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Chapter 479 The Mystery of the Isolated Island

At this moment, Yu Zhun recalled the words Fred had mentioned in his diary.

The other party believes that this key is related to the origin of evolution.

According to Yu Zhun's current understanding of the catastrophe, the so-called catastrophe is actually an invasion of this world by another world.

Evolution, in turn, is the fundamental transformation that this world has undergone as a result.

Considering this, the portal before us is most likely a gateway to another world that invaded this world back then.

If Yu Zhun activates it, it could very likely have unpredictable consequences.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the silver mermaid who had led him all the way.

What kind of being is this, and why would someone beg it to open this door?
Yu Zhun gripped the restless key tightly, then turned around without hesitation.

He wouldn't open the door easily until he understood the situation.

Ascending rapidly, Yu Zhun soon saw the silver mermaid again.

Upon seeing Yu Zhun, a look of surprise appeared in the other person's eyes.

But upon seeing that Yu Zhun was still holding the key, his surprise quickly turned into disappointment.

"I'm sorry, but I can't open that door easily until I understand your identity and purpose."

Ignoring the distraught silver mermaid, Yu Zhun turned and floated to the surface. After swimming a short distance, he turned back to look at her. She was still in the same spot, looking somewhat desolate.

Turning his gaze away, Yu Zhun looked towards a certain direction on the sea.

His mark is right there now.

Although he hasn't yet fully understood the secrets hidden beneath the ocean and there are still many mysteries waiting for him to uncover, Yu Zhun doesn't plan to continue for the time being.

He needed to return to the cruise ship to reunite with his teammates.
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"Om-"

A slight tremor came from the root marker held in the mouse's arms, startling the mouse, which was in a daze, and it almost threw the marker away.

Then he realized something and suddenly picked up the mark.

"Yu Zhun?"

“It’s me.” The root-like marker wriggled, and words appeared on it in response.

"Amazing!" The mouse's eyes lit up. "This thing can actually communicate with each other? That's quite an ability!"

Ignoring the rat's lament, the writing on the roots changed once again.

"Go somewhere where there's no one."

"Alright!" Although he didn't know what Yu Zhun was going to do, the mouse immediately set off and found an empty area in the cabin.

"Yu Zhun, I've arrived."

As the rat finished speaking, roots rapidly unfurled from his bosom, filling the surrounding space at an astonishing speed, eventually forming a cocoon.

Flesh and blood rapidly formed from the cocoon of roots, and then Yu Zhun emerged from the cocoon, donned his combat uniform, and nodded to the dumbfounded rat.

"No...you...I..." The rat, who had witnessed Yu Zhun's sudden appearance, was dumbfounded and speechless for a long time.

"You'll get used to this." Yu Zhun chuckled and patted the mouse on the shoulder. "My mark was for the captain, how did it end up in your hands?"

"Where are the captain, Wolf Fang, Iron Tower, and the others?"

Upon hearing this, the mouse came to its senses.

"The captain is using a fourth-tier gene drug, and the other two have gone to guard him."

A fourth-order gene therapy drug?!

Yu Zhun's smile froze slightly, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.

Has the captain reached the point where he can use fourth-order gene drugs?

"Where are they? Take me to see them."

"Over there!" Seeing the strange look on Yu Zhun's face, the rat also vaguely sensed that something was wrong, and his expression became serious.

He quickly led Yu Zhun to the place where Black Hawk had broken through. Outside the house, Wolf Fang and Iron Tower, one thin and one strong, stood guard like door gods.

Upon seeing Yu Zhun, both of them showed expressions of surprise and delight.

"You're back?" Wolf Fang couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's underwater...?"

"Let's not talk about that now." Yu Zhun interrupted Lang Ya, his face tense as he pointed into the room. "How long has the captain been inside?"

"It should take about half an hour," Wolf Fang said after thinking for a moment.

"Have you gone inside in the last half hour?"

Wolf Fang and Iron Tower both shook their heads.

There was no unusual activity inside, so those responsible for guarding the room naturally had no intention of entering and disturbing Black Hawk.

Yu Zhun's expression grew increasingly serious.

He could clearly sense the situation inside the room; an extremely unstable force was rising at an incredibly fast speed, like a balloon filled with air that could burst open at any moment.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yu Zhun pushed open the door and walked into the house.

The room was completely silent, without the slightest sound, except for a strange stench. A figure lay on the ground, his life hanging in the balance.

"team leader?!"

Wolf Fang and Iron Tower, who followed closely behind, changed their expressions upon seeing this scene.

