Astronomical-Priced Gene!

There had been a death in the residential complex. Some matters had to be dealt with.

Chen Feng thought about it. He knew quite a few people here, but most of them were ordinary civilians. The only person he could contact seemed to be Uncle Zhang.

"Uncle Zhang."

Chen Feng contacted Uncle Zhang and gave him a rough account of what had happened. Uncle Zhang rushed over soon after hearing it. When he saw Black Shadow lying on the ground, he was immediately astonished. "You killed him?"

"Yeah."

Chen Feng scratched his head. "I had just gotten back when I found this guy trying to assassinate me."

"Damn."

Uncle Zhang exclaimed in amazement, "You've already made it to the point where people are sending assassins after you? Us ordinary folks wouldn't get that kind of treatment in a lifetime."

Chen Feng: "..."

Wasn't he focusing on the wrong thing?

"Haha, just lightening the mood."

Uncle Zhang was rather carefree. He laughed, then searched the corpse. "Shadow Gene. It lets him hide in shadows—a standard F-Class Killer. Don't worry about getting dragged into a lawsuit; the police will handle it. The most important question now is, when did you offend people like this?"

"I'm not really sure either."

Chen Feng was puzzled.

"Let me take a look."

Uncle Zhang opened Black Shadow's Wristband. "This thing may look mysterious, but it still can't escape standard computer processing methods. For example, this specially customized Data Storage Chip."

Uncle Zhang carefully pinched out a Data Storage Chip and connected it to his gene detector. A huge mass of garbled characters flickered across the display, with only a few words vaguely recognized.

Gene...

Mutation...

Other than that, it was nothing but gibberish.

"Looks like we won't find any useful information."

Uncle Zhang shook his head with a sigh.

"No, I already know who it is."

A cold glint flashed through Chen Feng's eyes. Though he had already suspected it, receiving confirmation still made the anger in his heart surge. "It should be someone I offended in the Virtual Community. I thought it could be handled normally, but I never expected them to be this vicious."

It was like playing a game. Everyone was originally PKing and fighting in the game, tearing into each other on the world channel. But when the other side couldn't beat you, they actually traced your IP address to your home and planned to stab you.

Right now.

Chen Feng was furious.

He was furious at himself!

In the end, he had underestimated just how dangerous this world was.

His demands really weren't high. He was desperately short on money right now. As long as they bought it at a high price, the matter could have been easily resolved. Who cared about the title of researching the Wood Bear Third Gene?

Other than Professor Tao, who would treat this as the achievement of a lifetime?

He had even been ready to make the deal.

And yet...

"It was my oversight."

Chen Feng rubbed his head. "But what I want to know even more is, how did they find me?"

He didn't remember the Virtual Community having anything like IP addresses.

"It was some mysterious-type Gene Ability."

Uncle Zhang spoke up at that moment. "There are all sorts of Mutant Genes in this world. Some abilities are rather unusual, and because of that, they have some unusual uses."

"For example—the Black Demon Eye Gene."

"It's a peculiar gene from a Black Demon Mutated Beast. After gene fusion, you can gain its ability: within a thousand miles, there is nowhere to hide. But this is usually used to track criminals. I never expected them to use it on you."

After Uncle Zhang finished speaking, Chen Feng could only smile bitterly.

"Don't worry. Although this kind of ability is powerful, it has many restrictions and can't be used casually. At the very least, it requires D-Class or above, and the activation conditions are rather demanding. Besides, it's not without a countermeasure. There's a special alloy that can easily block it."

Uncle Zhang smiled.

"Oh? Where can I buy that alloy?"

Chen Feng's eyes lit up. He had no desire to be watched everywhere he went.

"Wait a moment."

Uncle Zhang rummaged around on himself for a while, then pulled out a small token resembling a coin. "Here. Just thread a string through it and wear it when you get back."

"Thank you."

Chen Feng casually took it. "But Uncle Zhang, this thing must be very valuable. I..."

