Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 191: Chapter 191: Battle of Wits (Four updates, please subscribe)

Primordial Gene Intermediate Stage, Xie Jun had thought of it, but it needed about 100,000 Crystal Coins to complete the evolution, a resource he simply couldn’t gather right now.

And now, both Xianan University and Kongming Academy have reached Evolution Level 10. What does this imply? At least one person from each school has entered the Primordial Gene Intermediate Stage, which is to say, both Yang Xiao and Xia Luo, these two fierce characters, have completed their evolution.

Not only that, a large number of people from both schools have entered the Primordial Gene Primary Stage.

”How is this possible? In just over a month, where did they get so many evolution resources? During the last war, the number of people from both sides who entered the Primordial Gene Primary Stage amounted to only around 20.”

Xie Jun asked in frustration.

The old man from the Genetic Store sneered and said:

”Do you know? The area around Nanmu City for about ten kilometers of Star River has been dug up by them until it’s practically inside out.”

”But even if the Ice Fish in the Star River could drop some Genetic Fragments, it wouldn’t be possible to drop millions of them, right?”

”Heh, you have really miscalculated. Do you know that Ice Fish from Star River can drop Fish Skin Armor, and its attribute effects are similar to that of Wolf Skin Armor?

They have been able to equip so many Defensive Hard Armors, which mostly came from the Ice Fish in Star River, and only a small amount came from the wolves.

And the surplus Fish Skin Armor they dug up was sold to the Genetic Store. At first, the price was 700 Crystal Coins per piece, but since they dug up such large quantities and because other places in the world were also digging Ice Fish from the ice rivers, the supply of Fish Skin Armor surged, and now the selling price of Fish Skin Armor has fallen to around 100 to 250 Crystal Coins.”

Buzz!

Xie Jun felt his head was going to explode. He had let such a massive resource for evolution slip by, obsessing over firearms and munitions all day long. What a miscalculation! What a miscalculation!

The old man from the Genetic Store looked at Xie Jun, who seemed somewhat dazed, and said indifferently:

”I originally had high hopes for you, with the chance to become the King of Nanmu City. Such a pity, you wasted a good hand that you held.

Others start with nothing but a dog, equipping themselves solely through yelling, whereas you began with a firearm, based in the city center without any worries about food, and you were the first to complete the initial genetic evolution.

You could have further expanded your initial advantage, but it’s a pity that your thinking was rigid.

This is clearly the era of Genetic Evolution, yet you still dwell in the bygone era of firearms, not understanding the importance of seeking out resources to enhance genetic evolution, instead blindly worshiping the power of firearms.

If the power of firearms could surpass the power of genetic evolution, Earth would not have entered a post-apocalyptic state overnight.”

After finishing, the old man shook his head and sighed twice, then walked over to a shelf behind the counter, fiddling with various colored Genetic Potions, no longer paying attention to Xie Jun.

Zhou Hua looked at Xie Jun, who appeared disheartened, and advised:

”Brother Jun, we may not necessarily lose, don’t we still have the Fire Arrow missiles? No matter how strong Yang Xiao is, can he withstand a Fire Arrow missile?”

Upon hearing this, Xie Jun looked up at Zhou Hua, gritted his teeth, and said:

”I’d rather be a shattered jade than a whole tile. Let’s go, gather all the brothers. I want to see how he dares to attack our district.”

Xie Jun returned to the Century Commercial Building and went down to the subway station in the basement.

Zhou Hua had already arranged for people to go to the other two Genetic Store strongholds through the Transmission Array to call for reinforcements.

Xie Jun suddenly realized that although the city district had thousands of people, they only had a little over a thousand pieces of Snow Wolf Armor for cold protection, meaning that only a little over a thousand people could really rush outside into the snowy fields to battle Yang Xiao.

At this moment, he truly felt like a failure. If he had sent people to dig for Ice Fish in the ice rivers, he could have armed everyone, and he would have indeed become the King of Nanmu City.

