The Primal Energy Fluctuation Method could raise a man's aptitude — which was to say his Talent.

It was news to quicken a man's breathing, and it quickened his. But Shen Cong had long since gotten used to keeping his face blank, and he heard He Huan out with his doubts intact.

His tone stayed cold. "Go on. In detail."

He Huan nodded. "My aptitude used to be half what it is now. Forget about handling a giant wolf — I wouldn't have taken on a wolf pup one on one. I use primal energy to turn my body to metal these days, sure, but the giant wolves have turned into Wolverines right along with me… Then I started cultivating the Primal Energy Fluctuation Method, and my aptitude kept getting better. I've left the giant wolves in the dust now."

When Shen Cong grabbed He Huan, he had of course read his Talent.

It was 0.846H, which put him in the upper rank of jin people. A jin person like that would have been picked for an elite Combat Sequence in the Eastern Theater Command.

It had puzzled Shen Cong a little at the time — the China Rescue Team could afford to put a crack jin person on patrol duty.

As it turned out, He Huan's Talent had once been half of that, somewhere around 0.423H. At that level a man's fighting strength was feeble, and patrol duty suited him exactly.

"So all your warriors and pilots have raised their aptitude with the Primal Energy Fluctuation Method?"

"Of course." He Huan said it with a touch of self-mockery. "Mine's still weak, and I'm slow at picking things up. Even with double the aptitude I'm the weakest warrior we have. Commander Li is the real genius at the Primal Energy Fluctuation Method…"

Shen Cong had reckoned Li Sikai a super-grade jin person — beyond question a man of extraordinary Talent among them.

It had not occurred to him that Li Sikai had cultivated his way there through the Primal Energy Fluctuation Method.

If that was true, the Primal Energy Fluctuation…