Super gene

by Stayrr

The future unfolded on a magnificent scale into the Interstellar Age. Humanity finally solved the space warp technology, but when humanity transported themselves into the other end, they discovered that place neither had a past nor future, nor was there any land under the starry skies… The mysterious sanctuary was actually a world filled with countless tyrannical unusual organism

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Chapter 1705 Same Tattoo

When Han Sen first saw the Nine-Life Cat symbol on Zero, he thought it was just a sign associating her with Blood Legion in some way. Now that Han Sen was thinking about it, he realized the symbol was just like the tattoo on his back.

Zero could enter the sanctuaries without issue, unlike others who were subject to limitations and restrictions. She never had to go through a formal ascension process, either.

Now Han Sen was thinking that if Zero had a Nine-Life Cat symbol like his, the mystery was practically resolved.

Old Cat had said that having Nine-Life Cat blood meant you could come and go in any sanctuary as you pleased. It was a fine explanation for why Zero was able to enter any of the sanctuaries, without ascending the proper way.

And Zero teleported to Han Sen whenever or wherever he ended up. That was something else that went against the pre- established system of the sanctuaries. That was similar to what had happened to Han Sen when he ended up next to Old Cat.

If Zero's tattoo was the same as his, that meant they shared a weird connection of some kind. They might have been one- and-the-same, and that was why Zero would always spawn next to him.

Han Sen thought this was very possible. He'd only ever had one brief look at her Nine-Life Cat tattoo, though, so he couldn't quite remember the details. He didn't know if it was exactly the same one that was on his back.

Seeing Zero, who was currently treating his wounds, he thought to himself, "She's a grown woman. I can't ask her to take her clothes off so I can inspect her."

Han Sen thought about this conundrum for a while, but he couldn't come up with an excuse that would permit him to get a look at her tattoos.

"Zero, you haven't bought any new clothes in a long time. How about we go and get you some later?" Han Sen looked at Zero's clothes. He only had to make her wear something that revealed her back, and he would see the tattoo.

"No, I have enough," Zero said calmly.

"But I need to. You are a beautiful girl and you need to dress up pretty. If you don't, people will find out I've been cheap on you. I will handle this for you, okay?" Han Sen said that all at once, not giving her another chance to respond.

Zero did not say anything, either. Once she had dealt with Han Sen's wounds, she left.

Han Sen was on the sofa browsing Skynet. He bought a few different garments for Zero.

He bought a number of different clothes to hide the ones he truly wanted her to wear~the ones that would display her back.

Of course, he wasn't dumb enough to buy a lot of different clothing that all showed her back. That would be too obvious, and it'd be like he was making a statement. By buying a bunch of different styles, she'd be none the wiser.

Two days later, the clothes were delivered by a drone. Han Sen called Zero over and convinced her to try them on, one by one.

And when Zero wore the clothes that revealed her back, Han Sen was delivered quite the surprise.

Zero's appearance hadn't changed much, but she had grown up a lot. She was a woman now. She looked very beautiful in the dress he got her, and Han Sen couldn't stop admiring her looks.

Zero walked around, with Han Sen staring keenly at her back. He also took a photo, for future investigation.

But when he saw her back, he really could see that the Nine-Life Cat tattoo was the same as the one he had. It wasn't just the shape that was a carbon copy, either; he could sense it was the same via its color and feel.

"I was right! If Zero's back tattoo is the same as the Nine-Life Cat pendant, it explains everything. But why would Zero have it and the pendant? Blood Legion had two of those relics? Where did Zero come from? Is she a human or a shura? Or is she something else entirely?" After Han Sen discovered this, his mind found more questions than answers.

Han Sen believed Zero might be a human that had used a geno fluid at the shura grave. It was certainly a possibility, but the tattoo posed other problems.

When Han Sen became a god, he had absorbed the Nine-Life Cat. When had Zero combined with the necklace? And how had she done it so soon when she wasn't strong?

"Dear, what do you want for dinner tonight? Because you are injured, I will cook." Ji Yanran pushed the door open and walked right in. She was shocked by the scene she was witnessing.

Han Sen was lounging on the sofa, staring at a loosely clothed Zero. The dress she wore left her whole back on display.

Han Sen wished to give her an answer, but he immediately noticed a dangerous look take over her face. He quickly told her, "Zero bought a number of different pieces of clothing, and she wished to ask me which looked the best!"

"Zero, you bought these clothes?" Ji Yanran nibbled her lips and asked Zero directly.

"Han Sen bought them. Told me to wear them." Zero wasn't a liar and her EQ was low. She wasn't really sure what was going on, so she simply answered with honesty.

Ji Yanran squinted her eyes and looked down at Han Sen with a look that was more frightening than hell's most rotten demon. She slowly approached him.

"Let me explain! It isn't what you think. This is all a misunderstanding!" Han Sen wished to explain.

Ji Yanran walked in front of Han Sen and then smiled a smile that was creepier than the officer's.

"You love to watch girls change their clothes? I will show you how it's done right when we go home." The smile remained fixed on Ji Yanran's face, and it gave Han Sen a horrible chill.

"Let's go to the mall and buy the most expensive garment. Then, you can dress yourself up in it and show me!" Han Sen quickly said.

"Shut up and get in here!" Ji Yanran grabbed Han Sen by the ear and pulled him into the next room. Many screams were heard after that.

A while later, Han Sen managed to explain everything clearly. He desperately wanted to escape the wrath of her finger.

After dinner was done, Han Sen saw Stay Up Late up in the observation tower. He walked over and started to chat with him. "This matter concerns our lives. Is there something you need to tell me?"

Stay Up Late was more injured than Han Sen was. He was reclining on a sofa with a hot cup of tea. He stared up at the sky as he replied. "That was the Third Division Special Forces officer. He trained all its members, myself included."

Stay Up Late sounded okay, just a little cold. Still, it was a soothing voice to listen to. But what he said next shocked Han Sen.

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Chapter 1706: The Outside World

Stay Up Late was just a soldier, not a high-ranking officer or important individual in the crystallizer civilization. He only knew the history of the crystallizers from what he learned in the history books.

The history he knew about the crystallizers placed their origins in the sanctuaries.

The crystallizers wished to avoid a war, and so they sought refuge in the sanctuaries. Heaven knew how long it took after that before their civilization developed into what it became.

Many elites wished to leave the sanctuaries and return to the outside. They did succeed in doing this, but they were also destroyed. Something bad happened inside the sanctuaries that resulted in the destruction of their entire civilization. That was what became their recorded history.

Stay Up Late didn't exactly know what had happened, amidst the downfall and disaster. It affected him, anyway, and put him to sleep inside the geno fluid. He remained there in stasis until Han Sen woke him up.

Stay Up Late only remembered the powers passing over him that made things feel as if the world was ending. He couldn't resist it and passed out. Nowadays, all that remained of the crystallizers were fragments and remnants. Only ruins had been left behind, following what transpired.

Stay Up Late said the crystallizers were far more advanced than humans, at their peak. They had evolved more than humans, as well. Even elites like him were just soldiers back then. He was in the Special Forces, but that still put him a long way from being the best of the best

There were four crystallizer elites: the Northern King, Eastern King, Southern King, and Western King. Aside from Eastern King, the others wished to escape the sanctuaries. They wanted to leave and reclaim the lands they had lost.

But the crystallizers had been gone from that world for too long, and they had no clue how scary it had become. Their developments made them too confident, and Han Sen knew the end.

Humans were a tribe of crystallizers, or to put it in a slightly starker way, they were test tube results of beings that had been spliced with crystallizer genes.

Many test subjects were regarded as the lowest of the low in the sanctuaries, so they were given the opportunity to grow. The crystallizers were hoping to produce a greater race that would one day help them reclaim the lands they had lost.

There were many races based on the crystallizers. Some were immediately sent out of the sanctuaries, but none were able to survive longer than a month.

Stay Up Late recalled there was a place they used as a graveyard, where they could also store their geno armors. But after the disaster, most of their civilization was destroyed, and the location of that place was unknown to him now.

Han Sen could guess he was talking about the Hero Spirit Hall.

"What humans died there? Amidst the fighting?" Han Sen asked.

Stay Up Late went silent for a bit before responding. When he did, he said, "The creatures were given crystallizer genes, but the splicing also included the genes of other beings, too. As a result, they were different. To the best of my knowledge, the humans were incapable of reaching the Alliance before the disaster. Humans did eventually get there, but it was only after our downfall. Once there, you started to breed."

"But you only created one creature. How was it able to reproduce?" Han Sen asked.

"So? Your race is called human, but you have other genes within you. Still, your body kept the same height as the crystallizers. The other genes may have come from more crystallizers belonging to a different tribe," Stay Up Late said.

Han Sen asked Stay Up Late a number of other questions. Han Sen was worried, as the last time the crystallizers opened the sanctuary, it remained open. If someone generated a geno armor, they'd be sent out of the sanctuary.

It was impossible to close the sanctuaries now, and in regards to how that might be done, only the four kings had known.

But even if Han Sen and Stay Up Late did know how to close the sanctuaries, they probably wouldn't have been able to do it by themselves.

"What is the outside world like?" Han Sen was curious to learn about this.

Stay Up Late gave a wry smile and said, "I don't know. Like I said, I was merely a soldier. Even the high-class crystallizers didn't know much about the outside world, though. If they had, they wouldn't have made the mistakes they did, which resulted in the near obliteration of our race. They hid in the sanctuaries for too long, not learning about the outside world."

Han Sen thought this might be the case. After they were done talking, he decided to go and see Han Yufei. He explained the situation to him and told him not to generate his self geno armor. Too many elites were known to have died out there, so it was too risky for him to do it, as well. Still, Han Sen needed to practice, and he didn't dare slow down. He went as fast as he could.

Even though the sanctuaries were open now, Stay Up Late said the creatures from the outside could not get in. But if that was true, that made Han Sen wonder how the crystallizers ended up getting destroyed.

So, Han Sen did not feel too safe being inside the sanctuary. He kept on practicing. If something happened, having a great deal of power amassed would be the best thing.

And Han Sen did not believe that the creatures from the outside could not get in. If they couldn't, then how had the Nine-Life Cat entered and gained so much authority?

