in2ebook Chapter 269 Key Data
Chapter 269 Key Data
In the following period, Mark and Ran Bing underwent arduous training in Dragon Bone Village, but the method of stimulating human potential was too terrifying and required constant exploration to push the limits of human and mental endurance.
Mark has a special gene that allows him to recover quickly from any injury, so Bai Yuekui and Bai Yuetian used the most brutal method to forcibly stimulate his physical potential.
Ran Bing, however, was different. She couldn't do that, so she could only start by feeling the essence of life little by little.
This is also the cultivation practice that the villagers of Dragon Bone Village begin from childhood.
Initially, Mark only possessed fighting skills and had not truly mastered the life essence, so he couldn't even beat the children in Dragonbone Village...
A few days later, Mark felt a significant improvement in his strength, speed, and reaction time.
After a while, Mark was able to barely see Bai Yuetian's speed, but he was still no match for him. However, he was able to fight against ordinary Devouring Beasts on his own!
That day, Bai Yuetian and the others captured several Devouring Beasts from outside and chose one for Mark to train.
"drink!"
"This big guy is improving so fast."
"Ah."
Xia Dou and the others watched Mark fight against the Devouring Beast. Although it was still the same kind of human fighting and combat, once Mark's speed and strength increased, the Snake Dog was no match for him at all.
With a shout, Mark seized the opportunity, jumped onto the snake dog's back, grabbed the snake dog's sensory organs, and flung it away, where it crashed heavily to the ground.
Bai Yuetian, standing on the perimeter, reminded, "One foot below their heads."
Upon hearing this, Mark pulled out his tactical dagger and pierced the snake dog's abdomen, hitting its core. The snake dog screamed and began to struggle wildly, but soon fell silent. Its life essence core was destroyed, turning into a pool of blood.
Catching his breath, Mark stretched his limbs, walked back, and looked at Bai Yuetian, saying, "Thank you."
Bai Yuetian smiled and replied, "You've only been in contact with the life essence for a short time, and this actually requires mastering some 'spiritual essence' abilities to do; otherwise, you can't capture the life core with the naked eye. Of course, the Devouring Beast can."
Even if one can unleash the body's potential and achieve a certain degree of evolution by seeing the power of life essence, it is still impossible.
This is an insight from the perspective of the living being, a completely different direction. Unfortunately, this world is lacking in spiritual energy, so if one wants to cultivate spirituality, one can only risk absorbing the source of life energy, and humans are generally not suitable for spiritual cultivation.
Therefore, only Bai Yuekui and Bai Yuetian possess some basic abilities related to living beings.
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Lighthouse, Lord's Hall.
"Lord, the data from that robot has been analyzed. It contains a coordinate point and some detailed ecological surveys about the Mana ecosystem, which have yielded important findings. However, the coordinate point is located in a densely populated area with severe ecological overgrowth, and the lighthouse cannot approach it."
Morgan listened to Jingnan's report, glanced outside the lighthouse, and said, "Still no news from Mark?"
"No."
Looking at the intelligence report in his hand, Jing Nan continued, "Lord, that robot contains genetic data about Mark, as well as records of the old world's super artificial intelligence. It records that the old world was already researching the eradication of the Mana ecosystem, but the lunar gravitational anomaly and the cataclysm caused the research to be interrupted..."
Morgan frowned slightly, turned to look at Jing Nan, and said, "Mark's genetic data?"
“Yes.” Jingnan nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then said, “Mark, he…”
Morgan then raised his hand and said, "Alright, it's good that you know about this. Don't let Mark know. I'll have someone try it in the ecologically dense area. If it doesn't work, we'll just have to wait for Mark to come back. Go ahead."
"Yes."
When Jingnan learned that Mark was actually a genetic experiment subject from the old world, she was shocked. But seeing Morgan's reaction, she understood that Morgan must have known about this all along!
As Morgan's confidante, she would not go against his wishes.
"Cough cough cough..."
Charles brushed past Jingnan, then approached Morgan and said, "Lord of the City."
Morgan looked at Charles in front of him and sighed. He understood that Charles would not easily give up his ambition, even though he had handed over power to Mark and abolished the Church of Light and Shadow.
“Charles, starting today, your priesthood will be converted into the Wilderness Hunter Reconnaissance Team, and you will be in charge of exploration missions.”
"Varied……!?"
Charles's eyes widened, his fists clenched, filled with resentment and anger, but he still lowered his head and said in a cold voice, "Yes, Lord City Lord."
"Go down."
The Hunters are the most elite unit on the Lighthouse, but also the unit with the highest casualties; casualties are almost unavoidable on every mission.
This is why the rules of the Dawn Hall and the system of teaching children together came about.
This is to ensure that the number of hunters can be replenished at any time, thereby ensuring the survival of the lighthouse!
Most of the casualties suffered by the hunters were not from direct confrontation with the Devouring Beasts, but from unknown situations!
Therefore, if accurate intelligence can be brought back and then the hunters can carry out the gathering mission, the hunters' losses can indeed be reduced, but the cost will be casualties in the reconnaissance team.
Morgan is planning to personally cut off Charles's hands!
At the same time, completely erase his ambition!
After leaving the City Lord's Hall, Charles returned to his own Hall of Light and Shadow.
The sculptures, in various Old World styles, covered the surroundings. Charles stood on the platform, his face ashen, with several loyal priests before him, led by Sharif and the Lightbringer.
Just then, a figure dressed in a priest's robe stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, I have made some discoveries here."
"Oh?"
Charles's eyes flickered as he looked at the other person. He had long understood that he would not have the support of the others at the lighthouse.
He had considered that Morgan might not hand over the position of city lord to him, but that was not important. He had not thought he could seize power from Morgan. If the Church of Light and Shadow remained in his hands, even if Mark became the city lord, he was confident that he could seize power.
But now Morgan has not only abolished his Church of Light and Shadow, but also forcibly eliminated the priests he had painstakingly recruited and trained.
This is his foundation. Without these people and without the Church of Light and Shadow, even if he has ideas, he will never be able to threaten Mark's position.
Now, he's in dire straits!
He made a decisive move and summoned all his trusted confidants who had been planted at the beacon, even though he knew that doing so would probably not change anything, as Morgan was still alive.
But he just couldn't accept it!
Looking at the other person, he realized that the other person was Dr. Carrie's assistant, a pawn he had placed in the research department long ago.
He didn't seem to care, and simply said, "Tell me, what is it?"
The man said, "It's about Mark. His genetic data is different from humans. A robot brought back from a densely populated area of the surface recently recorded a report stating that Mark is a product of biological experiments in the Old World. His telomeres are abnormal, very likely, he is an 'evolved human.' According to the records, in the Old World, evolved humans are very dangerous..."
"oh!?"
Charles was startled. He hadn't paid much attention to it, thinking it wasn't important information, but upon hearing it, his eyes lit up and his excitement was palpable.
He wasn't good at fighting, but he had been in charge of the Church of Light and Shadow for many years and was cunning. Ten Marks wouldn't be a match for him!
With just this information, he immediately came up with a way to ruin Mark!