Gene Unlocking: I Evolve Every Day

Chapter 482: Chapter 414: Distant Relative (Part 2)

Lu Li said, ”No need for that much trouble.”

Just as Dad was about to ask how they would get there without flying,

the next moment, Lu Li used his energy to envelop his parents, transforming directly into a stream of light to return to the super base.

Because his flying speed was incredibly fast now, exceeding one-tenth of the speed of light.

So Dad and Mom just felt like they blinked and arrived at their destination, seemingly teleporting.

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Inside the super base.

Dad and Mom were stunned, even though they already knew their son’s superpowers were amazing, experiencing it for the first time still left them in shock.

Lu Li proactively said, ”Mom, Dad, let me show you around and get familiar with the environment here.”

”Ah? Oh.” Dad gazed at the row upon row of high-tech houses and finally came back to his senses, exclaiming, ”This place is really luxurious.”

Mom was surprised and exclaimed, ”Wow, you can’t see the end of this industrial area. Xiaoli, could it be that all this is your enterprise’s domain?”

Lu Li replied, ”Yes.”

Then he took Dad and Mom for a tour around the super base, introducing some of the main areas.

Once the introductions were mostly done, he arranged a house for them to serve as a temporary dormitory, complete with all necessities like a sleeping capsule and a bathing capsule.

Lu Li even gave orders to Nuwa to have robots buy groceries from nearby cities every day so Dad and Mom could get used to living here.

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In the afternoon.

After meeting with Liu Kexin, Dad and Mom immediately started to ”work.”

Lu Li had given orders to Nuwa for some robots to impersonate humans to keep his parents settled.

Otherwise, knowing the place was all run by robots, they would feel restless and unwilling to stay long.

Sensing some crises, Lu Li naturally didn’t want his parents too far from him in case of danger.

After settling his parents, Lu Li resumed his work, such as simulating future scenarios.

As for the matter of assembling the ”Savior” mecha, ever since attaining the ”Physical Clone,” he no longer needed to handle it personally.

”In these recent days of simulation, I’ve reduced the sixteen possibilities down to eight, but progress has stalled.”

Lu Li pondered, ”I hope to make some progress today, at least eliminate one more wrong choice.”

Although he was irritated in the morning and didn’t want to save Earth anymore, considering relatives and friends weren’t used to wandering the cosmos, and most people on Earth weren’t that extreme, after thinking it over, he was still willing to be a savior.

Provided no one provokes him again.

Lu Li felt that since his parents were here and friends and relatives were under his ”omniscient view,” nothing should go wrong.

”Enough of that, let’s simulate the future situation.”

Lu Li began to use energy to touch surrounding particles, detect trajectories, and started the simulation.

For more accurate testing, he extended energy rays into the starry sky.

Meanwhile, he was also analyzing particle trajectories in space, combining them into the simulation.

The process sounds complex.

But for Lu Li now, it was incredibly easy.

In less than a second, Lu Li saw Earth’s changes in a future timeframe.

Just like before, initially, there weren’t any significant changes.

He could only predict natural disasters might occur, like typhoons and earthquakes.

Such disasters, though they might kill many, were insignificant compared to a gamma-ray burst.

Lu Li continued the simulation.

Eight days.

Sixteen days.

Soon, he reached the nineteenth day.

At this point, particles began to vibrate strangely.

Lu Li had foreseen this and wasn’t too concerned.

He was about to simulate the twentieth day, the day the gamma-ray burst would arrive.

Suddenly, Lu Li had a sudden thought, ”Wait, the particles’ strange vibrations a day before the gamma-ray burst indicate intense energy interference; otherwise, that wouldn’t happen.”

He mused whether he could use the particle vibrations to trace the gamma-ray burst’s origin.

Lu Li thought it was worth a try.

So he paused the simulation of the twentieth day and started tracing the direction of the particle vibrations instead.

During the simulation, Lu Li’s perspective rose from the ground into the sky and from the sky into the cosmos.

Gradually, his view turned toward Mercury and the Sun.

When the view went beyond the Sun’s backside, the particle vibrations intensified.

It felt as if the entire universe was trembling.

Lu Li discerned which area of vibration was the strongest and simulated along this line.

Finally, before exhausting his energy, he sensed three directions where the particle vibrations were strongest.

Based on previous simulation experiences, Lu Li was confident that one of those three directions was the true origin of the gamma-ray burst!

”Reduced to three directions?”

Though Lu Li depleted all his energy, he looked very excited, ”According to the recent simulation, if I enhance more, I should determine the gamma-ray burst’s true direction!”

He analyzed a bit.

He guessed he could completely pinpoint the direction in three to five days.

By then, he’d still have fourteen to fifteen days to prepare.

No!

More than just preparation.

Lu Li figured he could head directly to the accurate direction, allowing himself and the ”Savior” mecha to act in advance and eliminate the gamma-ray burst before it arrived!

”Give it three to five more days, and I might reach half a solar power in strength. Solving the gamma-ray burst seems highly feasible.”

The thought of becoming the world’s savior filled Lu Li with a sense of fulfillment.

”Phew, let’s not think about it for now, call back the ’Solar God’ clone to replenish some energy.”

Lu Li lay in the warehouse, letting the ’Solar God’ clone recharge, feeling quite delightful.

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Around 6 PM.

It was dinner time.

Lu Li, not needing to eat, still joined Liu Kexin and his parents for dinner.

After all, eating could also be converted into energy, plus who didn’t enjoy a delicious meal? He had no objections to eating.

In the dining room, the four of them were eating.

The table had four dishes and a soup: stir-fried soybeans with chicken, stir-fried bitter melon with sliced meat, mushrooms with green vegetables, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and pork rib soup.

All were ordinary dishes Lu Li had told the robots to purchase, then had the chef robots prepare.

”Kexin, eat more.”

”Did Xiaoli say you’re pregnant?”

”Thank you, Uncle and Aunt, yes, he usually guesses pretty accurately.”

Dad and Mom eagerly served food to their future daughter-in-law Liu Kexin, occasionally asking Lu Li when he and Kexin planned to get married.

It was clear the older couple hoped to see their son settle down soon.

Lu Li casually responded with a few remarks.

Basically hinting it would be one or two months later.

After handling the gamma-ray burst issue, of course.

Mid-meal, the phone on the table rang.

Seeing it was Gu Wei calling, Lu Li picked up the phone and said, ”Mom, Dad, Kexin, keep eating; I need to take this call.”

Then, he stepped out.

Outside the dining room,

Lu Li leaned against a window, gazing at the distance, answered the phone, and asked, ”Old Gu, what’s up?”

Gu Wei’s tone was somewhat solemn, ”Mr. Lu, may I first ask you something?”

Lu Li said, ”Sure, go ahead.”

Gu Wei asked, ”Do you know someone named ’Zhu Shou Nian’?”

Lu Li thought hard, ”No, why?”

Gu Wei explained, ”He’s a distant relative on your grandmother’s side; maybe you didn’t interact much, so you don’t remember.”

Such relatives were practically strangers to Lu Li.

He was a bit puzzled, ”Why do you ask? Did this guy do something to endanger national security?”

”No.” Gu Wei cautiously replied, ”Can you promise not to get angry or upset once I tell you what happened?”

Lu Li, puzzled, said, ”Why would I get angry for no reason? Fine, no more nonsense, what’s the matter? I’m about to have dinner.”

Gu Wei sighed ruefully, ”Alright, I’ll tell you.”

Lu Li urged, ”Go on.”

Gu Wei took a deep breath, ”This distant relative of yours was... was murdered around 3 PM today!”