I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate

After all, Su Ze was on brotherly terms with his grandfather, Lin Tiannan.

Su Ze chuckled, as if he knew what Lin Luo was thinking, and said, ”Mr. Lin, no need to be so formal. Mr. Lin insisted on it, which is why I call him Mr. Lin. From now on, our relationship will be separate from that.”

’I call him brother, so you should call me grandpa...’ Of course, Su Ze didn’t say this part out loud.

After taking the enhancement and upgrade materials from Lin Luo, Su Ze offered to pay, but Lin Luo refused.

Su Ze hadn’t wanted to owe another favor, but Lin Luo adamantly refused to accept payment.

On second thought, Su Ze realized that having the Lin Family collect these materials for him was already a favor. Paying for them wouldn’t reduce that debt, so he simply accepted them.

Lin Luo didn’t stay for long. After a few pleasantries, he took his leave and departed.

That evening, Chen Suifeng also brought a large bag of materials for Su Ze, all procured from the national treasury of Lin Hua Country and all items on Su Ze’s list.

To Su Ze’s surprise, there wasn’t a single overlap between the materials Chen Suifeng brought and the ones the Lin Family had collected for him.

After a moment’s thought, Su Ze understood. The Lin Family must have known which materials were in the national treasury and deliberately avoided collecting them for him.

He had to admit, the Lin Family was very capable and had put real thought into helping him.

Combined, the materials collected by the Lin Family and Chen Suifeng made up half the items on his list.

Although the other half had yet to be collected, Su Ze wasn’t worried, as he planned to visit the Evolution Technology Headquarters Treasure Vault tomorrow.

He had already arranged with Xu Sheng to visit the Evolution Technology Headquarters Treasure Vault.

It was called a tour, but it was really a shopping trip to collect the upgrade materials he needed.

’After I tour Evolutionary Technology’s vault tomorrow, I should head back.

’Tonight, I need to absorb all of these materials I’ve collected.’

Su Ze poured all the collected materials onto the table and could clearly feel the pull they exerted on him.

However, he could tell from the strength of the attraction that these were all enhancement materials rather than upgrade materials.

As Su Ze’s life level and skill levels rose, materials that were a perfect match for him—those that could directly upgrade one of his skills—were becoming increasingly rare, at least on a planet like Blue Star, which was not abundant in evolutionary resources.

Furthermore, not all of these materials were usable. A small portion of them held no attraction for Su Ze, meaning they couldn’t enhance his skills.

This was a normal occurrence. The Lin Family and Chen Suifeng had collected the materials based on a list provided by Su Ze, which he had drafted together with Liou Wenxin.

The two of them had simply deduced which enhancement materials might be effective based on the effects of Su Ze’s skills, so there were bound to be some misses.

Su Ze sorted out the useless materials, then picked up the remaining ones and began to absorb them one by one.

Absorbing the energy from these materials was effortless for Su Ze.

As each material lost its energy and turned to dust, Su Ze’s various skills underwent continuous, minor enhancements.

His physique also improved little by little, as enhancements to his skills also boosted his physical constitution.

「A few hours later...」

Su Ze let out a long breath. He had finished absorbing all the enhancement materials he was able to.

The eight Tier 4 skills he needed to upgrade had all been enhanced to some degree, as the materials had been selected with those eight skills in mind.

Two of the skills were fully upgraded, and two others, while not yet upgraded, were very close.

The two skills that were upgraded this time were the passive skill ”Knowledge Is Power” and the attack skill ”Impact Cannon.”

Knowledge Is Power (Tier 5, S-Rank): A passive skill. Gain one Cell Enhancement for every skill mastered.

After the skill upgrade, there were no obvious changes on the surface; in reality, only the magnitude of the Cell Enhancement had increased.

This caused waves of warmth to surge through Su Ze’s body. ”Knowledge Is Power” was applying a retroactive enhancement following the upgrade.

There were no other bells and whistles to the ”Knowledge Is Power” upgrade; it was a simple, direct strengthening of the body.

Liou Wenxin had once speculated that for the skill to undergo another qualitative change, it would have to be upgraded to at least Tier 7, a god-tier skill.

At that point, ”Cell Enhancement” would likely upgrade to ”Genetic Enhancement.”

Meanwhile, the original Tier 4, A-Rank skill ”Impact Cannon” had finally been upgraded to Tier 5. After testing it, Su Ze felt that classifying it as Tier 5, S-Rank would be no problem.

Impact Cannon (Tier 5, S-Rank): Absorb surrounding energy and matter (can be absorbed as a mixture), compress it within the body, and then release it. The larger the user’s physique, the stronger the skill’s power.

As a purely offensive skill, ”Impact Cannon” had definitely received a significant power boost. The next most obvious change was that its absorption targets were far broader.

Previously, it could only absorb Elemental Energy, as well as gaseous and liquid matter. Now, that restriction was gone, and it could even absorb them as a mixture.

In other words, if Su Ze so desired, he could absorb all the tables, chairs, and the bed in the room—even the television and refrigerator—into his body, then spit them back out to hit people.

If conditions permitted, he could even perform an ”Ice and Fire Two Realms” attack, or he could gather ”wind, rain, thunder, and lightning” directly.

For Su Ze, the upgrade to this skill also meant that the power of his ”Strongest Punch” was boosted as well.