Gene Enhancement!

"Why are you making that face?"

Mu Yuan inexplicably felt a chill run down his spine.

"It's nothing."

Thinking of the real matter at hand, Chen Feng asked, "Do you know how to increase mental strength?"

"By producing genes."

Mu Yuan said as if it were obvious, "For us Gene Producers, as long as we produce genes, our mental strength will increase. If you think the growth is too slow, you can undergo a certain degree of gene training. Some advanced training courses can also raise mental strength a little."

"I need to increase it quickly."

Chen Feng shook his head.

He knew what Mu Yuan was talking about. That was the normal path of advancement for a producer, but what Chen Feng lacked most right now was time!

"Quickly?"

Mu Yuan frowned. "Let me think... Buy a Gene Reagent that permanently increases it? Though it's a little expensive."

"I've already used one."

Chen Feng rejected the suggestion without hesitation.

"Then I guess there's nothing else?"

Mu Yuan suddenly thought of something and shook his head. "Those are basically the only ways for Gene Producers to improve. There aren't really any shortcuts. But if it's a Gene Warrior..."

Chen Feng's eyes lit up. Right—Gene Producers were, in essence, Gene Warriors focused on mental strength! Those pure Gene Warriors couldn't produce genes, so how did they improve?

"I don't know whether I should tell you this."

Mu Yuan gave a bitter smile. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Do you know how Gene Warriors increase their strength?"

"Training?"

Chen Feng guessed.

"That's only part of it."

Mu Yuan took a deep breath. "Besides normal practice and high-intensity training, Gene Warriors have a faster but more dangerous method—Gene Enhancement!"

"Gene Enhancement?"

Chen Feng's eyes gleamed faintly. He seemed to have heard that term before.

"That's right, Gene Enhancement!"

Mu Yuan nodded. "So-called Gene Enhancement means hunting Mutated Beasts of the same type and using their genes for yourself! For example, if you fused an F-class Wood Bear Gene, then as long as you hunt a Wood Bear Mutated Beast stronger than yourself and absorb its genes into your body, you can enhance your own Wood Bear Gene!"

"How do you enhance it?"

Chen Feng was still a little confused.

"Hunt, absorb, fuse."

Mu Yuan stated it plainly. "Gene Enhancement is different from Essence Blood Tempering. To absorb genes into your body and enhance your own genes, you must preserve the genes' activity! In other words, Gene Enhancement must be completed within a few minutes of killing the Mutated Beast, or the gene activity will disappear."

So that was how it worked.

Chen Feng thought it over carefully. It didn't seem all that difficult?

Suppose he had fused a Wood Bear Gene with 30 points of strength. As long as he hunted a Wood Bear Mutated Beast with over 30 points of strength and absorbed its genes into his body, he could improve? This Gene Enhancement looked quite simple. How could it be as dangerous as Mu Yuan made it sound?

"Is the attribute increase 100%?"

Chen Feng suddenly thought of something.

"Of course not."

Mu Yuan shook his head. "You can think of Gene Enhancement as mixing two liquids with different concentrations. The attributes will be averaged. In other words, if you kill a Mutated Beast with 2 more points of strength than you, you can only gain 1 point of strength! But if one of its gene attributes is lower than yours..."

"Hehe, one of your attributes will decrease instead."

"An increase in attributes is still fine, but once any attribute decreases, causing gene degradation, the damage to your body will be enormous. The consequences would be unimaginable."

"Hiss—"

Chen Feng sucked in a cold breath.

Decrease?

Gene degradation?

He suddenly understood.

In other words, to truly undergo Gene Enhancement, he had to hunt a Mutated Beast that surpassed him in strength, agility, mental strength, and physique across the board.

Otherwise, after painstakingly killing a Mutated Beast, only for his attributes to decrease after Gene Enhancement, wouldn't that be ridiculous?

Not to mention how difficult it was to find a suitable Mutated Beast within a species, even if you found one, could you really defeat it? A Mutated Beast with the same attributes and the same Gene Ability had innate strength far surpassing that of a human at the same stage, let alone one stronger than yourself!

This was Gene Enhancement!

Kill a Mutated Beast, absorb its genes, fuse them with the genes in your body, and complete Gene Enhancement. Then your gene attributes could improve!

This was how Gene Warriors grew stronger.

Simple!

Brutal!

And—dangerous!

"So..."

Mu Yuan said in a low voice, "The mortality rate for Gene Warriors is very high."

"I understand."

Chen Feng's heart turned solemn, but this gave rise to another question. "Then if I found a few Mutated Beasts of the same species with 100 Max Stats and killed them, wouldn't I reach the F-Class limit in minutes?"

Chen Feng still had a few ideas of his own.

If he unleashed Wind Blade at full power...

"How could it be that easy?"

Mu Yuan said irritably, "Do you really think Gene Enhancement is that simple? The intensity of Gene Enhancement is closely tied to your body's tolerance and willpower. The Gene Guild recommends increasing F-Class genetic attributes by around one or two points at a time. Any more than that can be dangerous."

