ALPHA

  Whew...

  Li Aozi exhaled a breath of turbid air. 【Sever Life】 sionic ability he possessed, so the geic load couldn't be transferred.

  But what was lifespan? The ohing 【Starfall Masters】 didn't ck was lifespan. Exging just one year of lifespan for such a good psionic ability was quite worth it.

  The real price, if anything, was that his pale skin became somewhat distorted, almost without wrinkles, lines, pores, or blue veins.

  Although it made him appear more handsome aiful, it also exuded a sense of otherness, making him seem not quite human.

  Li Aozi didn't mind. As long as his 【Charisma】 was high, even a snow leopard's smile would look more ihan Dingzhen's.

  He sent Naomi to procure some supplies and find Qiu Ran and Dimitri, asking if they wao leave together. Alone otlefield, sgers saw that the sger showed no i in the surrounding ons and bodies, so they boldly came to strip the corpses.

  The hatred for the four nations was deeply buried in their hearts. Many dismahe Frost-Pted Republic special police's equipment, prosthetics, and chips, spitting on them in revenge.

  Li Aozi didn't care about this equipment. As a 【Mutant】, he couldn't equip prosthetics, and his attributes were too low to wear the equipment, and he couldn't aim with a gun.

  Everyone had their weaknesses, and Li Aozi was especially bad with firearms.

  In the early stages, most professions relied heavily on firearms, such as 【Rangers】, 【Meics】, and 【Doctors】, because firearms were easy to use and training was retively straightforward.

  Unlike melee fighters and mages, the former required high skills in positioning and charging, while the tter had to calcute trajectories, programming, linear arrays, and avoid self-explosion during casting.

  But Li Aozi was severely one-sided.

  He had araordinary talent for cold ons like swords and knives. Without any guidahe first time he held a half-sword, he made the HMA (Historical Martial Arts) coach at the youth training camp doubt life, insisting oing him.

  ——If not for the subsequent raest where he missed all 200 shots at a fixed target and only hit oh a shotgun in moving shooting, Li Aozi felt he could have joihe professional team, gained fame, and brought glory to the try.

  Professional teams were unfriendly to someone like Li Aozi, who was only profit in one aspect, but he didn't bme them.

  Professional pyers were backed by capital and eveate, aiming to win petitions. Li Aozi's obvious shortings would add instability to the team.

  Li Aozi didn't uand why, as a modern person, he was so unfamiliar with firearms.

  He couldn't help but ponder, could it be that he was an a person in his past life?

  pared to the scattered ons and equipment, the real was the intense pain that followed.

  The cell division rate kept increasing, and red-bck spots spread rapidly on his skin like sludge.

  The system panel quickly turned red-bck, with DNA double helix cracks everywhere.

  【Warning: Geic sequenstable!】

  【You have experienced a benign mutation, iing gene fragments...】

  【Your excelleraits are emerging. Please choose one dire from the following mutation traits:】

  A—【Geing: Golden Bacteria Cluster】: Re-edit the geo produce a massive amount of beneficial bacteria trolled by your sciousness, blog all external invading bacteria. Disease resistance +80%.

  Choosing this trait will emit a noticeable rotten smell, 【Charisma】-5.

  B—【Geegration: Synaptiode】: Ie disene sequences, adding a neural synaptiode in the spine as your sed brain to trol the motor system. 【Strength】, 【Dexterity】, and 【stitution】 +2.

  Choosing this trait will reduce gene fragments, increasing cumutive mutation failure rate by 5%.

  C—【Gene Sing: Digestive System】: S all genes, eliminating those unsuitable for the current enviro. Yestive system is fully optimized, verting stomach acid into a plex biological acid that etal, bacteria, and rotten flesh, extrag energy and repairing telomeres—you restore psioniergy through various foods.

  Choosing this trait will result in missing gene fragments but will increase the probability of unpreted mutations in the mutation.

  【You spend 5000 experience points to reset this mutation.】

  "It's the 'Iron Stomach'!"

