Zheng Zha shouted, "What do you mea—"
Old Six said no more. He suddenly raised a hand and pressed it onto Zheng Zha's head. With his other hand, he reached into The Void at his side and grabbed. Zhang Jie, who had been hiding in a corner, was sucked over with a whoosh and seized tightly by the face with a smack. No matter how he roared and struggled, he could not move at all.
Everyone fell silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to step forward.
Only Loli and Zhang Jie's female companion rushed forward in panic, only to be instantly flung away by Psychic Power.
Golden light blanketed Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie over a wide area at close range. Golden wheels turned in Old Six's eyes as he decoded more information. "So this is how the 'Nucleic Acid Lock' operates. It feels like a 'realm,' but its actual effect resembles the 'area bonuses' in certain games."
The golden light trembled. Old Six's aura changed again and again, and the Nucleic Acid Lock broke through layer by layer. In no more than a moment, he went from having no Nucleic Acid Lock unlocked to unlocking the third layer.
Under the buff provided by the Nucleic Acid Lock, the various bloodline states he had previously loaded also displayed greater power. As for the higher level—the fourth-stage Nucleic Acid Lock—it had already altered the memory compilation method. It would require more time, or higher-grade samples, to decode.
Suddenly, Old Six turned to look at Zhang Jie.
At such close range, he finally decoded Zhang Jie's secret and identified the source of that strange sensation.
"Half living human, half program?" Old Six's gaze trembled, and he was mildly surprised. "There's such a life-form?"
Shi Tiexin, who had not made a sound