Recently, through his research, Richard had discovered another function of the Magic Rune in the Drifting Bottle, which was to allow cells to fuse with foreign substances. These substances could be inactive elements like pigments or dyes, or they could be another type of active cell.
The cells living within quickly absorbed these foreign materials, causing themselves to undergo certain changes and stabilize these changes.
Richard was still unclear about the mechanism involved, but he could guess that it likely involved some kind of genetic material modification at the DNA level.
This function was undeniably powerful, as the gigantic squid they had encountered at sea had possibly mutated by fusing with various foreign substances to become so strong. However, though powerful, it was not easy to utilize. After the fusion with foreign substances, the original cells' expressive traits were unstable and hard to control in any specific direction, much like mutations.
