Super Gene Hunting Ground

Yang Xiao nodded, "The Wind-controlling Boots that boost movement speed by 26% are indeed a great item."

Zhou Jian looked at Yang Xiao's Wind-controlling Boots and said,

"If I'm not mistaken, the Wind-controlling Boots you are wearing must increase movement speed by 20%, right?"

Yang Xiao glanced at Zhou Jian's Wind-controlling Boots; they looked exactly the same as his own.

He said with a smile, "What, doesn't Magic City have higher quality Wind-controlling Boots?"

Zhou Jian sighed and replied,

"There are, but they are limited in quantity. As soon as they come out, they get snatched up. These 20% movement speed Wind-controlling Boots are the most common and considered standard."

As he spoke, Zhou Jian took out a pair of Wind-controlling Boots from his backpack and handed them to Yang Xiao:

"Brother Yang, these Wind-controlling Boots are for you, as a token of our gratitude for helping us kill the Giant Scorpion today."

"How can this be appropriate? I said I was just helping out; if I take your things now, wouldn't that be going back on my word? No, I can't accept them."

Yang Xiao didn't want to take advantage of this situation, and besides, a mere 6% increase in movement speed didn't mean much to him.

Zhou Jian immediately said:

"This is the sincere gratitude from all of us. The Giant Scorpion you helped us kill today unexpectedly dropped two Poison Claws. We had them appraised at the Genetic Store; both add +10% poison damage. It was an unexpected surprise for us, so giving you a pair of Wind-controlling Boots is nothing. If you keep being polite, it will make us feel distanced."

Although the Wind-controlling Boots with 26% increased movement speed are rare, compared to the Poison Claws with +10% poison damage, they indeed aren't much.

Yang Xiao was stunned, "Damn, what kind of luck is this? Two Poison Claws dropped in one go?"

Worried Yang Xiao might not believe him, Zhou Jian immediately took out two giant scorpion Poison Claws that glowed with a golden light from his backpack and handed them over.

Yang Xiao took them and checked; the Poison Claws indeed showed +10% poison damage.

Yang Xiao handed the Poison Claws back to Zhou Jian, "You guys are lucky, alright, then I'll accept graciously."

Yang Xiao accepted the Wind-controlling Boots and switched them onto his feet right there.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yu and others began to slice open the belly of the Fire Spray Camel, cutting up the meat to eat.

Yang Xiao noticed a peculiar habit; Zhou Jian, Zhou Yu, Xi Hui, and another young man all prepared to eat it raw, while the other two girls and two Elemental Mages used weapons to skewer the camel meat and roast it over the campfire.

"Brother Yang, do you prefer it raw or cooked?"

Yang Xiao hesitated and finally asked,

"Is there any difference?"

This question surprised Zhou Jian and others. They all looked at Yang Xiao.

Xi Hui explained,

"Those of us who eat it raw do so because we can directly absorb the energy from the flesh and blood of the mutated creatures, enhancing our genetic evolution. Those who roast it are just filling their stomachs."

This had been a lingering question for Yang Xiao, so he pretended to be surprised and asked,

"There's such a difference? Can't everyone in Magic City directly absorb energy from the flesh and blood of mutated creatures?"

"Haha... Not at all. Only some can,"

"Only some? Why?"

Last time, Gong Yu had given Yang Xiao a rough idea about this, but Gong Yu seemed indifferent to these details and rarely pondered them, so Yang Xiao couldn't learn more from him.

"Actually, after we activated the Genetic Attribute System, we could no longer absorb energy from the flesh of mutated creatures to promote genetic evolution. We could only rely on potions synthesized from Genetic Fragments. However, something peculiar happened later on. Some of us suddenly gained the ability to absorb energy from the flesh of mutated creatures overnight, and this ability has continued until now."

"What happened?"

"The Genetic Store distributed a kind of Genetic Evolution Pills for free to some of us. After consuming these pills, we gained this ability. However, even those who took the Genetic Evolution Pills didn't always possess this ability permanently. Some would lose this ability after advancing to Primordial Gene Primary Level, Intermediate, or High-Level, or even after advancing to Enhanced Gene."

Zhou Jian pointed at his four companions who were eating,

"They lost the ability after advancing to the Enhanced Gene Stage and had to rely on Genetic Fragments to improve, so their evolution speed subsequently slowed down somewhat."

Yang Xiao's mind buzzed immediately. Initially, after he had hunted the first Mutant Black Dog, he invited Gu Bo to drink two bowls of dog meat soup. Gu Bo seemed to have given him a so-called Genetic Acceleration Evolution Pill.

It seemed like something like this happened, but Gu Bo said that he needed to complete a course of the Genetic Acceleration Evolution Pill, taking it consecutively for 7 days. At that time, he found 10 Crystal Coins too expensive and did not continue buying, later forgetting about it.

Now, hearing Zhou Jian mention it, could it be because he had taken that Acceleration Evolution Pill?

No, that's not right. Since the first day of the apocalyptic catastrophe, I could generate electricity when eating salt-baked chicken legs, and it never stopped.

Yang Xiao was confused for a moment and vaguely said,

"I eat raw meat."

Zhou Yu, who was beside him, said,

"Come on, Yang Xiao, join us for the meal."

Thus, Yang Xiao and Zhou Jian gathered around the camel corpse, cutting off the camel's meat and started devouring it vigorously.

Zhou Jian and the others were at the Enhanced Gene Intermediate level now, with a stronger digestive ability than Yang Xiao; Yang Xiao could barely keep up with half of their digestion speed.

The other four only ate a few kilograms of roasted meat each before stopping, indicating they were full.

The entire camel, over a thousand kilograms of meat, was divided among the five people, Yang Xiao included.

The camel's innards were thrown to the Giant Eagle.

The Flame Horse seemed not to eat innards, so Yang Xiao cut a large chunk of meat and threw it to the Flame Horse.

Yang Xiao and Zhou Jian were thoroughly enjoying their meal when Luo Manli and others from Wentian City watched from afar, feeling dejected.

"How could this damn Yang Xiao get along so well with the people from Magic City?"

"It's said that Yang Xiao helped them hunt a High-Level Enhanced Gene giant scorpion this morning."

Luo Manli clenched her teeth; she had no way to deal with Yang Xiao at the moment and could only wait until this training session ended, then report back to Wentian City to see if they had any way to take revenge on Yang Xiao.

Cai Liang from Zongli City saw Yang Xiao and Zhou Jian together, feeling a pang of jealousy in his heart.

In the following days, Yang Xiao rode the Flame Horse alone with the Giant Eagle, hunting monsters in the desert, visiting Nanmu City every day to refine all the corpses of the Mutant Monsters with a Black Bottle, and then drank it.

Over ten days, Yang Xiao increased his Agility attribute by 10 points, raising it to 50 points.

He accumulated about 1.2 million Crystal Coins in just over ten days.

Yang Xiao found Zhou Jian.

"Brother Zhou, how many more days will you be in the desert?"

"Six more days."

"I need a favor from you guys. Take care of the Giant Eagle for me during these six days; I need to return to Nanmu City to handle some things."

"That's absolutely no problem, although, this Giant Eagle might not obey our commands."

"Well, no worries, I'll communicate with the Giant Eagle first."