Chapter 177 Second Stage

Qian Chengxue naturally noticed that Su Mo was a little cold, so she said, "I'll go get some branches and leaves to make a fire."

"No need to bother. There are mutated monsters everywhere outside. Making a fire isn't a good idea."

Su Mo shook his head.

"But you won't be able to hold out like this. You probably haven't used the Type II gene agent yet. Instead of freezing to death, it's better to take a little risk."

Qian Chengxue's expression was unusually firm. She wasn't worried about attracting monsters.

"Wait."

Hearing Qian Chengxue's words, Su Mo suddenly thought of something. He tapped on his wrist device and checked his Tinder evolution value.

He found that, without realizing it, it had reached the maximum value of 100%.

Among them, the Type III super-organism, the Corpse Ghoul Beast, contributed a large amount, and the mutated players contributed an unusually rich amount of evolution value.

So Su Mo took out the Type II gene agent, TSDI Omnipotent Gene Enhancement Injector (Perfect), from his backpack.

Qian Chengxue wasn't surprised at all to see Su Mo take out the Type II gene agent. She simply admired Su Mo's ability to always give people unexpected surprises.

"I can use this injector. Watch around me and don't let anything disturb me."

"Okay!"

Qian Chengxue replied without hesitation.

Su Mo didn't hesitate either. He stuck the gene injector into his arm and injected it.

The moment he injected it, Su Mo felt his heart beat violently, faster and faster, as if it was about to explode. His internal organs began to convulse violently, and the intense pain almost made Su Mo faint.

He gritted his teeth and held on. He didn't know how long it took, but the severe pain began to subside. However, his whole body began to itch, as if countless ants were tearing at him.

Pearl-sized beads of sweat kept flowing from his forehead.

At this time, a flame pattern appeared on Su Mo's chest, and then, with it as the center, countless cracks spread out like spider webs. Red flames covered his entire body along the cracks.

Qian Chengxue looked at Su Mo's painful expression and didn't say anything. She believed that with Su Mo's perseverance, it wouldn't be a problem for him to endure it.

After about half an hour, the negative effects on Su Mo's body gradually subsided, and his expression gradually eased.

"How do you feel?"

Qian Chengxue took out a bottle of frozen mineral water from her backpack, handed it over, and asked with concern.

Su Mo took a deep breath, and in that instant, his entire aura underwent a qualitative change. He replied steadily, "Very good!"

At this moment, Su Mo felt better than ever before. This feeling was very wonderful, as if his whole body was light and飘飘 (piāopiāo, floating), and his mind was exceptionally clear, and his thoughts were turning faster.

He tapped on his wrist device and opened the Tinder column.

He saw clearly written on it:

Tier II Tinder Evolution (10%)

Special Effect 1: Life Resilience passively strengthened by 10%

Special Effect 2: Produces a certain deterrent effect on Tier 1 creatures.

.....

Su Mo then opened the system log, where he clearly saw a series of prompts.

Prompt: Congratulations, you have successfully used the Type II gene agent, TSDI Omnipotent Gene Enhancement Injector (Perfect)

Prompt 1: Congratulations, the basic strength of all aspects of your body has been strengthened by 3.1 times.

Prompt 2: Congratulations, you have gained Level 2 radiation resistance.

Prompt 3: Congratulations, you have gained Level 2 virus resistance.

Prompt 4: Congratulations, your neural response has been enhanced by 2.3 times (effect fluctuates)

Prompt 5: Congratulations, your life resilience has been increased by 2 times.

Prompt 6: Congratulations, your intelligence has been strengthened by 1.7 times.

Prompt 7: Congratulations on successfully activating a hidden gene sequence and gaining resistance to mental pollution.

......

Su Mo looked at this series of prompts, checked his body again, and confirmed that his body hadn't mutated. He was very satisfied, especially with the mental pollution resistance that was activated last.

This resistance seemed to be used to resist the pollution of biological machines. Although it was only activated and the degree of resistance wasn't very high, having it was better than not having it at all.

Qian Chengxue sat aside, quietly waiting for Su Mo to finish observing his physical condition, and then asked.

"Are you still cold?"

"Not anymore."

Su Mo felt it slightly. The low temperature and the biting cold wind blew across his body, but he had no reaction at all. He felt that after evolving to Type II, his body had completely broken away from the scope of ordinary people.

"It looks like the gene agent you used is very good. It has greatly improved your strength."

"It's not very useful, it just prevents me from freezing to death."

Su Mo replied awkwardly.

"That's true."

Qian Chengxue nodded helplessly.

Then the two fell into silence, and for a while, they didn't know what to talk about.

.......

As night deepened, the blizzard gradually subsided.

Su Mo and Qian Chengxue leaned against a dry tree, looking up at the starry sky.

At some point, the gray clouds gradually dispersed, and the stars twinkled.

The starlight was gentle, the evening breeze was cool, and thousands of stars shone through the withered branches, sprinkling on the two of them.

Su Mo and Qian Chengxue were both quiet by nature, and basically didn't have much to talk about.

For a time, the atmosphere became a little subtle, and the atmosphere seemed a little awkward.

After all, the two had never been alone before, and they were not used to it.

After a long time, Qian Chengxue broke the silence and asked.

"Su Mo, I have a question I'd like to ask you, is that okay?"

"Sure."

Su Mo replied a little nervously.

Qian Chengxue seemed to see something and smiled. She said to Su Mo, "It's just the two of us here. We've been through life and death together, so we should be considered friends. You don't have to worry about the superior-subordinate relationship, and just relax when you talk."

"Okay!"

Su Mo nodded emphatically.

Qian Chengxue turned her head and carefully looked at Su Mo's face, making Su Mo even more uncomfortable.

Just then, Qian Chengxue asked curiously, "Su Mo, I'm very curious. You don't look like someone from the bottom. Your talent and strength are very outstanding, especially the temperament you show unintentionally, which is not something ordinary people possess. Why did you come to our guild?"

Hearing this, Su Mo also replied somewhat awkwardly, "Actually, I stumbled into your guild. It was more to pay off debts."

After Qian Chengxue heard this, she shook her head and replied, "Then that's even stranger. People from the bottom wouldn't refuse money, and I've given you so many opportunities, but you don't care at all."

"Isn't that to pay off debts?"

"What about after you pay them off?"

"Ah~ Actually, for me, it's enough for one person to be full and the whole family isn't hungry. There's nothing to worry about or burden me. As for money, it's enough to have enough."

"It doesn't seem like it. Let me tell you this, money is extremely important to people from the bottom, even more important than their lives. At first, I thought you just didn't care about money, but later I found out that's not the case. You completely don't care. If you were really from the bottom, then your idea of not caring about money would be really stupid, too naive. Class is fixed in this world and generally doesn't change. Ordinary people won't have much change in their entire lives. Someone like you, who suddenly explodes with such strong strength and talent in Star Ring, if you were really from the bottom, you should seize these opportunities better, because once the opportunity is missed, it's gone."

Qian Chengxue said very seriously.

After hearing this, Su Mo felt warm inside. Although what Qian Chengxue said wasn't pleasant, most of it was for his sake, so Su Mo stared at Qian Chengxue.

"Do you really want to know?"