345: Never appeared before? (3 in 1)

Above the Lake.

The White Fatty Old Man looked at Lin Yang unhappily: “Kid, are you really confident you can catch another fish?”

“Senior, I don’t have absolute confidence, but I want to try again,” Lin Yang replied.

Just now, he received a prompt from the Robot and actively sought out the White Fatty Old Man, expressing his desire to catch a few fish as an apology.

Because the Robot told him that only the White Fatty Old Man had the meat slices used for fishing.

The White Fatty Old Man, who had been angry, stopped venting his fury upon hearing this and directly led him to the center of the Lake.

However, the White Fatty Old Man remained skeptical about whether Lin Yang could catch another fish.

“Hmph, if you can really catch two more fish, I... ahem, this old man might consider forgiving you a little for now,” the White Fatty Old Man said haughtily.

“Senior is magnanimous, this junior has no way to repay,” Lin Yang said, choosing his words carefully.

“Here, fish.”

The White Fatty Old Man took out a small piece of meat, hung it on the hook, and handed the fishing rod to Lin Yang.

Lin Yang recalled what the system had said during his last fishing trip, relived his previous state, and emptied his mind and body to feel the Lake.

However, this time it wasn't meditation like before, but rather sitting cross-legged.

This was a method taught by the national grandmasters whom Ye Guhong had invited earlier.

It belonged to the orthodox teachings of the Universe Country.

Although meditation and sitting cross-legged had a similar effect, Lin Yang preferred the feeling of sitting cross-legged.

The White Fatty Old Man, seeing Lin Yang sitting cross-legged, showed a look of surprise and couldn't help but ask, “Kid, is this how you fish?”

“Yes, Senior,” Lin Yang nodded, without explaining too much.

Because he himself didn't know how to explain it.

“You fished like this last time too?” the White Fatty Old Man asked again.

Lin Yang nodded again.

Seeing this, the White Fatty Old Man didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he curiously scrutinized Lin Yang, a glint in his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

As the White Fatty Old Man fell silent, without the disturbance of external sounds, Lin Yang gradually entered a state of focus.

A few minutes later, he once again entered a completely ethereal state.

Buzz.

Similar to last time, he felt himself transform into a fish in the Lake, swimming joyfully.

Immediately after, the fishing rod in his hand dipped. Lin Yang, sensing it, instinctively reeled it in.

At the same time, he opened his eyes.

He saw a Red Tail Gold Fish, even larger than the previous one, wriggling on the hook.

Lin Yang breathed a sigh of relief, turned to the White Fatty Old Man, and said, “Senior, I did not fail!”

“...”

The White Fatty Old Man was stunned.

He stared blankly at Lin Yang and the Red Tail Gold Fish in Lin Yang’s hand.

“It, it’s already caught?”

The White Fatty Old Man couldn’t believe it.

His gaze darted back and forth between Lin Yang and the Red Tail Gold Fish, as if he had seen a ghost.

Last time, when he was testing Lin Yang, he was arguing with the Silver-haired woman and didn't notice how Lin Yang caught the fish.

He could only attribute it to Lin Yang's good luck.

But this time, he was right next to Lin Yang, witnessing the entire process.

To simply attribute this to luck seemed a bit illogical!

“How… how did you do that?” The White Fatty Old Man's eyes flashed, and he took a deep breath, asking slowly.

Lin Yang put the Red Tail Gold Fish into the fish basket and said, “This junior just sensed the Lake, and then a fish bit the hook. As for the specific reason, this junior isn't very clear.”

“Sensing the Lake?”

The White Fatty Old Man was a bit surprised.

Immediately, he picked up the fishing rod himself and tried to fish according to Lin Yang's description and recent actions.

However, after one or two hours, there was no sign of him catching any fish.

The White Fatty Old Man was somewhat puzzled.

Lin Yang always managed to catch a fish in just a few minutes, but even following the same method, he couldn't do it, even with much more time.

“Kid, are you sure you just sensed the Lake and a fish bit the hook?” the White Fatty Old Man couldn't help but ask.

“Yes, Senior,” Lin Yang replied.

