The Gene Research Institute

Early morning, 6:30 AM.

As the pale golden sunlight shone through the curtains and onto Xu Tui's long eyelashes, he opened his eyes with extreme punctuality.

Three years of intense study and training had made Xu Tui's biological clock incredibly precise.

He stretched lazily.

Feeling refreshed.

The soreness in his limbs from yesterday was replaced by a profound sense of languor today.

Fully revived.

Xu Tui's relaxed face exuded a strong sense of heroism and youth.

However, this languid aura quickly vanished as Xu Tui got out of bed, replaced by a sharp efficiency.

Brushing his teeth.

Gargling with a large cup of warm water from the table.

This was his mother's order.

Xu Tui had long since gotten used to obeying it.

Washing his face.

Changing clothes.

Xu Tui devoured the breakfast already prepared on the table at top speed.

Three boiled eggs.

A large glass of milk.

One corn cob.

A large basket of glistening pork and eggplant buns.

A small dish of bright red chili oil.

This was the dipping sauce for the buns.

His mother made it herself.

Or maybe his father made it himself.

Mmm, it smelled great!

It was really delicious.

In the Gene Era, every student, from elementary school onwards, had to simultaneously receive cultural education and a certain intensity of physical training.

This physical training reached its peak in high school.

The fact that high school teachers served as homeroom advisors for the three years of high school was telling.

For most ordinary families, eggs were the best and cheapest source of protein supplementation.

Xu Tui's family was very ordinary.

The neighborhood was full of the signs of everyday life, and his parents were ordinary working-class people.

This was only possible because Xu Tui's parents had once passed the Gene Admission Line, allowing them to have such an ordinary life now.

"Mom, I'm full. I'm going to school."

After informing her, Xu Tui grabbed the accidental injury consent form and accident insurance policy and was about to head out.

His mother, Zhang Xiuli, looked at Xu Tui, opened her mouth, but made no sound.

His father, Xu Jianguo, waved at Xu Tui, "Go ahead. Remember to call us after you come out of the gene examination room."

His father, Xu Jianguo, didn't say the words 'report your safety,' but Xu Tui still saw his mother's body tremble slightly.

"I know."

When he was young and foolish, he always disliked his parents' nagging every time he went out.

But today, Xu Tui felt the weight behind their nagging.

After Xu Tui left, Xu Jianguo slowly sat down at the dining table and took out a tissue to hand to his wife.

"In this day and age, every child has to go through this.

Without taking the Gene Liberation Potion, you're crippled in this Gene Era."

"Besides, didn't you and I both go through this and come out alright?

What is there to worry about?"

"Also, twenty-odd years ago, your eagerness to take the Gene Liberation Potion was probably even greater than Jinbu's, wasn't it?

You didn't cry then, did you?"

Xu Jianguo's words finally improved his wife's mood. She picked up the tissue and wiped the corners of her eyes, "Aren't I just worried about Jinbu?

Probability is probability, but when that probability falls on an individual, it's..."

"The probability won't fall on Jinbu."

Xu Jianguo's voice became very forceful and firm.

"Teacher said that as long as this meditation is practiced for over ten years, the probability of the gene collapse caused by taking the Gene Liberation Potion will approach zero indefinitely!"

Hearing Xu Jianguo mention his teacher, Zhang Xiuli's expression visibly calmed down.

She clearly trusted the teacher Xu Jianguo spoke of immensely.

"But the side effects..."

"No buts!"

Xu Jianguo was resolute.

"Besides, there are very few subjects for the teacher's tracking, so the statistical results don't have much reference value!"

Xu Tui was unaware that after he left home, his parents were worrying about his future.

Stepping into the school, he was surrounded by classmates whose faces were brimming with anticipation and excitement.

After taking the Gene Liberation Potion today, many classmates would transform into Gene Supermen.

Every classmate, including Xu Tui, hoped to become a Gene Superman.

Speed like the wind.

Or perhaps a steel strongman.