Clatter.

Uncle Zhang pulled out a large handful from his pocket. "Want a few more if that's not enough?"

Chen Feng: "..."

Pretend he hadn't said that.

"Uncle Zhang, what did you do before?"

Chen Feng asked curiously. In the original owner's memories, Uncle Zhang had been an ordinary middle-aged man. Only after Chen Feng transmigrated here had he noticed certain details.

Ordinary middle-aged man, my ass!

What kind of middle-aged man could dismantle Wristbands?

What kind of middle-aged man knew counter-surveillance?

What kind of middle-aged man could crack a joke to lighten the mood while facing a corpse?

"Nothing much. I was a soldier for two years, then got kicked out."

Uncle Zhang sighed wistfully.

Chen Feng's expression immediately turned solemn.

A soldier...

In this era, anyone who could become a soldier was no weakling! It seemed Uncle Zhang had quite a story in his younger days, but since he did not want to talk about it, Chen Feng did not press further.

"You should head back first, kid. Leave this place to me."

"I'll deal with the police when they arrive. It's not suitable for you to show your face right now."

Uncle Zhang instructed.

"Thank you."

Chen Feng was immensely grateful.

Now that he knew Uncle Zhang had once been a soldier, this little matter should not be much of a problem. He did not refuse, taking the Wood Bear Gene and heading home.

"This kid, he really doesn't stand on ceremony."

Uncle Zhang shook his head with a laugh.

As he carefully examined the wounds on Black Shadow's corpse, he felt rather gratified.

"This kid."

"Looks like he has quite a few tricks up his sleeve."

Back in his room.

The smile vanished from Chen Feng's face.

He had never expected that the one who had sent someone to assassinate him would be Professor Tao! Something that could originally have been settled with money had actually escalated this far!

Was he brain-dead?

Had Chen Feng overestimated these people's intelligence? Or had he underestimated their methods?

Taking a deep breath.

Chen Feng forced himself to calm down.

Since the other side had already declared war, he would not hold back either!

As for assassination?

Heh.

He did not care in the slightest. Wang Yue once, Black Shadow once—did they really think assassinating him was that easy? With his extreme vigilance and the Luck Aura, Chen Feng believed that even if he could not win, escaping would not be a problem. This was the City Area, after all. They would not dare go too far.

"You want to play?"

"Then I'll play with you properly."

Chen Feng sneered.

However, as he looked at the post that had long been written in his drafts, Chen Feng paused and suddenly deleted the original title. If he wanted to stir up public opinion, he needed a more explosive headline.

And headlines like that...

Chen Feng suddenly smiled. He knew far too many of them.

Late that night.

A vial of Wood Bear Gene Reagent priced at one million appeared in the Virtual Community's Trading Department, causing a sensation throughout the entire Virtual Community and even the Academic Forum.

Countless people were woken up in the middle of the night.

"It's here!"

"The Wood Bear Third Mutant Gene really appeared."

"Holy shit, it actually exists?"

Only now did many people truly notice this thing's existence. After all, the previous few had been bought out instantly, leaving no one with a chance to see them.

And now...

"Madman!"

"He's a madman!"

Professor Tao cursed furiously.

His assistant had woken him up in the middle of the night, and it was because of that damned Mutant Gene again! That guy had actually raised the price tenfold! Did he really think Professor Tao was some rich fool to be fleeced? He did not have that much money! The only consolation was that, even under these circumstances, many people on the Academic Forum still supported him.

"Professor Tao was actually right."

"So impressive."

"Yeah, no one would have dared to think in that direction."

Everyone sighed in admiration.

Yet many people still had their doubts.

Then, at this extraordinarily sensitive moment, a post on the Academic Forum instantly set the entire forum ablaze, leaving everyone stunned—not only by its contents, but also by its horrifying title—

"Shocking! Men fall silent after reading it, women shed tears! The truth behind Wood Bear's Third Gene is actually..."

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