Chapter 163: Gene Seal Level! Martial Arts Third Stage!

「Let me check, let me check.... 」

Zhang Jie woke up early and eagerly checked the simulated mall he hadn't had time to look at yesterday, after all he was genuinely interested in that Dream-building Spirit Technology System.

Until he opened it, Zhang Jie was grinning.

But when he saw those strings of prices, he instantly couldn't laugh anymore.

「(Dream-building Synesthesia Technology) 4000 simulation points」

「(Fantasy Material Manifestation Technology) 6000 simulation points」

「(Dream-building Basic Framework) 3000 simulation points」

Each technology is at a level where you can afford to buy it, but buying just one sends you straight back to square one—neither here nor there, really frustrating.

「I actually don't really want that.... 」

These technologies aren't that useful for the Alliance right now; the previous martial arts system hasn't even been fully digested by those big brothers in the Alliance, and this new Dream-building system is also quite a challenge for those materialist big brothers in the Alliance.

The composition of a great civilization requires not only a far-sighted leader, but also an all-encompassing technological scope.

Who said a civilization can only explore one ascension system? Only children make choices; adults want it all!

Although the Alliance is famous in the Star Sea, it still has a long way to go to reach top-tier civilization.

Afterwards, Zhang Jie glanced at the items and abilities, and this time he felt more satisfied.

The ability column is simply dazzling, leaving viewers dazzled—gene enhancement or superpowers, anything you can imagine, fantasy technology can do it!

And just as being influenced by similar physical rules, the fantasy technology system also has its own 'fantasy rules'.

That is, even if something can be infinitely fantasized, when manifested into reality it will be affected by the fantasy rules, making it conform to common sense.

It's not that you just need what you want and need it, and the material produced by manifestation isn't conjured out of thin air; it likewise requires a medium of heat and matter, but even so, this system is still powerful enough.

Looking at these endless abilities and items, Zhang Jie finally felt the player's feeling again.

「Hehehe! This thing is really interesting. 」

After careful selection, Zhang Jie picked from a jumble of abilities those he could currently afford and that looked quite useful.

「Telekinesis」「Fire Control Technique」「High Growth Limit」

These three cost Zhang Jie 2000 simulation points, and this feeling is like giving his controlled character a skill roll, making Zhang Jie quite novel.

There are even stronger abilities, but Zhang Jie isn't considering them much now, after all his simulation points still need to go to the blade—his path of growth is long and arduous.

「Next.... are attribute points... 」

After four simulations, aside from the third time gaining nothing from the cattle and horse grains, he now has 155 attribute points.

As for the martial arts system, Zhang Jie plans to train himself; with the Alliance's vast resources providing a cram‑school‑style supply, he should be able to save a lot of attribute points.

As for the gene side, what level did Lin Ran say she was before?

Oh right, around seventy or eighty level...

Meow! Is that a level humans can reach?!?

Generally speaking, flesh and blood have a limit, and rather than saying flesh and blood have a limit, it's better to say any technology has a limit.

Take the Alliance as an example: a tenth‑level gene warrior, relying solely on his flesh, can directly destroy a large fleet produced by a medium‑sized mechanical civilization.

Although many parameters still need to be considered here—such as what level the fleet's material science has reached, and offensive performance issues—this alone shows how far the Alliance has come on the gene path.

Not to mention, those bio‑ships that can break the gene seal—know that the Alliance's current Alliance flagship is itself a living bio‑ship!

And Zhang Jie only recently learned that this ship's origin is actually the ancient Ark!

This giant ship, roughly the same age as Lin Ran, now has strength that can even match Lin Ran's!

This left Zhang Jie utterly shocked; he could only sigh at the wonder of biology.

But even so, the peak of ordinary people within the Alliance is still a tenth‑level gene seal—the max level—and very few can break through again.

And this probably includes Zhang Jie; in reality he doesn't have the supernatural talent he had in the simulation, so his gene seal level likely can't be raised any further.

「Hmm.... 」

Zhang Jie calculated: raising his gene realm from level 10 to 15 would need a total of 65 attribute points, but pushing it to level 20 would exactly use up his 155 attribute points...

「How weirdly coincidental... 」

Zhang Jie stared at his remaining 155 attribute points, falling into deep thought....

Finally, Zhang Jie gritted his teeth and tapped the simulator repeatedly, instantly raising his gene realm to 20.

In an instant, the heat pool inside his body used to turn into blazing fire was drained by one‑twentieth, automatically converting into gene source energy that circulated throughout Zhang Jie's body.

Feeling the surging gene source energy within, Zhang Jie felt excited yet also a little uneasy.

He hadn't even realized that breaking through required heat, but luckily there was this heat pool, otherwise Zhang Jie would have been sucked dry.

「Hmm, my flesh has also grown stronger. 」

Becoming a twentieth‑level gene warrior not only strengthens the flesh, but also greatly affects martial arts qi and blood.

This caused Zhang Jie's martial arts realm to leap straight from the 'Great Sea' of the second stage to the third stage in one go, and his qi and blood emitted a faint golden hue—a sign that he has already begun to enter the Return‑to‑Void realm!

「This was worth it! 」

Zhang Jie excitedly clenched his fist; from now on, besides the great Buddha Lin Ran, another one is likely to appear in this Alliance!

Oh right, and the current Alliance flagship—this huge ship's strength shouldn't be underestimated either.

「Hehehe! The future is bright!! 」

Zhang Jie couldn't wait to walk out the door; Lin Ran is currently active on the front line hunting heavenly disasters, and with his increased strength he still needs to gather fear‑summoning nightmare disasters, so he's already itching to fight side by side with Lin Ran.

Accompanied by the advisor Xiao Jiu and Lin Ran equipped for him, Zhang Jie arrived at the Alliance's port, intending to let Xiao Jiu send him straight to the front line!

Just then, a sudden clamor from the distance caught Zhang Jie's attention.