They rushed forward and looked at the unconscious Black Hawk inside the room, but for a moment they didn't know what to do.

"Yu Zhun, do you have a solution?" Langya suddenly looked at Yu Zhun.

“I’ll give it a try.” Yu Zhun took a deep breath and walked quickly to Black Hawk’s side. Suddenly, his gaze was drawn to the potion bottle that Black Hawk was holding tightly in his hand.

That was the fourth-tier gene drug used by Black Hawk. At this moment, part of the gene drug had been used, but the rest remained inside.

It seems that Blackhawk also knew that his condition was not as good as he had claimed to his teammates, so he took a more conservative approach and gradually used gene therapy.

It was this more conservative approach that saved him; otherwise, Black Hawk would probably have exploded and died before Yu Zhun arrived.

Placing a hand on Black Hawk's chest, sensing his extremely erratic state of mind, Yu Zhun asked in a deep voice, "Would this happen during normal evolution?"

“Normal evolution certainly wouldn’t be like this,” Wolf Fang said confidently. “How could one completely lose consciousness during a transformation amidst intense pain?”

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhun nodded slightly and picked up the gene therapy drug.

After a moment of hesitation, he injected the remaining gene-enhancing drugs into his body.

"what you do?!"

The three members of Wolf Fang were startled at the same time.

“I suspect there’s something wrong with the gene therapy drug,” Yu Zhun said in a deep voice. “Given my current condition, a normal fourth-order gene therapy drug would have negligible effect on me.”

"I want to see what makes this gene therapy drug so different."

"Only in this way can we prescribe the right medicine for the problem."

Upon hearing this, the three members of Wolf Fang looked enlightened.

Testing the drug on himself—only a freak like Yu Zhun could do something so crazy, and it's the best way to help Black Hawk recover.

After all, they don't yet know what exactly happened to Black Hawk.

Yu Zhun turned his attention back to Black Hawk.

In his perception, Black Hawk was like a balloon that was nearing its limit, ready to burst at any moment without warning.

Before analyzing the gene-based drug, he needed to find a way to mitigate Black Hawk's current predicament. After a moment's thought, Yu Zhun slowly grew roots from his palm, which pierced into Black Hawk's body.

The root ability granted by the Crimson Mist Tree can endlessly devour and absorb, and then transfer what it has devoured to Yu Zhun.

Under Yu Zhun's careful control, the energy around Black Hawk began to slowly flow towards Yu Zhun, at a rate that was just in line with the rate at which the power within his body was increasing, putting Black Hawk's body in an extremely delicate balance.

While focusing on absorbing energy, Yu Zhun closed his eyes and felt the changes within himself.

The fourth-tier gene drug that entered his body was like a mad dog, frantically devouring every part of his body, trying to make his body undergo a more thorough transformation.

In an instant, Yu Zhun realized that there was indeed a problem with this bottle of fourth-order gene drug, because it was far more violent than the normal evolutionary process.

However, Yu Zhun is not Black Hawk.

Faced with his strength already reaching the near-fifth rank, half a dose of fourth-rank gene medicine couldn't cause any trouble at all. The attack power of the medicine's components became weaker and weaker, and in the end, it was directly suppressed by Yu Zhun's own power.

Using mutation inducers as the main force, the analysis of this fourth-order gene drug quickly began, and Yu Zhun's body continuously produced new substances to decompose the components of the gene drug.

Ultimately, the power of this fourth-order gene drug was completely absorbed within Yu Zhun's body.

Yu Zhun slowly opened his eyes, controlling the substance in his body that could decompose the fourth-order gene drug, and slowly entered the Black Eagle's body through the roots.

Black Hawk's body twitched without warning.

Immediately afterwards, his ever-increasing strength declined at an extremely rapid pace, but his body gradually returned to a safe state.

"Is this... a success?"

As they sensed Black Hawk's complexion gradually returning to normal, the tense and worried expressions on the faces of the three members of Wolf Fang quickly turned into joy.

"More or less." Yu Zhun nodded slightly, but his expression remained serious.

Because of Black Hawk, and I woke up.

He stared at Black Hawk in silence for a long time.

The smiles on the faces of the three members of the Wolf Fang gang gradually disappeared.

“During the evolution process, the captain may have had his brain attacked by gene drugs,” Yu Zhun said slowly. “He has recovered, but his damaged brain still needs time to heal. He may not be able to wake up in the short term.”

