Name: Genetic Ascension
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Chapter 861: Temples

The people of Earth have been summoned once again.

Scientists document six extinction events in Earth’s history, but none of them were as natural as they claimed.

Sylas and his family have been called back to the Browns, a family of billionaire elites with assets reaching into the trillions. He isn’t sure what to expect until he touches a floating bronze cube that changes his life.

Unfortunately, there’s only one Stele and the Browns have already decided upon their candidates. If Sylas wants to control his own fate, he’ll have to enter the Trial.

Now, woefully unprepared, and stuck in a world filled with the extinct creatures of Earth, he’ll have to carve out his own opportunity… whether the Browns like it or not.

Prologue

Sylas shrugged off his lab coat, smoothing his black button-up shirt with a hand and hanging up the long white coat with another.

Even after a long day in the lab, working with various toxins, he didn’t seem affected in the slightest. His steely green eyes carried the same emotionless stare behind his black-framed glasses, and his toned, though slight, build still stood ramrod straight.

As he left the university, he was greeted by passing students and professors. He gave them each a polite but curt nod, his strides long and almost vigorous.

The fall air was a bit brisk, but refreshing to his nose. The university had quite an open-concept design, and after walking down from the top-floor labs, the first floor was nothing but large, arching pillars that held up the higher floors and let the rush of wind and nature in.

‘It’s getting dark. A bit early for that,’ he thought.

Winter was coming, and daylight-saving time had already passed, but it was still around only four o’clock. The sun probably shouldn’t have begun to set until five.

Sylas found it a bit curious.

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