Growing Stronger

Richard's Clone has started to appear.

He hadn't experienced this kind of ordinary person's perspective in a long time; he lacked keen perception and his Divine Power was pitifully weak.

The various viral cells endowed him with physical abilities five to eight times higher than ordinary people, and his Divine Power was roughly at the same level.

The newly awakened Telekinesis was so strong that it struggled to even push a pebble.

What a novel experience! The last time he was this weak was a thousand years ago, not long after he had transmigrated from the Coiling Dragon World.

It's alright. Although it's a bit weak now, it still has the aptitude for Divine Power, and it can still use Divine Power detection, it's just that the detection range is a bit short.

Most importantly, he has a genuine human body from this world, and even the materials used to create it are from this world.

Therefore, the Gene Lock is unlocked.

Richard's Clone immediately became dazed, his body's Ancient Instinct instantly taking over.

At this moment, his ability to sense danger was greatly enhanced.

Of course, it's impossible to expect his combat ability to skyrocket; how can his genetic instincts compare to his martial arts skills honed through countless trials?

Three minutes later, Richard deactivated the Gene Lock, and immediately suffered the backlash of activating Gene Lock for the first time.

Pain struck, and my whole body ached intensely, as if every part of my body was rebelling. Large drops of sweat splattered down my face, hitting the ground and splashing in all directions.

"Boss, is your Clone enough to cover it?" Zhan Lan grabbed him and asked with some concern.

"No, you're quite strong now. You should be able to solo the Hive by yourself, right?" Richard's Clone said, enduring the pain.

"Am I not bad now? But why do I feel like I'm still not that good?" Zhan Lan lacked confidence.

After a while, Richard felt the pain disappear; the pain came on quickly and went away just as fast.

It comes in like a tide, and then recedes like the tide recedes.

We made it through.

He asked Zhan Lan for some energy cookies, and after eating them, he once again activated the Gene Lock without hesitation.

After repeating this process three or four times, the backlash from unlocking the Gene Lock is basically just a bit of exhaustion.

First-Order Gene Lock, mastered.

Upon seeing his actions, Zhan Lan focused her attention and became alert to her surroundings.

There were no unnecessary movements.

"Aren't you going to get used to your current physical condition?" he asked.

"Aren't you trying to unlock the Gene Lock? Shouldn't we both be on guard?" Zhan Lan asked, puzzled.

"Have you forgotten about the Mental Power Scan? I have a complete grasp of the situation within several kilometers around us."

"Hurry up and stretch, we're leaving soon," Richard said.

"Alright then." Zhan Lan didn't stand on ceremony. She had learned a lot in the illusion, and these things should be compatible with reality.

She began to move her body, and compared to before, her physical fitness had increased two or three times since she was integrated with the perfect T Virus.

This is quite different from the stripped-down T Virus mode in the God Space, where the sum of all six dimensions of attributes only increases by a little over a hundred points.

Her six physical attributes increased by over a thousand this time.

If you were to redeem it using Reward Points, it would cost at least tens of thousands of points.

What's more, I also got a Telekinesis, although it 'Telekinesis currently very weak and can't do much, but it has great potential for the future, comparable to the future Alice level.

She moved around at a leisurely pace and soon adapted to her new physical condition.

Then she tried to activate the First-Order Gene Lock state.

Having T Virus bloodlines allows one to easily unlock the First-Order Gene Lock.

Although this can be considered unlocking by external force, when it comes to unlocking the Gene Lock, it doesn't make much difference whether it's done by external force or by one's own ability, as long as the lock can be unlocked.

Sure enough, Zhan Lan soon looked blank and activated the First-Order Gene Lock.

She did a backflip and pushed off the wall, then shot off like an arrow, giving Richard a parkour performance on the spot.

I couldn't help but sigh; indeed, whether or not the Gene Lock has been unlocked is a completely different matter.

Although her physical abilities didn't improve much after unlocking her Gene Lock, she felt she could easily defeat three or five of her un -Gene Lock selves.

A few minutes later, although she hadn't reached her limit, Zhan Lan still voluntarily withdrew from the Gene Lock.

A wave of pain washed over her, and Zhan Lan couldn't help but groan. "Holy crap, it hurts so much!"

Indeed, some pain can only be truly felt when experienced firsthand. It felt like every organ in her body was conspiring against her. Even the Ten Great Tortures of the Qing Dynasty paled in comparison to this pain.

If she hadn't gone through the ordeal of the illusion, she felt she would have fainted from the pain long ago.

She lay down on the ground, curling her body into a ball.

Nearly ten minutes later, the pain subsided like a receding tide.

Zhan Lan lay there for a few more minutes before she felt a little better.

She then opened her backpack, took out some compressed biscuits, and started eating them.

Fortunately, she wasn't stupid. Before coming, she knew to exchange for some commonly used supplies, including food, water, basic medical supplies, and an antidote to the T Virus.

The most expensive item was the antidote, which cost her 50 Reward Points per dose—outrageously expensive.

However, this antidote is probably no longer needed.

Having incorporated the T Virus -T Virus, she is now immune to it.

After unlocking the Gene Lock for the first time, the body will be in a state of energy deficiency. It takes two or three days' worth of food to recover.

She glanced at the remaining food.

The food she and Richard had just eaten was nearly half of their rations.

"Don't panic, there's always a way out. Surely such a big the Hive can find food?" Zhan Lan thought to herself.

Afterwards, she tried to unlock her Gene Lock multiple times to familiarize herself with the state of the Gene Lock, and each time she unlocked it, the pain would be greatly reduced.

After a few times, there are basically no backlashes. It's just that physical exertion will increase significantly, and you'll easily become exhausted.

"Alright, let's go. I'll take you to grind Licker and get your confidence back." Seeing that Zhan Lan had adjusted, Richard didn't wait any longer.

He led the way, sword in hand.

Zhan Lan followed behind, carrying a small bag, Desert Eagle in one hand, and a sword in the other.

Before long, the two encountered a group of ordinary zombies.

Just as Zhan Lan was about to raise her gun to attack, Richard stopped her, gesturing for her to give him the gun.

Zhan Lan handed him the Desert Eagle in a daze. Richard took the gun and gestured for Zhan Lan to go.

Zhan Lan suddenly realized, "Oh, that's what it means."

She glanced at the zombies and drew her longsword.

They were just ordinary zombies; she'd killed plenty of monsters like them in the illusion.

She charged into the horde of zombies in a few strides, fluttering like a butterfly, her long sword flashing out to easily pierce the heads of zombies and destroy their brains.

Every step she took looked extremely dangerous; sometimes, a zombie's claw would be just a hair's breadth away from her.

But in reality, the situation was completely under her control. The difference seemed so small, but in reality, these zombies would never be able to touch her.

A few minutes later, Zhan Lan had cut through the horde of zombies and casually wiped her sword with a cloth.