“This is strange. Fish again, let me see,” the White Fatty Old Man mumbled, handing the fishing rod back to Lin Yang.

Lin Yang fished again.

A few minutes later, another fish was hooked.

However, this time it wasn't a Red Tail Gold Fish, but a red fish, fatter than the Red Tail Gold Fish.

The entire fish was red, even its whiskers were red.

“Red, Red Demon?”

The White Fatty Old Man beside him, upon seeing this red fish, instantly exclaimed, a hint of shock even appearing in his eyes.

Then, before Lin Yang could reel in, he grabbed Lin Yang's shoulder, taking both him and the fish back to the training base.

“Senior, why are we back? Aren’t we going to catch a few more?” Lin Yang was a bit surprised.

He was planning to catch a few more fish to apologize to the old man.

Now, he had only caught two, and the old man had brought him back, which left him a bit puzzled.

“No more fishing. You’re a bit strange, kid. We can’t keep fishing, or something big might happen.”

The White Fatty Old Man put away the Red Demon fish, his tone somewhat peculiar, yet also solemn.

“Uh… what big deal could happen from fishing?” Lin Yang muttered.

“You… forget it, it’s too troublesome to explain. You’ll naturally know in the future. In short, from now on, without my permission, you are not allowed to fish in the Lake casually,” the White Fatty Old Man sternly instructed.

“Understood.”

Although Lin Yang didn't understand, he didn't press for details.

That Lake and those fish were clearly extraordinary; there must be some secret, but he wasn't at the level to know it yet.

He looked at the White Fatty Old Man, a little embarrassed, and said, “So, Senior, can you calm down now?”

“...”

The White Fatty Old Man's gaze instantly became strange, and he looked at Lin Yang, silent for a long while, before slowly saying:

“I said before, as long as you can catch fish, I can forgive you first. I always keep my word.”

“Thank you, Senior!”

Lin Yang completely relaxed and then said, “Then, Senior, this junior will go and take the Gene Potion now.”

He had been delayed for a month or so by cracking the refrigerator's permissions earlier, and now he needed to make up for lost time.

Upon hearing this, the White Fatty Old Man immediately stopped him: “No! You cannot continue taking the Gene Potion now!”

“Ah?” Lin Yang was stunned.

Can't continue taking the Gene Potion?

What's going on?

The White Fatty Old Man glared at him irritably: “Do you think eating those things in the refrigerator is fine? If I hadn't rushed back immediately, you would have already exploded and died, do you know that?”

“Ah??” Lin Yang was stunned again, “Ex-exploded and died??”

“Nonsense! Those were all good things I’d accumulated for hundreds of years. Don’t let the small portions fool you; each one contains an extremely vast amount of energy. Those things were originally for my own advancement!”

The White Fatty Old Man glared at Lin Yang: “You, on the other hand, treated them as ingredients and ate them all in one go! Honestly, it’s a miracle you lasted until I got back! If I had returned even a moment later, hmph hmph!”

“…” Lin Yang’s heart skipped a beat.

He really almost died!

“So, the moment I felt my heart was about to burst was when this old man came back and saved me.”

Lin Yang muttered to himself.

Before, he felt like he had transformed into a ball of flame, and just as the flame was about to explode, a large hand descended from the sky and firmly grasped the flame, which also meant it grasped his heart, preventing it from bursting.

This old man saved his Life!

“Thank you, Senior, for saving my Life!”

Lin Yang took a deep breath and thanked him solemnly!

The White Fatty Old Man waved his hand and said, “But then again, you are truly strange and incredibly lucky. The energy contained in just one of the things you ate would have been enough to make you explode and die instantly. Yet you managed to hold on for so long. Honestly, I genuinely can't understand it.”

As he spoke, the White Fatty Old Man scrutinized Lin Yang, as if looking at something very peculiar.

Lin Yang spread his hands: “Senior, I actually don’t understand why this is happening either.”

He wasn't lying; he truly couldn't figure out why he could so easily catch fish again, or why he didn't die immediately after eating so much terrifying food.