The officer did not show up again. Aside from constant practice by himself, Han Sen also spent some time practicing with Stay Up Late and crystallizer technology. He also spent time learning about Heart Eye. He spent a whole month on that subject alone.

If he had to go up against the officer again, there wouldn't be much of a risk. He'd be able to use Heart Eye.

But the officer did not show up. Han Sen wasn't sure whether that was because the officer knew he was too weak to go up against him, or whether he had gone back to concocting a new scheme that would take some time.

As Han Sen rested, he took time to investigate the Western King Sword. It was a crystallizer's geno armor, like the glove and crystal shoes. Han Sen asked Stay Up Late what the difference between this geno armor and the others were.

Stay Up Late did not know, though. He said every crystallizer could generate geno armor, but only the four kings could generate these special geno armors.

The crystallizer glove and crystallizer shoes had wills of their own, but the Western King Sword seemed entirely inanimate. Han Sen could not sense that it had a will, and neither could he sense any special power it may have possessed.

After Han Sen and Stay Up Late examined it, they thought the officer must have used a special method to combine the sword with himself. The sword had probably become lifeless because it was away from the officer.

Han Sen had nothing to do right now, so he used the Blood-Pulse Sutra and dropped a smidgen of blood on the Western King Sword.

The Real Blood geno core had become a part of who he was. It was in his blood, and Han Sen's blood could therefore be called Real Blood. It was no weaker than the actual Real Blood geno core. And as Han Sen grew and became stronger, it would develop too.

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Chapter 1707: Meeting Old Cat Again

Han Sen put a drop of his blood on the Western King Sword. The blood didn't spread and blend into the metal, however, and it just remained a droplet upon the surface.

"I can't believe this isn't working!" Han Sen cut his wrist and bled some more of his Real Blood over the sword, and went at it until it was entirely painted red.

Even after rubbing it in, it didn't work. Han Sen put the Western King Sword aside, hoping the Real Blood would do something in time.

If there was a will there was a way, and Han Sen wasn't keen on giving up just yet. That was one of the four crystal king armors, and he didn't think there'd be a fifth in existence.

According to Stay Up Late, whether someone was qualified was determined by the geno armor they generated. But the difference between the average geno armor and the special geno armors was something Stay Up Late couldn't accurately define. Fitness was not an accurate measurement, and it wasn't that you simply reached a certain fitness and were then able to generate a special armor.

Eastern King, of the four kings, had a fitness that was not all that excellent during his earlier years. He was like an average crystallizer, and yet, he went on to generate one of those special geno armors.

So, the crystallizer observer's task was to watch their creatures grow and learn how they might go on to generate the special geno armors. But before they could find another special one like those, the race was destroyed and brought to ruin. Even the crystallizers did not know if a qualified one currently existed.

Han Sen went to practice The Story of Genes. He progressed quickly, and it was like he was learning new skills every single day. And through that, his fitness was rising. Even so, it would still take a long time for him to recover the demi-god strength he had lost.

Entering the sanctuary again, Han Sen appeared right where he should have been. Xie Qing King was still there, too.

Although the Nine-Life Cat had told him his blood would not restrict him from entering any sanctuary, he didn't really know how to get to any of the others, as of yet. For the time being, he was stuck in the Fourth God's Sanctuary.

Han Sen was worried about the officer appearing, though, so he wouldn't stay there for long. He had a chat with Xie Qing King, and the spirit asked Han Sen to take his latest issue of the comic. He wanted it uploaded.

Han Sen's life had been quiet for a while now. After the last fight, the officer and God's Organization seemed to have been dealt with. He didn't hear anything about their movements anymore, and there was no news regarding potential operations.

Han Sen was a legend in the Alliance, but it was fortunate he was not one to revel in the limelight and fame of such stature.

- And truth be told, he could control the entire Alliance by force, if he so wanted to.

Even though he didn't do this just yet, Han Sen's power was still sending ripples across the Alliance. The Ji family grew more quickly and steadily. They were no longer given any trouble. Some said it was because of their strong ties with others, but those associations paled in comparison to the influence of Han Sen.

In the next election, Ji Ruozhen was planning on running for the presidency again.

Some of the other families that had ties with Han Sen also benefitted. Even if Han Sen didn't want to play any role or part in the politics of the government, his mere existence was influencing things. It didn't mean much to him, though. Controlling the whole Alliance through bureaucracy wasn't even remotely interesting to him.

Civilizations like the crystallizers were destroyed easily. Humans would fall even swifter if similar forces came against them. The officer was an enemy, yes, but what he said was true.

Time passed, and Littleflower was three years old. Han Sen wished to send him to a kindergarten, but he was afraid that God's Organization might come and bring Littleflower harm if he was out there without Han Sen's supervision.

After a lengthy discussion with the family, they decided on having Littleflower study at a kindergarten on Roca. Han Sen could protect him there, and Littleflower would be able to socialize with ordinary folk of society.

Han Sen decided to buy half of the planet, too. Littleflower's kindergarten was located on the side that he did not own, though. Traveling would take some time.

Stay Up Late volunteered to take Littleflower to school every day and bring him home. He worked harder than Ji Yanran and Han Sen, that was for sure.

He frequently said Littleflower was special, and there was a chance he could be qualified. His potential was even greater than Han Sen's. So, he spent a lot of his time observing Littleflower.

That made Han Sen feel safer. If the officer was planning on taking Littleflower, and Han Sen was late to the rescue, Stay Up Late could definitely keep the child protected for a time.

After soaking the Western King Sword in blood for a whole year, a reaction was finally achieved. It wasn't falling under Real Blood's control, but the sword's own will was finally returning.

But even with the will coming back, it wasn't quite like the glove and the shoes. It was easy to trigger the Western King Sword's power, at least.

Han Sen decided to give it to Stay Up Late. Han Sen would need someone to fight if the officer showed up again, and Han Sen himself wasn't around.

Littleflower was a popular kid in school. There, though, aside from the principal, no one knew he was Han Sen's son. And even so, the kids and teachers all grew fond of him. He was the cutest kid in the kindergarten. Kids loved playing with him, and teachers liked treating him better than the others.

But even so, Littleflower was still very quiet. No one knew he was Han Sen's son, and so other than being well-liked, he didn't draw much attention.

Han Sen entered the sanctuary again, and there, he found the Nine-Life Cat.

"Why are you here?" Han Sen frowned. He didn't believe that their unexpected meeting was coincidental.

Old Cat laughed and said, "I found something interesting in the ruin, but I can't get it out by myself! Let's partner up again, if you're interested."

"I might help you, but only if you answer a few of my questions. No answer, no thank you," Han Sen said sternly.

"You have Nine-Life Cat's blood! Come on, we're like family. You can ask me anything, and I'll give you a proper answer." Old Cat spoke as if they were brothers.

"What is this thing on my back?" Han Sen asked Old Cat.

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Chapter 1708 Entering the Ruins Again

"It's nothing too exciting. That is the remains of a Nine-Life Cat. It is their leftover genes," Old Cat said with a slight tone of

awkwardness.

"Does that mean there is more than one?" Han Sen asked.

Old Cat hesitated for a moment, and then said, "There aren't many."

"What's going on?" Han Sen frowned. Old Cat wasn't answering fully and forwardly, and it was clear he was hiding something.

Old Cat retreated into thought before speaking next. He said, "It's not a big secret Only rare Nine-Life Cats can leave behind something like that. And to the best of my knowledge, there are only ten."

Hearing him say this, Han Sen's mind drifted back to Zero, who had the exact same thing. He still went on to ask, "How many are there in the sanctuaries?"

"Just one. It was from Human Emperor…" Old Cat suddenly stopped short.

Han Sen heard half of what he said, and immediately, his face changed. He looked at Old Cat and asked, "Human Emperor visited the Nine-Life Cat? Nine-Life Cat comes from the outside, so the Human Emperor got out?"

Old Cat smiled and said, "I guess, but he didn't go out with his powers intact."

"What does that mean?" Han Sen asked.

"If I told you I helped him out, you wouldn't believe me. So, it would be best if you stopped asking. And if you ever do make it out, you'll hear it from him. But if you can't make it out, such knowledge is useless to know," Old Cat said.

Han Sen was shocked. He had no idea that an Alpha Human had made it out of the sanctuaries.

"Is he still alive, then? Can you at least tell me that?" Han Sen asked.

"I don't know. When I came here, he wasn't dead. But predicting if someone is dead or alive out there is now something anyone can do. Even me." Old Cat shook his head.

Han Sen thought about this for a while and said, "How did you even get into the sanctuary? As far as I know, aside from the crystallizers, no others were able to get inside."

That was what concerned Han Sen the most. If the creatures from the outside could enter, just like Old Cat seemed to have, then that could spell out something pretty bad.

Old Cat seemed to see through Han Sen's thoughts, and answered, "If nothing could get in, then how could Feathers be here?"

Han Sen's face changed. Old Cat, with a cocky expression on his face, went on to say, "But don't worry, if the crystallizers hadn't killed themselves, it would have been difficult for other races to enter. I came in when the crystallizers opened the sanctuaries. And yes, the crystallizers are practically all dead. They can't kill themselves anymore to open doorways."

"Did you destroy the crystallizers?" Han Sen asked, looking at Old Cat.

"Do I look like I'm capable of such an act?" Old Cat revealed his claws.

Han Sen ignored the mocking and asked him, "Well, could other creatures have made it through?"

Old Cat nodded. "There were others, but I don't know them. Now come on, I've told you everything you wish to know. Will you follow me now?"

"Why don't you tell me what for? Maybe I'll consider coming." Han Sen smiled.

"Breaking a promise made to the Nine-Life Cat isn't a very wise move to make. Think about it." Old Cat squinted his eyes.

"I said I'd consider coming along. I didn't say I'd come or not come." Han Sen smiled again.

Old Cat was a professional liar, and Han Sen wasn't willing to put absolute stock into everything he was being told. And right now, there was every chance he might be getting sold out.

Old Cat saw that Han Sen really wasn't moving, so he went on to explain the ruins.

Old Cat had discovered another lab with another race there. It hadn't woken up like the Feather had, but just in case, he wanted to bring Han Sen for help.

Old Cat explained that if nothing happened, he would take the item. If something bad happened, then any treasures they found would be shared.

