It didn't take long for Michael to fully replenish his energy, and he even slightly increased his maximum energy reserve!
Ever since Dr. Blue joined, Michael realized that he had been completely outclassed by Samuel Sterns, Dr. Blue, in terms of technology!
The massive Universe Flying City, as huge as a metropolis, was, apart from some of Michael's own manifested ideas, essentially all the research products of Dr. Blue.
Such as the Quasi-Black Hole Energy Extraction Device! Such as the Dark Energy Drive Formula! Such as Telepathy Technology! And so on… Even though Michael had copied and manifested the physics knowledge from Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, sometimes when Michael listened to Dr. Blue explaining professional knowledge, it was like listening to an indecipherable book.
After unleashing his true nature, Samuel Sterns' wisdom, which was five hundred times that of an ordinary person, had developed technology far beyond Earth's!
Thinking about his dedicated energy absorption chamber, which was merely drawing a tiny bit of energy from the 'Quasi-Black Hole Energy Extraction Device'—and that was enough to easily fully charge his energy—Michael couldn't sit still.
Sometimes, when subordinates are too formidable, it's not easy to be the boss! Even if this subordinate wouldn't betray the boss or look down on him due to soul magic, the boss himself would still feel uncomfortable!
He must continue to grow stronger!
Thinking back to how he was easily chased all over the place by Odin's steel spear—oh, no, by the Eternal Spear: gungnir—and how even Mind Teleportation almost lost to Destroyer Odin!
Michael's desire to become stronger became even more uncontrollable!
Michael realized that he had underestimated these… cosmic overlords who shook the Universe!
Odin, merely having possessed the Tesseract, was already this formidable.
Then thinking about Sunset Purple Sweet Potato, who possessed a Mind Stone, that guy certainly wouldn't be simple either!
"…Manifest a Doomsday physique, excluding everything else, retaining only the adaptive evolution ability."
Michael pondered, "Although the Perfect Superman Bloodline has an extremely high growth ceiling, its growth speed is still not fast enough!"
Although Michael hadn't been transmigrated for too long, he was already able to contend with Ancient One and Odin.
But in reality, Michael himself knew that those… were all tricks. Directly confronting Ancient One with magic or Odin with strength would likely lead to a swift death!
Perhaps he could fight Ancient One to a draw, but against Odin, he would truly only be hammered.
Although this growth rate had long left others far behind…
"My current body's energy absorption limit is around 500,000 points of energy. Once it reaches the limit, I can no longer absorb, otherwise there's a risk of bursting."
Michael mused, "But if I integrate Doomsday's adaptive evolution physique, this limit should be easily broken! If the energy limit increases, naturally my physical strength will increase, and my own power will naturally become stronger!"
"Hmm… this is feasible!"
Michael nodded lightly, then slowly walked back to his previous lounge chair and lay down, ready to continue recharging at any time.
"Manifest a Doomsday adaptive evolution ability that perfectly integrates with my physique."
Michael began to communicate with the mutated gem.
The next moment, the mutated gem fed back a piece of information to Michael, which made Michael breathe a sigh of relief.
"Oh, it only costs one million points of energy."
Michael's tone lightened considerably. He had originally thought it would cost a lot of energy.
"That's right, it's just an ability, not directly transforming into something."
Michael realized, "Perhaps manifesting this ability itself doesn't even require a million points of energy. The extra energy beyond a million might be… for perfectly integrating this ability with my current body."
"Manifest it!"
Michael gave the command to the gem.
The next second, an invisible force enveloped Michael completely. At that instant, Michael felt his entire body warm and incredibly comfortable.
However, before Michael could comfortably hum, this invisible force disappeared without a trace.
But Michael understood that he now possessed Doomsday's ability to… adapt and evolve to almost anything he encountered!
It was just that this time, the manifestation wasn't of a physical object, so the mutated gem acted directly on Michael's body.
"Let's try it."
Michael raised an eyebrow, and with a thought, he used Telepathy Technology to reactivate the device and release energy.
At the same time, Michael began to control his body to absorb the energy!
Soon, the one million energy points previously consumed were quickly replenished.
But Michael did not stop; he continued to absorb.
In an instant, Michael's body began to swell and ache! However, Michael persevered.
"It really works!"
The new physical constitution did not disappoint Michael! Michael quickly felt his body automatically undergo some adaptive changes, and thus, the bloating and pain from the overflowing energy quickly disappeared, replaced by a sense of hunger.
"Huh?"
Michael sensed the energy within his body and then realized that all the energy in his body had been consumed. Where did it go? Was it used to modify his body? The energy stored in the mutated gem was not consumed, but the energy within his body was indeed gone; it was used for body modification.
"Absorb more!"
Michael narrowed his eyes. Wouldn't he know once he replenished the energy?
100,000 points.
300,000 points.
500,000 points.
800,000 points.
1,000,000 points!
This time, there was no obstruction whatsoever. Michael's body directly absorbed energy beyond the 500,000-point limit, reaching 1,000,000 points, before he again felt his body swell and ache.
"Hahaha! I knew it!"
Michael excitedly punched the air, but he didn't expect that with just a light punch, he would create a sonic boom in the energy absorption chamber.
Uh… this sudden surge in power seems to require some adaptation!
Michael was covered in black lines.
After absorbing energy for a while longer, Michael only felt his body becoming more and more bloated and painful, even swelling up, but the adaptive evolution he experienced earlier did not reappear.
"Could it be that this ability has limitations?"
Michael frowned, then with a thought, he had the mutated gem begin to absorb the excess energy that couldn't be absorbed.
Michael did not stop, but continued to have the mutated gem absorb energy.
And Michael's energy reserve in the mutated gem quickly broke through, reaching… ten million points!