After the battle at the stadium, Wade surprisingly failed to analyze the [Gender Transformation] ability from Jordan Li's blood. It felt like the core piece of a puzzle was missing, leaving him restless with curiosity.
Wade scratched his head. "I'm very curious about your ability, especially the mechanism of switching between male and female. It's simply a biological miracle! Could you... let me'study' it up close?"
"Heh..." Jordan Li sneered, spreading her hands. "What, finally showing your true colors?"
She looked him up and down with raised eyebrows, her lips curling into a smirk. "You guy, after all that circling around, this is what you're actually interested in?"
"You've misunderstood!" Wade's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly began gesturing with his hands. "Think about it—precisely reconstructing bones, muscles, vocal cords, even height and weight... the energy control and matter reorganization efficiency involved is a dual miracle of biology and physics."
"It's highly valuable as a reference for developing my own abilities."
"Save it," Jordan Li said, casually taking off her jacket, the wariness in her eyes fading slightly. "Stop looking for those lame excuses."
"I'm serious, think what you want." Wade looked up at her, his gaze devoid of any lewd thoughts.
Jordan Li stared at him for two seconds before rubbing her hair in frustration. "Damn, you really are a freak."
Despite her words, the wariness in her eyes dissipated significantly. "Fine, seeing as you beat me. What do you want to see?"
"The process of the form switch!" Wade replied immediately, stepping forward and carefully placing his fingertips on Jordan's arm. "Can you... go slower? Let me feel the energy flow and the... change in texture during the transformation."
"You're so demanding," Jordan grumbled, but she still concentrated and cooperated.
The outline of her body began to blur, like a video feed with a bad signal. From a lithe female form, she slowly stretched and became more solid, transforming into a tall male form.
A strange sensation traveled through Wade's fingertips, as if he weren't touching skin, but a boundary between stability and fluidity. The temperature also shifted from slightly cool to warm.
[Analysis beginning... Ability: Form Transformation (Basic Level)]
[Genetic sequence analysis: 5%]
Wade suppressed his wild joy and threw out a series of carefully prepared questions. "Is the change synchronized across the whole body, or is there a core starting point? For example, does the spine trigger the reconstruction of the rest of the body first?"
"When the vocal cords change, is there a brief loss of voice? Is the pitch a step-by-step jump or a smooth transition?"
"The body hair... does it instantly shed and reorganize, or... does it naturally replace itself during the stabilization of the form?"
Though these questions were odd enough to make one's skin crawl, they were asked from such a sharp and professional angle that he truly seemed like someone immersed in ability research.
Jordan frowned, maintaining the slow form switch while answering patiently, "It's pretty much the whole body at once... Hair? Who would notice that!"
[Analysis: 35%... Mapping key genetic sequence nodes]
Wade scanned her blurred body, choosing his words carefully. "Then... what about the more core reproductive system? Does it completely transform between the two forms, or does it exist in some intermediate state? Does this involve extreme reconstruction of gene expression?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jordan Li jerked his hand back, his face instantly darkening.
"That's enough! What the hell are you asking?!" he growled, grabbing Wade's collar. "I think you're just asking for a beating!"
[Analysis interrupted]
The atmosphere in the room instantly dropped to freezing point.
Wade was stunned by the outburst. His Adam's apple bobbed as he realized he had been too hasty.
He hurriedly pulled out his phone and various devices, then turned out his empty pockets. "I'm sorry! Lee, I just got too absorbed. I apologize!"
"I swear I have no ill intent, and I'm not recording or taking photos. Look, nothing. If you feel uncomfortable, I'll leave right now."
Seeing him look as if he were ready to rip his heart out just to prove his innocence, the anger in Jordan Li's chest deflated like a punctured balloon, replaced by an incredibly absurd sense of powerlessness.
He rubbed his hair irritably and changed back into his female form, sighing heavily. "Fine, fine, I'm actually afraid of you. There's no harm in telling you."
She took Wade's hand and pressed it against her lower abdomen. "In female form, everything that should be there on the outside is there. But inside, there's no uterus or ovaries... Superpowers aren't omnipotent; you can't just conjure up a whole set of internal parts out of nothing. So, no periods. In male form... everything is normal. Satisfied? Mr. Big Scientist!"
[Key restrictive information confirmed... Genetic sequence logic completed... Analysis significantly increased to 85%!]
Taking advantage of the softened atmosphere, Wade carefully asked a few more questions about skin texture, physical differences, and so on, finally pushing the analysis to completion.
A sense of enlightenment regarding 'Form' flooded Wade's mind, and he understood the mysteries of the transformation as if by instinct.
[Ability: Form Transformation (Basic Level), recorded into the genetic map]
Wade shook her hand vigorously. "Thank you so much! You've been a huge help!"
"Just get out of here, you mad scientist," Jordan Li snapped, pushing him toward the door.
Wade patted her shoulder twice. "Let's talk again when you're free. If you ever need anything, just find me." With that, he closed the door and turned to leave.
Jordan Li leaned against the door, punching the air several times. "Tsk, why act like such a gentleman?"
In the hallway, Wade flew all the way back toward his dormitory. Feeling the strange ability within him that blurred the boundaries of biological essence, a smile uncontrollably curled onto his lips.
'Form Transformation... Truly marvelous.'
But immediately following that, a larger, crazier thought emerged.
'Since even external characteristics can be transformed, what is the essence of these super-genes? Can I... like pharmaceutical manufacturing in my previous life, break down molecular formulas, refine them, and combine them?'
At that moment, the television screen in the hallway was broadcasting news.
"A-Train was pursuing two bank robbers on the streets of New York. In the heat of the moment, he accidentally injured a female pedestrian... Vought International has issued an apology statement: Senior VP Madelyn will hold a press conference with A-Train tomorrow to formally apologize to the family of the victim, Robin Ward."
Wade immediately stopped in his tracks, squinting at the screen.
'Oh... I thought I missed it? It's only just beginning!'
He knew well the principle that it's easier to catch fish in muddy waters; besides, his comprehensive strength was no longer weak.
[Fused Super-Genes:]
[Basic Level Primary: Gas Manipulation, 10-meter range]
[Basic Level Secondary:]
[Super Strength, Agility; Invulnerability; High-speed Healing;]
[Energy Blast; Freeze Vision; Illusion Generation; Night Vision;]
[Blood Manipulation; Insect Command; Levitation; Force Transfer;]
[Mind Control (Independent, incompatible)]
Abilities weren't necessarily better in quantity. He hadn't fused and applied all the super-genes he'd collected; those that were useless or redundant were temporarily set aside in his genetic map for future needs.
"After fighting the Fire Dragon group and Jordan Li, my Gas Manipulation range has doubled again... Does the more I use my own abilities in battle, the more they improve?"
"Then how big is the gap between me and the strongest Supe, Homelander? He's a natural-born Supe; all his abilities should be developed to their limit... If I were to get into a fight with him, he shouldn't be able to insta-kill me, right?"
Wade finished watching the news report and floated down the stairs.
'I happen to have no classes this afternoon. It's time to plan properly—how to stir up these muddy waters...'
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