Han Sen asked him what he expected to find, but the cat's explanation made no sense to him. It was like some sort of bone that was similar to the one Han Sen retrieved before.

"What is the point in getting such a bone?" Han Sen couldn't figure out what that other bone was for, so now was as good a time to ask as any.

"They're useless in the sanctuaries, but out there, they're highly sought after by all. If you can get out, you'll find out for certain." Old Cat didn't really explain anything.

Han Sen mulled the idea over some more, but ultimately decided to follow. He was quite curious about discovering another race, anyway.

"So, do the sanctuaries only have one of these items, brought here by Human Emperor?" Han Sen asked.

"It should be just one, assuming Human Emperor did not lie," Old Cat said.

Han Sen asked Old Cat how Human Emperor had managed to get the bone, but he didn't receive an answer. Old Cat was afraid of telling him.

Han Sen was planning on going alone, but Xie Qing King overheard them and wanted to go along. Han Sen wouldn't mind some extra help, and Xie Qing King was nearing Emperor status, too. He'd be very good to have along.

But before setting out, Han Sen returned to the Alliance. He took the glove, but left the crystal shoes for Ji Yanran in case something happened during his absence.

The three of them entered the relics Han Sen had been to before. Han Sen thought the lab was the one he had previously visited, with the Feather inside. But even though Nine-Life Cat was taking them to the same ruins, that was not the lab they were headed for.

"Where did you find this thing?" Han Sen frowned.

"There are three other labs, and I found what I seek in one of the others. I know my way around, and if it doesn't wake up like the Feather did, we should be safe." Old Cat spoke as he led them forward.

They walked around the ruins for a while before reaching their destination. When they entered, it looked just like the one Han Sen had previously visited. There were many tools and crystal tanks.

The laboratory was damaged, though. The room was in bad shape, and much of the equipment was broken. Many crystal tanks had broken, too, leaking their fluids everywhere. There were a number of rotten bodies and bones scattered all about.

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Chapter 1709 The Greenhouse Changes

"What is this?" asked Xie Qing King, holding his nose and looking at the bodies and the liquids around them.

"They are creatures held for testing and experimentation. Some are prototypes of something else—like him." Old Cat jumped toward one of the crystal tanks, and he spoke with eyes fixed on it.

Han Sen and Xie Qing King looked at Old Cat, and then observed the strange creatures contained within the tank.

Han Sen could not describe what it was. It looked like a human, but a bug at the same time. It had human limbs, but the head had the eyes of a fly, with the multitude of lenses.

And while the limbs were like a human's, the joints were those of bugs. It looked very weird.

"It's just a disgusting bug." After Old Cat said that, he leaped onto the tank and began slapping it with a paw. He obviously intended to break it open.

"Are you ready? Dead or alive, it doesn't matter: behead the thing as soon as you are able to," Old Cat said to Han Sen.

"Yes." Han Sen was in agreement Pang!

The crystal tank broke, and the liquid and the bug man came spilling out.

Han Sen did not say a word. He simply summoned the white geno armor, and with his hand like a blade, struck the neck of the creature.

The hand, now clad in the gauntlets of the armor, made a metallic striking noise when it hit. Han Sen's power and geno armor had only been able to make a slight scuff on its neck.

Fortunately, the bug-man showed no reaction. It looked to be already dead. But just to be safe, Han Sen gave it another hundred cuts until he was able to break its shell.

The meat inside was like jam, and there was no blood. It looked like it had been dead for quite some time.

God knew how many times Han Sen had to hit it after that, but eventually, the head was lopped off. As he worked on it, he thought to himself, "This thing is so tough! Thankfully, it is dead. If it wasn't, this would be quite a lot of trouble."

"Han Sen, according to the terms of our deal, if it was dead when we found it, the item we came for belongs to me. You'll hold up your end of our bargain, correct?" Old Cat saw the bug-man's head fall off and quickly jumped on it to speak.

"Fine. Suit yourself." Han Sen did not plan on stealing from him, so he just walked back a few steps and watched the Old Cat. He was keen to see what he was going to obtain.

Old Cat used his claws to scratch away at the bug-man's armor. A deep crack was instantly formed, and that gave Han Sen quite the shock.

Han Sen knew Old Cat was not weak, but the action it had just performed was rather shocking.

Even if Han Sen used the glove, he knew he'd have much trouble trying to break the shell. It wouldn't have been easy. Old Cat was certainly much stronger than he was letting on, and much stronger than Han Sen's own estimation.

Old Cat's claws were sharper than a surgeon's scalpel, that was for sure. In no time at all, he was peeling the creature open. And before long, pulled back a paw that was holding something green.

"What is that? A stone?" Han Sen looked right at the item in Old Cat's hands.

"Those are its guts." Old Cat looked so happy to have obtained the jade-looking guts.

Han Sen didn't see where the cat put it, but he still asked, "They look like rocks, not organs. What are they truly for?" Han Sen asked.

"This is good stuff. You'll know all about it once you get out. With how you are now, you won't understand." After Old Cat dug up the guts, he ended his search. He jumped and said, "Let's go, there is nothing left."

Xie Qing King, meanwhile, wasn't feeling too good about this. He said, "While we're here, shouldn't we explore more of this strange place?"

"Do you think we have come here to sightsee? You'll die if you explore anymore." Old Cat rolled his eyes and started walking out

Han Sen and Xie Qing King looked at each other, and then followed after Old Cat, so they could be led back to where they had initially come from.

The three of them walked past the greenhouse, and as they passed it, Old Cat hunkered a little and asked, "Did you touch the stuff in there?"

"We were with you. You know that we didn't take anything." Xie Qing King said.

"Old Cat, what's going on?" Han Sen asked, looking across the greenhouse.

"Someone has been digging in the soil." Old Cat stared at the disturbed earth.

Han Saw it, too. It was like a freshly dug grave, with soil churned up everywhere.

"You didn't dig this, did you?" Han Sen asked, with a frown.

"If I did, why would I ask?" Old Cat madly rebutted.

"If it wasn't you or us two, might there be other creatures around? And if that isn't possible, maybe the thing buried dug its own way out," Xie Qing King said.

Han Sen and Old Cat looked glum. No matter what the case was, this was bad news.

"Let's get out of here." After Old Cat said that, he started to run.

Han Sen and Xie Qing King ran as well. They ran for a while, but eventually, their faces fell. They had run dozens of miles, but they hadn't escaped the vicinity. They found that they had walked in a loop, ending up back at the greenhouse and the fresh hole.

It gave them a very bad feeling. They looked around, but it was all quiet. There didn't seem to be anything else there that was alive.

Han Sen's Dongxuan Aura could not feel the presence of other creatures. But they fell silent and went to examine the deep hole.

"Keep going!" Old Cat told them to keep going, and so they did. This time, however, they walked faster.

It wasn't long before the three of them ended up back at the greenhouse.

"How can this be happening?" Xie Qing King wasn't afraid, and he was actually quite happy to see the greenhouse again. Han Sen and Old Cat looked at each other and prepared to run, but suddenly, they heard a strange noise.

Pang! Pang! Pang! Pang!

The soil around the grave started to explode. Many more black holes were created, and the entire graveyard looked like one giant beehive.

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Chapter 1710 Snakes

In the dark holes, there was something red like lanterns shining. When the red lights rose to the surface, they were revealed to be the triangularly-shaped heads of snakes. The red lights were their gleaming eyes.

Now, black things were pouring out of the dark holes. They came straight for Han Sen, making a sharp noise.

Han Sen was startled as he looked at them. Old Cat had already escaped with incredible speed.

"Xie Qing, run!" Han Sen shouted and started to run.

They did not know what those black-scaled snakes were, but if Old Cat had run away upon seeing them, they thought it was a good idea to follow after him.

Xie Qing King did not want to run, but he obliged Han Sen's request and went along with him.

The toxic snakes were coming at them like a breaking tide. They were very fast, but thankfully, they were slower than Han Sen.

The trio kept on running as fast as they could. But a while later, the snakes appeared in front of them. The greenhouse also ended up in front of them, too. Somehow, through means unknown, they had been forced to make another loop.

Now that they had snakes in front and behind, they were firmly sandwiched.

Seeing the groups of snakes gathering together, Xie Qing King unleashed a silver light. His fists were like a volcano, spewing silver fire as he threw them forward to punch the black snakes.

"Alu-Alu-Alu!" The raging fists of silver light killed a vast number the black-scaled snakes upon contact. The toxic blood was thrown everywhere.

"I thought these things were something scary! They're this weak?" When Xie Qing King stopped punching, the place had undergone a makeover to look like a slaughterhouse. The bodies of the snakes were everywhere, and not a single one had survived his rampage.

Old Cat looked at him as if he were an idiot, and he said, "Are you stupid? If this was that easy to deal with, why would we have run? You killed so many of those snakes, she is going to go mental!"

"Old Cat, what do you mean?" Han Sen asked with a frown.

Old Cat did not answer. An explosion came from the greenhouse, one that sounded like the earth tearing apart. Something emerged from the ground.

It was a person with long hair and a beautiful body. Or at least the upper-part was, for the lower body was a slithering snake. She'd have been a beautiful woman if she was a complete one.

She opened her eyes, but there were no pupils. She even had the eyes of a snake. She stared at the three of them intensely.

"Don't move. Don't make a sound. Her vision is bad, so there is a chance she'll be unable to see us right here," Old Cat told them, retreating to the side.

"She can't see, but she's not deaf. You're so loud, she'll certainly hear you," Xie Qing King said, not moving.

"She can't hear, either. She can see moving objects, so if we don't move, she won't be able to see us," Old Cat said.

Han Sen and Xie Qing King did not believe him, but when Lady Snake came out, she made a noise with her tongue but did nothing else. She didn't pay them any attention.

Lady Snake moved around a bit, but it appeared as if she couldn't see the three of them. It was as if she was moving around in search of something.

"She really can't hear or see us? If that's the case, why are we afraid of something so dumb?" Xie Qing King was shocked.

"Dumb? You better hope she doesn't find us. She can kill you as easily as she might a chicken." Old Cat looked at him with disdain.

"Stop it, you two. She's coming," Han Sen said, looking at Lady Snake.

