Endless Evolution Last Star ch. 1-3

webnovel endless evolution: last star

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, Welcome back to another episode a slighter Taco. I'm
your host, Lee, and what you will find on this
a podcast basically is audio books, something about a new
game that's coming out of game information, anime, mongo, web novels, manua,
you name it, it'll probably be on here. Like I said,

(00:24):
I'm your host, Lee, and the web novel that you
will be hearing today is called in this evolution nas star.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Ariman garbage another failure. I knew there would be no
use from the poor slums, Lee man in the white coat, exclaimed, furiously,
tossing aside the tablet on the hologram screen. We're pictures
of girls and boys between sixteen and eighteen years old.
Under their faces. There was only one thing written, applicant.

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Uh fucking government. We're wasting valuable spark seekers on finding
talent in this scum. The odds are always too low,
the scientists shouted, looking out the wide window at the
vast room made only of metal by the walls were used.
In their eyes. Was no fear, only endless sadness because

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none of them had any talent. A creepy creature with
bulging bones, four crystal wings, and three amber eyes. With
vertical pupils flew around the room. The monster had four
short limbs that only occasionally twitched in a long tail
with a particularly wide glass tip. Among the twenty people,

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only one girl was not tested, and the spark seekers
moved toward her. The girl covered her head with her hands,
not wanting to meet the gaze of that disgusting monster,
whose crooked jaw was dripping saliva. The spark Seeker raised
its tail, looking at the girl, threw a mirror. The
monster saw everything through an X ray, her bones, organs, eyes,

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and veins, as well as the tiny fire in her chest.
R r r r r k r r r r
k r r r r k. The monster began to
make strange noises, which instantly cut the scientist's attention. Its
eyes went wide and its body trembled. Natural talent and
a brat with no bloodline. Unbelievable, the scientist exclaimed. Then

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pressed a button and that massive mechanical doors opened. You
are free to go go back to your rooms. You
will be returned home tomorrow. The scientist waved his hand
carelessly in the news immediately rushed forward away from the monster.
The spark Seeker was puzzled, not understanding what was going on,

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and when the last young man ran out of that room,
the monster decided to follow them. Two. However, the doors
closed and the only thing left was the cold stare
of the scientist holding some sort of device. Tiss Lucky,
at least some one had talent this time. But what
a pity, your mirror only works for one day, the

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scientist snorted, before pressing a button. Beep, beep, beep. A
beep sounded, and with a red spark, buff monster exploded,
shaking the entire room that was already sealed. Flesh chunks
with splashes of blood filled the room, ending the life
of yet another monster killed in the name of the
survival of an entire race. Bark all right, time to

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call it a day with work. The scientist shook his
head about to press another button. Can you hear me?
Suddenly another voice came from them room. Turning around, the
scientist saw a young man with short black hair and
blue eyes. Like the rest of the young men, he
was dressed in tattered clothes, dirty and battered by life.

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What the hell? The scientist was shocked. I didn't notice him?
How is that possible? The scientist quickly picked up the
tablet and found a young man matching his appearance. Adam
Winter just as scum as the others, the scientist muttered,
before turning to the young man. Adam was covered in

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the monster's blood from head to toe, but it didn't
seem to bother him at all. He looked a little
too detached. Looks like I didn't pass the test. Can
I go now? I was told we'd get some credits
in food for a couple of days after the test.
It would really help my family out, Adam uttered, worrying

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only about that. The scientist touched his forehead with his
finger tips, shaking his head from side to side with
a complicated expression. There are no other spark seekers on
this base, yet the wait is too long. In bringing
this kid back and then returning him for a test
is too troublesome. Well, I don't think he has the

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talent I was lucky enough to get today, So it's settled,
the scientist muttered, conducting a monologue before pressing a button.
At the same moment, the middle room shuddered, sagging downward
slightly and trembling, as if something that held its weag
was gradually loosening its grip. What's happening. Let me out

