Invincible through Touching Corpses-Chapter 59 - 58: The 5 Women’s Genetic Assessment
The group walked back toward their residence, but the women, who had been so cheerful and enthusiastic when they’d gotten off work, were now much more silent and reserved.
"What’s wrong?" Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but ask after they had walked a little further.
Hearing Lin Xinghai’s question, Liu Miaomiao forced a smile and said, "It’s nothing."
But no matter how he looked at them, Lin Xinghai didn’t believe the women were actually okay. The fact that they had just come from the police station immediately made him imagine the worst.
His expression instantly hardened. "They didn’t... do anything to you in the interrogation room, did they? If they did, tell me now. I’ll go and get justice for you immediately."
"Michael is about to be removed from power, so if you were wronged, just say it. You don’t have to worry about any repercussions."
They would have been interrogated separately after entering the police station, so Lin Xinghai genuinely had no idea what the women had been through.
"Done something to us?" Liu Miaomiao was confused for a moment.
Wang Yao, standing beside her, understood his implication. "They wouldn’t dare. Their attitude was pretty hostile when we first went in, but they settled down once they heard we were official employees of the Government Hall."
The Government Hall’s authority is in no way inferior to the police station’s. And since they’re both in the Lower Level District, of course the Hall knows about the station’s shady business.
Even if an employee actually did commit a crime, the Government Hall would definitely send its own people to review the case thoroughly.
Besides, before they went into the station, Lin Xinghai had already filled them in, telling them he had notified the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps and that all they had to do was keep quiet.
So, after Liu Miaomiao and the others had been inside the police station for just over ten minutes, they discovered that the Military Department had taken control of the situation outside.
They didn’t even realize what had happened in the meantime.
Liu Miaomiao finally understood what he was getting at, and her face instantly flushed. "Don’t worry, we’re all physically fine."
"Then why are you all so down? Is it because of what happened with the Axe Gang?" Lin Xinghai asked.
"Yeah," Liu Miaomiao nodded.
"Don’t worry. He’ll be locked up for at least five years. By the time he gets out, you’ll have long since moved to the Middle Level District," Lin Xinghai reassured them.
"Actually... I just feel so useless," Liu Miaomiao finally said what was on her mind, and the other women all nodded in agreement. "If we could become the Optimized, then when we’re in danger, we wouldn’t be used as leverage to put you in a vulnerable position."
Lin Xinghai was touched. He smiled and said, "Then you should just become the Optimized sooner. Didn’t Huai Feifu give us compensation? It’s over 7,000, so that’s 1,400 Points for each of you. If you’re lucky, you could become the Optimized pretty quickly."
The "luck" he was referring to was, of course, their Genetic Assessment.
The women were touched, but they all shook their heads, insisting they couldn’t possibly take the Points. They said that not only had they not helped, but they had actually been a burden.
In the end, Lin Xinghai proposed a compromise: he would lend them the Points instead.
Only then did Liu Miaomiao and the others agree, but they didn’t take much, each accepting only 500 Points.
As official employees of the Government Hall, Liu Miaomiao and the others got a discount on Genetic Medicine Liquid, allowing them to buy it for 100 Points a bottle. Of course, the monthly purchase limit was ten bottles.
And while those 500 Points could buy five bottles of Genetic Medicine Liquid, it was still far from enough for them to become the Optimized. But he didn’t press the issue. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
’For an ordinary person, it would take about half a month to absorb five bottles of Genetic Medicine Liquid. Once I run a few more missions and have Points to spare, I can help them again.’
The group changed their route. Instead of heading back to their dorm, they took advantage of the early hour and went to the Gene Center.
At the Gene Center, you could buy Genetic Medicine Liquid from vending machines.
Of course, there were many places to buy Genetic Medicine Liquid. The main reason the women wanted to go to the Center was to get a Genetic Assessment.
Not everyone was like Lin Xinghai, who had already undergone a Genetic Assessment before the apocalypse.
Back then, the technology for Genetic Assessment was still underdeveloped and extremely expensive.
More importantly, a Genetic Assessment wasn’t very meaningful for ordinary people. It only became a key metric if someone wanted to become an elite athlete.
As a provincial Sanda champion, how could Lin Xinghai not have had a Genetic Assessment?
Feeling a mixture of nervousness and anticipation, the women arrived at the Gene Center.
The staff had already gone home for the night, but a few service robots were still on duty.
After presenting their Identity Cards to a robot and stating their purpose, the group was led to a dedicated testing room.
Inside the testing room were rows of upright coffins.
Ahem! Upright testing pods.
Yep, that’s right. The testing pods looked very similar to Hibernation Pods, only they stood upright.
Looking at the Genetic Testing Pods before them, the women grew even more nervous. Lin Xinghai could understand why. After all, a person’s Genetic Assessment could truly determine their future.
So he simply stood to the side and waited quietly.
"I’ll go first!" After a minute or so, Wang Yao was the first to step forward.
"Good luck!"
"You’ve got this."
"Believe in yourself."
The other women chimed in with what, in Lin Xinghai’s opinion, were meaningless words of encouragement.
Wang Yao nodded, an expression of grim determination on her face as she walked toward a Genetic Testing Pod.
After she swiped her Identity Card, the translucent pod door slid open. Wang Yao strode forward on her long legs and stepped inside in a single motion.
The pod door closed, a green indicator light lit up, and then the countless instruments integrated inside the Genetic Testing Pod activated and began to run.
On the external control screen, a progress bar steadily advanced: 10%... 20%... 50%... 100%.
After about three minutes, the progress bar hit 100%. The pod door opened automatically, and the screen displayed the Genetic Assessment: C Level.
"Whoa!" A collective gasp of surprise echoed through the room.
When Wang Yao saw her Genetic Assessment, she let out an excited shriek.
Genetic Assessment was divided into six Levels: A, B, C, D, E, and F.
The vast majority of ordinary people only had an E or F Level Genetic Assessment. Getting a D Level was already considered quite good.
A C Level, however, was definitely considered excellent.
Captains in the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps, like Roger and Wu Yan, only had C Level assessments.
It was no wonder Wang Yao was so excited.
The remaining women, seeing Wang Yao’s results, seemed to be inspired.
They entered the Genetic Testing Pods one by one and began their assessments.
The three-minute assessment didn’t take long. Soon, the Genetic Assessments for Qin Zixue, Yang Yi, and Shen Yimei were also complete.
Qin Zixue and Shen Yimei both received a D Level assessment, while Yang Yi’s was E Level.
With a D Level Genetic Assessment, becoming one of the Optimized wasn’t difficult. In fact, many Mercenaries were only at this Level.
As for an E Level assessment, it wasn’t impossible to become one of the Optimized, but it would require far more resources and a longer period of time.
The other women offered some words of comfort to Yang Yi. Then, with everyone watching, Liu Miaomiao entered a Genetic Testing Pod.
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