Chapter 100 Gene 2 Fierce
Chapter 100 Gene II
Pale Continent, Colorful Mist Coast.
The teleportation array is three kilometers east.
Under the cover of night, two players were sitting on the white sand beach chatting.
Blowing the salty and fragrant sea breeze, listening to the sound of waves hitting the beach, mixed with the chirping of seabirds coming from afar, this environment made them feel extremely comfortable.
In front of them was a bonfire that had just been lit, and the wood was crackling as the flames burned.
One of them was breaking branches and adding wood to the campfire to help it burn.
On the iron pole in front, there are freshly caught crabs skewered. The shells gradually turn red under the roasting flames, giving off an enticing aroma, mixed with the smoky smell from the burning wood, which is mouth-watering.
This is a monster called "Golden Claw Crab".
The hunting level is 0, but the taste is extremely delicious. After eating it, you can get about 0.5 points of body-building experience. The specific effect depends on the size of the crab.
After capturing, it can be sold at a price of more than 3 points of sacrifice power in the trading house. It is often in short supply and the price has a clear upward trend.
Since the opening of the Colorful Mist Coast, the golden-clawed crabs here have been caught in large numbers and are a rare delicacy in the eyes of players.
Grilling crabs on the beach has become a popular leisure activity.
Nowadays, many players engage in violent battles with the insect swarms and black tides in the Tezuka Mountains during the day, and then come to the Colorful Mist Coast to relax at night, focusing on a moderate relaxation.
"It's so sad. I shouldn't have been online today. Do you know how sad I was when I heard the news..."
Jiang Cheng turned the iron rod made from the broken pieces of weapon in his hand and turned the roasted crab over. He kept complaining and looked at the player next to him with resentment from time to time.
"It's just a spiritual field. When I die, you will inherit it. Why are you in such a hurry?" The man who spoke was about 20 years old, with short hair. He couldn't hide his smile at this moment, and then continued:
"But it's true, the battle to purify the Cloud Field was really exciting. The president of the Shentang Guild was really capable and managed to turn the tide for us."
"What are you so excited about? I almost collapsed when I heard the news. How could you be in the top 1000 of the contribution list?"
Jiang Cheng, who was speaking, could not hide the bitterness in his eyes, and then added:
"This is worse than killing me."
Facing the complaints of his good brother, Xia Sheng, who was sitting next to him, looked very satisfied:
"This is fate. The Temple Guild originally wanted to invite us to participate in the purification campaign, but you were offline for some reason. Who can I blame for this?"
After hearing his good brother's answer, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but bared his teeth and said viciously:
"Nausea, dizziness, nausea, to be honest, if you make a few hundred points of sacrifice power, I might be happier than you. We can use it to buy some spiritual fish meat, grow some spiritual plants, sit on the beach and have a big meal with crabs. I will definitely wish you good luck, but you made a 25-square-meter spiritual farm, which is a treasure that can continuously produce sacrifice power. I can't eat now, and I don't want to sleep. I hate you when I think about it... You deserve to die."
After listening to his good brother's endless complaints, Xia Sheng reached out and grabbed the iron bar:
"You can't eat, right? If you can't eat, give it to me. I'm starving after killing evil spirits all day. This is a good way to replenish my nutrition."
"Don't even think about it. Even if I don't have an appetite, I have to eat... I'll eat three and you can eat two."
After some laughing and joking, the two hungry people started to eat crabs.
Peel off the hard crab shell to reveal jade-white, plump crab meat. The filamentous texture of the meat can be seen in the flickering firelight.
The dried seawater turned into granules and seeped into the meat through the pre-punched holes in the outer shell. When they took a bite, the delicious taste mixed with the salty and fragrant seawater whetted their appetites.
Soon, a bunch of crabs were eaten.
Feeling that they were not satisfied, they stood up and ran towards the sea, and began to search for the golden-clawed crab on the beach.
Half an hour later, the two players returned to the campfire with four golden crabs that had been washed with sea water. They skewered them with an iron rod and continued to roast them over the fire.
Only after I finished eating four golden crabs did I feel satisfied and decided to get down to business.
Throwing away the crab shell in their hands, Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng looked at each other, then took out a dark red seed from their respective space bags.
Even before they started, pain was evident on their faces.
