Chapter 50
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Chapter 50: Hope City Weightlifting Champion
Zhuang Mian and El were intercepted by the guards at the entrance of the research institute.
This was entirely reasonable; as one of the hearts of the inner city, the guards here were all dedicated soldiers.
Without a search warrant or other valid documents, a public security captain’s badge alone was insufficient to allow her to bring a young man freely into the research institute.
Their claim that criminals planned to cause destruction within the institute was also understandably dismissed.
After all, Zhuang Mian’s accusation targeted the well-respected Mr. Zhao Kai from the research institute, making it hard for anyone to believe.
Not long after both sides began to argue, the sharp, piercing fire alarm suddenly rang out. The guards at the entrance turned in surprise, looking toward the source of the ringing.
A few quickly grabbed prepared fire extinguishers and rushed toward the building, leaving only one person to guard the entrance.
“Department of Life Technology?”
The remaining guard exclaimed in shock, as even he knew that Zhao Kai was the leader of the Department of Life Technology.
He looked back in surprise at the two peace officers trying to stop the criminals but found that no one was behind him.
He felt very strange but suddenly seemed to forget what he wanted to do.
Completely ignoring the alarm, the guard shut the door and returned to his position to continue his duty.
Meanwhile, Zhuang Mian took advantage of the guard’s shock as he turned back and struck him on the neck. She then used her ability, "Chaos," to forcefully pull him into the dream realm.
After confirming that he was fast asleep, Zhuang Mian quickly exited and swaggered with El toward the research institute building that triggered the alarm.
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Department of Life Technology.
With a loud “bang,” a colossal flesh blob, nearly three meters in diameter, crashed to the bottom of the elevator shaft.
The stainless steel door was violently smashed away, hitting the wall more than ten meters away.
This was the underground of the Department of Life Technology, a long-abandoned laboratory.
Of course, it was also a laboratory where Zhao Kai secretly revived experiments, accessible only to him and two black market doctors who had magnetic cards.
But all secrecy vanished along with the recent loud noise; exposure was just a matter of time.
However, the little rationality the flesh blob had left did not have time to ponder these matters. It rolled toward the bright light in its vision, casually devouring two shivering nurses as an appetizer.
With a crash, it smashed through a glass door, revealing the “sun” on the operating table.
As long as it consumed him, it could grow further and break through the limits hidden in its genes.
Two “hands” made from multiple arms reached out from either side of the flesh blob, and seven or eight differently angled and colored eyes slowly opened in the center of the blob.
“Hmm~ Delicious.”
A round mouth, lined with two rows of human teeth, opened amidst the cluster of eyes, drool starting to flow uncontrollably.
“Whoosh!”
The long arms moved quickly, intending to flatten and roll up Wang Xiao on the operating table and swallow him whole.
But at that moment, the completely unconscious man on the operating table suddenly rolled to the side, narrowly avoiding the deadly strikes from both sides.
“Bang!”
With the crash sound and the yielding and breaking of metal, the operating table beneath Wang Xiao had turned into a heap of scrap metal.
At this moment, the wound on his abdomen had just healed.
His body felt light, almost unnaturally so.
Wang Xiao had lost half of his blood and some of his internal organs, and he had just emerged from the effects of anesthesia.
If anything could explain the scene before him, it was his astonishingly powerful regenerative ability and his indomitable will to survive.
Then, a man and a flesh blob began a deadly chase within the cramped operating room, which was less than fifty square meters.
Wang Xiao limped as he dodged attacks, but the long arms of the creature still managed to tear away chunks of his flesh and blood.
His abilities seemed to have reached their limit, leaving him no strength to heal his wounds further.
Cornered and filled with despair, Wang Xiao had resigned himself to death.
At that moment, a cylindrical object struck the head of the flesh blob and fell between them.
Trained as he was, Wang Xiao immediately recognized it as a flashbang, but the monster, devoid of thinking ability, showed no reaction.
“Buzz!”
The bright light and the explosive sound from the flashbang temporarily disoriented the flesh blob, causing it to lose track of Wang Xiao’s location. Seizing the precious two seconds, Wang Xiao managed to escape from the corner and ran towards the curly-haired young man who had come to his aid.
Ji Yongxing struggled against the dizziness induced by the flesh blob, forcefully maintaining the activation of his ability, “Simplification.”
Through the layers of skin, he could still sense the presence of the blob’s brain inside.
The monster had recovered from its dizziness, and the recent sensory attack only heightened its fury.
Just then, a familiar voice reached the dozens of ears scattered across Ji Yongxing’s body:
“Professor, please wake up!
“Stop now, it’s not too late!
“Look at what you’ve become!”
The nearly extinguished thoughts of Zhao Kai revived, allowing him to see everything clearly through the dozens of eyes.
The flesh blob stood still for two seconds, one of its eyes glancing at the massive shards of glass around it.
Then, from its abyss-like mouth came human language:
“I feel very good right now.
“Yongxing, I’ll say this only once: leave here, or else…”
“Please look around, Professor, you’ve already killed many colleagues…”
“Shut up!”
The flesh blob’s tone suddenly rose,
“What do you know, Young Man?
“Do you have any idea how painful my illness is? Do you know what it’s like to have complete kidney failure for decades?
“What wrong did I do? The research institutes are meant for the capable, and my worth far exceeds that of those mediocre fools!
“If their deaths can become the nutrients for my rebirth, then so be it!
“Don’t forget, over three hundred projects across twenty laboratories in the Department of Life Technology rest on my shoulders!
“My existence itself is value!”
Ji Yongxing stared in disbelief at the flesh blob, finding it hard to reconcile with the elder who had encouraged him just two days ago.
To be honest, he somewhat understood Zhao Kai now.
But that did not mean he would back down.
Having frequently "traveled" through various departments for training, Ji Yongxing knew that if human experimental restrictions were lifted, many research projects would achieve significant breakthroughs within months.
However, Zhou Zhuo, as a human, had never approved any experiments in over a decade due to his principles.
And as Zhou Zhuo’s student, Ji Yongxing perfectly inherited this moral ethos.
Resolutely, he opened his arms to shield the completely fatigued Wang Xiao.
Meanwhile, the flesh blob wriggled in place, preparing to charge.
Just as the monster was about to crash into them, two beams of white light flashed by.
The enormous flesh blob rolled over two broken human anatomy models, sending the organs within flying everywhere.
At the end of the basement, El placed one hand on a person’s shoulder, tiny beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