How could he not be in pain for having missed such a grand opportunity for evolution?

Xie Jun, after all, had undergone training in a military academy. Very soon, an idea flashed in his mind.

Two hours later, thousands of people from the three Genetic Stores in Nanmu City had mostly gathered at the subway platform in the basement of Century Commercial Building.

Carrying an assault rifle and hoisting a Fire Arrow missile, Xie Jun, looking imposing, stepped onto a stage.

”Brothers, hi!”

”Brother Jun, hi!”

Thousands of people shouted in unison.

In everyone’s minds, Xie Jun’s image as the big boss was always so brave and domineering, awe-inspiring.

In the post-apocalyptic world, a brave and domineering leader gives a sense of strength.

”Brothers, someone now wants to attack our territory, snatch our land, steal our food, and even kill us, taking everything we have, including your women. Do you agree?”

”Absolutely not!”

”Bring them on, we’ll take them down one by one!”

”What’s there to be scared of? Come on, my big blade is just thirsting for some blood.”

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Most of the young people in Nanmu City were unruly social youths, already bold and combative before the apocalypse, so when they spoke, they had a fierce air about them.

The whole subway platform was instantly incensed; most of these people now lived without worries, with plenty of food, and naturally, they were ready to fight for their possessions to the death.

This was entirely different from when they used to rob others.

Xie Jun watched everyone’s fervent reactions with great satisfaction.

”My brothers, I promise you, if anyone dares to come and snatch our possessions, I will fight to the death in resistance. Look, this is the newest Fire Arrow we’ve gotten. No matter how powerful they are, I’ll send a rocket over and guarantee it will blast them to the sky, haha!”

Xie Jun waved the rocket launcher in his hand.

The crowd had long seen this symbol of military strength and immediately cheered loud approbation.

Xie Jun waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

”But, the other side has an advantage – they have over one thousand five hundred people equipped with Hard Armor, maybe even more, which surpasses the number of people we have with Hard Armor. So, in this defensive battle, we can’t afford a head-on confrontation; we must fight smart.”

”Brother Jun, just tell us how to fight smart? We will follow your command.”

”Alright, think about it. How many people do we have? We have seven to eight thousand people, and our levels of Genetic Evolution aren’t low; we’re also quite strong in battle. But our weakness is not having enough Hard Armor, so we can’t clash with them in the snow. We have to fight smart. Do you know about tunnel warfare? Guerrilla warfare?”

Someone shouted loudly:

”Brother Jun, I understand—we’ll all move underground, fight them in the subway tunnels. No matter how powerful they are, they’re only a little over a thousand. How could they possibly take on 7,000 or 8,000 of us? Right?”

”Smart!”

Xie Jun immediately gave a thumbs up to his subordinate who spoke.

”Once the fight moves underground, we gain the advantage, their Hard Armor becomes less of an advantage, and moreover, they have come from far away – the severe cold and lack of food will eventually be their Achilles’ heel. If they want to defeat us, they must enter the subway tunnels to fight us; otherwise, they can only stand outside in the northwestern wind.

As long as our people and strength are intact, the dominion over Nanmu City is ours.”

Xie Jun’s speech, which turned weaknesses into strengths, greatly boosted everyone’s confidence.

”Everyone, go back immediately, move all the food underground, set up ambushes at all subway entrances, and if they dare to come into the subway station, we’ll ambush them and ensure they cannot return.”

Xie Jun suddenly thought back to a few months ago when Xia Luo led an ambush against him at the valley entrance, chuckling to himself:

”Fortunes of the world do shift; back then, you ambushed me, now it’s my turn to use your own tactics against you, letting you taste an ambush for yourself. Playing tactics with me? You students are still wet behind the ears. I’ll just play weak, lure you into the subway station, eliminate you one by one, and then capture you all in one fell swoop—taking the chance to seize the position of Nanmu City King.”

(Fourth update complete)