  Li Aozi was surprised. This mutation option was quite good. Eating to restore psioniergy could save a lot on potions.

  Food was much cheaper than potions, and Li Aozi remembered that this mutation had an advantage: pyers could eat trash and teammate corpses, and the strong digestive ability could immune all food poisoning.

  In a pinch, vomiting stomach acid could also be used as a on.

  At least in battles before level 60, he wouldn't have to worry about running out of mana.

  The ive effect was entirely acceptable.

  This was the exclusive reward for 【Mutants】 in the previous ibal mission. The system enced 【Mutants】 to challeheir nemesis, creating flicts and bringing fun to pyers.

  Acc to Li Aozi's experience, fag a stronger 【Biochemist】 than himself would likely trigger this 'Mutant exclusive' reward option.

  This time's three options were much more useful than the previous two times. Li Aozi was eager to advao the Alpha tier, and now had a very suitable option, so he chose it.

  【Gene sing pleted】

  【You have gaihe status: Missing Gene Fragments—Reproductive isotion with 'Neiens' of your species】

  A very inspicuous ive status, exging reproductive isotion with humans for cockroach-like vitality, Li Aozi thought it was worth it.

  After all, there were many species in the universe, and Neiens were rare. He had no desire or o have offspring. Having children was merely to extend one's life or for political purposes.

  Li Aozi was destio walk the path of 【Starfall Master】, peting with the universe for loy. By the time he died of old age, a nebu-level civilization might have perished.

  He still had one dose of 【Evil Camity Experimental Potion IV】, initially inteo awaken the prerequisite psionic ability for 【Starfall Master】 to supplement mid-stage bat power.

  But now, with Yavanna's 【Object Resoalent, once he acquired that, he would be invincible in the mid-stage after advang to 【Bishop】.

  "I'll use it directly here. Hopefully, I get a blood magic talent... if not 【Death Link】, then 【Pain tract】 will do."

  Li Aozi made up his mind and ied the st dose of 【Evil Camity Experimental Potion IV】.

  This time's result was mediocre. Acc to the so-called luck servation w, there was no call from the abyss, and the four psionic abilities were unremarkable.

  【Musical Pulse】: Twist reality with the power of music—Zeta-level (z, the sixth Greek letter)

  【Werewolf Transformation】: Freely switch between human and werewolf forms, but fear silver oa-level (Δ, the freek letter)

  【Soul Sword Saint】: Gain power and skill bonuses when killing with sword ons. The more you kill, the more the on awakens its own sciousness—Cauchy-level (Ξ, the fourteenth Greek letter)

  【Swan Wings】: Grow wings capable of fast flight and agile maneuvering. The feathers be shot as ons—Theta-level (Θ, the eighth Greek letter)

  "Not uable... 【Musical Pulse】 is for 【Musi】 and 【Cultist】 sedary professions, but I don't pn to take that path."

  Li Aozi sidered:

  "【Werewolf Transformation】 is popur among 【Martial Artists】 and 【Psychics】, doubling the 【stitution】 attribute during transformation, but my 【stitution】 is too low, so it's not cost-effective."

  Actually, the potential of the 【Werewolf】 series psionic abilities was quite good. Whether taking the magic wolf route for output or being a flesh tank, both were possible. But it wasn't suitable as his subordinate psionic ability.

  "【Swan Wings】 is pure garbage, only impressing girls who have never seen the world with their angelic, pure, dazzling white wings. Looks cool, but the feathers wouldn't even t as a scrat a fight, pletely useless... only a fool would be attracted to that ability."

  Don't ask how he khis.

  A certain Mr. Li, who preferred to remain anonymous, stated it was totally a friend's experience, and he wasn't the fool iion.

  At least not this time.

  "【Soul Sword Saint】... seems okay."

  Li Aozi stroked his .

  This psionic ability suited his bat style, with low geic load, almost none, and minimal ption during bat.

  It was just a filler psionic ability, but still worth it.

