The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

163 First death

Iris knew that her domain over the Law of Wind, no matter how minuscule, was an impressive feat considering she had yet to become a Wave Champion. So, it made sense that a powerhouse would want to help her.

Iris was about to continue questioning the ancient powerhouse when a sense of pain, weakness, and nausea assaulted her. She felt incredibly sick as if her entire body was malfunctioning.

Before the young woman could even ask what was happening, she heard the ancient voice again.

“What a cruel method. Although I must admit, whoever came up with it is very ingenious, and his talent in Genetic Coding is impressive.

Girl, right now, a bloodline is flowing through your body, trying to change it into a hospitable host. It’s doing that by generating changes to your genome.

The problem is the genetic flaws left behind, which are the reason for your health problems.

You have been unconscious all this time and unable to guide the bloodline, leading to many genetic flaws. Luckily, since you are a Level 8 Essence Wave Warrior, your genes are resilient, and the damage has yet to reach catastrophic levels.”

Iris clenched her fist when she heard that, but along with the rage, there was a sense of hopelessness. Other than soul injuries, genetic damage is the worst type of impairment you could suffer.

Even if Iris could find a way out of this place, she had no idea how to fix those genetic flaws, and spending the rest of her life in a state of perpetual sickness was not life at all. There was no fate worse for a warrior than to see their bodies crumble, and they could do nothing to stop it.

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Just as despair was about to set on Iris’ heart, she heard something that shocked her entire body.

“Little girl, I will proceed to suppress the genetic flaws to the best of my capabilities. Refrain from resisting since I have to do this without my tools and only using my Ego Wave.”

Iris could not believe what she had just heard, but the next second she felt a strange power reaching into the core of her cells. If she resisted, she was sure the force could not affect her, but there was no way she would fight back against the power that could save her warrior path.

A sense of awe and wonder appeared in Iris’s eyes as she felt all the pain and nausea vanishing and her vitality rising again, even stronger than before!

‘Incredible!’ Iris could not believe what was happening. The genetic flaws she was certain would cripple her seemed to be vanishing, and things did not end there.

Although it might be an illusion due to the sudden improvement in her condition, Iris felt even stronger than before.

“Senior, you are amazing. Might I know your name?”

Iris wanted to know the name of the man to whom she owed her health, but no answer came. For a moment, the young woman started to think she had made a mistake by asking for that sort of personal information.

The reason for Cain’s silence was not Iris’ question but the surprise he felt when he saw the data that the Absolute Life Form System gave him.

[Basic Genetic Suppression has been correctly applied to the alien target.

-94% of genetic flaws have been suppressed. The other 6% are beyond the current capabilities of the Genetic Coder Module]

The number of genetic flaws that emerged in Iris’ genome was not small, but very few of them were able to reach such an outlandish level that the [Genetic Coder Module] could not fix.

‘Amazing, her genome is showing remarkable resilience. It makes sense for her DNA to be more stable than others due to her being a Level 8 Essence Wave Warrior, but even then, it should not be this impressive.’

Cain was not blindly guessing since his Genetic Coder’s knowledge allowed him to reach that conclusion.

‘It might be that strange power that Orlando referred to as the Law of Wind.’

Cain was very interested in that strange power that allowed Iris’ battle strength to skyrocket, but he kept focus and carried on with the main task.

Just as Iris was about to apologize for her question, the ancient voice returned.

“People call me King.” Cain did not want to let the young woman wait, so he just uttered the first name that came to his mind. He had never been good with names, so why waste his time with them?

When she heard how the powerhouse referred to himself, Iris showed a strange expression.

“Uh, Sir King...”

“Just King.”

“King, I am extremely grateful for your help, and although it might be shameless of me even to ask, could you rescue me?”

Iris was sure that King was incredibly powerful and could take her out of this underground city without any danger to his life.

“Ahh, sorry little girl, but although I am fond of talent, I am not willing to offend The Organization for someone I don’t know.

I am powerful enough to enter the underground city, kill everybody, and take you and the others out. Yet, as I told you before, that would be like adults interfering in a children’s game.

None of the people in the city could do anything to me, but when The Organization finds out about my involvement, they will hunt me until the world ends.”

Iris grew downcast after hearing that response, but she did not lose her composure and began to shout insults. King owed nothing to her and had already helped her by suppressing the defective genes on her genome.

“I understand. I am very grateful for King’s help, and no matter what, I will never forget it.” Iris spoke with a voice full of gratitude before her eyes reached an incredible focus, and a spark appeared in them for an instant.

Since no one could come to rescue her, Iris was ready to break out of the Recovery Capsule and do her best to leave this underground city. She knew her chances of success were next to zero, but she refused to wait inside this capsule while new genetic flaws arose in her genome.

“A will powerful enough not to lose composure and show gratitude and sufficient resolve to bet your life instead of waiting for someone to come and rescue you.

I like your personality, girl, but there is no reason to be so hasty while you are in the midst of obtaining a massive lucky chance.”

Iris was about to make her Essence Wave burst with all her power when she heard King’s voice again.

“Lucky chance?” She did not understand what the ancient powerhouse was talking about. No matter how one looks at it, her situation could not be worse.

“Girl, the bloodline running through your body is also generating Lineage’s genes, which belong to an extremely powerful one. The problem is that genetic flaws appear at a much higher rate, but that doesn’t need to be the case.

Although I can not directly help you, I can guide you while you find a path to survival on your own.”

“But wouldn’t that make The Organization target you?”

“Girl, there are unspoken rules among people of my power. While I can not save you, there is no problem with me showing a path for you as long as you are the one that forges it.

The Organization will know that someone helped you, but since I did not involve myself directly, they might not even bother to find out my identity.”

Everything made sense for Iris, and she nodded, pushing her focus to the limit so as not to lose a single word King spoke.

“I will guide you on how to revolve the bloodline inside your body to diminish the genetic flaws this one will cause and enhance the rate at which the Lineage’s genes appear.”

Iris nodded, and she followed Cain’s guidance to the letter. They were the same instructions he had given to Simon, but the young woman not only followed his words as if they were a divine creed, but she also showed a granular control over the bloodline.

Cain was delighted with Iris’ attitude and continued guiding her while improving his understanding of the bloodline by hearing the discussion of the scientists.

Apex was also doing his best to guide Simon, but the dumb scion kept making mistakes, not listening to the System Spirit’s advice and choosing paths that only led to more genetic flaws.

Cain was aware of Simon’s circumstances and was sure it would not be long before he had to spend more Destiny Force just to keep this one alive.

The next day, something happened. One of the youths in the recovery capsules could no longer endure it and fell unconscious. Moments later, his heart stopped beating, and he had no brain activity.

The first casualty among the eighteen youths inside the Recovery Capsules finally appeared.