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of here, Adam exclaimed, trying not to lose his balance.
The scientist shrugged nonchalantly. Sorry, kid, you're just unlucky. I
don't know how I didn't notice you, but it doesn't matter.
In a minute, I'll forget about you, as will is
the whole world. Adam wanted to shout something, but before

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he could do so, the room snapped off the hook
at breakneck speed, falling downward before the scientist revealed a
view of lifeless lands covered only in dust and sand
that very soon would become another sandstorm, a sign that
sum tha monsters would come out to hunt. Lana tiates,

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your future will be bright now. I hope you become
an outstanding phantom. Then the scientist looked down at that
raging river, dirty and stinky, filled with waste and dark oil.
The metal container plunged into the river with a mighty splash,
half submerged in the water and speeding away into the

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dead lands, a place unprotected by the cities, high impregnable
walls and battle turrets. Here, any hunter would fall prey
to the countless monsters passing through the waste land. No, no, no,
I have to get out of here. I can't die here,
Adam inwardly exclaimed, trying to catch his balance in the

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constantly rocking container. Eventually he managed to scramble into a
corner next to the corpse of the spark Seeker, only
to find himself in another part a few seconds later
due to the sudden jol. The river led to a
tar lake a few kilometers from Citadel f one Farland.
This was where waste had been dumped for many years,

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especially from Morton Observatory, the farthest research point on the
south side of the citadel. Leaving an already used spark
Seeker was too risky as other monsters could smell it
and attack Morton Observatory, so that scientists there always dropped
the trash into the river leading to the tar lake.

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Adam was of no value as a slum dweller, so
it was unlikely that the scientist would be punished for
what he had done. In a world where every day
could be the last for an entire race, few people
cared about moral values, because what was the point if
without power people would just die? Bam bam bam. Adam

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pounded his fist on the metal wall, shattering his knuckles
into blood. But all was useless. Shit, why did this
happen to me? Adam exclaimed in agony and despair, bringing
his fists down on the wall, But all he achieved
was a muffled ringing. In his futile attempts, Adam had
completely forgotten where he was and that it wasn't safe

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to be noisy in a place like this. Too. Sharp
long claws like blades pierced the solid wall of the
metal container, showering cascades of sparks at Adam. Before the
claws could get close enough, Adam sprinted away, retreating into
the far corner. Then two creepy paws opened the container

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like a tin can is a long snout with an
extended jawn, and two rows of sharp teeth entered. The
monster turned its head to look at Adam, then it
looked at the dead spark Seeker. Naturally, Adam was the
less valuable prey, so the monster moved towards the spark Seeker.
Adam didn't know what to do because even if he

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managed to escape in the dead lance, it was impossible
to serve alone. Whoosh, a massive lance with a spinning
silver tip pierced the monster's body, tearing it apart. Then
a tall silhouette wearing loose clothing that protected from the
dry desert wind appeared in front of the passage. The
man raised his steampung glasses, revealing his joyful green eyes

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as a wide smile passed over his face. Damn boy,
how did you end up here? The man waved his hand,
exposing it to the monster. A white vortex appeared in
front of his calm as various rooms began to emerge
from the monster, like DNA data. There were only a few,

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but the man was pleased with the result. Adam's eyes
went wide as he knew what it was revolve a
unique ability that only phantoms possessed. Not bad, not bad
at all. I doubt I would have been able to
kill two clad cats so easily if it hadn't been
distracted by you. The man pulled out his lance and

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took up step forward. Come on, come with me on
the way. You can tell me what happened to you.
I am a phantom of the first rank. You have
nothing to fear with me, the man said, confidently, holding
out his hand to Adam. Adam nodded, quickly approaching the man. Yes,
I'm saved, Adam inwardly cheered. Then a thread thinner than

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a hair with a sharp sheen passed before Adam's eyes,
quickly moving away from him. The man's head fell to
the ground, a fountain of blood gushing from his neck,
flooding Adam, whose eyes were wide with horror at the
monster behind the man. No, Adam leaped towards the lan's
hand dodge the thread that passed next to his head,

