Inside the Yian District Detention Center, which was located right next to the police station, the prevalence of martial artists in society had led to a significant number of altercations, resulting in many people being detained. Every district had a specialized detention center to hold these individuals. Today, Luo Feng was confined here.

 Dressed in a standard gray prison uniform, Luo Feng was locked up.

 “299, this is your cell. Go in,”one of the guard officers said as he pushed Luo Feng inside, then locked the cell door. The majority of the inmates in this detention center were those involved in fights, petty theft, or drunk driving, as well as some awaiting trial for various offenses.

 Luo Feng’s case could be serious or minor.

 To put it lightly, it was just a matter of beating a few people. However, if it truly went to court, there was a possibility Luo Feng could face a few years in prison. Of course, this was all contingent upon the fact that Luo Feng was not a preliminary martial artist.

 Inside the cell.

 “Wow, a new guy?”A bald, tattooed man lay on the lower bunk, next to him an older man obediently massaged his shoulders. The bald man glanced at Luo Feng and said,“Hey, kid, you look fresh. Come over and massage my legs!”

 Luo Feng looked at the bald man curiously. He had heard rumors about the bullying of the weak in prisons, but this was his first time witnessing it.

 “Hey! Are you deaf?”The bald man glared at Luo Feng and stood up abruptly.

 “Interesting, very interesting,”Luo Feng thought to himself.

 “Are you asking for a fight?”The bald man, feeling slighted, swung his large hand toward Luo Feng's head.

 Luo Feng’s body moved slightly, and his right hand struck out like a snake, swiftly grabbing the bald man’s wrist.

 “Hmm? Huh?”The bald man tried to pull back but felt as if his arm was trapped in a vice, unable to exert any force. His expression changed dramatically as he realized he had bitten off more than he could chew.

 “You want me to massage your legs?”Luo Feng tightened his grip and twisted the bald man’s arm, causing him to bend over in pain, crying out,“Hey, brother, I didn’t recognize your strength! Please let me go! Ah, ah—”The intense pain forced him to cry out.

 Luo Feng forcefully swung the bald man around, sending him stumbling against the wall.

 “If you want me to massage your legs again, just let me know,”Luo Feng said with a hint of mischief, then leaped onto the upper bunk with a slight push from his right hand.

 The bald man slumped against the wall, rubbing his sore arm.

 The older man and a lean young man in the cell exchanged glances, looking from the bald man to Luo Feng on the upper bunk.

 “What’s wrong, Huang?”one of the guards standing at the cell door teased, laughing,“Who bothered you? How did you end up like this? Oh, just a reminder: the new kid in your cell just injured four senior students from a martial arts school, so be careful and don’t provoke him.”

 With that, the guard hummed a tune and walked away.

 “Why didn’t you say that sooner?”The bald man looked up in shock,“One person injured four senior students from a martial arts school? That’s insane!”

 Meanwhile, Luo Feng was deep in thought, recalling the“Gene Origin Cultivation Method”he had read at the Extreme Martial Arts Club:“Well, since I have nothing else to do in here, I’ll try cultivating this Gene Origin tonight when it’s pitch black!”

 Martial artists gain their unmatched abilities through the power of gene origins.

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 While Luo Feng was planning to cultivate Gene Origin in the detention center, not too far from the police station in the Yian District, in a KTV establishment, two young men were hugging a girl each and singing loudly in one of the private rooms. One of the young men was Zhang Haobai.

 “Alright, you two can leave now,”Zhang Haobai waved his hand.

 The room was suddenly left with only Zhang Haobai and another young man wearing glasses.

 “Zhou, I invited you here to ask for a favor,”Zhang Haobai started.

 “Just tell me what you need,”the young man with glasses replied generously,“If I can help, I’ll do it without hesitation.”

 “It’s about a guy named Luo Feng! This punk keeps crossing me,”Zhang Haobai said angrily, spitting on the floor.“He injured three of my family’s bodyguards and beat me up. I just can’t let this go! Right now, that guy is locked up in the detention center, and I want to ask Zhou to help me teach him a lesson through your connections inside.”

 “Oh? That’s not a problem. But you know, getting someone inside the detention center to help will cost some money,”the young man with glasses said, furrowing his brows.

 “Money is not an issue; I have a hundred thousand here! Once it’s done, I can give you another hundred thousand,”Zhang Haobai tossed a leather bag beside him.

 “Haha, straightforward!”The young man with glasses didn’t even look at the bag and nodded.“Two hundred thousand, as long as it’s not murder, we can do it. So, how do you want me to teach this Luo Feng a lesson?”

 “I want to break one of his legs and one of his arms!”Zhang Haobai gritted his teeth.

 “Sure, that’s simple enough.”The young man with glasses immediately nodded in agreement.

 Zhang Haobai reminded him,“Zhou, this Luo Feng isn’t easy to deal with. He’s tough, so be careful.”

