"Thump!"
There was a dull thud as the Tyrant's gigantic head slammed into the floor-to-ceiling window in front of everyone. Blood splattered everywhere, staining the floor-to-ceiling window red.
When everyone saw the Tyrant's head flying off, they could not help but gasp in shock.
Two bone spikes in the shape of a sickle grew out of the elbow of the Black Knight that was sent flying. These two bone spikes were incredibly sharp. At the moment of impact, the Black Knight used these two bone spikes to latch onto the Tyrant's head and used the momentum of the Tyrant's attack to kill the Tyrant on the spot!
Chen Chen could not help but applaud. "That's impressive, I didn't expect it to be able to defeat the Tyrant in melee combat."
"Doesn't that count as an unfair advantage?"
Li Lei commented, "Boss, this Black Knight clearly used a weapon. Even though the weapon grew out of its body, if the Tyrant was given another chance, it's hard to say who would've won or lost, right?"
Chen Chen shook his head and laughed. "You're wrong, Li Lei. Your reflexes can't keep up, that's why you're under the illusion that the Tyrant is stronger. In fact, during the fight, you can tell that the Black Knight injected with the G-358 virus is superior to the Tyrant in terms of speed, agility, defense, and recovery. What's even more insane is that the Black Knight can evolve according to the opponent's attacks. Even if there were ten or a hundred more matches, the Black Knight would still emerge victorious."
Chen Chen shook his head regretfully. "It's just a shame that this virus has a limited duration. It's not permanent."
Little X nodded. She looked at the battlefield again and reminded, "It's been fifteen minutes since it transformed. Based on the previous experiments, it should be about time..."
Following Chen Chen's words, the Black Knight who had just gotten up suddenly bent over again and collapsed to the ground as if it had lost all of its strength. At the same time, a large amount of water vapor sprayed out of its mouth and nose like a broken sack. It was as if water had left its body. The bone spikes on its back and elbows as well as the stratum corneum all over its body rapidly oxidized and turned into powder that drifted into the air...
"The experiment subject is shedding its shell!"
Hannibal yelled out.
Everyone looked over, only to see that as the water vapor dissipated, the monster that the Black Knight had turned into was like an insect shedding its skin, completely shedding its huge outer clothes. Then, it slowly climbed out of the shedded shell.
Under Chen Chen's gaze, the Black Knight who had transformed into a body of bone spurs and stratum corneum had reverted to his previous appearance. Apart from the slippery mucus all over his body, the only difference from before was — he seemed to have lost more than seventy to eighty kilograms. His hair and other hair had all disappeared without a trace...
"How marvelous …"
Seeing this scene, Chen Chen could not help murmuring in a low voice.
As early as a few months ago, he had seen Little X perform this experiment. However, at that time, the target was a rabbit. What was used was not the current complete G-358 virus but the G-322 virus.
At that time, the scene of the rabbit returning to its original size gave Chen Chen a great shock. Now, the shock was even greater.
"Mr. Chen, we …"
Watson suddenly spoke to Chen Chen.
"Go."
Before Watson could finish, Chen Chen waved his hand. He knew that Watson and the others were going to return to the experimental hall on the first floor to perform a full-body examination on the recovered Black Knight. This was to record the changes before and after the experiment subject was injected with the G-358.
After seeing Chen Chen's response, they left the second floor again. Ten minutes later, they put on their protective suits and returned to the first floor to perform a variety of tests on the Black Knight.
If one were to say that the Dark Knight from before had a strong physique and a valiant disposition, then the Dark Knight who had turned back into the Dark Knight now looked like a beggar. His entire body was emaciated, as if his body had been hollowed out. He could only hunch there like a patient who was terminally ill.
Half an hour later, a series of physical examinations were completed and the results were delivered to Chen Chen.