Lady Snake could neither see nor hear, but she was sure Han Sen was around there. It kept searching and searching, leaving him unable to move.

"What should we do? She will bump into us sooner or later. And when that happens, we'll have no choice but to move," Han Sen said.

"She can't hear and she can't see. Why don't we just get rid of her when she comes too close?" Xie Qing King said.

Old Cat laughed and said, "No one is stopping you from trying. If you want to die, be my guest; I will be running."

"How do we escape?" Han Sen asked.

Old Cat laughed and said, "I don't know. But judging from the way she's searching, she'll be bumping into you first. And when she's busy with you two, I can have a chance to run."

"You're f*cking shameless." Han Sen shot him a glare. "That sounds like a good idea, but even so, you cannot leave here completely. She will hunt you down, one way or another. If we are all going to die, why don't we work together, find her weakness, and kill her through co-operation?"

Old Cat said, "No. We cannot fight her. I am old, and I still want to live a while longer. I will run first, anyway. There's nothing you can do about that. Look around you, man. Don't you think this place looks a little different? Maybe her rising made the restrictions disappear. Perhaps we can waltz out now."

"Okay. If you want to run off, why don't you tell us what it is?" Han Sen said.

Old Cat looked at Lady Snake, and then said, "If I'm correct, this thing is a new creature. One combined with a Naga. She has the power of a Naga, and she's got the creature's genes. That makes her even scarier"

"What are their weaknesses?" Han Sen asked.

"I told you. Her vision and hearing are awful," Old Cat said.

"And? How do we kill her?" Han Sen pressed.

"Haha! Nagas are a noble race, and any of them can easily destroy the tribes and families of others. Where the crystallizers found Nagas, I have no idea. But I really don't think you can kill her. It would be best if you decide which of the two of you would rather die first. Who knows? Maybe one of you can make it out while the other is mauled." Old Cat sounded quite spiteful.

After that, Lady Snake came right before them. If she slithered in another circle, she'd undoubtedly bump into them. She'd hit Xie Qing King first, too, judging from her position.

When Lady Snake was only thirty meters away from Xie Qing King, the spirit said, "If she's as strong as the cat says, I will try and fend her off while you make a break for it. Just remember to upload my comic."

Han Sen wished to say something, but the monster suddenly changed direction. It was supposed to hit Xie Qing King, but now it was going for Old Cat instead.

"Oh, sh*t!" Old Cat's eyes widened.

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Chapter 1711 Old Cat's Time to Shine

Seeing the beautiful Lady Snake coming toward him, Old Cat thought through many different options very quickly. He couldn't think of a way to get out of the predicament, though.

"Brother Han, didn't you say we should find a way to get rid of her? I have an idea…" Old Cat said to Han Sen.

Han Sen and Xie Qing King laughed and said, "Sorry! We've changed our minds now. You are right, living is more important.

We'll run while you deal with her."

Lady Snake came close and ran into Old Cat a number of times. Then, Old Cat raised his paws and started to scratch the creature. He was so quick, though, Han Sen couldn't even see him do it.

At that close distance, Lady Snake saw the movements. Her hands that were covered by scales came into contact with the cat's paws.

Boom!

A scary power blew a big hole in the earth. The dust and soil scattered everywhere, prompting Han Sen and Xie Qing King to take off running.

The scary power kept on appearing behind them, driving Han Sen on in fear.

And this time, they were really running forward. They were no longer looping. Before long, they were at the outskirts of the ruins. They made it outside.

"I didn't expect the Fourth God's Sanctuary to be a habitat for such extraordinarily strong beings. Not even emperors could fight them," Xie Qing King said, as he felt the earth rock and shake.

"Emperors are nothing to them." Han Sen stood outside the ruins. It was so dark in there, but you could still see the powers wreaking havoc. There were only two creatures fighting down there, but you could immediately tell it was a bad battle.

"Are we really going to just leave the cat?" Xie Qing King asked.

"With the power we have, we can't help." After Han Sen said that, he heard a cat start to squeal. Then a scary power swiftly began heading out of the hollow.

"Oh, no! Old Cat couldn't fight her. They are coming this way. Run!" Han Sen shouted, and the two ran away at an even faster pace.

Before Old Cat could get to them, though, Lady Snake caught up to him and he was re-engaged in combat.

As Old Cat fought, he squealed, "Idiot! You think I can't fight you? If it wasn't for the rules, you'd be dead already. You better run while you still have the chance. If you make the cat angry, I'll cook you alive."

"Old Cat's still spouting that egotistical crap?" Han Sen thought to himself, but he didn't allow his legs to slow or stop. Suddenly, though, he felt something hot on his back. The heat increased until it burned.

Han Sen wasn't very happy about that. If something was now happening to his tattoo, then it wasn't a good sign.

Han Sen turned his head and looked. The shadow of a red cat started to cover the ground, and it looked very oppressive and scary. It covered the entire area around them.

Han Sen was frozen, and the cat's shadow gave him a fright-and-a-half. It made Han Sen feel as if he was as small as an ant.

The burning feeling of the Nine-Life Cat on his back was because of that. Old Cat's transformation had triggered the reaction of his tattoo.

Old Cat did not have time to be tricky, and he looked like a beast as he tore off the arms of Lady Snake.

Lady Snake immediately experienced immense pain, and she quickly wished to run away. But Old Cat was swift to break open her chest and pull out her beating heart.

"D*mn thing! You ruined the cat's business. Now you die!" Old Cat screamed aloud, as he raised his claws to the sky.

Lady Snake was then ripped to pieces, and not a complete bone remained. Her blood was spilled everywhere, and Han Sen and Xie Qing King were put into a state of shock.

"The cat is that strong?" Xie Qing King's eyes opened wide.

Han Sen did not say anything. Old Cat was strong, but his back was still burning and that worried him.

Old Cat killed Lady Snake, and before anything else could happen, the sky started to change. A black sun appeared above them, expanding in size.

It was like a whirling black hole, getting bigger in the sky. And as it grew bigger, a force of suction started to manifest.

The scary Old Cat could not withstand the might of that suction power, and he was pulled towards the Black Hole. He used his claws to dig into the ground and fight it, but his attempts proved useless. The claws created drag marks that were a few miles long, but his body was still being pulled without reprieve.

The suction did not seem to affect anything else. Not even the trees near Old Cat were swayed more than average, and it seemed only Old Cat was affected.

But it wasn't as if nothing else could feel the suction, and by now, Han Sen's Nine-Life Cat tattoo was shining red. He felt the suction then, and he started flying towards it like a magnet.

Han Sen hugged the nearest tree to him, but the tree was pulled out by the force, unable to stop him from flying into the vortex.

Xie Qing King wished to help Han Sen, but Han Sen waved him off. If it could suck up Old Cat, then Xie Qing King would definitely have been pulled in.

"Tell everyone I will find a way back. Tell them to be careful…" Before Han Sen could finish his speech, he was sucked into the black hole.

Old Cat was squealing all the way, but he could not resist the force. He was eventually sucked in, as well. They were gone.

The black hole, as if it had finished its mission following the acquisition of Old Cat, disappeared. And then, the lands returned to normal.

Han Sen felt as if he had been thrown into a washing machine. He kept getting rolled around, and he had no idea how long it took before the motion stopped.

Pang!

Han Sen felt as if he had just been rudely thrown off his bed out of deep slumber. He felt great pain, enough to make it feel as if his bones were going to snap.

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Chapter 1712 Planet Kate

In the plaza, there was music playing. There was a fountain, and there was a statue depicting a cat. It stood at a height of forty meters, and it was situated in the direct center of the plaza. It looked to have been made of gold.

Han Sen was sitting on the foot of the statue, and he looked at everything in disbelief.

He had only just gotten his vision back, and now it seemed everyone present was looking at him. Not with hostility, luckily, but with surprise and curiosity. It was akin to animals meeting one of a different species in a zoo.

What was most unbelievable about the crowd was that they looked mostly human. But their heads possessed cat ears, and their rears possessed tails. The pupils were cat-like, too. They were round and cute. The rest of their bodies were practically human.

The cat people were all dressed in individual ways. There were some in elegant clothing, some in simple clothing, some in sexy clothing, and some in very manly clothing.

Some beautiful women wore skirts and tank tops, showcasing their snow-white arms and legs. They looked gorgeous.

There were cars and motorcycles traveling along the streets. Aircraft were visible in the sky, and all the cat people were carrying swords. It was a weird sight.

Han Sen did not feel happy about this, though. Especially when a few of the cat people brought swords to his neck.

Han Sen wanted to gather up power and fight, but he felt his body start to sink. It was incredibly difficult to just stand, so making an expert combat move was out of the question.

One of the cat people then said something to Han Sen. But strangely, he could not understand. He used his Dongxuan Sutra to try to understand what the cat meant.

But the Dongxuan Aura was strangely suppressed. It wouldn't leave his body, and he immediately wanted to cough up some blood.

"Old Cat! Where are you?" Han Sen looked around but could not see him. It didn't seem as if he had come here.

Without being able to find Old Cat, Han Sen tried talking to the people before him. But they did not seem to speak his language. The soldier-looking cat people brought Han Sen to a jail-looking construct and threw him in a cell.

Han Sen was unsure what was going on, and his body was suppressed. He couldn't fight, so he all he could do was helplessly sit and watch.

The cat people seemed very civilized. They didn't look savage or murderous at all, so he wasn't worried, at least.

"What is going on?" Han Sen wondered as he sat in the jail cell. The place was quite different than he had imagined.

Han Sen had expected to arrive in a horrible place when he left the sanctuaries. He thought there'd be horrible monsters around, looking to tear him limb from limb, requiring constant combat to survive. He expected he'd be running for his life, each and every single day.

But this was very different from what he imagined, and it went against everything Han Sen had believed about the outside.

"Is this really the outside world? Why can the elites of the sanctuary not return?" Han Sen did not understand.

Han Sen tried to cast The Story of Genes and the Dongxuan Sutra. They now ran perfectly. They hadn't been suppressed or stolen, so he could still use them. But the thing was, the powers in the outside world were massive. They made Han Sen feel dwarfed and extremely weak.

He realized he could no longer even fly. There was a strong suction restricting his powers.

