Genetic Ascension

Chapter 1027  Protocol

Everything began to move at what felt like lightning speed. Sylas was registered for things he didnʼt even have the time to process and then thrown through orientations that didnʼt seem to have much to do with what he would be responsible for at all.

But he began to realize that something was wrong quite quickly. It made sense that Megean was a bit naive and haphazard with the way she did things, but the fact that her grandfather would be the same was odd.

It was either that this family was just so… quirky, or… the other foot would be dropping very soon.

Very soon was an understatement.

Sylas was just in the process of his final security clearance checks and registrations when the situation changed.

”Hurry it up, Megmeg. Didnʼt I teach you better than this?”

”You do it then!” Megean let out an exasperated sigh.

Sylas raised an eyebrow when the old man fell into silence when she said this. Something was definitely wrong.

If he was so insistent on speed, while Megean was a bit rude about it, especially considering he was her grandfather, there shouldnʼt be a reason why he wouldnʼt do it himself. If he could create UniForges, then he should know how to use them too.

Sylas didnʼt feel any pressure coming from the old man at all… but this didnʼt put him at ease. He could still feel the Inspector even though he was in the D-Grade. But this old man was unfathomable compared to that. He must have been beyond the D-Grade, or maybe in the furthest, deepest reaches of it.

If that was the case, there was no question who between he and his granddaughter would be faster.

ʼIt seems Iʼve gotten myself into the mix of something troublesome again.ʼ

Sylas had come to understand much more about the structure of the Golden Grove, but while he had some guesses about what was happening, that didnʼt mean that he was completely knowledgeable of everything.

Finding general knowledge was easy enough in a medium like that one. But teasing apart what were basically open secrets and common knowledge to these people was actually much tougher.

Who had had rivalries for many years? Who liked whom? Who disliked who?

These felt like superficial questions, and it was because of that they were so much more difficult to handle.

And yet, Sylas wasnʼt surprised at all when someone suddenly burst into the room.

Sylasʼ gaze calmly turned toward the door to find yet another odd Race looking right at him.

The manʼs skin was golden, a single blue gem embedded right into the middle of his forehead. Somehow, his hair looked more like sculpted metal than it did real hair. Sylas would have thought that it was a helmet or treasure of some sort if his senses didnʼt clearly pick up that it was truly part of the manʼs body.

A man of golden metal.

ʼAn Auran?ʼ Sylas concluded. Though he asked it as though it was a question, he was fairly certain that this was the answer.

But the Auran immediately froze when he saw the old man. Clearly, he realized that this was vastly above his paygrade. Still, he knew that if he took a step out now, he would most definitely pay for it later.

”Stop! What is going on here?!”

”Donʼt stop, Megmeg,” the old man said calmly. Unfortunately, it wasnʼt his decision to make.

The UniForge Megean was working with suddenly had the power that was running it cut off. The Auran had pulled out some sort of key card and overrode Megeanʼs authority.

Sylas was only speculating on what was happening from a third partyʼs perspective, but he was fairly sure that he was right judging by the shifts in the Runes and things of the like.

”What do you think youʼre doing?” An imposing air came from the old man, almost forcing the Auran to his knees.

”Old Sage… Brama… This isnʼt according… to … protocol… I am… only doing my… job…”

ʼ… Interesting.ʼ

It seemed that the relationship between the Aurans and Unitaurs wasnʼt so harmonious.

ʼNo, that isnʼt the case. If I remember correctly…ʼ

With this added context, Sylas began to piece together some other things he had seen in the UniForge until he came to an understanding.

The Aurans and Unitaurs were actually quite harmonious. But that didnʼt mean that there werenʼt some within them that werenʼt ostracized.

There was a mention of an incident related to UniForges in the past. A certain creator wanted to take liberties with the Golden Groveʼs resources and experiment with a procedure that just might have a very high death rate. However, the details of that experiment were kept very vague.

That had interested Sylas because he was already at the point where he had no restrictions on what he could access in the first place. For it to still be so censored, just what were they trying to hide?

He had thought of the possibility of this UniForge being Andromeda, but he hadnʼt been 100% certain because it seemed odd that something so heavily censored even to the elite would be so easily accessible by someone like Megean and, well… him as well.

But now, he was almost certain these two incidents were one and the same, and it should have resulted in the old man being ostracized.

ʼI remember the Inspector also knowing about this, though… is that because Megean was too willful and explained? Or is it an open secret as well…ʼ

What Sylas was even more curious about was what about the UniForge was so dangerous. It truly didnʼt feel all that dangerous to him. In fact, it was a walk in the park.

”I think thatʼs about enough, donʼt you think, Old Brama?”

The voice came out of nowhere and it soothed the old manʼs aura out of the air.

Then, the projection of a man who looked identical to what Sylas might expect out of a real-life Buddha appeared, radiating golden light down from above.