"What a shame! The technological progress of this thing is too slow. Why can't they come up with new products more frequently like arms dealers?"
After listening to Jiang Cheng's complaints, Xia Sheng couldn't help rolling his eyes:
"Stop talking nonsense. Do you want to eat?"
"Eat, you must eat."
"I shouted, 321, swallow together."
"it is good."
Three seconds later, two figures began rolling in pain on the beach.
Even with 90% pain reduction, the severe pain still made them feel unbearable.
What's even more painful is that they need to observe their physical condition while enduring intense pain, and drink healing potions from time to time to ensure that they do not die from low blood volume while enduring the pain.
It was not until 20 minutes later that the increasing pain gradually subsided and they were finally able to get up and move around.
But the effects of genetic enhancement have not completely disappeared.
The expressions of the two still looked extremely painful, but they took out the second gene seed from the space bag at the same time.
This was not the first time they had tried this, but the torture brought by the gene-seed still made them tremble.
Xia Sheng took a deep breath at this time, and then took the lead in putting the second gene seed into his mouth and swallowing it:
"Fuck, this is terrible!"
Veins popped up all over Xia Sheng's body and he began to tremble uncontrollably again.
He quickly took out a bottle of recovery potion from his space bag and poured it into his mouth.
The healing liquid slid down the throat, carrying a slight warm current throughout the body, quickly repairing the internal injuries caused by the gene seed.
The pain continued to intensify during this period, but Xia Sheng still gritted his teeth and persevered.
Because he knew clearly that this was the only way for an individual player like him with no skills or wealth to rise quickly.
As individual players, they have limited ways to earn sacrifice power.
In order to save energy, he and his brothers chose the most painful way, which was to gain body-building experience by eating gene seeds.
They have also thought about gaining body-building experience through other channels.
But the mainstream ways of gaining bodybuilding experience are very expensive.
For example, gaining body-building experience through spiritual plants, spiritual fish meat, and other food supplements is a very enjoyable process, but it is also the most expensive option.
The increase in body-building experience brought by spiritual materials and spiritual fish meat is a negative benefit, and is more expensive than directly converting body-building experience with sacrificial power.
After several versions of improvements, each gene seed can now bring body-building experience equal to the cost price + about 15%, which is the way to obtain body-building experience with the highest return on investment.
Because of this, a very small number of players choose to take the route of swallowing gene seeds to strengthen their bodies.
He and his good brother are two of the very few.
Players like them are jokingly called "gene macho" or "gene superman" in the forum.
In the eyes of other players, they are a group of fools who will do anything to save energy.
They thought that if they chose to endure the severe pain, they would have to save a few cents of sacrificial power. It would be better for them to go out and kill a few more evil spirits. The sacrificial power they earned could completely make up for the benefits brought by the gene seeds.
Xia Sheng has a different view on this kind of idea.
Swallowing one gene seed would indeed earn you a 15% bonus to your physical training experience, but what if you swallow two? Three? Ten?
If you don’t earn enough, make up for it by increasing quantity.
Killing evil spirits only makes a few dollars, but the body-building experience I earn by showing off my gene seeds is more than what you earn from killing evil spirits in a day.
This is just a game. You won't die no matter what you do. Since you can't die, why should you fear the pain of your genetic seeds?
In addition to purchasing new souls or upgrading star vein levels, all the excess energy should be used to display gene seeds.
The 15% bodybuilding experience bonus is enough to put them ahead of most players.
This is why they were listed on the bodybuilding level list, and why the management of the Temple Guild invited them to the purification campaign.
The painful torture continued.
One is just the beginning, followed by the second, the third, and so on.
Stimulated by the intense pain, the two rolled around on the beach in agony, regardless of the foolish looks from passing players.
When his blood volume is almost running low, he would take out a bottle of recovery potion from his space bag and drink it to fight against the damage to his body caused by the gene seed strengthening process.
Two hours later, the two almost exhausted men sat in front of the campfire, curled up, looking weak.
His pale face looked as if he had suffered a serious illness.
"It's too difficult. Next time, save more energy before buying them. Maybe there will be a new version of gene seeds on the shelves, which will save me some pain."
After hearing Jiang Cheng's proposal, Xia Sheng nodded weakly:
"Okay, I'll save more next time... By the way, after I recover my strength, I'll go catch some crabs. I'm so hungry."
