Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 1071: Chapter 177: Genetic Puzzle 2

Although Genetic Puzzles are precious, for players, they actually don’t have much impact.

Because to collect five ’puzzles’, a player would need to defeat five bosses, and such skilled players don’t exist currently.

”Well, let’s try my luck then. Mechanical Puzzles drop gear, do ’Genetic Puzzles’ also drop gear? Genetic Weapons? It’s so out of sync.”

Gao Gong knew a few famous genetic weapons, all of which were quite ’war crimes’.

He manually placed ten Genetic Fragments into two slots, and two beams of light flashed.

[Puzzle completed, you obtained Level 3 Forbidden Technology - Endless Cloning]

[Puzzle completed, you obtained Ascension Technology (Incomplete) - Genetic Bait]

”Ha?! Ha!!??”

Seeing the first puzzle, Gao Gong was shocked by his good fortune. Isn’t this the big move from that Green-skinned person before?

If it weren’t for the ’Zombie Fruit’ countering the opponent, with the opponent’s state at the time, he’d at least need to completely fuse, or use ’Cosmic Treasure’, to have enough confidence to completely defeat them.

After all, there was a 30-level difference, and even their Boss Template was one more than his.

And while the first puzzle was shocking, the second puzzle was ’shocking to the core’!

Ascension, Ascension Technology?!

Don’t tell me, is there an Ascension Civilization behind the Walter Clan?

Gao Gong quickly opened the descriptions for both.

Name: Endless Cloning

Category: Level 3 Forbidden Technology

Function: A ’Forbidden Means’ researched by the Walter Clan over a hundred years of human experiments, combining technology from the Cloned Civilization, using cloned bodies, uploading consciousness, absorbing ’Life Essence’, obtaining powerful cloning power. This power can be consumed in one go or used as reserve energy. Theoretically, the stronger the species, the more they can be cloned.

Limitation 1: Clone host, cloned bodies, only Level 3 (inclusive) or below

Limitation 2 (High Risk): The more ’cloned bodies’ absorbed, the higher the probability of ’resonance’.

Note: A frontier theory of Level 3 Cloned Civilization, fused with Walter Clan’s technological expertise, developed into forbidden technology. This was originally a plan B for a cloned civilization to save itself.

Alright, I know you’re impressive, please let me go.

Name: Genetic Bait

Category: Ascension Technology (Ascension Compatibility: 36%)

Level: Tier 4-

Function: A ’Artificial Scenic Digestion Skill’ bestowed by the noble Interstellar Khan, evolving a planet into flesh, developing a part of ’Ascension Bloodline’, upgrading the body to Tier 4

Limitation 1 (High Risk): To digest Flesh Evil God, must have matching Bloodline. Every gene must record an exclusive ’Flesh Law’, otherwise 100% pollution.

Limitation 2 (High Risk): Digesting ’Artificial Scenic Spots’ through ’Bait’, life form becomes uncontrollable. Digesting ’True Scenic Spots’ through ’Bait’, life form becomes unknown. Although in terms of danger, the latter is far higher than the former, digesting True Scenery has a slight chance to return to the original life form. After all, True Scenery has a certain probability of integrating other Ascension Technologies.

Limitation 3 (High Risk): Failure of digestion will corrupt the planet, all carbon-based with the same DNA will be polluted together.

Limitation 4 (High Risk): Successful digestion will forcibly change faction joining ’Interstellar Nomadic Alliance’, and the faction can never be changed.

Note: Most Level 3 Civilizations, after developing to the limit, attempt to turn their civilization’s star system into a backyard, using the power of billions of stars to achieve ultimate Civilization Ascension; but for some nomadic civilizations, entering different star systems for species colonization and technology plundering is the only way of evolution.

And the ability to bestow ’Ascension Technology’, even if an incomplete version, indicates the importance that Interstellar Khan places on this Resource Planet. It’s likely that Long-horned Whale Alpha has been designated as a star system outpost, and the Khan’s army might teleport over any day.

And civilizations able to conduct star system nomadism have the potential to breakthrough the last step anytime and ascend into the ’Plunderer Empire’. At that point, you know how to address the Khan.

”Interstellar Great Khan—”

Gao Gong murmured.

Suddenly he understood one thing.

The ’Planet Cannon’ and ’Starport’ in Walter Clan’s hands were always suspected to be technological results from some Level 3 Civilization.

So much so that, a Vice Speaker from the Federation nearly resigned over it, embarrassed by public opinion.

But now Gao Gong understood, it wasn’t the Federation, nor the Republic, or even other Level 3 Civilizations in this star system; the source was a Civilization Influence beyond the star system.

And unlike the Level 3 Civilizations still in the initial stage within this star system, this is a Level 3 Peak Civilization already seeking Ascension.

The disparity between the two is actually very, very large.

The biggest evidence is this ’Genetic Bait’ Ascension Technology.

It’s not just the Ascension Technology, there’s also ’Ascension Compatibility: 36%’.

This means if this ’Interstellar Nomadic Alliance’ ascends now, there’s a 36% chance of success.

This probability is actually not small.

As far as Gao Gong knows, most Level 3 Civilizations, after reaching their later stages, have Ascension chances hovering at about 10%~20%.

This is why many Level 3 Civilizations, after reaching their technological limits, don’t dare to ascend, because ascension is akin to courting death, not ascending could mean surviving a few thousand more years.

Moreover, ’Walter Clan’ is just a pawn, and the Ascension Technology given to pawns couldn’t possibly be the best.

Thus, this Level 3 Peak Nomadic Civilization, its Ascension chance would only be higher than 36%.

”Tsk tsk, unexpected, surprising, who would’ve thought this broken star system has such explosive story behind it.”

In his previous life, after Gao Gong completed Consciousness Upload, he roamed the cosmos selling books, never considering returning home.

Later reminded him of the Robert Star System, it was the Orgrimmar people who already joined the annihilation camp.

And the ’Hammer of Destruction’ at the time had actually also left the Robert Star System, joining a Dark Civilization Alliance.

So Gao Gong didn’t know the version updates of this star system or Walter Clan’s fate in his previous life.

Whether they succeeded in the traitorous route, or were exterminated by Kun Kun.

But Gao Gong realized the role of this ’Ascension Technology’ wasn’t as significant as he imagined. After all, just the option of ’permanent faction change’ is something he would never accept.

As for the more shocking ’Khan invasion version’, he’s actually rather nonchalant.

After all, encountering a Tier 5 monster in Newbie Village, facing Level 3 Civilization invasion at present is... alright.

He has witnessed real Advanced Civilization means, such destructive and transformative force that cannot be resisted or predicted.

That’s the truly terrifying entity.

Compared to that, the invasion of Level 3 Peak Civilization is at best civilization war on a higher level.

If he couldn’t win... he could still run.

The two ’Genetic Maps’ shocked him greatly, so he didn’t have much interest in the subsequent ’Targeted Extraction’, and he didn’t choose equipment and skills either.

Walter Clan’s stuff, he didn’t hold in high regard.

He chose only Specialization Points and Skill Points.

Once he conquers this planet, he’ll have many skills to upgrade, so he needs to stock up first.

Soon, Gao Gong’s Specialization Points increased by 1000 points, and Skill Points by over 500 points.

Getting free stuff is delightful!