Chapter 32: Finally Unleashing the Godlike Gene!

After reporting Ronan’s situation, Hao Yun followed Kellya back to where she lived.

Yes, right in front of Cassie, he had followed another woman’s daughter away. Hao Yun felt as though his back were being scorched by her stare...

Hmph, it wasn’t my fault!~

Back in the room, Kellya pulled Hao Yun down onto the sofa and, before he knew it, leaned against his shoulder.

“Hao Yun, do you think our planet, Xandar, can withstand Ronan?”

Hao Yun’s entire body stiffened.

This time around, he had barely even held a girl’s hand. He really was a man with absolutely no experience...

An alien woman was being far too forward!~

As a man from China, he was truly passive when it came to romance...

“Hao Yun? Hao Yun?”

When the man she was leaning against failed to answer for a long while, Kellya lifted her head.

“Pfft! Hahaha! Hao Yun, your face is so red! It’s almost as red as mine!”

“W-What are you laughing at? I... I just have a fever!~”

Hao Yun babbled incoherently and pushed Kellya away in a panic, retreating to the single-seat sofa opposite him. Only then did the flush on his face begin to fade.

“Heehee, Hao Yun, are you embarrassed?”

Kellya refused to let the matter go. She edged closer to Hao Yun and continued teasing him.

Hao Yun could barely withstand such beauty’s affection and hurriedly dodged away.

He had been wrong. He really should have dated a few girls back in high school.

Now he was utterly pathetic!~

“All right! Stop! Do you want to stop Ronan or not?”

Seeing Kellya move toward him yet again, Hao Yun hurriedly stopped her. Forcing down the little deer racing in his heart, he asked with exaggerated seriousness.

Well, the excessive redness in his cheeks did rather undermine his credibility...

“I can help you!~”

Seeing Kellya about to pounce on him again, Hao Yun pressed a hand against her forehead and shouted, “I can help you!”

Her skin was incredibly smooth...

“Really? If you’re lying, I’ll give you a kiss!~”

Kellya’s eyes sparkled as she cast him a flirtatious glance. At last, she obediently returned to her seat on the sofa.

“Yes. All you have to do is inject this.”

Hao Yun hurriedly retrieved the weakened Super God Serum, which had been lying forgotten in a corner of his system inventory for who knew how long, and held it out to Kellya.

“Okay!~”

Kellya accepted the serum without the slightest hesitation. She raised the injection gun and swiftly injected it into the vein in her arm.

Her movements were so quick that she did not seem to suspect the serum’s authenticity in the slightest.

Even Hao Yun was stunned. He had been about to explain the precautions to her...

Wasn’t she even worried that he might be trying to hurt her?!

“Aren’t you... Aren’t you afraid I’m lying to you?”

Hao Yun’s voice was slightly hoarse. Even Angel routinely asked a few questions whenever she accepted one of his abilities or items. She had never asked about their origins, but she would at least ask about their effects.

But Kellya...

“I trust you!~”

Kellya gave him a huge smile, making no attempt to hide either her affection for him or her absolute trust.

“I... Next time, don’t be so quick. What if—what if something goes wrong?”

Confronted by the utter trust in Kellya’s blue eyes, Hao Yun could not bring himself to scold her. Instead, he had her lie down on the bed, dragged a chair over to sit beside her, and chatted with her while quietly waiting for the changes to begin.

Time passed slowly. Kellya gradually grew drowsy, her eyes slowly closing as she sank into sleep.

Hao Yun frowned slightly. The reaction of this gene seemed completely different from what he himself had suffered back then. It did not appear painful at all.

“System, what effects does the Super God Gene have? Why isn’t there any reaction?”

“Host, please be advised. The reward drawn by the host is the weakened version of the Super God Gene. It will not grant the injected individual immense strength immediately. Instead, it will gradually enhance the body’s abilities until the subject reaches the level of a Third-Generation Divine Body, or even the most powerful Fifth-Generation Divine Body.

“Since the transformation occurs gradually, there will naturally be no pain.”

“Heh...”

Hao Yun almost laughed. Was this system biased toward women?