"That's right. Although the Black Knight has lost 80% of his fat and 50% of his muscle due to the 'molting' this time, and he has also become a severely malnourished patient with low blood pressure, low blood fat, and low blood sugar, these are all reversible. In fact, his body has not suffered any irreversible damage."
Chen Chen looked at the report in his hand and pondered, "In other words, with the Black Knight's physique, if there's an emergency, the G-358 should be within acceptable limits."
"Yes, especially if there's no gun."
Little X said, "It's very likely that under certain circumstances, a G-358 can save a life."
Chen Chen nodded in agreement.
In fact, this was the fifty-fifth experiment with the G-358. This meant that the experimental process was almost complete. Although there was still the possibility of accidents, overall, the benefits of the G-358 far outweighed the risks.
This was more than worth it.
"However, I have an even bolder idea."
At this time, Chen Chen suddenly said, "If the Black Knight can achieve this effect after being injected with the G-358, then what will happen if the Tyrant is injected with this virus?"
Little X's eyes lit up when she heard this. Indeed, the Tyrant and the Black Knight were essentially the same. The only difference was that the Black Knight was a miniature version of the Tyrant. Part of the genes had been modified to make it no different from a normal person.
Since the G-358 was effective on the Black Knight, it should be effective on the Tyrant as well.
"But I'm afraid the changes won't be too drastic."
After thinking for a while, Little X used her computing power to simulate the genetic changes of the Tyrant after being injected with the G-358 and said, "I found that there's a pattern to the injection of this type of G-3 virus. Previously, when we used rabbits as test subjects, the rabbits grew more than ten times their original size, from twenty centimeters to a giant rabbit over a meter in size. Now that we're using the Black Knight as test subjects, the rabbit's size only increased by four or five times. If we use the Tyrant, the effect will continue to decrease until it's not even doubled in size."
"It's better than nothing."
Chen Chen rubbed his chin and said nonchalantly, "It'll be even better if this virus can allow the infected to transform at will."
"That's impossible!"
Little X shook her head vigorously and pursed her lips. "The reason the Black Knight's size and weight increase after being injected with the G-358 is that after being infected with the virus, the host's skin will produce a special organ that can directly absorb moisture and microorganisms in the air to replenish itself. Moreover, the host's blood will produce a large number of high-energy covalent bonds that directly react with the nitrogen in the air, thereby forming an exoskeleton...
"However, there's a price to pay for this process, which is the consumption of a large amount of fat and energy. The reason why even the Black Knight can only last for more than ten minutes is because the energy will be quickly depleted during this period!"
"I know."
Chen Chen smiled. "It can't be done now, but it doesn't mean it can't be done in the future."
"That's true..."
Only then did Little X nod in agreement.
When Chen Chen left the laboratory, a Black Knight suddenly approached him and took out a strangely shaped metal tube about twenty centimeters long and handed it to Chen Chen.
Chen Chen took it and saw that the metal tube was a strangely shaped syringe. Apart from the two buttons, one blue and one green, he could also see the dark red liquid inside.
This was the tube of G-358 virus.
Chen Chen already knew how to use it when he watched the Black Knight administer the injection. He gently pressed the blue button on the syringe and with a "whoosh", a dark, slender needle protruded out!
"It's best if you can insert it into the heart. That way, it'll take effect as soon as possible."
Little X reminded.
Chen Chen nodded noncommittally. The length of the needle was about fourteen or fifteen centimeters, which happened to be as deep as the human heart. Seeing this, he pressed the blue button again and the needle retracted with a "whoosh".
Although Chen Chen had Field as a weapon and did not think that he would need to use this kind of thing, he did not reject it as it was better to be prepared.
After putting the virus in his pocket, the two of them left the Spire Experimental Base and returned to the surface.
As for the experiment of the Tyrant injecting the G-358 virus, Chen Chen did not have to follow up on it. The group of experts would take care of everything for him.
...
While the Eco Science City continued to flourish, on the other side of the world — Los Angeles in North America, it was dusk.
