Super Gene Hunting Ground

Inside this fist-sized red sphere, there was actually a pair of eyes, opening and giving Yang Xiao an evil grin.

Then, Yang Xiao felt a flash of red light, and the red ball vanished.

”Fuck, what the hell?”

Yang Xiao looked at his palm, then looked around, but didn’t find that red ball anywhere, and couldn’t help muttering:

”Did I see a damn ghost?”

In the distance, Wanyan Kang was gathering the troops and checking the headcount.

The Cultivation Hall Elder Wanyan Cuo was shouting at Yang Xiao:

”Yang Xiao, hurry up, fall back in, they’re checking headcount.”

Yang Xiao immediately leaped forward and ran over.

All the units formed up and flew toward the Snow Wolf Empire.

That night, the Snow Wolf Emperor held a grand victory banquet, and the several million citizens of Wentian City celebrated together.

The twenty thousand Alliance Army soldiers held a huge bonfire party at the Wentian City Square of the Snow Wolf Kingdom, everyone eating, drinking, dancing, and singing to their heart’s content, the scene extremely lively.

Yang Xiao couldn’t get Long Jing out of his mind. He found an opportunity, quietly slipped into the Great Dragon Empire contingent, and found Long Jing.

Right then the celebration scene was very heated and chaotic, and the lighting at night was pretty dim, so no one noticed Yang Xiao.

”Jing’er, can you come out with me for a bit?”

Long Jing glanced at Yang Xiao, then turned and walked out with him.

The two of them wandered casually through the bustling crowds of the victory celebration.

”What did you want me for? You bring me out and then don’t say anything?”

Yang Xiao looked at Long Jing; under the flickering light of the bonfires at night, her eyes were deep and bright.

Yang Xiao’s heart stirred, and he grabbed Long Jing’s hand.

”Jing’er, I… I missed you!”

Long Jing’s body jolted as if shocked, trembling slightly. She looked at Yang Xiao, a deep affection flashing in her beautiful eyes.

The two of them just stared at each other like that.

A moment later, the radiance in Long Jing’s beautiful eyes faded, and she said faintly:

”Yang Xiao, you and I have fate but no destiny. You… you should forget me.”

Yang Xiao froze for a second, instantly understanding what Long Jing meant, and said helplessly:

”I know. I canceled your Great Dragon Empire’s Crystal Stone allocation rights, killed the Heavenly Dragon Academy’s dean and the War God. Now there’s a blood feud between me and your Great Dragon Empire that can’t be reconciled. You, as the Great Dragon Empire’s Princess, its Holy Daughter, naturally can’t be with me, your enemy.”

Yang Xiao’s expression dimmed a little.

If not for the hatred of the Great Dragon Empire slaughtering tens of billions of people on Earth, he would try to make up with Long Jing. But this hatred was something he absolutely could not get over. He refused to give up punishing the Great Dragon Empire, and Long Jing could not possibly stay together with the public enemy of her nation.

Long Jing looked at Yang Xiao, and in that instant both of them felt a wave of sorrow.

Nearby, people were gulping down wine, devouring meat, and shouting loudly.

The two of them stood in the dim fringe of the bonfire light, silently facing each other.

Long Jing’s heart stirred; she suddenly threw herself into Yang Xiao’s arms, hugging him tightly.

Yang Xiao’s heart trembled. He wrapped his arms around Long Jing and kissed her.

A moment later, Long Jing pushed Yang Xiao away, turned around, and left, her steps firm, never looking back.

Yang Xiao stared blankly as Long Jing’s figure disappeared into the chaotic crowd and let out a long sigh.

The Empire Alliance Army returned to their respective countries.

Yang Xiao went back to the Imperial College and resumed his Cultivation.

For these two days, all Yang Xiao heard were legendary stories about the Dwarf Star people, and the battle five hundred years ago on Witch Star between Thanos Saint and eight Saint Level Transcendent experts.

”I didn’t expect that beyond Witch Star there are Dwarf Star people even more terrifying. Looks like we Earthlings really are ignorant as hell about the truth of the universe.”

Yang Xiao was resting in his own room, taking the chance to sit and regulate his breathing, circulating Shaolin Temple’s Ancient Martial Arts Yijin Scripture. After circulating it for dozens of minutes, a voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

”Kid, what Cultivation Technique is that you’re practicing?”

Yang Xiao was startled, his eyes snapping open. He swept his gaze around the room but didn’t see anyone.

”Huh, that’s weird. Who’s talking to me?”

Yang Xiao closed his eyes and continued Cultivation, and that voice sounded again.

”You little punk, I’m talking to you. What kind of messed-up Genetic Evolution Method are you Cultivating?”

Yang Xiao jumped in fright, hurriedly opened his eyes and stood up, ran to the door, opened it, and looked around the corridor, but didn’t see anyone.

