What a disaster, my computer crashed and I only got it fixed and sent home at five. Thankfully, the thousand characters I coded this morning weren't lost.

I haven't even had breakfast or lunch yet. Updates will be late today, I’m very sorry.

I’ll add an extra chapter to make up for it, please help me by throwing some recommendation tickets and monthly passes my way. …… To graft a monster's limb, one must possess a formidable state of mind.

The moment the two types of genes and cells fuse, an intense sense of rejection will surge; if one's state of mind is insufficient, they will be backlashed and die. Ye Chen's state of mind had reached the Eighth Tier of the Mortal Realm, allowing him to safely fuse the Three-Eyed Wolf's eye, using his mental state to suppress the consciousness of rejection during gene fusion.

The higher the state of mind, the more advanced the gene that could be transplanted. Reaching the Fifth Tier of the Mortal Realm allowed one to graft monster limbs whose physicality matched that of their own brain.

Beyond the Fifth Tier of the Mortal Realm, with every subsequent tier achieved, the transplanted monster limb could be two levels higher than one's own brain. With Ye Chen's Eighth Tier Mortal Realm state of mind, he could ultimately fuse monster limbs over six levels higher than his brain.

Since the brain itself cannot be transplanted, even if the entire body is composed of powerful monster limbs, the brain remains at its original level. "Though the body has changed, the heart is still mine," Ye Chen silently mused.

While the gene grafting technology had replaced the limbs that had accompanied him for over twenty years, yielding a natural sense of reluctance, this sacrifice was necessary if he wished to grow stronger and survive in the apocalypse. In the face of life and death, as long as the state of mind remains eternally unshaken, one remains oneself.

Conversely, those whose bodies are still human, but who kill their own kind and butcher people for survival—though outwardly human—have already become monsters in spirit. This is the apocalypse.

For survival, one can commit acts that defy all reason; one must not only be ruthless to others but also ruthless to oneself. Only by knowing how to abandon can one possess.

Ye Chen turned and left the area, placing the eye he had removed into cold storage aboard his spacecraft. Although the Three-Eyed Wolf's physical evolution speed was not fast, this third eye was exceptionally potent.

An eye of Level 85 could track the movement trajectories of creatures up to Level 110, demonstrating its immense power. Furthermore, it could become even stronger with evolution.

The special effect of a 30% vision enhancement was enough to allow the Three-Eyed Wolf to dominate among monsters of the same rank purely by virtue of this eye. In the future, if he encountered an even stronger eye, he could replace this one again.

This replacement count was unlimited, provided his state of mind could bear it. Leaving the Gene Grafting Workshop, Ye Chen arrived at Elvira's residence.

There were no military personnel around this sanctuary; only a few towering Silver Robots stood guard motionlessly. Any ordinary person attempting to approach would be immediately stopped.

In the minds of the high command of the Huaxia Base City, Elvira's status was akin to that of a Holy Maiden. Ye Chen walked toward the entrance.

"Greetings, My Lord," the two Silver Robot guards bowed to Ye Chen. Ye Chen nodded and entered the grand metal door of the sanctuary.

Inside the hall, a red carpet was spread out. By the windows, metallic flowers bloomed—exotically beautiful, never wilting.

Bright sunlight streamed in from outside, casting its glow upon a metal table by the window, where a beautiful girl sat sketching blueprints. Her expression was focused and earnest, her fair, slender hand gripping a specialized light-pen, each stroke and curve rendered as elegantly as a poet’s verse.

Hearing the movement, the girl paused her drawing, lifted her head, and her smooth, dark hair slipped down her cheek. With a melon-seed shaped face, she was beautiful and delicate.

The slight furrow in her brow smoothed the instant she saw Ye Chen, and with undisguised joy, she put down the light-pen, stood up, and hurried over, exclaiming happily, "You're back?" Ye Chen asked, curious, "Why so happy?" Elvira pouted, "Facing those people all day, constantly being asked questions—it’s driving me mad." Ye Chen couldn't help but give a wry smile. To Murong De and the others, she was an encyclopedia, so naturally, they asked many questions.

Ever since the chip in Elvira's brain recognized its master, under certain latent programming, she had developed a great fondness for Ye Chen. "Help me with something.

I need to forge a batch of weapons and leather armor recently," Ye Chen got straight to the point. "I’ll bring the materials over later, but I need you to arrange the robots in the factory sunk beneath the city." Elvira nodded, "No problem." Ye Chen paused, "How many energy crystals are left?" Elvira shook her head, "None.

We could normally produce an extra thirty thousand Kū energy crystals daily, but recently these people have been forging weapons in large quantities, and the Virtual Combat Towers are fully open across the city, both requiring a massive amount of energy crystals, leaving us with no reserves." Ye Chen nodded, "When forging the weapons, I will supply the energy crystals myself. Try to ensure that what you procure is supplied to the city so that the major systems don't halt operation." Elvira nodded and smiled, "Actually, if you need something, you can just use the communicator and dial code -03 to contact me directly." Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh, "Understood." Facing this girl whose heart was as pure as a blank sheet of paper, Ye Chen felt exceptionally relaxed and took off his cold mask.

After a brief exchange, Ye Chen turned to leave. He contacted Xu Tianguo via communicator and arranged to meet somewhere.

