Small Circles Within a Large One

I beg you!

"I refuse!"

"Back then, you sent me to be an undercover agent for that gladiolus and Zuo Luo, and you weren't afraid of killing me then. Why are you afraid of it affecting me now!"

The circle of Western Capital City is so large that ordinary people can neither see nor touch it.

Like a shadow government, numerous powerful Lineage control everything without needing to appear in the open.

However, this circle is also very small. After Zuo Lianguang obtained the sequence lock for testing, the core members of this circle had more or less received word of it.

As Zuo Lianguang, Zuo Teng and Zuo Denggao were among the first to receive the information.

After Zhang Xuezhou saw Changkong Kongyinghao and the others off, Zuo Teng and his group also paid them a visit.

Zhang Xuezhou can cause trouble for the elderly, but he hesitates when facing Changkong Kongyinghao and others, and directly refuses when facing the younger generation.

"Sequence locks are not perfect at present, you can wait..."

"I can't wait!"

Zuo Teng looked at Zhang Xuezhou with a bitter expression on his face.

He was a step too slow when Zhou Tianhao was testing the drug, and he watched helplessly as Zhang Xuezhou stepped into the Fourth Sequence.

Zhang Xuezhou took some medicine and entered the Fourth Sequence, something that kept Zuo Teng up for several nights.

He felt like an ordinary person, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't match the nonchalance of geniuses.

If it weren't for the limitations imposed by the catalyst, Zuo Teng felt that Zhang Xuezhou would never have remained at his current sequence level.

"Brother Zhang, can you mentor us and help us get a sequence lock too?" Zuo Denggao flattered, "If we keep up with you, it will further advance our catalytic research!"

"This isn't my responsibility to lead you!"

Zhang Xuezhou frowned.

He felt things were caught in a domino effect.

The various tests conducted on Zuo Lianguang disrupted the balance of power in the twilight years of his life.

This led to many people in the Twilight Mansion, even those who had reservations, being assimilated into the idea and all thinking about contributing to the breakthrough to the Seventh Sequence.

This trend has also spread to the middle and younger generations. Changkong Kongyinghao and others have spent most of their lives without ever stepping into the Seventh Sequence. The test results of the sequence lock have given them a great deal of stimulation and created an urgent need for it.

If Changkong Kongyinghao and others succeed, it will inevitably affect the other young and middle-aged members of the Sequence Committee.

The same applies to Zuo Teng and others; once this trend spreads, it will inevitably affect the younger generation's small circles.

However, sequence locking is indeed not a mature gene combat assistance capability.

This not only failed to eliminate the potential problems associated with demon cores and golden cores, but also had drawbacks in the process of condensing the sequence lock.

Because the Venerable One used a rapid condensation method when he helped Zhang Xuezhou condense his demon core, Zhang Xuezhou followed the same method when he tried to replicate it.

Normally, demons transform into demon cores by absorbing and kneading their Demon Power. Zhang Xuezhou, however, used a wisp of Law Power to guide and slowly envelop the demon core, using his Law Power as the core.

Even Luo Burang had no choice but to cultivate the Realm Technique Realm Technique, using its Law Power to guide his research.

For most people at present, a normal sequence lock requires the Law Power of the Realm Technique, and then the strength of the sequence, in order to condense a sequence lock suitable for themselves.

If the potential problems arising from the transformation of the elixir can be resolved, then the entire system will be complete.

If Luo Burang could innovate and eliminate the pulling Law Power when condensing the sequence lock, then only the genetic power would be needed to construct the sequence lock, which would be the best solution.

Zhang Xuezhou had once suffered greatly from the Venerable One's attempt to condense Yang Soul. He benefited from it, but he was also trapped in the Venerable One's confinement for several years.

Even though Zhang Xuezhou's condensed demon core was also limited by the Venerable One, Zhang Xuezhou's demon core did not represent his full strength. Even if the demon core was destroyed, it would only break techniques such as Technique Within the Clouds and Drowsiness Technique, and would not cause his cultivation level to regress.

Only if Zhang Xuezhou could one day surpass the Venerable One by one could he remove the Venerable One's traces from his demon core.

The various potential problems made Zhang Xuezhou not think that hastily promoting sequence locks was a good thing.

Especially since everyone only pushed the Gene Sequence, the impact of the sequence lock collapsing would be very serious.

"If I die, your sequence locks will slowly collapse, and your sequence strength will gradually decline, possibly even falling by more than one level," Zhang Xuezhou said. "And because I am bound by the sequence locks, if my strength stops improving, no matter how hard you try, you may be limited by the pull of the sequence locks and find it difficult to further improve your sequence!"

"That sounds serious," Zuo Teng said, "But it's not a problem!"

"Yeah, that's not a problem at all," Zuo Denggao retorted. "Rapid advancement and slow regression have absolutely no impact. Besides, what's with the talk of difficulty in advancing in rank? Do you think we're the kind of people who can just jump to the Eighth Sequence?"

For Zhang Xuezhou, the various potential consequences were too much to bear.

But for Zuo Teng and Zuo Denggao, the Seventh Sequence was already the pinnacle of the current world, a sequence level they had never dared to even dream of before.

The fact that Zuo Lianguang can enter the Seventh Sequence means that the lowest limit for the sequence lock to function is the Seventh Sequence.

Zhang Xuezhou may have lofty ambitions, but they felt that this was the upper limit of their lifelong efforts.

Moreover, it wasn't just Zuo Teng who thought this way; the younger generation in Western Capital City shared similar sentiments, and no one dared to dream of the Eighth Sequence or Ninth Sequence.

As for the question of Zhang Xuezhou's death, it's not a problem at all. First, everyone is close in age and hasn't even considered the issue of life and death. Second, even if Zhang Xuezhou died, it would only be a sequence lock collapse for them, not a person dying.

If the research institute releases any revised content, their current troubles might not be a big deal at all.

"Only tangible benefits matter; the future is all just an illusion," Zuo Denggao said. "Just give us a hand, or we'll drift further and further away from you, until we can't even find dust to eat!"

"We can still get by with you now, at least we'll get some dust," Zuo Teng said helplessly.

"If I open this door for you, a ton of people will come to me for help," Zhang Xuezhou said. "Our research is still immature, so how do you think we're supposed to proceed?"

"We need money! Our research on catalysts costs money!" Zuo Denggao shouted. "If we make them feel bad, they won't dare to come!"

"Then you can collect it!"

Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand, indicating that he was not suited to doing things that involved accepting ill-gotten gains. He had not studied catalysts and did not know how much money Zuo Denggao would have to spend on such research, nor did he know how much money and manpower it would require in the future.

Compared to the research of Zuo Denggao and others, Zhang Xuezhou felt that his research was very cost-effective.

Of course, if we were to calculate the ways in which materials were obtained, whether it was him traveling to another world or them going to Qinmeng to obtain materials, the manpower involved would be far beyond what money could calculate, and very few people could achieve such a feat.

After comparing the options, Zhang Xuezhou finally gave up on the idea.

Just as the saying goes, "If it's going to rain, it'll rain; if a mother wants to remarry, she'll remarry." He couldn't stop Zuo Teng and the others from their eagerness, and their cooperative relationship made Zhang Xuezhou no longer consider the potential consequences for Zuo Teng and the others.