Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 169: Chapter 169: Overall Improvement of Genetic Evolution

Xie Jun transported 80 pieces of Snow Wolf Armor back to Nanmu City via the teleportation station, immediately equipping an 80-person team.

In the next few days, Xie Jun led a team of over a hundred people in conquering several nearby Genetic Store strongholds, seizing most of their Snow Wolf Armor and killing the previous person in charge, appointing new leaders.

After half a month, Xie Jun had acquired a thousand pieces of Snow Wolf Armor, rearming a thousand-person elite team, and the entire area hundreds of kilometers north of Nanmu City came under his control.

Xie Jun looked at the south side of the river on the Genetic Store map.

”Kongming Academy, Xianan University, and that Star City, now all have a Genetic Evolution Level of 6. Hmm, it’s time to deal with them. I reckon the Giant Snake guarding the Kongming Bridge is no longer there? Even if it is, I can cross over the frozen Star River.”

Mentioning the bridge-guarding Giant Snake, Xie Jun couldn’t help but loathe it; its Scale Armor was extremely thick, its defensive ability was formidable, and not even bullets could penetrate it. He had lost dozens of his brothers in vain trying to cross the bridge.

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Half a month after the festival, Yang Xiao, in cooperation with Xia Luo, ice-fished on Star River, and the Fish Skin Armor they obtained was already enough for all their people to wear.

When everyone was able to don Fish Skin Armor and leave their caves and lecture halls to move freely outdoors, everyone was thrilled.

Although winter had not yet passed, they were finally able to live normally.

Mountains of Ice Fish meant no worries about food shortages.

In the later stages, many giant fish were abandoned on the ice river, with only the Fish Skin Armor and Genetic Disks taken away.

Besides ice fishing, the most important thing Yang Xiao did during this period was eating.

He found his appetite growing bigger, his digestive ability stronger, and when he indulged in eating, his body worked like a meat grinder; no matter how much meat he swallowed, it digested in moments, turning into streams of electricity that flowed into his body.

Yang Xiao had been raw-eating Snow Wolf Meat every evening in the cave for a while, and now he began to eat raw Ice Fish.

This Ice Fish tasted even better than the sashimi from high-end restaurants before, and if chewed slowly, one could taste the fish’s fresh sweetness.

However, he didn’t have much time to slowly savor and enjoy the delicate taste of the Ice Fish, instead biting off large chunks and swallowing them after a few quick chews.

He could consume a three-hundred-pound fish within an hour.

After nearly twenty days of raw-eating Snow Wolf Meat and Ice Fish, Yang Xiao increased his Agility Attribute by 3 points, reaching 15 points.

Yang Xiao’s Genetic Data System is now as follows:

Strength 10, Agility 15, Defense 10, Wisdom 10,

Snow Wolf Golden Armor +5 Defense, Snow Wolf Ice Sword +5 Strength.

As the overall Genetic Evolution Level of Kongming Academy reached 6, the equipment sold in the Genetic Store also upgraded.

The current best Armor is the Snow Wolf Armor, +5 Defense, -20% freeze damage, priced at 1000 Crystal Coins.

However, to Gu Bo’s disappointment, Yang Xiao hadn’t bought a single piece of Armor from him.

Swords and blades also upgraded to a maximum of +4 Strength. Occasionally, some limited-edition swords and blades come with additional elemental damage, such as +3% Fire Element Damage, Lightning Damage, etc., but their prices are exorbitant.

During this time, Kongming Academy hunted Snow Wolves, dug out Ice Fish, and harvested about 8,000 Primordial Gene Discs, which is equivalent to 80,000 Genetic Fragments.

”Dai Yun, Long Yongjun, Feifei, Chen Lu, Li Zhan, the five of you come with me to the Genetic Store and break through the Primary Stage of the Primordial Gene as soon as possible.”

Upon hearing this, Long Yongjun and the others were so excited they nearly knelt down.

The five of them followed Yang Xiao to the Genetic Store and each was fortunate enough to break through the Primary Stage of Primordial Gene, gaining their own Beast Soul Skills.

