Within the settlement.

He Yun dragged the drug-addicted Qu Ye off his bed and found the keys to the armory and food storage on him.

Qu Ye had physical problems, couldn't be human, and coupled with severe cancer, might not live past forty. He pinned his spiritual pleasures on these illusory things.

He was always very brutal to his subordinates.

He Yun neither hated nor liked his rule; his father had told him that in this society, there was no longer such a thing as good and evil, and moral standards no longer had meaning.

Of course, he still preferred to uphold the baseline of civilization.

Qu Ye died, and soon He Yun was discovered as well.

Someone was supposed to kill him, but He Yun performed a public display of dodging three bullets in a row and disarming someone barehanded, which simplified matters.

Gaining this temporary reign only cost him two blue fate points.

It was still worth it.

He Yun was confident he could turn the temporary reign into a permanent one and earn back the used fate points in a short time.

In fact, he earned them back the next day.

He used an excuse to improve his skills and spent a day at the slaughterhouse for bugs and lizards.

It turned out that as long as it was a living being, it carried such things as fate points.

Even bugs and lizards had them.

Just very few, an average of five lizards equaled the fate of one rat.

Those little bugs were even more negligible.

Dozens were required to equal 0.1 white fate points.

Fortunately, the quantity was ample, making it easy to accumulate.

Moreover, this was a sustainable source of fate points, and breeding some larger animals later should yield even better results.

Compared to other places, He Yun valued this one more.

With enough accumulated fate points, He Yun began to plan the use of his yellow fate points.

His next goal was to become a more powerful Transcendent, bringing great power under his control.

In such a post-apocalyptic society, only in this way could he have enough survival ability.

He already had considerable knowledge about Lucky Rabbit.

So he had a detailed plan on how to set up lucky events to benefit himself.

"Spend five yellow fate points to ensure that I don't enter a negative state, and greatly enhance my survival ability in the current environment..."

He didn't create any detailed superpowers for himself.

Nor did he ask to simply strengthen his power.

Having great power may not necessarily allow one to survive in the current environment.

Adaptation is often the most important.

The survival environment here includes not just this apocalyptic geographic environment but also human society and so on.

[This event has been activated...]

The event was activated, but He Yun didn't feel any changes in his body.

No small animals jumped out to bite him either; he waited until noon without discovering anything happening.

But he had a premonition that something was brewing.

Until dusk, a meteor streaked across the night sky.

A ray of light struck directly at him; he didn't have time to see what it was, but he distinctly felt some kind of change within himself.

Throughout the night, He Yun couldn't figure out what had happened to him.

It wasn't until the next day, when the sunlight shone on him, that he felt his body cells voraciously devouring the sunlight and converting it into energy needed by his body.

His physique started to slowly evolve in the process.

Photosynthesis?

No, much more efficient, more exaggerated.

He Yun felt he wouldn't feel hungry even without eating.

Moreover, he could clearly feel himself growing stronger bit by bit.

His already at-the-peak human body began to evolve again.

Although he didn't know what the meteor was, he already understood how powerful the yellow fate points were.

They could even influence events beyond the cosmos.

After half a month of a peaceful life, He Yun felt he had become several times stronger than before, while his rule over the settlement gradually stabilized.

People started calling him Master He.

The whole settlement contained about five thousand people.

Not a lot, and some were elderly, sick, or disabled beyond thirty-five years old.

Only a small portion were young and strong.

He Yun was quite dissatisfied with this.

He hoped everyone could reach the human peak, with the top-tier physique evolved after being bitten by a rat before.

This was difficult but not impossible to replicate.

[This event requires spending fate points (yellow)*2 for activation.]

For someone with shallow biological knowledge to create a superpower potion that could be mass-produced, the cost was indeed high.

But He Yun activated the event nonetheless.

Overall, he made a profit.

What happened next was intriguing.

He unexpectedly extracted a special virus from a rat, which, if blended with his blood and added with extracts from the radiation-grown weeds near the base, would create a potion that enables genetic rebooting.

And it can be replicated.

What the principle behind this is, He Yun didn't quite understand.

But he called in two people for human experimentation on the same day.

"If you fail, I will take good care of your families." He Yun said.

The two test subjects were already quite old, both nearly thirty-nine, even without today's experiment, due to long-term malnutrition and radiation sickness, they wouldn't live long.

The serum named [Reboot No. 1] by He Yun was injected into their bodies.

Half an hour later, both started to have a low fever.

Just like the situation when He Yun was bitten by the rat.

The restart switch of their genes seemed to have been activated as well.

The self-check system began operating, preparing to restore to the factory settings bit by bit.

During this process, a large intake of nutrition was needed.

With abundant nutrients, they could grow to the ideal peak state of humanity, otherwise, they would only recover to a normal state.

He Yun provided them with plenty of food.

Carbohydrates and proteins were available, and even various vitamins were not lacking.

