Legend of the Mythological Genes

Translator: Lordbluefire  Editor: Lordbluefire

From the grade of the Stone Monkey Gene, it was a variation-grade primeval gene.

But from its type, it was an extremely rare hereditary gene that contained a portion of inheritance from the Great Sage Equal to Heavens, Sun Wukong.

From the nameless Stone Monkey to the Handsome Monkey King that subdued the crowds of monkey on the Flowerfruit Mountain. He then dived into the eastern oceans, stirring up a gigantic commotion. In the end, he arrived at Fangcun Mountain and took Patriarch Subhuti as his master. From then on, he was given the name Sun Wukong, even managing to learn a myriad of unfathomable abilities on his adventure.

The divine beings of Ancient China had never been born powerful. All of them had to accumulate their strength bit by bit as they grew. Every step they took could be traced through the legends.

Even the abilities of different time periods could be transformed into unique traits and characteristics that were imprinted into mythological genes. Interstellar cultivators could also rely on evolving the mythological genes step by step to gain an increase in their powers and abilities.

Maybe to tread one’s mythological path, other than the evolution of mythological genes, the inheritances from mythological memories were a crucial part as well.

There were two ways to awaken mythological genes. One was to temper your genes via genetic cultivation arts, actively awakening it. The other way was to use genetic potions or other external substances to stimulate the particular sleeping gene, passively awakening it.

Feng Lin didn’t know of any genetic potions that could stimulate the Spirit Gene. Moreover, there was no need to think about it as he knew they would definitely be extremely rare. Hence, he could only choose the active path of awakening the genes.

The Spirit Gene was one of the necessary genes to create Spiritual Stone Monkey Gene in the genetic formula. Although Feng Lin didn’t have the required genetic cultivation art or genetic potions to awaken it, he believed that he might be able to gain some helpful information through searching Sun Wukong’s memories.

Upon thinking of this, Feng Lin mumbled, feeling that this was truly highly possible.

After becoming a Spiritual Stone Monkey, Sun Wukong became extremely smart; it granted him a powerful spirit. His intelligence far surpassed those of his kind, as well as the vast majority of humans. This must be the reason why the unique characteristics of the Spirit Gene were imprinted into his genetics.

It was very possible that he had many spirit cultivation arts in his memories.

The genetic evolutionary formula was the same as a mathematical formula. It had the main parameter as well as the secondary parametric variables.

The main parameter dictated the main evolutionary direction of the gene. For example, a human with the Crawling Snake Gene could only have one gene evolutionary direction: Crawling Snake Gene–Poison Snake Gene–Python Gene–Flying Snake Gene–Divine Dragon Gene…

As for the secondary parametric variables, no matter how many they were, they could only influence, enhance, add-on, and supplement the main parameter. They wouldn’t be able to change the gene evolutionary direction from Crawling Snake to Crocodile Gene or to the Tortoise Gene.

Undoubtedly, for the Spiritual Stone Monkey Gene, the Stone Monkey Gene was the main parameter while the Spirit Gene was the secondary parametric variable in the evolutionary formula.

How did Sun Wukong gain spiritual energy despite being an ordinary Stone Monkey and evolved into a Spiritual Stone Monkey?

There must be a special and unique method!

Maybe, the cultivation method of the Spirit Gene could be found inside the hereditary memories of the Stone Monkey Gene.

When Feng Lin transformed into a Stone Monkey earlier, he had obtained two cultivation arts—the ‘Transforming energy into qi’ art and the astral breathing method.

Feng Lin felt that the secret lay within these two arts he had obtained.

The ‘Transforming energy into qi’ art allowed him to rapidly digest nutrients in his body to strengthen himself. In that case, by process of elimination, only the astral breathing method remained.

Feng Lin’s heart stirred. He thought back to the memories he had when he had been a stone monkey.

During the time where he had absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, he seemed to have reached a miraculous state that resembled heaven and man as one. His soul was baptized by the moonlight; he felt as light as an immortal. Was that a way to temper his spirit?

This was worthy of a try.

Upon thinking of this, Feng Lin wasn’t willing to waste any more time. He walked out of his residence and headed towards the external parts of the Giant Pharmaceutical Company.

Due to the fact that Feng Lin had finished his tasks way before the scheduled time during the day, he had gone back earlier and had a good nap after his cultivation. But now, the time was still not that late.

Right now, it was still in the middle of the night, but all cities in the Interstellar Era were brightly lit no matter how late it was.

