King Kong's Angry Glare

"Who are you?"

Chen Feng looked up in confusion.

"My name is King Kong. I'm the Shop Manager of this Virtual Shop!"

The tall figure of light spoke coldly.

"Oh, hello."

Chen Feng was somewhat surprised.

"Hehe, hello my ass!"

King Kong flew into a rage. "This daddy didn't log in for two days, only to find that daily revenue had dropped by 50%! Who gave you the nerve to consign genes here? You're just a newbie, and all you make is trash Wood Bear Genes. Do you know how much money this daddy has lost over the past two days?!"

"A normal Wood Bear Gene can only sell for 5,000 yuan, while an excellent Wood Bear Gene with Max Stats sells for a full 10,000 yuan!"

"The trashiest genes you put up are hard to sell, and basically each one has to stay listed for an entire day! The high-stat genes listed by others usually sell within a few hours, freeing up their consignment slots so they can keep selling. Do you know how much business you've cost me?"

King Kong was furious.

"Oh."

Chen Feng was somewhat puzzled. "Then why don't you set Restriction Rules?"

Restriction Rules.

They were a Value-Added Service of the consignment system. The Virtual Community needed to make money too, so Gene Shops only came with the most basic consignment rules. Only after purchasing Restriction Rules could one freely set conditions, such as limiting gene types, gene categories, gene attributes, or even creating a blacklist.

At 10,000 yuan a month, it was a necessary purchase for any shop with a decent amount of traffic.

King Kong's expression immediately froze.

"Looks like you didn't buy it."

Chen Feng understood.

This guy didn't want to spend the 10,000 yuan, but he also didn't want newbie gene makers consigning goods in his shop. Yet when people consigned items, they naturally went wherever there was an empty slot. Who would know what was going on with his shop? This was the textbook behavior of a deadbeat. If you didn't set restrictions, how was anyone supposed to know what you wanted? Were they supposed to guess?

"Is it any of your business whether this daddy buys it or not?"

King Kong flew into a rage from embarrassment and roared, "Get lost! This daddy's shop doesn't welcome rookies."

"Alright."

Chen Feng nodded slightly, then left.

Only then was King Kong satisfied. Hmph, spending 10,000 yuan to set rules? Completely unnecessary. Once these rookie newbies got cursed out, they wouldn't dare come back.

But then...

When he turned around, his expression suddenly stiffened.

Wood Bear Gene Reagents had suddenly appeared in the previously empty Glass Cabinets. All eight vacant slots had been completely filled!

And these genes...

"Fuck!"

"You bastard!"

King Kong trembled with rage. Before leaving, that guy had actually listed all his genes for consignment? Right in front of him?

How could someone be this shameless?!

King Kong was about to explode.

Meanwhile.

Chen Feng leisurely returned to reality.

King Kong's threats?

He didn't care in the slightest. Since there were no Restriction Rules, that meant he was fully qualified to consign goods there. It was perfectly reasonable!

Want to restrict him?

Then obediently go buy the Value-Added Service.

Still, Chen Feng now understood just how difficult life was for ordinary gene makers.

The massive resource investment in the early stages was one thing, but even selling Gene Reagents brought discrimination. No wonder so many people preferred selling directly to shops. They would rather lose a little more money than put up with this crap.

"Looks like if I want to make a profit, I'll need excellent Wood Bear Genes."

Chen Feng fell into thought.

Recently, all his energy had gone toward gene fusion. Now that he had fully mastered the formula, he could try aiming for a higher level!

For example—

Excellent genes with high attributes!

Wood Bear Genes had three possible high-attribute outcomes: 3 Strength, 3 Constitution, or both.

Gene production had three steps. The third step, gene fusion, was the key to success, while the first step, gene searching, was the key to producing high-attribute genes!

The reason was simple: materials.

The gene fragments sought in the first step were the materials for the reactions and fusion that followed! Only the best genetic materials could produce the best attributes!

"The best genes..."

Chen Feng fell into thought.

