35: The second spiritual recovery begins

When Commander Xu heard this, he was ecstatic. His eyes were fixed on the serum in Elder Zhao's hand, and his voice trembled: "Is this the second generation Gene Serum? What are its effects?"

Elder Zhao handed the serum to Commander Xu and said, "We've already tested it. This time, the success rate of the Gene Serum injection has increased to 80%, and after a successful injection, the warrior's strength will be even stronger, at least five times that of the first generation Gene Serum!"

Commander Xu's eyes lit up.

After the Gene Serum became available, the Academy of Sciences classified the strength of the ferocious beasts discovered so far.

Ferocious beasts that had undergone their first evolution were classified as first-tier, those that had undergone their second evolution were second-tier, and so on.

After being injected with the first generation Gene Serum, ordinary warriors could reach a first-tier level. For warriors like Commander Xu, who were already very powerful, injecting the Gene Serum could bring their strength to just short of second-tier.

Now that the second generation Gene Serum was out, and its effect was five times that of the first generation, didn't that mean even ordinary warriors could reach second-tier strength if they used it? And if powerful warriors like him were injected, they would probably reach third-tier directly!

Before Commander Xu could react, Elder Zhao looked at him excitedly and said, "Most importantly, General Xu, the second generation Gene Serum has been improved and will no longer damage the injector's lifespan. And we predict that warriors like you, who have been injected with the first generation Gene Serum, might be able to recover the previously lost lifespan by injecting the second generation Gene Serum again!"

Commander Xu clutched the Gene Serum in his hand, tears welling up in his eyes.

Since the last great battle, after the superiors witnessed the role of Gene Warriors, they ordered the mobilization of all forces to collect spirit fruit and produce the first generation Gene Serum.

After such a long period of effort, there are now over a thousand first generation Gene Warriors.

These warriors willingly accepted the price of their lifespans being reduced to thirty years, becoming pioneers for humanity and dedicating themselves.

Now, with the second generation Gene Serum, these warriors could all be saved.

"Elder Zhao, does this second generation Gene Serum also require spirit fruit?"

Elder Zhao shook his head: "The second generation Gene Serum has been improved. Besides being able to be made using spirit fruit, it can also be produced by extracting spiritual energy from ferocious beasts. However, current technological methods are not advanced enough; it requires a large number of ferocious beasts of the same rank to extract enough spiritual energy to produce one dose of the second generation Gene Serum."

Commander Xu nodded and said, "Good, I will immediately report this news to the superiors. Rest assured, we will fully cooperate with your work and provide enough ferocious beast corpses!"

A gleam flashed in Commander Xu's eyes.

Previously, collecting spirit fruit was primarily a matter of serendipity, so their Gene Warriors rarely had a chance to be useful. Now that a large amount of ferocious beast meat was needed, they would have their place to shine!

Next, Commander Xu received an injection of the second generation Gene Serum.

No accidents occurred; an 80% success rate was already high enough.

After the injection, Commander Xu felt his power increase by more than ten times!

After testing, his combat strength could now fully rival a ferocious beast that had evolved three times; he was a true third-tier powerhouse, comparable to a D-rank ferocious beast among ferocious beasts!

Most importantly, at this moment, he suddenly comprehended a skill, an extremely powerful skill!

Military Soul: Leading an army into battle can comprehensively boost the combat strength of subordinates by 10%! Currently, he can lead a maximum of one thousand people!

After adapting to his strength, Commander Xu led ten second-tier Gene Warriors who had received the second generation Gene Serum injection, along with the remaining nine hundred and ninety first-tier Gene Warriors, to embark on an expedition.

This expedition must hunt enough ferocious beasts, firstly for the raw materials to produce the second generation Gene Serum, and secondly for revenge.

After the first Spiritual Qi Revival, defenseless humans were mercilessly hunted by ferocious beasts. Now that humanity also possessed powerful strength, they naturally would not forget the previous hatred.

After careful consideration, Commander Xu chose Xiao Nan Mountain outside Jiangzhou City as the target for the expedition.

According to intelligence, a large number of ferocious beasts have recently been migrating towards Xiao Nan Mountain, for unknown reasons.

So, Commander Xu also planned to join in the fun!

"Depart!"

With a command, over a thousand fully armed Gene Warriors, under his leadership, headed towards Xiao Nan Mountain... At this moment, Xiao Nan Mountain.

Standing at the top of the cave, Lu Yu looked at the open space not far away, feeling a faint excitement in his heart.

In less than an hour, it would be the second Spiritual Qi Revival!

As long as the second Spiritual Qi Revival began, the Spirit Pond that Lu Yu had been longing for would fully materialize, cleansed by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and appear in the world.

At that time, relying on this Spirit Pond, Lu Yu had a great chance to directly advance to B-rank and maintain his leading advantage!

Just then, a figure flew over; it was his subordinate, Xuan Yu Divine Eagle.

Xuan Yu Divine Eagle screeched at Lu Yu, reporting the situation.

After Lu Yu subdued these four ferocious beasts, he dispatched them back to their respective peaks.

The terrain of Xiao Nan Mountain was simple: Lu Yu's cave was in the very center, and the peaks of Xuan Yu Divine Eagle and the others surrounded it on four sides.

Sending them back to their peaks was to have them guard the four directions, so if any ferocious beasts came, they could report it in advance.

Of course, with Lu Yu's current strength, this report was purely to ensure Lu Yu wouldn't miss any D-rank ferocious beasts that might come.

And now, according to the news brought by Xuan Yu Divine Eagle, in the past few days, quite a few E-rank and F-rank ferocious beasts had arrived throughout Xiao Nan Mountain, and the total number of ferocious beasts in Xiao Nan Mountain had increased by nearly three times.

Lu Yu understood upon hearing this.

Ferocious beasts are most sensitive to changes in spiritual energy. Now that the second Spiritual Qi Revival was approaching, especially because Xiao Nan Mountain had a Spirit Pond about to emerge, the spiritual energy concentration in Xiao Nan Mountain was relatively higher, which naturally attracted more ferocious beasts.

"Give the order, guard the surroundings well, do not kill low-rank ferocious beasts without permission, and if you see a D-rank ferocious beast, attack it together."

Xuan Yu Divine Eagle received the order and left. Lu Yu then called for the Little White Fox.

Ever since the little calf left with the War Man Bull, the Little White Fox had lost her playmate and spent her days bored in the cave, which made Lu Yu a little helpless.

At the same time, he also had some doubts about whether this Little White Fox was truly the Demon Emperor from his past life's memories.

To become a Demon Emperor, besides having extraordinary talent and powerful bloodline, one also needed to work hard. But the current Little White Fox ate and slept all day, and while her strength might not have increased, her weight certainly did.

"Next, the second Spiritual Qi Revival will begin soon. Remember to be diligent. It would be best if you could take this opportunity to leap directly to C-rank, understand?"

The Little White Fox nodded as if she understood, then suddenly her eyes widened, staring at the empty space behind Lu Yu, and she cried out urgently.

Lu Yu looked back and saw a crack silently appear on the open ground. Extremely dense spiritual energy was gushing out from the crack.

The second Spiritual Qi Revival!