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leaving a long but not fatal cut. Immediately, the monster's
broad paw came down on Adam, who managed to grab
the spear at the last moment die. Adam screamed from
the depths of his soul, channeling all his strength into
the lance, the tip of which automatically began to rotate
due to momentum. The monster's paw burst into flesh and blood,

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and the bone shattered into splendors, flying next to Adam's face,
leaving scratches on it. Then the lance reached the monsters chest,
completely piercing it. Before the lance broke and malfunctioned. The
monster's carcas fell in front of Adam with its eyes
wide open but already completely empty. Aw aw awe. Adam

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was breathing heavily, and his heart was pounding furiously. For
some reason, Even after a while, his heartbeat didn't slow down,
it only kept speeding up until Adam's eyes shone brightly.
In his pupils appeared a silhouette lei like a seed
that began to grow rapidly in all directions, changing Adam's

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life forever. Your revolution tree has been awakened. You can
summon revolve to absorb genes. Warning you killed the Silver Weaver,
absorb the Silver Weaver's gene if you wanted to become
your initial gene two eclipse. There was only one way
to become a phantom, in fact, a superior being compared

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to ordinary humans, and that was to awaken a natural
talent or spark. At least, that was what every resident
of Citadel f one knew. However, there was another way,
which was carefully concealed because it would cause chaos. Thousands
of people would die in the hope of becoming one
of the phantoms, which would soon lead to the Citadel's downfall.

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Killing the monster. This was the second Whey, but the
killing had to happen in a one B S one battle.
No one had to help the person and no one
had to be around, Otherwise the monster's initial gene would
destabilize and would not be able to awaken Hi the
evolution tree in the person, good or not. The fact

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that the man in front of Adam died gave him
the opportunity to become a phantom, even though he was
on the verge of death. Every second of this short battle,
I I could do it. I killed the monster. Wait,
I awakened the evolution tree. Did I really have the
spark all this time? Adam smiled madly as a rush

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of adrenaline and a hurricane of emotions went through his body.
Becoming a phantom was the dream of every resident of
the Citadel because it was the only possibility for a
bright future for not being afraid of death from monsters. Warning,
hurry up and use revolved Whilda Monster Jene can still

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become the initial gene. The messages like a cold shower,
brought Adam backed to normal as he quickly crawled over
to the silver Weaver. Adam had never used revolve before,
but something inside him was trying to break free, and
he just let the feeling come out. At the same moment,
a white vortex appeared in front of Adam's palm. The

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silver Weaver's body trembled slightly as up multitude of runes
began to emerge, tending to the center of the vortex.
Hand entering Adam. Entering, Adam, you have obtained a silver
weaver gene. Since this is your first gene, it becomes
your initial gene. Your evolution tree began growth. Adam's eyes

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grew deeper while his mind plunged into the depths of
the abyss, finding itself in a starry space where it
seemed the entire universe could fit. However, none of the
millions of stars caught Adam's attention, for his gaze was
focused on only one, a white seed sprouting rapidly, becoming
a young tree with only a few branches. A stream

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of ruins swept by Adam's side, turning into a ball
of thread that took its place in the center of
the evolution tree. The evolution tree shuddered, releasing ripples outward,
making space shake around the ball of thread. A carved
circle appeared on the tree trunk, emitting white energy, light
and free. You have reached the first circle of evolution. Then,

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as if in response, a star flew out from the
ball of thread, piercing into atoms Glabella, his blue eyes
shone brightly, revealing a new world to him. You have
received the order of your initial gene silver weaver. Weaver's
needle make thread become an original tool. Lad can be
used to both kill in so fabric, even if it

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is reality itself naturally, Adam had many questions for as
a person from the slums, he had little to know
knowledge of the power of phantoms. However, there was no
one to help him. He had to find out for himself.
His mind returned to the real world, where there was
nothing but a ruptured metal container in corpses. Think. Think,

