I Spread my Genes to Level Up in the Apocalypse

Ray sat calmly on the bed, his back upright, and his gaze fixed straight ahead—not at the wall but at the glowing red panel hovering in front of him.

This red panel had been with him since the very beginning of the Apocalypse and was the primary reason he had been able to rise to such incredible heights. Of course, there was also his hard work. However, without the system, he would have amounted to absolutely nothing.

"You're not the only one who works hard and makes progress, Ray," he mused silently. "There are countless others out there grinding tirelessly every single day, pushing themselves to the limit."

Sure he worked hard but there were individuals with obnoxious levels of talent or those who worked even harder than he did. Yet, in the end, it was he who reigned supreme.

He had become the strongest person alive, ultimately building an empire that could very well reach the peak. And it all stemmed from this simple system and the help of all his women.

But at the same time, Ray couldn't help but feel curious about the origin of this system and how such a seemingly ordinary undead could have granted him such a profound blessing.

"Oh, wait…" Ray muttered to himself as a memory surfaced. The first undead he had killed didn't have the unique patterns that were usually found on the others. Its defining traits were its red skin and the ferocious structure of its body—peculiar, yet still lacking the usual markings of the undead.

"Hmm?" he mused aloud, his mind turning over the mystery.

There were still so many unanswered questions swirling in his thoughts. "I should also look into those patterns on their skin," he resolved, his curiosity growing stronger.

His eyes focused on the two panels before him. One displayed the prompt for an Unawakened baby, while the other showed an Awakened baby.

"Only planetary beings provide me with Awakened babies now?" Furrowing his brow, there was puzzlement in his mind. He hadn't obtained a single Awakened baby in the last ten years.

Currently, he has already obtained two Awakened babies from Planetary beings.

His gaze shifted back to the red panel as a new prompt appeared before him:

[You have awakened a new skill: (Divine-class) Alchemist. Do you want to activate it?]

Ray almost froze on the spot. Counting this, it would be his third skill above the S-class rank. Both of his previous class skills were absurdly overpowered, and judging by the name, the Alchemist skill likely wouldn't fall short either.

Without hesitation, he accepted the skill and waited patiently for his body and mind to adapt to it.

At that moment, something felt off. A strange sensation rippled through him, and his pupils flickered with light. Ray's gaze snapped upward.

"That guy should still be injured. Why is he suddenly trying to attack me?" he muttered, a frown creasing his brow.

Raising his hand, Ray conjured a barrier without delay. It enveloped the earth entirely.

The temperature on Earth had been rising significantly, but as soon as the barrier was erected, it stabilised, returning to a completely normal state.

If that Planetary being of the Sun were to get too close to Earth, the planet would gradually be burned to a crisp. The heat of the Sun, especially at its core, was not something to underestimate.

Ray knew this better than anyone. He hadn't been injured to the point of becoming a skeleton for nothing.

The passive damage alone had taken its toll on him, and during the last attack, the heat had reached an astonishing 270 million degrees Fahrenheit—almost ten times the temperature of the Sun's core under normal conditions.

Without such extreme forces, there weren't many things left in existence capable of injuring Ray given his current stats.

As Ray pondered these thoughts and patiently waited for the effects of his new skill to take hold, the Planetary being of the Sun made its move.

It had already appeared directly in front of Earth, its massive, shadowy figure visible to almost everyone on the planet for some reason. Whether it was on the sunlit side or the side engulfed in night, it could be seen by everyone.

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The Planetary being of the Sun cried out loudly like a beast, its eyes bleeding magma, with a frenzy and madness radiating from it.

"Ray! Ray! Ray!"

The Sun's roars grew to a terrifying volume, and its temperature spiked dramatically.

As the heat intensified, the barrier surrounding Earth began to melt.

"Oh, no," Ray muttered, his eyes widening. He quickly channelled more Mutation Energy to reinforce the barrier at all costs. If even a fraction of the heat leaked through and reached Earth, it would be a disaster.

The heat could reduce Earth to ashes in an instant. For now, Ray couldn't move—he was still in the midst of transitioning with the Divine-class skill Alchemist. Engaging the Sun in a fight at this moment would only make things more complicated.

"Ray, what happened?" Mother Earth asked as she slowly stood, her emerald eyes fixed on the sky with a stern gaze. She had been awakened by the massive commotion unfolding in outer space.

