novelsite Chapter 95: The Red Fall Ends
Chapter 95: The Red Fall Ends
Early morning, woodland encampment.
Inside the temporary camp, golden sunlight filtered through the fabric of the tent, illuminating Xu Yang's face.
He fluttered his eyelids a few times and slowly opened his eyes.
His golden-rimmed black eyes were somewhat unfocused, still drowsy from just waking up, and he felt as if he had been transported to another world after detaching himself from his genetic memories.
It wasn't until a moment later that Xu Yang fully regained his senses and remembered that he still had something important to do.
The guide panel then opened.
His face lit up with joy.
I immediately saw the [Unknown trait (27%)], proving that the progress on the panel is indeed useful in reality.
The speed at which true skills can be cultivated through genetic memory is entirely achievable in reality.
Even though the cultivation methods of each true skill are different, their essence is to evolve the body through various environments, medicines, or foreign flesh and blood.
Once he has a progress tracked, he can easily find the most efficient method by making slight changes.
Now, the only problem is the distribution channel. How can he get to Anxu?
Giant City?
As the Federation's home planet, Earth Source should logically have access to interstellar travel.
It seems that this is the only answer.
"Never mind, we'll just ask."
Xu Yang was a man of action; he immediately raised his bracelet and made a call to Ron.
The other party is a native of Jucheng, so they definitely know more clearly than I can guess.
After the bracelet beeped a few times, the call was quickly answered.
A sleepy voice came from one of them: "No, brother, don't you want to check what time it is?"
Xu Yang glanced at the time—
6:21 a.m.
It seems... a bit early.
He blinked. "Then I'll hang up?"
"...I've answered them all. What's up?"
"Okay, I just wanted to ask if the giant city has any interstellar travel methods? I might need to go to another planet in the future."
"Yes, but you're going to another planet?"
Ron was somewhat puzzled.
Xu Yang, an illiterate good friend who lacks even basic common sense, suddenly asked about interstellar travel and even revealed his plans to travel far away.
No, this sounds like...
Ron immediately said, "Wait, you didn't get some kind of strange message saying you've won some prize and need to go to another planet to claim it, right? Those are scams, bro!"
Xu Yang's forehead creased with annoyance. "Even in a place like Diyuan, there are telecom fraud cases?"
He said in a muffled voice, "I'm not so easily fooled by this kind of information."
Ron breathed a slight sigh of relief; it seemed his good buddy wasn't stupid after all. He then asked, "So why did you go to other planets?"
"Go visit my teacher."
"You have a teacher too?"
"We just met. In my genetic memory, he discovered that I'm very suitable for practicing real martial arts, and he told me to go to the real world to find him," Xu Yang explained.
……
There was a moment of silence before Ron's voice came through the bracelet: "Do you want to hear what you're saying?"
He said earnestly, "Leaving aside whether the words in the genetic memory can be counted, the real skills alone are a trap. Even with abundant resources in the genetic memory, it would still take you many years to master the next skill. Besides, since you've already..."
"Stop, I know what I'm doing. You just need to tell me how to get into the giant city and then begin interstellar travel."
Xu Yang interrupted Ron directly.
After a moment of silence, the other party slowly said, "You need a Giant City identity, which requires you to reach the first rank before the Giant City sends you an invitation."
Xu Yang nodded slightly, showing no disappointment on his face. After all, he had expected this, and this was just a confirmation.
Ron's voice came from inside the bracelet again, carrying a sense of deep sorrow:
"Seriously, brother, don't worry about any real skills. That kind of thing is not something humans can practice. It's not like I haven't practiced it before."
"I just went through a genetic memory test a couple of days ago, and the implantation material alone almost killed me. The assistant kept pressuring me, and when I asked him about the steps of the technique, not only did he refuse to explain, but he also said my intelligence was like a brick. Is there any way to insult someone like that?"
Xu Yang pursed his lips without smiling, but his interest was piqued: "This might be related to the person. How were the results of your final cultivation?"
"I gained something, but I can't get the special ability. It's too difficult. I cultivated exactly according to the technique, but it suddenly exploded, and then I came back."
"What exploded?"
"I was completely blown away."
I trained for almost nine months, and then, before I even reached one-tenth of the gene fusion stage, *poof*, I was gone.
