Chapter 65: Signing the Contract

Chapter 65: Signing the Contract

The liquid level in the tank dropped, and Chen Feng stepped out.

He put on his jacket and asked Ding Hu beside him, “Instructor, how is my adaptation level?”

He already knew the answer even without asking.

Ding Hu forced himself to stay calm. “It’s alright.”

“Just alright? That strict? Buddy, what’s my adaptation level?”

Chen Feng turned and asked the white-coated technician who had just finished reporting nearby.

“Wait a moment,” the white-coated man did not answer Chen Feng’s question immediately.

He was waiting for a reply from his superior.

This matter was too significant. He needed approval from the leadership before deciding whether to tell Chen Feng the truth.

Unlike a thousand years ago when everything involved cumbersome procedures, where they made you run to seven or eight different places for a five-minute task, this era, despite having a larger population, had a remarkably efficient administrative system.

If the matter you reported was important enough and passed the system review, anyone could have their message reach the highest authorities instantly.

In less than thirty seconds, the top leadership made a decision, generated an instruction in the Artificial Intelligence system, and transmitted it down.

The white-coated man lowered his head and quickly scanned the message. Then, he put on an extremely eager smile, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart. “Congratulations, Chen Feng. Your adaptation level to the Coagulation Serum is one hundred percent.”

Chen Feng nodded calmly. “One hundred percent? That’s alright, I guess. Anyway, it means I can wear the Azure Dragon Armor now, right?”

Several white-coated technicians and Ding Hu were a bit dumbfounded.

It seemed this guy had no idea what a one hundred percent adaptation level meant?

They were so excited they felt like flying, but the person concerned showed zero reaction. The contrast was quite an uncomfortable feeling.

Ding Hu next to him had to add, “Before you, the highest human adaptation record was ninety-one point seven three. You are the first person in history to achieve one hundred percent.”

By the end of his sentence, Ding Hu’s voice was already trembling slightly.

Chen Feng finally understood. So that’s what Brother Hu meant by ‘alright’.

He nodded in realization, deliberately opening his mouth wide and drawing out his words, “Oh—I see.”

Ding Hu and the white-coated technicians still couldn’t stand his fake look of surprise.

Ding Hu said, “That’s it?”

Chen Feng shrugged. “What else? Should I set off firecrackers to celebrate?”

As someone who knew the ending, he really had no feeling for this so-called new record.

It changed nothing. Humanity had too little time left.

Things turned out somewhat different from what Chen Feng had expected, and in the end, he got many unexpected benefits.

He signed a contract with the World Government to assist in scientific research.

In a sense, he became a lab rat, but without being dissected. He only needed to provide some blood and tissue cells.

The contract also contained other terms. For example, he agreed to let the World Government trace the origin of his genes.

But he wasn’t worried that the World Government would completely recreate another Chen Feng based on his genetic origin.

Even twins aren’t exactly the same, let alone siblings?

Each time DNA strands recombine to form DNA, it’s a brand-new creative process.

He also wasn’t worried about being cloned.

The growth of life has its own natural laws, and the essence of these laws has not been broken through to this day.

Although Chen Feng had the value of being cloned, this world only had one year left. There wasn’t enough time.

From then on, he was basically registered with the Research Institute.

While signing the electronic documents, Chen Feng pointed at the clause about allowing cloning and asked the white-coated man beside him, “Have they ever cloned humans before?”

The white-coated man didn’t dare answer, but an aged voice came from the electronic display in Chen Feng’s hand.

“Yes. Over the past few centuries, the World Government has attempted human cloning many times. The main cloning targets were top scientists from specific eras.”

Chen Feng clicked his tongue. “Would people agree to that? Doesn’t that feel strange?”

“Of course.”

“Such a great sacrifice.”

“You agreed too, didn’t you?”

Chen Feng pursed his lips privately.

He didn’t refuse because he knew the ending in advance. That was different from others.

The voice from the other side seemed to get talkative. It explained the contract in detail for Chen Feng and shared some secrets that could never be found in the database.

Chen Feng was happy to go along. He wanted to know more ‘history’ anyway.

The more he listened, the more shocked he became.

Take cloning, for example. According to statistics, in the centuries since the World Government’s establishment, the total number of attempts exceeded one hundred thousand.

But unfortunately, the results were far from ideal, bordering on disastrous.

Even when cloning top talents who had proven their talent and abilities, the Human Clones completely failed to inherit the original’s talent. Even being average was a luxury.

All sorts of deformed, sick, twisted, and congenitally anti-social defective individuals emerged frequently.

The entire cloning project created no value. It only wasted countless resources in vain.

But what shocked Chen Feng the most was the persistence of the entire World Government’s leadership. They knew the tiger was on the mountain, yet they deliberately went there.

It was a minefield that people in the past argued about for decades without daring to touch, but these people stepped on it again and again.

