130 Basic Genetic Enhancement

Cain knew he could steal the destiny of the people he killed. However, the stronger his destiny, the less Destiny Force he would gain. That is why he earned almost nothing despite having killed a Level 5 and two Level 4 Wave Warriors.

“How much is my current Destiny Force?”

[Destiny Force: 1664]

Cain was surprised by that large number but immediately figured out the reason for the sudden rise. The fame and glory he obtained in the Cadet Ranking helped him improve his destiny.

He had not gone to the Pillars de Trial for that, but it happened nonetheless.

‘Ahhh, figuring out my destiny’s growth is too hard. If I try to do it, the only thing I will do is waste my time. The best path is to carry on with what I usually do, always striving to improve.’

“Well thought, brat. You are too young and weak to attempt and decipher destiny’s mysteries. You are on the right path. Just keep walking forward.”

Cain showed a small smile as he heard Apex’s encouraging words. As he saw the massive amount of Destiny Force he had gathered, ideas came to his mind.

“System, show me the [Genetic Coder Module].”

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Less than a second after Cain uttered that order, a virtual screen appeared in his sight.

[Genetic Coder Module:

-Basic Genetic Stimulation

-Basic Genetic Suppression

-Basic Genetic Enhancement.]

‘I have no use for [Basic Genetic Stimulation] since I have already awakened my dormant bloodline. [Basic Genetic Suppression] could help me with my bloodline’s emotional outbursts, but that is no longer a problem after I reached Mind Over Body. The only one usable right now is [Basic Genetic Enhancement].’

Cain did not look down on the [Genetic Coder Module] by no means, as he knew that the only reason he was able to shine in the early months of the military academy was his bloodline that he obtained thanks to [Basic Genetic Stimulation]. However, two of its three tools have lost their use.

Of course, that would change once Cain evolved the module to the next stage. Although he would have wanted to do it right now, things were not so simple.

He had already obtained the 1000 Destiny Force points needed to evolve the module, but his soul was not strong enough to endure the pressure of an evolved [Genetic Coder Module].

That is why Cain focused on [Basic Genetic Enhancement]. He had always been interested in the tool, but each use cost 100 Destiny Force, so he was not in a position to use it before. However, things have changed now.

‘Display the possible genetic enhancement I can obtain.’

The Absolute Life Form System carried on with the command immediately.

[Displaying available genetic enhancements:

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Due to the Genetic Coder Module’s current capabilities, enhancing specific genes would negatively affect others.

The projected outcomes are specific to the Lightning Lupus Bloodline. Different bloodlines will generate different outcomes as the effect on the genome will vary.

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-Enhanced Genetic Strength: Enhance genes focused on physical strength.

Projected outcome: Increase strength by 9%. Diminish speed by 7%.

-Enhanced Genetic Speed: Enhance genes focused on physical speed.

Projected outcome: Increase speed by 5%. Diminish strength by 1.2%.

-Enhanced Genetic Vitality: Enhance genes focused on vitality.

Projected outcome: Increase vitality by 10%. Diminish speed by 3.5%. Diminish strength 3.5%]

When Cain saw the available enhancement, he did not know whether to laugh or cry. Increasing his vitality by 10% or strength by 9% would be immensely helpful, but the drawbacks were not worth it.

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The only one that was cost-effective in Cain’s mind was [Enhanced Genetic Speed] as a rise of 5% on his already high speed would greatly improve his battle power, and he could endure a 1.2% loss in his physical strength.

Nevertheless, paying 100 Destiny Force for it was not something that Cain was willing to do. Each point was incredibly difficult to obtain, and he never knew when he would need them.

‘I am in no urgent need to improve my speed right now, so I will save the points. I should gain even better outcomes after evolving the [Genetic Coder Module], and there may be even better tools at my disposal at that time.’

Cain made the virtual screen vanish as he continued running, and after another two hours, he finally left the forest. He appeared close to his military truck and got up on it before commanding the vehicle to drive back to the Imperial Lightning Fort.

Once Cain was safely inside the military truck, he relaxed. The journey had been bloody, but he came out of it immaculate.

‘Time to see the real gains.’ Cain thought with a smile as he began to analyze all the wealth in his new space ring.

The Wave Artifacts he took from Old Fox, Great Tiger, Young Elephant, and Young Monkey were not that impressive, but they could amount to roughly fifteen thousand military credits. Just like he did with all the other artifacts, he would leave them to Apex so that this one could exchange them for resources using the empire’s network.

Initially, Cain expected to find a significant amount of wealth stored in Old Fox’s space ring, but luck did not shine on him. There was a great deal of paper money, fine wine, and delicious food, but had no cultivation resources.

‘I guess it makes sense. Old Fox probably had already given up on his cultivation, so there was no reason for him to have stuck up cultivation resources. There might have been a great deal of Imperial Military Credits in his account, but I could not access those.’

Cain would have no problem commanding Old Fox to transfer military credits to his account using hypnosis, but that would have left a log of the transfer. It would have been the same as yelling to the world that he killed the old man and the other three.

There was one thing that Cain found inside the space ring that drew a large smile on his face. He took out a small red piece of metal and put it on top of the artifact covering his spine.

The piece fused flawlessly with the inactive Nullity Armor, and when Cain sent the signal, both activated together.

A black armor covered Cain’s body, but this time, instead of a black helmet, a red one appeared.