Super Gene Hunting Ground

Yang Xiao was the first to complete a thousand push-ups, astonishing everyone including Gu Beifeng, Du Tianxing, and Master Long.

Although the gold necklaces everyone wore could suppress the effects of Genetic Attribute, a person's basic abilities were still related to their Genetic Evolution Level, after all, the evolutionary state of the body's muscles and bones was there and could not be completely suppressed.

Even Yang Xiao himself did not expect that the Spiritual Control Technique he had studied a few months ago would bring such a big change to himself.

"Okay, Yang Xiao can go and rest now, and the rest of you keep going."

Master Long gave a low shout, and everyone pushed themselves off the ground, gritting their teeth and persevering.

"If you want to transform your own genes and increase the space for Genetic Evolution, Body Refinement, Bone Forging, Yijin, and Marrow Cleansing, these four stages of Cultivation, each must be diligently practiced, especially Body Refinement. Without a solid foundation in Body Refinement, it will severely affect the subsequent three stages..."

Master Long stood in the middle of the hall and said.

In about half an hour, everyone had finished a thousand push-ups, one by one lying on the ground refusing to get up.

Master Long glanced over and said:

"Alright, stop playing dead on the ground, take off your necklaces, go downstairs to eat, starting from tonight, the cafeteria will provide self-paid late-night snacks. If you have your own money, you should still buy some food to replenish yourself, which is beneficial for Genetic Evolution."

The crowd took off their necklaces and immediately felt a sense of relief, as if revived.

At dinner, Yang Xiao had already become a hit.

He grabbed the third place in the stair climbing this morning, and he was the first in push-ups in the afternoon, everyone knew what this meant - Yang Xiao had a huge space for improvement in Genetic Modification; he was a strong person of the future, so why not take the opportunity to establish a good relationship?

Many would come over to greet Yang Xiao, to become familiar faces; even Du Tianxing and Gu Beifeng were exceptionally warm towards Yang Xiao.

"Yang Xiao, come and have late-night snacks together tonight, my treat," said Gu Beifeng.

Du Tianxing said from the side:

"I've already made plans with Yang Xiao, your treat will have to wait until tomorrow."

Yang Xiao smiled and said:

"We're all brothers, don't be so polite, let me treat you guys. But we're from small Nanmu City, which is poor, so I can only treat you to something cheap."

"What are you talking about, we're in Magic City and still letting you pick up the bill?"

Du Tianxing said with a pat on his chest.

Gu Beifeng on the side said:

"Yeah, that's right. Then why not treat me too? You're the host, we're all guests."

"Get out, you're the big boss of Wentian City, and you want me to treat you? That doesn't sound good if it gets out."

"I don't care ah, as long as I get to eat, hehe...."

...

The three of them made an appointment to meet at the restaurant for a late-night snack at nine in the evening.

After dinner, Yang Xiao went back to the 68th floor, and when he passed the service counter in the corridor, his eyes lit up. Number 25 was standing there, smiling at him.

Yang Xiao hurried over,

"Eh, where have you been today? Haven't seen you all day."

"Ah, I had some things to take care of, so I wasn't here during the day."

"Do you have time now?"

"Yes."

"Play Go?"

"Sure."

"Same rules as always, if you lose, you owe me a kiss."

Number 25 rolled her eyes at him.

The two set up the Go board and began to play immediately.

Today was the first time Yang Xiao truly felt the power of spiritual strength; he had thought it was only cool to move objects from a distance, but he never imagined it could activate the body's potential and possess an unexpectedly amazing energy.

Yang Xiao played Go more seriously, and patiently taught Number 25 the skills of Go.

Only by training Number 25 into a master could he improve his own spiritual power faster.

Of course, Number 25 benefited a lot; her original spiritual power was already far superior to Yang Xiao's, it was just that due to her poor Go skills, she couldn't fully show it.

With Yang Xiao's guidance, Number 25's game improved greatly, and Yang Xiao suddenly felt the pressure from her spiritual power.

Although Yang Xiao eventually won, the time taken for each game extended from the previous 20 minutes to over 40 minutes, and Yang Xiao started feeling mentally fatigued.

After three games, Yang Xiao felt a bit tired.

"That's enough for today. You go back and take a hot bath and have a good rest," said Number 25, looking at Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao nodded, stood up, and headed towards his room, when suddenly he stopped and turned back to ask:

"Are you coming over tonight?"

No. 25 rolled her eyes at Yang Xiao and turned her head away, ignoring him.

Yang Xiao chuckled and continued towards his room.