Dai Yun and Long Yongjun both possess the Werewolf Beast Soul, and have acquired the Soul Skill of Wolf Claw Critical Strike.

Feifei gained a special Plant Soul Skill called ”Thousand Threads Piercing Cloud,” which can instantly burst forth hundreds of thumb-thick strands of hair as hard as steel, functioning like swords to attack targets within fifty meters in dense rapid succession. In addition, the length her Magic Hair can extend has now reached about 25 meters, 5 meters longer than before.

Chen Fei’s Fire Element Magic has gained a new skill, Flame Wall, which can create a 3-meter-long and 1-meter-high wall of flames that advances about 10 meters forward, scorching the earth along its path.

Like Huang Wen, Li Zhan possesses a Bird Beast Soul, and has acquired the skill Fiery Feather Arrow.

All five of them have also learned the defensive skill Light Shield.

Now, Kongming Academy has 10 people who have entered the Primordial Gene Primary Stage, and according to the Genetic Store map showing the evolution levels of various places, Kongming Academy has suddenly jumped from 6 to 7.

At the same time, upon Yang Xiao’s suggestion, Xia Luo has also prioritized the breakthrough into the Primordial Gene Primary Stage for three of her subordinates.

Yang Xiao, seeing only a few thousand Genetic Fragments remaining, instructed Xiao Zhe and others to change their jewelry and equipment.

The Genetic Store now added a new jewelry item, a necklace, which can enhance 2 attribute points and still costs only 3 Crystal Coins, the same price as the 2-attribute enhancing Black Long Sword from before, which is incredibly cheap.

Yang Xiao had over a thousand people each purchase a necklace that suited their needed attributes; Yang Xiao himself bought two necklaces, one with +2 Strength and another with +2 Agility.

The attribute enhancement of bracelets has increased by 1 point, and now bracelets boosting attribute by 3 points can be purchased, as well as hairpins exclusively for girls with also 1-point increased attribute.

However, the 3-attribute enhancing bracelets immediately surged in price to 100 Crystal Coins each, and the hairpins were the same.

”Old man, this isn’t reasonable. The same bracelet, enhancing by 2 points only costs 3 Crystal Coins. How come it abruptly rose to 100 Crystal Coins for 3 points?”

Gu Bo laughed heartily and said:

”Kid, don’t you play cute after getting a bargain? The 3-Crystal Coin price was at a loss, purely to support your early development. When you all had just evolved at the primary level, facing attacks from Mutated Creatures, wouldn’t you have been totally helpless without such cheaply priced supportive equipment and weapons? Now that you’ve developed, shouldn’t you be grateful and reciprocating?”

Yang Xiao and the others could only roll their eyes. Looking at their remaining Crystal Coins, which were about 2000, they prioritized letting 200 people swap out their bracelets and hairpins.

After a round of equipment upgrades, everyone made slight improvements in their attributes, becoming even more powerful in combat.

Yang Xiao added a +2 Agility necklace and a +3 Agility bracelet, and of course, when he held the Sparrow Bow, his Agility suddenly jumped to 23 points.

points in Agility, that’s a terrifying figure.

Similarly, those who prioritized Strength also heavily boosted their Strength, with Xiao Zhe, Zhao Gang, Dai Yun, Long Yunjun, and others all piling their Strength to above 20 points.

”Boss, isn’t it about time to switch out your bow? The Sparrow Bow is getting obsolete now.”

Long Yongjun reminded him.

Yang Xiao smiled and said:

”You’re pretty observant, lad, to even remember my Sparrow Bow is outdated.”

”Of course, I’m the boss’s personal guard, always caring about the boss.”

”Now you’ve learned to flatter, huh? Haha”

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The next day, Yang Xiao had Xiao Zhe and Zhao Gang stay at home while he took Huang Wen, Chen Fei, Dai Yun, Long Yongjun, Chen Lu, Feifei, Li Zhan—a total of seven people—to Xianan University.

Xiao Zhe was startled and asked:

”Yang Xiao, do you have some significant business? Taking away seven top-tiers all at once, making it eight people including you, what are you up to? Let your brother in on it.”