The White Fatty Old Man stared at him for a while, then sighed: “Forget it, let's not discuss this for now. Perhaps everyone's physique is different. I'll look for the reason later.”

“Then, Senior, since I cannot continue taking the Gene Potion now, how should I improve next?” Lin Yang inquired.

“Do you think those things you ate were for nothing? Although I returned in time to dispel most of the energy for you, the residual and absorbed energy in your body has already made your physique incredibly powerful. What you need to do now is not to continue increasing your strength, but to learn how to control and utilize that strength.”

The White Fatty Old Man rolled his eyes at him again.

“Next, I will personally guide you for a while. Your current physique is already comparable to a Medium Super Gene Warrior.”

“Ah? Already comparable to a Medium Super Gene Warrior? Such a huge improvement?” Lin Yang's eyes widened instantly.

He had gone directly from a Medium Super Gene Warrior to a Medium Super Gene Warrior after one meal, spanning an entire major level.

This was too exaggerated, wasn't it?

“What big deal? It’s not a big deal at all!”

The White Fatty Old Man stomped his foot in anger upon hearing this: “Kid, you need to know that the energy contained in every single bite of what you ate is immensely vast. Even for an Extraordinary Warrior, it would be a significant boost. Yet you only went from a Medium Super Gene Warrior to an Advanced Super gene warrior. You could say it’s a pure waste; you didn’t even utilize one trillionth of the energy in those things you ate!”

“Uh… alright.” Lin Yang gave an awkward smile, then a question surfaced: “Senior, since eating these things can rapidly boost one’s power and doesn’t require long-term absorption, wouldn’t it be better than Gene Potion?”

Although those items were incredibly valuable, for the Universe Country, they should be obtainable. If used to cultivate Gene Warriors, the effect would far surpass Gene Potion!

“Are you dreaming of eating farts?”

The White Fatty Old Man, upon hearing this, instantly widened his eyes and looked at Lin Yang: “Do you still not have a relatively intuitive understanding of the value of the things you ate? The Universe Country can obtain those things, but even for the old guys in the Universe Country, they're not enough, so how could they possibly use them to cultivate Gene Warriors??”

“Alright, alright.” Lin Yang rubbed his head, a little red-faced.

The White Fatty Old Man looked at him, was silent for a while, then added:

“Also, the main thing is that you are too strange, strangely evil! Under normal circumstances, it's very dangerous for Gene Warriors to eat those things. Even with a strong person protecting them at all times, there could still be a Life-threatening risk. And the absorption would only be slower than Gene Potion. Whether in terms of value or efficiency, it's not as good as using Gene Potion.”

“But I don’t know why, you’ve eaten so much and are still fine, and you can even directly absorb the residual energy. Honestly, I really have the urge to send you to the lab for research.”

The White Fatty Old Man stared at Lin Yang with a distant gaze, making Lin Yang’s heart tremble.

Send him to the lab for research??

Isn’t that… “Cough cough, Senior, I might just have a special physique, there’s no need…” Lin Yang quickly said.

Seeing this, the White Fatty Old Man burst out laughing: “Look how scared you are, don’t worry, I just said that casually, I won’t really send you to the lab.”

“Is, is that so…” Lin Yang muttered to himself.

“Alright, you go wait in the training room, I’ll go deal with the Red Tail Gold Fish first.” The White Fatty Old Man waved his hand.

“Okay.”

Lin Yang responded and walked towards the training room.

“Wait!”

The White Fatty Old Man suddenly called out to Lin Yang again, and under Lin Yang’s puzzled gaze, he said word by word: “You are not allowed to privately access the refrigerator’s permissions again. If you dare to steal food again, I won’t save you!”

“Cough cough… Don’t worry, Senior, I won’t do it again!” Lin Yang was embarrassed again… Fifteen minutes later.

In the training room, the White Fatty Old Man took out a bottle of green liquid and handed it to Lin Yang: “Drink it!”

“This is…” Lin Yang was a bit puzzled.

“This is the healing medicine I went out to find for you a few months ago. This damn thing took me a lot of effort to get. In the end, I was even entangled by an annoying old guy because I delayed some time, otherwise I would have been back already!”

