Evolving from a Clone
Chapter 7

Three-Handed Cheat System, Bad Review!

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Three-Handed Cheat System, Bad Review!

Su Ze casually picked up the handbag, unzipped it, and seemingly absentmindedly rummaged through its contents.

Inside were a phone, some identification documents, several bottles of medicine, a stack of cash, several human cub blockers, and... a tube of extract!

Su Ze's pupils contracted slightly. The extract was contained in a glass tube, a transparent liquid with a green light drifting within it, shining with a dreamlike radiance.

Green Evolutionary Light corresponded to a Saint-level lifeform that had evolved four times. This was a tube of Tier 4 extract!

And judging by the density of the Evolutionary Force within it, it was likely a high-quality Tier 4 extract.

One had to know that extracting a single tube of extract came at the cost of a life. In other words, behind this tiny tube of extract was the fall of a Saint-level lifeform.

King Mu, Mu Kingdom's strongest expert, had only completed four evolutions.

It was no exaggeration to say that this tube of Tier 4 extract was priceless and impossible to obtain even with a fortune.

Tier 1 and Tier 2 extracts could still be bought on the market. Tier 3 extracts required connections and channels, while extracts above Tier 4 were practically impossible to find at any price.

Take Zhang Fantie, for instance. Although he was already a Butterfly Transformation Stage powerhouse, he had never absorbed even a single tube of Tier 4 extract. First, he was not confident he could absorb it successfully; second, Tier 4 extracts were simply too rare.

For Zhang Fantie to complete his fourth evolution, he needed to absorb three tubes of Tier 4 extract, and there was still a chance of evolutionary failure.

Once evolution failed, even if he survived, he would almost lose any chance of evolving again.

Therefore, even with the Zhao Family's wealth, cultivating a Saint-level lifeform was extremely difficult.

Why was such a precious Tier 4 extract in Zhao Lingxiao's bag?

Su Ze found the answer in the memories he had just unlocked.

As a clone, this body had had a month of memories suppressed, and all those memories had surged forth when he was attacked by the Head of the Wailing Ones.

A month and a half ago, Zhao Lingxiao had attended Princess Zhuzhi's grand coming-of-age ceremony as her friend.

On his way home, Zhao Lingxiao encountered a powerful mysterious man. The other party reeked from head to toe and claimed to be from a mysterious organization, wanting to discuss a deal that sounded unreliable from the start.

The deal was for Zhao Lingxiao to find an opportunity to kill Princess Zhuzhi and extract the Evolution Substance from her body to create an extract. As long as Zhao Lingxiao handed Princess Zhuzhi's extract over to them, they would, in return, nurture him into an evolver even stronger than King Mu.

All evolved lifeforms could yield extracts, humans included. Human extracts could likewise be absorbed for evolution, though the extracts people normally absorbed came from various mutant beasts.

The laws of every country strictly prohibited the production, sale, and absorption of extracts from one's own kind. Anyone discovered doing so would be sentenced to death.

Naturally, Zhao Lingxiao did not believe this mysterious man of unknown origins, much less risk everything over an empty promise. But the mysterious man produced three tubes of Tier 4 extract and one tube of Tier 5 extract, claiming that once the deal was completed, these would all be paid to him as a lump-sum reward.

Furthermore, if he agreed, they could hand over one tube of Tier 4 extract immediately as a deposit.

Zhao Lingxiao was completely tempted. They were offering far too much!

Those extracts alone would be enough to support his future evolutionary needs and allow him to evolve all the way into a Saint-level lifeform like King Mu, assuming he did not fail his evolutions.

Even though the Zhao Family was immensely wealthy, cultivating a Saint-level lifeform was not something money alone could accomplish.

Zhao Lingxiao was an exceptionally ambitious man. He knew his father would most likely reject this deal, so he hid it from Zhao Yuanyi, agreed on the spot, and accepted a tube of Tier 4 extract as a deposit.

The very tube of extract now lying in Zhao Lingxiao's bag.

In the days that followed, Zhao Lingxiao began making plans and looking for a chance to strike at Princess Zhuzhi. Half a month later, he finally found an opportunity to be alone with her.

Princess Zhuzhi had no guard up against Zhao Lingxiao. Though she was a Pupal stage evolver who had completed one evolution and was stronger than him, the gap between the Pupal stage and a Mortal Lifeform was not that great. She could still be threatened by firearms, let alone Zhao Lingxiao's Tier 2 Marvel.

With careful planning against an unsuspecting target, Zhao Lingxiao still succeeded in ambushing her with the Head of the Wailing Ones, ultimately killing her.

