16: genetic medicine

Lu Yu narrowed his eyes as he looked at the four spirit fruits on the tree.

He clearly perceived that the spiritual qi on these four spirit fruits was considerably less compared to the spirit fruits he had consumed before.

It seemed these four spirit fruits were likely only first-grade spirit fruits.

Heavenly treasures, according to the spiritual qi they contained, were classified into nine grades in his previous life, with first-grade being the lowest and ninth-grade the highest.

Evidently, these four in front of him were the lowest-grade, first-grade spirit fruits.

However, Lu Yu wasn't picky; even a mosquito's leg is still meat, isn't it?

Turning his head slightly, Lu Yu saw that although those people had retreated, they hadn't completely left, but were standing not far away, seemingly in a dilemma.

Some who didn't know Lu Yu's terrifying strength still had a look of eagerness in their eyes; if not for the Commander holding them back, they might have charged forward to fight Lu Yu.

Seeing this, Lu Yu suddenly remembered a major event from his previous life that seemed to have happened around this time.

Lu Yu fell into thought, and time flowed slowly.

After about half an hour, four rays of light flashed, and the spirit fruits ripened.

Lu Yu didn't hesitate, flapping his wings to collect the spirit fruits, then soaring into the sky with the white fox.

Lu Yu's speed was incredibly fast; in just a blink of an eye, his trace was lost from everyone's sight.

"What do we do now?"

The Deputy Commander was somewhat at a loss; the spirit fruits they had painstakingly searched for and guarded for several days, just as they were about to ripen, were taken by Lu Yu. It was truly infuriating, but their strength was insufficient, so they could only watch helplessly.

"Send someone up to take a look."

Commander Commander Xu calmly gave the order, immediately dispatching personnel to slowly ascend the mountain.

Firstly, to see if there was any advantage to be gained. Although the spirit fruits were taken, the tree that bore them was still there. What if the tree could bear fruit again?

Secondly, it was also to investigate the situation and see if they could gather any intelligence about Lu Yu.

A squad of ten fully armed soldiers cautiously ascended the mountain and arrived by the spirit fruit tree.

Suddenly, someone with good eyesight saw a glowing fruit below the tree.

"Quick, quickly inform the Commander! That fierce beast left a spirit fruit behind! Requesting instructions!"

The squad leader did not act rashly. It would be a great sin if he ruined this hard-won spirit fruit.

"What? There's still one spirit fruit left?"

Commander Commander Xu was shocked to hear this news. He truly hadn't expected that Lu Yu would actually leave one fruit behind.

Did Lu Yu accidentally drop it?

This thought appeared in the Commander's mind, then was immediately dismissed.

One must know that the spirit fruit emitted an intoxicating spiritual qi scent and glowed. It was absolutely impossible for Lu Yu to have dropped it unintentionally.

The only possibility was that it was intentional.

Although Lu Yu snatched the spirit fruits, he didn't completely consume them, but left some behind.

What exactly was going on?

The Commander couldn't figure it out at once, so he simply stopped thinking about it. Such a problem could just be reported as it was.

"Quick, send someone to collect the spirit fruit, everyone retreat!"

Commander Xu gave the order, fearing that Lu Yu might return, or attract other fierce beasts, so they collected the spirit fruit and ran.

After the humans retreated, Lu Yu appeared like a ghost, looking in the direction of the humans and chasing after them.

Down the mountain.

In a research institute.

Commander Xu walked quickly into it, holding a box containing the spirit fruit.

The research institute was equipped with high-end instruments, and scientists in white coats bustled back and forth.

Commander Xu took a deep breath and walked to an isolation door. After his pupils were verified, the door opened, and he walked in.

"General Xu, where is the spirit fruit?"

As soon as Commander Xu walked in, an old man excitedly greeted him, asking anxiously.

"Elder Zhao, the spirit fruit is in the box. As you instructed, it was sealed in a box and sent to you at full speed, but..."

Commander Xu handed the box in his hand to the old man and said.

The old man's surname was Zhao, originally a top biological scientist in the country. After the Spiritual Qi Revival occurred, he was the first to discover that spiritual qi could be stored in plants, producing the effects of legendary heavenly treasures. After experiments, he proposed the concept of Gene Serum.

Gene Serum was to use instruments to extract the spiritual qi from heavenly treasures and inject it into the human body, causing humans to undergo an effect similar to the evolution of fierce beasts, thereby gaining powerful strength.

After discovering the spirit fruit, Elder Zhao brought his team to the closest location to the spirit fruit tree, set up a research institute, and was just waiting to conduct the final verification.

"But what?" Elder Zhao took the box, his expression eager, and asked casually.

Commander Xu immediately told Elder Zhao about Lu Yu's sudden appearance, his snatching of the spirit fruits, and how only one of the originally expected four spirit fruits remained.

"Elder Zhao, now there is only one spirit fruit left. Can the experiment still succeed?"

Hearing this, Elder Zhao sighed and said, "It's hard to say. The more spirit fruits, the better, for multiple experiments to have a higher success rate. Now that only one is left, it's difficult!"

Commander Xu frowned, wanting to say something, but saw the fatigue on Elder Zhao's face and the dark circles around his eyes. He clearly knew that Elder Zhao had not slept well for many days in order to conduct the experiment as soon as possible.

He opened his mouth, Commander Xu sighed, and asked, "With only this one spirit fruit, what is your certainty?"

Elder Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "We conducted multiple experiments using the corpses of those fierce beasts before. The power within fierce beasts is violent, and currently there is no effective way to transform it. However, we have enough experience. Although there is only one, I have at least an eighty percent certainty!"

Commander Xu nodded. Although it wasn't a hundred percent certainty of success, eighty percent was not low.

After handing the spirit fruit to Elder Zhao, Commander Xu left the research institute.

As soon as he came out, a subordinate brought the latest intelligence, which Commander Xu read, his brows furrowing tightly.

The intelligence showed that in just three days, coastal areas suffered over a hundred fierce beast attacks, with nearly ten thousand civilian casualties!

Even more serious were the inland areas near forests and mountains, where the relocation plan was repeatedly attacked by fierce beasts, causing immense suffering to the populace.

Commander Xu tightly clutched the intelligence in his hand, looked back at the research institute, and murmured, "It must succeed! Humanity must possess its own strength!"

...On a hillside not far from the research institute, Lu Yu's eyes flashed.

He was certain!

When he took the spirit fruits, he remembered in his previous life how humans accidentally obtained spirit fruits and then used them to research Gene Serum, guessing that he might have just stumbled upon it.

In his previous life, under the oppression of fierce beasts, humans struggled to survive. Among them, scientists led by Elder Zhao developed the first generation of Gene Serum, which led to the emergence of the first generation of superhumans, who possessed extraordinary power capable of barely contending with fierce beasts.

Although Lu Yu was not fond of humans, he admired pioneers like Elder Zhao, which was why he left one spirit fruit behind.