Humans are devouring and selling off the heavens.

Chapter 56 Gene Lock Fourth Stage, Light of the Mind

"Strange, is this what it feels like to unlock the fourth stage of the gene lock?" Zheng Zha's voice was filled with a hint of doubt and amazement.

Inside a massive steel room, hundreds of meters high and one kilometer wide, Chu Xuan and Zhang Jie kept their eyes fixed on Zheng Zha.

At this moment, a pair of bat-like fleshy wings, resembling demon wings, suddenly sprouted from Zheng Zha's back, making him look eerie and evil.

However, the wings were only the size of two or three palms, a stark contrast to his imposing figure, making him look nothing like a demon, but rather somewhat comical.

"Is this the form that results from the discovery of the demonic genes within the body after activating the fourth stage?" Chu Xuan pushed up his glasses, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes behind the lenses.

By absorbing the guide, Zheng Zha's gene lock was upgraded to the fourth level.

The feeling of unlocking the fourth stage of the gene lock is amazing.

Once activated, according to Zheng Zha's idea, with a single thought, the dormant genes within his body would be unearthed, filling the gaps in his body and enhancing his power.

But as the genes were further explored, a violent and bloodthirsty thought quietly emerged from the depths of his genes, as if an invisible hand was trying to control his consciousness. This was very similar to the demonic state that Zhang Jie had mentioned before.

Sensing the bloodthirsty glint in Zheng Zha's eyes, Chu Xuan's mind stirred, and black patterns, as if alive, roamed across his body. In the blink of an eye, the Black God Suit enveloped his entire body, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

Seeing this, Zheng Zha smiled easily and said, "It's alright, Chu Xuan, don't be nervous, I can still control myself."

With his high-level war god-level mental strength and unwavering will, he remained conscious even under the impact of this dangerous force.

However, the direct increase brought about by the fourth-stage gene lock did not meet Zheng Zha's expectations.

He calculated that even if all the genes in his body that could enhance his abilities were extracted, his body's six-dimensional qualities would only increase by 10%.

Of course, this is just an enhancement of physical fitness; compared to that, there are other kinds of strength.

For example, Zhang Jie mentioned "meticulous attention to detail," and other things as well.

"Wow!!"

A burst of blood-red flames suddenly rose from Zheng Zha's palm. As soon as the flames appeared, the air and light within a radius of tens of meters instantly distorted and deformed, and the space seemed to melt under the high temperature, rippling outwards.

This is the new power he gained after unlocking his genetic potential.

It looks a lot like the Crimson Flame from the God of War exchange.

As if he were born with this ability, Zheng Zha used it naturally.

Looking at the flame, Zheng Zha nodded thoughtfully:

"Tsk, it feels a lot like the Crimson Flame from the Main God's side. Could it be that all the Main God's exchanges are crippled versions? Only bloodlines, no skills..."

He only exchanged bloodlines with the main god once, and he doesn't know much about the main god.

"Haha."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jie burst into laughter. "Zheng Zha, you were absolutely right."

"Damn it, the skills and bloodlines that the main god sells are separate. Bloodlines only provide basic stats and energy cycles, while skills have to be exchanged separately."

Zhang Jie used an analogy when he said this:
"Like Spider-Man, he doesn't have a spider sense at all."

"Take the Mangekyou Sharingan from Naruto for example. Even if you exchange for it, you still need to exchange for additional skills to use them, such as Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo, and Izanagi."

Zheng Zha: "?"

You're crazy, you son of a bitch. What kind of Spider-Man is he if he doesn't have spider-sense?

After hearing this, Zheng Zha silently gave the God the middle finger. "Damn God, what a scoundrel!"

After cursing, Zheng Zha looked at the red flame in his hand again and immediately shook his head, saying:
"The thought that this little gadget requires a C-level side quest and 2000 points to redeem from the main god makes me feel sad."

Zheng Zha clenched his fist, and the burning red flames instantly disappeared. Then he snapped his fingers.

boom! "

With a loud bang, an even more intense burst of flames appeared once more.

The flame was no longer simply red, but a deep red that was almost black, as deep as a black hole, radiating a chillingly high temperature.

A strong heat wave swept in, as if the air itself was on fire. Even from a hundred meters away, Chu Xuan, wearing the Black God Suit, couldn't help but frown and take a few steps back.

Looking at the ball of black flame, Zheng Zha nodded and then threw it out.

The next moment, the instant the black flame left his hand, a terrifying heat erupted, forming a tangible heat wave that directly impacted the entire room!

The steel ground, hundreds of meters wide, melted instantly under the terrifying heat of the falling charcoal, like ice being thrown into a furnace. The boiling molten iron evaporated and vaporized in the blink of an eye.

A thick fog formed from the vaporization of steel appeared directly in front of the three of them!
After the shockwave from the sublimation of the steel dissipated, a metal crater hundreds of meters wide and tens of meters deep was left on the ground.

The entire one-kilometer-long and wide steel room was also heated red by the intense temperature, as if it were inside a furnace.

"Tsk, Zheng Zha, can you be a little more careful when you do this? You burned my cigarette."

Zhang Jie patted the dust off his clothes, looking helpless.

Even though he was standing far away, the heat wave from the black flames instantly turned the cigarette in his hand to ashes.

Zheng Zha scratched his head and said apologetically, "Oh, sorry, but I have some experiments to do next, which might be more intense. You guys go out for a bit."

Chu Xuan and Zhang Jie exchanged a glance and nodded knowingly, roughly understanding that Zheng Zha was probably going to test his self-created skill, Primordial Chaos, again.

As the two walked out of the room, Zheng Zha's demon wings on his back grew larger and larger, transforming into huge fleshy wings more than a meter long in the blink of an eye!

He did indeed want to experiment with the creation of the primordial world, to see what he could achieve with his microscopic control and this powerful body.

But before that, he was constantly exploring the genes within his body, gaining deeper control over the power of the fourth-order gene lock.

Zheng Zha's physical body is very strong and can withstand the prolonged activation of the gene lock.

He sensed something different from what Zhang Jie had said. His exploration of these genes and control over the power of the gene lock seemed so simple, and he became increasingly familiar with it, as if this power had always belonged to him...

Time passed day by day...

Nine days later, after this deep excavation had been going on for a full nine days...

Zheng Zha's enormous fleshy wings on his back were expanding rapidly, reaching almost two or three meters in length. They were ferocious and evil, truly like a demon. At the same time, his entire body was engulfed in jet-black flames.

The color of the flames continued to deepen as Zheng Zha gained control of the power.

suddenly!

As if crossing some kind of threshold, the flames on Zheng Zha's body suddenly changed, transforming from pitch black like a black hole into a dazzling white flame!

The flames no longer felt like they were solely composed of vampire magic, but rather, like the telekinetic power Zhang Jie had previously demonstrated, they were a power released from Zheng Zha's spirit and mind.

Zheng Zha had unknowingly penetrated the deepest part of his soul, illuminating the surface and transforming the flame into the nascent form of spiritual light!

(End of this chapter)