Cain was completely satisfied with this shopping experience, he ended up earning a lot more than he initially expected. He soon met back up with George and Ela. George was wearing a goofy suit that seemed a size too small and Ela was wearing a nice elegant dress.

“What, are you two planning on getting married so soon?”

Cain joked, but George instantly got a blush on his face looking like a young maiden in love, it sent creeps up Cain’s spine. The group got something to eat before calling it a day, Cain headed back to his dorm room as fast as he could, he was excited about this fast gene formula since it would be a big help to him in the future. It was only 1 small page, but a part of it had been ripped off, the page itself was somewhat old and battered, and the words were mostly blurry.

Cain managed to get through it however and realized why it was incomplete, it all the side ingredients, but the most essential part, the core ingredient, was missing. He felt like he got scammed, the core ingredient was essentially 80% of the process, so even though he was only missing a single thing, in reality this formula was practically useless given his current skill. Deducing the main ingredient would take time, he decided to toss it aside for the meanwhile and focus on his other rewards.

First was the flash step gene, it let the user quickly traverse a small distance instantly, akin to teleportation. However, it was only a tier 3 gene so its potential was extremely limited, no one would choose this gene unless they had no talent and only wanted it as a protection method, it was quite effective in that regard, making it one of the most popular tier 3 genes. The butterfly gene granted temporary flight, humans had been dreaming about flight since day one, so naturally this gene that grants it is extremely famous among the commoners.

Cain had bought some plenty of material so he got right into the creation process. First he attempted the flash step gene, after failing 3 times, he succeeded and made a low grade pill.

Flash Step Gene

Power - 1.3

Potential - 1

It was significantly better than the sharp nail gene and could probably sell for around 6,900 credits. Researchers came up with a good way to calculate a genes price based on a formula. Power + Potential x 3000, but of course this wasn’t always the case, such as with legendary quality genes, in that case the price might rocket hundreds or even thousands of times.

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Cain already had experience with the sharp nail gene and so he was much more successful this time around. He felt that by practicing with a different gene formula, he was learning at a much better rate. In the past there were flaws he couldn’t fix no matter what, but when working on a new gene, he got more inspiration and started seeing where he went wrong in the past.

Cain spent the whole night working on different formulas. He was starting to understand how profound genes are, when he fixes one flaw he finds another that is more complicated, and this cycle keeps repeating, but as he fixes these flaws his skill and the quality of the genes keep raising. He was also constantly circulating the thousand thought technique, and had already reached the ten thought realm, making his calculation speed much faster than before.

Cain wanted to make a supreme grade hawk eye gene, even though the quest only requested a mid grade one, he wanted to challenge his own limits. His pill storage was almost filled by the end of the night, there were pills of all shapes and qualities, even though he spent the whole night making pills, he only made about 10 pills in total, most of his time was spent thinking over where he went wrong and trying to find a solution.

During one concoction he accidentally sneezed during the fusion process, however strangely enough the pill didn’t burn into nothing, in fact it fused in a single instance and let off a golden light. Cain picked up the pill slowly, as if it was the most precious treasure in the world, he had no idea what he did, but from the looks of it this pill was extremely special. He quickly used the inner vision gene to see what exactly happened to it

Lightning Flash Step

Power - 3

Potential - 2

Cain instantly knew what this was, a legendary gene, and he made it during a sneeze. This is why Genetic Researchers always said that luck is also part of a person's skill. This gene was far better than its supreme counterpart, one should know a gene’s tier is based on its total stats at the supreme grade, hence flash step being a tier 3 gene means at supreme grade its stats reach a total of 3. In the case of flash step that would be 2 power and 1 potential. However the current gene pill cain was holding was a tier 5 pill, which 3 power and 2 potential. This pill could sell for around 15,000 credits, and that isn’t even taken into consideration the fact that it's a legendary quality pill, meaning it has an extra ability.

Its true price comes up to about 50,000 credit, maybe even 100,000 if a collector buys it. Cain’s hands were shaking as he held this pill. He thought that even if he did ever make a legendary grade pill in his lifetime, it would have definitely been a long time into the future, but here he was with one right now.

Cain quickly stored it away and decided to sell it at auction in the future, he had no use for it but it would definitely earn him a windfall. He kept trying to recall what exactly he did different during this process, but other then the sneeze nothing happened. Even so, he still felt like his gene creation abilities improved a lot. It was as if he had gained enlightenment from creating that legendary grade pill, and now the flaws he struggled with in the past were no longer a hindrance.