Chapter 35

But Chu Nan did not dare to fall asleep. He barely managed to turn over and pressed his ear against the rock. Soon, he could faintly hear the rustling sounds, and even a terrifying roar could be heard faintly.

"What should I do... those spiders... they might soon follow the scent of humans and come here..."

Chu Nan did not want to die here. He still wanted to return to Jiangtian City, to find his parents and relatives, and even to find Li Feng to ask why she had framed him.

"I don't want to die, power... I need power..." Chu Nan muttered to himself, and with great difficulty, he took off the small backpack from his back and took out a magnifying glass.

"There's no moonlight... but I can only try." Chu Nan's hands trembled as he took out a withered pine cone from the backpack. Using the faint light coming from the hole above, he placed the magnifying glass over the withered pine cone.

All along, it seemed that he was using the magnifying glass to gather the energy of moonlight and then charge the pine cone with genetic force. However, Chu Nan had always been skeptical, especially after meeting Chen Mo and hearing his theories about Gaia consciousness and Gaia genes. Deep down, he believed that the possibility of the magnifying glass gathering moonlight to form genetic force was unlikely.

If moonlight energy were genetic force, everyone exposed to moonlight would not be in this situation, and it would also completely contradict Chen Mo's theory of Gaia genes. Because the mutations on Earth should not be related to the moon, but to the Earth itself.

At this moment, when Chu Nan took out the magnifying glass and, without moonlight, only using a bit of faint light, placed the withered pine cone under the magnifying glass, the faint light began to gather. Soon, the withered pine cone slowly became plump, filled with force.

Chu Nan's whole body trembled.

"Indeed, indeed, my guess was right. The real reason is not the moonlight, but this magnifying glass. It is the inherent ability of this magnifying glass that makes the withered pine cone full of force. This magnifying glass's effect has nothing to do with the moon, so no matter what kind of light... as long as it passes through this magnifying glass, it can..."

Chu Nan became excited. Soon, he took out a handful of withered pine cones and placed them on the ground, then took out the magnifying glass. A miracle happened again.

The faint light passed through the magnifying glass, slowly gathered, and then dispersed, faintly enveloping the pine cones below in a pale light. Soon, all the pine cones began to change, becoming plump.

Chu Nan's excitement and excitement were indescribable. He knew he had accidentally found a treasure. This magnifying glass had a strange ability that exceeded his imagination and understanding.

"Where did this magnifying glass come from? What is this thing? It's definitely not something humans can make..."

Chu Nan's heart pounded as he watched the pine cones being filled with force by the magnifying glass using the faint light, becoming plump.

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from above. Chu Nan was startled and hurriedly put away the magnifying glass and picked up the dagger. In the next moment, a spider appeared in the cave above and spat out a web.

Although he knew it would severely damage his body, Chu Nan gritted his teeth and triggered his adrenaline again. His figure flashed, dodging the attack, and he lunged forward, cutting the spider in half with a heavy swing.

Behind this spider, there were two more spiders.

Chu Nan gritted his teeth, his whole body trembling as he pounced forward, stabbing the dagger into the two spiders, killing them.

Feeling the energy in his body gradually increasing, Chu Nan's body softened, and the dagger fell. He suddenly rolled down, feeling almost suffocated to death. With his strong will, he trembled and stretched out his hand, firmly grabbing the pine cones that had been charged with force by the magnifying glass and squeezed them hard.

Instantly, streams of force surged into his body, nourishing his almost withered body and concentrating in his brain.

The genetic center in his brain, after continuously killing spiders and absorbing energy, already contained a considerable amount of energy, approaching half. Now, with his strong will, Chu Nan desperately tried to crush these pine cones and absorb new force. He had no time left.

Since three spiders had come here, it meant that a large group of spiders might soon emerge.

His current physical condition was so severe that even if he triggered his adrenaline again, his body could not support it. Therefore, he had to break through. Breaking through was the only hope.

In a short time, he had roughly recharged about seventy to eighty pine cones with force. Now, he went crazy, using almost all his remaining strength to crush these pine cones.

Originally, the pine cones only needed a light squeeze to break, but now, Chu Nan had to use all his remaining strength to barely break them.

