Chapter 00012: Fusing the Gene Spirit Root
# Fusing the Gene Spirit Root
Chapter 12
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 12: Fusing the Gene Spirit Root
Extracting foreign genes, adding a drop of blood from between the eyebrows, introducing a medium gene, separating unnecessary factors, enhancing compatibility, increasing phase shift properties...
Ding Huan was almost completely immersed in the creation of the Wood Attribute Gene Spirit Root.
He was certain that even in his previous life, he hadn’t possessed such skill in gene crafting.
Three hours later, the first attempt at creating the Spirit Root Gene failed.
Five hours later, the second attempt failed.
Ten hours later, the third attempt failed.
He didn’t know how much time had passed, nor how much blood he had shed.
Whenever Ding Huan felt exhausted, he simply slept in the lab.
Upon waking, he ate something and continued crafting the gene.
Failure after failure, attempt after attempt, the knowledge of genes in Ding Huan’s mind gradually became more fluid.
He could even feel that crafting the Spirit Root Gene had become easier, no longer as unfamiliar as before.
On the fourth day, Ding Huan carefully retrieved a test tube from the equipment.
Looking at the pale green liquid inside the tube, Ding Huan’s heart swelled with excitement.
This time, he had finally succeeded.
This gene potion was of his own making, and he had a feeling that its purity wouldn’t be low.
He had never crafted a top-tier gene potion before, but this Wood Attribute Gene Spirit Root potion might very well be one.
Despite being extremely hungry, Ding Huan had no desire to eat.
He simply stared at the potion in his hand.
After days of effort, he was certain that the gene crafting process had been flawless.
If it didn’t work, then perhaps the Blood of Reincarnation couldn’t be replaced by the blood from between his eyebrows.
Wait, the Blood of Reincarnation?
Could it be the blood of a reincarnated person? Since he had been reborn, didn’t that count as a cycle of reincarnation?
Ding Huan froze at this thought.
If his guess was correct, then he had stumbled upon the right path—he was a reincarnator.
Taking a deep breath, Ding Huan downed the Wood Attribute Gene Spirit Root potion in one gulp.
In theory, he should have bathed, changed into clean clothes, and stabilized his condition before fusing with the gene potion.
But he didn’t have the time.
He didn’t even dare to leave the lab.
A sense of extreme danger lingered, making him unwilling to appear in anyone’s sight again.
Just seconds after drinking the gene potion, Ding Huan felt a sudden burning sensation in his chest.
A terrifying flame seemed to explode from his chest, spreading to every part of his body.
Ding Huan let out a cry of pain and collapsed to the ground.
In his dazed state, he felt as though a flame had surged to the top of his head, and in the next moment, it would completely consume him.
Ding Huan was certain that no one on Earth, or even in the Changyi Continent, had fused as many genes as he had.
He had once been a gene experiment subject, a body with an affinity for foreign genes.
As a gene experiment subject with an affinity for foreign genes, he had tried all kinds of genes, both good and bad.
Despite having fused so many genes, Ding Huan had never experienced such a terrifying gene fusion process.
Was this a good thing or a bad thing?
This was supposed to be an extremely pure gene potion.
If it had been impure, would he have died on the spot?
Ding Huan struggled to maintain his consciousness, trying not to pass out, but the excruciating pain was unbearable.
At this moment, Ding Huan would have preferred being burned by real fire rather than feeling this internal inferno.
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When Ding Huan woke up again, it was already midnight.
He opened his eyes and felt as though his entire body had been scraped by knives, covered in bloody marks.
Other than that, he didn’t seem to have changed much.
Had he succeeded or not?
Right, the Luo Shi Scripture.
He just needed to circulate the Luo Shi Scripture to find out.
As he began the first cycle of the Luo Shi Scripture, a faint aura lingered instead of dissipating as it usually did.
Ding Huan’s eyes reddened.
A wisp of energy settled in his dantian, and he could even feel his strength increase slightly.
Hunger gnawed at him, and Ding Huan couldn’t help but let out a low growl.
He had succeeded.
He had obtained the Wood Attribute Gene Spirit Root.
He truly was a reincarnator—the Blood of Reincarnation was his own blood.
With a bit more time, he would step into the ranks of gene cultivators, which meant he would have the ability to protect himself.
Confirming that he had successfully generated the Gene Spirit Root, Ding Huan tried to calm himself down.
But the excitement and thrill made it hard for him to remain composed.
Without having experienced being hunted like a dog, it was difficult to understand Ding Huan’s current state of mind.
It took a full ten minutes before he finally let out a long sigh.
He grabbed the last pack of instant noodles from his bag and quickly devoured it with some mineral water.
After eating, Ding Huan tidied up the area a bit and immediately began gene cultivation.
He was worried that someone might come and force him to leave.
Before obtaining the Gene Spirit Root, he had been helpless against any schemes.
Now that he finally had the Gene Spirit Root, even if only a few hours remained until dawn, he wasn’t going to waste them.
The Luo Shi Scripture was on a completely different level compared to the gene meditation he had practiced before.
After just three cycles, Ding Huan was completely immersed in it.
*Bang! Bang!* A series of knocks on the door jolted Ding Huan out of his cultivation.
He opened his eyes and realized it was already noon.
Hunger struck him again.
But Ding Huan’s attention was immediately drawn to the lab door.
He leaped to his feet, knowing someone was after him.
What was going on? With just a slight push, Ding Huan felt as though he could crash through the ceiling.
A surge of strength coursed through him, and his body felt lighter.
Ding Huan instantly understood what had happened.
With the Gene Spirit Root, things were indeed different.
After just half a day of practicing the Luo Shi Scripture, his strength had more than doubled.
Perhaps in another month, he could become a first-level gene cultivator.
