Multi-Gene

It took David almost twenty minutes to reach a safe location. It was a thoroughly collapsed building which also had an underground basement which he had found by chance.

He immediately closed the entrance to the basement and upon entry, his imprint gave off a soft glow, which was the work of Hazel.

"Turn off the illumination. Although the chance might be low, I don't want to attract anything over here if the light escape this place through the entrance." David warned Hazel and he found a place he could meditate on.

With his night vision, seeing through this layer of darkness wasn't anything much.

He walked gently through the small passage way until he reached upon a wider room. 

It was a place with different types of metallic machines which David couldn't name. They looked as of they had been barely used but still, layers of rust and cobwebs covered the machines and the corner of the building.

Breathing out slightly in relief, he could finally rest a little. His tense muscles relaxed and he dragged his foot to an empty space in a small room that resembled a store.

He closed his eyes as he sat down with his legs crossed on the floor. 

Suddenly, a wave of fatigue hit him and David paused. He knew most of his stamina had been depleted and if he didn't replenish them now, the consequences might be dire. 

All of a sudden, David smacked his palm on the wall beside and a squashing sound came out. It was just a weak spider. He cleaned his hand with a piece of cloth and at the same time, grabbed his compact bag that was behind him. 

After rummaging through it for a few seconds, he grabbed several blood orbs whose sizes vastly varied from each other. 

He popped the smaller one directly to his mouth and his gaze simultaneously focused on genetic nucleus before him. 

It was very tempting to him at the moment but he knew he couldn't recklessly consume it just like that.

Although he had an Exercising method, Formless Heat that he had chosen from the institute which would vastly decrease the amount of side effect gained from ingesting the genetic nucleus, the energy within it wasn't something he could contain. 

Moreover, after obtaining the two natural abilities. The Earth swim and the Night Vision, his body felt incredibly bloated and he speculated that his genetic structure or his genetic map would definitely break down from over load of he tried to gain another ability. 

He wasn't a Phaser yet but because his body and vitality was almost three times stronger than a regular Spryher, he was able to hold two genetic ability without breaking down. 

Otherwise, he would have already died from absorbing the Earth Swim ability which took up almost 70% genetic space and the night vision took up only 20%.

"Squeak!"

Suddenly, his ears perked up as he heard the sound of the door leading down to the basement squeaked open and then closing back. 

It could be the wind but during his experiences,David had learnt to be incredibly cautious. With the fact that he was exceptionally badly injured as well. 

Cautiously, David stood up gently without making any sound and leaned against the wall at a specific blindspot.

His back muscles vibrated softly and his body sank more than halfwsy into the sandly wall noiselessly. 

His eyes stared fixatedly at the passage which anyone must pass through to get through. 

In a few seconds, a man cloaked in a tight jumper suit which also covered his face walked in. 

David was a bit stunned and also puzzled but his breathing grew softer and softer in order not to attract the others attention. It was almost as if he wasn't breathing at all. 

The person scanned through the entire room, before his eyes landed direct on David who was directly imedded in a wall. 

David felt his heart skip a beat and his expression twisted slightly. 

Suddenly, he heard the familiar voice of a middle aged man say.

"Alright, I don't have time to play hide and seek. I risked coming here to give you this." The person reached for his waist pocket and withdraw two syringes from there, after which he threw them down to the floor. 

His eyes still on David as though he too had night vision and could directly see through the wall and the darkness. 

"I allowed the old man to attack you once to test your capability. And surprisingly, you passed greatly. Which exceeded my expectations. Although I'm still slightly reluctant to accept you as my disciple due to your character." his voice grew dark at this moment and one could tell he was exceptionally embarrassed and furious. 

"Need to leave here quickly to minimise my chances of getting caught." the person then pointed at the floor. 

"Those are some high quality Insta-Heal serum. Just inject it directly to your blood stream, it would get rid of your injuries." the person turned around without hesitation.amd left. 

David was in a bit of a daze and then, he abruptly snapped out of it and yelled. 

"Old bastard! I should have known it was your doing!" the sand holding his body instantly disintegrated into dust. He had just remembered where he heard the voice from, it was Mr White. 

The middle aged man that had just reached the entrance shuddered suddenly. One could tell it was from anger. But in order to hide his identity, he needed to refrain from leaving any clues even if the investigators knew he was the one, they wouldn't have enough evidence. 

He breathed in deeply and was about to really leave when he heard David scoff and muttered "Who wants to be the disciple of an old bastard who thinks he is still young."

The middle aged man face turned sour immediately and then his expression changed into a sinister one. As he seem to have remembered something.

His sinister smile widened and then, he abruptly vanished into the darkness.