Chapter 178: Super Warrior Manufacturing Center

Zhou Liming had only heard people briefly mention the birth of a Super Warrior; the process was confidential.

Considering that under such advanced technology in the Grand Rear, the success rate was only 15%, and the mortality rate during the process was as high as 75%, it was as cruel as could be; naturally, the entire process had to be highly confidential. Otherwise, if the secret leaked, it would definitely cause public outrage and would also have a major impact on the image of the Super Warriors. Once the secret leaked, what would people think of first? Not how power ful the Super Warriors were, but that they were all survivors who had crawled out of piles of corpses.

With a transformation process equipped with perfect facilities, the success rate was still a mere 15%; then for the Super Warrior transformation, which was still in a primitive stage, with a 7% success rate, it was no different from a purgatory. Perhaps out of ten people, not a single one would crawl out.

In an industrial park in the West District of Xiyang City, security was tight, with twenty Level Four Super Warriors stationed there.

An ordinary industrial park was actually the most core secret of Xiyang City; this was the Super Warrior Manufacturing Center. Perhaps the word “manufacturing” was hard for people to accept, but that was the reality. Super Warriors were not trained, nor were they born; they were like semi-finished products that needed to be manufactured and processed, and only after eliminating the defective products would one obtain a true Super Warrior.

For the Super Warriors who walked out of the manufacturing center, deep in their memories, this place was like a hell, not a heaven. Anyone who witnessed their entire manufacturing process, that cruel and bloody scene, the howls uttered countless days and nights, the heart-wrenching screams, and the failed corpses carried out from time to time, would make you understand that behind the Super Warriors lay a bloody road.

As the supreme ruler of Xiyang City, Zhou Liming possessed the highest authority over everything here. Although this manufacturing center was in a state of absolute lockdown, it was not difficult for Zhou Liming to enter.

Standing in front of the main building of the industrial park, Chen Yunian hesitated for a moment and said, “Chief, do you really want to go in?” He could not help but remind him, “Inside…”

Chief was Zhou Liming’s current identity; Chen Yunian’s power remained unchanged, but his title of Commander had changed to Mayor. Chen Yunian had no objection to this; without an army, being called Commander was indeed somewhat undeserved. But Mayor was different; after all, Xiyang City was a city with a population of several hundred thousand, so this title was well-deserved.

Zhou Liming smiled; as a Super Warrior, what bloody scene had he not seen? “There are some things we always need to face. If you cannot even control yourself in this kind of scene, how do you think we can improve the entire process and increase the success rate? Moreover, do not forget, we are Super Warriors; for the vast majority of people, this is their home.”

A strange smile appeared on Chen Yunian’s thin face as he said, “It seems the older people get, the more they fear death. After living a whole life, I still fall far short of your boldness, Chief.”

The concept when the entire industrial park was initially designed was to divide it into several areas, with the main building being specifically for biological manufacturing. The companies inside were generally engaged in pharmaceutical research, and there were also some incubation rooms established here. The various types of equipment inside were the reason why the Super Warrior Manufacturing Center was established here.

Entering the main building, there were patrol teams of two responsible for the safety here.

But the actual manufacturing room was not on these floors, but in a huge basement. The floors above housed some Super Warriors who had already succeeded and were in their growth phase. Once the growth phase was complete, they would be transferred to the North District training camp of Xiyang City for a week of training to become a qualified Super Warrior in the eyes of Chen Yunian and the others.

Walking down the stairs to the basement, one could faintly hear heart-wrenching screams, which in this enclosed space sounded like ghostly roars.

Zhou Liming frowned slightly; although the basement had ventilation facilities, a faint smell of blood could still be smelled.

Perhaps because they had been notified, the person in charge of the entire center, Bin Tianhua, was already standing at the stairway entrance with several staff members to welcome them. Seeing the young man accompanied by Chen Yunian, they did not know Zhou Liming’s current identity, but the fact that he could make Chen Yunian stand behind him still gave them a big shock.

What was Chen Yunian’s status? He was the head of the city’s three giants and also the most powerful person. What kind of person could make him submit?

Chen Yunian saw the astonishment in their eyes and smiled wryly in his heart, but on his face, he smiled and introduced, “Chief, this is Bin Tianhua, the person in charge of the center. Tianhua, this is the Chief of our Xiyang City. I am now the Mayor of Xiyang City.”

Bin Tianhua could catch the fleeting helplessness in Chen Yunian’s eyes and immediately understood that the city outside had changed hands in just these few short days. The center of power had shifted to this young man. Thinking that Chen Yunian and the others, with their status as Level Five Super Warriors, had to submit to the other party, one could imagine the other party’s identity…

A Level Six Super Warrior? As the person in charge here, he understood very well how huge the difference between Level Five and Level Six was.