In his previous life, he had constantly studied gene knowledge and frantically fused various ability genes.
In the end, he had only fused six genes, and over two hundred years, he had only reached the level of a fourth-level gene cultivator.
The reason he had lived for over two hundred years wasn’t because his cultivation had increased his lifespan.
It was because he had spent his life’s savings to buy an advanced lifespan gene potion on the Changyi Continent.
In the two hundred years since leaving Earth, he had only done three things.
First, he had worked hard to extend his lifespan by two hundred years.
Second, he had purchased Planet Five, which had accompanied him ever since.
Third, he had obsessively studied gene knowledge and fused six genes.
Looking back now, even if no one had been hunting him, his efforts seemed almost futile.
At best, he had only extended his life by twenty or thirty years.
The door was knocked on again.
Ding Huan grabbed a shovel from his bag, carefully approached the door, and gently turned the handle before yanking it open.
A man in a lab coat, with a scruffy beard, stumbled in.
Ding Huan’s sudden pull nearly made him fall.
“Teacher Geng…” Ding Huan looked at the nearly fallen Geng Qianxing in surprise, then quickly remembered the shovel in his hand and stuffed it back into his bag.
“I succeeded! My endurance gene succeeded!” Geng Qianxing’s voice trembled with excitement.
“You fused the endurance gene?” Ding Huan wasn’t particularly excited, just surprised as he looked at Geng Qianxing.
He knew Geng Qianxing’s endurance gene would succeed, but he hadn’t expected the man to be so impatient and fuse it himself first.
Geng Qianxing nodded vigorously. “Yes, I’ve already fused the endurance gene. I’m certain my endurance gene is the most advanced gene potion on Earth right now. Thank you, thank you for telling me about the PT short-chain gene. Without your guidance, I would never have succeeded.”
At this moment, Geng Qianxing’s admiration for Ding Huan was as vast as a flowing river.
Ding Huan, however, sighed.
Based on the gene knowledge he had acquired, fusing other genes before the Spirit Root Gene essentially eliminated any hope of fusing the Spirit Root Gene.
If even he couldn’t do it, no one else on Earth could.
At least, not now.
Perhaps the person who wrote the Luo Shi Scripture could come up with a solution.
“By the way, I still don’t know your name. Are you a new teacher at the school?”
After sharing his joy, Geng Qianxing finally calmed down a bit.
“I’m Ding Huan, a new teacher at the school. Do you believe me now?” Ding Huan patted Geng Qianxing’s shoulder and chuckled.
“I believe you, absolutely.”
Geng Qianxing’s eyes sparkled.
His favorite work was researching gene potions that could fuse with the human body, and Ding Huan’s skills had won him over completely.
“Teacher Geng, Teacher Geng…” A voice called from outside.
Since the lab door was wide open, a middle-aged man soon appeared at the entrance.
The man’s gaze fell on Ding Huan and Geng Qianxing, and his mouth hung open for a long time without uttering a word.
The two of them looked disheveled.
Was this really the gene lab of Yujiang University?
“Principal Tan, what brings you here?” Geng Qianxing clearly recognized the middle-aged man and quickly greeted him.
Ding Huan realized this was Tan Bei, the principal of Yujiang University.
The entire Yujiang University, from top to bottom, seemed a bit unreliable.
“What’s going on here?” Tan Bei finally regained his composure.
“I…” Geng Qianxing was about to tell Tan Bei that he had successfully developed the endurance gene potion.
But then he remembered what Ding Huan had told him earlier and immediately stopped himself.
Tan Bei didn’t think much of it and simply said, “Teacher Geng, the Blue Star Ten Great Academies’ genius assessment is about to begin. Our school has twenty slots to participate. Can you lead the team?”
Tan Bei was at his wit’s end.
Among the remaining capable individuals at Yujiang University, aside from Geng Qianxing, there was no one else.
In truth, he knew that asking Teacher Geng to lead the team was merely a formality.
Typically, the team leader would also provide pre-assessment training for the participating students.
But most of the current candidates were merely using Yujiang University’s name to participate.
No one actually needed training from Yujiang University’s teachers.
“Ah…” Geng Qianxing stared blankly at Tan Bei for a while before finally saying, “Principal Tan, even if our school participates, it’s meaningless.”
Tan Bei waved his hand. “What if? What if one of our students passes? Then Yujiang University still has a future. I’ll be going now. Prepare yourself. The assessment is in three months. Aside from a few of our own students, most are outsiders using our name.”
Watching Tan Bei rush in and then rush out, Geng Qianxing’s earlier excitement cooled down.
Leading a team to participate in the Blue Star Ten Great Academies’ assessment would not only waste his time but also his energy.
“Teacher Geng, I think it’s a good idea. After I finish my work, I’ll help you out.”
Ding Huan spoke up.
He needed to ensure his own safety first, and then he could help Yujiang University.
Deep down, Ding Huan didn’t want Yujiang University to collapse.
It was tied to his cultivation path.
If Yujiang University fell, he wouldn’t even have a lab to work on gene potions in the future.
The gene lab at Yujiang University had cost billions.
Where would he get that kind of money to build his own lab?
Even if he could create top-tier gene potions, would he dare to sell them?
As for renting a lab elsewhere, it wouldn’t be as safe as here, and the equipment wouldn’t be as good.
Geng Qianxing didn’t doubt Ding Huan’s offer to help in the slightest.
The man hadn’t even looked at the details, just glanced at his experiment table from a distance and offered a simple suggestion that had solved a problem that had plagued him for months.
This ability, Geng Qianxing was certain, far surpassed even his own mentor.
He believed in the existence of geniuses in this world because he was one himself.
And Ding Huan was a genius even greater than him.
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