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Edgar felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. He lowered his head, not daring to look directly into those eyes. His voice trembled slightly, yet it was incredibly firm.
“Yes, Master of Shadows. I understand your meaning. Your word is the highest law of the Lighthouse. I will carry it out immediately.”
He quickly backed away from the command hall, his back soaked with cold sweat.
Only Chen Yuan remained in the hall.
He sat back in the conductor's chair, his fingertips tapping lightly on the armrest again, a cold smile curving his lips.
Outside the window, the lighthouse's massive searchlight pierced the night sky.
Just then, Chen Yuan opened the system shop and saw the survival points on the holographic screen: 253400 survival points.
Having previously killed the mutated double-jawed beast (100,000 survival points) and accumulated points from the Devouring Beast horde, Chen Yuan had gained a total of over 200,000 points. Adding this to his original 91100 points, he now had a total of over 300,000 points.
Chen Yuan immediately spent 20 points to exchange for twenty hellhounds and twenty mechanical black eagles in the system shop.
Hellhound (5000 survival points).
Mechanical Black Hawk (5000 Survival Points).
After a while, he was left with only 116000 survival points.
On the way back to base, we encountered another attack by the Devouring Beasts. After the battle, we gained over 100,000 points, plus 116000 survival points, for a total of 253400 survival points.
Chen Yuan's gaze swept quickly across the item list in the system shop.
Thermobaric Bomb (one-time use): Requires 15 Survival Points.
It's a devastating area-of-effect attack, but for someone like him who now possesses Iron Guards and his own combat strength, it's not cost-effective and is essentially a one-time consumable.
Laser Beam Cannon: A coveted weapon for pinpoint elimination, but unfortunately, it's prohibitively expensive, requiring 70 survival points.
Red Star Crosshead Nuclear Weapon: 108 million survival points, ultimate deterrence, extremely powerful, but unfortunately too expensive.
Biotechnology: High-efficiency seeds and genetically modified crops. He had already exchanged for these and handed them over to Mark's "farmer" team. The Lighthouse's hydroponic farm has already shown initial results, which can be regarded as a long-term investment for the future of the Lighthouse and to benefit mankind.
Viral drugs: Side effects listed as "irreversible mutations," "mental breakdown," and "high mortality rate" may grant powerful abilities, but Chen Yuan scoffs at them, as they contradict his original intention to control such power.
Suddenly, a new item appeared in the Special Items section of the shop interface that hadn't been there before... Gene Potions!
Chen Yuan's breath caught in his throat.
His gaze was fixed on one of the options as he carefully read the description.
[Vinada TV7 Advanced Genetic Agent]
Price: 22 Survival Points.
Description: Utilizing cutting-edge biotechnology from unknown dimensions, it performs deep genetic optimization and potential activation for carbon-based life forms.
Effects: Basic enhancement, increasing the user's basic physical qualities (strength, speed, endurance, nerve response, cell activity, and self-healing ability) by at least 30 times.
Unleashing Potential: Individual differences in physical constitution significantly affect the final result, with the highest record reaching 50 times the base improvement.
Compatibility: Compatible with the vast majority of known enhancement pathways (such as mechanical implantation and energy infusion), with no risk of conflict.
Side effects: Significant pain during injection (system assessment: moderate pain), with the drug effect settling in approximately 1 hour.
During the integration period, one must remain conscious (or enter a deep dormant state). After successfully passing through the integration period, physical fitness will enter a period of stable improvement lasting 7-30 days.
Warning: The risk of fusion failure is less than 0.01%, and failure manifests as gene chain collapse (body tissue liquefaction).
"At least 30 times...up to 50 times..."
Chen Yuan's heart began to pound uncontrollably.
His current basic physical fitness, thanks to the daily fine-tuning of the nano-units in the Loongson suit and the tempering of numerous battles, has long surpassed the limits of ordinary humans, approximately six times that of an average person.
If it were increased by dozens of times... what a terrifying concept that would be.
Tearing through heavy armor with bare hands?
Breaking the sound barrier with a physical body?
More importantly, this is an enhancement of the physical body's essence, meaning that even if he takes off his battle armor, he will become a humanoid beast.
The suit's 900% increase in nanopulse power will be further amplified on top of this terrifying base.
22 points represent almost the majority of his current net worth.
Once redeemed, the points will instantly plummet back to 33,400, wiping out all progress overnight.
The immense temptation and the exorbitant price were fiercely battling in Chen Yuan's mind. He looked at the super weapons that cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of points, and then at the potion that could fundamentally change his life.
"Take a gamble, and your BMW might turn into a bicycle. Pshaw, bad things don't work, but good things do."
A resolute glint flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes.
External things are ultimately just external things; only inner strength is fundamental. Without further hesitation, he clicked to confirm.
[Confirmed Redemption: Vinada TV7 Advanced Gene Potion, costing 22 Survival Points, currently being distributed...]
The next moment, a soft yet solid deep purple light gathered around Chen Yuan, and at the center of the light, a metal syringe with an extremely simple yet mysterious design slowly took shape.