In the history of these centuries, there really were instances where leaders faced widespread public accusations due to the exposure of cloning plans. Ultimately, to quell public anger, there were many cases where leadership collectively committed suicide.

But even today, when Chen Feng with one hundred percent adaptation was born, the leadership still approved the restart of the cloning plan without hesitation.

Chen Feng could sense the urgency and determination of those people.

To avoid extinction, for the survival of the race, these people had long decided to spare no cost.

Their philosophy was very iron-willed, even bordering on ruthless and cold. They were merciless not only to others but also to themselves. They didn’t care about being condemned through the ages.

Because in their understanding, if they did nothing, if they remained indecisive in their actions, when the Doomsday came, they would surely regret not being more decisive.

When Chen Feng signed the last name, the aged voice spoke again, “Thank you very much for your help, Corporal Chen Feng. Due to your outstanding contribution, effective immediately, you will be appointed as a guest scientist by the Pangu Research Institute. Your citizen rank is upgraded to level two. Your citizen credit rating and welfare benefits will be greatly improved, and you also have broader access to information. Please continue your efforts, Corporal Chen Feng. I hope we will meet someday.”

“Thank you.”

Chen Feng cupped his hands slightly, feeling very satisfied.

His access to information was improved!

This contract was really worth signing!

He couldn’t wait to rush back to his dorm right now.

“If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back and rest now.”

The white-coated man instructed, “Yes. However, due to the serum’s effects, your mind will be in an excited state for the next three hours. Your thinking will be much sharper than usual, and you won’t feel tired. But after exactly three hours, you will fall into deep sleep. You will need ten consecutive hours of sleep before waking up and returning to normal. Before sleeping, please be sure to consume enough food. Also, do not remove the Personal Smart Terminal watch-style device. It’s for us to monitor your physical condition and avoid accidents. This is our first time dealing with a subject with one hundred percent adaptation. We don’t have much experience.”

“Okay.” After listening to his ramble, Chen Feng quickly turned and walked out of the room.

Ding Hu followed from behind. “I’ll walk you back to the dorm.”

“Huh? Instructor, you don’t need to do that. I feel refreshed right now. I can make it back to the dorm.”

Ding Hu shook his head. “No, didn’t you listen just now? You are no longer a Private. You’re a Corporal now. The logistics department already sent someone to move your personal belongings to a new dorm with Corporal standards. The conditions are better. It’s next to my room. I’ll show you the way.”

“Oh, I see. Thanks, Brother Hu.”

“You call me Brother Hu? Quite nice, feels close. Once we board the Warship, I’ll have everyone call me that.” Ding Hu grinned widely.

Chen Feng said nothing more.

According to his own intentions, he might not actually board the Warship.

Living a few more minutes was good too.

The two walked all the way back to the dormitory area. Ding Hu brought Chen Feng to the door of his new dorm, and the door automatically opened.

Before leaving, Ding Hu suddenly patted Chen Feng’s shoulder with emotion.

“Feng.”

Chen Feng got goosebumps all over.

“Brother Hu, be normal.”

“Promise me, you must die later than I do.”

“Huh?”

“Professor Ouyang just said you can perform the strongest maneuver in the history of the Azure Dragon Armor. That makes you the strongest soldier in all of humanity! So you must live the longest. I hope someone can stay alive until the end to collect my body. It has to be you.”

Chen Feng was speechless.

Ding Hu didn’t say anything more. He quickly turned his face away and went back to his own room.

Chen Feng clearly saw that Brother Hu’s eyes were slightly moist the moment he turned away.

Watching Ding Hu’s broad back disappear beyond the light and shadow of the room, Chen Feng thought to himself, Brother Hu, you’re naive.

Do you really think a single strong soldier can save the world?

You’ve thought too much.

Do you know what we’re up against?

They don’t even fire. They just wipe out our entire Spacecraft fleet, okay?

They can destroy humanity in the blink of an eye, okay?

Me wearing the Azure Dragon Armor and being as fast as a skyrocket is useless.

No matter how fast, can I be as fast as that strange light that instantly covers the whole planet?

Just then, the Base’s evening bugle call sounded, reminding everyone it was bedtime.

The evening bugle call was the military song. Chen Feng was very familiar with it. He heard it every day during his previous three times here and could even sing it.

But he didn’t copy this song because he thought this military song really wasn’t very good.

This time, however, Chen Feng was quite surprised initially upon hearing the prelude of the evening bugle.

This evening bugle call was different from last time. The prelude sounded somewhat sorrowful.

About twenty to thirty seconds later, a clear singing voice rang out.

Chen Feng was deeply shaken.

What a familiar voice!

Even more familiar lyrics!

What sort of ghost did I run into?

Isn’t this Zhong Lei’s “Baptism of Fire”?