Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 691

Chapter 691 Underground

The situation in Lone Star seemed calm on the surface, but in the depths of the night, it was anything but.

In exchange for the peace that the citizens experienced when the sun rose, many undercurrents had to be forcefully suppressed beneath the moon's light.

One such undercurrent formed from the combined might of several gangs.

After Sylas left Lone Star with the disk, the city lost the ability to control the expansion of the volcano Portal for several long months. By the time they gained a new treasure capable of replacing its function, much of the damage had already long been done.

The temperatures of the city skyrocketed, but more importantly, the landscape of their farmland changed.

Much of the topsoil had been replaced by currents of lava. This alone was fine if not for the fact that the oppressive heat had dug into the land, forming deep, cavernous caves, valleys, and trenches.

Normally, lava alone wouldn't be able to do this kind of damage. The earth would be able to disperse much of its heat.

However, in this case, the lava was formed from a special location of the Aether Plane, while Earth was not yet adjusted to these sorts of shocking environments. The end result was the very location Sylas had barely escaped from with his life, and ironically also the region he had first gained his Path of the Mancer Class Quest, was completely unrecognizable.

It sat there as a mass of blackened land covered in a thick layer of soot and ash. But the true danger was no doubt hidden deep underground.

…

From high in the skies, Sylas confirmed much of the things in the Grimblade's report.

'The opening to the volcano portal was also underground last time. I assume that this change only exacerbated the issue.'

If the Portal was already underground, and then it began to grow uncontrollably after the disk was no longer active, then it was only natural that so many changes likewise occurred underground.

This region was highly monitored. There was no way for Sylas to just drop from the skies unnoticed, even in the darkness. He would almost certainly be spotted.

But at this point… it simply didn't matter.

There was only one reason for that… a beast that Sylas was quite familiar with.

The beast controlling snail.

Unbeknownst to Sylas until he read the report, but snails turned out to be mostly nocturnal creatures. And though this snail had clearly broken free of the normal constraints of its race, this clearly wasn't amongst the habits it had shed.

The peacock entered a freefall, piercing down in a steady streak of darkness.