Thinking of this, Bin Tianhua naturally became awed and said, “Bin Tianhua greets the Chief.”

Zhou Liming just smiled and said, “Director Bin is too polite. I am just curious about the process of the Super Warrior, so I asked Mayor Chen to bring me to take a look.” Bin Tianhua was a bit puzzled by Zhou Liming’s words; the process of the Super Warrior? Could it be that Zhou Liming didn’t know? However, he did not dare to ask that, but instead led the way in front and said, “Since the Chief wants to understand, let me act as a guide.”

The further in they went, the louder the howls inside became.

In the passage, they also saw several staff members wearing protective suits pushing a cart similar to a dining cart out of the basement. From the thick smell of blood emanating from it, Zhou Liming realized what it was. Bin Tianhua said in a low voice beside him, “Chief, this is a failed product, being sent to the cremation room.”

Chen Yunian added from the side, “Chief, during the earlier rice harvest, the entire manufacturing center almost stopped the transformation.”

After all, Xiyang City was just a city, and the number of Super Warriors, besides needing to be stationed in the city, could not be arranged in greater numbers to go out to hunt or capture Fierce Beasts. Unlike the Grand Rear, which had specialized Gene Extractors, on the frontlines where dozens of cities were stationed with Super Warrior squadrons, the number of Fierce Beast Genes sent to the National Biological Research Institute every day was astonishing, far beyond what Xiyang City could compare with.

The importance of food was self-evident; it concerned the survival of hundreds of thousands of people, so naturally, the focus was placed on grain planting and harvesting.

Bin Tianhua nodded, then pushed his glasses and said, “Yes, the last batch of ten Fierce Beasts was processed yesterday morning, and it has currently entered the transformation stage.”

Entering the hall of the basement, there was some simple equipment. On hospital beds, after some special modifications, iron locks for hands and feet were welded on to prevent the person undergoing transformation from doing crazy things while their mind was unclear during the process. If it were a fully grown Super Warrior, these steel welded locks would not be able to trap them. But in the early stage of transformation, the Fierce Beast Gene had not yet exerted its effect, so they were just a bit stronger than ordinary people in their madness and could not break free from these locks.

The entire transformation procedure here had nothing scientific about it; at most, it provided some better conditions for the people undergoing transformation so that they would be less affected by the outside world.

Zhou Liming remembered that Ren Zhigang had mentioned before that in the transformation procedure of the Grand Rear, there was an anesthesia procedure that could reduce the pain for the soldiers undergoing transformation. Moreover, there was another benefit: reduced stimulation to the brain helped to improve the success rate of the transformation. He asked, “Didn’t you inject them with anesthetics?”

In the underground hall, there were thirty beds in total, which meant that at most thirty people could undergo transformation here at one time, and the number of people who could walk out of here might be less than three.

At this time, on the beds, ten selected people were undergoing final physical examinations. They wore only a pair of shorts, and it could be seen that all of them were strong young men, no older than thirty years old. Each of these ten people had serious expressions, and some even had a little excitement.

Bin Tianhua said from the side, “Chief, the anesthetics ran out long ago. In fact, even the hospitals only have a little left, reserved for emergencies.”

Zhou Liming also thought of this result. In nearly seven months, what was left in the city? Except for the supplies controlled in the early days, everything in every shop in the city had long been snatched away by people; nothing remained; it was empty. Especially some daily necessities; in the city, they were the most sought after.

Thinking of the expressions of the ten people who were about to undergo transformation, Zhou Liming looked at Bin Tianhua. The other party just hesitated for a moment and whispered, “They don’t know about the 7% success rate.” He said with embarrassment, “For Super Warrior transformation, once it succeeds, they effectively become Superman-like existences. If we forced them, after gaining the ability, they might do things unfavorable to us in their anger.”

Zhou Liming fell silent. Although this was unfair to them, and even a bit cruel, in order to achieve the goal of controlling them, this was a necessary means. Even if he felt that this method held hidden dangers for the future, for now, they had to do it.

The people in the city were just ordinary people; they were not soldiers, they had no loyalty, nor the courage to face death. Could you hope that after explaining clearly that there was only a 7% success rate, they would still enthusiastically sign up, holding onto a 7% hope to become a Super Warrior? Perhaps some would grit their teeth and take the risk… but more would choose to give up, right?

Thinking of such a low success rate, Zhou Liming had to sigh with emotion at his own luck back then; after all, this was a 7% success rate!