeballs; before implantation, one of his own eyeballs would have to be removed.

The cost was too great.

Should it fail...

Although with today's medical technology, re-implanting an eyeball isn't difficult and one could regain vision quickly, the pain and psychological impact endured during the surgery is not something everyone could bear.

Ji Xinghuo held the gemstone up to his eyelid and compared it.

"This gemstone really looks so much like an eyeball!"

Suddenly, a thought popped into his mind, and without much consideration, he tried to gently touch the gemstone to his right eye.

The eyeball is one of the body's most sensitive organs; immediately, Ji Xinghuo felt a slight stabbing pain and instinctively closed his eye.

However, the pain intensified, as if mixed with sand, tears streamed out.

Not just the right eye, but both eyes felt the pain.

"What's going on?"

Ji Xinghuo bore the pain and opened his eyes, his vision blurry, as if a thick mosaic covered everything, making it impossible to see clearly.

He touched his cheek, feeling a warm, viscous liquid on his hand, glimpsing red.

"My eyes are bleeding..."

Ji Xinghuo's heart tightened; then he realized: "Where's the gemstone?"

The gemstone that he had been holding had disappeared without his notice, but before he could rejoice that this method might have actually worked, a sudden severe pain exploded in his head as if a drill twisted through his brain, making him cry out and fall to the ground, blood streaming from all his orifices.

Boom!

Ji Xinghuo, his vision darkened, saw the scene of a great explosion, just like in his dreams. A thought flashed through his consciousness before it plunged into darkness:

"Isn't my head really going to explode this time?"