One, two, three, five, ten, twenty...

One by one, the force-filled pine cones were crushed by Chu Nan, and the force was absorbed into his overburdened body, nourishing everything.

Above his head, faint rustling sounds could be heard. One by one, spiders with skull heads on their backs, following the scent, finally surged in.

"Ah—"

Chu Nan barely lifted his head to see the spiders jumping in. His eyes were filled with a complex mix of despair, unwillingness, and extreme anger. He crushed the handful of pine cones he had just grabbed.

Streams of force rushed into his body. From the beginning until now, he had crushed and absorbed about forty pine cones. As the spiders jumped down, the genetic center in his brain finally shook and exploded.

Chu Nan's head, which had just lifted, suddenly fell down. The spider jumped onto his back, and inside Chu Nan's body, a shocking transformation occurred.

The force from killing the zombies, the undead, the mutants, and the pine cones, as well as the force from killing the spider monsters, combined with the force from the forty or so pine cones he had just absorbed, allowed Chu Nan to successfully break through. Instantly, streams of information flooded his brain, automatically translated by his consciousness into understandable fragments.

"Force... activated... Level 3 genetic center... Adrenaline... Level 3 activation..."

The surging genetic force flowed from his brain to his entire body, nourishing his almost withered body, generating new strength. His body was drenched in sweat, and the sweat contained a layer of black substance, emitting a foul odor. This transformation was much stronger than when he had evolved to Level 2.

Chu Nan's physical fitness was comprehensively transformed, stimulated, and evolved by the genetic force. Whether it was his heart, other organs, bones, blood vessels, muscle fibers, eyes, ears, teeth, sense of smell, or cell activity, all aspects of his body were undergoing intense changes and improvements. Compared to ordinary people, his body had almost doubled in strength in a short time.

Without the stimulation of adrenaline, in a normal state, Chu Nan was now almost as strong as two healthy adults.

The genetic force increased his physical fitness in all aspects by one fold. The remaining force all flowed into his right leg, giving it special and more powerful transformation and stimulation, making it even stronger.

This transformation changed everything from his skin and hair to his blood vessels, tendons, bones, and even bone marrow.

"Ah—"

Almost like a wild beast's roar, Chu Nan, who was lying on the ground, suddenly flipped over, and the spider that had jumped onto his back to attack him was suddenly pinned under him.

With a "snap," the spider's body was crushed.

Chu Nan felt that every muscle in his body seemed to be under his control, pulsing with great strength, especially his right leg, which seemed to contain an extremely terrifying force. However, it lacked a bit of stimulation. It seemed that just a little more stimulation would unleash unimaginable energy and destructive power.

Looking up, several spiders jumped down from the cave above, spitting out webs.

With a flip, Chu Nan moved as swiftly as a ghost, picked up the dagger from the ground, and in a normal state, his physical fitness was already equivalent to that of two ordinary people. With the stimulation of adrenaline, Chu Nan became incredibly terrifying, holding the dagger and taking the initiative to attack.

With a light slash, the dagger split a spider in half. Then, with a few quick swings of his right hand, the two spiders that had jumped down were split in mid-air.

Chu Nan leaped up and rushed out of the cave.

Outside the cave was a narrow corridor, and a dozen spiders were surging from one end.

Seeing Chu Nan, they immediately spat out webs at him.

Chu Nan's eyes widened, and adrenaline surged, enhancing his vision.

His vision increased several times, collecting the faint light, allowing him to see the direction and trajectory of the dozen webs clearly.

His dagger moved according to these trajectories, and soon, the dozen webs all stuck to the dagger without missing.

Chu Nan pulled the dagger and pounced forward. The spiders, making terrifying squeaks, pounced at him.

"Chirp chirp chirp—"

With a series of crisp sounds, Chu Nan's dagger moved without missing, slicing through the spiders.

Super-stimulated vision, agile movements, and precise attacks.

In a blink, a dozen spiders were split open by his dagger. Chu Nan felt an itch in his right leg, his blood surging, and the strength flowing. The large tendons on his right leg were taut, and the force contained within seemed ready to explode at any moment.

"Whoosh—"

Finally, Chu Nan lifted his foot, and his right leg, like a whip, lashed out.