Chapter 44: Reality Artifacts
As Elian Thorne listened to Lucian Reed recount the legacy of the Cyber-Knights, he pictured the brutal hardships their predecessors endured to carve this new path through the wilderness of human limitation. "What's the exact relationship between the Breathing Art and endorphins?" Elian pressed. "Why does it allow early unlocking of Genetic Constraints?" "Because the Art lets you trigger endorphin release the instantpain hits," Lucian's fingers tapped a staccato rhythm on the table. "It's about dominating your own body. Three months of training with this technique achieves what takes others years. So when you complete a Life-And-Death Ordeal using the Art..." He leaned forward, eyes sharp as shivs. "...your endorphin levels blast through normal thresholds like a rocket." "Other uses?"
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