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how did I get out of here? Adam inwardly shouted,
trying to remember everything he knew about that dead lands caravans. Right,
there's definitely still a few days until the next eclipse,
so it should be pretty safe here. Now, write, at
least there are definitely phantoms here, Adam exclaimed, happily, walking

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over to the man and stripping him of his clothes.
Not that he wanted to do it, but he had
no other choice Without these things, he would just suffocate
in the sand storm, and the goggles would be a
great defense. Eclipse was both a feast and a plague.
It happened about once a week, not during the day,

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but at night, causing the moon to practically disappear and plunge.
The entire whirled into darkness for these twelve hours. The citadel,
all the military, and the phantoms prepare for a whole
week to survive the waves of monsters. Eclipses have been
happening for as long as the fall of the Last Star,

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an event that descended as long ago as this world
has existed. After the fall of the Last Star, the
brightest and largest of all the world was forever changed.
Much of the planet became in uninhabited wasteland, Monsters appeared,
and people with superpowers arose. It is said that eclipses

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are happening to bring back the light of the Last Star,
but these are nothing more than rumors. Step step another step.
Adam stepped out of the container, passing over the corpse
of the Silver Weaver, to see the dead lands he
had heard about all his childhood. It was impossible for
them citizens of the city to survive in the dead lands.

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Only the phantoms could fight the monsters with the hell.
Adam gulped as his eyes went wide at the sight
of hundreds of monster corpses, some of which were already
covered in sand. Adam turned around looking at the decapitated man.
Did he do it? Or that monster? Wait? I've never
heard of a silver weaver? Is this really a monster

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from the Red Book? There were countless monsters in the
dead Lands. Each one had its own abilities, strength, and
unique appearance. Monsters were the main enemies of mankind, so
a single directory was created to record every monster, all
possible information and photos. The main directory was called White Book,

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and its copies were distributed even to the inhabitants of slums.
Since everyone had to understand what we're capable of ordinary monsters,
there was also a Red Book for especially dangerous and
quite rare monsters. The information about most of them was
not complete. A small part of them didn't even have photos. Also,

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only noblesen phantoms had access to the Red Book. Well,
I won't get excited ahead of time. After all, I
only know about one fifth of the monsters in the
White Book, so that chances of such luck are too slim.
Adam muttered, before heading further pacing amongst the monsters. Usually,

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dead carcasses attracted other monsters who wanted to fill up
on free food, but when there were so many corpses,
it started to scare them away. Naturally, Adam wasn't the
one who killed these monsters, but anyone who looked at
him from afar walking among dozens of corpses wouldn't risk
it and would just move away. Adam's eyes widened as

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he realized he had forgotten something important. Then he pointed
his hand at the nearest monster and summoned Revolve. However,
the vortex was unable to pull any jeans out of
the monsters. Ah. I was hoping it would work. This
is disappointing, Adam frowned, moving towards the high sand hill.

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In order to get Jenes from a monster, one had
to participate in its kill, so Revolve would have some
connection to the monster to get the jenes. The conditions
weren't as strict as for igniting Spark, but it was
an important rule affecting the entire world. Only phantoms are
at the very least the latest weapons could eventually obtain

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new Janes, though no weapons could help against strong monsters.
There was simply no way the scientists could manage without
the phantoms, because without the monsters genes, humanity would have
perished long ago. Well, not that I want to face
the monsters. What I need now is to find a
way back to the citadel, Adam muttered inwardly. Climbing to

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the top of the hill. The vast expanse of land
opened up before him, but he saw nothing but dunes,
lonely sandy slopes, and a brutal wind blowing everything in
its path. Unfortunately, even though Adam had climbed to a
high point, he hadn't come across a caravan something like that.
He would have noticed. Shit, I'm definitely not going to

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make it too the citadel alone. I need to think
of something. If I don't find the caravan, all certainly
end up in some monster's jaws sooner or later, a
Dawn pondered with a frown, scratching his chin. Suddenly, the
clouds thickened over that desert, and electrical discharges sparked among them.

