Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1817

Chapter 1817: Alone [Bonus]

Sylas cancelled his fusion with the Hollow Wing and it vanished with a flap of its wings, appearing so high in the skies that it could hardly be seen even by Sylas' own naked eye.

The Hibernation Realm didn't seem to have defined borders, or even a real sky. The ground beneath Sylas' feet somehow felt like it was formed more of Runes and energy than it did real, tangible soil. Despite this, it felt no less sturdy.

It was clear that the Hibernation Realm was not a real world. It only mirrored one. And because Sylas had neglected to try and truly define those edges, it was still basically a clay ball that had yet to be formed.

Very soon, that would change.

Honestly, he had expected a Demon or two to spawn. That was part of the reason why he was so curious to do things immediately. He wanted to understand what he was getting himself into before investing so much.

A City Defense wasn't a life or death matter if he didn't want it to be. Unlike most of the trouble Sylas got himself into, he could give up whenever he wanted.

The trouble with having a city that spawned Demons was obvious enough. The City Stele was a creation of the system and its abilities were even more reliant on it than any Profession or even Combat Mount.

If his city spawned Demons, Sylas would have to seriously reconsider whether he wanted to move forward.

But now it was unnecessary.

The other thing he was somewhat expecting-or maybe even hoping for-was for a few God Beasts to randomly spawn.

But it seemed he wasn't so lucky either.

According to his original thoughts, if Demons spawned, he would likely give up on the Legendary City Stele. It wasn't worth it.

If Demons spawned and God Beasts spawned, the risk would be worth it, and he would continue with the defense.

If God Beasts spawned and Demons didn't—which he had thought had likely the highest odds of happening—he would certainly continue with the defense.

Instead, he only received Humans.

Though he speculated that they might have the Grimblade Bloodline, he wouldn't be able to check for certain until he completed the City Defense and gained access to the full scope of abilities a City Lord would have.

This wasn't the most disappointing result, but it was close.

It made Sylas wonder where he had miscalculated. Usually, he wouldn't get something like this wrong.

It couldn't be that a Legendary City Stele was too weak to form God Beasts. There was no City Stele in existence stronger than it other than Unique Legendary City Steles.

Unique Legendary City Steles could be formed after the fact, though, by matching a City Stele with an appropriately Graded Fortress or other treasures of the like. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Even so, Sylas didn't believe the problem was the level of his City Stele.

'Gene Lock.'

The answer came to Sylas instantly.

The Legendary City Stele couldn't spawn any Azurex or God Beasts because they had their own protection against it. He had only ever thought about Gene Locks in relation to how they helped against the common people. But, what he had never considered was... How it helped protect against the system.

It made sense. When you were up against a nigh omnipotent existence that lorded over everything, that could spawn new versions of you whenever it wanted, why would you not protect against it?

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