Ch. 10: Question-Answers?
Now, why was Lu Sheng thinking about these things?
Because he was also planning to absorb such spirit souls himself and obtain some truly overpowered abilities through them.
After all, spirit souls themselves possessed the ability to continue growing stronger over time.
And even if they failed to evolve further, a single spirit soul could still provide him with at least three spirit rings throughout his cultivation journey.
At times like this, the importance of selecting an appropriate spirit soul became especially critical.
Now that his martial souls had evolved far beyond their original forms, he had already broken away from the limitation of only obtaining Pokémon moves as part of his spirit ability set.
After all, both of his martial souls possessed a unique growth factor that activated whenever he absorbed a soul ring, causing them to undergo small evolutionary changes each time.
Coupled with his own observations over the past few days, Lu Sheng already knew it was entirely possible for him to obtain spirit abilities completely different from the standard moves used by Pokémon.
If his luck was good enough, obtaining abilities associated with Pokémon lore itself would not be impossible at all.
His mother and grandparents had already obtained examples of such abilities after absorbing Pokémon spirit souls.
And as for whether he himself would be lucky enough…
"Heh."
A faint grin appeared on Lu Sheng's face beneath the shade of the tree.
The breeze gently rustled the surrounding spirit herbs as countless thoughts flowed through his mind.
If he had glasses on, he would have taken them out immediately, straightening his hair just like a certain schemer.
'All according to Keikaku.'
But he shook his head, shaking off the wild thoughts.
Ahem!
Getting back to where we were.
So, finding a spirit soul powerful enough to provide him with at least three meaningful spirit rings was extremely important.
Throughout the years, he had already obtained many powerful modifiers through the sign-in system, such as: Shiny, Royal, Ancient, Element Blessing, Element Variants, and many others.
Along with genome samples from numerous Legendary and non-Legendary Pokémon, he practically had the qualifications to choose among gods.
He even possessed a trace sample from Arceus itself, though only a tiny fragment.
But just thinking about it—
How awesome would it be to have the Great God Arceus as his very first spirit soul?
The image alone was enough to make his heart itch slightly.
But was it really wise to turn such a high-level existence into merely a thousand-year soul ring?
That would simply be putting the horse before the carriage.
No thanks. That was far too wasteful.
Not to mention whether he would even survive trying to absorb it in the first place.
Even if it was only 1% of the genome sample, it was still a fragment belonging to Arceus.
The pressure and energy contained within it were likely terrifying beyond imagination.
And more importantly, 1% was still nowhere near enough to form a complete spirit soul on its own.
If something went wrong during the fusion process, exploding and dying would not be impossible at all.
Lu Sheng rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
The stronger the option, the greater the risk.
And right now, he did not lack potential. What he needed most was stability and room to grow safely.
"No matter. Let's sign in first."
Lu Sheng spoke casually while looking at the notification that had been hovering above his head for quite some time now.
[Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained 3 General Question-Answer Coupons!]
He raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"Question-Answer Coupons? That's new."
Curiosity immediately rose within him.
Without hesitation, he used one on the spot.
After all, what was the point of hoarding resources forever?
Only after using them would they actually have meaning.
Back in his previous life, he had spent years hoarding diamonds, gold, consumables, and rare resources in games, only to quit or lose interest before even using half of them.
Sometimes he even stopped playing entirely while still sitting on mountains of unused items.
Now that he had obtained a second life, he had no intention of repeating the same mistake.
This time, if something could help him grow stronger or safer, he would use it without hesitation.
10,000s of props sitting in storage for years: Really?
A translucent screen appeared before him.
[Please ask your question:]
Lu Sheng thought carefully for a few seconds before speaking slowly and clearly.
"Go through all parameters related to me, my martial souls, all props, rewards, modifiers, and resources currently inside and outside my inventory. Then determine the optimal choice for my first spirit soul and explain why that option is the most suitable."
[Processing...]
[...]
The screen flickered rapidly as countless streams of information flowed across it.
At the same time, Lu Sheng felt his body being scanned all over repeatedly by the mechanical gaze.
Like all his secrets were stripped bare in front of that gaze.
Several seconds later—
[Answer Generated!]
[Report:]
[Recommended Construction Method:]
Use 100 Traitless Spirit Soul Fragments.
(Note: 10–12 fragments to create one complete spirit soul foundation.)
[Primary Genome Components:]
Eevee Genome Sample — 100%
Eevee Genome Sample — 25%
Silvally Genome Sample — 50%
Cinccino Genome Sample — 20%
Jirachi Genome Sample — 4%
Arceus Genome Sample — 1%
[Recommended Modifiers:]
Shiny
Royal
Blessing: Multitype Variant
Blessing: Normal Type Variant
[Evaluation:]
Extremely high adaptability.
Stable long-term growth potential.
Exceptional compatibility with current martial souls.
Very high probability of obtaining external soul bones. (94.123%)
Extremely low probability of fusion instability or bodily explosion. (5.877%)
The report was rigid, cold, and mechanical, almost completely devoid of emotion.
Like written by an old school AI.
Yet the moment Lu Sheng finished reading it, his eyes slowly widened.
"...Eevee?"