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Chapter 228 Genova: I've always been by your side~
The phantom monster's indifference to Genova chimera caught the attention of Chu Xuan, who had long been curious about whether the two would clash.

Faced with this strange sight, Chu Xuan suddenly had an inspiration. His research on the soul barrier had been slow to progress due to the lack of a sample of the crucial eighth soul, 'Gaia'.

Now, Chu Xuan plans to try using the Genova chimera. Perhaps he can utilize some of the Genova chimera's soul characteristics to create a disguise for the Central Continent Team, making the Phantom Monsters mistake them for Genova chimeras.

In this way, the Central Continent Team can openly return to the ground, making it much easier to investigate and explore clues on the ground later.

Therefore, Chu Xuan shared his discovery with his teammates through a mental link and made a request to Luo Li, the team leader.

"I need Genova chimeras for research, the more the better."

Faced with Chu Xuan's reasonable request, Luo Li readily agreed and immediately ordered the androids to launch more airships from the dimensional fragments. Then, she, Zhan Lan, and Zheng Zha captured the Genova chimera.

Although there is an even simpler way, such as directly opening a spatial rift and introducing the Genova chimera into the dimensional fragment.

But Luo Li had no intention of doing that. She was worried that after Genova entered the dimensional fragment, it would erode and pollute the dimensional fragment like it did the planet in the original story.

To prevent this possibility from occurring, since arriving in this world, neither Luo Li nor anyone else has taken anything from the dimensional fragments.

Nothing or anyone that has ever stayed in the Final Fantasy world has ever been sent back to the dimensional shards, which is why all the newcomers were unfortunately killed on their first encounter.

As per Chu Xuan's request, Luo Li, along with Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan, filled six airships with the Genova chimeras they had captured.

If Chu Xuan hadn't said that it was enough for now, Luo Li and the others would definitely have captured even more.

Now that Chu Xuan had the necessary experimental materials and the Genova chimera's strength had been tested, everyone in the Central Continent Team no longer held back.

With all their might, the group wiped out the seemingly endless Genova chimeras in less than ten minutes, leaving only those captured and intended to be used as experimental materials for Chu Xuan.

After the battle, everyone talked about how many reward points they had earned when they defeated those Genova chimeras.

Zhang Jie immediately started complaining again, saying, "Ten Genova chimeras are only worth one reward point. I killed more than 10,000 of them, and I only got a little over 1,000 reward points."

Zheng Zha comforted him, "Take it easy, Brother Jie. Look at me. I repelled the Genova Synthetic Beast Tide and got a reward of 500 reward points! See, even the God didn't count my points, he just gave me 500 reward points to get rid of me."

Luo Li and Zhan Lan deeply sympathized with this, because they, like Zheng Zha, only received 500 reward points.

"There's no other way. For the current Central Continent team, those Genova chimeras are really not enough. The fact that the main god is willing to give a reward point for ten chimeras is already very generous."

Everyone agreed with Luo Li's words, and Zhan Lan added, "Actually, for us now, reward points are no longer the reason that restricts us from becoming stronger. What we really lack is side quests."

This statement resonated with everyone even more. If there were sufficient side quests, it wouldn't be a dream for the entire Central Continent Team to have an A-level enhancement; they wouldn't be struggling like they are now. After everyone complained about how rare side quests were, Luo Li got down to business. She asked Ling Dian and Gao Hongliang, "Ling Dian, Gao Hongliang, you two have been operating the satellite. Have you discovered where those Genova chimeras came from?"

At midnight, Gao Hongliang and his companion knew that after the battle, Luo Li would definitely ask where those synthetic beasts came from, so while everyone was exchanging their findings, they began to check the surveillance records of the artificial satellite.

Now, upon hearing Luo Li ask this question, Gao Hongliang pulled up the records he and Lingdian had found and said, "We don't know when that dark cloud that generated the Genova chimera appeared."

The cloud was already there when our satellite started operating. At the time, Zero and I were worried it was some kind of anomaly, so we conducted a thorough investigation. After confirming it was just a cloud, we stopped paying attention, but we never expected…

"But I never expected those dark clouds to turn into Genova chimeras, right?" Luo Li flipped through the report that Gao Hongliang had compiled with Zeya's help, without intending to blame him.

"Alright, you and Zero don't need to blame yourselves. You've been cautious enough; it's just that the enemy's camouflage capabilities are beyond our imagination. I'll have Alpha prepare a few more satellites, and we must maintain constant monitoring after discovering similar clouds. If those clouds show any signs of moving towards us, we must notify everyone immediately."

To ease the burden on Lingdian and Gao Hongliang, Luo Li specially assigned them several android assistants to help them monitor everything happening on the planet at all times.

Then, Luo Li looked at Chu Xuan again, her expression grave, and said, "Chu Xuan, let's put the research on the soul barrier on hold for now. I need you to develop an instrument that can detect Genova first; we all need to undergo a physical examination!"

Luo Li didn't hide anything from the others when she said this, and the quick-witted people's expressions changed drastically upon hearing it, making the atmosphere oppressive once again.

Chu Xuan nodded upon hearing this. Knowing the urgency of the situation, he remained silent and immediately set off for the airship imprisoning the Genova chimera. He needed to understand the situation of Genova's existence before he could develop the corresponding detection equipment.

After Chu Xuan left, Zhan Lan looked at her teammates around her and, despite the increasingly oppressive atmosphere, asked Luo Li, "Luo Li, are you worried about Star Mark Syndrome?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha, who had been somewhat confused, suddenly realized and said, "So it's Starscar syndrome. We are both natives and not infected by Genova cells, so how could we possibly get that disease?"

Zheng Zha's behavior further strengthened Luo Li's determination to stimulate his awakening, but now Luo Li could only patiently explain to him.

"How do you know you haven't been infected by Genova cells? You saw those Genova chimeras before, and you also heard Zero and Gao Hongliang's reports."

If I'm not mistaken, that dark cloud was formed by a large number of Genoa cells coming together.

Only in this way could those Jenova chimeras be born, and if that's the case, it means that the atmosphere is already filled with Jenova cells.

With each additional word Luo Li spoke, the faces of the crowd grew paler.

At this moment, everyone wished Chu Xuan would appear the next moment and tell them that the instrument used to test Genova had been developed.

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