Wrapping the Wood Bear Essence Blood in his mental energy, Chen Feng watched light flow before his eyes as he entered the Multi-dimensional World.

Countless genes drifted past.

Chen Feng easily found the material genes required for the Wood Bear Gene, but they were all the most ordinary genes.

"Superior genes?"

Chen Feng decided to wait a little longer.

Yet after a full two minutes, only one gene had appeared that was visibly an entire size larger than the others. Clearly, there were not many such genes.

"This won't do."

Chen Feng frowned.

One gene every two minutes—how long would it take to replace all thirteen with this kind of gene?

"Accelerate!"

Chen Feng used his mental energy to speed up the entire Multi-dimensional World!

The genes that had been moving at a normal pace suddenly sped up. Chen Feng watched every gene that flashed past his eyes, keeping the relatively powerful ones.

But just as he caught the sixth one, the world before him suddenly began to flicker.

Boom!

The Multi-dimensional World collapsed!

Chen Feng's vision returned to normal, while the Wood Bear Essence Blood had already turned into a cloud of blood mist.

"Failed."

Chen Feng shook his head.

His mental energy had been exhausted!

This was the first time he had failed during the gene-search phase!

His current mental energy limit was 30 points, yet after using it all up, he had not even gathered half of the superior genes, let alone produced high attributes!

Besides, even if he made it with that level of consumption, so what?

It simply was not worth it!

To create a superior Wood Bear Gene, Chen Feng needed at least 60 points of mental energy! That was without accounting for terrible luck!

Trade 60 points of mental energy for one superior Wood Bear Gene?

He absolutely refused.

"Not cost-effective."

Chen Feng pondered.

The reason he was making superior Wood Bear Genes was that he lacked money. If he used this method to make one, he would have to spend a great deal of his own money on top of it just to earn money!

He went online to look things up and, while he was at it, learned some gene-search techniques.

Chen Feng figured that with more practice, the mental energy consumption might fall to around 40 points, but that was already the limit!

For the rest, he could only rely on luck.

That was precisely why.

Novice Production Masters only made ordinary genes for practice. As long as they could keep their income and expenses balanced without losing too much money, that was enough. Superior genes with high attributes?

Those were the work of Production Masters!

For Production Masters, mental energy was never in short supply. They could produce huge batches of Max Stats genes in minutes; perhaps their Divine Power Consumption was not even as fast as their recovery!

"Do I have to wait until later?"

Chen Feng felt somewhat regretful.

But at that moment, he suddenly thought of something—gene searching depended on luck! So what if he used the Luck Aura?

"I can give it a try."

Chen Feng suddenly grew excited.

After preparing the experimental materials, Chen Feng took a deep breath.

"Begin!"

His mental energy slowly enveloped the Wood Bear Gene, and in an instant, he entered the Multi-dimensional World.

"Buzz—"

Luck Aura, activated!

The moment Chen Feng opened his eyes, he was stunned.

Countless genes flowed past his eyes. They weren't moving quickly, but every gene that appeared was astonishingly among the strongest! Under the influence of the Luck Aura, the moment he entered the Multi-dimensional World, the strongest genes among tens of thousands had actually all passed by in the first batch!

Swish!

Swish!

Chen Feng seized those strongest genes.

The first step was complete. Luck Value consumed: 1 point.

Chen Feng deactivated the Luck Aura and proceeded with the rest at a normal pace. Now that he could guarantee the success of his gene fusion, there was no need to worry about failure at all.

Very soon.

The Gene Reagent turned a deep azure.

Production complete.

Swish.

Gene analysis complete. The gene data appeared on the Light Screen.

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Wood Bear Gene.

Basic Genes: Strength +3, Physique +3.

Gene Ability: Wood Bear's Fury. Increases Strength by 10 points for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds.
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Ahem, ahem. Originally, those last three lines were supposed to be in the next chapter... but considering the odds of getting beaten to death if I did that, I decided to post them now... Please vote! Please bookmark!