The Next Morning — Combat Arts Archive, BioGene Warrior University, Zone 10
Kang Seung-woo stood before a personal access console.
A holographic message lit up before him:
[Genius-Class Privilege: Choose 1 mid-tier combat art (no points deducted)]Warning: Selection cannot be changed once confirmed.
Inside the archive, combat arts were categorized by difficulty levels.Blue holo-lights hovered over each storage section.
🔹 Level C – Mid-Tier Combat Arts🔸 Requirement: Minimum GEU 300 and stable biowave signature🧬 Improves explosive control and speed output of GEU in real combat
Seung-woo browsed the list of available arts:
Core Impact Burst – Channels GEU into a single-direction shock strike
Condensed Shadow Form – Creates overlapping afterimages during attacks
Bio-Spiral Technique – Momentarily accelerates GEU release through spiral channels
Then his gaze stopped on one entry.
[Art Code: C-117 | Name: "Vital Vein Piercer"]A combat technique targeting vital GEU flow points in an opponent's body.Requires advanced understanding of GEU circulation and bio-pathways.
Seung-woo reached out and tapped the panel.
The holo-panel vibrated lightly, followed by a system voice:
[Selection Confirmed – Downloading Art to Bio-Wrist Module][Initiating Training Mode: Combat Art Sync Rate Online]
Inside a Personal Training Chamber—
Seung-woo sat motionless on the cold metal floor.A faint white training light shone from above.The room was silent, save for his steady breathing.
[Combat Art: "Vital Vein Piercer"][Analyzing user's biostructure...][Initial Sync Rate Starting...]
📈 [Sync Rate: 12.1% → 17.8%]
"Comparable to mid-level Genius-Class students."
He closed his eyes, syncing his breath with the rhythm in his mind.A sensation spread through his limbs—his biowaves were "realigning."
📈 [Sync Rate: 22.3% → 35.7%]
"Response exceeds average. System adjusting training difficulty to intermediate level."
A combat hologram overlay formed, aligning attack vectors over his body.A translucent enemy model appeared, highlighting vulnerable GEU points.
Seung-woo moved in sync with the projection.His strikes were slow—but precise.GEU light began to flare unusually at his fingertips.
📈 [Sync Rate: 47.5% → 61.9%]
Then, a warning flashed.
⚠️ [Biowave Signature Anomaly – Pattern Not Recognized]🧬 [Storing data in special mutation database]📊 [Sync Rate exceeding standard Level C thresholds]
Seung-woo opened his eyes.
Sweat glistened slightly, but his gaze was sharp.He wasn't just learning the technique—He was reshaping it to match his own evolution system.
"If this is just the foundation... what happens when I master the advanced level?"
"Sixty percent already, huh...?"
—
Observation Room – University Surveillance Center
A middle-aged man stood before a digital display showing footage from Training Room #03—Seung-woo's personal chamber.
Blue ripples shimmered unnaturally around the student's body.
[Combat Art Sync Rate: 63.8%][Biowave Support: Stable]⚠️ [Anomalous response detected – No match in standard mutation database]
He immediately encrypted the data and logged the sync rate into his private archive.
Another screen showed Training Room #07 – Noah Rin.
[Sync Rate: 21.4%]
Despite training for half a day more than Seung-woo, her progress lagged noticeably.
The man muttered to himself:
"Fascinating... Kang Seung-woo, just what are you made of?"
—
Back in Seung-woo's Chamber
📈 [Sync Rate: 71.5%]
Energy rippled from his palm, lightly shaking the chamber floor.The holographic target flickered before shattering in a single blow.
"How far've you gotten?" Hyun-joo asked.
"Over seventy percent," Seung-woo replied flatly.
"What?! Are you serious? I'm stuck at eighteen!"
Hyun-joo's jaw dropped.
"The system even said my sync is 'slow but stable.' Which probably means... hopelessly slow!"
"You think the system's wrong?" he asked.
"No," Seung-woo replied. "But maybe... it just doesn't know what we truly are."
📈 [Sync Rate: 85.4% → 91.8%]
His next punch shattered the hologram into radiant dust.Shockwaves rippled across the floor.
Back in the control room, the monitor still hadn't triggered a central alert.
"Don't report it yet," the observer said. "Let's see if he hits one hundred percent first."
—
📈 [Sync Rate: 98.4%]
One final strike—
The target vanished without impact, as if dissolved silently from within.
[Combat Art Sync Rate: 100.0%][Status: Integrated into user's bio-circuit][Bonus Effect: +60 GEU per direct strike][Full Sync Bonus: +15% energy release speed]
"I had to push it to one hundred percent before time ran out.If I did... this art would truly become mine."
Another notification appeared:
[You have mastered the foundational level of Combat Class Art]