Chapter 720: The Secret of the Gene Lock

Small town hospital.

Piles of discarded brick and stone were stacked into makeshift fortifications, and most of the Awakened Ones in the trial grounds had gathered here.

Devour!

The most intense part of the battlefield.

Everyone stared in shock at Chen Yangtian, surrounded by charred corpses.

Only his limbs were seen encircled by endless charred corpses, and large amounts of rotting, corrosive blood almost covered him.

The terrifying trait of the charred corpses meant that any Awakened One engaging in close combat would watch their flesh dissolve and rot in agony.

But Chen Yangtian seemed to ignore this pain.

His whole face corroded away, exposing the gums, like a bloody skeleton.

The biological armor on his body, like a living thing, wrapped around the surrounding charred corpses.

A bone‑chilling chewing sound rang out.

Chen Yangtian, whose skull had been corroded clean, wore a ferocious expression; his long tongue, like a dagger, instantly burst the monster in his arms.

The biological armor writhed, swiftly enveloping the monsters around his body.

Swallowing, chewing.

In just a few seconds, he ate the charred corpses clean.

The Awakened Ones on rotation duty stared at the scene before them, suppressing nausea.

An Awakened One from the East Sea Theater blurted out unconsciously:

"It's like eating sashimi..."

That writhing, evil‑sensing biological armor almost devoured the cracked flesh on the charred corpses piece by piece.

"Don't say more...!"

The Awakened One with a broken leg bone standing guard beside him looked grim and stopped the East Sea Awakened One's description.

Although we have all survived to this day from the apocalypse, we have seen no shortage of disgusting, cruel scenes.

But the sight before us truly struck the eyes.

"How do I feel... these Huaxia Theater Awakened Ones are just like monsters?"

He muttered softly.

Leaning against the ruins, the North American Theater Leader who had just activated the gene lock under Chen Yangtian's guidance clutched his chest.

After his outburst, he had no choice but to pause the fight for a moment.

Otherwise, if he continued fighting, his body would collapse.

Looking at the lump of meat Chen Yangtian had given him, he felt uneasy.

If Lin An's strength were like a monster's, it would be severely over the limit.

Then Chen Yangtian at this moment, or all Huaxia Awakened Ones, is the way of fighting.

Moreover, among the Awakened Ones of the Huaxia Theater, only Chen Yangtian had emotion.

The other soldiers seemed to have no mind.

Their tireless fighting showed no emotion.

Their strength was also excessively strong.

"Heh heh! Hiss!"

His body twisted like a snake, and after dealing with the charred corpses, Chen Yangtian charged into the human‑head spider swarm.

His twisted, deformed body bent back 180 degrees, narrowly dodging the claws aimed at his head.

With brute force he crushed it, his two arms squeezing the monster to explosion.

Seeing that the battle was mostly resolved.

Chen Yangtian, expressionless, swiftly leapt to the side of the North American Leader in this power trial.

His expression changed, revealing a gentle, friendly smile.

"Huo Lin, how do you feel?"

"If it's not working, you can rest a bit more."

Ke'er Huolin, head lowered in thought, hearing the voice instinctively looked toward the friendly Chen Yangtian.

That sincere smile dispelled his unease.

He hurriedly rose.

"I'm fine, I'm doing well."

Putting the lump of meat away, he nodded heavily with some gratitude:

"The biological seed provided by General Chen is indeed very useful."

"I can clearly feel that when my strength is exhausted, a gentle force will protect my body from collapsing."

Ke'er Huolin recalled Chen Yangtian's method for unlocking the gene lock and couldn't help but sigh that the Huaxia Military were truly geniuses.

In their exploration, they had always believed the only way to unlock the gene lock was by luck when on the brink of death.

Some could, some could not.

But in the method Chen Yangtian provided, a way with an 80% success rate was clearly given.

That is, self‑hypnosis!

(So-called unlocking the gene lock means unlocking the large amount of dormant gene fragments in the human body.)

(Under normal conditions, these gene fragments seem useless and may never be activated in a lifetime, yet they hide vast streams of information.)

(Some fragments come from ancient humans, some from even earlier, even the multicellular or single‑cellular stage.)

(This is the precious power imprinted in the genes through countless evolutions.)

(In the process of evolution, due to the characteristic of organisms' weak compensatory substitution (Note: 1) and various factors, these gene fragments are retained but not activated.)

(Only when facing death does the life instinct (Note: 2) activate all fragments, exhausting all possibilities, allowing you to survive.)

(Then, considering this, since these gene fragments come from the biological information of fused organisms.)

(We can fully self-hypnotize, deliberately seeking useful fragments.)

(Included are ancient dragon types and marine organisms mixed into the genes.)

(This is not surprising; the gene fragments of almost all organisms are nearly identical, with only minuscule differences.)

(For example, the gene difference between bananas and humans is only 37%, with over 60% of the genes being the same.)

(Theoretically, you only need to replace half of your genes to turn yourself into a banana.)

Recalling the information provided by Chen Yangtian, Huoerkelin quickly realized the correctness of this theory.

Correct.

The North American theater also conducted similar research before the apocalypse.

It is precisely this minuscule difference in fragments that constitutes the myriad of species.

Targeted activation can avoid the large amount of useless fragments brought about by instinctual activation.

This is to avoid the pressure of the body being unable to carry mutated fragments, which would lead to genetic collapse.

(Self-hypnotize into the beast or even monster best suited for you.)

(Then you can efficiently unlock the gene lock...)

(For example, an ant's muscle efficiency is two hundred times that of humans! This is the power of genes!)

Upon hearing this theory, Ke'erhuolin was greatly shocked and even grateful.

He never imagined that the Huaxia theater would be so selflessly dedicated.

Such a secret, if it were him, he would absolutely not leak even a bit!

No wonder the Huaxia theater brought so many Awakened Ones this time; it seems they are far ahead in human body research.

"General Chen."

"I, on behalf of the North American theater, express my greatest gratitude for your assistance."

"As for humanity, having a responsible great power like Huaxia is truly humanity's fortune!"

Not only he feels this way.

All the surviving Awakened Ones from other theaters sincerely feel grateful for the means provided by Chen Yangtian.

Hua Guo indeed maintains the style from before the apocalypse.

Providing aid everywhere, without participating in conflicts.

However, among the surviving Awakened Ones in the other theaters, the Asian major theaters feel rather uneasy.

They feel grateful yet also carry a hint of repression.

They are all adults, most of them belonging to the mid-high level.

They are well aware that after the apocalypse, there is no international order.

What exactly does a powerful Hua Guo military signify?

Watching the first-stage mission about to end, yet they have suffered few casualties.

Ke'erhuolin hesitated for a moment, his expression somewhat torn.

His eyes flickered slightly, and he sent a private chat to Chen Yangtian:

"General Chen, perhaps..."

"We can deepen cooperation.."

"The North American theater has actually made breakthroughs in some aspects."

"For example, radiation mutation..."

Calm and composed, with a trustworthy smile, Chen Yangtian nodded slightly and took a deep look at Huoerkelin.

He inwardly scoffed, his eyes flashing with mockery.

The fish has taken the bait.