Super Gene Hunting Ground

The middle-aged man is named David, and he’s the boss of this base, and everyone calls him Stationmaster.

On the entire Purple Origin Planet, there are over 2,000 such bases, with hundreds of thousands of people who came from Witch Star, and they’ve been living on Purple Origin Planet for a long time, gradually forming the colonial culture here.

There were no cities originally, but with so many people coming and over time, they slowly built the colonial cities here.

When Luo Meng began telling Yang Xiao that there were no cities, it meant that there were no cities on this planet before; all the cities were built by them later, and even the name Purple Origin Star was given by them.

Most of the people who came here reached a bottleneck in Genetic Evolution and found it difficult to make significant breakthroughs with Genetic Potion in a short period of time, so everyone tends to cultivate the Invisible Spiritual Attribute in terms of Genetic Evolution.

The best way to cultivate the spiritual power attribute is through playing Go chess, and for this reason, the colonists on this planet hold a large-scale Go chess competition every year.

Not only on Purple Origin Star, but Go has also become a very popular activity on Witch Star recently, and there are even specialized chess training halls.

Base Stationmaster David said to everyone:

”The winner of this Go chess competition not only gets a reward of 100 million Crystal Coins but will also have a three-month holiday back on Witch Star, and moreover, will have the opportunity to play against the current number one Grandmaster of Go chess in the Ancient Dragon Imperial Palace.”

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became excited,

”Ah, to play against the number one Grandmaster of the Imperial Chess Arena? Such an opportunity is truly once in a blue moon.”

”Indeed, it’s said that if you can play against the number one Grandmaster of the Imperial Go chess, it can greatly enhance your spiritual power. Those with high understanding might even receive guidance from the Great Grandmaster, achieving a qualitative improvement in spiritual power cultivation.”

”It’s rumored that the number one Grandmaster of Imperial Go chess is a young unparalleled beauty.”

”What are you thinking about, kiddo? You’re dreaming too much, this is like a toad lusting after a swan’s meat.”

”Hehe, the number one Grandmaster of Imperial Go chess could kill you with just a glance, don’t dare to harbor any evil thoughts in front of her.”

”I think you guys are just talking nonsense. Do you even have a chance to win the Go chess competition on Purple Origin Planet? Do you have the opportunity to go to the Imperial Palace and play against the Grandmaster?”

”Damn, can’t I even think about it?”

”No, even thinking about it is an indecency towards the number one Grandmaster.”

”Haha....”

...

David waves his hand to the people around him and says:

”Alright, everyone first sign up for the selection competition of our base. Sign up tonight, and from tomorrow, we will draw and compete each evening, implementing an elimination system, where the losers are out, and the winners advance to the next round.”

”Great, I’m signing up.”

”Me too.”

...

And so, everyone rushed to sign up.

Luo Meng was very excited; he had been here for three years now, and every time he participated in the base’s Go chess competition, his ranking was always at the very bottom. This time, he felt he had a chance to make a show, and if lucky, he might even win first place and represent the base in the competition.

After signing up, Luo Meng slipped away immediately.

Luo Meng arrived at Yang Xiao’s room, saw that the lights were off, and then realized that he was too excited and had forgotten the time. After hesitating for a moment, he turned and left.

At this moment, Yang Xiao was sitting on the bed meditating, cultivating the Yijin Scripture from Shaolin Temple.

The next morning, as soon as Yang Xiao got up, Luo Meng came running over excitedly.

”Master Yang, you don’t need to go to the base today.”

”Ah?”

”This is the deal, our base is going to hold a Go tournament tonight, I’d like you to spend the day playing and coaching me.”

”Oh, I see. Alright.”

Yang Xiao spent the morning playing three games with Luo Meng, and another three in the afternoon.

There was a two-hour lunch break at noon.

Lucy came over to bring Yang Xiao his meal.

”Lucy, did you know there’s a Go tournament at the base tonight?”

Lucy nodded,

”It’s not just a tournament for the base, it’s a Go tournament for the entire Purple Origin Planet. I came here last year, and the tournament is a very important event. The champion gets a reward of one hundred million Crystal Coins.”

”Ah, no wonder Captain Luo takes it so seriously, he didn’t go to the mines today.”

”Not only did Captain Luo not go, but most people didn’t go to the mines today, only a few people and Iron Tower Guards did.”

Yang Xiao suddenly remembered something and, intrigued, asked:

”You’ve been here longer, do you know anything about the Iron Tower Guards?”

Lucy was startled, looked around, and whispered to Yang Xiao:

”The Iron Tower Guards aren’t real people.”

”Buzz!”

Yang Xiao’s mind was rocked, staring blankly at Lucy.

Back on Earth, Yang Xiao suspected something about the Iron Tower Guards, because the ones they had seen on Earth had similar heights and builds, all wearing uniform Armor.

The most damning evidence was their ability to stand guard 24/7, year-round with little to no signs of eating or resting.

Once, when he and Gong Yu went to Magic City, he also shared his suspicions, and at that time, Gong Yu suspected that the Iron Tower Guards could be alien robots with the technology of this planet being so advanced that these robots were highly realistic, having reached full intelligence indistinguishable from real humans.

”Are you sure about that?”

”I once brought food to Captain David of the base, and saw him detach an arm from one of the Iron Tower Guards. When Captain David saw me come in, he quickly put it back on. I didn’t dare to speak out, pretended I hadn’t seen anything, and hurriedly bowed my head and left.

I can’t talk about this more, I need to get back to work.”

After saying this, Lucy turned and left.

Yang Xiao sighed, thinking ”No venture, no gain, right?”

Only within the base could one learn some secrets of this mysterious planetary civilization.

Now having confirmed his long-standing suspicion, Yang Xiao felt a sudden relief. If the Iron Tower Guards were robots, then those men in black cloaks were the real inhabitants of Witch Star.

So it seemed, the entire base only had seventy to eighty people.

Additionally, Yang Xiao saw about twenty or thirty women similar to Lucy, presumably they were the logistical support staff of the base and also the means for the base’s men to relieve their stress.

As Yang Xiao understood, although the Iron Tower Warriors were robots, they were highly intelligent and possessed exceptionally strong combat capabilities.

”Damn, defeating a robot is very difficult, but since they are robots, they must have weaknesses. Just need to pay close attention, and surely their vulnerabilities can be found.”

(End of the third installment. Encountered some unexpected issues tonight, can only post three installments. Was supposed to add another installment today, but it will have to wait until tomorrow. Thanks to Book Friend A1B2 for the 100 Qidian Coin gift, Yi Miaoyi for the 100 Qidian Coin gift, and the imposing Imperial Soul for the 100 Qidian Coin gift.)