Though she appeared to be asleep, her senses were inextricably linked to the entire Earth. Since the planet itself had felt the disturbance, she naturally experienced it as well.

"It's the Sun," Ray replied, his expression calm. "He was injured during our previous fight and retreated into the sun to heal. I could have attacked him there, but it would've been on his home ground, so I held back. Even now, he doesn't seem fully recovered, yet he's still desperately trying to attack me."

"He seems to have lost his mind…" Mother Earth murmured.

Ray's mismatched eyes—one crimson, the other golden—glimmered as he stared at the ceiling then turned to look at her again. "You're right," he said with a faint nod. "He really has lost his mind."

Ray smiled in amusement.

"Eh, really?" Mother Earth asked, stunned. She had spoken metaphorically, not expecting it to be true—but she was correct?

"Yeah, he's truly lost his mind," Ray confirmed, his tone calm yet thoughtful. "I used my Pupil's power combined with Soul Manipulation to attack that bastard. At the time, he seemed completely unfazed, so I thought it hadn't worked. But it turns out he was affected—it just took longer to take hold."

He nodded to himself, reflecting. The combined attack had been the most significant injury he'd inflicted during their battle. However, because its effects had been delayed, he hadn't noticed it during the fight.

"That's likely the reason he was so terrified and ran away into hiding. It's also probably why he's in this state of madness now," Ray added. As he thought about it, he could vividly picture the scene in his mind, every detail crystal clear.

"Die! Ray! Die!"

The sun roared in a frenzy as it struck the Earth, its fiery punch colliding with the barrier in a burst of terrifying heat. If it had previously resembled a human, it now looked more like a wild beast.

"This doggy is crying out too loud," Ray muttered to himself as his transformation finally came to an end. His breathing was slightly laboured, and his mind felt a bit groggy, but it was nothing he couldn't handle.

Fortunately, it wasn't as bad as the first and second times he had acquired skills beyond the S-class level. Back then, not only had Ray endured excruciating pain, but he had also suffered a period of vulnerability.

Without warning, Ray stood up and vanished from the spot. Mother Earth hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, and then appeared beside him in outer space.

The moment she appeared, the searing heat pricked her skin, forcing her to retreat hurriedly, fear flickering in her eyes.

The intense brightness and heat strained her eyes. Though she was no ordinary woman but a planetary being, she wasn't even qualified to stand near or gaze directly at this entity.

"How's it going, Sun?" Ray tilted his head, completely unaffected by the heat, his demeanour entirely unbothered.

He had expected the Sun to attack him immediately, but it seemed a shred of rationality still lingered within it.

"Ray!" the Sun's planetary being roared, its voice so powerful that the sheer heat and force warped the fabric of space itself.

Ray remained calm, casually waving his hand. "Let's not talk here, shall we?"

In an instant, the battlefield shifted. Both disappeared, reappearing in the fourth dimension.

Mother Earth watched this in disbelief, her expression speechless. "One of the greatest advantages of being a planetary being is that we can access the four dimensions. Ray is just a Celestial—how could he so easily enter, let alone force someone else to follow?"

She felt like her eyes were about to pop out just from witnessing this.

Inside the fourth dimension,

"Why are you still not attacking me?" Ray asked, his voice tinged with curiosity.

The Sun roared and howled, crying out Ray's name repeatedly, yet it still didn't attack.

Ray squinted his eyes, and then a laugh escaped him:

"You're afraid of me."

Indeed, the Sun trembled, the fear rising instinctively. Even though it had lost all rationality, the survival instinct present in every being was still active—and it seemed to have been triggered now.

"If you're not going to attack, then I will." Ray took a step forward, and the planetary being of the Sun instinctively backtracked..

"Die."

Ray whispered the word softly, his Mutation Energy circulating rapidly within his body. He formed a singularity both inside himself and right in front of the planetary being of the Sun.

"Nooo…" With a loud cry, the Sun began to flee, its expression filled with terror, even in its beastly mindset.

"It's impossible to escape." Ray raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

A black hole materialised, compressing time and space itself. The entire body of the Sun froze in place, slowly being consumed by the black hole.

Ray closed his eyes, feeling a surge of warm energy coursing through him. His attributes were increasing at an alarming rate, the growth almost overwhelming.

As he revelled in the transformation, the cocoon at the centre of the universe began to crack slowly.