Chapter 186

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    Chapter 186

    Su Hao casually constructed an enormous black crystal cannon.

    This was a weapon he had designed specifically for long-range engagements.

    Its caliber measured 50 mm, and each shell was large enough to carry three Level-2 runes simultaneously, allowing it to produce a variety of devastating effects.

    He called it the Rune Cannon.

    It was created specifically for enemies like the newly evolved Life Bearer, Ji.

    The Life Bearer's adamantine armor was incredibly difficult to approach directly, and its regenerative ability was terrifying. Against an opponent like that...

    The Rune Cannon was the perfect answer.


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    A shell slowly took shape inside the breech.

    It resembled an oversized mortar round.

    Su Hao carefully engraved three delayed-activation runes onto its surface.

    Level-2 Oscillation.

    Level-2 Rotation.

    Level-2 Collapse.

    These were the three runes he had discovered were most effective against the extraordinary regenerative abilities of the Shell Folk Sequence.

    As long as the shell penetrated the target's body...

    The runes would activate in sequence.

    The resulting chain reaction would instantly pulverize a massive amount of flesh and blood from within, preventing regeneration while rapidly exhausting the target's vitality.

    No matter how astonishing their healing ability...

    Recovering from this kind of internal destruction would be extraordinarily difficult.

    According to Su Hao's calculations...

    Even a peak Life Bearer would require no more than three shells before reaching the brink of death.


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    He loaded the shell.

    Click.

    The breech locked firmly into place.

    Blood Essence flowed into the weapon.

    He activated the runes attached to the shell.

    Level-2 Penetration.

    Level-2 Hardening.

    At the same time...

    The three delayed runes entered standby.


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    Distant Vision activated.

    The barrel slowly rose.

    Its muzzle locked directly onto Ji's chest as he struggled high in the air.

    Little Light continuously calculated the target's movement.

    Su Hao made several minute adjustments.

    Three...

    Two...

    One...

    Level-2 Fivefold Burst!


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    BOOM!!

    A thunderous explosion echoed across the battlefield.

    The tremendous recoil forced Su Hao backward several meters.

    The earth beneath his feet shattered into a huge circular crater.


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    At almost the exact same instant...

    Ji's adamantine breastplate exploded apart.

    A massive cavity appeared in his chest.

    The shell successfully pierced the armor...

    And entered his body.


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    The delayed runes activated almost simultaneously.

    Oscillation.

    Rotation.

    Collapse.


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    Inside the nearly sealed adamantine shell...

    Every organ...

    Every muscle...

    Every drop of blood...

    Was violently twisted into useless pulp before collapsing into an incredibly dense mass.

    Including...

    His brain.

    His limbs.

    Everything.


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    Ji instantly lost every trace of life.


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    The result surprised even Su Hao.

    He had originally estimated that at least three shells would be necessary.

    According to his calculations...

    The shell should have blasted Ji's torso apart while leaving his head and limbs relatively intact.

    Although severely injured...

    The Life Bearer should still have possessed enough vitality to regenerate.

    Instead...

    Ji had instinctively reinforced his armor the instant danger approached.

    His nearly airtight adamantine shell had trapped the explosion inside his own body.

    Rather than blowing him apart...

    The shell had thoroughly liquefied everything enclosed within the armor.

    There wasn't even enough intact tissue left to regenerate.

    It was complete annihilation.


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    Only after dismantling Ji's corpse did Su Hao fully understand what had happened.

    He couldn't help thinking...

    "Perhaps Seventh-Tier Mutants aren't nearly as difficult to kill as I originally believed."

    "As long as the attack lands accurately..."

    "One strike is enough."


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    He dismissed the Rune Cannon.

    Then collected the corpses of the Life Bearer, Xiu...

    Constant, Chang Xi...

    And Still, Yue Yi.

    Looking over the battlefield...

    He nodded with satisfaction.

    "Damage is acceptable."

    "Everything remained within controllable limits."


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    Originally...

    Su Hao had never intended to kill everyone present.

    His objective had always been simple.

    Obtain the flesh and blood samples he needed...

    Then leave.

    Whether those people held grudges against one another...

    Or wished to settle decades of hatred...

    Had nothing to do with him.

    As long as they didn't destroy Huiyang City...

    He had no interest in interfering.

    In fact...

    The battle between Xiu, Constant, and Still had remained confined to a surprisingly small area.

    Clearly...

    All three had reached an unspoken understanding not to devastate the city.


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    What Su Hao never expected...

    Was for them to destroy one another.

    Nor had he anticipated that the newly evolved Ji would suddenly lose control and begin indiscriminately expanding his Adamantine Domain.

    Since Ji intended to destroy everything around him...

    Su Hao simply eliminated him without hesitation.

    As for the corpse...

    Naturally...

    It became research material.


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    Including Clarity, Ming Zi, who had been stored outside the city...

    Su Hao had now collected four of the eight Seventh-Tier Sequences.

