Chapter 1057

Tieshan asked in bewilderment, "Him, sturdy? Where's that scrawny little body of his look sturdy?"

Mo Ming waved his hand and laughed, "Aiya, you don't get it. I'm not talking about muscles and stuff. I mean… he's full of youthful vigor, hehe~"

"Full of youthful vigor?" Tieshan sized Zhao Chi up and down. "Well, of course, all young people are like that."

Zhao Chi was genuinely starting to regret it.

He had originally assumed that whoever could develop a drug like "Hard as Iron" had to be some straight-laced macho man.

At the very least, some lecherous guy—he never expected it to be someone like Mo Ming…

But actually, it made sense.

Someone with Mo Ming's personality really might enjoy researching men…

Mo Ming laughed, "Zhao Chi, you're not sick, and there's no problem in that area either. I don't know why you'd be looking for a drug to boost your genetic material?"

Zhao Chi hemmed and hawed, unable to come up with a particularly good excuse.

Mo Ming considerately waved it off: "No worries, don't force yourself. Everyone has things they find hard to talk about. I get it~"

Get what exactly? You get…

Zhao Chi also said politely, "Then thank you, Captain Mo."

Mo Ming laughed, "But there actually is a drug that boosts genetic material, though the side effects are pretty severe—it'll burn out your body ahead of time. Best not to take it."

"Is that so?"

"Mm, but there's another route. If you can obtain a dragon-type racial bloodline later on, you might unlock certain genes, which could increase your daily genetic material output."

Zhao Chi's eyes lit up.

He hadn't expected to actually gain something from this.

He hurriedly asked, "What kind of dragon?"

Mo Ming laughed, "Any dragon works. After all, dragons are the most lustful by nature, and they're strong in that area too. But dragon genes have a very low compatibility with humans, so the success rate isn't high. If you don't have to, it's better not to try."

Zhao Chi nodded: "I understand. Dragon-type racial bloodlines all cost over ten thousand gold coins—I can't afford that either."

Tieshan said loudly, "Over ten thousand? Try hundreds of thousands, even millions of gold coins. Those are dragons!"

Mo Ming shook his head: "Don't just fixate on the big dragons. Small or tiny dragons are still dragons—for example: fish dragons, bird dragons, bee dragons, and so on. Those racial bloodlines only cost a few thousand gold coins, though a few thousand is still no small sum."

There are many types of dragons.

The large ones include fire dragons, thunder dragons, ice dragons, and even Eastern Azure Dragons, Winged Dragons, Torch Dragons, Holy Dragons.

Medium dragons also include poison dragons, elf dragons, bipedal dragons, and so on.

There are also some small and tiny dragons.

All of these count as dragon veins, carrying draconic bloodline—it's just a matter of how high or low the blood proportion is.

Large and medium dragon bloodlines really are unaffordable, but he could set his sights on small and tiny dragons instead.

Still, is it worth investing like that just to boost his own genetic material?

Boosting genetic material only adds a few more energy points to those women's Inheritance Enhancement.

But there's no other improvement.

However… Inheritance Enhancement really is a powerful skill.

Right now those women combined only have around 30 energy points, and a single energy point only lasts 5 seconds—far too short.

And right now they basically can't bear to use it.

If energy points were more plentiful, it really would be more useful.

Plus, racial bloodlines can break down into 1-3 types of genes—usually 2—and might break down into other suitable genes.

Buying a racial bloodline is at least not a loss.

But he'll have to wait until he's earned the money.

"Oh right, succubi probably have related genes too, and succubi are humanoid, so there might be a slim chance of success. But succubus bloodlines aren't cheap either—better not try it lightly." Mo Ming suddenly said.

"Succubi?" Zhao Chi thought about it, and it really was true.

Of course, succubi come in both male and female.

Female succubi are responsible for serving men, while male succubi naturally serve women.

And abundant genetic material might just be one of the traits of male succubi.

By that logic, succubi might really have similar genes.

And succubus bloodlines should be cheaper than dragon bloodlines too.

"Thank you, Captain Mo."

"No problem~"

Mo Ming chatted with Zhao Chi about this and that for a long while more before finally preparing to head back.

"Alright, Zhao Chi, since you're healthy, I'll be off then. Contact me if you need anything, see you later~"

Zhao Chi politely said goodbye to him.

After Mo Ming left, Zhao Chi let out a long sigh of relief.

Tieshan laughed, "Hahaha, Captain Mo is certainly a bit unusual, but he's a good person—a very reliable teammate."

Zhao Chi nodded: "I can tell."

Sitting with Mo Ming, Zhao Chi really had felt uncomfortable all over.

But undeniably, he could feel that Mo Ming was a decent person.

After Mo Ming left, Aike didn't sit back down either, but was chatting enthusiastically with Jiadan in the carriage in the middle.

Suddenly, a sharp whistle rang out from ahead.

Immediately after, an extremely powerful curtain of light blazed to life.

It was as if daylight had broken up ahead.

A few griffins flew back, diving in close, and a female elf shouted from above:

"Captain Tie, five kilometres ahead, we've spotted a caravan — about a hundred carts."

Tie Shan immediately stood up and bellowed: "All hands, alert status! Every man ready to deploy the formation!"

"Yes, sir!"

A deafening roar came from behind.

He was used to the women's unified shouts; hearing a group of men bellow all at once was indeed quite a different thing.

If one were to talk about which sounded better, Zhao Chi still preferred the shouts of his female soldiers.

But when it came to sheer force, these men had it in greater measure.

Following the roar, quite a few people at the rear broke off from the caravan, each riding alone as they charged out to both flanks.

They swiftly formed an oval formation, encircling the entire caravan within it.

Zhao Chi could sense a very strong surge of spiritual energy.

This place was a spatial rift — no formation could possibly exist here.

So there was only one possibility: these people were going to use spiritual energy to temporarily summon a formation.

By now they should already be prepared, waiting at any moment to activate it.

If they truly encountered any hostile force, they would activate the formation without the slightest hesitation.

The effect would probably be about the same as the formations in the cities — everyone would be pulled into a temporary space, then matched for combat.

The caravan as a whole did not slow down, still maintaining an extremely high speed as it charged forward.

The light barrier ahead drew closer and closer.

Zhao Chi felt as if a crack had been opened in a dim world, sunlight spilling in from outside.

In the distance, he saw the light barrier part.

One portion continued forward with the caravan, while another portion charged rapidly toward his side.

The others saw it too.

But they showed no particular reaction.

Zhao Chi suddenly realised that the light barrier coming head-on must have been deployed by the other side.

The skills and methods everyone chose were pretty much the same.

Aike and Jadan in the middle carriage both stared fixedly ahead, their expressions intensely focused.

Zhao Chi saw, in the sky ahead, several enormous figures appearing faintly.

Dozens of griffins fearlessly swept around to surround them.

The light barrier moved forward, illuminating the surroundings.

They were four wyverns.