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Everything happened very quickly, and in a few seconds, a
cascade of powerful lightning bolts struck the ground. The lightning
cascade disappeared, but not the thunder clouds. They only expanded,
covering a larger and larger area. At the same moment,
hovering electric discharges appeared among the sand, which from time

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to time abruptly changed their position like ball lightning. Adam muttered,
staring at a small object that appeared in the same
place where the lightning cascade had struck. A round blue
stone with protruding crystalline rods spaced equally apart, the ends
of which were flattened like discs, but they didn't touch

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each other. From time to time, electrical discharges passed among them,
running from one rod to another. False orb No way,
am I really that lucky? I found an artifact? Adam
couldn't believe it, because it wasn't even that each artifact
had unique abilities and were extremely rare, but that that

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artifacts were worth a fortune. One artifact was more than
enough to lift his family out of poverty. At the
same moment, a long eel, normally floating on the bottom
of the river jumped out of the sand. Electric shots
traveled all over its body, causing it to sound like thunder.
Then the eel sank into the sand, only two out

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in another part of the anomaly. Adam gulped, his face pale,
and doubts began to brew within him. However, very soon
all his uncertainty was washed away by an unshakable determination
to change his life once and for all. Three Anomaly

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Electric Eel, white Book monster. But Adam muttered, looking at
the majestic creature that had lightning discharges constantly running through
its body. Adam was ready to fight an ordinary White
Book monster, but the one in front of him was
not quite like that. It was an anomaly version of
the electric Eel, or an anomalis electric Eel, and in

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that case, in terms of strength, it could reach even
those monsters from the Red Book. Whatever, this is a
once in a lifetime chance. At least I can see
its action. All eye have to fear as the occasional
joldove electricity in these cloths. Adam looked at the lightning
balls scattered throughout the anomaly. To the electric Eel, they

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posed no threat, but to Adam one it could be fatal.
Gathering his thoughts, Adam ran forward, heading down the hill.
He had to hurry because very soon everyone would be
coming here, and not just some random phantom, but whole
squads are even caravans passing nearby. In general, to get
the artifact, Adam had to dodge ball lightning, kill the

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anomalous monster, and do it all quite quickly. The task
was difficult, and frankly, Adam had little chance. He realized
it himself, but they were not zero. Even if he
had become a phantomonian hour ago. His body was stronger
and faster than any humans. After all, the monsters initial

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gene was linked to the evolution tree, allowing humans to
evolve to fight monsters whoosh. Adam entered the anomaly territory
and the electric Eel immediately turned its attention to him.
The monster arked over Adam before slamming its tail into
that ground. A wave of sand crashed down on Adam,

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forcing him to cover himself with his arms. Electric Eel
warned him not to go any farther. It was the
first and last warning, and Adam had only one chance
to retreat. Suddenly, Adam's eyes changed as white Fred's appeared
among them, looking like the roots of the evolution tree.
As his veins swelled. Given its physique, I only need

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one good attacked, a win, but first I have to
make it show what it can do. Adam ran forward,
keeping a close eye on the ball lightning. The fact
that they were just wandering around rather than making him
their target was a great advantage to Adam. T t
T trierk. The electric eel made a strange cracking sound.

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Irritated by Adam's decision. Then the monster swored as high
as it ever could and gathered electrical discharges near its head.
In a heartbeat, a powerful bold of lightning rained down
on Adam at a speed impossible for a human. Adam's
pupils narrowed as he jumped backward, dodging the lightning that

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struck right behind him. At the last moment, the powerful
explosion raised waves of sand, tossing Adam aside and turning
millions of grains of sand into tiny glass crystals. Cough.
Adam climbed out of the sand, coughing and turning to
see electric eel towering over him. Haw. You may be

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an anomalous one, but even you need time to summon
lightning again, don't you, Adam smirked, glaring mockingly at the
electric eel. Adam was right, the monster did need time
to build up a charge. However, that menacing maw was
enough to kill a man whoosh moving in his egzact
tritate jectory, the electric ill gradually accelerated, as if being

