Endless Source... Which Source?

"Heaven laughs!"

"Amid the surging tides of this world!"

"Who loses and who wins, only Heaven knows!"

"The land laughs!"

"Through distant mist and rain!"

"The waves wash away countless beauties of the mortal world!"

The boundless sea roiled with towering waves, unfathomably deep and stretching beyond sight.

Across the vast surface, a streak of white raced forward, blasting up columns of water as it cleaved through the waves at extreme speed!

A soaring, resonant song rang out, adding a touch of sky-high heroism and carefree abandon.

"..."

Back in the hall from before, several people stood silently before a screen.

After a long while, Du Qiangwei sighed softly. "See? Just as I guessed. Chuunibyou teenagers really do have the most fun.

What's so interesting about taking a plane?

After finally finding a place with no one around, if people were watching him, wouldn't that spoil his... wave-riding?"

Looking at the water columns he deliberately kicked up, several meters high, he sometimes did not even run in a straight line. One moment he ran in the shape of the character for person, the next in the shape of the character for king.

Even though he was only a phantom image, they could still see him constantly flipping and darting about like a monkey.

"Hehehe~"

Everyone laughed. Du Kao shook his head with a smile. "He's still young. No matter how mature he appears on the surface, he can't hide it forever.

These sudden superpowers are releasing the nature he's suppressed since childhood."

"Endless Source..."

Lian Feng softly repeated the name. It was the only genetic information Wang Ji had given them—the designation of his genes.

He had not said more, and they had not asked more. If they pressed him for anything else, they would not need to guess what would happen: the kid would probably turn around and flee abroad to become an emperor.

In the end, his Super Gene came with him. They had not given it to him, and he was not under their jurisdiction or control.

If not for his accidental exposure, and if not for the greater good of the nation, he truly would have been living as freely as he pleased.

So they could not demand more, unless they did not want this Super Soldier they had picked up for free and were willing to let him roam outside unrestrained.

That was why they could not dig too deeply into Wang Ji's abilities, lest he instantly flee thousands of miles away.

If that happened, aside from a native powerhouse on Earth or a fighter jet capable of exceeding Mach 3, no one could catch and subdue him.

And if he ran off again, whether they could locate him would also be a problem.

Put plainly, they were the ones asking him for help.

"This genetic designation has never been recorded in Super God Academy's files. None of the branch academies have heard of such a project being carried out... Perhaps it truly is the work of some great god.

Its ability profile is not particularly strong, and its physical strength is not high either, but many aspects of it are strange..."

Lian Feng quietly analyzed Wang Ji's genes as the others listened in silence. When it came to Genetic Engineering, she was the expert.

"Ordinarily, even the strength of a Steel Body could not support such an explosive output of energy. His speed is close to Mach 3, and it does not seem to be his limit.

His body might not even possess the strength of a Steel Body. He could be cut by Hand Grenade fragments... It looks almost like a primitive Super Gene.

Yet he can clearly use the abilities of a Gene Engine System and can simply examine our Dark Data... Very strange."

The development of Super Genes went like this: in the distant and ancient age of the God River, after the God River Civilization's humans began creating Super Genes, the earliest Super Soldiers gained greatly enhanced bodies, but their defenses were not particularly strong.

The Super Genes of those Super Soldiers were now called primitive Super Genes.

Later, as the era progressed, a technology known as God Body Technology was developed. The First Generation God Body Technology was called the Steel Body.

Primitive Super Gene warriors could be injured or even killed by bullets and high-explosive rounds, while a Steel Body could withstand bullets and would not be harmed by high-explosive rounds.

As for the Dark Matter Computer implanted in the genes under First Generation God Body Technology, along with self-recovery and other abilities, primitive Super Gene warriors did not possess them.

Second Generation God Body Technology improved strength once again. By the Third Generation, there was self-healing, regrowth of severed limbs, and more.

