The latter certainly held more promise, but the risks were also higher.
After a moment of thought, Chen Qi used his Spirituality to extract the Genetic Light String from the black Lotus.
The very moment the Genetic Light String was removed, the black Lotus disintegrated, crumbling into a pile of iron sand.
Chen Qi felt it was a bit of a shame, but thankfully, he had already mastered it.
The next thing Chen Qi had to do was integrate the Gene Module into the Red Falcon King’s body.
In fact, Chen Qi didn’t need to do anything. The moment he released his spiritual restraint and the Genetic Light String made contact with the Red Falcon King, it automatically merged into its body.
The next instant, waves of heat rolled off the Red Falcon King as every cell in its body began to glow and burn.
’Is it going to turn into a roast chicken?’
For some reason, Chen Qi was suddenly reminded of the term "Mud Species."
’That term can’t be baseless. Could it be that for an ordinary lifeform to awaken its bloodline, it must undergo some kind of firing process?’
The Red Falcon King had now become a ball of red light. If it weren’t Chen Qi, any ordinary person who witnessed it would probably ’catch fire and self-immolate.’
Things had progressed to this point. Whether it lived or died was now entirely up to the Red Falcon King itself.
Chen Qi injected the last three doses of Longevity Hormone into the Red Falcon King, hoping it would be a bit more "fire-resistant."
A full day passed, and the Red Falcon King’s condition still had not improved.
The good news was that it was still alive.
Unable to help, Chen Qi had other things to attend to, so he left it inside the metal fortress.
As for its safety?
With Xiaobai present, Chen Qi had completely distorted the Matter Field of the entire mining area. He had laid down an Illusionary Array from the Earth Master legacy.
Never mind ordinary people; even players would become disoriented if they came.
Chen Qi wasn’t stupid enough to let enemies raid his base, even though the place was barren and held nothing of value.
...
"Boss, there’s news from the Dark Web World!"
"It’s true! A large group of people has started looking for information on the Executor!"
"The people you’ve been waiting for have finally appeared!"
On the way back to Talin City, Taruno reported to Chen Qi, his face flush with excitement.
This was a matter the boss had specifically instructed him to monitor, and today, his efforts had finally paid off.
"Heh, so it seems the plump lambs have really arrived."
"Good. You’ve done well."
"Keep intensifying your information gathering."
In the past, the exiled apprentices from the Inner World had always infiltrated discreetly.
Players aren’t like Gutaf, who knows the entire game like the back of his hand.
Therefore, determining when the apprentices had infiltrated was a problem for the player assigned this task in every round of the game.
Fortunately, this was not difficult.
Upon arriving in an unfamiliar place, anyone would try by hook or by crook to gather all kinds of information.
Once they entered the Lanyu Kingdom, the apprentices had no path of retreat.
Their only way to survive was to become a player.
Therefore, any of them with even a shred of ambition would use every means at their disposal to inquire about players.
The most commonly used channel was, naturally, the Dark Web World.
Therefore, the player in charge of this task only had to make a few arrangements on the Dark Web World to easily detect their arrival.
This was a proven method passed down by veteran players, and Chen Qi had naturally studied it.
As for why these Inner World apprentices didn’t try to escape the Lanyu Kingdom—that was impossible. A tracking mechanism of some sort had long been implanted in their bodies.
Furthermore, if they didn’t become players, not only would their powerful Spirituality be constantly influenced by the game, but it would also be "specially treated" and drained from them.
The best-case scenario was reverting to an ordinary person. A slightly unluckier fate would land them in a psychiatric hospital.
However, most apprentices couldn’t accept such a fall from grace, let alone being raised like cattle by Demons, so they chose suicide.
In the end, only a minority managed to become players, which is why the apprentices were terrified of Demon Island.
But this time was completely different. The Empire’s bounty gave them greater motivation, making them act more proactively.
Barely three days into their infiltration, many apprentices could no longer contain their impatience and began gathering all kinds of intelligence.
They were also making a bit too much noise, which is why Taruno noticed them right away.