Or even the astonishing vision of a falcon.

Even legendary Extraordinary abilities!

Of course, almost all the classmates were either walking stiffly or limping.

Cheng Mo was even more exaggerated, hopping and skipping like a frog as he darted into the school.

Today, they were all to gather at Training Ground No. 4.

Old Teacher Yu Zeping was already waiting for the students at the training ground.

He was collecting and verifying the accident liability release forms and accident insurance policies one by one.

The mortality rate of the Gene Aptitude Test, which would take place in a few hours, was no joke.

When it was Xu Tui's turn, the release form and insurance policy were fine, but Old Teacher Yu Zeping frowned as he looked at Xu Tui's perfectly normal walking posture.

"It seems yesterday's triple training load was far from enough for you.

Go on, before everyone else starts, you'll do double the training load."

Xu Tui's heroic and spirited face instantly turned green.

"Teacher, I really reached my limit yesterday."

Xu Tui tried his best to put on a limping act!

Crack!

The thin whip in the old teacher's hand snapped, pointing at Xu Tui.

"Do you think I'll believe you?"

"..."

Xu Tui opened his mouth and reluctantly walked towards the training ground.

Cheng Mo, Tang Ting, and the others winked at Xu Tui, finding it hilarious.

They were familiar with Xu Tui's situation.

No matter how exhausted he was the day before, Xu Tui would always be full of vigor the next day.

However, today would be miserable for him.

Xu Tui walked onto the training ground with extreme reluctance. Before leaving, he shouted, "Old Teacher, Cheng Mo and the others might be faking it!"

Cheng Mo and Tang Ting's faces changed drastically.

Old Teacher Yu Zeping was already walking towards them, whip in hand, the tip of the thin whip dancing lightly. "Whether they're faking it or not, we'll know once we take them for a spin!"

Old Teacher Yu Zeping's so-called extreme training to squeeze out their limits was not to be trifled with today.

Yesterday's three sets of daily training had already pushed many students to their limits.

Not long after the daily training began this morning, many students were reduced to tears and lost control on the spot.

However, they were only allowed to leave after the school doctor, holding a life detector at the training ground, confirmed they had reached their physiological limits.

Xu Tui was the last to leave Training Ground No. 4.

Other students only needed one or two rounds of daily training before the life detector showed their muscle strength and heart load had reached their limits, allowing them to prepare for the next item.

But Xu Tui, on the other hand, completed four and a half sets.

The old teacher was very surprised.

He hadn't seen any extraordinary talent from this fellow Xu Tui during their usual training.

Xu Tui was miserable.

He knew it was all his fault for recovering so quickly from his nightly meditation sessions!

After the extreme training, all the students took their unified showers at school, had their electronic identities verified, and then boarded the buses to the Gene Aptitude Test location.

The Gene Aptitude Test locations were divided into two areas.

The first was the examination hall set up at Jincheng Gene Evolution University.

This location provided D-grade Gene Compound Chain Allele Potions.

Students whose college entrance exam scores met the Gene Admission Line but were below the First Gene Excellence Line would take the Gene Aptitude Test here.

The second was the examination hall set up at the Jincheng Branch of the Gene Research Institute.

This location provided C-grade Gene Compound Chain Allele Potions and Gene Activation Stabilization Potions.

Students whose college entrance exam scores met the First Gene Excellence Line would take the Gene Aptitude Test here.

Whether it was D-grade or C-grade Gene Liberation Potions, or Gene Activation Stabilization Potions, they were all extremely precious. The sheer quantity of them made their value astonishing.

Three days prior, the army had taken over both examination sites.

When the exam convoy entered the ten-kilometer radius around the two examination sites, various unmanned technological devices began escorting and inspecting them.

In front of the Jincheng Branch of the Gene Research Institute, Xu Tui, Cheng Mo, Tang Ting, and others alighted from the vehicle and underwent inspection.

