Recalling the function of the mutated gem, Michael had a rough guess in his heart.
To clearly perceive this change, Michael began to conduct experiments again.
Closing all doors and windows and drawing the curtains, Michael turned on the only old air conditioner in this 'new home'.
Although old and noisy, it was definitely still usable!
First, he adjusted the temperature to 32 degrees Fahrenheit, which is zero degrees Celsius.
As time passed, Michael noticed that the thermometer's reading kept dropping, but he didn't feel any change in temperature!
Frowning, Michael began to touch all the objects in the room, but this time, through touch, Michael felt the coldness on the surface of all objects.
Michael felt a little relieved, knowing that his sense of touch was still normal.
Then, Michael adjusted the air conditioner temperature to 104 degrees Fahrenheit, or forty degrees Celsius, opened the doors and windows to quickly raise the indoor temperature, then closed the doors and windows tightly again, and waited.
As time passed, the thermometer's reading quickly rose. Similarly, Michael still didn't feel the slightest warmth; he still felt his body was at an absolutely comfortable temperature, which didn't change with the changes in the room.
Then, Michael began to touch the items in the room.
Sure enough, as he touched them, Michael's fingertips clearly felt warmth, even a slightly scalding sensation.
Finally, Michael started running and jumping around the room.
As a pseudo-otaku with underdeveloped athletic abilities, even simple running and jumping could quickly make him sweat profusely.
But!
But!
But!
This time, under Michael's careful sensing, he finally discovered that although he had exhausted himself and was covered in sweat, and his internal body temperature had rapidly risen.
However, inexplicably, this temperature quickly returned to its pre-exercise state.
And, at the same time, a force invisibly coursed through his entire body, and Michael, who had been slightly fatigued, actually found that he had regained his previous vitality!
Even! Michael could also feel that his entire body's muscles had condensed by a tiny bit!
Running and jumping around not only didn't tire him out, but it could even
Train!
His!
Body!
This kind of groundbreaking situation almost caught Michael off guard.
Mutated gem!
It must be the mutated gem!
Michael understood; his body could indeed always be in a state of absolute constant temperature, and it was indeed the mutated gem at work!
Recalling the information that was fed back to him when he bound the mutated gem, Michael completely understood what was happening with his current state.
The passive effect of the mutated gem is to absorb all energy harmful to Michael!
The reason Michael couldn't feel the temperature of the Sun at all was because the mutated gem had absorbed all the energy of the Sun!
Moreover, Michael never expected that this absorption of all harmful energy would even include the heat generated within Michael's own body?
Furthermore, to ensure Michael's body was normal, the mutated gem even actively used energy to regulate Michael's body?
...Michael was a little unclear now; what level of energy did the mutated gem mean by 'all energy harmful to Michael'?
Michael frowned slightly, after all, people need to bask in the Sun, and some vitamins still need sunlight for synthesis.
But now, because of the mutated gem's passive protection, Michael couldn't bask in the Sun. What should he do?
At this moment, Michael suddenly wished his mutated gem had intelligence.
At least it could tell him what the standard for 'harm' actually was!
...In fact, without complete detection equipment, Michael didn't know that it wasn't just the sunlight shining on Michael that was absorbed by the mutated gem.
Actually, all tangible and intangible forms of energy, whether electromagnetic waves, infrasound waves, ultrasound waves, infrared rays, pulse waves, etc., were all absorbed by the mutated gem!
It could be said that Michael, from the moment he obtained the mutated gem, became an 'invisible man'! Any detection wavelength that touched Michael was completely absorbed by the mutated gem.
If it weren't for the mutated gem determining that Michael needed to live in a human environment, the mutated gem could even absorb all basic light and gravity, leaving nothing for Michael.
From this, it can be seen that even just the passive effects had countless abilities worth developing by Michael.
Of course, as mentioned before, passive effects can also be actively activated, but it just requires Michael to bear the energy cost himself.
Just like the gravity acting on Michael, once Michael actively absorbs and controls it, flying or something similar would be incredibly simple!
Even, something like one-way passage could be easily achieved!
But unfortunately, at this time, Michael didn't know any of this, so he naturally couldn't utilize it.
At this moment, Michael was just an ordinary person who had just transmigrated to the Marvel Universe and had just secured a safe identity!