Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1034

Chapter 1034 Control

Sylas' eyes shot open, a coldness radiating from him almost instantly. He felt that his wrist was tied down by a chain, and so was one of his ankles. Other than that, he was completely naked, as though he had been stripped down like a lab rat.

The coldness in his eyes had little to do with fury because of this, though. He had already expected as much. And just as he also expected, his Scorned Wraps were still there, as was his Madness Key around his neck.

Maybe they thought stripping him down would do something, but Sylas was probably one of the very few people in this corner of the universe that could be caught and yet not lose the slightest hint of wealth on him.

Well, that wasn't necessarily true. Unlike others, he didn't have protections on his Genes, so it was very possible for him to lose them. But he very much doubted that would happen.

For one, everyone here was probably so used to people having protections on their Genes that they didn't even think or consider the possibility of succeeding in the first place, so they never tried.

And secondly… Sylas' Genes weren't very valuable in the grand scheme at all. There was no Gene he had on his person now that anyone who could take them in the first place would be interested in.

At best, there were his array of Silver Genes. But he hadn't absorbed them yet to begin with, and he had them tucked away in his Madness Key.

Sylas wasn't sure how hard they had tried to take his Scorned Wraps off. Unlike his Madness Key, they should at least be visible. But luckily, they didn't go too far in those attempts. At least he didn't see any signs of them going too far.

That said, he wouldn't be surprised if there were questions about them. Questions that he, quite frankly, had no intention of answering.

Had he taken a risk by going as far as he had? Sure. But that didn't mean that it wasn't a calculated risk.

His gaze shifted up to the fluorescent light above him, and then down to what looked like the stainless steel table he lay on. They really were treating him like some sort of lab rat.

Sylas slowly sat up, his torso flexing, and his arm pulling back against the chain that had him pinned down. He looked at the treasure for the moment and then shook his head.

His irises rotated and the Runes that made up the chains shattered.

It seemed that while they wanted to treat him like a lab rat, they didn't take him nearly seriously enough. Using F-Grade Treasures to pin him down was like giving him an easy get-out-of-jail-free card.

If they had used E-Grade Treasures instead, he wouldn't have been able to Unravel the Runes, but clearly, they thought he wasn't worth the investment.

Sylas slowly stood to his feet, looking down at the vascularity of his arms. This time, it wasn't because his Mad Primate Gene Class had become Primal Lord. The main issue was that…

He was hungry.

So very hungry that his body was practically eating itself alive.

He now had two Silver Gene Classes working in his body, and that made the State of Wealth his thousands of Bronze Genes had given him suddenly become worthless. His body was hungry for Genes.

Looking at the door, Sylas decided to sit back down. He crossed his legs and closed his eyes, took out a Strength Silver Gene, and then slowly pressed it into his chest.