  【You have chosen 'Soul Sword Saint'】

  Li Aozi felt a surge of pain, spreading his hands, his boructure and

  skin subtly ged, being more suitable fripping cold on handles. A keratin yer grew on his fingers, preventing slippage from blood and sweat when holding ons.

  The subsequent mutation options were unsurprising, with nothing special.

  "【Geing: cer Immunity】, my DNA is more fragmehan bagged cookies, afraid of cer? 【Geegration: Enhanced Lungs】, unfortunately not iiviral dire, the side effect is increased liver load, which isn't good, the liver is crucial for 【Mutants】..."

  Li Aozi looked over and chose 【Geimization: Superior Vision】.

  This mutation's ive effect was reduced energy absorption from vegetables and fruits, but with the terrifying digestive ability of Iron Stomach, it was negligible.

  The positive effect was excellent, allowing Li Aozi's eye structure to automatically adjust and deform, adding two extra tral fovea for cle ambush, le sniping, and ultra-long-distance observation.

  Additionally, his ability to capture high-speed objects greatly improved, further enhang visual analysis capabilities.

  Li Aozi tried it out with i. Previously, his vision was like pying a game in a washing mae—gging, frame-skipping, blurry, g light perception.

  Now, the world suddenly became beautiful and vivid.

  He could see two additional colors and the fine particles in the air became extremely clear.

  Looking up, the red-bck clouds of Evil Camity on the dome pulsed, tore apart, and fought like human blood vessels, savage and bloody like a swarm of locusts.

  "This is nice, like having ara telescope."

  But the most important part was the step.

  With all three mutations pleted, Li Aozi sat cross-legged, quietly sensing the ges in his physique.

  【Promotion task pleted】

  【Individual sublimation in progress...】

  【The gene fragments within you are starting to react mysteriously】

  【They attract, uand, and devour each other—finally merging into one】

  Li Aozi held his breath, feeling immense pressure from within, as if his cells were guided, violently surging like tides.

  Crack—

  His skin split open with cracks, from which red-bck crystalline spikes grew, and the veins in his neck hardened.

  Crack—Crack—

  His pale skin suddenly lost esticity, with his ribs breaking through, covered with calcified armor.

  His outstretched hands turned into sharp, savage cws, with retractable nails still suited fripping swords.

  Additionally, a red neural tendril as thick as a pencil extended from a slit in his left palm, usable as a on tle targets or pierce their bodies to extract life force.

  Li Aozi's golden pupils stabilized, with gravity naturally f a protective barrier around him.

  Opening his mouth, his teeth were as sharp as bayos, gleaming with a metallic sheen, and his tongue became thin and long.

  His facial muscles split and turned, c his face with inner crimson membranes, with red-bck crystals cleverly cealing the gaps.

  In an instant, he became a far more terrifying mohan the ibal.

  【Sublimation pleted】

  【Your lifespan +20 natural years.】

  【Tier effect: When attag/defending targets beloha tier, their defeack as are sidered only 90% effective.】

  【Note: Dominator form—unlocked】

  【In Dominator form, your psionic ability bes increase by 10%, gain 20% extra health, and movement speed increases by 50%.】

  【You have ehe ranks of the extraordinary. Your mutation dire will be influenced by your subjective sciousness】

  【Yenes have finally reized your presearting to fear and submit to you.】

  【With increased mutations, you will pletely dominate everything about yourself, from geo destiny.】

  【The past belongs to history, but the future will iably bow to your domination.】

  "Finally."

  Li Aozi ched his cws, his vocal cords resonatiing a terrifying shriek like a ghost demanding life:

  "Fifteen days to reach Alpha tier and bee a true 【Mutant】."

  This eed no pyer could imagihe leveling difficulty in "Abyss of Stars" was high, with many pyers reag max level only by the end of a version, and not always pleting the promotion task.

  Even a studio boosting a character within a month was sidered very diligent.

  ", it's time to settle the score with the Abyss Humanitarian Relief anization!"

  FAL