It took 20 minutes to get the results of the blood sample comparison from before and after the Gene Liberation Potion injection.
The results for Cheng Mo, Tang Ting, and the others were already out.
Xu Tui's would take a little longer.
The clinical observation period had taken too long.
The students chatted among themselves while they waited.
Xu Tui also got a general idea of how the others had done.
How should he put it?
Having more Gene Points didn't necessarily mean better results.
Cheng Mo was a prime example.
He had 11 Gene Points, the most of anyone in Class 7, Senior Year 3 at Jincheng Ninth High School, but most were concentrated in his stomach.
That was pretty useless.
One student had awakened only six Gene Points, but all six were related to the sense of smell, giving him very promising career prospects.
He had a bright future ahead!
Then there was Tang Ting, who weighed over a hundred kilos. He'd awakened only eight Gene Points, but they made for a pretty good combination of strength and speed.
Even among Gene Warriors, that was a pretty good combination.
"By the way, Tang Ting, what kind of strength and speed Gene Points did you awaken?" Xu Tui asked.
Strength and speed were broad categories, each with many narrower specializations.
Xu Tui might as well not have asked. At his question, the fat on Tang Ting's face trembled, and he looked a little troubled.
"Lower-body strength."
"Not bad!"
"What about speed?" Xu Tui pressed.
Tang Ting fell silent.
Was there a problem?
Xu Tui looked at Cheng Mo.
"It's hand speed."
Apparently unwilling to let the bigmouth Cheng Mo say it, Tang Ting gazed at his right hand with a troubled expression and spoke first.
"Hand speed?"
Xu Tui was dumbfounded.
"Didn't the teacher say that the more you use a certain ability, the more likely you are to awaken Gene Points related to it?
Old Tang, how did you train your hand speed?"
"Hand speed... That application... That specialty... That mental image..."
"Exactly. It's hand speed, and he uses his right hand the most."
"What else can he do?"
"He was already fast. He'll be even faster now!"
Cheng Mo, who had been eagerly scanning the area for potential food, delivered the final blow.
"You're the one who's fast!"
Tang Ting's face instantly turned bright red. He lunged at Cheng Mo, and the two began grappling.
The security personnel in the distance glanced over but didn't intervene.
Every year during the Gene Aptitude Test, scenes like this were common amid all the excitement and disappointment. As long as they didn't disrupt the exam, the security personnel wouldn't interfere.
As the two wrestled, two students who had finished their exams spotted the commotion and walked over.
"Well, well. What happened to the Three Heroes of Class 7, who were supposed to be so loyal and righteous? Did your Gene Points fail to awaken, so now you're turning on each other?"
He Mingxuan, who was tall and exuded a muscular aura, and Sun Chi, who was as burly as an ox, stood with their arms crossed, clearly enjoying the show.
Of course, they weren't making fun of them without reason.
They were both from Class 6, Senior Year 3 at Jincheng Ninth High School.
Their classrooms were next door to each other.
Although high school students spent most of their energy on studying and physical training, they were still teenagers, and they'd had their share of conflicts.
Class competitions, protecting the class beauty, cutting in line at the cafeteria—little things like those had made them enemies.
They'd even arranged a few fights in the woods.
Both sides had won and lost.
But right now, their taunts stung all the more.
Especially with the Three Heroes of Class 7 feeling a little dejected.
Tang Ting's nickname was Big Tang Hall. He was the Big Hero.
Well, because of his size.
Cheng Mo's nickname was Cheng Blackie.
Why was he the Middle Hero?
Because he was of average height.
Xu Tui's nickname was Little Leg. He was the Little Hero!
At the sight of He Mingxuan and Sun Chi, Cheng Mo and Tang Ting immediately stopped grappling and stood side by side next to Xu Tui.
They had to stand together against outsiders!
"Get lost, you two. What business do you have butting into things between brothers?" Tang Ting was feeling particularly cocky now.
"Your old pal's got both speed and strength. You'd better watch out, or I'll beat you until your teeth are scattered across the ground!"
"We'll see who beats whom!"
He Mingxuan flicked out his test sheet. "As it happens, I also awakened Gene Points in both the speed and strength categories.
"Mm, I awakened ten Gene Points!"
Tang Ting's expression changed, and he immediately looked a little timid.
His speed specialty was hand speed, after all—a pretty useless one.
That jerk He Mingxuan had actually awakened the highly valuable all-around speed specialty!
Unwilling to let their side be intimidated, Cheng Mo spoke up with a swagger.
"So what if you only got ten Gene Points? What's there to brag about?