Ron sighed and continued, "Fortunately, it provided some attributes in the end. If we do it a few more times, we might be able to add half a point to Agility."
"So you came back from the dead?"
"Yes, that's the standard process for most people. True skill cultivation requires talent. You may indeed have good talent, but you have to understand that you only have one life, and it takes a long time. In short, I really don't recommend that you learn that in the future."
"Okay, I understand." Xu Yang outwardly agreed with Ron's opinion, then asked, "By the way, let me ask you something else. Do you know what genetic memory is?"
"what?"
The topic changed so quickly that Ron paused for a moment before slowly saying:
"Hmm... I'm not too sure either. Anyway, it's a revolutionary technology of the Federation. Our ability to become the dominant force in this universe is inseparable from this thing, but I don't know the specific principles behind it."
Some say it involves implanting some kind of computing power to evolve the world in real time; others claim it temporarily transforms consciousness into that of a four-dimensional being, sending them back to the past; and there are even a host of conspiracy theories.
Xu Yang was taken aback: "Something that's purely beneficial can be the subject of conspiracy theories?"
"Of course."
Ron paused for a moment, then couldn't help but chuckle twice.
"They say that genetic memory is a conspiracy by the Federation. The Federation is finished, and the top leadership has been replaced by aliens. They use genetic memory to upload the consciousness of every human to a virtual universe. Once you have used genetic memory, you will not be yourself when you return. You must be careful of everyone around you."
"...Who exactly benefits from such conspiracy theories?"
Xu Yang almost lost his composure.
"I sat up abruptly in my deathbed, realizing I was not myself."
"I bet it was those people who practice real kung fu who said it," Ron said with a smile. "Think about it, this conspiracy theory can be translated into just one sentence."
Xu Yang asked in confusion, "What are you talking about?"
"If you don't practice the real skills and enter the genetic memory, then you are no longer human."
"..."
"That's all for now, I'm hanging up, you fake man."
Xu Yang quickly hung up the phone.
He took a deep breath, a hint of amusement in his eyes, and muttered to himself, "It seems I have no choice but to practice the real skills."
However, you still need to obtain the Giant City identity first.
That is, reaching the first order.
Ultimately, it's because he's not strong enough; he can't even get a ticket to the competition, even though his current strength is vastly different from when he first transmigrated.
Xu Yang clenched his fist, and a more powerful force than before surged through him.
A thought struck him, and he summoned his personal panel once more—
【Strength: 7】
[Agility: 5]
【Perception: 4】
[Rationality: 4]
[Biohazard Slot (5): Iron Stomach (500), Divine Stealth]
[Skills: Fireball LV.1, Teleport, Instant Kick, Regeneration, Unknown Trait (27%)]
Available attribute points: 0
Current task: None
[Evaluation: A soldier with a severe imbalance in his abilities.]
……
power.
His highest attribute has now increased from 6.5 to 7, with a significant increase in muscle strength and stamina.
This is a quarter of the effect of the new feature. Xu Yang thinks that the huge improvement is related to the perfect match with the cyclone position.
After all, a cyclone can only explode once, and how much alien gene it can absorb depends entirely on the precision of its location.
However, since it becomes increasingly difficult to improve attribute points as you progress, after absorbing the remaining three-quarters of the genes, the increase will only be around 0.5.
However, once the characteristics are fully formed, there will be another attribute increase.
Therefore, the final strength attribute will likely be around eight points.
It should be the attribute of a senior member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
However, agility...
The teleportation skill developed by Sacrifice compensates for the lack of physical speed.
However, agility attributes not only affect physical movement speed, but also include neural reactions, dynamic vision, and other aspects, yet there are only five points.
However, to enter the first tier, the requirement for strength and agility is 10 each.
Even if Xu Yang prefers pure strength, he will have to consider acquiring agility attributes more in future targeted mutations.
Or... add points directly through the guide.
However, as of now, the guide has not received any task messages for two weeks, and this feature seems to have been completely lost.
Is someone brewing something big?
Xu Yang had a strange premonition, but then put it out of his mind.
How the guide is is the guide's business, and his business is his business.
Ultimately, the guide is just a supplementary tool; there's no need to have too high expectations for it. Instead, you should focus on yourself.
Whether it's Jucheng or Anxu, that's a matter for later. Once their strength is sufficient, things will take a turn for the better.
But how does one acquire strength?