Yu Zeping's Class 7 of Senior Year had, besides Xu Tui and Cheng Mo who had achieved Dual Excellence, six students who met the First Gene Excellence Line, totaling four males and four females.

Fingerprints!

Iris scans!

Electronic ID cards.

Facial recognition.

After all four checks were completed, along with the lead teacher's signed confirmation, Xu Tui and the others were finally permitted to enter the security check channel of the Jincheng Branch of the Gene Research Institute.

This was the highest-spec security check channel Xu Tui had ever seen.

There were as many as eleven types of security inspection equipment alone.

Outside the channel, various unmanned technological devices could be vaguely seen moving about, along with heavily armed soldiers, all indicating the importance of this Gene Aptitude Test.

At the end of the channel was a spacious hall capable of accommodating hundreds of people without issue.

One side of the hall featured 40 sealed rooms. Each room had a student number displayed in front of it. Students would enter their respective rooms when their number was called.

The other side of the hall was designated for functional areas. Students who had finished taking their potions would emerge from the rooms and enter these functional halls.

The functional halls were divided into two categories.

The Limitless System testing hall and the Mysterious System testing hall.

The Limitless System produced superhumans.

Xu Tui and the others had already learned this basic knowledge long ago.

What drew Xu Tui and the others' attention the most were the row of rooms of various colors to the north.

Those were the Mysterious System testing halls.

Only the Mysterious System could produce extraordinary abilities.

There were very few students entering or exiting, almost none.

Anyway, since arriving at the hall, Xu Tui hadn't seen a single person head towards the Mysterious System testing hall.

Just then, the door to the Extraordinary testing hall in the Mysterious System testing area suddenly opened.

A short boy with a silly grin walked out of the hall, grinning widely.

As the boy's lead teacher approached him, the short boy excitedly waved his arms.

"Extraordinary!"

"Teacher, I'm a Fire Element Extraordinary."

Before he could finish speaking, crackling sounds erupted.

Flames suddenly burst from the short boy's body.

Amidst the flames, the boy's hair and eyebrows began to burn and smoke, followed by his clothes and shoes.

"Side effects?"

The lead teacher reacted swiftly, immediately turning to grab a fire extinguisher.

However, security personnel reacted even faster.

The moment the flames appeared, the fire extinguisher foam was sprayed, instantly covering the short boy.

But before the flames on the boy's body could be extinguished, he fainted on his own.

"Send him to Cold Storage Room 9, set the temperature to 5 degrees."

"Administer one dose of D-grade Recovery Potion subcutaneously."

A researcher in a white lab coat appeared at the entrance of the Extraordinary testing hall. He issued a series of treatment plans with a blank expression, clearly having seen it all before.

Hmm, it was a bit like a doctor's prescription.

Old teacher Yu Zeping's eyes suddenly lit up.

"D-grade Recovery Potion?"

"This kid is lucky. Not only did he awaken an Extraordinary gene, but he can also use a D-grade Recovery Potion.

This means the gene base points he's unlocked should be between eight and ten.

The side effects are also minimal, just power overflow or inability to control his strength.

Good, very good!

I wish you all had this kid's luck.

If I get just one like him, it'll be worth it!"

Old teacher Yu Zeping said, looking at Xu Tui, Cheng Mo, Tang Ting, and the others.

"Old teacher, this kid's hair and eyebrows just got completely burned off. Do you think he caught fire?" Cheng Mo nudged Tang Ting.

"So, he was a roasted bird?"

"Charcoal-grilled?"

Tang Ting, who weighed a hundred kilograms, instinctively swallowed and then nudged Xu Tui.

Xu Tui, who was still amazed at seeing an Extraordinary for the first time, subconsciously spoke up.

"Barbecue?"

"Isn't that Old teacher's favorite?"

Old teacher Yu Zeping's face, which had been smiling, instantly turned green.

Just as he was about to get angry and deal with these three brats.

Xu Tui and Cheng Mo's student numbers sounded simultaneously.

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