Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 244

Sylas felt a rush plow through his mind. It felt like a silver bell had just gone off. It was a resonant feeling as though he was listening to the song of the universe. The last time he had felt this way was when he had lost his mind to the barrier in the Slithering Madness Dungeon.

Now, though, it felt like it was much more under his control.

However, that was when something that left Sylas speechless happened.

He missed.

The Rune flew through the air and missed the fusion point with the key. It shot past and hit the lock, forcing it to open.

With a clean *click*, the lock opened and Sylas felt a sort of bittersweet feeling.

He had focused so much on completing the Rune that his control in the end was still lacking. Interestingly enough, he didn’t need the key.

When he looked through the memories that he had received, he understood something.

Usually, you needed a medium to use Runes like this, almost like a mage’s wand or staff. In this situation, the medium was the key, while the target of the medium was obviously the lock.

But Sylas had missed it, and by coincidence, he noticed that he didn’t need a medium. Or rather, was it…?

’The Gluttony Seed… I felt it act before, and a small portion of it moved this time as well. I thought it was meaningless, but it seemed that it’s far more useful than I thought. It made my telekinesis feel more… real, more tangible, and that’s what allows it to not need a medium. Interesting…’

Still, Sylas admonished himself. Putting in all the effort to miss in the end wasn’t a good thing. Though he had learned something important from this excursion, he had to remember to keep more focus in the future.

Just as Sylas was about to continue to the next step, he was pushed out of the door.

The door faded away as he appeared back on the road. To Sylas’ surprise, it seemed that he had already passed.

That was odd. He was pretty sure that there were dozens more challenges in that door alone. But now it was gone.

Sylas thought for a moment if he had been scammed, but in the end, he shook his head. That shouldn’t be the case.

Just as he was about to see what the second door held, though, his expression changed. He felt a spike of pain and immediately realized that it could have only come from his real body.

With a thought, he exited the world.

The first thing Sylas saw when stepping out was a whirlwind of snow. It seemed far denser here and even seemed to have a hint of a blue glow.

Sylas was shocked because he even noticed that his skin was frighteningly pale right now, even the tips of his fingers were starting to gain a deathly color.

He hurriedly covered himself in a layer of Aether skin, realizing that much like the volcano, this wasn’t a normal environment. This cold was being bolstered by Aether.

The second thing Sylas noticed was that there was an uptick of beasts in the region. It was hard to spot them at first because of their white fur and the backdrop of this world, but Sylas felt his hair stand on end when he did.

The third thing he noticed was that all of these beasts were headed in the same direction, even ignoring the Basilisk King that hadn’t noticed them immediately as well.