”Fuck, who is it? Quit playing ghost, come out!”

There was no response from outside.

Yang Xiao went back into the room and checked a few other rooms as well, but still couldn’t find anyone.

”Damn it, really seeing ghosts now. Where’s that bastard hiding?”

”You little punk, who are you calling a bastard?”

A voice rang out in the back of his mind again.

Yang Xiao looked completely dumbfounded.

”Fuck your grandpa, who the hell are you? Come out, stop hiding.”

”I’m fucking your grandpa right now!”

”@#￥%”

”Who the hell are you, exactly? Since you’re already talking, then show yourself!”

”I’m in your mind. I can’t come out.”

When Yang Xiao heard that, his jaw almost dropped to the floor in shock.

”What? Y‑you’re where? In my mind?”

”Correct!”

”Who are you? How did you crawl into my head?”

Yang Xiao suddenly thought of some worm boring into his brain and gnawing on his brain matter. Just picturing it made his scalp tingle and his whole body shiver.

The voice said:

”Do you still remember the red sphere you saw in Ice Valley yesterday?”

Yang Xiao froze.

”Yeah, I remember. That ball disappeared though.”

”Brat, I’ll tell you the truth. That charred corpse next to the red ball was mine. I’m the leader of this Dwarf Star team, Wu Dai.”

”Wu Dai? Weren’t you dead? How did you end up in my head?”

”Hmph, killing me isn’t that easy. I’ll be straight with you: what you wiped out was only my body, not my consciousness and soul. After I died, my consciousness and soul condensed into that red flesh ball. You just happened to pick it up—lucky you. My consciousness and soul then slipped into your body and burrowed into your mind.”

Yang Xiao was muddled, staring blankly as he asked:

”I don’t get it. Could you speak human for once?”

The voice sneered:

”Hmph, ignorant. Ever heard the saying ’the spirit never perishes’?”

”The spirit never perishes? How is that even possible?”

”Among my Dwarf Star people, those above the Emperor Level Realm can cultivate a mysterious Cultivation Technique—the Immortal Technique.”

Yang Xiao shook his head, still utterly confused.

”Don’t understand.”

The voice sounded extremely helpless, yet full of contempt as it said,

”You people really are ignorant, uneducated, a bunch of primitive Witch Star folk.”

Yang Xiao really wanted to say ”I’m from Earth,” but the words stopped at his lips and didn’t come out.

”After cultivating the Immortal Technique, our physical body can be destroyed, but our soul and consciousness can be completely preserved. When the time is right, we find the next living being and inject our soul and consciousness into it.

That way, we can borrow this new lifeform and start our life anew.

The new life is just our vessel. Our consciousness will control this new vessel. For us, that is rebirth—true immortality.”

After hearing that, a lightbulb suddenly went off in Yang Xiao’s mind. He blurted out,

”This is Body Seizing, right?”

”Hahaha, you finally get it, brat. That’s right, it’s Body Seizing. My consciousness will take control of yours, thus seizing your body. From then on, you will no longer be you—you’ll be me.”

”Fuck, if you resurrect like that, doesn’t that mean I’m dead? Without my own independent consciousness, what’s the point of this body to me?”

”What more meaning do you need? My body will still retain your consciousness. It’s just that from now on, your body will be under my control and will completely follow my arrangements.”

”Bullshit, no way.”

Cold sweat streamed down Yang Xiao’s back. If he’d known this would happen, he never would’ve picked up that red ball. Curiosity really does kill the cat.

The voice laughed loudly in his mind.

”Brat, running into me is your blessing. You’re just at the Empire Level Advanced realm; you probably won’t be able to break through to the Emperor Level Realm in your entire life. I, on the other hand, am an Emperor Middle Level Transcendent expert. You should be grinning from ear to ear, hahaha...”

”Without my own consciousness, what damn use is breaking through to the Saint Level Realm? Senior Wu Dai, let’s talk about this.”

”Talk about what?”

”Go find someone else. Our Imperial College has lots of people whose Evolution level is higher than mine. Go to them. Or I can directly send you to the Flying Leopard Emperor. He’s at the Emperor Level Realm, and he’s one of the three Emperors of Witch Star.”

”Hmph, brat, you think I want to choose you? Your Evolution level is so low that even after seizing your body, I’d have to spend a lot of time evolving it.”

”Exactly. Since that’s the case, you should just go straight to the Flying Leopard Emperor. It’ll save you a ton of time.”

”Once our physical body dies, the first host that the consciousness and Soul Ball enter cannot be changed.”

”Huh?”

”Hehe, your fate can’t be changed. Just get ready to welcome your new life.”

”Senior Wu Dai, what are you going to do?”

”I’m about to launch a spiritual power attack to fully control your consciousness and complete the Body Seizing. Brat, accept your fate!”