Chapter 712
Penglai Continent, Grey Cloud Mountain Range
Decades have passed, and except for the central area where the nuclear explosion occurred, the areas south of the Anlan Mountains are now lush green, a testament to the resilience of life.
Where the Demon God Temple once stood, a large tree now stands tall. As the sun rises, the tree’s grey leaves turn colorful, and bright fruits appear.
Shortly after, a bird landed on the tree, picked a fruit, and as it was about to fly away, branches suddenly shot out from the tree, piercing the bird. The bird fell to the ground, and roots emerged, pulling it underground.
One by one, the birds vanished, but others quickly took their place, attracted by the delicious fruit.
Apart from the birds attracted to the sky, a small puddle appeared in front of the big tree. The tree’s roots constantly seeped liquid, attracting many animals to come and drink. However, they could not escape misfortune.
Meanwhile, in a distant area, a fierce tiger was facing off with a giant ground worm. The tiger had painful sores on its body, while the ground worm, with its terrifying mouthparts half hidden underground, was massive.
"Roar"
Sensing danger, the tiger roared and spewed a ball of fire towards the ground worm, which didn’t try to dodge, allowing the fire to hit.
Seeing the fire had no effect, the tiger pounced and swiped a claw at the ground worm. "Sizzle"
The claw swiped across the ground worm, causing green liquid to spray out, corroding the tiger’s skin where it hit.
The ground worm retaliated by thrusting a tail hook into the tiger’s back, causing it to struggle and pull the ground worm out. The tiger bit the ground worm’s mouthpart but quickly let go, as the ground worm’s liquid nearly corroded its tongue.
The tiger found itself in a difficult situation. Its attacks were not enough to defeat the ground worm, and the worm’s liquid caused intense pain, forcing the tiger to struggle and cry out.
Finally, the ground worm opened its mouth, bit directly on the tiger’s head, let go of its tail, and slowly dragged the tiger underground.
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Ying Continent, a certain research facility
Lu Xuan stood outside the cage, watching a fierce battle inside. On one side was a third-stage early saw scale beast, and on the other side was a maximum of a second-stage late ape-like creature. The saw scale beast was stronger, but was now being pushed back.
It didn’t start losing at first. It had the upper hand at the beginning, but as time went on, it started losing because its enemy seemed invincible. No matter how many wounds it suffered, it could still fight back fiercely. When its magical power ran out, it started to weaken.
"Chief Lu, is this the perfect creature you requested?"
"Just a little more."
Lu Xuan said, as the ape-like creature in front of him was the result of their years of research. It had integrated many gene fragments. Its original form was a monkey, but now it was completely different.
It had more terrifying claws, teeth, and antennae than a monkey, as well as skin as tough as steel. From birth, its skin could deflect normal bullets.
Besides its outward appearance, it also has incredible strength, super quick reflexes, and an unbelievable ability to recover. Even its perception and vision far surpass those of ordinary creatures.
This is the monster created by Lu Xuan, or you could say it’s a perfect creature.
But Lu Xuan is still not completely satisfied because this ape-like creature lacks a bit of intelligence. Its intelligence is no different from that of an ordinary person, but Lu Xuan is not content. He wants more, that’s what he considers a perfect creature.
"Chief Lu, what is still missing?"
"Intelligence. Our human race stands tall in this world, relying on intelligence. Before spiritual energy recovery, in terms of speed, we are not as fast as tigers and leopards, nor as strong as cows and sheep. But we are still the rulers of the world’s biosphere, all because of our intelligence."
"But if the test subject exceeds in intelligence, we might not be able to control it. In the current experiment, if we hadn’t installed a chip bomb in its body, we probably wouldn’t be able to restrain it. Chief Lu, are you thinking about collaborating with the authorities?"
A researcher said their company’s capabilities were still somewhat weak to study more perfect creatures, so they might need to collaborate with the authorities.
"Don’t collaborate. What credit will we get by working with the authorities? Do you think with your qualifications, you could earn your current salary?"
"No, Chief Lu, I…"
"Okay, prepare the next test subject."
"Chief Lu, the next test subject will be a human."
The researchers’ voices were shaking. Their research was not authorized – in simple terms, it was illegal.
They had experimented on many subjects before – mice, cows, sheep, cats, dogs – it wasn’t a big deal. But later on, they moved to human-like chimpanzees, monkeys, and apes. According to their plan, the next step was to use human subjects.