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After a long time without diving, Xiao Yefeng found himself holding his breath for an astonishing two minutes. After descending over twenty meters, he began to feel dizzy and instinctively returned to the surface. However, this time during his dive, he was shocked to discover that the water here seemed bottomless; even at twenty meters deep, he could not see the bottom.
Moreover, Xiao Yefeng noticed something strange about the water: as a ghost, Zhang Chuanhai could not manifest in this water. Even more bizarre was that Utu, who was a water ghost, also could not appear in this water that had claimed his life. This was quite puzzling.
Xiao Yefeng had initially intended to let these two ghosts scout ahead, as he did not want to dive blindly into such deep waters. However, he did not expect that this pool of water could not be tainted by spirits. This meant that either it was due to the terrain or there was some treasure at the bottom that suppressed ghosts.
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yefeng submerged again. This time, he fared better than before; after diving around thirty meters, he felt discomfort and decided to return to the surface. However, at this moment, he experienced a dull headache. It felt like a knife was cutting into the back of his neck, and this intense pain only began when he reached about twenty-five meters deep. As soon as he returned to twenty meters depth, the headache vanished.
Although unsure of what was happening, Xiao Yefeng prepared for one last attempt. Just as he reached around thirty meters again, he saw a vague white shadow at the bottom of the pool. Based on its attire from Holy Spirit Village, he suspected it was Utu's corpse. It appeared to be hanging down there; otherwise, how could a corpse remain submerged without floating up?
After two attempts, Xiao Yefeng felt confident that this time he would succeed. If he could just move Utu's body slightly, he believed he could free himself from the constraints of the pool's bottom. So, after preparing himself once more, he plunged into the water again. One meter, two meters, ten meters—when he reached twenty-five meters, the sharp pain in his neck intensified. Yet with another kick of his legs, he finally spotted the fabric at the bottom of the pool—it seemed so close. However, the excruciating pain made him grimace involuntarily; in that moment of opening his mouth to grimace, cold water rushed into Xiao Yefeng's mouth.
"Oh no! I'm going to drown!" This thought suddenly flashed through his mind as he turned to swim back to the surface. But just then, a sudden force from below pulled him in; the water swirled like a washing machine. In an instant, Xiao Yefeng felt himself spinning wildly. The deep sea had always been an unconquerable realm for humanity; similarly, deep waters were also at the limits of human endurance. Even though Xiao Yefeng possessed various feng shui techniques and could capture Evil Spirit-level ghosts successfully, in this whirlpool of water, he remained powerless against the current.
"Bang!" Xiao Yefeng collided with the rocks at the lake's bottom for what felt like the umpteenth time. Fortunately, perhaps due to this strange current, the rocks were smoothed out and only caused pain without injury upon impact. Nevertheless, Xiao Yefeng faced an even greater challenge: his oxygen supply was running low. Mercenaries trained for special operations could absorb oxygen several times more efficiently than average divers; however, even they would reach their limits eventually.
With his mouth and nose tightly sealed, some water had already entered Xiao Yefeng's stomach. He felt dizzy—a core symptom of oxygen deprivation. If he did not get air soon, he would faint from lack of oxygen and drown in this pool without anyone to save him. He knew that if his spirit descended beneath Zhao Yin Gate, it would accumulate negative karma—certainly no less than five figures—after all those terrorists who perished beneath that bomb.
At that moment, Xiao Yefeng suddenly saw someone waving at him from afar—a girl with long golden hair who could turn fried eggs into charcoal; she had fought alongside him through thick and thin. Then there was his older sister from their team who always wore a cold expression but had a heart full of love for her brothers. Finally came Liu Yiyi’s image in his mind—hands reaching out toward him as if trying to pull him from despair.
Finally, their leader stepped forward from among them and asked: "Feng! Have you found a solution for my sister's problem?"
The leader's words jolted Xiao Yefeng awake at the bottom of the pool; his tricolor pupils seemed to shift under pressure from something unseen as a murderous vertical pupil appeared in the center of his Tricolor Yin-Yang Eye. At that moment, Xiao Yefeng felt an icy chill enveloping him as if he were losing blood rapidly; yet somehow he sensed that he could breathe normally again.
Xiao Yefeng reached up to touch his nose and was shocked to find that it no longer functioned as it should. Underwater, he couldn't blow bubbles at all; it seemed that he could breathe at the bottom of the pool without using his mouth or nose.
