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Chapter 69: It Was Just Genetics at Work

Shen Yi never gambled with his life, nor did he want to inject a gene drug and turn into a monster.

However, the temptation was real.

The effects of that gene serum were undeniably enticing.

Once injected, one’s vitality and strength would skyrocket to freakish levels.

For an ordinary person with no superpower and no strength, such a serum was practically a miracle drug.

Of course, if Lin Zhiwei could refine it and remove the side effects, Shen Yi would happily inject himself.

With that perverse regeneration and vitality, he would never need to fear injury again.

It would be the same as gaining an extra superpower out of thin air.

He had to admit that Lin Zhiwei was a very capable woman.

Although the end product was a monster, it proved she had the skills.

If he trained her properly, she might really brew up a potent gene serum for him.

Of course, while cultivating her, he also had to keep a close eye on her.

A clever, skilled and hands-on woman like her could easily create a few mutant beasts in his own home if he stopped watching.

That would be damned unlucky!

Shen Yi looked at Lin Zhiwei with mixed love and hate.

He loved her competence and brains, qualities worth nurturing.

He hated that she always wanted to dissect him, study him, and make him test drugs.

Even earlier in the bedroom, after their clothes were off, she had spent half the time probing his body for research, which really pissed him off.

This woman’s head was filled with pure curiosity… highly dangerous.

“Well, how about giving it a try?”

Lin Zhiwei’s eyes blazed as she kept asking Shen Yi.

With a blank face, Shen Yi said, “Don’t you have a superpower that lets you read minds?”

“Then read me now and see if I want to.”

Lin Zhiwei glanced at him, subconsciously stepped back and said, “I can see you want to hit me…”

“Sharp eye!”

Shen Yi rotated his wrist but restrained himself.

Fortunately, she had not tried to drug him on her own but had chosen to discuss it first.

Otherwise, he would not merely think about hitting her; he would kill her outright.

As long as she stayed cooperative, he did not mind keeping her around and even supplying materials to foster her growth.

“My gene evolution serum is really good… given your physical condition, the success rate is still very high!”

Lin Zhiwei still refused to give up.

It seemed she would not stop until she got a beating.

Shen Yi glanced at her and said, “The success rate is too low. I can supply whatever you need so you can continue your research. Once it reaches over 80%, I can find someone to test it.”

As for who that someone would be, it certainly would not be one of his own.

He would wait until the serum was 100% free of side effects before injecting himself.

Sensible!

He believed plenty of people in the apocalypse would kill for such a chance to evolve.

Though failure meant death, living without power would lead to an even worse death.

“All right…” Lin Zhiwei felt it was a pity.

After their previous in-depth exchange, she believed only Shen Yi’s body could withstand her gene evolution serum.

An ordinary body definitely could not.

Even without testing, she could be sure it would fail.

“By the way, did you know that superpowers can level up?”

Shen Yi changed the topic and suddenly asked.

“Level up? You mean the effect of a superpower can increase… like grinding for experience in a game?”

Lin Zhiwei’s comprehension really was strong; she understood immediately.

“That’s about right.”

“This is the first I’ve heard of it, but I did suspect superpowers could level up in certain ways… for example, eating the same type of fruit, stacking multiple powers, or repeatedly pushing a power to its limit and breaking through.”

Lin Zhiwei voiced her guesses and reasoning.

“It’s just that I’ve been busy with gene-serum research and never had time to test my theories.”

After hearing her words, Shen Yi could not help but sigh.

What a smart woman.

“Your guess is spot on… superpowers can level up, and eating the same type of fruit is all it takes.”

As he spoke, Shen Yi cracked open another Mental Link fruit.

Lin Zhiwei’s eyes lit up.

No wonder she kept seeing Shen Yi eat superpower fruits.

So that was it!

That meant Shen Yi’s superpower levels far exceeded normal people’s!?

This man was indeed worth studying!!

Lin Zhiwei stared at Shen Yi, the heat in her eyes almost undisguised.

Ignoring her gaze, Shen Yi kept eating the fruit and continued, “As for training a power to its limit and breaking through, I don’t know how to do that, so I haven’t tested it.”

“All right, it’s late. Get some rest tonight. When you’ve recovered tomorrow, we’ll head to your lab and retrieve the gene serum.”

With that, Shen Yi left some food and water and decisively walked away.

He did not give Lin Zhiwei the slightest chance to ask more questions!

The room fell silent at once.

Lin Zhiwei looked at the steaming roast chicken and fruit on the table and suddenly felt a bit bored.

