Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 39

Chapter 39 Gene Crystal

==[Bonus Chapter for 50 Golden Tickets]==

This must be what his grandfather meant by "not all Skills were created equal." He had just lost three Legendary Mastery Skills, and he didn't even know if he should miss them at all. That didn't even mention the fact <Madness Control> wasn't even at Common Mastery yet.

Sylas turned his attention to the final two rewards.

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[Common Gene Crystal (F) (Treasure)]

[One's Genetic Code is a universe within the universe. Endless and vast, the number of meandering paths it can take are uncountable. Use this Common Gene Crystal and begin to forge your own path]

[Capacity: 50]

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'Capacity of 50? Forge your own path?'

Suddenly, the answer hit Sylas like a bolt of lightning, and he understood.

Until now, no matter what kind of beast he killed, he always received Genes of the same kind: one of the four basic Physical stats.

Could it be that this Gene Crystal allowed him to take those Genes and combine them into something like the Grimblade Lineage? And since it had the prefix of "Common", the capacity should refer to 50 Common Genes, then?

Sylas' eyes narrowed. He felt that his guesses were pretty close to the mark, but what of it? What could he do with this information? Did he just have to randomly pour Genes in and hope it popped out something good?

And could he use it more than once?

The description didn't seem to say anything about a limit to how many times he could use it. So did that mean he could experiment?

He needed more information, but there was just far too little. He could only turn toward the final item, hoping that it would give him something to bet on.

With slow movements, he brought the two halves of the Madness Key together, but he couldn't even take action before they snapped forward, forming a loop of twine around their handles and wrapping around his neck.

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[Madness Key (Treasure)]

[A key leading to a fortune of Madness. Detects other Madness Disciples and enlightens your path. Contains small spatial world within. Can answer one question in exchange for <1 Fragmented> Gene]

[Curse Status: Glutton. <1 Common> Gene a day to maintain Happiness. Requirements grow by the day. <7 days> remaining until Hunger increases]

[Curse Status: Cannot be unequipped]