Glancing at the time, he saw that it was still early, and there was an hour left until his late-night snack appointment with Du Tianxing. So he decided to stand in his room and run the Genetic Transformation Technique "Surging Waves", spending nearly an hour cultivating. He sweated a lot and then ran to the bathroom to take a shower.

After a hot shower, he felt relaxed and comfortable. He got dressed, left his room, and headed downstairs.

Upon leaving, he ran into Chi Lin and Dai Liang, along with a few others from the same floor. Everyone was heading to the cafeteria for a late-night snack.

Chi Lin and the others were especially polite to Yang Xiao, looking at him with admiration.

Everyone knew that Yang Xiao had mastered the Spiritual Control Technique and was keen to learn from him. However, Yang Xiao found it troublesome. With limited time, he only wanted to spend the evenings playing Go with No. 25 to enhance his spiritual power. He had no time to waste teaching others and excused himself by saying that he had made a promise to his teacher not to pass the technique on casually. Everyone heard this and did not insist, placing their hopes on Master Long to someday teach them this amazing cultivation method.

Upon arriving at the cafeteria, there were already quite a few people there. Gu Beifeng and Du Tianxing were already seated, with several delicate pastries on the table.

"Brother Yang, over here."

Du Tianxing waved to Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao walked over.

"You guys came early?"

"We had nothing to do tonight, and since you were coming, Brother Yang, I ordered some snacks. Go take a look and see what you like. Feel free to order, it's on me."

Yang Xiao replied:

"Then thank you first."

He turned and walked to the food counter at the front.

The food was openly displayed on the tables, with two attractive women standing by.

Yang Xiao glanced at the menu, noticing the prices for a late-night snack were not cheap – the cheapest being a certain type of leaf, costing a thousand Crystal Coins each, roughly the size of a palm.

There were fruits similar to apples priced at two thousand Crystal Coins each.

There were about a dozen types of fruits, as well as meats, pastries, and beverages.

Yang Xiao remembered the golden liquid he had on the first day at the cafeteria, now a small cup cost five thousand Crystal Coins.

A casual late-night meal could cost tens of thousands of Crystal Coins. For someone like Yang Xiao who only had over 200,000 Crystal Coins, late-night dining was unaffordable, at least not on a daily basis.

Yang Xiao ordered a cup of the golden liquid, a piece of fish – costing three thousand Crystal Coins for a palm-sized portion, and an apple, totaling ten thousand Crystal Coins.

Ten thousand Crystal Coins probably wouldn't hurt Du Tianxing too much.

Yang Xiao, holding his plate of food, said to the beauty beside him:

"Come with me, the boss is treating us."

The beauty followed Yang Xiao to Du Tianxing's table, where Du Tianxing was quick on the uptake. Without a word from Yang Xiao, he handed his Black Crystal Card to the woman, who inserted it into a black box to complete the transaction and returned the card to Du Tianxing.

"Thanks."

Yang Xiao said.

"No need to be polite." Du Tianxing patted Yang Xiao's shoulder.

"Yang Xiao, you underestimate Du Demon King. Ten thousand Crystal Coins are just a drop in the bucket for him, haha."

Gu Beifeng laughed.

"Yeah, you guys are the big bosses; I'm just a poor man."

Yang Xiao knew this was not the time to play the rich man, and he truly was a pauper, mainly because Nanmu City was just too poor.

Du Tianxing laughed and said:

"Tomorrow it's Emperor Gu's turn to treat. Order more, don't let him save money, he's rolling in it."

...

Everyone chatted while eating, all young people and students from the university, so it was easy to communicate.

At least two-thirds of the 138 City Kings were local university students.

After interacting, Yang Xiao realized that Gu Beifeng and Du Tianxing both carried an air of dominance and pride. After all, they were the only two King Level Genetic Evolvers in the Xuanming District at present.

However, now in front of Yang Xiao, both of them lowered their stance, genuinely trying to make friends with Yang Xiao. Although there was a utilitarian motive, Yang Xiao didn't mind – after all, interactions between people are inherently self-serving. Wouldn't it be a joke to expect Gu Beifeng and Du Tianxing to condescend to a mediocrity?

After chatting for a while, Yang Xiao suddenly asked:

"In terms of the future development of Wentian City and Magic City, or even the whole Xuanming District, what are you two's thoughts?"

Gu Beifeng and Du Tianxing were startled and stared at Yang Xiao.

(Four updates done, too tired, resting. Thanks to the book friend 'Discreet Reading' for the tip of 100 Qidian Coins, much appreciated!)