The Gene Gamer

The monster was just made from chaotic energy mixed together so there was no comprehension or complete rune he could absorb for himself. But still it became a pretty good supplement for him. 

Devouring the whole head along with the body, the only thing left was its eye, lying on his hand just floating a millimeter above it. 

The fight outside had gone for quite a time and had reached its peak where even a tiny mistake could result in your whole life being taken away. So he had two choices for himself. Either not absorbing this eye and digesting the things he absorbed which would result in a more solid base or absorbing this eye right now and making an unstable base. 

If he were to choose logically, he would choose the former option but he now had a very strange desire that was telling him to absorb this eye right now or else this chance would be gone forever. 

Of course, he would ignore this desire or else who knows what would happen to him. Right after seven minutes, the batter ended with the snake dying and the ant emerging victorious which was no surprise. 

The ant had a small body which compared with the snake's it was hundreds of times smaller. With its size, it could move and fit in everywhere while having the same power as the snakes, with more pressure and sharpness. Which compared to the snake's it could basically toy with it. 

However, the ant also seemed to be tired from all the battle, as its breath explained everything about it. If he hadn't been here, the ant would've devoured the remains of the snake and had become much stronger but right now he was here in his peak state, prepared to kill the ant with all he got. 

The ant had no chance except ding in this situation as long as no coincidence happens. He could feel the strings of fate being disturbed here and not being able to intervene with anything here which meant that he was released from the bad luck. 

This here also meant that the chance of anything disturbing their battle would be very low, and he could enjoy this prey of his without any problems. 

Grabbing the time the ant was tired, he stroke forward at a fast speed. Right upon the time the ant moved, his left arm also lowered and made a grabbing gesture. The ant was locked in place as after a moment it was sent back flying for several hundreds of meters. 

After shooting through five trees in succession, it finally stopped at a big tree, almost snapping it in half with its tiny body. After some time, the ant moved again after accumulating force. This time, the big tree couldn't withstand the pressure and snapped in half.

Not even 5 seconds later, the ant came back with a speed that was invincible to the naked eye. But since he has already got prepared for this, he wasn't surprised. 

Just making a hard shield made out of dense yin energy, he had already defended against this attack with ease. Although there were a few cracks in the shield, it would heal itself so it didn't do any damage to him. 

He had improved and by improved, he meant a lot. After devouring the nutrients of the monkey, he had undergone complete evolution. His body had been modified to become a war weapon and it could respond to any kind of attack without getting awkward. 

The qualities of his yin energy also changed and underwent an evolution where it was more tenacious and also more destructive. Not only would it respond aggressively once it comes in contact with a lifeforce or any type of energy attributed to life, it would also measure its data to look for the perfect state it would need to devour the lifeforce.

It would mean, using the most cost-effective way to get the results. Double the results but half the effort. 

...

The yin energy shield disintegrated into liquid form before sticking to the tiny body of the ant. Just like mercury, it looked attractive and beautiful but also deadly at the same time. 

Covered in yin energy whole, the ant made out a strange screeching sound but in the end it exploded before something tiny got out from it. From the tiny, squishy thing that looked like slime, a new shell was emerging out a rapid pace until its body had almost been the same as before. 

But with a sharp perception, how could Cylius give up this chance? Others may not have noticed it due to its cover technique and its tiny size, but with his perception, he could see it clear. 

A soundless soul attack came from its body as it attacked the soul of the ant, making it screech in pain.

Immediately making the yin energy follow, the squishy slime like thing was constantly injected with air form blue destructive yin. The original orange color of the slime changed to black then to green before turning into a purplish cyan color. 

These all happened within half a second, but the time was enough for the tides for the battle to turn to his favor. 

Cracks spread in the outer shell that had just regrown like a spiderweb as it constantly made the slime shriek in pain. The constant shriek even made the grass lose its vibrant color while twitching furiously around the air.

