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Samael shook his head: "You can't escape. Your genetic ID can't be changed. It'll be easy for your parents to find you. We can't live in hiding forever."

Juno was a little angry: "But I really don't want to have the surgery!"

Her stomach started rumbling.

Seeing this, Samael sighed, "Come back with me first! Let's eat our fill first."

Juno fell silent.

She suddenly shook off Samael's hand forcefully: "You didn't want to run with me at all, did you?"

"I……"

"Are you going to get genetically modified like them, to make yourself completely devoid of humanity?"

Juno's voice trembled with a hint of tears: "You liar!"

"I'm not……"

"Fine, if you're not leaving, I'll leave by myself!"

Juno turned and left.

Samael didn't know how to persuade him.

He completely failed to understand Juno's ideas.

He has always longed for genetic modification.

Why did Juno... give up something so good?

No, now is not the time to dwell on that.

"Wait a minute, Juno."

Samael caught up with her again and grabbed Juno's hand: "How can you keep wandering around like this? I... I'll get you some money! You can't eat garbage anymore, it'll give you an upset stomach!"

He rushed home and retrieved the piggy bank filled with his hopes.

Money can be earned back, but there's only one Juno...

Samael consoled himself and headed back towards the landfill.

On the way, he encountered the school bullies who often harassed him.

"Oh, what a coincidence! What are you holding? Let me see it."

"..."

Samael sped up and overtook them.

Why at this moment... thud—he was pinned to the ground by two tall, burly school bullies, and his piggy bank was snatched from his arms.

"It's money? And quite a lot!"

The man who snatched the piggy bank laughed loudly, "No wonder we never found any money on him; it turns out he hid it all here!"

"He dared to lie to us before, saying he had no money? Give him a beating! Beat him until he behaves!"

"Hehe, kid, let's see if you dare to hide money again!"

The school bullies were punching and kicking when they were suddenly interrupted by an angry shout: "Stop it!"

It's Juno.

She seemed to have heard Samael's screams and rushed over.

"Heh, Miss Juno, do you think this is a school?"

The school bully, holding a piggy bank, sneered, "We wouldn't dare mess with you at school, but in this godforsaken place, you dare to act tough with us?"

He made no attempt to hide his burning gaze upon Juno.

Juno felt a pang of fear and pulled her dirty coat tighter around herself.

At that moment, Samael seized the opportunity to leap up and pounce on the school bully holding the piggy bank, shouting towards Juno, "Run!"

Juno followed her instinctive fear and ran towards the distant junkyard.

Samael was kicked away and crashed to the ground.

Suppressing the pain in his chest, his hoarse voice echoed across the dirty field: "Juno! Run—!!"

Bang—the memory abruptly ended, and Fan Xiao, who was taking a step forward, bumped directly into a tall metal door.

The road ahead is blocked.

A line of text appeared on the door—

Within the shattered throne of genes lies the key to unlocking a new life.

Damn it! You're asking for a membership when you're halfway through watching a show, huh...? Fan Xiao pushed and pounded the tall metal door with all his might... but it didn't budge.

There are also barriers on both sides of the gray path that will bounce you back, making it impossible to get around.

Furthermore, since he was currently in a conscious state, he had no means to forcefully break down the door...

"It seems this is the best we can do for now."

Fan Xiao stared at the lettering on the door, analyzing the situation in his mind.

This statement likely refers to the existence of a so-called Gene Throne within the Paradise instance. By destroying it, one can retrieve the so-called key and open the door before them.

As for what else lay behind the door besides the ending of the story, he wasn't sure.

"The Gene Throne... genes... those monsters created by extraordinary genes, the translucent tubes on their heads connect to an unknown space. Could this spacetime be the location of the Gene Throne?"

Fan Xiao considered a possibility.

The pipes are connected to all the monsters, which means they are connected to all the extraordinary genes in the dungeon. In addition, the other end of these pipes is likely connected to the same place... a place where all the extraordinary genes are gathered, the Gene Throne... Hmm, there is a high probability that his guess is true!

If that's true, the Gene Throne probably won't be so easy to destroy, and what follows will likely be the so-called BOSS battle.

Fan Xiao thought for a moment, then slowly retreated along the gray path.

As I moved backward, those memories reappeared, but this time they were displayed in reverse order.

After returning to the starting point, Fan Xiao turned his gaze to the path on the right.

He walked over, and soon a new scene appeared.

This must be a memory.

To Van Chau's surprise, the main characters in this memory story are still Samael and Juno.

However, the story is a new one.

