Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 274

Chapter 274: Who?

Sylas's eyes snapped open. Without time to think, he immediately spun to his side just in time for his stomach to turn over.

He heaved, a foul black liquid coming out of his mouth in continuous waves. Even when he thought that it was over, his throat ached and pulsed as his chest continued to heave. It was as though his stomach wouldn't be satisfied until it turned inside out.

His face turned sickly pale. When he thought it was over and had a sip of water, even that came heaving up.

Coughing violently, he pushed himself up. He couldn't drink water despite how parched he was, and he assumed he couldn't have food either. Was this the consequence of having too many Elixirs? But wasn't this too exaggerated? At this rate, he would die of thirst.

Sylas grit his teeth and took another swig of water. He ended up vomiting this as well. However, he continued. It took him three attempts before the water finally stayed down. He resisted the urge to chug a whole bottle. He didn't know much about medicine, but he knew that considering how thirsty he was now, he had at least gone several days without hydration. And considering how sick he was, he had certainly sweated a lot in his sleep.

If he suddenly flooded his body with water now, it would have the opposite effect. He might directly die as a result.

In the end, he could only resign himself to a few sips.

"You actually survived... But can you get me out of here, psycho Syl? You smell terrible."

Alex's voice made Sylas narrow his eyes. He looked up with a sharp gaze, but he relaxed when he saw that the Basilisk King was watching Alex like a hawk.

There was a small bit of fatigue in the Basilisk King's eyes as well. Clearly, it hadn't slept. Unfortunately, considering his current state, there was no way that Sylas could allow it to. Although Alex was severely injured, who knew what he was capable of?

Sylas had been aware enough to guess that the second-highest contribution was given to Alex. Well, he wasn't sure, but he assumed that the only one capable of hiding his name from the system was Alex. Even now, Sylas couldn't see his real stats.

If Alex communed with the system and took out rewards while Sylas was out cold, it was possible for him to have reversed the situation. Luckily, the Basilisk King seemed to have been paying attention the entire time, not giving him such a chance.

Sylas had to thank his lucky stars that the Basilisk King was an intelligent creature that could understand these things on its own. Otherwise, Sylas would have likely suffered this time.

He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. This world was truly too dangerous, and he was far too far from being the kind of strong he needed to be to ignore everything else.