Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 301

Chapter 301: Sensitivity [Bonus]

DOOM.

The ocean's surface rocked. _{freewebnσvel.cøm}

DOOM.

A dull sound continuously echoed like a bass drum with a loose resonant head.

DOOM.

Then came the blood.

Sylas ripped his way out of the mouth of the floating sperm whale, his body covered in muck. His nose twisted with disgust, and he immediately dove into the ocean waters, preferring the salty streaks to whatever disgusting concoction this was.

He reflected on the battle and realized something profound. These creatures were definitely powerful, but their Mental didn't scale as fast as their Physical, leaving them without flexibility in combat. Even if the sperm whale had over 400 Strength, that was useless in the face of 550 Defense. It had been completely outdone by just a single skill. But that also meant that at higher Levels, when their Mental, and Intelligence especially, began to catch up... well, they'd be as shocking as the mage snail that Sylas had met that day in the volcano portal.

Sylas plucked out the Gene Core of the sperm whale and used his Rune mastery to extricate the Ice-Poison from it, then tossed it into the Madness Key.

He was about to leave the rest of the sperm whale behind when he shook his head. His Madness Key was enormous by now. Why leave such good food behind? He still hadn't forgotten that he wanted to find a convenient way to cook a lot of food, but while he had yet to find those means, taking on such good meat wouldn't be bad. The high Physical of the sperm whale would definitely come with great nutrients.

There were a lot of things that Sylas knew that he had to take more seriously. Sleep, hydration, nutrition... they were all just as important as they had been on Earth before the Summoning. He had to treat himself like a high-performance athlete, or else he would end up breaking his body down. The impurities sickness he had suffered was only just one aspect of that.

"Hm?"

Sylas was about to reorient himself and continue on his way when he spotted something else. At first, he thought that he had run into yet another creature who needed to be taught a lesson. But then he saw it...

The blood of the sperm whale was pooling around this place oddly. It was hard to tell with the waters churning so much and the dark clouds above, but Sylas' sensitivity to Ice-Poison and his visualization had picked it up.

With narrowed eyes, Sylas dove into the waters, trying to sharpen his focus and night vision, looking around in the dark waters.

'Odd... is it really the blood?'

Sylas chose to follow it. Logically, he would think that the blood would spread out and dilute, especially with how agitated the waters were. But they ignored the currents and flowed along a completely different path. Sylas followed silently and found himself sinking deeper into the ocean on a slow, declining path.

'Should I continue?'

After over ten minutes had passed, Sylas felt that it was too much of a danger for him to continue like this. If he dove too deep, let alone oxygen, he would have to worry about decompression sickness.