The White Fatty Old Man seemed to recall an unpleasant experience and grumbled.

Lin Yang was slightly stunned.

So this old guy was entangled by someone, which is why he didn’t come back in time.

He took the bottle and opened it, and an indescribably strange smell immediately assailed his nostrils.

Although it wasn’t very unpleasant, it instantly reminded him of the terrifying experience of eating the so-called nutritious meal this old guy specially prepared for him a few months ago.

“Do, do I really have to drink it?”

Lin Yang subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

He now had a physiological aversion to these strangely flavored things.

Moreover, if this old guy hadn’t brought it up again, he would have forgotten about his body’s problem.

He didn’t feel sick.

After several months of training, he hadn’t noticed any problems.

He had even used the medical pod to check his body once and found no issues.

But since this old guy said he was sick, he didn’t know how to refute it.

“Drink it when I tell you to! I won’t harm you!” The White Fatty Old Man frowned.

“Alright.”

Lin Yang pinched his nose and chugged the green liquid, which resembled poison, into his mouth.

Instantly.

An indescribable sense of comfort spread throughout his body, as if all things were growing and recovering within him.

“Ah…”

Under the extreme comfort, Lin Yang even let out a moan.

He felt his body being nourished by an unknown power.

This was a wonderful taste he had never experienced before.

Half an hour later.

The comfortable feeling slowly receded, and Lin Yang still felt a lingering satisfaction, he couldn’t help but ask: “Senior, what exactly is this thing?”

“Didn’t I tell you? It’s something to heal your injuries.”

The White Fatty Old Man impatiently waved his hand: “Alright, now there are no hidden dangers in your body. Next, the real training is about to begin!”

As he spoke, the White Fatty Old Man revealed a smile that made Lin Yang feel a bit strange and eerie, which gave him a bad premonition.

And very quickly, Lin Yang experienced the true meaning behind that smile.

The real training was very cruel!

No!

It was inhumane!

He was like a toy, played with by the White Fatty Old Man in the palm of his hand.

It was even given the nice name of cultivating his combat awareness and habits.

After a few days, there was not a single intact spot on his body.

Lin Yang somewhat suspected that this old guy was taking the opportunity to retaliate against him, but he had no evidence.

Half a month later.

Lin Yang stood in the middle of the training room, bruised all over.

The White Fatty Old Man leisurely said:

“Kid, your performance is not bad. So, this training session ends here. The official competition will start in a month, you should prepare to participate.”

Hearing this, Lin Yang couldn’t help but tremble, and his eyes revealed an incomparably brilliant light!

This half-month of inhuman torment was finally… over!

God knows what he went through in this half month.

This damned old guy, under the guise of training him, made him suffer every day.

Although… it did have some effect.

He could now perfectly control all of his own power and had learned many Gene Warrior combat techniques.

It could be said that he could now easily defeat a dozen of his former self from half a month ago.

But at the same time, he really didn’t want to experience this half-month again for a second time!

“Alright, kid, if you want to go home now, I can send you home to stay for a month first, and when the competition starts, I’ll take you to the arena.” The White Fatty Old Man added.

“Senior, do I no longer need to take Gene Potion?” Lin Yang asked.

The White Fatty Old Man waved his hand: “No, your current physical fitness is already stronger than an Advanced Super gene warrior. If you want to take Gene Potion, you’d have to take Super Gene Potion, but the absorption of Super Gene Potion takes two to three years, which is completely too late. So, let’s not use it for now. Gene Potion will also affect your state during the absorption process. Let’s just go with this for the competition.”

“Uh…” Lin Yang was stunned for a moment, then hesitated for a while, and slowly said: “Senior, can you give me a Super Gene Potion?”

He currently had a Gene Potion fusion device in his hand, which could greatly shorten the absorption time of Gene Potion after fusion.

This old guy had given up, but he didn’t want to give up yet.

“Why do you want Super Gene Potion? Didn’t I tell you? Even if you use it now, it’ll be too late to absorb, and it will even affect your state.” The White Fatty Old Man emphasized again.