In the past, whenever she was bored, she would dive into problems she could not solve.

But now, for some reason, her mind kept drifting to what had happened with Shen Yi in the bedroom.

She recalled their time together.

Although nothing seemed earth-shattering, she simply could not forget Shen Yi’s body.

“A woman’s genes are really strange. Because he was my first man, my body instinctively remembers him…”

Lin Zhiwei solemnly used scientific reasoning to explain the phenomenon.

Thus she proved she had no real feelings for Shen Yi.

It was just her genes acting up!

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Shen Yi teleported back to Building 6.

Inside the room, the women were busy.

Su Yun was teaching Xu Wanting and Bai Xinyi how to handle guns.

Jiang Nanyan, together with Zhou Wan’er and Liu Yueyue, was huddled in the study reading something.

“Honey, you’re back.”

The first to notice him were Su Yun and the other two in the living room; they put down the guns and gathered to greet him.

“Mm, Wanting, go cut us some watermelon.”

Sitting on the sofa, Shen Yi spoke and casually took two black-skinned watermelons from the System Space.

Xu Wanting answered and carried the melons to the kitchen.

Soon, she returned with a neatly sliced plate.

Shen Yi picked up a slice, took a bite and chewed.

Mmm, it really tasted good… delicious!

The firmness and crispness were perfect, and its sweetness was unparalleled.

Anything produced by the System was top quality!

“You two eat some, too,” Shen Yi told Su Yun and Bai Xinyi standing beside him.

Only then did the two women reach out for slices.

Xu Wanting, of course, did not hold back either.

“This watermelon is so sweet and crisp… really good,” Su Yun said, finishing one slice and taking another.

“If you like it, eat as much as you want. There’s plenty today.”

Having unlocked another superpower fruit today, Shen Yi was in a good mood and did not mind sharing food.

“Honey, you’re the best!”

Su Yun smiled and gave Shen Yi a spontaneous kiss.

While others were still going hungry, they had no worries about food and could even enjoy unlimited watermelon.

Such comfort felt wonderful!

At that moment, the three women in the study heard the voices and came out.

“Honey, I’ve drafted the preliminary shelter plan. See if anything needs changing,” Jiang Nanyan said, walking over with a gray notebook.

While eating watermelon, Shen Yi accepted the notebook with one hand and flipped through it.

Jiang Nanyan’s plan was indeed good… very detailed.

First was the initial intake: about 50 people.

No elderly, weak, sick, or disabled.

They wanted young people, especially young, attractive women.

That point catered specifically to Shen Yi’s preferences.

After that, came the issue of assigning work to those 50 recruits.

Since they were being taken in, they had to work; free food was out of the question.

Thus the 50 people could be divided into five teams.

Two teams would handle patrol and security, each member drawing 3 bottles of water and one meal per day.

The three bottles of water were because patrolling in the black fog caused thirst; water was essential.

The remaining three teams could be assigned tasks at any time, such as scavenging supplies or doing things Shen Yi did not want to do.

In short, the entire shelter and every survivor existed to serve Shen Yi!

Anyone unwilling would be expelled immediately!

That was outright dictatorship!

Yet the reason was simple: Shen Yi was providing everyone’s supplies.

If they did not serve him, why should he supply them?

It had to be said that Jiang Nanyan was smart enough to grasp that.

Therefore the entire plan revolved around Shen Yi, and indeed the shelter itself was established to serve him.

After reading that section, Shen Yi was very satisfied.

That was why he chose Jiang Nanyan to draft the plan; if kind-hearted women like Su Yun or Bai Xinyi had done it, they might have worried about the lives of the other survivors.

But Jiang Nanyan was colder… an extreme egoist.

As long as she benefited, the life or death of others meant nothing!

“We can increase the number, say take in 100 first. Don’t worry about supplies… I can provide them.”

“As for lodging, as long as they don’t go up to the 20th floor, they can stay on any lower floor.”

Shen Yi set down the rind and added two more rules.

“Mm-hmm!” Jiang Nanyan nodded at once and committed them to memory.

Beside him, Bai Xinyi pulled out a tissue and wiped the watermelon juice from his mouth.

Then Shen Yi specially reminded, “Remember, no one we take in is allowed on the 20th floor. If anyone disobeys and breaks in, shoot them on sight!”

“By the way, clear out the residents of the 20th floor and the floors above us.”

“From now on, floors above 20 belong to us.”

“Everything below the 20th is for everyone else.”

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