Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 748

Sylas calmly slipped into the city, his movements unhurried.

Mesmeryx Mimic was the staple Gene Talent of the Mesmeryx Golden Lineage, and its potential here was actually the lowest it would ever be.

Right now, the fact that Nosphaleen only registered as a Bronze creature meant that much of her abilities were still heavily suppressed. If not for this, she wouldn’t be dealing with so many clear Gene-Stat Limits—the real reason all of her stats looked like mirror images of one another.

However, even without having reached nearly its full potential, the illusion capabilities of Mesmeryx Mimic were powerful. Something like disguising herself as Sylas was extraordinarily easy.

As one plan was set into motion, Sylas calmly swapped out his clothing for something more ubiquitous to the city and placed a simple half-mask over the lower portion of his face.

The city was in a peculiar state, as compared to what Sylas expected to find, that is. Rather than the tension that was in Casstle Main, the city was going about business as usual. No one seemed to realize that there was anything wrong with the current state of things.

Ignorance was bliss.

The saying came to mind as Sylas strolled through, but he had a feeling that things weren’t so simple as they seemed.

It took a great deal of power to suppress information and control the morale of such a large number of people so expertly. It was either something beyond his understanding was forming the undercurrents in the place, or the competency of his enemies was beyond his expectations.

’I may have to adjust some of my plans because of this…’

Sylas’ steps paused as he stood in the middle of a bustling street. Something in his gaze flickered as he looked up and around.

For a moment, he felt like a lone weed swaying in a field, his mind grasping something that had just been out of his reach.

’… So that’s what’s going on…’

He began to move again. This time faster.

Despite his speed being beyond that of the normal traffic, he weaved in and out of people seamlessly, and they almost seemed to ignore his presence.

Sylas had learned something quite interesting from observing Alex for so long. While it was the case that Will could bolster and make one’s presence bolder, the opposite was possible as well.

When one’s Will was refined to a deep enough extent, vanishing from the perceptions of normal day-to-day people was possible as well.

’There.’

Sylas swept a gaze over a new outpost casually. Printed newspapers with various headlines took up the bulk of its front facade, painting an illusion of competition.

However, if Sylas had to guess… every one of those headlines was controlled by the very same group of people.

Most in that had to rely on a System City wouldn’t have easy access to a Nexus. But further than that, if this System City made information that could normally only be found in a Nexus more accessible to the masses, then many would likewise feel less inclined to pay the hefty fees to use Temporary Nexuses.

As they were lulled into this false sense of security, they would be more likely to take information they saw in passing as the truth.

By the time anyone realized anything was wrong, it would already be too late because they were now even controlling the flow of information in real Nexuses as well.

Sylas hadn’t taken notice of these news stands before, but if he had to bet, they had probably been around for a long while.