Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 141

Chapter 141 Setting Themselves

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"I will keep this brief. Tomorrow, we will be setting off to Lone Star, taking advantage of the planes while they still work. Soon, it'll be difficult to travel such distances, at least until Aether tech catches up."

"What will we be doing there?" Nathan asked.

"That will depend on the situation. We will evaluate and make a plan once there. Unfortunately, the family hasn't given me much information on this front. There is relative peace here, but understand that this is only because we are isolated and have prepared to be so for the next ten years if need be. Even after this ten years is up, we will be prepared to be self-sufficient indefinitely.

"The outside world, though, is very much different. Half the population of the world has likely vanished overnight, and the Trial ended before any absolute powerhouses could be formed.

"In the past, by the time the Trial ended, most would be invulnerable to guns and normal weapons of the like. This sounds like it's a good thing because that way the government can suppress the situation with greater ease… but that is missing the forest for the trees.

"The chain of command is in shambles right now, and because the government couldn't take full advantage of their head start, the gap between themselves and vigilantes isn't as large as it should have been. This will only add to the chaos.

"Our task is only to see what we can do."

With this, Lucius didn't say more on the topic, but Sylas had already realized something.

'Lone Star… that's the capital of the Ranger Province and it is most definitely a top five city of importance in the whole country… and all this talk about the government…

'They're definitely setting themselves against the government.'

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"You're going?"

Sylas' grandfather took a seat by him.

Beads of sweat poured down Sylas' brows, the veins across his arms looking particularly large at the moment, almost as though green snakes were crawling beneath his skin.

He might have taken his training a bit too far, but he had to, especially after not seeing many results in the past few days.

Logically, there shouldn't be any results after such a short time. Even in a period of what was dubbed as "newbie gains", it still took more than a handful of days for there to be any tangible benefits. If anything, pushing himself so hard would have the opposite effect. His body wouldn't be able to recover and he'd end up gaining less over time.

Sylas knew this, but these things were the wisdom of a past that was no longer reflective of the present. There had yet to be studies on what it meant for a human to have 123 Constitution, and he had been proven correct.