Super Gene Hunting Ground

Master Long watched Yang Xiao, pondered for a moment, and seemed to understand something as he indifferently said:

"There's nothing impossible. His spiritual power is at least 8 points. The stronger the will, the greater the potential that can be unleashed. Neither of you have cultivated spiritual power, so naturally, you think it's impossible. Ask yourselves, after running up to the 50th floor, did you rely purely on physical strength, or on strong perseverance?"

The two were stunned. What Master Long said was true—if not for strong perseverance, everyone would have given up long ago.

"Your human race has always possessed strong spiritual power; you just don't know how to transform it. I will teach you this course later."

Prince nodded somewhat understandingly, then suddenly felt something was off.

Du Tianxing asked:

"How does he have spiritual power? Hasn't he just arrived as well?"

"Heh, that you'll have to ask him."

The two stood up from the snow, looking towards Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao understood that his learning of the Spiritual Control Technique from Gu Bo had been recorded in his profile, and that's why Master Long knew so much about him.

He chuckled and said:

"It was a fortuitous coincidence. I happened to learn it from the owner of a Genetic Store."

While they were speaking, the rest of the individuals began to arrive consecutively at the rooftop, one after another, out of breath and exhausted.

Naturally, the first to arrive were the ten practitioners at the Enhanced Gene Advanced Stage. After rushing up, they simply lay down in the snow. One of them glanced at Yang Xiao and said:

"Bro, did you take Viagra?"

"You're just too freakish!"

...

Everyone expressed their envy, jealousy, and hate, while Yang Xiao could only chuckle awkwardly.

Gradually, more and more people arrived. About twenty minutes later, everyone had gathered on the rooftop.

...

Actually, the people who arrived later didn't know that Yang Xiao had won the third place. Only those ten with Enhanced Gene Advanced knew about Yang Xiao's third-place achievement.

Those ten advanced practitioners didn't know the details of the final sprint between Yang Xiao and Prince. If they knew, they would be even more astonished, because if there were just two more stories, Yang Xiao would have surpassed Prince.

Prince felt relieved that the building was 88 floors and not a hundred—how wise was the person who built this building!

Master Long touched a ring on the thumb of his left hand, and three white bottles appeared in mid-air.

Yang Xiao was surprised, a Space Ring?

This was his first time seeing someone wearing a Space Ring. Even Prince did not wear a Space Ring on their fingers.

"This is the Indiscriminate Genetic Potion. Its efficacy is ten times that of the regular Genetic Potion you're currently using, and it can enhance any genetic attribute. I will now reward these to the top three runners of today."

Upon finishing, Master Long waved his hand, and the three bottles of potion flew towards Du Tianxing, Gu Beifeng, and Yang Xiao respectively.

When the prize flew towards the two princes, everyone was not surprised, but seeing the prize fly towards Yang Xiao, everyone's mouth fell open in astonishment.

Many recognized Yang Xiao.

"Holy shit, did Yang Xiao really get third place?"

"Yang Xiao has gotten impressive."

...

People like Ouyang Cheng, Chi Lin, and Dai Liang, who were more familiar with Yang Xiao, couldn't believe that Yang Xiao could win third place.

"This is crazy; isn't this kid only at the Primary Level? How could he have outrun those at an Advanced Stage?"

Master Long glanced over everyone and said:

"Starting now, everyone will immediately run back down the same way you came. Arrive at the 2nd-floor dining hall within half an hour for lunch. Those who do not enter the dining hall within half an hour will forfeit their lunch privileges."

After speaking, Master Long's figure flashed, and he was the first to run downstairs.

The people were initially stunned, then all ran down in a swarm.

"Is Master Long even human? I've just rested, and my legs are already weak."

"I guess he's not human, he comes from another planet; who knows what kind of monster he's turned into."

"Brothers ahead, hurry up! If you're late, you won't get any food."

"Ouch, running like this, I reckon I'll be dead tired tonight."

"Now, even if a beauty stripped naked in front of me, I wouldn't be able to move an inch."

....

Amidst various complaints, everyone hurriedly made their way downstairs.

Going downstairs was much faster, after all, it consumed far less energy.

This time, Yang Xiao didn't get much of an advantage. By the time he reached the 50th floor, he had been left behind and was among the last dozen or so runners.

When he got down to the 10th floor, Yang Xiao caught up with Wu Hua and Feng Tang.

The two of them were jealous that Yang Xiao had just finished third and won a prize, stealing the spotlight. Feeling somewhat annoyed, they mocked:

"Yang Xiao, why aren't you running? Thought you were all that tough?"

"Yeah, you managed to take third place running up, how come you've wilted on the way down?"

Yang Xiao laughed:

"There's no prize for running down, so what's the rush? As long as I can make it to lunch, that's good enough."

...

In the end, everyone managed to get to the cafeteria within half an hour.

Master Long was standing at the entrance to the cafeteria, asking everyone to remove the necklaces they wore.

The moment the necklaces were removed, everyone felt a sudden lightness in their body.

Originally panting from exhaustion, they felt instantly rejuvenated when the necklaces came off, suddenly becoming lively and vigorous.

The amount of food for lunch had increased by 50% compared to the past few days.

"After lunch, everyone go back to your rooms and rest. Continue training in the 3rd floor hall at 2 PM."

Master Long finished speaking and then turned to leave.

Yang Xiao was eating quietly when Gu Beifeng and Du Tianxing came over to him, and Ouyang Cheng quickly stood up to offer his seat.

Du Tianxing and Gu Beifeng sat opposite Yang Xiao, smiling:

"Brother Yang, I'm impressed. We both missed out. Let's be friends. I'm Gu Beifeng."

"I'm Du Tianxing."

Both of them extended their hands to Yang Xiao.

Everyone was stunned.

In the past three days, Gu Beifeng and his companion had never been so courteous to anyone, and they even squabbled with each other often. Their polite demeanor towards Yang Xiao now genuinely made people wonder if they had seen it wrong.

However, everyone also understood that strength determined everything, including one's circle of friends.

Yang Xiao smiled lightly, extending his hand and giving each of them a symbolic handshake:

"You two princes are too kind. I've long heard of your great reputations, it's unfortunate that we haven't met sooner, haha!"

"Haha..."

The two chatted casually with Yang Xiao, asking about the basic situation in Nanmu City, before getting to the main point.

"Brother, what is this spiritual power Master Long mentioned? Could you teach us?"

Yang Xiao glanced at the two men, activated his consciousness, and a piece of meat from his plate floated into the air and moved to his mouth. After he bit into it and started chewing, he spoke:

"This is spiritual power, but I can't teach you the specific cultivation method. You'll need to find Master Long. Didn't he say he would teach everyone in a few days?"

After hearing this, the two did not insist on Yang Xiao teaching them the Spiritual Control Technique. After exchanging a few pleasantries, they left.

Yang Xiao finished his lunch and returned to the 68th floor. Passing by the service counter in the corridor, he glanced over and didn't see Number 25, feeling a bit disappointed inside.