Xu Yang stepped out of the tent and looked up.
The sun in the sky is shining with a golden-red light.
In one week, the Redfall will end, and the fungus's garrison mission will also be over.
He had a plan in mind.
Try to acquire magic first, then go back to the settlement and stay there, or take on one or two quests to fill the time gap; in short, continue to accumulate strength.
Once you acquire the [Black Guardian] and your power reaches the level of a high-level member, it will be time to go to the laboratory.
Xu Yang suddenly frowned.
Thinking of the laboratory, he recalled the Rubik's Cube potion in the trench, and how the other side had sent people to kill him twice.
Although neither attempt succeeded, a grudge had been formed. The information Qi Mingxuan had received from the Doomsday Caravan indicated that the other party's boss had ordered him to take action against him.
This grudge must be avenged.
Xu Yang took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to behead someone.
……
Safe zone.
The modern city is filled with high-rise buildings and bustling streets, making it far more prosperous than some redevelopment areas.
This is a city that has been restored after the Great Cataclysm, when people drove out the zombies in the safe zone. Although the Federation has been advising people to live in settlements, human initiative is always hard to ignore.
In just a few years, what was once a dead city was restored to some of its former glory, with only some traces of restoration remaining, still recording its past history.
At this moment, in a villa in the suburbs.
The young man wearing a black baseball cap rushed into a room on the second floor of the villa in a disheveled state.
Inside the room, a middle-aged man dressed in a red and black robe sat at a desk, writing and drawing on a piece of paper.
"Elder, why send angels to help that fungus? They are angels, they are the lives of our fellow beings! I don't understand!"
His eyes were bloodshot and he looked extremely pained.
The middle-aged man slowly raised his head, and facing the unruly fanatic before him, he simply said:
"Child, you don't need to understand, just remember that this is the Lord's will. All you can do is listen and obey."
"But--"
"No buts. What about your piety? Are you questioning the Lord?"
The middle-aged man suddenly asked indifferently.
Although he agreed with the young man in his heart when he said this, a first-tier flesh angel not only took the production time of a red pendant, but also cost the lives of several senior believers.
This was also a valuable asset to the Flesh Cult. This Flesh Angel was supposed to be a newly joined elder, but now it had become a sacrifice to protect a beast.
The thought of "the rabbit mourns the fox's death" inevitably chilled his heart.
However, the bishop's will cannot be defied. If the bishop wants to help Ita escape, he must help Ita escape. Even if all the members of the elders are unwilling, they cannot resist.
After all, once you join the Flesh and Blood Cult, your life and death are no longer in your own hands, and the more powerful you are, the more you know this.
This is the price of taking shortcuts.
He looked at the young people before him, who were bewitched by so-called faith, and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes. In the end, they were all the same.
Involuntarily.
……
In the blink of an eye, a week has passed.
In the woods, by the pond.
Xu Yang carried a fishing rod in one hand and an empty bag in the other, walking towards the campsite.
These days, he has almost nothing to do all day.
However, the fungal beast's mission of guarding the area has finally come to an end.
He just received the news.
As for the outcome of the pursuit of Ita, no one knows.
But the red frost was about to end, and at that moment, the sun in the sky began to ripple with concentric circles of light...
Back at the camp, Xu Yang packed his luggage and hurried towards the place where he had landed.
Soon, he saw a green troop transport airship parked on the ground not far away.
The other three teammates were already seated in the airship.
Xu Yang quickened his pace.
Suddenly, the sky seemed to flash.
He glanced at it.
The ripples at the edge of the sun smoothed out, giving it a sense of flowing water, and the halo converged downwards, as if it were constantly accumulating something that would fall downwards.
The Red Fall has come to a complete end.
Xu Yang withdrew his gaze, but he had a vague feeling that a drastic change was taking place in the entire isolation zone.
But he didn't think much of it and just continued walking towards the airship.
Suddenly, everything went black.
All the light disappeared, and Xu Yang looked around; he was now in endless darkness.
The next instant, blazing flames ignited in the distance.
Below the flames lay the desolate surface of the planet, gray and mottled, with countless bloated bodies crawling and writhing on the ground.
A bright orange-red fortress rose from the flames in an instant—
The Furnace of Miracles.
Xu Yang's heart skipped a beat; the two dinars in his arms were burning hot.
"This is bad, they've come to settle scores with me."