The gene he had injected into his girlfriend caused no pain whatsoever and could even elevate her to the Fifth Generation...

What about him? What, then, had been the point of him suffering excruciating agony back then?

Apparently, the system had guessed what Hao Yun was thinking and even offered an explanation.

“The serum given to the host’s girlfriend naturally follows the principles of painless, sustainable development. Otherwise, if the host’s girlfriend ran away, how would this system explain itself?”

“Damn, System, have you become sentient? You can even make sarcastic remarks now?”

This time, the system did not answer. It chose to play dead.

“Don’t pretend to be dead. Tell me—what abilities will she gain after injecting the serum, and what do we need to prepare?”

“Although the Super God Serum is a weakened version, it is still the source of a true divine body and requires energy to grow. Someone who has just been injected will urgently need to replenish their energy, so it would be best to prepare plenty of nutritional supplements or a sufficient amount of food.

“Once enough energy has been absorbed, the injected subject will temporarily gain a body of steel. Her body will possess the defensive strength of titanium alloy.”

Food? Titanium-alloy defenses...

That was pretty good. It was practically like having built-in steel armor.

Or perhaps armor made of blood and metal?

Although she could not fly, this should be enough to protect Kellya’s safety.

With his mind at ease, Hao Yun left Kellya’s bedroom and went to the kitchen to prepare food.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of Xandar, Nova Prime—who had been frantic after learning that Ronan was about to invade—finally received good news.

Carol had replied!~

“Prime, Carol has sent word. She is currently on her way to Xandar and is expected to arrive in eleven hours!”

Secretary Cassie hurried into the hall and reported the news to the Nova Prime.

“Good!~”

The Nova Prime’s panicked heart finally settled. With Carol present, she would dare face Ronan head-on—let alone Ronan, she would even dare confront the entire Kree fleet if they sent it against her!~

“Order the Nova Corps to monitor the jump points with all their strength. The moment Ronan’s fleet appears, they must hold them off until Carol arrives!~”

“Yes, Prime!~”

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Meanwhile, Star-Lord, Gamora, and the others ultimately fell into an ambush laid by the Ravagers. Yondu and his men captured them and brought them aboard their ship.

However, thanks to Star-Lord’s silver tongue, along with the support of Gamora and the others, Yondu chose to believe them. He decided to help Xandar defeat Ronan and seize the Power Stone!~

In one of the ship’s conference rooms, the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy sat in a circle, discussing how to deal with Ronan.

“I have a plan!~”

Star-Lord spoke first, though it seemed no one believed him.

“Another plan?” Rocket the Raccoon sneered. “First, you’re always stealing my lines, so you have to have a plan. Second, I really don’t believe you have any plan at all!~”

“I really do have a rough plan!~”

“What percentage of the plan is rough?”

All right, even the dimmest member of the group, Drax, had begun to argue against Star-Lord.

After bickering for a while, the group finally reached a conclusion: they had to board Ronan’s warship and face him alone in a one-on-one fight.

Yes, that meant the five members of the Guardians of the Galaxy taking on Ronan by themselves!~

“I object! This is suicide! Why don’t we bring along that human from Earth who was able to fight Ronan one-on-one before?”

Rocket raised the question.

Star-Lord immediately bristled. Was Rocket looking down on him?

“I’m a human from Earth too! A very strong human from Earth!”

“Oh, really?” Rocket struck him right in the heart. “Other people are strong because they can go toe-to-toe with Ronan. You’re strong only when you’re showing off for women!~”

“Rocket!”

Star-Lord roared in anger and embarrassment, though his eyes secretly drifted toward Gamora.

This time, however, Gamora showed no intention of agreeing with him.

“I agree. We must go to Xandar first and obtain the assistance of their army. At the same time, we should bring that human from Earth with us!~”

“A strong human from Earth,” Rocket emphasized.

“I am Groot!~”

“I agree!~”

Drax and Groot voiced their support simultaneously.

That made the vote four to one. Star-Lord’s objections were useless, and he could only watch helplessly as the ship flew toward Xandar.