In the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles, in addition to the world-famous luxury housing area, there was also a huge warehouse area.
The name of this warehouse area was Herrank Warehouse District. It was said that in the 1950s, a capitalist named Herrank took the lead in establishing it, so the name continued in this area.
The Herrank Warehouse District encompassed most of the daily necessities of the city of Los Angeles. As a material storage point, countless businesses and industries stored their goods here. From a bird's eye view, one could see a huge cluster of warehouses stretching thousands of miles, stretching all the way to the end of one's sight. All of them were domed warehouses.
At this time, somewhere in this warehouse area, a batch of special steel imported from abroad was being transported in by trucks. With the help of cranes, they were unloaded into one of the open warehouses. At the same time, this warehouse was quickly filling up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The operation of this area was also inseparable from the workers working in this area. Brewster Chester was one of the tens of thousands of ordinary unloading workers in this large warehouse area.
Brewster Chester had a body full of fat. Like most ordinary workers, he usually wore a yellow safety helmet, dirty work clothes, and stained jeans. His favorite thing to do was to eat hamburgers in big mouthfuls.
It was dusk at this time. Due to the season, the sky darkened later and later. Although it was almost seven o 'clock in the evening, the sky was still as blue as ever. One could only see the sun gradually setting in the west as if it was about to set.
Chester, who was operating the crane, saw the last truck leaving after unloading. He looked at the time and saw that it was already half an hour past the end of work. He shook his head helplessly, then whistled and climbed down from the crane.
"Chester!"
One of the workers in the factory greeted him. "What's up, are you ready to get off work?"
"Yes, I'm done with my work. Next, it's your job."
Chester replied casually as his colleague walked toward the parking lot without stopping.
"Wait a minute, Chester. I have something I want to show you."
However, the workmate suddenly lowered his voice and called out to Chester.
"Oh?"
Chester spread his hands and stopped in his tracks, a little puzzled. "Leon, what do you want me to see?"
"Something very cool... Anyway, you'll know when you come in!"
The worker called Leon revealed a mysterious look. He waved his hand, then turned around and walked into the warehouse.
Chester stood in front of the warehouse and hesitated for a few seconds. However, thinking that he would not get pregnant by going in and taking a look, he had no choice but to shrug and follow the other party into the dark warehouse.
As soon as they entered the warehouse, the first thing they were greeted with was the smell of machine oil and steel.
This warehouse was one of the warehouses where Chester had unloaded the goods before. He also knew the origin of this batch of goods. They were none other than huge steel pillars.
These steel pillars, which were as thick as a human's waist, were all used to lay the foundations of tall buildings. In terms of architecture, they were called steel pillars.
In front, Leon continued to walk forward. Chester caught up with him in two or three steps and asked, "Leon, what exactly do you want me to see?"
"We'll be there soon."
Leon's face was full of excitement, but he still kept Chester in suspense. No matter how Chester asked, he did not answer.
It was not until the two were about to reach the end of the warehouse that Leon stopped.
"We're here?"
Chester was already a little impatient. He looked at the sky outside the window next to him, only to see that the sky had begun to change from azure to dark blue. He followed Leon's gaze and asked, "So, what exactly do you want me to see? Now..."
Before he could finish, Chester suddenly closed his mouth.
That was because he saw that among the pile of steel pillars stacked beside Leon, there was a vivid mural on one of the steel pillars...
The content of the mural was that of four angels with wings. These four angels were almost doing the same action, that was, they were all covering their eyes. The only difference was that they were at different angles. Some were squatting, some were standing, some were sideways, and some were upright.
However, it was a little strange to call it a mural because these pictures were more like reliefs. What puzzled Chester was, who would carve reliefs on building materials like steel pillars?
"I say, Leon..."
Chester suddenly said, "Is this what you mean by 'very cool'? Where did they come from? "
Leon did not answer but stared blankly at the four angels.
"Hey?"
Chester asked in a heavy tone.
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