As genetic abilities evolved alongside the emergence of Super Gene Engine Systems, their powers became increasingly diverse and gained limitless possibilities.

The Super Soldiers of the God River, meanwhile, called themselves gods. Even those with First Generation or Second Generation God Bodies called themselves gods.

Because compared to ordinary lifeforms, they were powerful and long-lived, with lifespans of thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

But later, the emergence of the Third Generation God Body truly brought about the epoch-making myth of gods who could live forever, unable to die or be destroyed.

The concept of gods was updated. As the era progressed, only Third Generation gods were called gods in most circumstances, because they were the ones who could truly live forever without dying.

First Generation and Second Generation God Bodies were generally called First Generation Super Soldiers or Second Generation Super Soldiers.

Primitive Super Gene warriors were like blank slates. They could even be killed by cold weapons such as swords and blades.

Yet all of these, including Fourth Generation gods, could collectively be called Super Soldiers. The distinctions were not always clear-cut.

The concept of gods had gradually changed with the times.

From the illusory deities of ancient tribes, to the disbelief in gods during Earth's pre-nuclear age, to mythology becoming reality through technological development—eternal life and immortality.

God was a relative concept.

And because the God River Civilization's influence was widespread, if some later civilization independently created its own Super Gene system and developed its own terms such as First Generation and Second Generation, those classifications were gradually subsumed into the God River Civilization's system.

In different circumstances, Super Soldiers displayed different capabilities. Nothing was absolute.

For example, the system roster contained a Super Soldier called Galaxy Power, Ge Xiao Lun. He was actually a god with a Third Generation God Body and a Super Gene Engine System, as well as a special constitution: the Invincible Body.

Ge Xiao Lun's Super Gene had now been activated, but not fully activated.

His Invincible Body had been activated, but the Third Generation God Body Technology had yet to undergo complete validation, and his Super Gene Engine System had not activated either.

Material foundations, energy, access permissions, and so on—Super Soldiers could not necessarily develop all their abilities at once.

Each ability was like a separate module. Different software and hardware could be assembled together and activated independently.

Technology from different eras could even be matched and combined.

From the moment Lian Feng received Wang Ji's information, she had begun analyzing his data. Combined with the abilities Wang Ji had inadvertently displayed during their interactions, she had already formed all kinds of judgments and analyses.

He possessed high-speed movement, similar to De Xing's Spear, but seemingly even stronger than De Xing's Spear.

He had inherited some strange arsenal of hot weapons, such as that Hand Grenade.

He possessed a Super Gene Engine System. That was obvious.

His genetic configuration was not low-level. He could examine the outer layers of other people's Dark Data. Whether he could read their sealed core data was unknown, and basically impossible.

He also had some strange, playful settings. Those were unimportant.

But the strangest thing was that Wang Ji's God Body generation was not high. It seemed to possess only the strength of a First Generation God Body, the Steel Body.

Could it be that the great god who created those genes had run out of materials halfway through making them...?

With Wang Ji's abilities, he should at least have been equipped with a Second Generation God Body!

It even seemed like he did not have the strength of a First Generation God Body... Impossible. Of course that was impossible.

Lian Feng instinctively felt that the Hand Grenade had disrupted the circulation of his energy, while the impact damage from the fragments had been too great, which was why his own Hand Grenade fragments had cut him.

But even the strength of a First Generation God Body would not be enough to sustain his current speed of nearly Mach 3... Even an ordinary fighter jet airframe could not withstand movement at that intensity.

And...

"He's been running for so long without resting even once, and he hasn't slowed down... Does his energy supply have no limit?" Du Qiangwei had also noticed Wang Ji's abnormality.

One kilometer per second. Three hundred kilometers in five minutes. In a few more minutes, that guy would reach shore. He was naturally far faster than a helicopter.

Those little legs of his were pumping away... like tiny wheels.

Lian Feng frowned and murmured softly, "Endless Source... Could the source mean an energy source?"

What kind of genes were these? They were a complete mess...