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pushed out of the air. The monster was rapidly approaching Adam,
about to sweep threw him and leave only the lower
part of his body. This was the decisive moment, whether
Adam would win, whether he would take the artifact, and
whether he could change his life. Everything was at stake.
For one attack, the evolution tree trembled as well as

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that ball of thread, Adam's starting gene. At the same moment,
his eyes shone brightly, and white energy flowed through the
veins of his right arm. In a heartbeat, a cascade
of snow white threads appeared out of nowhere, first enveloping
his arm, then transforming into a long needleduh size of

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a sword. Adam used order for the first time, but
he wasn't worried about making a mistake because this ability,
this gene, was now part of his body. It took
time to learn to read, to speak, or even to walk,
but breathing was a natural process that everyone could do
from them very first second of their birth. The same

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was true for order. Adam had yet to learn the mastery,
but he didn't need to learn to some in the
weaver's needle. In the moment before the attack, Adam's mind
flashed back to the fragments of his father cutting up fish.
It had only been a few times, because getting any
meat in the slums was a daunting task. Adam remembered

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his father's every move as the old knife passed along,
cutting the belly of the fish in two. Right, nothing complicated.
I don't need to shoot fire and summon lightning too.
Defeat a creature of blood and flesh, Adam inwardly exclaimed,
stepping forward. Whoosh, The electric eel swept right over him,

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fluttering his hair and whipping the sand sideways, with streams
of wind moving erratically from behind its huge body. Now,
Adam swung the needle, plunging it into the electric Eel's
throat and rushing forward, cutting through the monsters flesh and
ripping its belly open. Before the electric eel could realize anything,

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its blood flooded the sand around it, while huge organs
one by one fell out of the monster's body, quickly
plunging it into oblivion. Bam, Electric Eel collapsed to the ground,
twitching for a few more seconds until the monster's eyes
went completely blank. Adam breathed a sigh of relief while
the needle fluttered into snow white threads, disappearing into the void.

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I did it. I was able to defeat the anomalous monster,
Adam muttered. Then his eyes went wide right. I don't
have time to waste the artifact first. Adam was so
enthusiastic that he had completely forgotten to collect the jenes
from the electric eel with Revolve. All he cared about
then was picking up the fall orb that was in

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the same spot. Dodging several balls of lightning flying near by,
Adam finally approached the false orb with electrical discharges running
between its rods. Taking one last look around, Adam bent down,
intending to pick up the artifact and take it with
him so he could sell it in make a fortune. However,

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as soon as Adam touched that false orb, a powerful
electric shock went through his entire body. His body shook
and he could barely stay conscious, but he didn't back away,
instead stepping forward, clutching the false orb tightly in his hand.
I'll take you, no matter what it costs me, Adam exclaimed,
as his eyes glowed, filling with white threads or branches

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from the evolution tree. False Orb trembled violently as if
trying to break free of Adam's grip. But as it
did so, the false Orb flew out of Adam's hand
enough blue flash, entering his chest and head straight for
the evolution tree. The artifacts sored next to the evolution Tree,

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moving around it like a satellite surrounding a planet. Localized
clouds of electrical discharges condensed over the false Orb, as
if carrying some of its biome into that space. Evolution
Tree and primary gene have accepted the artifact. You have
received your first artifact. Then False Orb activate the artifact

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to reveal its properties. What no, no, no, I didn't
want to absorb it. How did I get the artifact out?
Adam exclaimed, Looking at his chest. Very quickly, he realized
what a mistake he had made. As a citizen of
the slums, Adam simply didn't know about how artifact hunting happened.

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He knew of their existence and price, but nothing more.
Adam didn't know about the special containers for collecting artifacts,
nor about the protective gloves to resist that artifacts recoil.
This was the only way to collect the artifact without
absorbing it, which was a huge risk because the artifact

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could simply destroy the entire system. No my money, Adam
cried out, falling to the ground and looking up at
the sky with his arms spread out to the side
for reflet