"How could this happen?" the rat couldn't help but ask. "What exactly is the deal with that bottle of fourth-tier gene-enhancing drug? Why are there such severe consequences after using it?"

“I suspect that the gene-enhancing drug is likely a defective product, or some kind of failed product,” Yu Zhun said in a deep voice. “Where did the fourth-tier gene-enhancing drug come from?”

Previously, Black Hawk had obtained a Tier 4 gene drug.

But the bottle he's holding now isn't the same one he used to have.

The fact that Black Hawk used it so recklessly, and that such great danger occurred afterward, is extremely suspicious.

Upon hearing this question, the other three exchanged bewildered glances.

After a long silence, the Iron Tower spoke in a low voice, "I guess it was obtained in District 37."

“During the time you were away, we were captured by the Nether Dragon Team, and all our valuables were stolen, including the gene-enhancing drugs we had before.”

"Later, after we recovered and the captain recovered, the captain found a way to get himself another bottle of gene therapy."

"That is the bottle he is using now."

"As for where he got it from, only he himself probably knows."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

This question will remain unanswered until Black Hawk reawakens.

"Then let's wait." Yu Zhun sighed and slowly sat down next to Black Hawk. The other three followed suit, and the room fell silent again.

A moment later, the sound of a mouse broke the silence.

"Yu Zhun, did you find anything underwater?"

Wolf Fang and Iron Tower also turned their gazes in that direction.

“Indeed, we found quite a few things.” Yu Zhun nodded slightly. “Previously, in the ruins of the Roland mining area, I entered the magma layer and found a key.”

The other three nodded slightly; Yu Zhun had already told them about this.

Yu Zhun then spoke.

“Deep in the ocean, I found the door that this key corresponds to.”

Ok?
The three men's expressions changed.

"Did you open it? What's behind the door?" the mouse asked impatiently.

"No." Yu Zhun shook his head.

He didn't mention anything about another world, but simply said calmly, "I don't think it's the right time to open that door yet."

“In addition, besides that door, I also discovered some interesting things, such as…” Yu Zhun changed the subject, “In the ocean, apart from the guy who led me all the way, I didn’t see any living creatures.”

"How is that possible?" the rat blurted out. "Isn't it said that there are far more mutated and polluted beasts in the ocean than on land? Is that why the ruined island was able to produce fifth-tier gene drugs and sixth-tier alloys?"

"If not, where did their stuff come from?"

“I’m also very interested to know the answer to this question,” Yu Zhun said in a deep voice.

He turned his head to look in the direction the oil tanker was sailing, his gaze piercing through the obstructions to the distant outline of the giant island that was gradually growing larger.

Once he arrives there, all his confusion should be able to be reasonably explained, and he may very well get one step closer to the truth of this world.

At the same time, he was one step closer to the end of his third job advancement trial.

"The captain has moved!"

A sudden, excited exclamation from the iron tower interrupted Yu Zhun's thoughts.

He looked sharply at Black Hawk and, following the tower's direction, saw that Black Hawk's fingers were trembling slightly. Although it was only a slight tremor, it was enough to show that he was gradually getting better!

Yu Zhun's expression relaxed slightly as well.

Over the next few days, the four took turns caring for Black Hawk, and Black Hawk's condition improved rapidly.

On the second day on the cruise ship, Black Hawk was able to open his eyes and communicate with his teammates with his eyes, but he was still unable to speak.

By the third day, Black Hawk was able to speak.

"I'm sorry for holding you all back." The first thing Black Hawk said when he spoke again was to look at the four people surrounding him.

“We’re all teammates, don’t say that.” Yu Zhun shook his head, then his expression turned serious. “So, what’s the deal with your gene drug?”

Upon hearing this, Black Hawk paused for a moment, then sighed.

"In the end, it was all caused by greed for small gains."

"The previous gene drug was stolen by the Nether Dragon team. I was wondering if I could get a new one, so I inquired in District 37 about whether there were any channels."

"Then, I found out about the black market in District 37."

“They happen to sell Tier 4 gene-enhancing drugs there, but…” Black Hawk paused slightly, “they’re not produced on the ruined island.”

"It comes from another power, the Holy See of Miracles."

"The Holy See of Miracles?" Yu Zhun frowned slightly.

He had heard of this force; it was one of the major powers in the wasteland.

The Holy See of Miracles views the catastrophe as a miracle, believing that the old order should be buried and the rise of a new humanity is inevitable. They expand by spreading their faith.

However, the problem is...

"When did they start producing their own gene therapy drugs?"

(End of this chapter)