The artificial sun above the Shitai City had mechanisms within that acted like that of an artificial moon. During the night, it would radiate a faint silvery light. The streets were extremely crowded as well despite it being night time. There was no difference from day time at all.

However, because this was artificial moonlight and wasn’t something natural, Feng Lin wasn’t able to absorb it through his astral breathing method.

Feng Lin still had the uniform of the Giant Pharmaceutical Company on him. He didn’t halt his steps and continued heading to the elevator which would lead him to the surface.

The elevator was extremely quick, and he soon arrived at the surface after a few moments.

Swish~

The instant he exited, a violent gust of cold wind blew over with powerful force. The intensity of the wind was enough to toss a human up in the air. At the very least, the wind intensity had reached the 13th level. The windforce surpassed even violent typhoons.

Feng Lin’s body trembled but he instantly stabilized himself.

The atmosphere during the night on Mars was extremely cold, about negative thirty-plus degrees. Gusts of cold winds would form frequently, causing clouds of dust to fly about. If one was unfortunate, they might even be frozen into ice statues.

However, Feng Lin’s current vitality far exceeded what he had had back then. The atmosphere didn’t really affect him at all.

What was fortunate was that today was considered a day of good weather on Mars. Although the wind was big, the weather was good. There weren’t too many clouds, and one could see the sparkling stars in the sky clearly.

But sadly, there was no moon on Mars. He wasn’t able to absorb the gentle essence of the moon at night.

However, astral energy was the same as well. In any case, energy from the constellations in the sky came from the same source, but they were just not as abundant when compared to the essence of the moon.

Also, the essence of the sun here was too blazingly hot. If he hastily absorbed it, it would only cause the inner fire in his body to surge chaotically. It would be extremely unbearable, and he might even burn himself to death.

Hence, Feng Lin could only settle for the second best and chose to absorb the energy from the stars in the sky here.

He increased his speed and started galloping while facing the wind. Numerous after-images appeared; each of his movements generated wind as well, acting like a sharp blade that sliced the resistance of the incoming wind that impeded his movements.

With a light foot tap on the ground, his entire person traveled a distance of over ten meters. Spreading his arms, he was like a flying bird that was enjoying the freedom of the skies.

Feng Lin propelled himself to his fastest speed. Very soon, he left the forest of windmills in the Shitai City and was heading to towering shadow in the distance.

That shadow was a gigantic and majestic-looking mountain.

There were no oceans on Mars; hence, the saying ‘above sea level’, didn’t exist. But even so, this mountain was at least over 6,000 meters in height. It was lofty and precipitous, with a forest of stones on it. Ordinary humans would find it tough to scale it. Even flying birds might not be able to fly up there.

It was precisely this particular mountain that stood above everything else in its surroundings. If one stood at the mountain peak, they would be able to absorb the most vigorous astral energy with nothing to block it.

Feng Lin transformed into a series of after-images as he sped over with his greatest speed. If an ordinary human was to approach him now, they would definitely feel as though they saw a bunch of phantoms and would scream in fear.

He jumped across the rocks on the mountain and leaped higher and higher, moving like an agile monkey.

When the cruel winds blew past, not only didn’t Feng Lin feel cold, but he actually felt refreshed.

He had never felt so free and unrestrained before, fully displaying his strength and abilities. He felt exceedingly comfortable and couldn’t help but laugh loudly in satisfaction.

His loud laughter echoed through the ravines and drifted to even further locations by virtue of the wind.

Feng Lin only spent less than 10 minutes to reach the peak of a mountain that was over 6,000 meters tall.

Standing on the peak, the violent winds grew in intensity, sending the smaller stones flying all about as they smashed against cliff walls, leaving behind holes. Things were extremely dangerous.

But Feng Lin’s location was precisely right at the peak. Below him was a ten-thousand feet drop or more, if he got blown off by the wind, his bones would definitely be smashed into pieces.

However, Feng Lin stood extremely stably; his legs were like roots of an old tree, deeply entrenched in the ground, standing there without moving.

He cast his gaze all around and could see other martial mountains and endless desert plains. For some reason, he felt that he was stepping on the entire Mars planet, and it gave him a feeling of joy and satisfaction like he had conquered it.

Feng Lin basked in the wind. His robes fluttered, creating flapping sounds as he decided to sit cross-legged.

According to his memories, he started to use the astral breathing method, which he had learned, to regulate his breath.

Breath in, breath out…

As he drew his breaths slowly and with force, each of his breaths was incomparably long.

