14: He unlocked eight locks in a row! A godlike man.

The Shangguan Family mansion was filled with joy.

"Success! The Young Miss has successfully unlocked the first Gene Lock!"

"Hahaha! Our Shangguan Family's Qilin Maiden has limitless potential!"

Shangguan Hong was greatly comforted and so excited that tears welled up in his fierce eyes.

Just as the Shangguan Family celebrated Shangguan Xue's success, a cold, mechanical notification sounded in Qin Lang's mind, far away at Tiandu First Academy.

[Shangguan Xue has unlocked the first Gene Lock. The host receives thirty times the gains of Shangguan Xue's Gene evolution.]

Boom—!

A terrifying current of heat, unprecedented and indescribably massive, exploded within him like a volcano that had been dormant for hundreds of millions of years!

It's here!

Qin Lang's body violently shook.

The long-awaited moment had finally arrived!

This energy was too violent; the dorm room couldn't possibly handle it.

Without hesitation, he moved like an arrow shot from a bow, rushing out of the dorm and speeding toward a quiet, uninhabited small grove deep within the campus.

As soon as he stepped into the grove, he found an empty spot and sat down cross-legged.

Almost the instant he sat down, the heat current within his body completely lost control. Like a rampant flood breaching a dam, it transformed into a surging, roaring, monstrous river, rushing wildly through his intricate gene chains!

The unlocking process was infinitely more painful than he had imagined!

It wasn't the soreness felt when tempering the Physical Body, but an intense pain originating from the very core of his life, as if his entire existence was being torn apart and reconstructed!

"Buzz—!"

A muffled sound exploded deep within his Soul.

The first Gene Lock was forcefully blasted open like dry weeds before this unmatched, brutal power!

As the intense pain struck, Qin Lang's brows instantly furrowed into a knot, and veins bulged on his forehead.

However, this was only the beginning.

The massive heat current did not stop for a moment. Using the newly opened first lock as its starting point, it continued to rampage along the incredibly tough gene chain nodes, which he had tempered to the Twenty-fourth Stage!

The second one!

The third one!

The fourth one!

...Irresistible!

Crushing everything in its path!

The Gene Locks, which ordinary people would need years or even decades of painstaking effort to carefully unlock one by one, were now being continuously pierced through as if they were made of paper!

Finally, when the heat current broke through the eighth node, a profound energy circuit was instantaneously constructed.

The complete circuit of a First-Stage Gene Warrior was formed!

However, after completing such a feat, less than one-tenth of the heat current had been consumed.

Qin Lang could clearly feel an even more vast power accumulating within him, ready to be unleashed.

Was it going to continue its assault, perhaps even breaking open the Mythical Gene in one go?

Just as Qin Lang thought a more astonishing change was about to occur, the heat current suddenly changed direction.

Instead of continuing the upward Breakthrough, it returned to the newly constructed First-Stage Gene Circuit and began repeated scouring, expansion, and tempering!

Qin Lang immediately checked his internal condition.

He was surprised to find that his newly formed gene circuit was becoming exceptionally wide and tough at a visible speed under the constant tempering of the heat current!

If the circuit formed by an ordinary Gene Warrior after unlocking was just a small stream used for field irrigation,

then his current gene circuit was rapidly evolving in the direction of mighty rivers and great streams!

This process was no longer painful.

Instead, it was an indescribable feeling of comfort.

His whole body felt warm and cozy, as if he were soaking in a Divine Spring of Life, and every cell was cheering excitedly.

When the heat current was finally exhausted, Qin Lang's First-Stage Gene Lock was declared completely unlocked.

He finally understood.

This thirty-fold return was not reflected in an increase in the number of locks unlocked.

Rather, it was reflected in the qualitative transformation of the unlocking!

His unlocking effect was exactly thirty times better than Shangguan Xue's!

This was not only thanks to the System's thirty-fold return but was also inseparable from his unprecedentedly solid Foundation, tempered up to the Twenty-fourth Stage.