The cat people seemed civilized. And while he might have been locked up, at least he was not being tortured. No one had taken his things, either. And cats that looked like wardens even brought him food.

Han Sen could not get out, though. And neither could he speak to them. So, he just remained in the jail where he was, practicing what he could. He hoped to finally be able to generate a geno armor.

"Where did Old Cat go? We went through the same vortex, so where could he have gone?" Han Sen was now hoping Old Cat could help him out. If he didn't receive help from the only person he knew out here, he was screwed.

Over the next few days, a few cat people came over to try and talk with him. Unfortunately, they couldn't establish any communication. And all the while, Han Sen was locked in the same cell.

Han Sen saw many different cat people, but the most shocking thing was that they all had geno armors. And they were all on a 1:1 power ratio with the armor.

His incarceration did not last too long, though. A week later, Han Sen was taken out of his cell and brought to an interrogation room.

After entering the room, Han Sen's eyes opened wide.

In the room, a beautiful woman sat on the other side of the table. She wore a white uniform. Her hair and ears were snow white. Even her tail was, too. She looked very pretty, and she filled out the uniform very well. Her legs were displayed, and they looked nice and long.

"Outsider; where are you from? Why are you on Planet Kate? What do you want?" The beautiful kitty policewoman asked Han Sen in a special language.

It wasn't a language Han Sen knew, but for some reason, he was able to understand. It seemed as if the woman had a special power of some sort

"I am from Planet Roca. I entered a black hole and somehow just ended up here," Han Sen said.

The beautiful cat lady understood, but she did not seem to know where Planet Roca was. She stared at Han Sen, and after a while of silence, she said, "Okay. According to the laws of Planet Kate, we will have to conduct a test and have you monitored for a while longer; particularly when you work. When we have confirmed you are able to behave, we can consider getting you residency. Come, let's perform a test. We can see what you are able to do."

After that, the cat lady opened a door. Han Sen followed her through it. Things were turning out far better than his direst predictions. If this was the outside world, it wasn't so scary. And the cat people seemed rather nice.

Han Sen followed her to the station's exit. She slid into a car that looked like a ladybug and told him to get in.

"My name is Lan Se. And here, I will be in charge of your work duties. You can ask me anything you would like to. Do you mind telling me what level your geno armor is, though?" The pretty cat lady had started to drive when she asked this.

"I don't have geno armor yet," Han Sen answered.

Lan Se was very shocked, and she opened her eyes wide when looking back at Han Sen. "You are quite old. And you don't even have geno armor yet? What race do you belong to? Why are you so weak?"

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Chapter 1713 Noble

"Weak!" Han Sen gave a wry smile.

Han Sen wished to rebut, but Lan Se's communicator rang, cutting him off. She picked it up and said, "This is Lan Se, go ahead."

"Officer Lan, please go to the Steel Mill in the west Something has happened there," said a rushed voice on the other end of the line.

"I will be there in five minutes," Lan Se replied, her expression growing tense.

Lan Sen looked at Han Sen, then thought of something. But the next second, she turned the car around and drove in another direction.

It was rare to see cars in the Alliance, and Han Sen had never before had the opportunity to sit in one. It was quite cool, witnessing her smooth driving skills.

The car was very fast on the streets, as well. And because she turned on the siren, the cars around would move to let her pass by. With the siren and her crazy driving skills, Lan Se did indeed make it to the mill in five minutes.

There were many more cat policemen there, all cordoning off the area. They were all clad in geno armor, and it was difficult to distinguish one from another.

"Sit here and do not move. If you run off, Planet Kate's laws bid we punish you severely." Lan Se got out of the car and shut the door. Then, she went to the middle of the hubbub.

"I should follow you. I don't know this place, and I'm an outsider. I'd hate for there to be a misunderstanding," Han Sen said, getting out of the car after her.

Lan Se nodded and said, "Okay. But you must do as I say and don't make any sudden movements."

"Yes," Han Sen agreed. He could smell something very bloody coming from the mill, and he wished to see what had happened.

Han Sen followed her. The cops seemed to know who she was, and none moved to stop her. With haste, she entered the mill.

Once they entered, though, Han Sen frowned. It wasn't a very large mill, but there were many bodies scattered across its floors. The bodies weren't whole, either. Many of them had been cut open, and limbs and legs were spread everywhere. It was a terrible sight.

The bodies were those of cat people, too. They looked as if they had been ripped apart, and there was no clean-cut, weapon-dealt damage to the corpses.

What surprised Han Sen the most was that the dead cat people were also wearing geno armor. But even so, with such strength, it looked as if they had all been brutally killed with no chance of fighting back.

"It seems that this place isn't as safe as I thought it was," Han Sen thought to himself.

"What is this?" Lan Se moved over to another cop. She looked down at the bodies, her face gloomy.

The cop said, "They were the night-shift workers here. When the morning crew came in, they found them like this. There doesn't appear to have been any sign of a struggle, break-in, or combat. And yet, their bodies and geno armor seemed to have been torn off of them by claws."

"They did this?" Lan Se looked sicker by the second.

"They could have. We contacted the supervisor, and the leader is sending a Noble over. They should be here soon," the cop said.

Lan Se, looking across the mound of bodies, nibbled her lips and did not say any more.

"Don't be sad, Se. If it was them, we can still stop them. The leader will resolve everything." The cop tried to comfort her. Han Sen watched while Lan Se examined the crime scene. Things didn't seem to be going well.

Not long after, an aircraft landed just outside the mill. A cold-looking man was sitting inside, and when the cops saw him, they all parted to provide him a path that led to the scene. And furthermore, all the cops bowed when the man walked past them.

Han Sen looked at the man and noticed that he was another cat man. He had black hair, and the cops referred to him as Mister Hei Xun.

This Mister Hei Xun gave Han Sen a different feeling than the others did, but Han Sen couldn't be certain what the difference was.

Even Lan Se bowed before Hei Xun, referring to him as "sir." Han Sen could at least determine he was the superior amongst them. But Hei Xun just walked around, telling them he'd handle things from there on. After that, all the cops departed.

Han Sen followed Lan Se to leave, too. On the way, he couldn't help but ask, "Who is Hei Xun? He seems powerful."

"Hei Xun is a Noble who has a geno weapon. You can't compare someone like that to normal people." When Lan Se spoke about Hei Xun, admiration permeated her voice.

"Can I become a Noble if I obtain a geno weapon?" Han Sen asked, curious about this prospect.

"Of course. Those who can gain geno weapons are called chosen ones. They are regarded as Nobles," Lan Se answered.

"If… I had a geno weapon already, would that mean I would receive special treatment here?" Han Sen asked.

Lan Se looked at him and said, "If you can generate a geno weapon, and you were willing to join us, you can most certainly be treated as well as Mister Hei Xun. You'd be shown much respect."

Speaking of that, Lan Se went on to say, "But you are an adult, and you don't even have geno armor yet. Your race is weak, so I don't think you'll be able to generate a geno weapon. Just go to work, and when you've got enough money, get lost and go back to where you came from."

"What are the requirements for obtaining a geno weapon?" Han Sen was not angered by her insults, and he just continued asking his questions.

"You need a good race, for a start. That heightens the chance of earning one. Don't you know this? Has your race never generated a geno weapon before?" Lan Se asked.

"No." Han Sen gave a wry smile, but he went on to ask, "Are there any other eligibilities?"

"Not really; they wouldn't be referred to as the chosen if there were. On Planet Kate, Nobles are very rare. The younger you are, the easier it is to generate one, too. There are no eligibilities, though. Some were quite weak compared to others, when they earned theirs," Lan Se said.

Han Sen frowned and thought to himself, "Can I generate a geno weapon?"

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Lan Se brought Han Sen to a testing room. She wanted to test his fitness and see what sort of job he'd be eligible for.

Han Sen thought Planet Kate resembled a modern society, so the testing methods should also resemble those of the Alliance, where all tests were conducted through various apparatus.

When Han Sen went in, though, he quickly realized his assumption was wrong.

The test room only had one lobby, and there was no proper room full of equipment. There was a semi-circular table with a vase on it. A small tree was planted in it, and the bark of the tree was dark. It had no leaves and looked rather dead.

Dozens of people were queuing, and Lan Se told Han Sen to go and join them in line.

Han Sen watched a man up front step onto the table and extend his hand. With a dagger, he cut his finger to raise a drop of blood. He let the drop fall onto the planted tree, and when the liquid landed on the bark, it was as if the plant was a sponge.

It was quickly absorbed.

And then, an even stranger thing occurred. The dead tree that absorbed the man's blood came to life. It did not grow leaves, though. Across the tree, red flowers began to bloom. They grew rapidly like red bells, all across the boughs. It was rather beautiful.

Han Sen took a look and counted how many red flowers there were. There were twenty-three of them, and they were all red.

"A flower power of twenty-three. That's not bad for a commoner. Fire elemental sorts take up most jobs," Lan Se said.

"Officer Lan, how much is a decent flower power?" Han Sen didn't know much about the metric.

"One flower is one flower. What do you need to compare it to?" Lan Se looked at Han Sen.

Han Sen did not say anything. It looked like the Alliance, but it was different in certain ways.

Quickly, the bells started to die. Eventually, nothing was left behind, and the tree returned to its dead state.

After that, the other people in line tested it out, one by one. Just like the man, they would drop a smidgen of their own blood onto the bark of the tree. The tree would shortly bloom with a different color and a different number of flowers each time.

Only adults came to the clinic, and they each had around twenty flowers. The colors Han Sen saw included red, yellow, blue, green, purple, white, light green, and black. They were their elements.

It was Han Sen's turn for the test next. He went onto the table and cut his finger, just like the others had. He let a drop of blood fall onto the tree.

Han Sen was curious to see how many flowers he could make bloom. In the Alliance, his fitness had reached one hundred thousand points. But those numbers were different from the flower metric, so that figure wasn't very useful in comparison to this. The Planet Kate people had only managed to get around twenty flowers, so he didn't think he'd be able to bloom much.

Not many people had come to the test, though. Han Sen and Lan Se had gone to the crime scene, so they had arrived late. There were two more Planet Kate people behind Han Sen, so there were only four in the clinic now.

Lan Se looked at the tree. There weren't many people of a different race there, so she was curious to see what the little Han Sen would show.

