Chapter 1692

It's an individual gene.

【Gene】Life Drain

【Origin】Vampire Count

【Type】Individual Gene

【Cost】10 Improvement Points

【Match】71%

【Effect】After damaging an enemy, a portion of the damage dealt can be drained to restore one's own health.

Isn't this just bloodsucking?

But this is different from the bloodsucking of the Blood Clan—those Blood Clan members must drink blood to replenish their health.

This Life Drain, however, activates as soon as you wound an enemy.

Far more convenient than ordinary bloodsucking.

But it's still an individual gene, unfortunately.

What a pity.

But it doesn't matter—at least it's usable.

If another "Wrinkled Tough Skin" or "Simple Brain" had come along, Zhao Chi would probably have cursed his luck.

This gene would actually be decent for Zhao Chi to use for improvement too.

But after weighing everything, he decided to give it to Qi Yue.

She was the best fit.

Tang Ruan has "Hyper Self-Healing."

Gu Qing has "Therapeutic Fluids."

Zhuang Ya is a ranged fighter, or mid-range at least—relatively safe.

Qi Yue, on the other hand, is a close-combat fighter.

If Qi Yue gets this gene, she'll have some recovery ability too, and be even bolder when charging in.

Diving into a pile of enemies and unleashing a rampage would be no problem.

Settled, then.

All the genes had been reviewed.

The racial genes confirmed for improvement were five: "Tough Bones," "Limb Regeneration," "Scavenger Stomach," "Dynamic Vision," and "Dark Affinity."

Plus one individual gene, "Life Drain."

Adding the five Racial Gene Expansion Stones just bought, there were eight in total now.

More than enough.

Then let's begin!

The five Expansion Stones just purchased dissolved directly into light—light worth a full 16,000 gold coins.

Shorter-lived than fireworks.

Then the improvement began.

First, spend Improvement Points to max out all the probabilities.

Then select them one by one!

It took a full 86 Racial Improvement Points to complete.

He'd thought his Improvement Points were plenty before, yet now they were nearly spent again.

Light pulsed in waves.

Streaks of radiance shot forth.

All the female villagers around let out cries of surprise.

"Huh? Why do I feel my bones itching a little?"

"Me too—I suddenly felt itchy all over just now, but now it's gone."

"I feel something's off in my stomach too, suddenly hungry—are you guys the same?"

"Oh, cut it out. You're just craving stir-fried cabbage, aren't you? Let's go together then."

"No, I'm serious—my stomach feels like it's changed."

"Whatever it is, hurry up and finish this last one so we can go eat."

"Wait, why do I feel… wow, look at that tree branch."

A breeze blew past.

The slender branches of the nearby great tree swayed.

All the female villagers looked up.

"I can see it so clearly… look at those birds."

"Wow~~ why do they look like they're flying so slowly? So when little birds fly, they tuck their claws together?"

"You didn't know that?"

"Me too, me too—I can predict those little birds' flight paths now."

"Are you all dumb? Just check your personal status, won't you? The Lord has improved us with new genes again."

"Wow, really?"

"Of course it's real…"

"I thought she was just craving food, turns out it was this."

"Let's go, let's go—there's still the Dark Affinity gene left. Let's head to the Guanshang Sect at the tailor shop and try it out."

"What about me?"

"You come to our tailor shop too."

"Hehe, okay~"

A few female villagers ran off happily.

Zhao Chi, meanwhile, was staring at the system.

Because he had received a new notification:

【Congratulations, the Taoyuan humans simultaneously possess the "Night Vision" and "Dynamic Vision" genes, which has met the linkage condition. You may set the linkage effect. Once set, it cannot be changed.】

【Congratulations, the Taoyuan humans simultaneously possess the "Soft Body" and "Tough Bones" genes, which has met the linkage condition. You may set the linkage effect. Once set, it cannot be changed.】

【Congratulations, the Taoyuan humans simultaneously possess the "Bone-Gathering Revival" and "Limb Regeneration" genes, which has met the linkage condition. You may set the linkage effect. Once set, it cannot be changed.】

Gene linkage!

Gene linkage again!

And goddamn, three of them!

Awesome!

The last linkage was ages ago. Although such things follow a pattern, acquiring genes is uncontrollable.

Even breaking down a huge number of genes might not yield the ones you want, let alone unlocking genes specifically for linkage.

Regardless, this time is practically striking it rich.

Just now Zhao Chi had been sighing a little because these racial bloodlines were somewhat expensive and the genes broken down from them weren't all that satisfying.

Now he instantly felt it was worth it.

This was practically directly obtaining 3 brand-new genes.

And they were 3 selectable ones, so of course it was great.

Hurry and check the first one.

【Please select the linkage main gene】

【1. Night Vision】

【2. Dynamic Vision】

Doesn't matter.

It's selectable either way.

As long as two bad ones don't show up, it's fine.

Click the first one.

【Gene Linkage 1】

【Main Gene】 Night Vision