Chapter 6: Violent Outburst!

After the Great Cataclysm, the world had been completely reshuffled. Awakeners who grasped extraordinary power were the ones standing at the top of the pyramid. However, although Awakeners were powerful, their numbers were extremely scarce. The vast majority of people awakened spontaneously through mutations after the Great Cataclysm, so the secret of awakening had been a mystery that countless people tried every possible way to crack ever since the Cataclysm.

As far as Katherine knew, the methods various survivor factions had figured out to artificially increase the number of Awakeners were nothing more than two. The first was the union of two Awakeners; their offspring had a great chance of being born awakened. The second was taking certain extremely rare and expensive Gene Potions to achieve artificial genetic mutation. And the reason Katherine had traveled a great distance here to activate this laboratory was to try another path, to attempt a way with a smaller cost to ‘manufacture’ Awakeners!

Now, the research topic she had pursued so diligently had finally seen a major breakthrough.

Hearing Ginny’s report, all the other researchers also became extremely excited. A huge breakthrough in the project naturally meant they could leave this godforsaken place sooner. Everyone focused intently on monitoring all of Chen Chong’s life signs, afraid of the slightest mistake.

Nearly an hour passed. At this moment, Chen Chong was still trembling and roaring on the fixed experiment table, but the intensity was growing weaker and weaker.

“Life Field Intensity 7.8… 7.9… 8.0…!”

The researcher responsible for calculating the Life Field Intensity glanced at Chen Chong on the experiment table and spoke to Katherine hesitantly:

“Doctor, the growth rate of the test subject’s Life Field is starting to drop, and his life reactions are gradually stabilizing… Perhaps the awakening process will end soon. Should we make preparations in advance?”

The preparation she mentioned was, naturally, injecting a powerful sedative in advance to prevent the test subject from waking up early and losing control.

“Not now!”

Staring directly at Chen Chong on the experiment table, Katherine’s star-like eyes were dazzling, but the words she spoke revealed an indescribable coldness:

“Injecting the sedative might disrupt the test subject’s awakening process and produce consequences we can’t predict. His consciousness won’t recover that quickly right now. Wait a little longer! Wait until the test subject’s Life Field stabilizes and the awakening process is completely finished. Then we’ll inject anesthetic into the test subject and conduct a full dissection!”

For Katherine, Chen Chong’s greatest value now was dissecting and studying his blood, heart, brain, nerves, and so on, to explore the reason for his sudden awakening, providing the most important data support for her experiment. For this, she would absolutely not allow any uncontrollable factors in this process.

Another hour passed.

By now, on the experiment table, the restrained Chen Chong had stopped trembling and roaring. His whole face was pale, lying quietly on the table without moving. The data fluctuation ranges on the various instruments also began to drop overall, finally leveling off.

The various researchers quickly compiled the life monitoring data. Katherine’s assistant, Ginny, examined the data entries and shouted excitedly:

“Doctor, the test subject’s Life Field Intensity has stabilized at 10.8… He has crossed into the ranks of Awakeners! All other life reactions have stabilized, the awakening process is perfectly complete!”

“Oh yes!!”

“Fantastic!”

Hearing Ginny’s report, the researchers present couldn’t help but let out a burst of enthusiastic cheering! This meant their human potential research had achieved breakthrough results. As long as they thoroughly dissected Chen Chong for in-depth study, they might achieve earth-shattering accomplishments that could even rewrite the world’s structure!

Katherine quickly walked to the screen, staring intently at the dense data on it, as if analyzing and calculating something.

“Very good, very good…”

After a minute, Katherine took a deep breath, unable to suppress the excitement in her eyes, and turned back to instruct:

“Ginny, inject the anesthetic immediately. Then call the guards at the door to transfer the test subject to the dissection room! I will personally perform this dissection!”

“Yes!”

Katherine remained enthralled, staring at the data on the screen. Her assistant Ginny didn’t dare delay. She immediately went to the experiment table and said urgently to a researcher:

“Carey, is the anesthetic dosage ready? Hurry up!”

One had to know, the current Chen Chong was no longer a weak prisoner but a newborn Awakener with a Life Field several times that of an ordinary person. The restraints on this experiment table were only for ordinary people. Once Chen Chong regained consciousness ahead of time, these leather straps might not be able to hold him.

On the cart beside the experiment table, anesthetic, scalpels, and a full set of tools were ready. The male researcher named Carey quickly prepared the dosage and handed the syringe to Ginny, smiling:

“Hey, Ginny, no need to be nervous. We’re already halfway to success. This poor toy has already realized his greatest value, hasn’t he? Maybe after the experiment is over, we can go to the cafeteria for a drink to celebrate.”

“You’re right, Carey. I really am a bit too nervous.”

The two stood beside the experiment table, glancing at Chen Chong, whose face was still pale as if in deep slumber. Ginny took the syringe Carey handed her, a smile appearing on her delicate face:

“Don’t you think it’s terribly impolite to invite a lady on a date here…”

Bang! Bang! Splurt!

Two urgent sounds interrupted Ginny’s words.

And she would never be able to speak again.

Because a hand with extremely sharp fingertips had already grabbed her slender neck like lightning. The five fingers effortlessly pierced deep into her throat, directly puncturing and tearing through her windpipe!

“Ack… ack…”

In that instant, Carey’s smile was still frozen on his face, while Ginny felt indescribable confusion and terror amidst the intense pain. In her fading vision, Chen Chong, who had been motionless as if in slumber, suddenly opened his eyes! The leather straps binding his arms had already been snapped, and his eyes were filled with nothing but utter coldness, cruelty, and sarcasm!

“Aren’t you celebrating a bit too early?”

Swish!

In the next instant, just as a scream of sheer terror was still brewing in Carey’s throat and hadn’t been let out, Chen Chong’s other hand snatched the sharp syringe from Ginny’s hand and, in a backhanded motion, stabbed it into Carey’s face like lightning. The sharp needle directly burst his eyeball and stabbed deep into his brain!

In less than two seconds! Two researchers killed! The effects of the Ultra Divine Water had completely ended. At this moment, Chen Chong only felt his perception and reactions were incredibly sharp, and his strength was on a completely different level!

“Ahhhhh—”

“Ah! Ah! The test subject is out of control!”

“Guards! Guards!”

This series of events all happened in less than two short seconds. Carey, whose eyeball had been burst, let out a blood-curdling scream. And the researchers in the entire Experiment Hall who finally noticed the bloody scene on the experiment table all let out terrified shrieks in unison! Five meters away, Katherine, who was absorbed in the data, was also jolted awake. Her face changed drastically as she whipped her head around!

But at the same instant, Chen Chong flung away Ginny, whose windpipe had already been torn out. With bulging veins, he snapped all the remaining leather straps in one go and leaped down from the experiment table!

“Ka! ther! ine!”

In this moment when everyone was terrified and unable to react, Chen Chong let out a roar! Like a fierce tiger breaking out of its cage, like violent lightning, carrying a whistling gust of wind, he pounced towards Katherine five meters away with an utterly ferocious, vicious, and swift momentum!

Capture the ringleader first to capture the bandits!