It is entirely silver-gray, with faint energy patterns flowing on its surface, and encapsulates the TV7 potion inside, which is as deep and ever-changing as a liquid nebula.
Chen Yuan picked up the syringe, which felt cold and heavy to the touch. Following the system prompts, he located the carotid artery and took a deep breath.
"It should be fine. The system said it just hurts a little... just a tiny bit."
He muttered to himself, as if trying to comfort himself, and then plunged the needle into his skin without hesitation.
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"hiss!"
The moment the needle pierced through, a sharp but tolerable stinging pain shot through me.
Just as Chen Yuan was about to breathe a sigh of relief and a relieved smile appeared on his face, it really only hurt a little bit!
However, the next moment.
boom!
It was as if an invisible thunderbolt exploded in the deepest part of Chen Yuan's body, as if millions of red-hot steel needles were simultaneously piercing into every cell of his body.
That was not "moderate pain" that any human could endure; it was excruciating pain that instantly tore his consciousness apart, exceeding the limits of human imagination.
It only hurts a tiny bit!
"Ugh...you bastard..."
Chen Yuan let out a beastly howl, his body instantly stiffening and convulsing as if struck by a high-voltage electric shock.
People who don't know him might think he has reverted to his ancestral bloodline or has turned into a zombie.
Chen Yuan felt his blood vessels boiling rapidly, his bones shattering, his muscle fibers being torn apart and reassembled, and his nerve endings seemingly being injected into the core of a star.
He tried to stay conscious, but the violent transformative power originating from the genetic level, sweeping through every atom of his body, raged within him like the Big Bang.
The system's claim that "the host should remain conscious" is a complete joke. Faced with this level of pain, any willpower is as fragile as paper.
"System... I'll fuck you..."
Before his consciousness completely collapsed, Chen Yuan only had time for one last broken, angry thought to flash through his mind. Then everything went black, and his body fell straight backward as if all the bones had been removed.
He was straight for life, then collapsed to the ground with a thud, completely losing consciousness.
Even after fainting, Chen Yuan's body remained unconscious, still convulsing violently. It was as if countless small snakes were frantically writhing and swelling under his skin, and fine beads of sweat with a strange sheen seeped from his pores. His body temperature was frighteningly high, like a boiled crab.
This is Chen Yuan's genes undergoing a radical recombination and optimization under the influence of the drug, or in short, modification.
after an hour.
Chen Yuan's eyelids twitched a few times before he slowly opened them.
There was no weakness or lingering pain as expected; instead, there was an indescribable sense of "clarity" and "lightness."
It was as if the heavy shell of the past had been completely shattered and rebuilt, replaced by a brand new vessel containing infinite power.
Chen Yuan's first sensation was the influx of various sounds. The sounds of the world had never been so clear and so rich. He heard the faint hum of energy pipes flowing through the cabin walls, the steady, powerful heartbeat of someone in the next room, and even the hushed conversation of two guards in the distant passageway.
"...You said the city lord has locked himself inside for a whole day..."
"...Shh, keep your voice down, please don't gossip. The city lord is definitely busy with something related to the lighthouse..."
Even more incredibly, when Chen Yuan subconsciously "focused" his attention on the direction of the sound's source, he could even vaguely sketch the speaker's general outline and movements in his mind, as if he possessed some kind of rudimentary biological radar, which was extremely unbelievable.
He sat up abruptly, his movements as fast as lightning and so fluid that even the constraints of gravity on him were greatly reduced.
Looking down at my hands, my skin seemed denser and firmer, and the muscle lines, even in a relaxed state, contained an explosive sense of power.
Chen Yuan walked to the metal wall and tried pressing it gently.
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, he pressed a clear dent into the hard steel wall with his finger, as if pressing it into a piece of hard clay.
hiss!
Chen Yuan gasped. This was just a press without him exerting any force. The overall increase in power was terrifying!
He walked to the huge window and looked up at the deep starry sky and the vast wasteland below.
Even with his eyes closed, Chen Yuan's senses—sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste, and so on—were all enhanced in an unimaginable way.
One can even faintly sense the flow of weak, free energy in the air (perhaps some kind of radiation from the mana ecosystem).
"This is... the basic enhancement power of the Vinada TV7?"
Chen Yuan clenched his fist. This power continued, slowly increasing, like a river thawing in early spring, flowing endlessly.
"It will take some time before we are fully adapted..."
Chen Yuan suppressed the urge to immediately test his limits, knowing that his body was still undergoing a transformation.
"A metamorphosed Digjaw Beast... King-level... or even higher..."
He muttered to himself, "My goals are different now."
Beneath the lighthouse, the wasteland shrouded in the Mana ecosystem was no longer just a threat in his eyes, but a hunting ground waiting for him to conquer.
The shackles of genes have been broken, and the fetters of mortals have been broken free.
Chen Yuan, the Lord of Shadows, is about to embark on the path to the realm of the inhuman.