In a small alley, Ye Chen looked at Xu Tianguo and asked, "Where are the monster corpses being kept?" Xu Tianguo's eyes brightened, "Are you going to use them to forge weapons?" Ye Chen nodded. Xu Tianguo couldn't help but ask, "The smelting factories and major workshops in this city are occupied by the Huaxia Base City.

Everyone who wants to use them has to pay rent, and it’s extremely expensive—and they’re hard to come by. Even those major guilds are reluctant to rent them, only doing so occasionally after utilizing internal connections to halve the price." "Don't worry about that; I have my own channels," Ye Chen's voice was calm with a hint of authority.

Xu Tianguo knew better than to press further and nodded, "I placed all the monster corpses at the base city outside Atlantis. I’ll go find some people to help move them first." Ye Chen waved his hand, "Lead the way." Xu Tianguo paused, glanced at Ye Chen, and then without another word, led the way.

Not long after, the two left the city and arrived at a rented, secluded building within the base city. Xu Tianguo pushed open the massive door, sending dust billowing in, and illuminated the interior.

Ye Chen looked inside and saw that the building was extremely spacious. Everywhere he looked were monster claws and teeth, appearing quite terrifying.

Ye Chen said to Xu Tianguo, "Close the door." Xu Tianguo hesitated slightly but complied. With a thought from Ye Chen, the Rune Space opened.

A darkness slowly expanded, casting a strange, mysterious air over the silent, dim room. Ye Chen did not let Little Black or the Silver Warriors step out; he went himself, walked over to the scattered monster claws and teeth, picked them up, and tossed them onto the spacecraft within the Rune Space.

Xu Tianguo stared in shock at the suddenly appearing mysterious space, then looked at Ye Chen’s placid expression. His heart skipped a beat; he knew he had just witnessed one of Ye Chen's trump cards.

However, whether this was a good thing or a bad thing was uncertain; it implied two outcomes: first, Ye Chen trusted him; second, he might be killed very soon. Ye Chen seemed to sense his thoughts and said coolly, "Relax.

Just don't tell anyone. Hurry up and help me move these." Regarding the Rune Space, it was bound to be exposed sooner or later, so there was no need to hide it entirely, especially since Xu Tianguo had followed him for so long, leaving him no reason to betray him from either an emotional or self-interested perspective.

Xu Tianguo gave a wry smile, and the tension in his chest eased. He walked up to the monster claws, immediately hit by a wave of fetid stench, causing him to frown.

Looking again at Ye Chen's composed demeanor, a sense of admiration arose in his heart. Without further thought, he bent down, picked up these blood-stained monster limbs, and approached the deep, dark Rune Space.

Inside, he saw a silver-white spacecraft, and the sky within it looked identical to the sky over Atlantis City. His heart clenched, and he was secretly astonished.

He hadn't expected this darkness to be a spatial relic of an entire civilization. No wonder only Ye Chen needed to come.

And judging by the appearance of that spacecraft, if it could be activated, who knew how powerful it would be? Ever since Ye Chen opened the Rune Space, he had already directed the Silver Warriors and Little Black and the other monsters into the ship's cabin.

Thus, Xu Tianguo did not see them, otherwise, he might have been scared witless. Several tens of minutes later, the two had moved about forty percent of the claws and bones from the building, and the spacecraft in the Rune Space was already full.

Ye Chen closed the Rune Space and instructed Xu Tianguo to remain there. He returned alone to Atlantis City and, guided by Elvira's special channel, descended beneath the city.

Beneath this steel metropolis, the metallic passages were intricately complex; without a guide, one could easily get lost. The two arrived before the smelting factory.

This factory was massive and housed numerous robots. At the very front was a smelting pool where anything tossed in could have its useful materials extracted and forged into the required items.

Ye Chen opened the Rune Space, had Little Black and the other monsters unload the monster teeth and claws, and threw them into the smelting pool, where they immediately melted down. Afterward, Ye Chen took out an energy crystal worth 300,000 Kū and handed it to Elvira, entrusting her with the rest of the process.

He then continued to transport the monster limbs. During the period before the ruins were fully excavated, Xu Tianguo and others had frantically acquired supplies, with large numbers of people hauling back the once-worthless monster corpses for processing, resulting in Ye Chen currently possessing a large stockpile.

These monster corpses—their teeth, claws, and bones—could all be used to create weapons, and their hides could be sewn into leather armor. The teeth and bones could also be fashioned into rigid armor, though armor somewhat impeded movement.

"Manufacture everything. If the energy crystals run out, just tell me," Ye Chen instructed Elvira.

"Mhm," Elvira nodded. Ye Chen then left the city and went to the base city to work with Xu Tianguo to transport the previously acquired monster corpses in batches.

Xu Tianguo had no idea where Ye Chen was moving all these materials. Seeing him transport them in such massive quantities, his eyes shone with unconcealed excitement.

If all these monster corpses were turned into weapons and leather armor, the resulting quantity would be simply incalculable! …… A friend's book: Title: "God of Demise" Tagline: Striding forward, hacking through thorns, for the memory of a loved one; for the promise of old age together; for the loyalty of brotherhood; and for his own proud heart.

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