Chapter 265 - 201 Star Fall: Gene Recombination

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Chapter 265: Chapter 201 Star Fall: Gene RecombinationOn the interface, the left side displayed several lines of text information, while the right side showed the virtual image of a giant lizard. [Monster: Nile River Giant Lizard] [Level: Catastrophe-Torrent] [Mutant: Gene Recombination, Invisibility, Mimicry, Keratinous Scale Armor, High-grade Toughness, Extreme Recovery, Fury Claws, Intuitive Reflex, Spirit Smell, Electrostatic Field, Electric Shock, Water Gathering, High-pressure Jet, Torrential Form, Vitality Torrent, Breathing Underwater] Ji Xinghuo was seeing such extensive mutant information for a monster for the first time. A whole 16 mutants! The virtual shadow of the giant lizard marked the location of each mutant, with the head, body, and limbs included- the entire body was a mutant. Ji Xinghuo found it unbelievable. This was just a monster, even if it was a Catastrophe monster, how could it possess 16 mutants? Legendary Second Dan Mutants, even after using expansion artifacts, didn’t have this many mutants; about ten on average was already quite outstanding. Moreover, these mutants didn’t carry a "*", meaning they were all naturally awakened, collectible, and fusible. "Outrageous!" As Ji Xinghuo puzzled over this, he saw the name of the first mutant. At that moment, his heart skipped a beat. "Gene Recombination?" "This is..." Ji Xinghuo thought he was seeing things wrong, "This is a Star-falling Species!" At that moment, many pieces of information flashed through his mind. Gene recombination was notoriously well-known. Even among Star Fall Abilities, it was one of the top few mutants; its effects could rival those of Eclipse Species, or even stronger! It could allow a creature to devour and plunder other creatures’ genes, and combine them with its own, accelerating the evolution speed tens or hundreds of times. The stronger the target gene devoured, the faster the growth and evolution of the creature, and it might even give birth to a whole new species. This mutant had infinite possibilities. Everything depended on how strong the creatures it could devour were, however, gene recombination was not without limits. At each rank, there was only one chance to devour. This was similar to a mutant’s every evolution, getting one chance to fuse mutants; gene recombination would also occupy one of those fusion chances. If the devoured creature was too strong, far surpassing the mutant’s own rank, it would likely fail, losing one fusion opportunity, or might even die from a gene collapse. Moreover, the devouring creature would not obtain the counterpart’s existing abilities; it had to reawaken new abilities based on the recombined genes. Gene recombination merely created greater potential! Its risks were enormous. Generally speaking, whether it was Star Realm Alien Races or Galaxy Races, intelligent beings rarely fused "gene recombination", because, typically, fusing other mutants simply resulted in failure without much damage; whereas, fusing gene recombination and failing could lead to sudden death. Even if successful, there was a high chance of bizarre organs and parts growing on one’s body, making them neither human nor ghost. It could even transform them into an entirely new species. A better option was to let war pets fuse with gene recombination, allowing them to evolve faster; after all, war pets were originally monsters, so changing their forms wasn’t much of a problem. Thus, another name for gene recombination was "Evolution Devourer". This was a mutant all Masters dreamt of having. Government agencies worldwide and the ADC’s mutant database all contained information on gene recombination. Yet, to date, no public record existed showing who on Earth had obtained this mutant. And now he had encountered it! Ji Xinghuo suddenly realized why this giant lizard had so many mutants. Most likely, it had awakened "gene recombination" during its mutation, devoured other monsters, sped up its evolution, and then awakened new abilities. However, it had merely devoured randomly by instinct, which led to a lack of systemization in its abilities. Although there were many, they did not exhibit their proper power. Besides gene recombination, the giant lizard also had three Transcendent Species: Invisibility, Electrostatic Field, and Torrential Form, all of which were very rare and highly valuable. Invisibility needs no explanation. The Electrostatic Field was his primary target for this trip, one of the components of the Magnetic Field Madman’s ability template. Torrential Form was also extremely precious; it could transform a mutant’s body into a liquid state like a torrent. In places with large amounts of water like lakes, rivers, and seas, it could merge into them and perfectly control water hundreds or even thousands of times its own mass, boosting its combat capabilities by several levels. Just now on the riverbank, the whole group had nearly perished because of this. Just these three Transcendent Species alone were worth over two hundred million. The rest were several Superior Mutants, like Mimicry, High-grade Toughness, Extreme Recovery, and Keratinous Scale Armor, all of which were quite valuable and in high demand on the market. However, all mutants combined were not as valuable as a single gene recombination. But how should he explain this to his teammates? As Ji Xinghuo pondered, Jing Ji asked from the side, "What’s wrong, did you find something?" He naturally didn’t know Ji Xinghuo had fully grasped the giant lizard’s mutant information. "You guys are rich!" Ji Xinghuo turned and smiled at everyone. "Definitely!" Chi Zhonglin’s skin, previously injured by electricity, had been healed; he excitedly rubbed his hands, "At least three Transcendent Species, invisibility, electrostatic field, and one that can turn it into a stream of water, likely the Torrential Form, is also very valuable, selling to those Water Masters, a billion isn’t too much!" "A billion!" Lu Yunhai exclaimed in surprise. Yuan Chongzhen laughed, "Even at that price, it’s a bargain. With so many Water Masters around the world, countless people will be fighting over it." The racial ability of the Dagon people was "Water Gathering", and as Bounty Hunters continuously hunted this mutant, it became cheap, costing only several tens of thousands of