Chapter 1279 - 613: News from Mist City

"Hoo—"

In the void, a black dragon roared and soared through the shadows.

A moment later, the black dragon’s shape flickered and transformed into a human figure, emerging from within the shadows.

Snowflakes drifted down, landing on this person.

Liang Yuan took a set of clothes from the inventory and put them on.

He furrowed his brow slightly: "The gene recombination progress has reached 7%, but after recombining with the Shadow Dragon of the Dark Abyss, although I can avoid most physical attacks, any involvement with light attribute energy causes damage to the Shadow Dragon form."

"In fact, in places with light, the Shadow Dragon of the Dark Abyss no longer has shadow characteristics, its power is greatly weakened."

Liang Yuan shook his head slightly, in a month and a half, his gene recombination progress had advanced from five percent to seven percent.

Don’t think this progress is slow.

On the contrary, that’s already an extremely fast pace.

Because many superpower users, after their main attribute reaches 100 points, are still hesitant to undergo gene recombination, afraid that they might fail, which could lead to genetic collapse at any time.

From a main attribute of 100 points to the beginning of gene recombination, this is a process from zero to one.

This process is the most difficult.

Otherwise, among the people from the Three Great Sects and the military where many had their main attribute reaching 100 points, which one could break through and successfully undergo gene recombination, transforming into a powerful genetic organism from the genetic map?

Only the Hawk Faction military leader Yuan Shijie initially stepped into the realm of gene recombination, but at that time, his progress was even likely less than one percent!

Then there’s the fox girl released by Dr. An from the laboratory.

This girl also seemed to have mastered the ability of gene recombination, but her progress in gene recombination was probably not high.

It appears her abilities mainly lay in spiritual power.

So far, the strongest gene recombination progress Liang Yuan had encountered was Feng Jiangong from the Dove Faction.

His gene recombination progress was likely at around 7%.

No wonder this person is regarded as the top expert of the military.

Back then, even the proud Yuan Shijie from the Hawk Faction dared not touch the Dove Faction’s Cloud Mist Island.

A single Feng Jiangong could suppress the entire Guangfu.

If not for the existence of the Celestial Abyss passage, which restrained Feng Jiangong, neither the Three Great Sects nor the Hawk Faction of the military would have developed.

"A month and a half has passed, I’ve made progress; I’m afraid the other party has also progressed, I just don’t know what extent their strength has reached now."

Liang Yuan self-assessed that his progress shouldn’t be slower than the other’s, after all, his genetic purity was extremely high, with very few miscellaneous genes.

The difficulty of his gene recombination was actually not high.

But for others, it’s different, especially for those superpower users who have long consumed mutant creature flesh.

Their bodies contain too many miscellaneous genes, and every time they undergo gene recombination cultivation, it’s a challenge for them.

"Brother Liang, Brother Liang!"

On the mountaintop, the silhouette of a Black Gold Giant Ape appeared atop Lingyun Slope.

Dong Yan sat on the shoulder of the Black Gold Giant Ape, waving to Liang Yuan.

Seeing this, Liang Yuan flickered and landed on the snowy mountain peak of Lingyun Slope.

The Black Gold Giant Ape, upon seeing Liang Yuan, came over obediently and bowed its head in a gesture of friendliness.

Liang Yuan flew up, patted its head, looked at Dong Yan on its shoulder, and asked, "Are you coming home for dinner tonight?"

Dong Yan shook her head: "I’m afraid I won’t make it; the Black Stone Ant Queen is about to give birth, a new batch of ants is about to be born, I have to stay here."

Liang Yuan said: "Sangsen Forest has no output now; the snow is so heavy, is there anything underground?"

Dong Yan replied: "Yes, there are mutated carrots, mutated strawberries, these things. Don’t be fooled by the heavy snow, many mutant plants have adapted to this cold climate, growing quietly beneath the snow."

"But these aren’t the main thing, my main focus is on taming mutant beasts."

"Now apart from the Black Gold Giant Ape, my mutant beast army includes the Black Stone Ant Queen, winged blue beetle, blue sky furry dog, and green-scaled python."

"It’s a pity the green-scaled python is hibernating; otherwise, I’d let you see it."

Liang Yuan laughed, Dong Yan was still so innocent and carefree.

"Alright then, I’ll bring you food tonight. Lin Ya made abalone chicken stew today."

Dong Yan’s eyes lit up immediately: "Really, will you bring it?"

"Yes."

"Hehe, okay then, I’ll wait for you, if you don’t come, I’ll go hungry."

Liang Yuan chuckled, gently pinching her cheek.

Then he wandered around Lingyun Slope.

Here too, there are mines and patrol teams now, quite a number of people, safety is not a concern.

After chatting and laughing with her for a while, Liang Yuan returned to his home in Yangshan.

Lin Ya had already prepared dinner, and Song Wen had also returned home.

More unexpectedly, Ding Yan had also come back today.

She only came back once a week to handle affairs.

Earlier, she had already connected with Lin Ya, and for some reason, she didn’t show any sense of estrangement towards Lin Ya, but rather got along well with her.

"Mr. Liang is back; the meals are ready." Lin Ya smiled and said.

She rose promptly to help Liang Yuan serve the meal.

Liang Yuan smiled and said, "I can do it myself. By the way, Yanyan isn’t coming back today, so prepare a box meal, I’ll take it to her."

Ding Yan raised an eyebrow and asked, "The little girl isn’t coming back today?"

"Yes, the Black Stone Ant Queen is about to give birth, she can’t leave."

The group suddenly understood, and Song Wen called out, "Then I’ll go with you?"

Liang Yuan chuckled, saying, "No need, you rest at home properly, recently there’s a lot of work in the agriculture department, you’ve been quite busy."

