In the academy, the one most sensitive to electric currents is undoubtedly the Electric Light Man. However, after searching through the entire network several times, he could not find any trace of the Blood God, indicating that this fellow had escaped far away.

"What should we do now?" Ye Hai asked with concern. "If the Blood God comes looking for Knife Edge, isn't he in great danger?"

"Don't worry," the professor reassured him. "From my contact with the Blood God, I've touched upon some aspects of his thinking. Were you all invaded by the Blood God during the summoning ritual?"

"Yes," Ye Hai nodded.

"That's it," the professor said with a slight nod. "The Blood God cannot easily invade Knife Edge's mind; he needs the summoning ritual to do so. He must re-establish a magic circle to take over Knife Edge."

"So that's how it is," Ye Hai exclaimed, his eyes lighting up. "This guy is an ancient being; he must know quite a bit about vampire magic!"

The professor furrowed his brow. "From my contact with his thoughts, they appear quite chaotic. His soul is incomplete, having lost many memories, so we cannot know how much magic he still remembers."

Ye Hai chuckled, "Regardless, I must capture such a valuable entity."

However, Knife Edge interjected, "Since it poses no immediate danger, I feel relieved. Dr. Ye, I'll take my leave now; I have many things to attend to."

Saying this, he turned and left without greeting the professor and others.

The Electric Light Man relaxed his shoulders and said, "That guy is really cool, isn't he?"

"Electric Light Man, that's just his personality; don't take it personally," Ye Hai replied with a faint smile. He then patted the Electric Light Man's shoulder, causing sparks of electricity to leap. "How's your training going? Have you gone on any missions recently?"

Ye Hai's friendly gesture moved the Electric Light Man. He replied, slightly excited, "I've already been on a mission! I defeated a burly man who was Sabretooth, one of Magneto's subordinates, and I also saved two people—a wolf and a little girl."

"A wolf?" Ye Hai asked, surprised. "Was it Wolverine?"

"Yes, do you know him?"

"No, I've just heard of him," Ye Hai inquired further, "What was the little girl's name?"

"She calls herself Little Rascal!"

The Electric Light Man looked as if he wanted to say more but hesitated. Ye Hai laughed and patted his shoulder again, saying, "You're worried your appearance might scare off the kids? Do you want me to change your look?"

"No one can compare to you, Dr. Ye," the Electric Light Man replied with a wry smile. "You don't have mind abilities too, do you?"

"I don't have that ability at this moment," Ye Hai said with a smile, looking at the Electric Light Man's electrified face. "The reason I can read your thoughts is that your feelings are written all over your face."

He then laughed heartily and said, "Alright, leave your appearance issue to me; I'll definitely solve it for you in a few days."

"Thank you, Dr. Ye!"

After the Electric Light Man left, Ye Hai rushed into the laboratory. He was now in a state of activated Level Four Brain Region. This optimal condition was something he rarely activated, as he didn't want to waste it.

Instead of focusing on the Electric Light Man, he concentrated on Iceman's genes. The recent battle against the Blood God made him realize his own shortcomings; while he had immense power and could easily destroy a single target, he found it difficult to eliminate a large group. Iceman's abilities could compensate for this limitation.

Iceman is an important member of the X-Men, but at this point, he is still a student, around fifteen or sixteen years old. Being that age, he is still a child, not fully familiar with his abilities and still in the training phase. Nevertheless, he has shown exceptional talent and is valued by Professor X and other teachers.

In the movie versions of the X-Men, Iceman's powers are not particularly prominent, but in the comics, he is one of the top mutants on Earth.

In the comics, Iceman can generate temperatures as low as -105 degrees Fahrenheit (-76 degrees Celsius) in seconds. He can freely lower both the external and internal temperatures of his body without causing harm to himself.

Iceman can create an ice layer to cover his entire body to enhance his defense. He can also use the moisture in his surroundings to reshape or reconstruct the ice on his body.

He can freeze the moisture in the air around him, forming simple objects like slides, ladders, and shields. Iceman also possesses the ability to create absolute zero temperatures, halting the molecular movement of bombs. He can also merge his body's molecules with water sources to achieve teleportation.

These abilities sound surreal, but Ye Hai, who understands physics well, knows they can be achieved as long as Iceman is powerful enough. Unlike Iceman, he doesn't have to worry about upgrading; he just needs enough scientific value to achieve these powers, which he accomplishes effortlessly and without stress.

Given such abilities, he chose to merge with Iceman's genes.

A few hours later, Ye Hai produced a green potion and immediately activated the quality control system.

"Ding! Quality control system activated... Fusion degree of freezing gene and host cells is 91.9%, can be used!"

...

Half an hour later.

"Ding! Quality control system activated... Fusion degree of freezing gene and host cells is 96.7%, can be used!"

Ten minutes later.

"Ding! Quality control system activated... Fusion degree of freezing gene and host cells is 98.9%, can be used!"

Five minutes later.

"Ding! Quality control system activated... Fusion degree of freezing gene and host cells is 99.9%, host is advised to use it!"

"Ding! Host has successfully completed the fusion of freezing gene with ordinary cells, earning 10,000 scientific value points!"

Ye Hai examined the green potion in his hand and asked in his heart, "System, how much scientific value do I have now?"

"Host currently has 45,790 scientific value points."

"Already over 40,000?" Ye Hai exclaimed with mild surprise and smiled, "System, let's solidify the tertiary brain region!"

"Understood! Ding! Host is solidifying the tertiary brain region..."

"Ding! Host has successfully solidified the tertiary brain region, consuming 30,000 scientific value points, leaving 15,790 scientific value points. Host's default state is now 30% brain region activated without requiring consumption of scientific value."

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