Feng Lin’s state of heart was incomparably calm, and the pores of his entire body opened up. His body was now like a black hole, frenziedly absorbing the energy in the air.

The stars in the sky dimmed, leaving only darkness behind.

From his surroundings, in a radius of about a thousand meters, strands of silvery light converged together, forming a phenomenon visible to the naked eye. It was a truly magnificent and beautiful sight.

The astral energy entered his body from his pores and started to circulate, bringing nourishment to every part of his body.

It felt like a breeze of cool wind, calming his heart, mind, and spirit. Feng Lin felt incomparably refreshed and his spirit growing clear and bright, even feeling a gradual feeling of levitation.

With a thought, his spirit left the confines of his mortal body and joined as one with his surroundings.

At this moment, Feng Lin felt as though he was standing in the middle of the starry skies with countless constellations gleaming around him as he sensed the vastness of heaven and earth.

This must be the miraculous state of heaven and man as one!

Still a ton of water.

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In his subconsciousness, Feng Lin blended with the surroundings, giving zero care even if heaven and earth flipped themselves. He completely lost track of time in this universe.

Among the insignificant things, he saw the vast expanse of the world and the countless shining stars in the sky.

His spirit was completely unfettered, breaking free from the restriction of his mortal coil, bathing in the astral light, standing amidst the starry space.

This was what Feng Lin was currently feeling. With no bindings on his spirit, he floated around the universe carefreely.

The boundless starry sky cascaded down countless rays of light. The stars flickered unceasingly.

Feng Lin’s body was like a black hole; the astral energy rushed into his body like a hundred streams rushing into the ocean.

The astral light in the surroundings was completely absorbed as the area dimmed. There seemed to be some interstellar monster taking a bite out of a beautiful scroll of painting on the boundless starry skies. The picture was no longer perfect as an empty hole could now be seen in it.

But such a strange occurrence in the middle of the night was hard for anyone to notice it.

As a person who was experiencing this for the first time, Feng Lin also didn’t notice this.

He was immersed in this miraculous state of Heavens and Man as one. It seemed that he had become a single entity with the heavens and the universe. His spirit boundlessly expanded. Every single star in the sky seemed to be an extremely far yet majestic life. The beating of his heart seemed to have reached the same frequency as the pulsation of the stars.

The star light became an extension of his consciousness, continuously spreading outward, enveloping the myriad of things in the universe.

Genetic potential +8%, +8%, +8%…..

The astral energy entered his body and was like spring water nourishing him, causing him to feel extremely refreshed.

The astral breathing method was also a type of cultivation. And as for genetic potential, as long as one cultivated, it would definitely increase regardless of the methods used. It was just a matter of how much the genetic potential would be increased by. But it was definite that it would increase.

Astral energy of the space came from the light of many constellations which had spanned countless light years. It would constantly soften, be diluted, be divided, be refined until it was extremely pure. It was no longer as intense as the original rays from a fixed star like the sun.

The light from fixed stars could nourish the myriad of living things. It was the source of energy for all kinds of life.

As astral energy entered the body and circulated unceasingly in one’s meridians, there would be no impurities and it would swiftly transform into genetic potential that could be stored in one’s body.

Being immersed in this miraculous state of Heavens and Man as One, Feng Lin let his spirit fly freely, allowing it to expand unchecked.

The three dark stars in the genetic map inside his body suddenly started to flicker.

With a probe of his will, Feng Lin realized that it was those three genes that made up the Spirit Gene.

This feeling of freedom in his soul seemed extremely clear that it was able to stimulate these genes. The hidden genes instinctively absorbed his genetic potential and gradually started to awaken, but the effect was different for each of them.

The Spirituality Gene in the middle was the slowest. It only increased by a rate of 1% every time. After a long time, only 5% of the awakening process was completed.

As for the Psychokinesis Gene, it increased by a rate of 3% every time and was already at 15%.

And lastly, for the Mental Gene, this was the foundation and the most important attribute for the Spirit Gene. Its rate was the quickest, at 8% every time and it soon reached 40%.

Feng Lin felt joy when he saw this. Using the effort of cultivating a single night, although it didn’t seem likely for the other two genes to awaken, there was still some hope for him to awaken the Mental Gene.

He focused and did his best to absorb more astral energy into his body, wanting to finish awakening the Mental Gene before dawn arrived.

To Feng Lin, for a new gene, the most difficult thing was to take the first step and awaken it.

Only by awakening the gene would he be able to use his free genetic points and strengthen it instantly, enhancing it to a very high number.

