Chapter 4
One day during a lecture, the princ.i.p.al made a school-wide announcement "Tomorrow, the school will be holding the annual schoolwide tournament! All students are to be at the arena tomorrow and arrive in their cla.s.ses!"
"Yes, it begins!" someone shouted from their seat near Yang Jian.
"Hahahaha! I can't wait to beat up some freshmen!" Cla.s.smate A shouted.
The Annual Tournament took place every year at Yang Jian's school. As the name implies, it's a tournament for everyone to show off their skills in front of a large audience.
At the start of the tournament, the freshmen are able to challenge the third-year students to test their skills. Naturally, the third-year students with a higher Gene Score would win however, some excellent freshmen may sometimes win against the third-year students.
Afterward, three separate tournaments between all three years are held concurrently. First years against first years, second years against second years, and third years against third years.
Yang Jian, of course, didn't care and just went on with his daily routine like normal. While he was cultivating like mad, he had gained 21 Gene points during the three weeks that he had spent cultivating his Gene Score.
With these points, it was time for Yang Jian to unlock more Tier 0 genes.
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Name: Yang Jian
Gene Score: 0.7
Eye Gene: 8
Warrior Gene: 7
Frost Gene: 1
Gene Points: 22
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Looking at his current genes, Yang Jian looked around the Genetic Map in search of more genes to awaken. After a quick search, he decided on which genes he would awaken.
[Carbon Dioxide Gene unlocked]
[Water Vapour Gene unlocked]
[Oxygen Gene unlocked]
[Nitrogen Gene unlocked]
[Carbon Dioxide + Vapour + Oxygen + Nitrogen = Combustion]
[Combustion Gene unlocked]
[Smoke Gene unlocked]
[Flare Gene unlocked]
[Combustion + Smoke + Flare = Flame Gene]
[Flame Gene unlocked]
[Frost Gene + 1]
[Frost Gene + 1]
[Flame Gene + 1]
[Flame Gene + 1]
[Discharge Gene unlocked]
[Volt Gene unlocked]
[Current Gene unlocked]
[Cloud Gene unlocked]
[Discharge + Volt + Current + Cloud = Lightning]
[Lightning Gene unlocked]
[Lightning + 1]
[Lightning + 1]
[Lightning + Fire = Thunderfire]
[Thunderfire Gene Unlocked]
[Frost + Fire = Frostfire]
[Frostfire Gene Unlocked]
[Healing Gene Unlocked]
[Blood Clotting Gene Unlocked]
[Acceleration Gene Unlocked]
[Flesh Gene Unlocked]
[Healing + Blood + Acceleration + Flesh = Regeneration]
[Regeneration Gene Unlocked]
[Regeneration + 1]
[Regeneration + 1]
[Regeneration + 1]
After spending some more Gene points, he decided to save his points for another time, Currently, he believed that his current genes were enough.
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Name: Yang Jian
Gene Score: 0.8
Eye Gene: 8
Warrior Gene: 8
Frost Gene: 3
Flame Gene: 3
Lighting Gene: 3
Regeneration Gene: 3
Gene Points: 7
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"Eh, I think I should stop with the elemental genes, I don't plan on becoming a magician after all." Yang Jian thought as he decided to leave his three genes alone for now.
Even though he used most of his Gene Points, Yang Jian's Gene Score barely reached 0.8 due to the average of his total genes. When he unlocked the genes, the genetic formulas were automatically transmitted into his mind.
If he were to sell the formulas, he would easily be able to make millions and reverse the situation of his family. Of course, he didn't plan to do it now, since he hasn't even made it into a college yet. However, with a Gene Score of 0.8, he knew it would be easy to get into a majority of the colleges throughout the entire solar system.
But this wasn't enough, Yang Jian plans to reach a minimum of 1.0 and score well on the exam in order to be chosen by the Federal University. The Federal University, is the number one college in the entire galaxy. Many dreamed of enrolling into the university, however the criteria was hard to meet.
Even after reaching a Gene Score of 1.0 which many could not do, that was only the minimum requirement to enroll, in fact, there was another exam that would take place after both the written and fitness exam in order to be chosen by the Federal University.
Now that he had proven himself within the school, Yang Jian was allowed to continue being an Interstellar Cultivator. His homeroom teacher had long spoke to his father about his recent mock exam scores, making his entire family proud of him. His parents no longer encouraged him to find a regular job, and instead supported him fully in his new pathway.
Now, with the annual tournament coming up, Yang Jian came out of his practice and wanted to test his own strength against others that would be competing with him at the end of the year. There was only two months left until the actual exam, everyone especially the third-year students were all working as hard as they could.
Yang Jian arrived in his cla.s.sroom as his homeroom teacher brought the cla.s.s out to
His cla.s.s was the last to arrive, and when they did arrive, it seemed like the battle had already begun. On the field, multiple shadows could be seen all at once.
The field below could allow up to ten one on one battles at a time. With this, it wouldn't take long before the event was over. Looking down, Yang Jian noticed a young man that was a freshman who challenged a third-year student from the next cla.s.s.
Since he focused on studying all the time, Yang Jian naturally didn't know any of the people in the other cla.s.ses. In fact, he probably only knew the names of one or two people in his own cla.s.s!
