Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1332

Chapter 1332: No!

There were several things Sylas noticed immediately. But the one that drew the most of his attention instantly was the {Empty} denotations in his Gold and Legendary Genes. This caught him somewhat off guard because he didn’t understand them.

Did it mean he had openings there?

No, that shouldn’t be the case. He had failed to take in a Legendary Gene already, and if his status page showed him openings he had, this wouldn’t be the first time they appeared like this—unless there was some sort of change outside of his stats appearing.

From what Sylas could tell, this shouldn’t be the case. They should be related to the three Gold Genes and one Legendary Gene he had managed to form through the Warlord and Emperor Armors he had formed over the last few days.

The three Gold Genes were from the Scorpion, Ape, and Serpent Warlord Armors. The Legendary Gene should be from the Scorpion Emperor Armor.

Still, while he could understand this, that didn’t explain why they were there.

"Why?" Sylas asked the little girl.

"You should be able to guess. It’s not worth it to pay for something like that."

Sylas frowned—not because he didn’t appreciate the clue he had just been given, but instead because he had never known this little girl to give up a chance at claiming Genes for her to gobble up. So... why would she say it like that?

His gaze flashed. ’It should be expensive, more expensive than I can afford... but in that case, why didn’t she just say it was too expensive like she usually did? Why say it like this?’

That was when Sylas put two and two together.

Why was it that he could only form a Gene from an Armor once? Why had Gralith explicitly told him not to absorb until he had reached the pinnacle of what he thought was possible?

There was a difference between a Rune Armor and the usual methods of increasing one’s Combat Matrix Index.

Much of the time, when Sylas used Runes to enhance his combat abilities, they weren’t extensions of himself, but rather add-ons. He was amplifying himself externally, and not fundamentally changing anything internally at all.

A Rune Armor was different in that it interacted with the Layers of one’s body. Exceptional Rune Armors, like the ones in the Warlord Sanctum, worked on an even deeper level than most—interacting with one’s Genes and triggering changes in that way.

When one first started on their path in the Sanctum, the Warlord Armors interacted not just with their Genes, but fundamentally with their Wills as well. As such, changes and tweaks began to occur.

This was why—unlike with other Rune Armors—a certain affinity was needed.

This process couldn’t just be casually started and restarted at leisure.

If Sylas was correct, it was a process that needed the help of the system. Much like Mounts and the support they received, these Rune Armors were like a shortcut toward forming one’s own Genes.

Crafting a perfect Rune Armor was far simpler than drawing such complex Unique Genes from scratch. So as a reward for crafting such a great way of increasing one’s strength, the system gave a reward at the end.

But the system would obviously only give out this reward once per person. Otherwise, what would be the point?

This was why it could only be done a single time.

There was something to take advantage of here?

’This is... possible?’

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