 “Don’t worry, I have my connections,”the young man with glasses grinned. 

 In the deep of night, there was no moon or stars in the sky. The cell where Luo Feng was located was pitch dark, with only a faint light filtering in from the corridor outside.

 Suddenly—

 “According to the article I saw at the Extreme Limit Martial Arts Institute, there is only one method for practicing genetic primal energy in the world—the Five Hearts Toward Heaven method. And generally, as long as one meets the physical requirements of a martial artist, they can start practicing genetic primal energy,”Luo Feng took a deep breath.“The article says that the first‘sensing’is the most difficult!”

 According to the article, this energy is everywhere on Earth and even in the vast universe. However... the vast majority of humanity cannot perceive its existence at all.

 “Generally, geniuses can sense it on their first day of practice. But martial artists with weaker talents may take a year and a half just to sense the cosmic energy,”Luo Feng adjusted his breathing and then maintained the Five Hearts Toward Heaven posture. Here, the five hearts refer to the two soles of the feet, the two palms, and the Baihui point on the top of the head.

 Luo Feng's breathing gradually calmed, controlling himself to achieve a state of tranquility.

 The silence was profound, and his breathing became barely audible.

 “Hmm?”Suddenly, Luo Feng opened his eyes in the cell.“Where is the so-called cosmic energy? Why can't I feel it? My mind should have been very, very calm just now. Could it really be that, as the article said, geniuses can sense it in a day while those with weaker talents take a year and a half?”

 Relaxed and still.

 “Something's still not right.”Half an hour later, Luo Feng opened his eyes again.

 “Let’s try one last time. If it doesn’t work, I’ll wait until tomorrow night. I hope I can succeed.”Luo Feng thought to himself as he closed his eyes again, attempting to calm his heart and sense the cosmic energy.

 “Why haven’t I succeeded yet?”

 Gradually...

 Approaching a state of sleep, at this moment, Luo Feng had almost forgotten to sense the cosmic energy.

 In this near-sleep state, Luo Feng vaguely sensed a wisp of energy flowing through the soles of his feet, the palms of his hands, and the Baihui point at the top of his head, gradually entering his body at an extremely slow speed.

 “It’s cosmic energy!!!”Luo Feng suddenly woke up, his eyes widening in shock, and the previous sensation vanished instantly.

 “I felt it, I felt it! That must have been cosmic energy.”Luo Feng's heart surged with joy.“According to the article, once I reach the threshold of a quasi-martial artist, most people can practice genetic primal energy. Even if I didn’t sense it, my body would absorb it at an extremely slow rate.”

 “That’s the feeling.”

 Luo Feng closed his eyes again and immediately tried to sense it once more, gradually calming his breathing and heart. His consciousness focused almost entirely on the soles of his feet, the palms of his hands, and the Baihui point at the top of his head, as he desperately attempted to sense the wisp of energy he had previously felt.

 Gradually, the sensation became clearer.

 A faint and minute wisp of energy gently wafted, with just a little penetrating near the soles of his feet, but at an extremely slow speed.

 At the beginning, the cosmic energy felt like a drop of water leaking slowly through a crack in a pipe, gradually seeping into Luo Feng’s body.

 “Ah~~~”A shuddering sensation that originated deep in his bones made Luo Feng’s body tremble involuntarily. After this colorless and invisible cosmic energy entered Luo Feng's body, every cell in his body, long-starved for nourishment, began to ravenously absorb it through five channels.

 As the cosmic energy flowed into the cells, it was quickly absorbed by the mitochondria inside, simultaneously releasing a peculiar energy. This energy was swiftly absorbed throughout the cell, and the entire cell began to undergo revolutionary changes. The DNA blueprint underwent slight alterations, and the cells began to divide, splitting into two.

 Luo Feng’s body was continuously changing, affecting everything from the surface skin and muscles to the deeper cells, and even the genes themselves were undergoing subtle transformations. This change was an evolution of life, an optimization of life’s genetics!

 There was boundless cosmic energy throughout the Earth and the universe, and the little bit Luo Feng was absorbing could be considered negligible.

 Bone density was increasing, while the volume of the cells was decreasing. One cell split into two, and the muscle tissues began to optimize, naturally leading to an increase in Luo Feng’s body weight.

 In the brain domain.

 Deep within the brain domain, changes occurred that were different from the previous three times. This time, the changes were even more subtle... Luo Feng, immersed in his cultivation, didn’t even notice them.

 “Dong~~ Dong~~ Dong~~”

 Luo Feng felt that the power within his body had grown substantially stronger than before!

 “Breakfast is ready, breakfast is ready.”Many inmates from the detention center began to leave their cells to eat.

 At this moment—

 “Liu Ge, he’s quite impressive.”The bald man in Luo Feng's cell smiled and nodded.

 The three prisoners exchanged glances, and one of them whispered,“No mistake, the cell, age, and strength all match. Brother Zhou was talking about him.”