The Secret of Evolution

After so much hard work, he was set back to how he originally was in one night.

Looking at his primeval geno points that had returned to zero, Zhao Hao's tears flowed down before he could even speak.

Once upon a time, he had thought that as long as he maxed out his primeval geno points, he would be able to successfully evolve and refine rare genes in a carefree manner, becoming an expert and reaching the peak of his life.

In the face of cruel reality, he finally understood how naive he was.

The path of human evolution was not a smooth one.

If the evolution was a 100% success rate as long as one had 100 primeval geno points, then the Ghost Head Gang would definitely have more than ten elders. With Boss Ghost's manpower and resources, he could nurture at least a hundred experts.

Zhao Hao recalled the painful experience and activated the Healing Bracelet. His internal injuries swiftly recovered.

He finally had the strength to sit up and try refining evolution crystals again.

"You have successfully refined an advanced primeval evolution crystal. You have received 3 primeval geno points."

Five hours later, Zhao Hao heaved a sigh of relief.

"It's alright. At most, I'l just start all over again!"

He would not give up despite the painful defeat. His fighting spirit was rekindled.

After refining ten advanced primeval crystals, his combat power recovered to 30 points.

On the afternoon of the fifth day, Zhao Hao was about to continue refining when he heard a knock on the door.

He opened the door and saw Snow Lotus smiling at him. "Mister, your five-day lease has ended. Would you like to extend your stat?"

Zhao Hao glanced at the sleeping Handsome Black Hei and handed her three more crystals. He said painfully, "I'll be renting this place for another three days."

Snow Lotus smiled sweetly. "Then I won't bother you any longer. If you need anything, you can look for me anytime."

Looking at the back of the F4 lady as she went away, Zhao Hao's heart was bleeding.

At this moment, he only had 14 advanced primeval crystals left.

Only having 30 points of combat power placed him in a precarious situation. Zhao Hao spent another two and a half days to refine ten more advanced primeval crystals.

His combat power was now back to 60 points, but he only had four advanced primeval crystals left in his pocket.

Eight days had passed, but the sleeping Big Black still showed no signs of waking up.

"Brother Black, you're my brother. However, I only have four crystals left. You have to wake up soon!"

Zhao Hao was under a lot of pressure. If Handsome Black did not wake up soon, he would have to endure the pain and sell himself.

Zhao Hao picked up the level 1 wooden token and went to the Evolution House.

He had too many questions about the success rate of evolution.

Since Old Miao from the F4 said that he would provide him some information for free, Zhao Hao was ready to try his luck.

As soon as he entered, Old Miao revealed his signature wretched smile. "Kid, have you reconsidered selling your mount?"

"Let's not talk about that for now." Zhao Hao's face was filled with pain. He waved his member token and said, "Brother Miao, I would like to ask you some questions."

"Feel free to ask me anything. Just keep in mind that you will have to pay if you want answers to questions beyond your authority."

Zhao Hao went straight to the point. "What affects the success rate of evolution?"

"Are you kidding me? You don't even know this?" Old Miao was shocked.

Zhao Hao scratched his head awkwardly and said, "To be honest, I have not been in the World of Evolution for long."

"The success rate of evolution is the most basic common sense in our village. I won't charge you for this." Old Miao lit up a cigarette and said slowly, "The success rate of evolution mainly depends on the level of the Evolution Technique."

"How is it calculated?" Zhao Hao asked humbly. "Is there a pattern to it?"

"Yes, there is a rather simple way to calculate it." Old Miao puffed out a ring of smoke, then he continued "For those with an E-grade evolution technique, their evolution success rate is at about 10%. As for a D-grade evolution technique, it will grant the evolver a roughly 20% success rate. By analogy, if you can obtain an A-grade evolution technique, your success rate will be 50%... It's also said that there is even an S-grade evolution technique that grants the evolver a success rate of over 60%."

Zhao Hao asked, "How does one get higher-grade evolution techniques?"

Old Miao replied, "Every human who enters the World of Evolution will receive an E-grade evolution technique. If you want to get a higher grade evolution technique, it will depend on your luck. Just like combat equipment and combat skills, there is a very small chance of them dropping from hunting various evolutionary creatures."

