Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 221: Chapter 221 The Crowd in the Desert

Yang Xiao was taken aback and said:

”With one to two million people in Magic City, ten percent is not a small number, that’s one hundred to two hundred thousand people!”

Gong Yu smiled and said,

”Among these people, the vast majority have only reached the primary level of Enhanced Gene and can no longer break through, no matter how much mutated creature flesh or Genetic Potion they consume. Those who can advance to the Intermediate Stage of Enhanced Gene are already at the top of the pyramid, and even fewer can reach the Advanced Stage of Enhanced Gene.”

Huang Wen thought for a moment and said:

”Humanity has only been in the post-apocalyptic world for a short time, many people are temporarily unable to break through, but given enough time, they might be able to.”

Gong Yu turned his head to look at Huang Wen and said:

”What you said makes some sense, perhaps in the future, more people will be able to reach higher levels of Genetic Evolution,”

After speaking, Gong Yu looked around and said in a lower voice:

”I’ve heard that someone in Wentian City has broken through the King Gene Stage.”

”King Gene?”

Yang Xiao and the others were surprised; this was the first time they had heard of the King Gene.

”That’s just what I’ve heard.”

”Have you ever been to Wentian City?” Yang Xiao asked.

”No, is it so easy to get to Wentian City? It’s thousands of kilometers away. There is a Transmission Array between Magic City and Wentian City, but ordinary people can’t use it. Currently, only the ruler of Magic City and those he permits can go to Wentian City through the Transmission Array.”

Hearing this, Yang Xiao felt puzzled inside.

”Who is the ruler of Magic City?”

”A man named Tan Jun, a graduate student from Magic City University before the apocalypse.”

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Yang Xiao chatted with Gong Yu along the way and got a vague impression of Magic City. He was very interested in finding an opportunity to visit Magic City, but the transmission stations in the desert couldn’t take him directly into Magic City. Everyone had to return to where they came from.

What Yang Xiao was most curious about was why the Genetic Evolution speed of people in Magic City was so fast?

Aside from the difference in Innate Genes, there must be other reasons.

As they walked, they encountered some small Mutated Creatures, which they were too lazy to fight. However, they did encounter two sand worms along the way. Gong Yu, full of courage, leaped forward, throwing his Lightning Spear and piercing the brain of the sand worm.

With Gong Yu’s current attributes around 50 points, whether it’s speed, strength, agility, defense, or overall combat power, it was easy for him to handle a Mutant Monster like the sand worm.

Gong Yu didn’t seem to have much interest in the sand worm, as it was only at the Advanced Stage of Primordial Gene, and the energy it contained could no longer meet Gong Yu’s needs.

However, Yang Xiao was quite interested, because he had just broken through to the Advanced Stage of Primordial Gene, and the sand worm perfectly met his Evolution needs.

Seeing Yang Xiao interested, Gong Yu carried one sand worm on his shoulder, dragging it along.

Yang Xiao dragged another sand worm forward.

From afar, they saw the Genetic Store, with many people walking around or sitting on the ground resting.

”Why are there so many people here? Why did I only meet you in the desert?”

”Heh heh, the place where you appeared has few monsters, and they are low-level. Generally, only newbies go there to practice. Once they get familiar with the environment and improve their evolution abilities, they will move to other areas.

Before dusk, they will return to the nearby Genetic Store to rest overnight and leave early the next morning. By the way, fighting is not allowed within the protective orange glow of the Genetic Store. If someone provokes you, just ignore them. They won’t waste their time on you.”

Gong Yu was obviously familiar with everything here, but the Zhui Feng youth who had boldly chased the Saber-toothed Tiger Giant Beast yesterday became very cautious upon entering the vicinity of the Genetic Store.

Yang Xiao’s party still attracted attention from others; firstly, they were carrying two long sand worms, and secondly, the five girls with Huang Wen stood out, especially Qin Yu and Deng Xiao, who were known as beauties of the school at Kongming Academy and were equally radiant in the desert.

As they passed, many of the boys resting on the sand gave them strange looks.

However, most people didn’t react much after seeing Gong Yu.

Gong Yu led Yang Xiao and the others to a relatively quiet spot, threw the sand worms on the ground, and sat down with a plop. He took out a water bottle from his backpack and started drinking by himself.

”There’s a spring near the Genetic Store, very clean. You can get water there yourselves.”

Gong Yu said, pointing with his hand in a direction. Yang Xiao and the others looked and indeed saw a bunch of people gathered there, probably collecting water.

”Those who come to the desert to hunt monsters are generally divided into three factions: one is led by people from Magic City, another by people from Wentian City, and the last consists of people from other places like you.”

”What does that mean?”

Yang Xiao was puzzled and looked at Gong Yu. No wonder many people had given them strange looks before, but after seeing Gong Yu, they all turned away, not daring to make any excessive moves. Even two guys whistling at Qin Yu immediately stopped.

Gong Yu laughed and said:

”When people first came here, they fought many times over resources and many died,

especially the people from Wentian City and Magic City, who came in groups and were ruthless in their fights. Both sides were evenly matched with wins and losses, but eventually, everyone thought that no one would benefit if this continued, so they sat down to negotiate,

and finally reached a verbal agreement: if Magic City people catch a hunt, Wentian City folks won’t interfere, and if Wentian City people are hunting demons, those from Magic City won’t interfere either.

As for people from other places, because their overall genetic evolution level is lower than those from Wentian City and Magic City, they don’t dare to confront them. These individual warriors form small teams and act as an independent third force. The people you see there belong to this category.”

Gong Yu casually pointed to a group of more than a hundred people near the Genetic Store.

”What about your Magic City people?” Yang Xiao asked.

”Most of them have entered the intermediate layers of the desert to hunt higher-level mutated creatures. Liu Yiyi who came to find me today is among them. Sometimes they will return here to spend the night, and at other times they might rest at other Genetic Store bases, depending mainly on which is closer.”

Yang Xiao looked at Gong Yu, seemingly pondering something.

Gong Yu chuckled and said:

”Don’t look at me with such fervor; I’m not into that sort of thing.”

Huang Wen and the others laughed upon hearing this.

”Pah!”

Yang Xiao laughed and cursed:

”I don’t see any writing on your face. How do those people know you’re from Magic City?”

Gong Yu said, ”I’ve been here for over a month now. At first, I was alone, and some bullies thought they could easily victimize me and tried to rob me. In the end, I killed a few of them. Occasionally, Liu Yiyi and the others would come here to spend the night and would strike up a conversation with me. Gradually, they all came to know that I was from Magic City. Actually, even if I weren’t from Magic City, I wouldn’t care if they came to provoke me.”

Gong Yu said this with full confidence and arrogance.

(Three more Chapters tonight, one of which is to make up for the six Chapters yesterday.)