Once the Gene Lock opened, his strength, speed, reaction ability... all his physical qualities saw a surge!

An almost tenfold increase!

A powerful, unprecedented feeling filled his entire body.

Before he could carefully experience this power, the second wave of System notifications arrived as scheduled.

[Shangguan Xue has unlocked the second Gene Lock. The host receives thirty times the gains of Shangguan Xue's Gene evolution.]

Qin Lang couldn't help but marvel at the Heaven-Defying nature of the Ice Emperor Gene.

Judging by this momentum, Shangguan Xue seemed intent on imitating him and blasting open all eight Gene Locks in one breath!

"Boom!"

Another massive heat current exploded within him!

This time, the heat current's target was perfectly clear: it rampaged along the circuit nodes of a Second-Stage Gene Warrior!

In the end, it successfully pierced through!

Just like before, after completing the Breakthrough, the heat current wasted no time and immediately began frantically tempering and widening the Second-Stage gene circuit.

Moments later, a perfect Second-Stage Gene Circuit, whose strength and width were in no way inferior to the First-Stage one, was declared complete!

The unlocking of the Second-Stage caused Qin Lang's vital energy to soar, and his spirit became unprecedentedly vigorous and abundant.

Immediately following.

[Shangguan Xue has unlocked the third Gene Lock...]

[Shangguan Xue has unlocked the fourth Gene Lock...]

The System's thirty-fold return descended time and time again, like the most punctual pendulum.

Qin Lang's Gene Locks were consequently unlocked one after another, undergoing extreme strengthening in an unprecedented manner.

At this point, the massive hot vapor rising from his body could no longer be concealed.

Several students who happened to be passing by discovered Qin Lang Cultivating in the small grove.

"Look quickly! Isn't that Qin Lang?"

"What's wrong with him? The heat is almost steaming him alive!"

"My Heavens! This kind of energy fluctuation... is he, is he trying to assault the Mythical Gene?!"

The news spread like wildfire.

"Eight-Lock Genius Qin Lang is suspected of assaulting the Mythical Gene!"

This news, like a heavy bomb, instantly detonated throughout Tiandu First Academy!

More and more students gathered from all directions, surrounding the small grove until it was impenetrable.

Even a couple deep within the woods who were engaging in the Great Harmony of Life were startled by the commotion and fled in disarray, their clothes messy.

"Move aside! Move aside!"

Gao Meng rushed over upon hearing the news. Seeing Qin Lang surrounded, he immediately took on the role of a guard.

His burly, bear-like body acted like a wall, forcefully pushing back all the onlookers attempting to get closer.

Qin Lang slowly opened his eyes and felt helpless seeing himself surrounded by layers upon layers of onlookers.

Shangguan Xue's unlocking speed was simply too fast, link after link, giving him no chance to change locations.

He could only ignore the outside disturbances and continue his Breakthrough.

The fifth one!

The sixth one!

The seventh one!

The eighth one!

Following Shangguan Xue's frantic Breakthrough, Qin Lang's Gene Locks were also blasted open in succession!

With every thirty-fold return, the massive heat current, while strengthening the gene circuit, also simultaneously opened and enhanced his twelve Main Energy Channels.

And the moment the final Gene Lock was unlocked!

The heat current pushed through in one go, completely integrating the eight Gene Lock circuits, which were as wide as mighty rivers, with the twelve Main Energy Channels that had been strengthened to the extreme!

A perfect, endlessly circulating full-body energy network was thus formed!

The moment all the Gene Locks were fully connected.

Qin Lang felt completely reborn.

His body radiated a faint, moonlit glow from the inside out.

Combined with his already incomparably handsome face and his eyes as deep as the starry sky.

This scene left some of the female students present dazzled and their hearts fluttering.

"Oh my god... he looks like a deity..."

Someone let out a dreamlike gasp of surprise.