Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1079

Sylas watched as the Clypsians vanished before his gaze became sharp.

Was it a suicide mission? Not exactly. But it wasn't far from one either. There was a reason he wasn't going to participate.

That said, he also wouldn't give them no chance of surviving either. He wasn't avoiding the situation because he was cowardly, but because he had another method to help, one that would hopefully increase the chances of success substantially.

With a pivot of his foot, he shot deeper into the dungeon.

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They had already been locked away on the deepest level. To make it any deeper, it was actually necessary to dig through the foundation of the dungeon—at least that was what it seemed like.

But from Sylas' understanding, there was no way such a large structure would be made without giving it some sort of access patch for maintenance and things of the like.

During his scan of the Runes, though, Sylas found that he couldn't easily spot where this access patch was, which was odd.

That was when he grasped what was going on. This dungeon definitely had a control panel located in a separate location, one outside the scope of Sylas' range.

The only place that could be was the tower in the distance, but going there was definitely far too dangerous. Setting aside whether he could sneak there or not, there was the problem of what he would do when he was actually inside.

He was almost certain that the D-Grade was over there, and he had no idea that Cenk would choose to come to the dungeon at this very moment.

That said, Sylas had another method.

The Mesh of Reality.

In order for two far-off locations to be connected so intimately, the only method that could be used was a Rune Formation Master concept known as "Coupling." This would link two Runes across large distances, resulting in changes from one reflecting in another.

Thankfully, Sylas' changes to the dungeon's structure were so subtle and clever that the main control panel wouldn't reflect much of a change at all. Only the one who crafted it themselves would be able to pick it out, and only if they were supremely focused on it or nearly as talented as Sylas.

However, Coupling, as beautiful as the concept was, had a huge weakness.

Well, to say that it was a weakness was unfair, because it was something that Sylas had only just deduced, and it relied on a Progenitor Flame Ability that rarely appeared in the world.

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[Astral Stutter (Gold) (Progenitor Flame Ability)]

[Feel the warps and changes to Runes and their interaction with the Mesh of Reality. Feel what they have been and what they might become.]

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The main ability of Sylas' Astral Stutter Progenitor Flame Ability was to read changes in space and predict what could come and what had been.