His entire hands, even his whole body, felt like they were in a state of absolute constant temperature.
Wasn't this state strange enough?
"Is my body absorbing sunlight?"
"Could it be that I'm a Kryptonian, and I didn't even know it?"
Qi Jun's eyes flickered with self-mockery, yet he seemed to have discovered something.
"No!"
"It's not my body absorbing it!"
"It's..."
Chapter 17: Another Experiment
Recalling the function of the [Mutated Gem], Qi Jun had a rough guess in his heart.
To clearly perceive this change, Qi Jun began to conduct another experiment.
Closing all doors and windows and drawing the curtains, Qi Jun turned on the only old air conditioner in this 'new home'.
Although old and noisy, it was definitely still usable!
First, he set the temperature to 32 degrees Fahrenheit, which is zero degrees Celsius.
As time passed, Qi Jun found that the thermometer's reading kept dropping, but he didn't feel any change in temperature!
Frowning, Qi Jun began to touch all the objects in the room, but this time, through touch, Qi Jun felt the coldness on the surface of all the objects.
Qi Jun felt a little relieved, knowing that his sense of touch was still normal.
Then, Qi Jun adjusted the air conditioner to 104 degrees Fahrenheit, or forty degrees Celsius, opened the doors and windows to quickly raise the indoor temperature, then closed them tightly again, and waited.
As time passed, the thermometer's reading rose rapidly. Similarly, Qi Jun still didn't feel the slightest bit of heat; he still felt his body was at an absolutely comfortable temperature, not changing with the alterations in the room.
Then, Qi Jun began to touch the items in the room.
Sure enough, as he touched them, Qi Jun's fingertips clearly felt warmth, even a slightly hot sensation.
Finally, Qi Jun began to run and jump around the room.
As a pseudo-otaku with underdeveloped athletic abilities, even simple running and jumping could quickly leave him drenched in sweat.
But!
But!
But!
This time, with Qi Jun's careful sensing, he finally discovered that although he had exhausted himself to the point of being covered in sweat, and his internal temperature had risen rapidly...
However, for some reason, this temperature quickly returned to its pre-exercise state.
And, at the same time, an invisible force coursed through his entire body. Qi Jun, who had been slightly fatigued, actually found that he had regained his previous vitality!
Moreover! Qi Jun could even feel that all the muscles in his body had become a tiny bit more refined!
Running and jumping around not only wouldn't tire him out, but it could even...
Train!
His!
Body!
This kind of groundbreaking situation almost left Qi Jun dumbfounded.
The [Mutated Gem]!
It must be the [Mutated Gem]!
Qi Jun understood. His body could indeed always be in a state of absolute constant temperature. It was indeed the [Mutated Gem] at work!
Recalling the information that was fed back to him when he first bound the [Mutated Gem], Qi Jun now fully understood what was happening with his current state.
The [Mutated Gem]'s passive effect: absorb all energy harmful to Qi Jun!
The reason Qi Jun couldn't feel the temperature of the sunlight at all was because the [Mutated Gem] had absorbed all of the sun's energy!
Furthermore, Qi Jun never expected that this absorption of all harmful energy would even include the heat generated within Qi Jun's own body?
And to ensure Qi Jun's body was normal, did the [Mutated Gem] even actively use energy to regulate his body?
...Qi Jun was a little unclear. What level of energy did the [Mutated Gem] mean by "all energy harmful to Qi Jun"?
Qi Jun frowned slightly. After all, people need sunlight, and some vitamins require sunlight for synthesis.
Now, because of the [Mutated Gem]'s passive protection, Qi Jun couldn't get sunlight. What should he do?
At this moment, Qi Jun suddenly wished his [Mutated Gem] had intelligence.
At least it could tell him what the standard for 'harm' actually was!
...In fact, without complete testing equipment, Qi Jun didn't know that it wasn't just the sunlight hitting him that was absorbed by the [Mutated Gem].
Actually, all energetic, tangible and intangible forms—whether electromagnetic waves, infrasound, ultrasound, infrared, pulse waves, etc.—were all completely absorbed by the [Mutated Gem]!
One could say that Qi Jun, from the moment he acquired the [Mutated Gem], became an 'invisible man'! Any detection waveband that touched Qi Jun was completely absorbed by the [Mutated Gem].
If the [Mutated Gem] hadn't determined that Qi Jun needed to live in a human environment, it could have absorbed even the most basic light and gravity, leaving nothing for Qi Jun.
From this, it could be seen that even just the passive effects offered countless abilities for Qi Jun to develop.
Of course, as mentioned earlier, passive effects can also be actively activated, only requiring Qi Jun to bear the energy cost himself.
Just like the gravity acting on Qi Jun, if Qi Jun actively absorbed and controlled it, flying and such would be incredibly simple!
He could even achieve things like "one-way street" (a reference to Accelerator from A Certain Magical Index) with ease!
But unfortunately, at this time, Qi Jun had no idea about any of this, so he naturally couldn't utilize it.
At this moment, Qi Jun was just an ordinary person who had just transmigrated to the Marvel world and had just secured a safe identity!
Chapter 18: No suffering is in vain, no effort is wasted!
However, Qi Jun quickly stopped caring about what the "harmful standard" was that caused the [Mutated Gem] to passively absorb sunlight.