When Han Sen dropped his blood onto the tree, there was no immediate difference between him and the others. The tree started to bloom.

The flowers were white, so the element was undetermined. But the number of flowers was quite depressing. He only bloomed eleven flowers, and that meant his fitness equated to eleven flowers. That was far worse than the average adult of Planet Kate.

Lan Se looked at Han Sen's fitness and merely shook her head. Letting him work with a fitness like that was like putting a kid in a sweatshop. It'd be very difficult to find him a job.

The eleven white flowers then started to open. They were really beautiful. The colors represented the element, while the number of flowers represented strength.

"Weak," Han Sen thought

He wasn't really upset, though. He was prepared for a low score, and it was much better than he expected. He thought he would die in there.

When Han Sen came off the table, he heard the sound of bells ringing. He looked underneath him, and the eleven flowers were shaking and chiming.

Han Sen did not know what was going on. When the people from Planet Kate had been tested, all their flowers had died when they stepped off the table. Han Sen thought he might have made a mistake, so he quickly turned to Lan Se.

Lan Sen's eyes were wide open, fixed on the ringing flowers. She looked to be frozen in shock.

When the two people behind them heard Han Sen's flowers ringing, they seemed to be in absolute shock. Earlier, when they only saw the lifeless eleven, they looked at him with disdain.

The tree for the test was called a geno tree. It used genes to survive. The flowers that bloomed upon it showed the strength and element of whoever put blood on it.

The colors were the elements, and the numbers were strength. Usually, that was all that happened. Very rarely, however, something else could happen: if the tree enjoyed the genes it was given very much, it might request more. That ringing was a pleading for more of Han Sen's genes and a proclamation that they were truly excellent.

Ordinary people could not make it ring. People said a Noble with a geno weapon could make it ring, but the Nobles never tested in front of commoners, and the validity of the claims could not be verified.

If a young man without a geno armor could make the flowers ring, there was a high chance he'd one day earn a geno weapon and become a Noble himself. It wasn't a 100% guarantee, but it was definitely a fifty-fifty chance. There was a higher chance than there was for commoners, at least

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Chapter 1715 The Name on the Grave

"I can't tell. Your genes are good if you managed to make the flowers ring." Lan Se told Han Sen as they drove away.

"If I have good genes, does that mean I am eligible for a good job?" Han Sen smiled.

"Although I would like to give you a good job, you are too weak. Eleven flowers will prohibit you from doing anything half- decent." Lan Se then asked, "What is your race, might I ask?"

"Human," Han Sen said.

Lan Sen had never heard of the race before, so it must have been something small and insignificant. Therefore, she did not ask any more questions.

She brought Han Sen to the job center and helped him browse through possible options. She let him pick out what he liked first.

Normal people weren't given this sort of treatment, but Han Sen's genes had made the bells ring. It made Lan Se look up to him, and so she was willing to let him pick and choose.

It wasn't certain that he'd be able to generate a geno weapon, but people admired creatures who were superior. And this was within Lan Se's authority to grant.

Han Sen looked at what was available for him, but all he could see was something that was the equivalent of washing dishes. A job like that required neither skill nor strength.

There weren't any options here that Han Sen really liked, and there was nothing that would be challenging. But it was getting late, and there were people waiting for him to decide. He had to pick something. It was a shame there weren't many options.

"That one." Han Sen pointed at the job of his choosing.

"A grave watcher? Not a bad choice. This is a public place, so you can live there, as well. There is no need to look for additional housing." Lan Se began sorting out the necessary paperwork for him.

And then, Han Sen became a grave watcher. He guarded the cemetery gates and kept the place tidy.

This was different than what Han Sen expected he'd be doing. The graveyard was not scary, and all the headstones were surprisingly clean.

Lan Se said it was a public graveyard, and there were over ten thousand graves there. If people lacked money, or if bodies were recovered and were unable to be identified, they'd be buried here. Other creatures would also be placed to rest here, too.

It was different from how the Alliance dealt with matters of death. The graves here were simple. There was merely a name and date of passing written on the headstones there. Some had small samples of text, too.

Aside from Han Sen, there was another grave watcher, too. But this man was very old. They only had to guard the place, and so they would probably get bored easily. When they were bored, he supposed they could take the time to scrub the tablets and keep them all neat.

Planet Kate was a nice place, all things considered. The tree leaves didn't even fall. Han Sen was rather satisfied with the job he had selected.

Lan Se and the old grave watcher explained to Han Sen his living situation and responsibilities, and when she was done, she left.

She told Han Sen that his co-worker was called Old Ku. He was a decent chap, and Old Ku brought Han Sen over to where he was going to live. He didn't have to jump into work immediately, though. He was given the opportunity to get used to the place first

There was one thing that Han Sen noticed immediately; the other grave watcher lacked Lan Se's powers of communication. Han Sen didn't understand what the old man was telling him, but he could at least feel that the gravewatcher wasn't being hostile.

There was nothing to do after clocking in. All the plots in the graveyard were filled, and no more dead people would be sent there for burial. So, aside from opening the gates for visitors, there was nothing to be done.

Han Sen walked around the graveyard, observing the place. If something happened, he wanted to ensure he had an escape route pre-planned.

Han Sen kept walking to get familiar with the place. He also examined the headstones of the graves themselves to see what was written on them. The text on most of them was of the language of Planet Kate. Han Sen couldn't understand the writing, but the formatting suggested only the names and dates were written on them.

But suddenly, Han Sen's body was delivered a huge shock. He saw one headstone with the name Han Jinzhi written on it

Han Sen quickly walked over to get a closer look, and it really did say Han Jinzhi. And the text was the one used by ancient humans.

"No way! Han Jinzhi got out and died here!" Han Sen examined the grave closely. The only thing written there was the name. There wasn't a date listed. There was an additional line of words, but it wasn't of the ancient human language. It looked like the Kate language.

"Have you grown accustomed to living here?" A familiar voice came from his side.

Han Sen saw Old Cat on a gravestone, smiling at him.

"Where did you go? If you followed me, why didn't you help me explain my situation to them?" Han Sen sounded angry.

Old Cat laughed. "I told you; Nine-Life Cats don't have a very good reputation out here. If I was with you, you wouldn't be having the comfy living you are now."

"Isn't this Nine-Life Cat's territory? I thought the Planet Kate people, with all their cat ears, would be related to you." Han Sen looked surprised.

"Related? Eh, maybe a little. But it's not a good association. Don't let them see your Nine-Life Cat tattoo, okay? If that thing gets you killed, just don't take it out on me," Old Cat said.

Han Sen was too lazy to talk to Old Cat much more, but he did ask, "What happened here, anyway? Can I go home?"

Old Cat went silent, then said, "Since you are out, you'll learn soon, anyway. Planet Kate is at the edge of the Big Silence system. And the Big Silence system is a restricted area of the galaxy. It's dangerous out here. Even Nobles can be killed. You would be far worse."

"Are you trying to tell me the entrance of the sanctuary is here in the Big Silence system?" Han Sen said, looking at Old Cat.

"Yes, but it is not too difficult to go back. I am powerful, and I can take you to the entrance. But this is a big risk, so you'll have to pay me something that'll make the venture worth it." Old Cat smiled.

"What do you want?" Han Sen frowned.

"Didn't you get one of those bones from the Feather? Give me a hundred of those and I'll send you." Old Cat seemed to have prepared this demand in advance.

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Chapter 1716 Xenogeneic

"This is Planet Kate. So, where can I find Feathers to collect these bones and then give them to you?" Han Sen frowned.

Old Cat lifted his lips and said, "Even if there are Feathers about, you wouldn't stand a chance against them. If you're looking to harvest their bones, you think too highly of yourself. The one you killed in that lab was some under-developed retard. That doesn't even count as a Feather. That was rubbish. Do you actually think they are all like that?"

"If you knew they are that powerful, why would you ask me to kill them?" Han Sen knew his power wasn't that high, compared to the breadth of the geno universe.

Old Cat looked at Han Sen and said, "I didn't ask you to kill them, but you are the one who wants to go back, yes? I can't throw my life away in the pursuit of helping you, you know."

Han Sen didn't reply, but the Old Cat went on to say, "You don't have to go back, either. Even if I did help you return, what if you were simply pulled back here, anyway? Do you really think generating a geno armor will allow you to escape Big Silence system? Many Nobles have died there. Yes, even if you have a geno weapon, you can still die. You are doing good right now as you are, and following me is the best course of action and the best card you have to play."

"Aside from the bones of Feathers, is there anything else you'll take?" Han Sen didn't respond to what Old Cat had just said. "Yeah. I want a Xenogeneic gene," Old Cat swiftly answered.

"What is that?" Han Sen asked.

Old Cat brought out the jade organ he had pulled from the weird bug creature. He held it up with a flourish, as if he had pulled it out of thin air. "Look. This is a xenogeneic gene. Your bone is one, too. You will only find these on a mutated creature. Of course, the body parts can be different, as it all depends on how they were mutated. But the bottom line is the same: kill them, and then find these inside the bodies."

"Where can I find them?" Han Sen frowned.

"Xenogeneic genes can be found inside every race." Old Cat looked like he was smiling, but he wasn't. "So, at this point, you've learned that geno armors and geno weapons are different."

Han Sen nodded. Old Cat went on to say, "In this geno universe, creatures can generate geno armor. Some are lucky enough to be chosen, and when they generate their geno armor, they can evolve into two different things. They can create geno weapons or mutate their bodies."

Han Sen quietly said, "That means the mutated are the same level as geno weapons, right?"

"Yes. Whether a creature is xenogeneic or has a geno weapon, it will have super gene powers. If you don't have either of those, you can't hurt them. You should just focus on generating a geno armor, and see if further down the line you can generate a geno weapon. Without a geno weapon, there is little you can do. And of course, there is always the possibility you end up xenogeneic. But the biggest problem is that as a xenogeneic develops, they lose sense and become hostile and murderous." Old Cat laughed.

Han Sen didn't ask a question about that, thinking it was pointless. Without geno armor, he wouldn't be able to kill a xenogeneic anyway.

His biggest help right now was the Northern King Glove. That was a geno weapon, but it didn't quite belong to him. He couldn't use it as well as the Nobles could use their naturally developed ones.