In his astonishment, Xiao Yefeng noticed that his vision had changed. Initially, he could barely see the objects at the bottom of the water, but now his underwater sight was as clear as if he were on land under sunlight. He could even make out tiny patches of aquatic moss growing in the crevices of the stones below.
As he looked at his arms, he saw that his yellow skin had undergone some changes. The once elastic skin had become hard and rigid, adorned with scales resembling those of a fish. Most strikingly, his fingernails had elongated and sharpened. What was happening? When he reached back to touch the nape of his neck, he was astonished to discover three horizontal stripes running from his ears to his shoulders, pulsating as they released a stream of bubbles.
Standing on a round stone at the bottom of the lake, Xiao Yefeng realized that the current no longer affected him. He felt impervious to the water flow, with skin like fish scales, sharp nails, enhanced underwater vision, and gill-like stripes on the back of his neck. All these changes led him to reluctantly acknowledge that the damned genes within him had been activated.
Two years ago, after escaping from the Constellation Mercenary Corps and undergoing various tests, Xiao Yefeng faced one final trial: participating in the latest Gene Warrior testing program. It was a choice he desperately wanted to avoid. However, those affiliated with Constellation had two options: either accept gene injections and forget everything afterward, returning to a normal life anywhere they wished, or rejoin the mercenary team and continue working while sacrificing their freedom. Faced with these choices, Xiao Yefeng chose to accept an injection of experimental Gene Serum.
After enduring three months of observation, Constellation personnel had to admit that the first batch of Gene Serum had failed. As one of the first test subjects, Xiao Yefeng's reward was freedom.
He knew that thirty people had chosen to leave Constellation for injections, but only a little over ten had emerged from its doors alongside him. Although no one asked each other about their experiences, it was clear that everyone had undergone genetic testing; half survived while the other half perished due to genetic incompatibility.
Before leaving, Xiao Yefeng conducted thorough examinations on all those who walked out with him as a Medic. He discovered that everyone's internal organs had suffered some damage—some had heart issues, others lung problems, and some liver damage. These individuals had emerged from life-and-death situations; their physical resilience should not have been compromised.
The only explanation for this situation was that they all underwent genetic testing like him. The collision and fusion of genes had damaged some internal organs; for instance, Xiao Yefeng's lungs still bore permanent damage today. This was why he felt so emotional upon discovering Zhebie's liver damage—he suspected Zhebie had also undergone Gene Warrior testing. Given that Zhebie could still serve in active duty suggested that Constellation's research had likely succeeded; however, the issue of organ damage due to gene fusion remained unresolved.
Xiao Yefeng believed that the Demon Fox he fought recently must have also received Gene Warrior genes. It made sense why he felt that Demon Fox hadn't fought with full strength; now he realized this was likely the reason. The Gene Warrior program must be Constellation's trump card.
All along, Xiao Yefeng thought he was a failure of Gene Serum testing; however, he never expected to be a latent Gene Fusion subject. It seemed those at Constellation knew he had injected Fish Genes. He recalled spending three months submerged in four to five meters deep water for testing and wondered why at the time. Now it became clear—they were testing whether he could activate his genes. Fortunately, the water pressure wasn't too great; otherwise, he would never have made it out alive.
At this moment, Xiao Yefeng understood that he had let Zhebie go, and the helpless expression on Zhebie's face suggested that Zhebie had succeeded. What could the Zodiac people have used to capture the hearts of these individuals? Otherwise, how could Xiao Yefeng understand Zhebie? He dared not assume anything about others. Zhebie was a male eagle of the grasslands; freedom was his pursuit. If there were no attachments, Zhebie would undoubtedly leave.
Standing at the bottom of the pool, Xiao Yefeng looked at his current appearance. His sharp claws could effortlessly pierce through the raw stone, and with a gentle grip, he left five scratch marks on its surface. Xiao Yefeng never expected that he had truly stepped beyond the realm of humanity. Initially, he thought that mastering the abilities of a Geomancer meant he was no longer an ordinary person. But now, could he still be considered human?
The heart within his chest throbbed violently, spilling fresh blood; however, his cold body had already proven that Xiao Yefeng was no longer a warm-blooded creature. At this moment, what worried him even more was that if he had succeeded as an experiment, then the Zodiac must have already grasped the method to create Gene Warriors! Did that mean everyone in the Zodiac could now possess these inhuman powers?
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