"I got eleven!" Cheng Mo also flashed his test sheet.
He showed it for only a moment, but after the Gene Liberation Potion had enhanced their basic eyesight, He Mingxuan and Sun Chi had seen it clearly.
Sun Chi clutched his stomach and burst into exaggerated laughter.
"Seven of your Gene Points are in your stomach?"
"So you're the legendary human dustbin!"
"Hahahaha! That's hilarious! A future human dustbin thinks he can compare himself to future Gene Warriors?"
Cheng Mo's face instantly turned ashen.
Xu Tui was feeling down, but they were his good friends. He had to back them up,
even if it meant they'd all go down together.
They couldn't back down.
Before Xu Tui could speak, He Mingxuan and Sun Chi turned their mockery on him.
"And you, Little Leg Xu. You think that bump on your head means you can awaken the Mysterious System?
"Dream on.
"The chief proctor over there already said you're practically guaranteed to have a useless constitution.
"You didn't awaken a single Gene Point.
"They only had you tested because that female researcher took pity on you."
"Is student Xu Tui here?"
Just as He Mingxuan and Sun Chi were in full swing, a man in a white coat waved a test sheet and called out.
But his voice was drowned out by He Mingxuan and Sun Chi, who were taking the opportunity to gloat over Xu Tui.
"Shut up!"
The security guard in camouflage, who had been standing quietly in the distance, took a single step and appeared behind He Mingxuan and Sun Chi.
In the next instant, the 1.8-meter-tall He Mingxuan and the ox-like Sun Chi were lifted by the backs of their collars like a pair of chicks.
Both of them fell silent at once.
The hall erupted in a chorus of gasps.
Seeing the handsome security guard lift He Mingxuan and Sun Chi like a couple of chicks with superhuman strength made a bunch of boys both envious and excited.
A group of girls jumped up and down with excitement, wishing they hadn't had their Personal Communication Devices confiscated when they entered the Gene Aptitude Test venue.
Otherwise, they'd be snapping picture after picture right now.
Then they'd rush over to take a photo with the handsome security guard.
And post it to their social media: "I witnessed my dream guy crush two chicks with his bare hands!"
"Quiet!"
The handsome security guard's powerful aura burst forth, and the entire Gene Aptitude Test hall fell silent.
The researcher in the white coat also came over to Xu Tui and the others, comparing them with the electronic holographic information on his sheet.
"Are you student Xu Tui, student number J61222007210017?"
"I am." Xu Tui nodded.
"Mm, the results of the blood sample comparison from before and after your Gene Compound Chain Allele Potion injection are out.
"The comparison shows you awakened a total of fourteen Gene Points.
"Take this and go test them one by one in the Mysterious System testing hall," the researcher said.
"I awakened fourteen Gene Points?"
Xu Tui was a little stunned.
The researcher glanced at the test sheet again, as if to make sure. "That's right, fourteen. Hurry and go test them in the Mysterious System hall!"
"Fourteen?"
The homeroom teacher, who had returned empty-handed after looking for food for Cheng Mo, snatched the test sheet and was so excited he could hardly contain himself.
"Fourteen Gene Points—he's definitely in the Mysterious System!"
"Come on, hurry!"
With that, the homeroom teacher, Yu Zeping, didn't wait for anyone else. He ushered Xu Tui toward the Mysterious System testing hall.
He Mingxuan and Sun Chi had already been set down. Now they were rubbing the backs of their necks, their faces contorted with pain.
That security guard's grip had been too strong.
They were still hurting.
But what bothered them even more was that Xu Tui had actually awakened fourteen Gene Points.
"Fourteen Gene Points."
He Mingxuan looked shocked.
The Gene Aptitude Test record at Jincheng Ninth High School was fourteen awakened Gene Points.
And those hadn't even been awakened on the spot.
But by then, no one was paying any attention to the two of them.
Xu Tui's fourteen Gene Points had drawn everyone's attention.
No Gene Points had appeared in Xu Tui's Limitless System test.
That meant the fourteen Gene Points had to fall under the Mysterious System.
In the current system of genetic enhancement and evolution, you could find a hundred people in the Limitless System without finding a single one in the Mysterious System.
And in most cases, the Mysterious System's potential and prospects far surpassed those of the Limitless System.
Once someone in the Mysterious System reached a certain level, they could easily crush most people in the Limitless System!
Cheng Mo, Tang Ting, and the other students all watched as the homeroom teacher ushered Xu Tui into the Mysterious System testing hall.
"Xu Tui, could he have awakened Gene Points in the Mysterious System?"
"If he did, what kind of Mysterious System specialty would it be?"
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