"What do those words mean?" Han Sen pointed to the grave of Han Jinzhi.

Old Cat looked and said, "The biggest liar in the universe, Han Jinzhi."

After reading it, Old Cat found it interesting, laughed, and said, "What an ostentatious epitaph."

"Do you think it is a human buried here?" Han Sen asked Old Cat.

Old Cat shook his head and said, "I don't think so. Not many people can leave the sanctuaries. I would say this is most likely a crystallizer."

Han Sen did not believe that Both the name and the epitaph sounded like Han Jinzhi.

Han Sen could not dig up a grave, though. He wasn't afraid of doing some excavation, but this was not the Alliance. If the people of Planet Kate found out, he'd probably be sent to jail.

And when creatures died here, they were cremated. There were only ashes, so there wouldn't be anything to see.

Old Cat encouraged him to generate a geno armor with some haste. If he had a geno weapon, he could kill a xenogeneic.

Before Old Cat left, Han Sen asked how he might contact the cat in the future. The cat responded he'd come back himself sometime, but he left no details on how he could be found.

Han Sen kept on practicing, and he kept trying to understand more about Planet Kate and the geno universe.

Fortunately, there was an internet system. It wasn't as good as the Alliance's network, but it could send messages. Han Sen was able to learn some of their language, and he was soon learning quite a bit about the place.

Because the xenogeneic always wanted to kill, the universe was in some danger. And you could never tell when someone was going to become one of them. But once someone became xenogeneic, they grew much stronger. Unless Nobles came to help, people with geno armors would be shredded.

He learned that the society there had really come to admire Nobles, too. To the commoners, they were true royalty. They were protectors, in a way.

There were different classes of Nobles, too. There were Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons. The xenogeneic had ranks, as well.

Han Sen only found these titles on the internet, and he was so far unable to learn the differences between them. But there was one thing Han Sen knew for sure. If he encountered a xenogeneic before he generated a geno armor, he'd be killed.

"It looks like I need to generate a geno armor quickly." Han Sen worked as a grave watcher, but practiced his The Story of Genes, Dongxuan Sutra, and Blood-PUIse Sutra whenever he could. Most of his energy was exhausted on The Story of Genes, though. It was the fastest to practice with, so it would be the easiest way for him to generate a geno armor.

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Chapter 1717: Contract

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"That outsider really made the geno tree chime?" In a manager's office of Black Gold Group, Hardman asked his subordinates in shock.

Those subordinates of Black Gold Group had been the two behind him in the test.

"I promise it's the truth. I heard it," a subordinate quickly answered.

"Do you know who he is and where he lives?" Hardman asked.

Beings that could make the flowers ring had a fifty percent chance of evolving. If Han Sen became a Noble, he'd become quite the hot character. Black Gold Group needed someone like that. If they were able to recruit him, it'd be very good for Hardman.

"I am not sure, but I do know that he was in the company of Lan Se. And when they left, he even traveled in Lan Se's car. For obvious reasons, I could not follow," the subordinate said.

"Someone Officer Lan knows? That should be easy." Hardman let his subordinate finish and then dialed a number. He was calling the security department.

Not long after, Hardman had acquired Han Sen's information.

"An outsider accidentally entered here? One from a nameless race? He made the flowers ring? This is a great opportunity." After Hardman read the profile, he stood up and continued, "Prepare a car for me. I am going to the graveyard."

Han Sen was currently in the security room, learning the language. With his level of intelligence, he was able to start speaking the language in a mere few days. He might not have been fluent, but Old Ku could at least understand all that he was trying to say.

Han Sen thought he would just have to make simple conversation, but he wished to learn more information off the internet. This required him to learn more of the language.

Han Sen's communicator rang with Old Ku's voice. "Han Sen, someone called. He says he is the manager of Black Gold Group and he is looking for you."

Han Sen looked at the CCTV images and saw that there was a black cat-eared man standing outside the graveyard. He had dressed up rather nicely.

Han Sen was confused. He didn't know anyone here, so why would some manager come looking for him?

He knew he couldn't escape this sort of rendezvous, and if something was going to happen, he would prepare to face it rather than shy away. So, he got up to go and meet with Hardman.

"You are Mister Han Sen? It is nice to make your acquaintance. I am the manager for Black Gold Group. My name is Hardman. This is my card." Hardman seemed to be quite the humble sort, as he gave his card out with both hands.

Han Sen accepted it. He could read the simple stuff of the Kate language, and he was indeed the manager of Black Gold Group.

"Why are you looking for me?" Han Sen asked Hardman, looking right at him.

Hardman quickly responded by saying, "I want to invite you to join Black Gold Group. I want you to become a member of our hunting team. Black Gold Group is a powerful entity on Planet Kate, and we'll give you a lot of money."

Han Sen understood what the man was saying, but he had not had the time to investigate the factions of the planet yet. He wasn't familiar with who or what the Black Gold Group stood for.

But Han Sen knew that in this universe, many companies had their own hunting groups. Many were tasked solely with the hunting of xenogeneic.

Those groups didn't always include Nobles, and many were composed entirely of common warriors. They were often referred to as pawns.

Hardman wanted to use a lot of money to buy Han Sen's co-operation and have him as a core member.

But Han Sen did not have a geno armor or a geno weapon yet. Hardman already wanted to sign a contract with him and provide him money and resources to help his ascension. That way, when Han Sen did generate a geno armor or geno weapon, they'd sign another contract that would make him a proper member of the hunting team.

It looked like the team was looking to pre-order Han Sen before he hit the market. They wanted to buy into the prospect of his future. They were planning ahead.

If Han Sen managed to generate a geno weapon, Hardman would pay him even more money. If Han Sen could not generate a geno weapon, the contract would be pointless to sign. He'd still be bound, and he wouldn't be paid as much.

Han Sen was not interested in opportunistic contracts like that, but there was one condition that made Han Sen change his mind and end up signing it.

Hardman promised Han Sen he would not be observed in his work, and he would earn his citizenship. For an outsider, having those would make life much easier.

And when he became a member, at least he'd still get a lot of money and resources. It sorted out all of Han Sen's problems, and it was especially great that he did not have to work.

If Han Sen generated a geno weapon and jointed a hunting group, things wouldn't be all that bad. It would actually be a good thing to follow those with greater experience and see what battling the xenogeneic was actually like.

Han Sen had only been a grave watcher for ten days, and two years later, Hardman had completed all the paperwork and necessary procedures. He gave Han Sen the best possible living quarters in the base. He also gave Han Sen a geno fluid that would help him generate a geno weapon.

Han Sen lived in the Black Gold Hunting Base for the next four months, and every day, he'd spend some time soaking himself in geno fluid. The Story of Genes was showing a promise of leveling up.

The Kate laws and contracts required Han Sen to undergo observation when leveling up. People like Han Sen, who made the flowers ring, had every chance of becoming xenogeneic. So, they had to be watched until the process was over.

Planet Kate sent people over to conduct the study on Han Sen. Hei Xun and Lan Se were amongst them.

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Chapter 1718: Finishing the Evolution Process

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"Hardman, your business is great. You have spent such a small amount of money on someone who has the possibility of becoming a Noble." Hei Xun sat down next to a monitor and started a discussion with Hardman.

Hardman laughed and said, "It is difficult to tell if he will be able to generate a geno weapon. Even with the flowers chiming, the possibility still stands on a fifty-fifty."

Everyone could hear the false humility in Hardman's voice. Fifty percent was actually quite high, especially considering how few people could make the flowers ring.

Lan Se observed Han Sen through the monitor and looked curious.

She knew he had made the flowers chime, but she hadn't learned much more since then. She had looked for Han Sen in the graveyard, but Hardman had already come to him first and whisked him away.

Lan Se was curious to see if Han Sen could become a Noble. If he was truly able to, he'd have a near-infinite amount of wealth and fame.

Han Sen started casting his skills. Nobody said anything now, and everyone focused closely on him.

Han Sen used The Story of Genes and felt that his flesh, skin, bones, chest, and even genes were releasing some mystic substance.

The substance was like a sprout coming out of the soil. His skin was that soil, and the black substance began to grow across it. It enveloped Han Sen, shredding all the clothes he had been wearing.

The black substance kept on expanding, forming into a set of armor all around him. The more of that black substance arose, the more the armor took shape.

Hardman looked at Han Sen and his geno armor, watching it as it changed. His palms were sweating in anticipation. He had spent quite a lot on Han Sen, and if this evolution failed, Hardman would be losing quite a bit on the gambit he had taken.

But if he succeeded, he'd be far richer. The mere prospect of having a Noble join Black Gold Group made him supremely excited. He could very well become a chairman.

Everyone looked at Han Sen's armor in keen interest. Lan Se was curious, whereas Hei Xun remained emotionless. It was almost as if all this did not matter to him one small bit.

Ten minutes later, the shape around Han Sen was completed. The black armor he was wearing was very detailed, and there wasn't a single seam around Han Sen's entire body.

Just as everyone thought the process was finished, the armor began to twist. A black pattern emerged across its surface.

If you looked closer, however, you'd realize it wasn't a pattern. They were symbols and words none of them could understand. They sank into the armor's surface like engravings

When they were revealed, Han Sen's armor looked very mysterious.

"No wonder he made the flowers chime. I have never before seen a set of armor look anything remotely like this," Hardman said.

Generating a geno armor was always a weird spectacle, but he had thought Han Sen could also generate a geno weapon.

Hei Xun still did not say a word. He kept on looking at Han Sen and his geno armor.

The patterns that had appeared on Han Sen's armor looked mystic and beautiful. They made Han Sen's armor a rather mesmerizing sight.

Although there were no powerful energy readings, the geno armor had a strange energy of its own. Of course, the armor was brand new, so the energy wasn't very strong.

Ten minutes later, the geno armor stopped developing. The process looked to have been completed.

To Han Sen, it didn't really feel like armor. It actually felt like a part of his own body, generating this massive power flow.

Han Sen's brain felt as if it was rattling, and then, all of a sudden, a voice started to ring in his head.

"Evolution Process Complete."

Han Sen was shocked hearing this. It was the same voice he had heard all the time in the sanctuaries, and he thought it was something that only played within the sanctuaries. He was shocked it still existed, even out here.

