Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 193

Chapter 193 Jeep

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Sylas bolted, practically leaving a streak of black in his wake.

His body seemed to instinctively react. He leaned forward, using his tail as a balance as he accelerated more and more.

He pulled on <Madness Control> and his newly minted Bronze Mastery Madness Comprehension. With both working in tandem, he not only quickly grasped the best ways to use this new body, but his running efficiency reached a new realm in an instant.

In not even half a second, he hit his top Speed.

The feeling of 123 Speed whipped against his scales, gliding off.

With his tail as a balance, he was several times more aerodynamic.

He didn't worry about anything else. Just move faster, faster, faster…

His mind was its own clock. He counted down the remainder of his 30 seconds, feeling that the time wasn't enough, but there was nothing else he could do about it.

To his back, Sylas could already feel that there were several figures rushing after him. Only one of them was truly a threat. However, Sylas didn't turn back to find out who it was. His mind was entirely focused on increasing his Speed. If he turned back, his Efficiency would plummet and he would waste precious seconds.

Then, he saw what he was looking for in the distance. His slit eyes flickered.

It was a military jeep located outside the range of the portal. He knew that Joel, Mordicai, and Linzie had to have come here with some sort of transportation, and he had correctly deduced that the reason they were walking in from the distance was because they didn't want it to be destroyed by the Aether as all technology seemed to be.

However, it was still a gamble. That was because he had no idea what the vehicle would be; it might very well be one he couldn't drive. And even though he was lucky that this turned out to be a military jeep, would there be a key?

Even from 200 meters away, Sylas knew that this jeep wasn't on, which means the likelihood that the key was in the ignition was low.

Could he hot-wire it? He wasn't sure. He had only seen Bloom do it once before, and he had no idea how to do it himself other than copying and pasting what he had seen and hoping for the best.

His gaze sharpened as an arrow entered his visualization range.

With a stomp, he slid to the side.

He didn't have much time to figure this out, but he had an idea he got courtesy of the professor.

The system could be used on things that weren't of the Aether Plane.

In which case…

<Basic Scouting>.

Almost instantly, Sylas' mind was flooded with information about the military jeep. It was so detailed that it felt like a flashbang had gone off in his head.

He still had Madness activated, so <Basic Scouting> was displaying far more prowess than it normally would, and in an instant, Sylas' mind had been downloaded with more information than even a veteran mechanic would have.