A large amount of skin flakes fell off their bodies, and their metabolism accelerated to an unimaginable rate. In just five days, they both grew into men over 1.9 meters tall, totally different from the hunched and only about 1.5 meters small stature they previously had.

Now, their cell vitality was quite high, and based on He Yun's observation and the information he received with a flash of insight under the microscope, he judged that both of them could live at least over 170 years.

And it's hard to say if 170 years would be the limit.

Because the genetic reboot switch has already been activated.

If they grow old, they could restart their genes again, and go through a new cycle of rebirth.

In some sense, it was considered immortality.

Just that it seemed they would gradually lose the memories of the past, and with the gradual replacement of brain cells, it was akin to becoming a different person.

Moreover, with frequent reboots, there was a risk that the genes might develop some bugs.

He Yun had a vague feeling that over three reboots might cause operational errors, with possible issues emerging in the original gene codes, leading to malformed evolution.

However, even so, this serum was terrifying enough.

The consumption of those two yellow lucky energies was not in vain.

In the ensuing half-year, He Yun managed to create a few hundred more [Reboot No. 1] serums, thereby completing the formation of his core team.

In fact, he could produce more, even one for each person, but he understood human nature.

Thus, at this stage, such a thing could only serve as a reward.

With the help of these few hundred superhumans possessing the system's peak attributes, he quickly conquered four nearby settlements, increasing his population to thirty thousand.

Feeding and hydrating thirty thousand people was a considerable challenge.

Additionally, He Yun now faced new uncertainties.

He had accumulated ten yellow lucky energies, but they seemed unable to synthesize into a new higher-level lucky energy.

He wasn't sure if the quantity was insufficient or if yellow was the highest level of lucky energy.

Of course, yellow was enough, but he couldn't help but wonder how great it would be to obtain a higher-level lucky energy.

"Mr. He, there are two people looking for you." A female assistant dressed in a clean white garment approached He Yun and said, "They claim to specialize in botany and agronomy, and they can help you solve the food problems of the base."

He Yun blinked in surprise; this was indeed unexpected good news.

He was still contemplating using lucky energy to solve the food issue, but before he could expend any energy, the opportunity presented itself.

"Let them go to the reception room, I'll be there shortly." He Yun responded.

"Yes!" The female assistant nodded.

He Yun tidied himself up and changed into a solemn black outfit, then proceeded to the reception room.

In the apocalypse, talents were all the more valuable.

He felt he should show them enough respect.

As he entered, he saw the two of them.

A male and a female.

The man was dressed in all black, while the woman wore a bright yellow garment.

Their skin was fair and healthy, not resembling people from a post-apocalyptic environment at all.

Just seeing this, he sensed that the two were not ordinary people.

"My name is He Yun, and I am the manager of this base. Can I know your names?" He Yun sat down at his place and personally poured a cup of tea for both Lin Qianxuan and Ling'Er.

"I'm Lin Qianxuan, and this is my sister, Ling'Er. She is rather introverted, so please direct any inquiries to me." Lin Qianxuan smiled and looked at He Yun.

He was really pleased with He Yun.

In the apocalypse, there was no shortage of people who were decisive in killing, yet rational and held onto a bottom line, with a facet of the humanistic light found in civilization.

In his view of numerous possibilities, only one out of ten thousand He Yun would end up corrupted.

So he truly deserved this Golden Finger.

Lin Qianxuan and Ling'Er had come to interact briefly and provide a little guidance to He Yun, ensuring the success of this endeavor as Lin Qianxuan lacked experience giving someone a Golden Finger for the first time, and he was worried it might backfire.

"Mr. Lin, right? Could you briefly elaborate on your situation and background?" He Yun inquired.

Lin Qianxuan said, "Our parents were both researchers. When the apocalypse arrived, they were trapped inside a nuclear engineering facility. It had ample food supply and a self-sustaining system, enough for over ten thousand people... Then a rebellion broke out, someone activated the defense mechanisms, causing the nuclear weapons inside to explode. Only Ling'Er and I escaped. Now, that place is a ruin. However, we've brought with us a batch of improved plant seeds, which require minimal environmental conditions to grow. With proper cultivation, they can mature within three months, yielding at least two thousand pounds per acre. These include several high-starch plants. If given a year, we can solve your food crisis. Moreover, we have the relevant expertise, on par with pre-apocalypse Ph.D. holders. With enough time, we might even develop superior and radiation-resistant crops. Our parents were also involved in this area of research..."

Regarding Lin Qianxuan's articulate narration, He Yun didn't completely believe him. He utilized the lucky energy to judge the truth of the matter.

With a flash of insight, his luck revealed to him that what Lin said was indeed true.

With this realization, He Yun became excited.

This kind of top-tier talent, he absolutely couldn't let slip away!

"Qianjiang Base welcomes your addition." He Yun stood up and solemnly addressed Lin Qianxuan and Ling'Er.

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