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Chapter 1719: Xenogeneic Genes

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Han Sen looked at the information available on the internet, but he could not find any others who were associated with the sanctuaries. It seemed no one else on Kate was.

Han Sen wanted to know if things worked like they did in the sanctuaries. Where did genes come from? Were there beast souls to get? Stuff like that.

When Han Sen exited the training room, everyone was gone. Hardman had already left, and everyone else had followed him out. They were not happy that Han Sen had failed, and they were not willing to sign any more contracts with him.

But the contract was still not over, and despite knowing Hardman no longer wanted him, he knew he'd still have to stay until the terms of the contract were over and it expired.

When Han Sen walked out, however, Lan Se was there. She had been waiting outside for him. When Han Sen approached her, she said, "You know my phone number. If you require more work, call me. The graveyard still has a free slot for you."

Lan Se knew Hardman would not want to keep Han Sen on any longer than he had to because he had not become a Noble. And she was afraid Han Sen might resort to desperate measures to survive that could bring harm to Planet Kate. She sympathized with him, and that was why she made the offer.

"Thank you, Officer Lan." Han Sen actually felt quite touched.

Returning to his room, he noticed the door was open. Someone was already moving stuff into the room. Hardman's secretary, who was wearing high heels on and stood with her arms crossed, appeared to be overseeing the move.

"Secretary Lena, what's going on?" Han Sen asked with a frown.

The secretary swung her black and white tail, and with her arms still folded, she said, "I am sorry, but there is not enough space in the base. It is a waste to let you live alone in this room. So, the manager will give you another place where you can live with a roommate."

Han Sen knew that he had failed and Hardman no longer wished to invest in him. He couldn't stay in the best room any longer, and his benefits would be severely reduced. Han Sen had nothing, so he just picked up a few of his extra clothes and walked back out of the room.

"Secretary Lena, where is my new room?" he asked.

"I am too busy to take you there. It's room 702. Go there yourself." Lena did not look at Han Sen. She was acting completely different than she had before.

Han Sen did not mind, though. He just took his stuff and left the room, headed for the seventh floor.

The seventh floor was living quarters for the hunting group. But it was just an ordinary dorm room, where four people bunked together.

When Han Sen reached 702, no one was there. He set up the room and got his own key for the place, then he took a shower and changed clothes. His old clothes had been destroyed, so he was walking around in his geno armor. Wearing it did not cost him energy as it had in the sanctuaries, but he didn't really need to have it on right then.

After the shower, Han Sen found an empty spot to put down his few possessions.

To Han Sen's surprise, when he touched the bone he had found with Old Cat, he heard an announcement play.

"Xenogeneic Gene discovered."

Old Cat had told him that the bones were useful outside the sanctuary, but he hadn't expected to have Old Cat's words confirmed so soon.

"How do I use this?" Han Sen checked out the bone, not entirely sure how he'd earn the geno points it contained.

Han Sen ran his skills, but the bone remained quiet. He gave it a drop of Real Blood, but it also stayed quiet.

The voice from the sanctuary had only spoken once, and it was now silent. Whatever it was, it couldn't help Han Sen any more.

"Do I have to eat this to make it work?" Han Sen tried to bite the bone, but it was so f*cking hard, his teeth almost crumbled to pieces. That definitely wasn't going to work.

"It looks like I'll have to cook it," Han Sen thought to himself.

The bone was not very big. It was red and purplish, and it had a metallic hue. If Han Sen had not have found it himself, he would not have believed that it had come from some creature's body.

He planned to make a soup out of it, despite not knowing if that would work.

There was no other way, though. Han Sen wanted to at least try it, so he bought a small cooker from a shop and brought it back with him to the living quarters.

Back in the living quarters, Han Sen filled up a pot with water and tossed the bone in. He then put a lid on it and plugged the cooker in. He turned it on and allowed it to cook.

As he was doing this, the doorbell rang. Three Kate people, covered in sweat, came waltzing in. Everyone in the base knew Han Sen had made the flowers chime and that Hardman had bought him in the hopes of gaining a Noble. Even if they didn't know, the word that Han Sen had failed to generate a geno weapon spread like wildfire.

"Bud, don't take it too hard. It's okay if you didn't evolve twice. 99.9% of people don't, and you know what? We're still living." The Kate man patted Han Sen on the shoulder. He didn't mean to mock Han Sen, though. It was a genuine attempt at comfort.

"Thanks, but I'm okay." Han Sen did not think failing was a big deal. When others failed, that was that. Han Sen still had the Dongxuan Sutra and the Blood-Pulse Sutra to work with, so he still had another two chances.

It would be no big deal even if Han Sen failed completely. Han Sen thought that he could always absorb Xenogeneic genes to evolve, as well. There was more than one way to progress.

"You are welcome. But don't thank me. If one day you are in danger, and people come to your aid, it'll cost you more than a thanks," another Kate told him.

"Then what should I say?" Han Sen laughed.

"Say nothing. Now, do you have cigarettes?" a Kate asked, lying on the bed.

"No, I don't smoke." Han Sen used to smoke, but he had been in the sanctuaries for too long. Since there were no cigarettes there, he was forced to stop.

"Is that yours? What are you cooking?" The last Kate saw Han Sen's cooker and just had to ask.

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Chapter 1720: Baron Gene

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"There was a problem generating my geno armor. This is a medicine that should help, and so I am heating it up," Han Sen said.

The Kate men nodded and no longer seemed interested.

The three of them settled in and then went for a shower, and Han Sen watched them.

It wasn't hard to get along with people from Planet Kate, and with Han Sen's observational skills, he was able to tell that their fitness was greater than that of humans. But that seemed to be their only major advantage—their fitness. They were not as intelligent, and when it came to research and development, they were quite lacking compared to humans.

Han Sen hadn't seen the Nobles fight yet, so perhaps they were much stronger than ordinary citizens.

Han Sen stayed in the living quarters. The names of his three roommates were rather strange, so he just called them Long, Suo Tu, and Kun. They weren't hostile, but neither were they overly friendly. They were just average roommates, really.

Han Sen wasn't in a rush to open the cooker, so he waited until the next day, when the other three were out, to stop the cooker and lift the lid. It released a puff of fragrance and steam.

When he gave it a sniff, Han Sen noticed it smelled like blood. He knew that the cooker might not have any effect on such a hard bone. But now that he was taking a look, he was genuinely surprised. All the water had become purplish and red. It smelled like blood, and it was frothing.

Han Sen knew that should have been impossible, as when blood was boiled, it usually became solid.

After poking around in the weird liquid with a spoon, he noticed that the bone was gone. There wasn't even a tiny bit left. He was even more surprised.

That was just a normal cooker with a pot full of water. And yet, it had been able to cook the item successfully and melt the bone completely.

Smelling that blood, though, Han Sen wondered whether or not he could eat it.

But since he had heard the unexpected voice of the sanctuary, Han Sen wanted to give it a try. He spooned up some of the soup and sipped it.

Han Sen frowned. It tasted very bad. It was like drinking hot blood.

Fortunately, he was used to eating bad things. He had grown accustomed to eating raw flesh, after all. A bit of blood wasn't going to put him off.

"Consumed a Baron Xenogeneic Gene. Baron Gene 0"

When Han Sen heard the announcement, he was delighted. It was working, but he had sipped such a small amount, it had added zero points.

Han Sen lifted the entire cooker and pot, and then he gulped it all down like a vat of soup.

The heat was in his belly then, spreading out through his whole body. Han Sen's blood warmed and began to flow more swiftly. As his blood continued to surge, his entire body started to feel hot. He felt as if he was in a sauna, and his skin was red, burning with a constant sizzle.

Han Sen had almost finished drinking it all, but he had yet to hear an announcement. It appeared that he hadn't gained a single point.

"Was it because the bone was too small? Was it not enough to give me even one point?" Han Sen felt depressed about this, but he finished the last few swigs of the broth.

"Consumed a Baron Xenogeneic Gene. Baron Gene 1"

When Han Sen finished it all, he heard what he had wanted to hear. His gene tally had increased, and although it was only a Baron tier—which was the lowest—it was a good start, nonetheless.

The heat inside his body lasted a whole hour, and after that, his body temperature returned to normal. Now, though, Han Sen was feeling much stronger.

His Spell armor, as he had begun calling it, didn't seem to improve. That surprised him.

Xenogeneic genes only increased the strength of Han Sen's actual body. They didn't improve his Spell armor.

As Han Sen was happily thinking about these changes, Kun came back. He told Han Sen to pack a few things because they had been given a mission to hunt a xenogeneic.

Han Sen and Kun packed up, as he, Kun, and Long were a team. There would be ten people going on this mission, all led by one leader.

In the plaza, they found nineteen other teams. A captain oversaw them all, and he directed them to board a ship to fly elsewhere.

Han Sen knew Hardman used his people as pawns and little more. Han Sen was prepared for this, though, and he had been expecting it.

Hardman only saw them as cannon fodder. Han Sen's contract put him in a slightly different role. Soldiers could only earn money, but if Han Sen killed a xenogeneic, he could earn rewards in addition to the monetary sum.

Han Sen didn't see any Nobles amongst them. They didn't mingle with ordinary soldiers.

"Where are we going?" Han Sen asked Suo Tu.

Suo Tu merely shrugged and said, "We are just soldiers. We don't know where we're being deployed. We'll end up fighting no matter where we drop, anyway."

"If this is so dangerous, why are you joining the hunting group?" Han Sen wondered.

"Because there is a lot of money involved," Suo Tu said. He then got out his wallet and showed it to Han Sen. It held a picture of a beautiful Kate woman and a little girl. They smiled joyfully.

But the little girl had no hair or fur, and she looked bald.

"My daughter has a genetic problem. A lot of money is required to heal her. She needs expensive geno fluid to stay alive, and that is why I am here," Suo Tu said calmly.

Han Sen didn't say anything. He wasn't good at comforting, so he wasn't sure what he might say that would make the man feel better.

"I tell you this not for sympathy. I just want you to know that you should be careful. If you are in danger, don't expect someone to play the hero and attempt to save you," Suo Tu said, pocketing his wallet.

"You're not bad," Han Sen told him. He knew the man meant it as a genuine warning, not a threat.

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