Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 245

As far as he was aware, Cassarae had moved away from home after high school. But her parents hadn’t. In fact, they often came over to Sylas’ home to spend time with his parents. Their families were close enough that he could call them aunt and uncle if he had a different personality.

It was just that Cassarae had never come with them in all these years, and neither did Sylas go over when his parents went to visit.

Sylas hesitated for a moment, but he knew that he had already made a decision. The objective truth was that he was making this decision based on emotion, but that didn’t mean that there wouldn’t be other benefits.

This Portal was here, and yet there was no sign of the government. Much like Paradise, this was an open region without influence. And unlike Paradise… there was much greater potential here.

Paradise was a small city, but Alderon was more of a mid-sized city, though it was close to York City, a large cosmopolitan not much unlike Lone Star.

Veridian University was located in Alderon, and Alderon was a city that pretty much surrounded the existence of the top one university. It could be said that Alderon was more like a gated community. It’s just that it had grown so large because the university had its hands in too many pots.

While this city wasn’t nearly as large as Lone Star, it was a suburban utopia with a high concentration of elites. The prestige of the number one university in the world wasn’t something that could be explained in a few words.

But that was also why there was a nagging thought in the back of Sylas’ mind.

How could the government allow such an important place to be overrun?

It made sense in Paradise’s case because it was so insignificant in the grand scheme… but could they really be so short-handed here?

’Let’s go.’

Sylas’ gaze became sharp and he adjusted himself to a peak. Before he understood if the government truly wasn’t here, he would have to check to see what was on the other side of his portal.

The Dire Wolf rushed forward and Sylas’ visualization remained sharp. He paid attention to every slight change as he placed the Basilisk King back into the Hibernation Realm.

Surprisingly, he got to the other side with great ease. The beasts didn’t mind him at all, and he felt himself relax slightly.

Technically speaking, there was no reason for the beasts to target him more than any one of the other beasts around him.

Usually, they reacted so poorly because he was entering their territory. This was a similar reason to why they would stop him from entering Dungeons as well. After all, they would settle down around the region and call it home.

In this case, they all had the same goal and he wasn’t obstructing any of them, so there was likewise no reason for them to target him in specific.

’Now that I think about it, the aggressiveness of the beasts seems to all be artificially crafted…’

The Dire Wolf dove through the Portal and the sights on the other side made Sylas’ expression flicker.

There really was no government presence in this region as he thought, and as a result, what had once been a suburban paradise had been turned into…

Well, it couldn’t exactly be called a hell. Much of the damage was caused by Portals alone, not the beasts. They had yet to grow powerful enough to do things like plowing buildings down or cracking paved roads… Well, at least not most of them, and certainly not casually.

However, windows were knocked out, doors collapsed, beasts roamed in and out of homes as though they were the true owners and many more left into the distance, spreading out as though in search of something more.