1 Yang Jian

Genetics is the origin of life for all living things, they consist of all the information necessary for life.On the planet of humans mother earth, there were some humans who possessed transcendent might and were named by the vast majority of humanity as gods whether it be China's The Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong or The Illustrious Sage Erlang Shen to Norse's Odin and God of Thunder Thor. As for the genes of gods, modern humans have also inherited them. If one wanted to become an interstellar cultivator, the first thing one must do is to awaken his or her own set of mythological genes and obtain transcendent strength…

Throughout the eons from the time of the interstellar movement, humanity brought forth great technology which enabled them to introduce Mechas'. These Mechas' use the energy of cultivators and grow along with them as their gene scores increase whilst some still prefer to use their own bodies and weapons to fight

This split humanity into two branches: Cultivators and Mecha Pilots, each with a base located in every city

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According to Interstellar History, in the Gregorian Calendar year of 2160 A.D., humans finally exited the confines of earth and began to colonize the solar system

To commemorate this, mankind changed calendars. They abandoned the Gregorian Calendar of the Ancient Earth Era and pushed the calendar with quantum computers to be more in line with cosmic time. It has been over 4000 years since that time

In a classroom full of futuristic technological sensations, a group of uniformed students was currently attending a theory class on mythological genes

A holographic projection floated in front of everyone, and the content of the lesson flowed into their minds like a torrent of information

Although theory classes were dry and boring, everyone was focused as they listened intently as it affects their futures

Information about mythological genes would affect whether they would be able to become cultivators or mecha pilots or not. Nobody dared to be lazy or careless

A female teacher looked around and nodded seeing how serious her students were. However, her head stopped as she gazed at a certain student whose eyes glistened with light as he focused on the lesson like no other

Seeing this she sighed as she looked at the student with looks of pity for the young man she looked at ranked near the end in his entire year meaning his chances of cultivation or being a mecha pilot were almost nonexistent

This was all due to his poor talent. To awaken one's mythological genes, talent was undoubtedly required

Although people in the Interstellar Era could all awaken their genes, there was still a large disparity between the set of genes they awakened

There were some genes that were completely useless and might even have adverse effects after being awakened. For example, a human growing a monkey tail, black fur, or being able to breathe fire. All sorts of weird effects were present. These genes would only bring harm to oneself if they were awakened

And as for some other genes, humanity would begin to transcend themselves once the genes were awakened, they would be able to control the wind, rain, thunder, magnetic force, and gravity… They would become extraordinary creatures capable of controlling mysterious energy sources. For these genes that would benefit humanity, these were known as the legendary mythological genes

However, the knowledge of the ancient humans was lost in time and legends as well as mythology has stranded far from its original tale. This stopped humans from achieving their dreams of becoming Immortals, however, they still cultivated regardless of this in hopes to be the first

Undoubtedly, genes were the greatest talent humanity had. With the introduction of mecha's that can utilize the genes of their pilots, many begun to split between the two core occupations though, both lead to a single path- Immortality!

This young man Yang Jian, the genes he had awakened were low tiered which gave him a third eye. Recently, it was rumored that he somehow awakened another set of genes just before the college entrance exam. The second set of genes he awakened was a decent gene but also one of the most basic kind, known as the Weapon Mastery Gene

According to research by world-famous scientists, his genes had no way of evolving which means they will forever stay that way and is considered to be almost trash tier

That wasn't the worst part, Yang Jian's Gene Score is merely 0.3 which is far off from the minimum score to enter college of 0.6. He is already in his senior year of high school and about to graduate however he may not even have the qualifications to take the exam if it did not reach 0.5!

Though he paid the most attention in class, Yang Jian's potential is mediocre hence the sighs of pity by the female teacher. A higher Gene Score improves a person's body strength, agility, durability and even ability to memorize and process things faster

With Yang Jian's Gene Score of a mere 0.3, his results in both the written and physical mock exams are near the bottom. No matter how hard he worked, his results will forever be the same if not worse. Talent isn't something that can be gained through hard work

"Sigh, the heavens are truly unfair, a diligent student such as Yang Jian has such mediocre talent whilst lazy students who don't even bother to turn up have a Gene Score of over 0.8." the female teacher thought as she continued her lesson

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The lesson ended quickly as all the students went off with their friends, whilst Yang Jian quietly goes home by himself

Yang Jian's family of five were a branch family of one of the Capital's four major families namely the Yang's. His family that once lived in a large mansion was kicked out from the branch family after giving birth to two mediocre son's and one daughter who had good genes, however, the family didn't need any female leaders

As he walked by a market, Yang Jian noticed an old beggar wearing rags who was about to be hit by a car. Even though humanity had moved into an interstellar era, their problems didn't change. Families still lived in the slums whilst government officials leeched money from laborers

Seeing this, Yang Jian dropped his bag and sprinted with all his might towards the old man. When he arrived, Yang Jian quickly pulled the man back towards him as the car drives past without sounding its horn like it was natural

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"Old man, are you okay?" Yang Jian asked

"Thank you kind young man, I didn't think there were any more youngsters like you." the old man replied

"Kind? Anyone would have saved you if they saw that, I just happened to be there first." Yang Jian continued

"Hahahaha, that in itself is fate. Since fate has brought us together, let me give you this treasure of mine as gratitude." the old man said as he pulled out an old book that looked like it had survived through thousands of years to this day and handed it to Yang Jian

Yang Jian, of course, declined, however, the old man insisted as he pushed the book into his hands

Yang Jian who held the book was about to look up at the old man and say something only to find that he had disappeared without a trace. Looking around left and right for a while, he thought he had seen a ghost, however, the book is still in his hands