The Second Phase

A girl could carry so much gold, a sack of supplies, and still wield a fire axe weighing several pounds.

Such strength cannot be simply summarized as being strong.

Moreover, Lin Shi had seen the girl's arm stabbed by the middle-aged woman earlier, but she continued to gather supplies as if nothing had happened.

He glanced down at the Demon King's wound, which had stopped bleeding.

Thinking of something, Lin Shi took out several packs of instant noodles he had collected from the container before, and handed them to Qin Shuang along with the medicine.

Qin Shuang's eyes were slightly red, and she took them from Lin Shi's hand with a trembling hand:

"Thank you...."

Lin Shi put the gold from Qin Shuang's bag into his own backpack and said:

"I have to leave, it's going to get dark soon."

It was not yet four in the afternoon, but the sky had already begun to darken.

The arrival of extreme cold made the nights much longer than the days.

Without lights, the nights were also much more dangerous than the days.

"What's your name?"

Qin Shuang's voice came from behind.

Lin Shi thought for a moment and replied without turning his head: "My name is Li Erhao."

...

Lin Shi returned to the safe house with the Demon King before it got dark.

After returning to the safe house, he first checked the Demon King's wounds from today.

The wounds had indeed healed quickly and had stopped bleeding.

Lin Shi once again marveled at the astonishing recovery power of the source beasts and carefully treated some of the deeper wounds.

Let the Demon King rest in the living room, he went into the utility room, locked the door, and took out the corpse of the tabby cat.

[Detected unowned "source power", absorb? Yes/No]

The moment Lin Shi received the prompt from the treasure basin, he said without hesitation:

"Yes."

Just like when he absorbed the wild boar before, with a warm current flowing from his arm into his body, an indescribable wonderful feeling came from the limbs and bones of his body.

It was a wonderful feeling of the essence of life sublimating.

Suddenly, Lin Shi's body shook.

The genetic lock in his body had automatically unlocked at this time.

As he was surprised, an unprecedented sense of strength surged into his heart.

What is this?

Lin Shi was surprised to feel his own body.

This feeling was too magical and incredible.

At this moment, his brain was as clear and calm as when he unlocked the first level of the genetic lock before, and the strength in his body was actually increasing.

He suddenly had an illusion that he could fight the source beast with his bare hands.

Lin Shi tentatively swung a punch at the air.

The wind of the fist actually cut through the air, making a whistling sound.

The brain calculated the strength of this punch at this moment.

It had increased ten times the strength before!

It had far exceeded the strength that ordinary humans could achieve!

This was just a casual punch from Lin Shi!

"Is this the second level of the genetic lock?!"

Lin Shi was extremely shocked and jumped up on the spot.

He easily touched the ceiling.

He tried to jog a few steps, and in the blink of an eye, he ran from one end of the utility room to the other.

At such a fast speed, in a room that was not very spacious, Lin Shi accelerated from the start to the stop, all in one go, and barely stopped in front of the wall without hitting it.

This must be done with perfect control of strength.

If the strength and speed of an ordinary person's body suddenly increase, they will not be able to adapt to their own strength in a short time.

It's still possible to have uncoordinated limbs and even accidentally injure oneself.

It requires time to practice and adapt.

But when Lin Shi is in the state of unlocking his genes, his brain can precisely control every ounce of strength in his body,

And the power within his body seems to be gushing out continuously.

This feeling is too powerful!

This time, the duration of the gene lock lasted for 8 seconds.

After disengaging from the gene lock state, Lin Shi's body swayed, and he knelt on one knee on the ground.

His limbs were weak, and his body had a slight pain, but it was much better than the aftereffects of the first time he activated the gene lock.

"Perhaps it has something to do with me absorbing the source power of the source beast twice," Lin Shi thought.

Originally, he learned from No.

2 that the aftereffects of activating the gene lock would become more and more severe, but his current state was indeed getting better and better.

Source power.

Lin Shi was clear that source power was the key.

"Absorbing the source power of two first-order source beasts in succession can unlock the second-order gene lock? Or had my body already absorbed some source materials before this?"

He was puzzled in his heart.

Lin Shi didn't know that the treasure basin automatically absorbed source materials while he was unconscious, otherwise, he wouldn't have this doubt.

After resting for about ten minutes, although Lin Shi's limbs were still a bit soft, he had slowly recovered.

He tried to activate the gene lock again, but there was no response.

When unlocking the gene lock, it was indeed very strong, but Lin Shi still couldn't figure out how to open the gene lock on his own.

Apart from life and death moments or when emotions reach a certain peak, Lin Shi hasn't found any other way to actively activate the gene lock.

Moreover, after observing the battle between the demon king and the calico cat, Lin Shi found that except for humans, other animals seem to lack the concept and ability to unlock the gene lock.

They directly enhance their physical strength and exhibit some external changes in size.

The direction of human and source beast evolution is not the same.

At present, everything is in the exploratory stage, and Lin Shi can only slowly understand and discover the mysteries.

He put the body of the calico cat back into space and opened the door of the utility room.

The demon king didn't know when he was lying at the door waiting for him.

"Waiting for me?"

Lin Shi was slightly surprised, squatted down and reached out to touch the demon king.

The demon king walked around Lin Shi twice, sniffing Lin Shi constantly, as if confirming something.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Shi asked with a smile.

The demon king rubbed Lin Shi's palm with his nose, and his smart eyes were full of intimacy and a trace of awe.

Lin Shi thought the demon king was hungry, patted the demon king's head, and said:

"Are you hungry? Let's go, have a meal!"

After a sumptuous dinner.

The gold, platinum, diamonds, silver, and other jewelry that Lin Shi collected today were all taken out of space and placed on the living room floor.

Today's collection of gold alone was at least more than a hundred kilograms, and other silver, rose gold jewelry, diamond jewelry added up to about a hundred kilograms.

The entire living room floor was glittering with gold, looking very dazzling.

Copies cannot be used for upgrades, and these things have no value for use after being copied out except for upgrades.

Lin Shi looked at the treasure basin interface in front of him:

[Treasure Basin]

[Storage Space: 96*96*96]

[Wealth Points Required for Upgrade: 32000]

[Function: Item Copy *21]

[Wealth Points Required for Upgrade: 58500]

He squatted down, placed his hand on the pile of jewelry, took a gentle breath, and said:

"Upgrade item copy!"