[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-the-myth":3,"chapter-after-the-myth-after-the-myth-chapter-23":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","After the Myth",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2226493,4134,"Chapter 23: Thank You","after-the-myth-chapter-23",23,"\u003Cp>After teaching Geng Qianxing and the four others the basic long fist, Ding Huan decided to leave Luohe City to find fire lizards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire lizards could be called the strongest limb-regenerating animals on the surface, but Ding Huan knew that although the regenerative ability of fire lizards was very terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had a fatal flaw: sometimes the regenerated organs of the fire lizard were different from the original ones, meaning they could not perfectly replicate the original body form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this was not a problem for Ding Huan; he could not only perfectly find the foreign genes he needed but also perfect the missing parts of the foreign gene abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The regenerative ability of the fire lizard was strong, but even if there were no flaws, Ding Huan would not simply replicate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before refining this regenerative gene serum, Ding Huan also planned to find the regenerative genes of mutated cacti or mutated torch grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two could be called immortal existences; as long as they were fused with the fire lizard's regenerative gene, under his reorganization, and with some compatible gene fragments added, they would absolutely perfectly fit human genes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire lizards were also called fire salamanders; it was rumored that they carried a trace of dragon blood, so some people also called them fire dragons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether they carried dragon blood, Ding Huan was not sure, but this did not affect his extraction of the fire lizard's injury regeneration gene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire lizards were not few now, but it depended on the place; the vast majority existed in Central Europe or Southern Europe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was impossible to find traces of fire lizards in Luohe City; relatively speaking, there were more in the south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Ding Huan planned to go to Lujiang City in the south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Huan didn't have much money on him; he had even borrowed a few thousand yuan from Geng Qianxing for this trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he didn't choose to take a plane or a maglev train, but chose a regular express train.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, even if he could take a plane, Ding Huan didn't intend to. Now that flying genetic beasts were rampant, taking a plane was actually the most dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone taking a plane, even a train was not necessarily safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, most trains passing through no-man's land operated during the day and stopped at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, the train Ding Huan took didn't encounter any danger and arrived safely in Anhe County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order not to delay his cultivation, he decided to rest for one night when he arrived in Anhe County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anhe was a mountain city; not only was the entire county built on a mountain, but it was also surrounded by mountains on three sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The largest mountain near Anhe was Mount Beilong; this mountain was far from being one of the top ten mountain ranges in China, but this mountain had a radius of two or three hundred miles, and its form was extremely steep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Earth's environment mutated, Anhe was considered one of the poorest counties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Earth mutated, the remote mountain villages in Anhe County were basically ravaged by genetic beasts. The surviving villagers all gathered in Anhe County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was a county, there were too many beasts here, and the protection of Anhe County was not inferior to Luohe City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the mountains near Anhe were extremely steep; after the environment mutated, many very rare medicinal herbs were generated here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, various mutated medicinal herbs were also produced here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These rare mutated medicinal herbs attracted many martial artists and gene cultivators to come here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With more people coming, Anhe became lively instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ding Huan arrived in Anhe, he looked for several hotels, but none had vacant rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anhe County was not big to begin with, and because the outskirts of Anhe County produced rare medicinal herbs, more people came, which also led to a few more hotels in Anhe County, but it was still not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yilan Hotel was the eleventh hotel Ding Huan had looked for; he thought if this hotel was also full, he would really have to spend the night on the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No rooms left.\" Just as Ding Huan walked to the front desk and before he could speak, the little girl at the front desk said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, she encountered this situation many times every day, and she had already anticipated Ding Huan's intention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Huan was very helpless; just as he was about to turn and leave, a voice came from behind,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaofei, I plan to leave Anhe tomorrow for Puhai; no matter what, I have to give it a try. Do you want to go together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this voice, Ding Huan stood frozen as if struck by an electric current; this voice had lingered in his mind countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, he finally heard it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why be so cruel, breaking his legs and digging out his eyes; he was still so young...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After I die, please donate my eyes to him; he is still so young, let him take my eyes to see the beauty of the world...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only said two sentences to him; no, perhaps not to him, but she saw herself in Ding Huan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She met someone who had the same miserable fate as her, and she spoke out her inner monologue and deep helplessness...