His genetic potential continued to increase, +8%, +8%, +8%…..

Also, even with the constant increase in genetic potential, he didn’t forget the fact that awakening these new genes would cause his genetic potential to decrease as well. But no matter what, his genetic potential still reached a total of 528%.

At the same time, the progress bar for awakening the Mental Gene gradually filled up and eventually reached 100%.

His Mental Gene’s strengthening tally changed from 0 to 1; it had finally awakened.

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Gene: Mental Gene

Grade: High-grade basic gene

Strengthening Tally: 1

Ability: Double one’s mental strength, allowing one to hypnotize the hearts of others

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Immediately, Feng Lin instantly felt different. He stood straight up, and his eyes became immeasurably deep and serene. There appeared to be a spiral in it that could draw away the souls of others if they looked in his eyes.

Swoosh~

A formless fluctuation radiated from the center of Feng Lin’s brows, slowly enveloping his surroundings formlessly.

His mental energy gushed forth from him, melding together with the world. He could clearly sense everything in his surroundings perfectly.

This type of feeling was extremely mystical, far surpassing human’s vision.

Because human’s perspective was a three-dimensional lens; at most, they could only see the three vertical faces of an object.

But mental energy was not the same. It could get rid of the restriction of sight. It was formless, resembling the clouds and mist, permeating space completely and could survey an object from every angle and directions. There would be no perspective left unchecked as one would be able to take in every detail. It was like something similar to God’s perspective.

But such senses couldn’t last a long time. Very swiftly, Feng Lin felt mental fatigue and had no strength to continue. He closed his eyes and retracted his mental energy back in.

After all, his Mental Gene was only at 1 point. There was a limit to its abilities. Feng Lin immediately started to strengthen it. As the strengthening tally of the Mental Gene increased, one’s mental energy would grow stronger and vaster. There were many benefits.

With the intention of his will, his genetic potential instantly dropped by 100%.

A cluster of nebula exploded into pure energy and entered the Mental Gene, causing the strengthening tally of it to turn from 1 to 2. His vitality grew once again by 0.8, reaching 10.9.

Feng Lin didn’t stop. He continued to add his genetic points to it.

Right now, he had 528% worth of genetic potential. In total, he could add a total of three points to the Mental Gene, leaving behind 228% in reserve.

Feng Lin continued adding points. The Mental Gene flickered. There was no stagnation as its strengthening tally instantly climbed up by 2 points. He was still far from reaching this gene’s limit.

This showed the characteristics of a high-grade basic gene. Usually, low-grade genes could only be strengthened twice, and those who could strengthen it thrice would be a genius among geniuses.

As for the Mental Gene, on theory, one would be able to strengthen it 6 times.

Feng Lin didn’t hesitate and continued to add, causing the strengthening tally of the Mental Gene to reach 4. His vitality stats also reached 13.7.

After becoming an interstellar cultivator, an increase in vitality stats would be much more compared to before.

Once one became an interstellar cultivator, they would be completely different from the past.

And this was merely the strengthening process of a basic gene. If he had strengthened his variation-grade primeval Stone Monkey Gene, how much would his vitality stat have increased by?

Feng Lin didn’t have any experience and couldn’t make an accurate judgment.

His lips curled up into a smile as he silently admonished himself for making a big fuss over nothing. It seemed like in the future, he had to quickly adjust to the increase in his vitality stat.

Feng Lin once again sent out his mental energy, and he instantly felt something different.

After the Mental Gene was strengthened to 4, his perception of the world felt different. First, his perspective boundary had expanded. Earlier, when he had sent out his mental energy, it could only cover an area about 10 meters around him. But now, the scope had reached up to 40 meters.

Also, the precision increased many folds, even something about a centimeter large wouldn’t be able to escape his notice.

The gigantic mountain range, the rolling stones and rocks, the clouds of dust blown about by the wind, the sand particles in the air—everything couldn’t escape his notice.

If one was talking about the past and about his normal vision, now it would be like having a magnifying glass and telescope placed before his eyes, capable of peering through a distance of 1,000 miles, as well as the finer details of everything.

Feng Lin immersed himself in the sensation of using God’s Perspective. But all of a sudden, he felt like something was wrong. With a scan of his mental energy, he discovered that in the distance, there was a dark patch on a mountain where the starlight couldn’t illuminate.

On the cliff wall, a black-colored silhouette was slowly slithering towards him, resembling a snake, making no sounds and emitting no aura at all. It was incomparably bizarre.

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