Three days later.
Ji Zhixing sat cross-legged on his bed, holding the last bottle of Giant Golden Potion.
He took a deep breath, pulled out the stopper, and drained the pale golden liquid in one gulp.
As the potion entered his stomach, warmth once again spread through his entire body.
Two hours later.
Ji Zhixing slowly opened his eyes. A trace of exhaustion flickered in them, and he sighed softly.
"Still no luck."
Over the past few days, his feeling that he was about to develop the Gigantification Gene Ability had grown stronger and stronger.
It felt as though only a thin sheet of window paper stood in his way, something that should break with a single poke, yet he kept falling just that little bit short.
Every time, he thought he would succeed in the very next second.
Every time, he fell short of that final push.
This time, he had used up his last bottle of Gigantification Gene Potion and still failed.
"I'm so close..."
Ji Zhixing shook his head, thinking he could only wait until tomorrow to buy another bottle of Gigantification Gene Potion and try again.
As he thought about it, his head grew heavy, and weariness seeped through his whole body.
He lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep within seconds.
The next day.
Ji Zhixing did not cultivate as he usually did.
He lay in bed, opened his phone, and scrolled aimlessly through short videos.
Time to relax, he thought. Being too wound up will only make things worse.
He had used up all his Earth Core Spirit Liquid.
His cultivation had reached the peak of tier one.
But because his Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene had not evolved, he could not yet advance to become a tier-two gene cultivator.
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