Choices in One's Twilight Years

Everyone wants the ability to learn quickly.

The ability to be used on Zuo Lianguang, who is at the Sixth Sequence, and to help Zuo Lianguang advance to the Seventh Sequence is top-tier even among members of the powerful Lineage in Western Capital City.

After all, many people's Gene Fighting Technique are incomplete and require further modification and customization.

Many people in the twilight years felt that Zhang Xuezhou's mention of the imperfections of sequence locks was setting the bar too high.

For everyone else, the only drawback of the sequence lock was that it required gambling with Zhang Xuezhou's life.

"Little Zhang is young; he should live a few years longer than us!"

In the twilight mansion, the discussions among the many elderly Sequence Holder never ceased.

If it weren't for the need for collective discussion, Bi Dazhi felt he would have already jumped in to ask for help.

Zuo Lianguang undoubtedly became a benchmark for comparison.

Bi Dazhi felt that he was definitely not as good as Zuo Lianguang. Even if he had a beast extract that was compatible with him, his failure rate in breaking through to the Seventh Sequence would be quite high.

There are many people who share the same thoughts as Bi Dazhi.

Never before had the Seventh Sequence felt so close to them, but the snowball Scarlet Alliance State had indeed begun.

Ren Yisheng, Zhu Bufan, and Zuo Lianguang have successively entered the Seventh Sequence. This is not only due to the increased ability to hunt ferocious beasts, but also because the Scarlet Alliance State.

Once a fit is found, they will undoubtedly be pioneers in trying it out.

Before attempting to break into the Seventh Sequence, they would strive to make every possible condition as perfect as possible.

Zhang Xuezhou's drugs are difficult to replicate, but sequence locking is something that can be done, and no one can refuse to increase the probability of breaking the Seventh Sequence.

"I want to take a gamble," Cai Guoli said through gritted teeth.

"I think Little Zhang can live for at least another twenty or thirty years," Zhong Rang said. "But Little Zhang isn't a bird caged; he'll definitely go to Qin Meng!"

"Entering Qin Meng's realm is a matter of life and death," Li Qi nodded. "If he encounters an accident that causes the sequence lock to collapse, even if he steps into the Seventh Sequence, it will all be for nothing!"

"Brother Zhong, Brother Li, you are both highly talented, so you naturally don't need to gamble like this with us," Qin Zhong said with a wry smile. "But we certainly don't have as much confidence as you two!"

"I'm not as good as Zuo Lianguang," Zhen Wudi shook his head and said, "Zuo Lianguang wasn't good enough when he entered the Seventh Sequence, so my situation must be even worse!"

"Then you don't have to be in the Seventh Sequence!"

Chimmon Hagrid, who was watching the commotion, chimed in with a comment that immediately made everyone's faces turn slightly embarrassed and annoyed.

People are not worried about scarcity but about inequality. If everyone is in the Sixth Sequence, there's nothing to say. But it's a bit complicated to watch others be in the Seventh Sequence while you're in the Sixth Sequence.

The Seventh Sequence does not simply mean advancing one sequence; most importantly, this sequence seems to be related to lifespan.

The ability of the resistance layer, which only appears in the Seventh Sequence, seems to have allowed life to evolve in some way and protected the aging and vulnerable brain regions, thus potentially passively extending lifespan.

Many of the Seventh Sequence individuals, such as Changkong Luo, Zhou Xin, and Ren Yisheng, entered the Seventh Sequence in their prime, but Zhu Bufan and Zuo Lianguang entered the Seventh Sequence in their later years. Their physical condition was completely renewed, which gave everyone a more direct judgment.

The question of whether to gamble on one's own success rate in the Seventh Sequence, or on the lifespan of Zhang Xuezhou being affected by the sequence lock, has undoubtedly become delicate.

Li Qi and Zhong Rang, who have strong self-confidence, don't need to gamble, but the others really want to take a chance.

Bi Dazhi and the others are not young people, nor do they have the time to slowly cultivate and improve, let alone adapt the Realm Technique to their own sequence.

"I've finished talking to Little Zhang, you two can continue your conversation!"

Song Xianzhong raised his communicator on the screen of the meeting to indicate that he had done a lot of work but hadn't said much.

"Don't forget one thing," Song Xianzhong said, "Little Zhang and the others have found Zuo Lianguang to conduct the test, so they might not need anyone else's cooperation anymore. Whether you gamble or not is just wishful thinking on your part. He might not need you at all, and he might not even want to take on this kind of thing!"

"Hey!"

Song Xianzhong, who usually liked to talk nonsense, hadn't interrupted until he had finished communicating with Zhang Xuezhou before speaking up. His words made everyone's hearts skip a beat.

They were still being picky at the old mansion, and Zhang Xuezhou might refuse them on the grounds of risk.

Bi Dazhi cursed under his breath, no longer caring about the discussions among the others.

With Song Xianzhong taking the lead, he too hurriedly dialed a bunch of phone numbers.

"Let's do it one at a time!"

Seeing Bi Dazhi chatting quietly on his communicator while his own communicator was busy, Cai Guoli had no choice but to obediently wait in line.

Song Xianzhong broke the rules, there was no need to discuss the matter further, and indeed, this matter did not need to be discussed by Cai Guoli and others.

"Old Zuo, tell us!"

Among the crowd, Zhong Rang and Li Qi were barely able to hold onto their thoughts, and the two looked at Zuo Lianguang, whose gaze was somewhat dazed.

"Uh, oh, are you calling me?"

Zuo Lianguang raised his head in front of the camera.

Zuo Lianguang's eyes were filled with a sense of unfamiliarity.

Zuo Lianguang entered the Seventh Sequence, but Zuo Lianguang didn't know whether it was due to an overdose or the medication itself, he had lost many memories.

Zuo Lianguang's thoughts were almost entirely focused on the moment he assassinated Luo Zhong. Many memories seemed to exist, but he couldn't recall them.

He felt as if he had just woken up from the nightmare of assassinating Luo Zhong, and suddenly decades had passed in the blink of an eye. Then he found himself under house arrest in a prison called the Twilight Mansion.

If it weren't for the overwhelming video evidence, he would feel as if he were still dreaming.

"How much assistance did that medicine and sequence lock provide when you broke through to the Seventh Sequence?" Zhong Rang asked seriously.

"My personal ability accounts for 40%, the medicine for 40%, and the sequence lock for 20%!"

Zuo Lianguang pondered for a long time before giving a relevant answer.

"That medicine..."

"The side effects of this drug are even greater than those of sequence locks!"

Zhong Rang whispered something, and Li Qi added a sentence.

Compared to the Zuo Lianguang, the side effects of sequence locking are almost negligible.

After all, no one likes losing their memory.

However, accurately taking medication and adapting it to one's own condition requires a high degree of skill and may require multiple rounds of testing to establish a standard.

"Little Zhang said the medicine comes from the snake cave, the same medicine that made me go crazy from overdosing on it. Now the raw materials are gone, and we need to go to the snake cave to get this medicine," Zhong Rang said in a low voice.

"This is really troublesome!"

Li Qi sighed deeply, feeling that he was torn between two difficult choices.

However, he wasn't entirely certain whether Li Qi could enter the Seventh Sequence after obtaining the beast extract.

When he had no other choice, he would undoubtedly go all in, but when given a choice, Li Qi's mind was undoubtedly biased, making it difficult for him to be as decisive as before.

He hesitated several times before finally placing his hand on the communicator and choosing to dial and wait, just like before.