This time, the backdrop of the memories is a normal world—without advanced genetic modification technology, without genetic discrimination, and without the inhumane and efficient society of "Kryptonian civilization".

This is a normal world.

Samael was no longer a useless, incompetent boy; he transformed into a bright and outstanding student.

Despite their different identities, they share the same destiny.

His family remained poor, and he still had an alcoholic father who would abuse him when he was drunk.

There are still school bullies in the school, the same old people.

This time, the school bullies no longer discriminated against or looked down on Samael. Their attitude changed directly to jealousy—they were jealous of Samael, who was as weak as a bean sprout, yet possessed an intelligence that crushed them and was praised by the teachers.

Of course, there are many good students, but they are mainly unhappy that Samael has won the favor of the school beauty Juno, while Juno has rejected the pursuit of a certain school bully.

During their school years, seemingly trivial conflicts turned into a brutal form of bullying.

Yes, the only thing these school bullies haven't changed is... they still beat Samael extremely badly.

The memories shifted again and again, finally leading to the ending: "Juno! Run—!!"

Although there are many differences in the details, the overall outcome is almost the same as the path on the left.

At the same time, ahead on this path, in the same location, there was another metal gate blocking the way.

The text that appeared above was the same—within the shattered throne of genes lies the key to unlocking a new life.

Fan Xiao was a little confused.

How come Samael's memories are divided into two versions?

Samael from a parallel world... How is that possible?

If we judge based on reasonable logic... it's highly likely that one is true and the other is false.

Fan Xiao sensed the trick again.

"One is real, one is fake, and then... is there only one key that can be obtained? Can it only open one door? If you open the wrong one, will you completely lose the chance to complete the third dungeon quest?"

He quickly guessed the possible pattern.

Almost like ten.

The puzzles in this instance are not particularly difficult... or rather, they are not difficult at all.

The real challenge lies in meticulously exploring the dimly lit floors and gathering intelligence while facing the pressure of countless monster legions.

Not everyone can do what he does... no, no one can do what he does, like he's cheating, directly destroying indestructible dungeon structures to explore the dungeon in the most efficient way.

"Did they throw all the missing difficulty in solving the puzzle into survival and map exploration?"

Fan Xiao had almost guessed which metal door the key in the Gene Throne should be used on.

He was fairly certain which of these two memory stories was real and which was fake... he could say with certainty that it was real.

Chapter 659 The Collapse of the Throne, the End of the Story

After glancing once more at the towering metal door, Fan Xiao temporarily suppressed his desire to explore what lay behind it and retreated back the way he had come.

The memories flashed back and forth rapidly, constantly changing until he finally reached the original point. Then all the flickering light and shadow disappeared, like a dream.

Looking ahead from the starting point, the intersection of those two gray paths is like a crossroads in life... No, those two paths are more like two parallel spaces in a sense.

Samael and other main and supporting characters have different backgrounds and abilities in two parallel universes, but ultimately, with similar personalities, they all meet the same fate.

It gives people a strong sense of destiny.

The reason for this sense of destiny... is personality.

Two characters from different time periods share similar personalities.

"Time to get the keys."

Fan Xiao took another step, retreating away from the gray path.

He hadn't gone back more than a few steps when his vision shifted—his consciousness regained control of his body, and he found himself in a dimly lit floor.

There are no monsters on this floor... at least not around him.

All sixteen little angels have disappeared.

It's highly likely that it sensed he had fallen into some kind of dream state and, to avoid further draining his mental energy, proactively returned to his mind.

In any case, when danger approaches, they can proactively appear and defend themselves automatically, so there is absolutely no need for them to stay outside on guard.

This time, the little angels didn't get distracted by playing; they're such thoughtful little darlings.

Fan Xiao activated the Angel of Slaughter, summoned one of them, and asked it a question.

Was a monster near me just now?

"Yes, they were all killed by Qiqi."

The little angel sat on Fan Xiao's shoulders, as if seeking praise, her two fair little legs swinging back and forth.

To avoid fueling the little girl's arrogance, Fan Xiao immediately used PUA tactics, saying, "Sigh, even if you stay by my side, you can't prevent me from being pulled into the dream realm of consciousness. The rules of this instance are quite sophisticated."

The implied meaning of this sentence is... you, Fan Qiqi, have some skills, but not many.

"Hmph, it's clearly Fan Xiao's fault for being bad! Qi Qi wouldn't fall for it."

The little angel said indignantly.

Fan Qiqi is easy to tease; she reacts to anything... Fan Xiao's lips curled up.

He thought to himself, "If only the guardian angel had awakened first," but didn't say it aloud.

There's a limit to how much you can tease someone.