“I want to try, after all, as you said, my physique is special, and perhaps there will be unexpected gains.”

Lin Yang couldn’t explicitly state the existence of the Gene Potion fusion device, so he could only try his best to persuade the White Fatty Old Man to give him a Gene Potion.

The White Fatty Old Man hesitated for a while, but finally couldn’t resist Lin Yang’s request and agreed to get him a Super Gene Potion.

The White Fatty Old Man acted very quickly this time, returning in less than half a day and giving the Super Gene Potion to Lin Yang.

“Thank you, Senior. Then please send me home first.” Lin Yang said, putting away the Gene Potion.

“Go home? If you want to take Gene Potion, take it here, and I’ll watch to prevent any accidents.” The White Fatty Old Man reminded him.

“I want to wait a few days before using it.” Lin Yang said directly.

“Wait a few days before using it?”

The White Fatty Old Man instantly frowned, subconsciously wanting to say something, but in the end, he just gave Lin Yang a deep look and said no more, only faintly saying:

“Whatever you want, anyway, I’ve given you the potion. I advise you not to be too impatient. It doesn’t matter if you don’t get a high ranking this time, because even if you use the Gene Potion now and absorb it completely, it’s impossible to be an opponent for those seeded players cultivated by the Universe Country.”

At this point, the White Fatty Old Man paused, then added: “Even Gene Warrior of the same level have differences in strength. The players cultivated by those Universe Country are not only strong in power, but also comprehensively developed. Weapons, combat methods, and many other factors mean that even if you become a Super Gene Warrior now, it’s impossible to defeat them. Those combat methods cannot be mastered in a short period of time.”

“Your foundation is too shallow. What you lack compared to those guy is not just the difference in Gene Potion enhancement, but also a gap of one or two decades of comprehensive training.”

“Do you understand what I mean?”

“I understand.” Lin Yang shook his head with a wry smile.

He understood the old guy’s meaning very well. Simply put, his foundation was too poor, of course, this foundation didn’t refer to his current physical fitness being poor.

Rather, the contestants cultivated by those Universe Country received comprehensive training from a young age, while he had only recently started to come into contact with these things. The time gap was not that easy to erase.

Unless he could forcefully suppress them with several or even dozens of times the opponent’s strength, using brute force to break through their techniques, otherwise there was no hope.

But to want to crush them with a strength advantage… “Senior, if I want to crush those Universe Country contestants with absolute strength, what level of strength would I roughly need?” Lin Yang asked.

“Crush them with strength?”

The White Fatty Old Man squinted at him and said faintly: “Those guy are at least at the strength level of a Medium Super Gene Warrior. If you simply want to crush them with strength, even becoming an Advanced Super gene warrior might not guarantee a stable victory. You’d probably need to become a Special Super Gene Warrior, then there would be a great chance.”

“A Special Super Gene Warrior?” Lin Yang’s eyes flickered slightly.

“Roughly, yes. However, even a Special Super Gene Warrior, if their foundation is not strong enough, still doesn’t have 100% certainty of crushing those guy cultivated by the Universe Country.”

The White Fatty Old Man looked at Lin Yang and smiled: “In short, don’t even think about it. This competition has been held countless times, and no one has ever reached the strength level of a Special Super Gene Warrior in any of the competitions.”

“It would be very good if you could contend for a top hundred spot in the universe-level arena this time.”

Lin Yang nodded slightly, not asking anything further.

Due to the time limit for absorbing Gene Potion, a Special Super Gene Warrior had never appeared in the Universe-level Competition.

However, never having appeared does not mean it will never appear.

With the Gene Potion fusion device, as long as there are enough Gene Potion, it might not be impossible to try to become a Special Super Gene Warrior!

Lin Yang’s eyes flickered.

Others couldn’t, but he had a chance.

However, he didn’t ask for more Gene Potion yet. He hadn’t tried the effect of the Gene Potion fusion device yet, he would talk about it after testing it.

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Sorry, I wasn’t feeling well yesterday and didn’t update in time. Today I’ll update a big chapter as compensation, and make up the rest tomorrow. Bowing to all the big shots!

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