Afterward, Zhao Lingxiao used the portable extraction device he carried with him to extract the Evolution Substance from Princess Zhuzhi's body, producing a tube of Tier 1 extract.

Extracts taken from human bodies were clearly different from beast extracts. The transparent liquid in the tube was tinted a faint red.

After Zhao Lingxiao fled the scene, the more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed—why would that mysterious organization trade so many Saint-level extracts for Princess Zhuzhi's Tier 1 extract?

Unless Princess Zhuzhi's extract was worth more than those Saint-level extracts!

Why would a Tier 1 extract be so valuable?

After much deliberation, the ambitious Zhao Lingxiao gritted his teeth and absorbed Princess Zhuzhi's extract himself!

At the time, Zhao Lingxiao had already absorbed two tubes of Tier 1 extract. Once he finished absorbing this third tube, he could attempt his first evolution.

The facts proved that Zhao Lingxiao had gambled correctly. He successfully absorbed Princess Zhuzhi's extract and obtained a skill beyond his understanding.

It was a passive skill. At every evolutionary stage, it gave him one additional chance to absorb an extract!

After absorbing three tubes of extract, others could no longer continue absorbing and had to evolve to the next stage. But Zhao Lingxiao, with this skill, could absorb a fourth tube of extract.

Su Ze, seated in the back of the car, abruptly opened his eyes.

As Zhao Lingxiao's clone, he had copied all of Zhao Lingxiao's skills. Did that include this skill as well?

At last, he understood what Zhao Yuanyi had meant by "that" skill.

It was a passive skill. Su Ze had neither possessed the relevant memories nor noticed it before, but once he actively sensed for it, he immediately discovered its existence.

Su Ze remained calm on the surface, but inwardly, he was overjoyed. This was absolutely a god-tier skill!

At every stage, he could absorb one more tube of extract than others. That meant he would gain one more skill than others at every stage!

And that was not all. Every time one absorbed an extract, one's physical abilities also improved across the board. Though the improvement was not as obvious as during evolution, it was definitely not something to be ignored.

With stronger physical abilities and more skills than others, Su Ze had no idea how he could lose in a fight against someone of the same level.

Moreover, the further he progressed, the greater the accumulated advantage this skill would bring him. Fighting above his level in the future no longer seemed impossible.

Zhao Lingxiao had named this skill Divine Grace of Evolution, meaning the blessing of the God of Evolution.

Su Ze felt that the skill deserved that name.

"So that means I've already absorbed three tubes of Tier 1 extract, but because of the effects of Divine Grace of Evolution, I can still absorb a fourth tube before evolving." Su Ze pondered inwardly.

Although Divine Grace of Evolution was powerful, its drawback was obvious: it cost money. At every stage, it required one more tube of extract than others.

And high-quality extracts were all extremely expensive.

Fortunately, his family had money...

"Could Divine Grace of Evolution be my Cheat system?"

Thinking of that, Su Ze felt somewhat displeased. It was not that he thought Divine Grace of Evolution was weak, but that obtaining this Cheat system had been far too roundabout.

He still preferred simple, brutal Cheat systems like a "system" or "stat points."

Other transmigrators got a system the moment they arrived. Why did his Cheat system have to pass through two other hands before reaching him?

Divine Grace of Evolution had originally been Princess Zhuzhi's skill. Zhao Lingxiao had taken it from her, then it had been copied onto Su Ze through Cloning technology.

Three-handed Cheat system, bad review!

Still, Princess Zhuzhi was dead, Zhao Lingxiao was dead too, and now he was the only person with this skill.

Thinking about it that way... it really was great!

Still, Su Ze had one doubt. Could such an overpowered skill truly be copied at will through Cloning technology?

If that mysterious organization had mastered Cloning technology, could they not mass-produce extracts containing Divine Grace of Evolution? Why would they value it so highly?

It made no sense, yet Divine Grace of Evolution had undeniably appeared within him.

Let me clarify again: Chapter 1 already stated that Cloning technology could only clone unevolved Mortal Lifeforms. Even if a Mortal Lifeform had nothing but top-tier skills, it would not be worth cloning, because the price of a top-tier Tier 1 extract was lower than the cost of cloning. Only the protagonist's Divine Grace of Evolution skill would be worth cloning, but the protagonist himself has expressed doubts over whether Divine Grace of Evolution can truly be copied through cloning. A few chapters later, it will also be explained that Divine Grace of Evolution differs from other skills. The author may be a flop, but not enough of one to leave such a massive plot hole.

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