"What kind of danger?"

Chen Feng was curious.

"How would I know? I'm not a Gene Warrior."

Mu Yuan rolled his eyes at Chen Feng, then his expression became very serious. "Speaking of danger, I think you're the one in real danger right now, Chen Feng. I know you want to increase your mental energy quickly, but you're being too impatient!"

"Is it really that obvious?"

Chen Feng felt a little embarrassed.

"Don't take it lightly."

Mu Yuan sighed. "When I was short on money as a child, I came up with all sorts of quick and convenient ways to make money too. I just didn't have the ability to carry them out. When I grew up and was ready to do them, I discovered that all those so-called shortcuts had been written into the 'law.'"

"..."

Chen Feng stared at him dumbfounded. So everything you wanted to do back then was illegal?

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Mu Yuan advised, "Anything that takes a shortcut usually comes with danger. The faster the shortcut, the greater the danger! Even Gene Enhancement has to be done gradually. You can't mess around."

"Thanks."

Chen Feng understood what he meant.

"If you want to improve quickly, there will inevitably be risks."

Mu Yuan smiled. "Not everyone can be like us Gene Producers, steadily producing genes while also increasing our strength. Look at me—my mental energy has been improving steadily, and I've already broken through to E-Class."

Mu Yuan looked proud. This was also one reason Gene Producers were so popular.

"That's true."

Chen Feng laughed.

"Just don't do anything reckless."

Mu Yuan reminded him.

"Of course."

Chen Feng smiled.

After thanking Mu Yuan, Chen Feng ended the call.

Although this 'chatty confidant big brother' had repeatedly stressed how dangerous it was outside, Chen Feng had already made up his mind. No matter how dangerous it was, could it be more dangerous than Dragonfall Mountain last time?!

From the very beginning, Chen Feng had never intended to become a shut-in Gene Producer!

Because of gene production, most Gene Producers fused with support genes, making their combat ability far weaker. Although Production Masters could certainly hire people to protect them, was he supposed to entrust his safety to others for the rest of his life?

Chen Feng knew he could not do that.

The human heart was far too complicated.

Especially in this dangerous and unfamiliar world!

Chen Feng did not want to rely on others to protect him forever, nor did he want to remain in safe zones forever as a shut-in in the Different World. There were too many wondrous places in this world, and he wanted to see them all!

Who said Gene Producers had to fuse with support genes?

Who said Gene Producers had no combat power?

Even as a Gene Producer, he would become the Gene Producer with the strongest combat power!

Chen Feng was confident.

And since he wanted to become a strong person, the most basic combat and experience were absolutely indispensable!

Gene Enhancement?

Chen Feng would definitely go.

But going was one thing—he would certainly make every possible preparation first.

That day.

Chen Feng searched online for information on Wind Blade. This Gene Ability came from a Mutated Beast known as the Wind Fox, which could be found in many places.

As for Jin City...

After filtering through the options, Chen Feng was left with only one location—Green Mountain Forest.

Green Mountain Forest.

Located 120 li south of Jin City, it was an enormous forested mountain region. Due to its rugged terrain and sparse population, it had become the habitat of dozens of Mutated Beasts. Few people ventured there normally; only relatively powerful Gene Teams dared to undergo Gene Enhancement there!

And the Wind Fox was one of those dozens of Mutated Beasts.

"Hmm..."

Chen Feng examined the information carefully. Fortunately, Wind Foxes did not like living in groups.

"At this stage, Mutated Beasts have the advantage. If they're stronger than me, I simply can't beat them."

Chen Feng sank into thought. However, if he activated the Luck Aura and instantly killed Wind Foxes stronger than himself, his strength would improve much faster.

Hmm...

One point of spirit could increase his maximum mental power by one point. His current spirit attribute was only 52 points.

"Still 38 points short."

Chen Feng's demands were not high. As long as his mental power reached 90 points, enough for him to create Strongest Gene, that would be sufficient. If he chose his Mutated Beast targets wisely, he might have a chance to rush to 90 points in a short time!

"There's hope."

Chen Feng was eager to make a move.

After calculating it out, with the Luck Aura, hunting Wind Foxes in Green Mountain Forest would not be terribly dangerous for him, while the potential gains would be enormous!

"I can go."

Chen Feng made his decision.

There were just a few more issues.

For example—

Those three idiots who had tracked him before. Although they had never appeared again afterward, Chen Feng still had to stay alert and make every necessary preparation.

Mental Recovery Reagent, three bottles.

Mental Enhancement Reagent, three bottles.

Thunder Serpent Gene Reagent, one bottle.

Mutated Beast detector, one unit.

Two days later, Chen Feng had finished all his preparations.

Unfortunately, his original plan had been to make two Thunder Serpent Gene Reagents. But Chen Feng was truly broke now, and all his funds could only produce one.

Once everything was ready, he headed to the Gene Guild's Green Mountain Forest camp.

These two chapters were setting things up. The real action starts next chapter~ Monday's ranking push—please give me a recommendation vote!