Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 230: Chapter 230 The Bottleneck of City Evolution

Not many can get Xu Li to take the initiative to make friends, and the people in this area all know that Xu Li and Xie Dong each represent the forces of Wentian City and Magic City, having dominated this place for almost a month now.

It’s common for the personnel hunting Mutant Monsters here to come and go often. As the Hunters’ own Levels increase, if the Monsters here can no longer satisfy their needs for Genetic Evolution, they will leave this place for another location.

The desert resource point has only been open for a little over two months. Xu Li and Xie Dong belong to the third group that came here, and they are no longer interested in the Monsters at the edge of the desert. They have now moved into the central area of this region.

This Genetic Store point is a stronghold located on the edge of the desert. Xie Dong and Xu Li only occasionally come here once in a while, spending most of their time resting at other Genetic Store strongholds.

Yang Xiao chuckled and replied:

”Thank you for your kind words, brother. I am Yang Xiao from Kongming Academy.”

”Kongming Academy? Hmm, a decent institution too. How many survivors do you have at your university?”

”Not many, just over a thousand. What about your Yunhai Academy?”

”We have more, approximately 7 or 8 thousand.”

Yang Xiao felt a stir in his heart and asked:

”How many people are there in Wentian City in total?”

”About 2 million, more or less the same as Magic City.”

After Xu Li finished speaking, he glanced at Gong Yu next to Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao, interested in learning more about Wentian City, did not dislike Xu Li and thus struck up a conversation with him.

”What Level has Wentian City reached in terms of Genetic Evolution?”

”Level 25.”

”Also Level 25, same as Magic City?”

”Hehe, currently in Xuanming Country, only Wentian City and Magic City have reached Level 25 and both are struggling to progress.”

Yang Xiao was surprised, ”Why?”

”There are no resources. It’s easy to develop during the Primordial Gene Stage, but the Enhanced Gene Stage is difficult. The needed resources increase exponentially, and now the world is covered in ice and snow. The most important resources come from lakes and seas, but these places have limited resources too. Moreover, most people hit a bottleneck after their Genetic Evolution reaches a certain stage, making it very hard to continue evolving.”

As a member of Yunhai Academy in Wentian City, Xu Li now had some research and understanding of the overall state of Genetic Evolution in the world, clearly having a broader perspective than Gong Yu.

Yang Xiao nodded, feeling that what Xu Li said made a lot of sense.

”What about these resource points then? Don’t they also provide improvement for various high-Level Monster resources?”

Xu Li laughed upon hearing this and said:

”Brother, you must be new to the desert, right?”

”Yes.” Yang Xiao nodded.

”Still the same two problems. First, everyone’s evolution has a bottleneck. You can ask your friend,” Xu Li pointed at Gong Yu next to Yang Xiao and continued:

”It’s related to one’s Innate physique or to be more specific, one’s Beast Soul. For example, his Lightning Leopard Beast Soul, even if resources are abundant, might evolve through the Enhanced Gene Stage, but entering the King Gene Stage would likely be difficult.”

”Ah? Why do you say that?”

”It’s not just what I’m saying. Wentian City has established the Genetic Evolution Research Institute, and we have people from Yunhai Academy inside. I also heard this news. If someone’s Beast Soul is just an ordinary mouse or rabbit, it’s often the limit at the Enhanced Gene Stage, and it’s very difficult to break through the ceiling to enter a higher Genetic Evolution Stage.”

”It’s said that someone in Wentian City has entered the King Gene Stage?”

”Yes, but the number is extremely small.”

”You just mentioned there’s another issue with the resource points?”

”Of course. You are from Nanmu City, aren’t you?”

Yang Xiao nodded.

”Is there a limit to the number of people from Nanmu City who can enter the desert?”

Yang Xiao was startled, then came to a sudden realization and nodded:

”Yes, only 8 people can enter at a time.”

”Right, each time only 8 of you can enter. These 8 people need to hunt a large number of monsters to improve, and maybe after a month or two, the 8 of you have only advanced by one stage. For the tens of thousands of people in Nanmu City, the proportion of your 8 people is indeed too small; doesn’t that make the whole city’s evolution seem very difficult?”

Yang Xiao thought of what Gu Bo had said, about needing the city’s overall Genetic Evolution Level to reach 15 to open a resource point. His group had managed to use Crystal Coins to jump the queue, but who knows how long it would take for the entire city to evolve to level 15.

”Brother Xu Li, may I ask you a question?”

”Speak.”

”How many resource points similar to the desert has Wentian City opened up?”

”We’ve opened three resource points so far: the desert was the first, and in addition, there’s the grassland and the Volcano Islands – every time the city advances 5 levels, we can open up a resource point.”

”What’s the limit on the number of people who can enter each resource point?”

”Twice as many as you, 16 people.”

After Xu Li finished speaking, he smiled and said:

”The slots are limited. People from Wentian City have to queue and draw lots to enter the desert resource point. I am very lucky to have been granted access to the desert’s resources. I think, Brother Yang Xiao, you are also a lucky one, but there’s one thing I don’t understand.”

Xu Li looked at Yang Xiao and hesitated to speak.

”Brother Xu, just speak frankly if there’s something you don’t understand.”

Xu Li nodded,

”Then I will take the liberty to ask, since Nanmu City has evolved to level 15, why would you send a few people like you to the desert?”

Yang Xiao and Huang Wen were taken aback, immediately grasping Xu Li’s point.

The opportunity to hunt monsters in the desert is extremely precious, with not only plenty of Mutant Monster meat available but also a large number of Genetic Balls and dropped Weapons and Equipment.

Out of the few people Yang Xiao brought with him, besides himself who is at the Primordial Gene Advanced Stage, Huang Wen and the others are only at the Primordial Gene Primary Stage, not even reaching the Intermediate Stage. If it weren’t for Yang Xiao’s special Soul Skill, it would be impossible to move a step in this desert, let alone hunt any monsters.

Thus, Xu Li found it strange that Yang Xiao and his group could have such an opportunity to enter the desert.

Huang Wen and Qin Yu immediately rolled their eyes at Xu Li.

Of course, Yang Xiao couldn’t reveal that his city had not reached level 15, let alone that he was the Nanmu City King. So, he smiled awkwardly and said:

”Our city is less developed and our City Lord is very kind. He let us draw lots to decide the opportunity to enter the desert, and it turns out we were quite lucky.”

”But, why have only 6 of you entered?”

”There are also 2 eagles.”

Yang Xiao pointed to the two Giant Eagles lying on the sand near the campfire, sleeping.

Xu Li looked even more confused,

”The King of Nanmu City is really messing around, giving such a precious opportunity to two beasts.”

The two Giant Eagles seemed to have heard Xu Li’s words, suddenly raised their heads, and let out a ”uh—” at Xu Li, their eyes filled with warning.

Xu Li was speechless; when did beasts become so formidable?

Huang Wen pointed to the Giant Eagle belonging to Gong Yu and asked,

”Gong Yu, isn’t that Giant Eagle something you brought in from outside?”

”Not at all.”

Gong Yu said, ”I encountered it here in the desert. It had been wounded by someone and was lying on the sand, surrounded by a group of cobras attacking it. I saved it on a whim. Seeing it had some intelligence, I decided to keep it by my side. I didn’t expect this Giant Eagle to be so insightful; it has been helping me hunt monsters ever since. I’ve taken it in temporarily, but in a few days, I’ll be leaving the desert, and I can’t take the eagle with me.”

(Sorry, I had a lot going on this weekend and the update is late. There will be another one this evening. Thanks to Star Newcomer for the 200 Qidian Coin reward, and many thanks for everyone’s support.)