"Me too. I'm so hungry." Jiang Cheng shrank his body and nodded with trembling lips.
Just as the two were chatting, a black shadow suddenly appeared beside the campfire, bringing a gust of wind that caused the campfire to fluctuate violently and sparks to fly everywhere.
Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng looked up.
They saw an old man with white hair and an old face standing by the campfire. He was wearing a tattered armor and a half-broken sword covered with rust hung on his left waist. His deep eyes were looking at them carefully, with a slight smile on his face and the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
With just one glance, they could tell that the old man was definitely not a player.
Although he has a humanoid appearance and the equipment he wears seems to be collected from the ancient battlefield area, there is no game name belonging to the player above his head. Even if the game name is hidden, the scarlet flame logo representing the camp can still be seen above the player's head.
Their eyes focused, and the old man's analysis emerged in their minds:
【Austerity】：
Hunting level: 79 (Note: The target's physical function is seriously deteriorating, resulting in a significant drop in hunting level assessment)
Target introduction: The last patriarch of the Great Yan Clan in the Colorful Mist Coast area and the only remaining member of the Great Yan Clan. He has spent his entire life researching "quasi-rule" abilities. His overly aged body can no longer support the advancement of his research projects and he is about to die of aging.
……
Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng were both shocked to see that the opponent's hunting level had reached level 79.
"Hiss, my god, this old man is quite strong."
"What I'm more concerned about is that the old man is dying. Can I find a chance to kill him? He's level 79. How many gene seeds can I show off if I kill him?" Xia Sheng said in the voice channel with a little excitement.
At this moment, the old man suddenly spoke, grinning and revealing his broken teeth:
"Can you give me one of the energy substances you just ate?"
The old man's question made Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng curse secretly in the voice channel.
The selling price of a fourth-generation gene seed in the trading house is 350 points of sacrifice power. In their opinion, the old man's behavior is simply asking them for yuan, which is too much.
Noticing that they didn't speak, the old man seemed to think that they didn't understand the common language of the monster world. After a little thought, he changed to another language and continued asking.
But under the guidance of the analytical translation, the old man just repeated what he had just said.
"No, you still have the nerve to ask for it." Xia Sheng looked dissatisfied.
Xia Sheng's answer brought a smile to the old man's face, and he understood what Xia Sheng wanted to express.
Then he raised his right hand, loosened his clenched fist, and revealed a golden crystal in his palm.
Through analysis, it was discovered that this was actually a spiritual ore with a quality of "level 7".
"How about this in exchange?"
"No problem." Xia Sheng said without hesitation before Jiang Cheng could speak.
A spiritual ore of grade 7 is worth at least eight times the price of a gene seed, so this deal is a win-win situation.
As he spoke, Xia Sheng turned his head to look at Jiang Cheng and spoke in the team chat channel:
"How much sacrifice power do you have left?"
"221 point."
"Transfer them all to me."
"it is good."
Knowing that this deal was a sure win, Jiang Cheng decisively transferred the remaining sacrificial power to Xia Sheng.
After receiving the sacrificial power, Xia Sheng called out the trading panel, jumped to the page selling gene seeds through the history records in the left column, selected a seed and placed an order directly.
[Challenger Tips: Purchase the custom item "Gene Seed" from the trading house, and deduct the remaining sacrifice power: 350 points. ]
As the prompt sounded, the gene seed automatically entered the space bag.
Xia Sheng took out the gene seed and handed it to the old man, exchanging it for the golden seal stone in his hand.
As soon as he got the golden seal stone, he threw it into his space bag, fearing that the old man would turn against him after taking the gene seed.
The hunting level of 79 is not something they can contend with.
When the old man saw the golden seal stone disappear, he was stunned at first, and a hint of curiosity appeared in his eyes, but he did not ask. Instead, he looked down at the gene seed in his hand.
After staring for a few seconds, he picked up the gene seed and was about to put it into his mouth.
Seeing this scene, Xia Sheng decisively spoke out to stop it:
"Don't eat it, it hurts."
The old man heard this and a smile appeared in his eyes:
"I have observed you for a long time, so I naturally understand that this thing will bring intense pain to the body."
After saying this, he put the gene seed into his mouth without hesitation and swallowed it down with a sound.
Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng couldn't help but grin when they saw this, as they could already foresee the old man's next reaction.
But what surprised them was that the old man's expression did not change at all. After a brief silence, he grinned, revealing his broken teeth:
"Not bad, very good."
"Doesn't it hurt?" Xia Sheng asked with some confusion.
"It's OK, but it's still a little off." Feeling the power of the gene seed being released in his body, the old man looked at the two again and couldn't help but nodded:
"You are quite good. Are you interested in learning the supreme divine law from me?"
"No, we don't know each other well, and you ask to take me in as your disciple right away. Isn't this moving a little too fast?" Xia Sheng asked with a puzzled look.
The old man laughed when he heard this:
"I have no descendants, and my legacy must be inherited by someone. I think you are suitable. It is up to you whether you are willing or not."
As the old man spoke, Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng were about to answer when a challenger's reminder suddenly rang in their minds:
[Challenger Tip: Trigger the hidden mission: Secret practice. ]
Mission reward: unknown.
……
At this time, Qi Sheng, who was behind the scenes, was also paying attention to the old man who was in contact with the two players.
By analyzing the information, he found that the old man might possess rule-level abilities, which made him curious about the old man.
The so-called quasi-rule ability can be simply explained as a special ability that is not as good as the rules but is close to the scope of rules.
Although it is close, to truly achieve rule-level ability requires crossing a gap that is almost impossible to cross.
The characteristic of rule-like abilities is that they transcend ordinary powers, but that is all they are capable of, and they are far from reaching the rule-level effects.
And each rule-level ability has the powerful property of changing the laws of the world.
For example, the flesh and blood reshaping characteristics of the Tezuka Village, the pheromone evolution characteristics of the insect tide, the endless devouring characteristics of the black tide, the divine gold characteristics of the mechanical army, and so on.
There is a clear gap in the strength of each world-class rule ability, but the weakest rule-level ability is not comparable to the quasi-rule level.
This is also the reason why he issued the mission and wanted to get the truth.
He already understood the old man's thoughts.
He is obviously very optimistic about the two players, Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng. He is already at the end of his rope and wants to pass on his research to them.
……
Hearing the hidden mission hint, Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng could not hide their joy in their eyes.
Faced with the old man's invitation, they agreed without hesitation, and then looked at the old man and asked curiously:
"Why choose us?"
In response to the question, the old man sat down in front of the campfire, and a gleam of light appeared in his yellow eyes:
"Because you are the original life forms of this world, not external forces. This can be distinguished from the aura on your body. Your willpower reminds me of my past self. At that time, I was just like you. I had endured endless pain in order to grow."
During the story, Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng gradually learned the old man's background story.
The old man's name is Kuxing, and he is the last patriarch of the Dayan tribe.
When he was born, the Colorful Mist Coast was in the early stages of the Black Tide.
In order to resist the invasion of the Black Tide, the Dayan Clan shook hands with several nearby ethnic groups that had been fighting with them for generations and joined forces to fight against the Black Tide.
But under the sweep of the terrifying black tide, their resistance seemed particularly weak, and they were unable to stop the continued advance of the black tide.
During this period, members of the tribe continued to die, and all things on the Colorful Mist Coast withered under the corrosion of the black tide energy.
It was during that stage that Kuxing ascended to become the patriarch.
He knew very well that the power of mortal creatures alone could not resist the black tide. Only rule-level power was the key to fighting the black tide.
To this end, he embarked on a lengthy research, trying to create a powerful ability comparable to rule-level power.
It turned out that he couldn't do it at all.
But after long years of in-depth research, he also found an ability characteristic that is close to the rules.
That is pain, the powerful force brought by an extreme emotion.
Having said this, Ku Xing looked at Jiang Zhou and Xia Sheng who were sitting beside him:
"My vitality is fading and I am dying. I don't have much time left. I want to pass on my life's research to you... and I have only one request. If there is a chance in the future, please contribute to the fight against the black tide."
"No problem." Hearing this request, Xia Sheng nodded without hesitation.
As a member of the player camp, their world-class main quest is to fight against the terrifying black tide.
This is part of my job.
"Follow me." The old man stood up at this time.
"Where?"
"The land of the Great Yan Clan."
(End of this chapter)