Song Wen indeed had been working hard because not only was she busy with the Mirage Snake Space and the agriculture ministry affairs in Yangshan, Meishan, and Lingyun Slope.

Even Tang Dechang from Yellow Earth Divine Origin and Miyuan Rainforest often sends people to inquire about planting matters.

Ding Yan spoke up at this moment, "I’ll go with you later, I have something to discuss with you."

Liang Yuan was a bit surprised and guessed she didn’t speak up now because Lin Ya was present.

He didn’t press further and just chatted while eating.

After finishing the meal, Lin Ya packed the meal box and handed it to Liang Yuan.

Liang Yuan said to Ding Yan, "Let’s go."

"Okay."

The two left the house together, flew up into the air, heading towards Lingyun Slope.

While in mid-air, Liang Yuan asked, "What’s so mysterious?"

Ding Yan said solemnly, "I recently heard some news that might be related to you."

"What news?"

"People from Mist City have recently appeared around Floating Bridge Port."

Liang Yuan’s originally calm expression suddenly changed slightly, he narrowed his eyes instantly.

"Mist City? Chang Yuntao?"

Back then, he infiltrated Mist City and stole a large amount of Ice Attribute Blood Crystal from the Floating Island there.

After sneaking away, he hadn’t heard anything about Mist City since.

He thought Chang Yuntao chose to hide Mist City and was refining the Heart Core.

He himself got caught up with matters of the Three Great Sects and temporarily forgot about this matter.

Unexpectedly, after so long, he could still hear news about Mist City.

"Yes, when I was coming back this time, I stopped by Floating Bridge Port’s market and overheard people discussing Mist City, so I listened for a while."

"Based on their description, I’m pretty sure it’s the Mist City you went to before."

Liang Yuan frowned and asked, "What do these people do?"

"They should be ordinary merchants from Mist City. I heard they came to Yangshan because it’s a larger shelter for trade and business."

Liang Yuan asked, "What do they have for sale?"

"Ice Attribute Genetic Species and Mutant Beast Blood Essence, which are quite precious, along with various ice-related herbs, reagents, and some mutated fruits."

"They’re mainly buying food, vegetables, and red and white meat."

"It’s winter now, food is scarce. Based on your previous description, Mist City should not be suitable for growing vegetables and food."

"They’re likely running short on food over there."

Liang Yuan nodded, asking, "Did you find out where Mist City is now?"

"I’ve got people watching them, will try to make contact and inquire about Mist City’s location."

Liang Yuan nodded. Regarding Mist City, if Chang Yuntao didn’t trouble him, he wouldn’t bother with them.

After all, most of the Ice Attribute Blood Crystal beneath Mist City was taken by him.

Mist City has a Floating Island, but few resources left.

But he couldn’t be careless; if the other side knew he emptied Mist City’s Floating Island of Blood Crystals, they likely wouldn’t let bygones be bygones.

Back then, the only one who knew of this was Qiu Gongrong.

Speaking of Qiu Gongrong, Liang Yuan was puzzled; when they parted, Qiu Gongrong promised to find his daughter Qiu Yingyue and seek refuge in Yangshan.

But so much time has passed, yet there’s no news whatsoever.

Could something have happened?

Liang Yuan thought darkly but didn’t dwell further.

Qiu Gongrong used to be quite skilled, but with Yangshan growing stronger, his forces no longer lacked Genetic Species experts, but needed top experts with their Main Attribute reaching 100 points.

So whether he came or not, Liang Yuan actually didn’t mind anymore.

"Keep a close watch on them. I took most of Mist City’s Ice Attribute Blood Crystal back then. Though it’s secretive, if inspected carefully, Chang Yuntao would surely deduce it was me."

"Why?" Ding Yan asked, surprised.

Liang Yuan replied, "Back then, apart from the Earth Mother Sect, I alone led those captains to Mist City."

"Afterward, many Earth Mother Sect experts died, but I escaped safely with all the captains."

"I’ve shown Ice Attribute Genetic Species level combat power multiple times in Yangshan, if Chang Yuntao gets wind of this, unless he’s a fool, he’d figure it out."

"Moreover, those from Earth Mother Sect and Spiritual Ability Sect aren’t entirely dead; they’ve abandoned their base and fled high-ranking personnel. If given a chance, they’d surely incite Chang Yuntao’s resentment against me."

"So, we must be cautious."

Upon hearing this, Ding Yan understood immediately, showing a wary look, saying, "I’ll make sure people keep a close watch, ideally uncover Mist City’s exact location."

She quickly added, "No, I’ll send people to capture them right away. We’ll interrogate and find out Mist City’s location and their purpose here!"

Liang Yuan considered it and said, "Alright, leave interrogations to the Inspection Department; Zhuang Shuyuan’s abilities are well-suited."

Upon hearing this, Ding Yan scoffed: "You can find her yourself; I can’t stand her flirtatious demeanor."

With her wit, how couldn’t she see Zhuang Shuyuan had likely slept with Liang Yuan.

Therefore, she was not amiable toward Zhuang Shuyuan.

Liang Yuan chuckled and said, "Let others inform her, doesn’t necessarily need you to do it personally."

While they spoke, they arrived at Dong Yan’s house at Lingyun Slope.

"Brother Liang—Oh, Sister Ding, you’re here too!"

Dong Yan opened the door, seeing Liang Yuan, glowing with a smile, then paused upon seeing Ding Yan.

Ding Yan said with a half-smile, "What, don’t welcome your Sister Ding?"

Dong Yan quickly smiled, "Not at all, please come in, please come in."

Ding Yan grinned, "Little Yanyan, don’t think your Sister Ding’s being a third wheel; you’re just coming of age; I’m here to keep you grounded, so no one eats you up unwittingly."

Dong Yan’s face instantly flushed, not daring to look at Liang Yuan.