After a manner of minutes, the third-year student crushed his opponent. Of course, he didn't go too far since it was only a duel. While Yang Jian was observing the fights, he noticed that a small number was displayed above everyone's head.
It seemed to Yang Jian that not only did the mysterious book grant him the ability to awaken and strengthen his genes, it also enabled him to grasp the strength of anyone else around him.
However, this didn't happen while he was at home or any other time. "It must have activated when I strengthened my genes this morning, of course, I can only see the scores when I focus on them, otherwise it wouldn't appear." Yang Jian thought.
What number was it? Of course, it was their Gene Score. For example, the freshman who had lost had a Gene Score of 0.1 while the third-year student had a Gene Score of 0.5. It was obvious who the winner of such a battle was.
Why did the first-year only have a Gene Score of 0.1 while even many third-year students have a 0.2 or even a 0.3 Gene Score? That was because humans could only awaken their genes upon reaching the age of sixteen.
This was because, when kids grow into adults, they would lose some of the bones they had since birth. Only when they reached the age of sixteen, would they gain new bones that allowed them to awaken their genes.
That was why, getting a Gene Score of 0.6 and being able to attend college was hard for many students. If they were unable to reach the threshold, they would have no choice but to find a regular job.
This was why the number of Interstellar Cultivators were rare.
Of course, there were also polytechnic colleges which humans have still adapted since the ancient era for those with the potential to reach a Gene Score of 0.6 within a year of failing to enroll into a college.
After watching the battles come to an end, Yang Jian hadn't found an opponent with a similar Gene Score to himself. With his score, he was already one of the strongest in the entire high school he attended, in fact, when he had only a 0.6 Gene Score; he could already beat up Kong Bo who had a score of 0.9 using his tyrannical strength.
Just as he was about to lose hope, Yang Jian noticed a single man jump down onto the platform. It seemed like no one else wanted to battle against him. The young man below was an extremely famous individual within the academy.
Word was that the young man was a descendant from a strong family of Interstellar Cultivators. He had a Gene Score of 1.3 already at this point and more than qualified for the Federal University.
From the rumors that were spread, it was said that he enrolled into this school because one of his relatives was the headmaster. Apparently, his family had sent him here in order to learn to be humble, while calming down his arrogance.
However, it seemed his family was worried for no reason. The young man who was not only powerful and rich, he was also handsome and humble. He was polite to everyone and neither was he arrogant due to his superior strength.
Though, that was only from the rumors that were being spread. The young man was so famous that even Yang Jian who was known as the study maniac that didn't care about anyone else knew about him.
"If I remember correctly, his name was Ouyang Ping???" Yang Jian tried to recall. Even though the young man was much stronger than him just by Gene Score alone, Yang Jian still wanted to test himself against this opponent.
Getting off his seat, Yang Jian jumped from his seat which was over thirty meters away, down to the platform where Ouyang Ping was standing.
Bang!
Yang Jian's body flew like an arrow that was released from a bow by a master archer. His body crashed through the air like a meteor as he landed on his two feet.
Boom!
The ground beneath his two feet was cracked due to the sheer force of his landing. Even though the ground was made of an extremely st.u.r.dy material that was harder than steel, Yang Jian still managed to cause cracks on it just by jumping.
"Whoa, Yang Jian wants to challenge Ouyang Ping? Is he crazy?!" a student from his cla.s.s shouted.
"So what? Didn't you just see him jump all the way down there from up here? Don't forget that he defeated Kong Bo who has a Gene Score of 0.9! From now on, Yang Jian is my idol!" another student scolded him.
Not only were those from his cla.s.s surprised, even those who had heard of him from the other cla.s.ses were surprised. They had heard of the study maniac who had suddenly defeated Kong Bo who was considered as the number one student apart from Ouyang Ping.
Now that they had seen him in person, they were all looking forward to seeing the top two figures of the school compete with each other.
"I am Yang Jian, please allow me to test myself against you." Yang Jian said to his opponent, who was standing across from him.
"So you are that study maniac, I heard that you defeated that Kong Bo not too long ago. I have been searching for an opponent such as yourself for a long time. I hope you will not disappoint me." Ouyang Ping replied.
Yang Jian nodded. Since both sides had agreed to battle, they both prepared themselves for this battle between the strongest students in the entire school.
Whoos.h.!.+
Since he was weaker, he thought it would be best to make the first move. Yang Jian took a step forward from his spot, and arrived in front of Ouyang Ping within a few breaths of time.
His fist came out as he aimed for his opponent's face.
Bang!
Ouyang Ping had antic.i.p.ated this attack and blocked using his arm. Yang Jian's punch had dealt some damage. He could tell since Ouyang Ping's feet s.h.i.+fted a few centimetres sideways from the ground.
Whack!
His leg came out and lashed at Ouyang Ping like a whip.
Boom!
Boom!
A knee was raised as Yang Jian's leg smashed right into his opponent's kneecaps. Seeing that his attacks were blocked, Yang Jian stepped back and kept a short distance between himself and his opponent.
Whoos.h.!.+ Whoos.h.!.+
At the same time, two figures turned into blurry afterimages that slammed into each other. The two figures moved at incredible speeds and displayed unparalleled strength like no other.
The battlefield shook from the might of their attacks alone, even if they were just the residual shockwaves that were left behind after each blow.