After the cracks spread all over, the shell shattered into pieces as the slime couldn't maintain it any longer. Desperate for survival, it crawled to the direction of light, hoping for a lucky chance to escape but it was obvious that he wouldn't allow this.

Pinching this little slime creature before him, he blew air at this slime as once it reached it, pieces of little black matter concentrated on its skin finally making runes restraining the creature. 

He would be experimenting on this slime later, just plain devouring was idiotic with it also losing many benefits. 

Experimenting held much more benefits and when it came to these abnormal creatures in this secret dimension, it was more so. The previous monkey was too dangerous and the snake was already dead so he only had this slimy creature left. 

If possible, he could also try experimenting on the eye of the monkey. Although he could also use it to empower himself, he was also quite sure that experimenting on it and realizing the nature of the eye could hold more benefits.

After labeling these two things as experimental subjects, he was contemplating on whether he should devour the snake or use it as an experimental subject.

...

Within the river, deep down in a cave. 

To not get distracted or get revealed, he had picked this place where locating him required great senses that are only possible for 5th tier existences, which he was fairly sure that they wouldn't be interested in him.

Within the cave, no water could be seen as a bubble was at the entrance, blocking the water from going in. 

On the cave stone shaped like a table, the whole body corpse of the snake lied down with no life. its head was severed as it was placed on another stone with Cylius currently working on it. 

Within the hands of Cylius, the scalpels were moving swiftly with precise actions. It skillfully peeled over the outer skin with no effort as it proceeded to cut off the two ears without any blood dripping down from it. 

...

After five long hours of exprimentation, he was exhausted while also being excited about what he had found. Although he was mentally exhausted, he could bear the pressure with his extraordinary soul. 

Since he only deemed the head as a useful part of the snake, he disregarded the idea of slicing up the body and observing it.

Directly piercing its chest with his tentacle, he lifted the body up in the air before devouring it wholely. The body also slid into his throat as it entered his stomach. His stomach itself was a dimension of its own that had a large area as a place for digestion and such. 

Not to mention a snake of 3 meters, he could even devour a body of 10 meters and be completely fine. It would fit within his stomach perfectly.

Within this snake's body, he found several things worthy of mention which was the information about the combination of runes. A rune itself was an individual existence that could be said to define the world's intricate things. 

It was delving into the world's own source itself even though it was only a very tiny little bit. But it was considered to be a world's exclusive function as well. 

So the combination of runes had always been a problem. If runes could be combined, then their might would've doubled along with their qualities also changed. 

Like the clue to the cardinal sins rune, he knew how to obtain each of these runes himself. In fact he had already comprehended two of them but just hadn't used them as they were kind of a burden to his soul if they were to be used. They could be described as being in an inactive state. 

The ones he comprehended was jealousy along with sloth. 

As for the combination of the seven cardinal runes into one, he knew nothing about it. Just that he had read about the rune;s information and also the person it had created, there was no information about combining them into one. 

He was thinking of solving this problem when he had gained entry to the genetician school but now the opportunity itself had been revealed naked to him. He would of course take it. 

However, the time wasn't good for now, he had to wait for awhile to reap the fruit of this knowledge. 

Now onto the monkey's misty eye.

...

The result was a disappointment. A complete failure. 

He had rushed things too much making a minuscule mistake in the process resulting in the unstable state of the runes within the eye. Due to surprise, he also failed to control his power resulting in the complete destruction of the eye. 

Due to one of them getting destructed, the other also followed along as it self-detonated on its own. 

The experiment of 1 hour 40 minutes was a complete failure. To not repeat this mistake again, he has to be extra cautious all the time and not get distracted during experimentation.

...

Carefully lifting the tiny slime up, he observed its entirety. 

From its consciousness to its physical body, he discovered every problem and found that the slime have recovered, whether it was its consciousness or its body. Even its soul had signs of recovering with the injury that it received slowly mending itself.