Zhao Hao expectantly asked, "Do you sell evolution techniques here?"

"We only two have D-grade books. Very few people are willing to sell such things." Old Miao puffed out a cloud of smoke and began to promote his business. "Although the success rate of a D-grade evolution technique is only 20%, it can allow an evolver to refine two crystals at the same time, and the refining time is shortened to four hours. Let me help you get a better understanding of what that means. An E-grade evolution technique allows you to refine one crystal in five hours, and a D-grade evolution technique can refine two crystals in four hours. The efficiency is simply a world apart… If you're interested, I can sell you a D-grade evolution technique at a discount for 1,000 advanced primeval crystals."

Zhao Hao touched the four crystals in his pocket, tears silently flowing in his heart.

"Kid, don't underestimate the difference between an E-grade and a D-grade evolution technique. Most people rely on a D-grade evolution technique to successfully evolve. If you were to use an E-grade evolution technique to evolve, the probability is simply horrible. A 10% success rate means a 90% failure rate!" Matthew seemed determined to get his hands on Zhao Hao's wolf mount as he talked non-stop about the benefits of the D-grade evolution technique.

Zhao Hao's heart skipped a beat. He asked, "If the evolution fails, ten years of lifespan will be lost. Wouldn't the success rate be higher if you simply risk decades of lifespan?"

"Ten years of lifespan? Young man, you are too naive!" Old Miao extinguished his cigarette butt and said something shocking, "The consequences of failing your evolution increases every time. If you fail the first time, your lifespan will only be reduced by ten years. If you fail the second time, your lifespan will be reduced by twenty years. And if you fail another time, your lifespan would be reduced by forty years… Just by failing your evolution three times, you lose a total of 70 years of your lifespan. How many times do you think our human lifespan can withstand such consequences?"

Zhao Hao sucked in a breath of cold air. He was shocked beyond words by this news.

With the average lifespan of humans, it was almost impossible for them to withstand a third failure.

"As someone with more experience, let me give you a piece of advice. The World of Evolution is crueler than you think." Old Miao's voice was very cold as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him. "I've seen many people who cultivate E-grade evolution techniques. Most of them failed twice and died during their third attempt at evolution."

Zhao Hao was speechless, and his heart sank.

He was now certain that Protector Sun had already failed to evolve once or twice and did not have the courage to evolve a third time.

The remaining sixty-two years of his lifespan might seem like a lot, but in reality, he could only bear the price of two failures.

"Brother Miao, I appreciate your kindness," said Zhao Hao seriously after calming himself down. "Since the risk of evolution is so high, I won't consider any evolution technique below C grade."

"Haha, you want a C-grade evolution technique?" Old Miao laughed and looked at Zhao Hao as if he was an idiot. "Rookie, let me give you some general knowledge. Primeval creatures can randomly drop E-grade and D-grade evolution techniques. Rare creatures can randomly drop D-grade and C-grade evolution techniques. Variant creatures can randomly drop C-grade and B-grade evolution techniques. The same is true for combat equipment."

In other words, you would have to kill hundreds or thousands of rare creatures to have a chance of acquiring a C-grade evolution technique! If I'm not wrong, your combat power should now be less than 100, right? Even if you have your pet to help you, how confident are you in killing rare creatures?"

Zhao Hao caught on to an important detail. "Then what about A and S-grade items? How can they be acquired?"

"Variant creatures are not the end. There are even more advanced evolutionary creatures. However, such knowledge would not be helpful to you at the moment." Old Miao said enigmatically, "Kid, if you know too much, you may lose the courage to live."

"Thank you for your advice. I will continue to give it my all!"

Zhao Hao thought of something, and his ambition was ignited.

His evolution technique was of the lowest level, but his combat skills could evolve.

As long as he raised his Berserker Blade Technique to C-grade, he was confident that he could kill rare creatures.

Zhao Hao had a bold thought in his heart: Since combat skills could have their grades increased, then was the same also true forevolution techniques?