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She entrusted the desire for life from the bottom of her heart to Ding Huan, hoping that Ding Huan could live on, living with her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two sentences echoed in Ding Huan's mind countless times, and Ding Huan had also depicted the appearance of the girl speaking in his mind countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never seen her, but she had become the most important person in his life, the most familiar stranger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time he thought of her painful struggle and desperate voice before she died, Ding Huan wished he could immediately return to Earth to destroy the Gene Alliance's laboratory, or even destroy the Gene Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Destroying this place was not for himself. Even without the Gene Alliance's laboratory, he would have died for sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just doing it for the girl who gave him her eyes; she was innocent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A laboratory that could use the lives of innocent people for gene experiments deserved to be destroyed ten thousand times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even if he became a Level 4 Gene Cultivator, he was still a long way from returning to Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Huan didn't dare to turn around; his eyes were a bit red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than two hundred years had passed, and this voice was still so clear, with a little less hoarseness and despair than in his previous life, and a little more longing for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Huan turned around slowly, and what caught his eyes were two girls standing sideways to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeming to feel Ding Huan's gaze, the girl who was speaking turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Ding Huan staring at her in a daze, the girl blushed slightly, nodded at Ding Huan, and then turned her gaze away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was her; he hadn't heard wrong, it was definitely that girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those bright eyes that didn't touch a speck of dust let Ding Huan know he hadn't made a mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, it was exactly the appearance he had imagined countless times, like a bay of clear water, clear and visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps in terms of looks, she couldn't compare to the beauties he had seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't have a peerless face, but that clean and delicate face made Ding Huan think that the phrase \"clear water comes from the hibiscus, naturally carved without decoration\" was written for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ding Huan's eyes, those pure eyes were the most beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the incarnation of an angel; no girl could compare to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a girl, the Gene Alliance actually took her to do gene serum fusion experiments; the anger buried deep in Ding Huan's heart was ignited again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the girl's retreating back, Ding Huan rubbed his slightly sore eyes and muttered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps we are the same kind of people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like when she saw his legs broken and his eyes dug out, that sad tone came from the bottom of her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't know her; she was too kind, so kind that she couldn't bear to see others' suffering when she was suffering herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Qu Yi walked to the elevator, she couldn't help but look back at Ding Huan, who was standing still; she felt Ding Huan was a bit strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's wrong with this person?\" The girl beside Qu Yi also noticed Ding Huan's abnormality and couldn't help but ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qu Yi shook her head; she didn't know what was wrong with Ding Huan either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she pressed the elevator button to go up, Ding Huan finally came back to his senses and walked to Qu Yi in a few steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there anything you need?\" Qu Yi asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been observing Ding Huan because from the moment Ding Huan saw her, he had been staring at her without moving his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Ding Huan's eyes, they seemed red, as if he were a bit excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I know your name?\" Ding Huan's voice trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qu Yi smiled, \"My name is Qu Yi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator door opened, and Qu Yi walked into the elevator; she didn't ask for Ding Huan's name. In college, she often met boys like Ding Huan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yiyi, has he fallen in love with you?\" After the elevator door closed, the girl beside Qu Yi teased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qu Yi smiled and didn't speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had never been in love, but she had always had many people chasing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, she didn't see the loving eyes of a suitor in Ding Huan's eyes just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What puzzled her was that what she saw seemed to be the excitement and inability to control oneself when meeting a close and familiar friend who had known each other for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This feeling was very strange, making her doubt if she had seen it wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator door had just closed, but it opened again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qu Yi and her companion saw Ding Huan standing at the elevator door and moved aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Huan didn't walk into the elevator as they imagined, but bowed to Qu Yi, \"Qu Yi, thank you, my name is Ding Huan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank her? Qu Yi looked at Ding Huan blankly; why did the other party want to thank her? She tried hard to think, and finally determined that she should have never seen Ding Huan before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you give me your contact information?\" Ding Huan said again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Qu Yi could speak, the girl beside Qu Yi said, \"Sorry, contact information cannot be given...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator door closed again, and Ding Huan didn't continue to press the elevator button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep breath; no matter what, he had to find Qu Yi's residence and contact information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since his fate could be restarted once, he would absolutely not let Qu Yi's fate be destroyed by the Gene Alliance again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no place to stay in the hotel, so Ding Huan walked to the sofa in the corner of the lobby, put down his bag, and sat there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not having a place to stay didn't have much impact on him. As long as the hotel lobby let him stay, he could cultivate there for a night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Huan originally planned that if someone from the hotel came to drive him away, he would take the initiative to pay some money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Ding Huan didn't expect was that the front desk didn't care that he was resting in the corner of the first-floor lobby. Perhaps she often encountered such things. ===== CHAPTER 24 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1967,"2026-06-17T23:21:20.864Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","05df66b1899554b510be998eb3db1b4df2ecd72060c72a5aeb7d26343de9debc","after-the-myth-chapter-24","after-the-myth-chapter-22",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-the-myth-cover.jpg"]