Ya Yuan, just a fraction of the price for other Superior Mutants, thus many mutants opted for this Professional Template. Hearing this, Lu Yunhai’s eyes lit up. Right now, in his eyes, the giant lizard in front of him wasn’t just a monster’s corpse but a mountain of cash! "Let’s get to work! Let’s get to work!" Jing Ji raised his scimitar and began to collect alien species. The others also took out spare daggers to slice the giant lizard’s body, only to find its skin and flesh were too tough. Ordinary daggers could hardly cut through, making it quite strenuous. Lu Yunhai exerted all his strength as if his life depended on it, managing only to make an incision about a dozen centimeters long, and was instantly dumbfounded. Only then did he realize how formidable the giant lizard was! "Let us do it," "Proceed." Ji Xinghuo handed Lei Chi to Zhuo Ligetu, and used Demon Sound himself. Chi Zhonglin used the tip of the Sky Fury Green Blood Spear as a knife, also cutting quickly. "Listen to my instructions," Ji Xinghuo, worried that his teammates might damage some alien species, began to guide them. He flipped over the severed head of the giant lizard and said, "Cut in from here." Most of its 16 alien species were in its head. S~eaʀᴄh the nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Under Ji Xinghuo’s direction, several precise cuts yielded one alien species after another, each intact and without causing too much damage to the body. A waterproof cloth was spread on the ground. Everyone looked at the dozen or so alien species on the waterproof cloth and sensed that something was amiss. "Another one here, probably a keratinous layer scale armor, a superior mutant." Jing Ji cut a piece of pale yellow scale from the giant lizard’s belly, felt its abundant vitality, and placed it on the ground. Beside it, there were already over a dozen bloody organs or parts, each one an alien species, including the three transcendent species, now complete. "Fifteen alien species!" Yuan Chongzhen counted once over and his eyes were full of disbelief. Having hunted monsters and enemies in the Star Realm for nearly twenty years, he had never seen a creature from which so many alien species could be collected. It was completely beyond any norm. Everyone except Ji Xinghuo looked at each other, puzzled. "How did we manage to kill it?" Zhuo Ligetu scratched his head, finding the recollection unbelievable. Chi Zhonglin stroked his chin. "It had many alien species, but they didn’t seem that strong." "Yes." Jing Ji confirmed with a nod. "There can’t be more alien species, right?" Lu Yunhai couldn’t help but look towards Ji Xinghuo, who had demonstrated sharp eyesight in spotting the alien species within the giant lizard’s body just now. However, everyone noticed Ji Xinghuo was looking up at the sky. But there was nothing in the sky. "What are you looking at?" Chi Zhonglin asked curiously. Ji Xinghuo shifted his gaze away. After collecting fifteen alien species, his first reaction was to look up at the sky. There were no celestial phenomena! Only then did he feel relieved, knowing that star-falling and higher-level alien species could cause celestial phenomena in the Star Realm when they emerged. On Earth or other planets, there would be no disturbances. He looked at his teammates and said softly, "There’s one more alien species." "Where?" Jing Ji was about to cut with his scimitar when he saw Ji Xinghuo pat the giant lizard’s massive corpse, "It’s this one." Seeing that everyone was confused for a moment, he had to explain further, "The body of the giant lizard is an alien species itself. You just have to eat it to fuse with it." When Ji Xinghuo touched the giant lizard’s corpse, an interface popped up in his field of vision. [Alien Species: Gene Recombination] [Grade: Star Fall] [Fusion Success Rate: 71%, 98%] [Upgradable: No] This was the third non-upgradable alien species he had encountered, one being Bloody Frenzy, and another common Ether Sensitivity. Two fusion success rates, the former for himself, the latter for Qing Hong. 71% is not high, quite low, in fact. Most importantly, the fusion method for gene recombination involved devouring, and required consuming the entire body. The giant lizard’s corpse weighed 4 tons; even if he wanted to fuse, he couldn’t consume it all. Even if he ate voraciously and digested frantically every day, the body would have rotted away before he finished. And the probability of failure was exceedingly high. On the other hand, Qing Hong’s fusion success rate was astonishingly high at 98%, surpassing any other alien species they had encountered. This was clearly because Qing Hong, when enlarged, could swallow the entire giant lizard, and its form was similar to the lizard’s, both being amphibious reptiles. "The giant lizard’s body is an alien species?" Everyone’s eyes widened in shock; they had never heard of such a thing. "Really? Xinghuo, you better not be tricking me," Chi Zhonglin said with a look of astonishment. "What alien species?" Jing Ji inquired. Although the alien species database of various countries recorded gene recombination in detail, they missed a crucial detail about the fusion method involving consuming the entire body of the target creature. Thus, most people would never think of the corpse as an alien species. Ji Xinghuo did not immediately answer but said the words he had prepared: "This is an extremely valuable alien species, but we cannot fuse with it. We must consume the entire body of the giant lizard to potentially achieve fusion." "Eat it?" Chi Zhonglin was stunned. Everyone looked at the massive creature, all swallowing audibly. Yuan Chongzhen exclaimed in horror, "How long would that take?" Even if he transformed into the largest form of the Black Iron Giant Ape, it would take him two months to chew through it. Jing Ji circled the giant lizard’s corpse twice. But he couldn’t discern anything. "Stop beating around the bush, just tell us what alien species it is." Jing Ji urged. "I can’t reveal the specific alien species," Ji Xinghuo said sincerely. "But I want this alien species. If you’re willing to let me have it, when we get back, I’ll transfer one billion Ya Yuan to each of you, and promise to give each one a transcendent alien species as compensation within five years."

Chapter 265 - 201 Star Fall: Gene Recombination

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