    Half of all the world's known ultimate Extraordinary genes...

    Were now in his possession.

    This trip...

    Had been extraordinarily rewarding.


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    Still...

    The complete disappearance of every Seventh-Tier Mutant within one of the world's seven supercities...

    Was something even Su Hao had never anticipated.

    Nor was it what he wanted.

    This world remained unpredictable.

    One should always maintain a healthy respect for the unexpected.


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    After retrieving Ming Zi's preserved body from outside Huiyang City...

    Su Hao soared into the clouds...

    And disappeared into the horizon.


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    ...


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    Only after Su Hao departed...

    Did large numbers of Sixth-Tier Mutants begin pouring into Huiyang City's central square.

    They all believed...

    The opportunity to advance to the Seventh Tier had finally arrived.

    If fortune smiled upon them...

    Perhaps they could seize a fragment of Seventh-Tier flesh.


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    Instead...

    They found only shattered ruins...

    Cracked earth...

    And the corpses of five Earth Lords.

    The battlefield had already been stripped clean.

    They searched desperately.

    Some even dug several meters into the ground.

    Yet...

    Not a single fragment of Seventh-Tier flesh could be found.


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    Many simply assumed...

    That Seventh-Tier Mutants could not possibly have died so easily.

    They only needed to wait patiently.

    Sooner or later...

    Someone would emerge.


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    Since there were no Seventh-Tier corpses...

    They reluctantly settled for harvesting the five Earth Lords instead.

    Their flesh could still greatly increase Blood Essence.

    It wasn't a complete loss.


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    What none of them knew...

    Was that every single piece of Seventh-Tier flesh had already been taken by Su Hao.

    Even if they waited forever...

    They would never find it.

    Unless another Seventh-Tier Mutant from a different supercity happened to arrive.


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    Temple Forest City remained exactly as peaceful as before.

    No one there knew...

    That in only a few short days...

    Su Hao had returned carrying the remains of every Seventh-Tier Mutant from an entire supercity.


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    Back inside his laboratory...

    Su Hao shut himself away.

    He immediately began studying the bodies.

    He wanted to uncover the true secret behind the evolutionary endpoint of this world.


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    The results came surprisingly quickly.

    He soon discovered the fundamental difference between Sixth-Tier and Seventh-Tier Extraordinary genes.


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    "They've... fused together?"

    Su Hao stared at the genetic structures inside Sphere Space, astonishment appearing on his face.


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    The original Earth Lord genes themselves had not changed.

    Instead...

    An entirely new gene fragment had appeared.

    This new fragment...

    Was formed by combining every Extraordinary gene accumulated throughout the previous six evolutionary stages.


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    Inside Sphere Space...

    Su Hao repeatedly compared the structures.

    Murmuring to himself...

    "So Seventh-Tier evolution doesn't actually create new genes."

    "It simply reorganizes all the previous Extraordinary genes into a completely new integrated structure."

    "A... perfect fusion?"


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    A new possibility suddenly occurred to him.

    Among the Zhu Hua Folk...

    There had always been an ancient legend.

    Beyond the Seventh Tier...

    Beyond every Life Bearer, Still, Constant, and every other ultimate mutant...

    There supposedly existed one final realm.

    God.


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    Su Hao's eyes brightened.

    "If..."

    "Every Seventh-Tier gene from every Sequence could be fused together..."

    "Would that create..."

    "...God?"


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    His interest was immediately piqued.

    Whether this "God" matched his own understanding of divinity...

    Didn't matter.

    It was a fascinating direction worthy of research.

    And...

    If it proved possible...

    Why not try?


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    A faint smile appeared on Su Hao's face.

    "First..."

    "I'll evolve into a Life Bearer."


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    "Then..."

    "I'll deal with nuisances like the Fiend."


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    "After that..."

    "I'll collect the remaining Seventh-Tier genes."


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    "And finally..."

    "I'll see..."

    "...whether it's truly possible..."

    "...to become what this world calls..."

    "God."


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    "Step by step."

    "Steady."

    (End of Chapter 186)
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    Death is coming
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    There must be a self evolution thats not prophet which favours mutabt strains. or else these high lvl evolutions wouldve been extinct loooonng ago with these fights being norm.
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    It's the beginning of the end for this arc fellas, he's now begun to court death. sigh
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      MC getting too comfy. Let’s make him overconfident. Oops he died.
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        I won't spoil things, but just like the last world, it's his own fault. Though the arc has a good 30 or so chapters left if you wanna stockpile.
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          Ugh i'm starting too hate this novel! Author maies him so capable yet somehow finds a way to terminate his end goals in EVERY world.
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            That's kinda the point though, it's more realistic to show that his messing around with WMDs has lethal consequences. Makes for some actual stakes too as you really won't know if something will kill him.

            Though it's less so now as this is the first world where he has some genuine capabilities.

            Also mystical journey has this same concept, if you want a more power fantasy feel. That MC chooses when to reincarnate, but not where.
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