Chapter 673: Chapter 398: New Super Ancient Creature Essence Blood
That night.
The night enveloped the sky, neon lights floating above.
The city circle of Nanjiang District was brightly lit, with traffic still flowing back and forth on the streets.
The Chi Bo Energy Building stood solemnly like a giant amidst the bustling city, overlooking everything, with only a sparse number of people passing by at this hour.
"Sister Zhang, I’m leaving."
"Alright, Xiao Fang, take care on the road."
Employees with ID badges waved goodbye outside the building, either getting into cars or walking away from the leveled parking plaza.
Looking up, the lights in the skyscraper slowly turned off, leaving only a few scattered offices or rooms still illuminated.
Moonlight shrouded everything, with stars twinkling in the sky.
Until after nine o’clock in the evening.
"Close the door."
A voice was heard through the communication module, and security personnel closed the only passageway in the building.
The glass steel door of the first floor was shut, and all the monitoring devices installed within the floors switched to night mode simultaneously.
Thermal scans, infrared rays...
Occasionally, some transformed people in suits could be seen guarding the security room inside, patrolling each floor at regular intervals.
This scene was merely the usual state of security for a super giant enterprise, meant to protect the company’s core secrets, prevent loss and theft, as well as to guard against potential assassinations or sabotage.
But.
"Something is indeed not right."
Chen Feng squinted, observing everything through the shared vision of the Holy Shield Giant.
The burly figure stood atop the opposite high-rise, a black cloak billowing in the wind, with a custom-made widened and lengthened hood and robe.
By deliberately reducing the size of the Holy Shield Giant and keeping its wings tightly against its body, this disguise effectively concealed most of its features.
This was a preparation he had made when idling before.
After all, resources for modifications above the Sixth Order were rarely circulated among civilians.
The Holy Shield Giant’s strength was now too great; revealing its identity would be hard to explain.
He didn’t want the upper echelons of Red Capital, or even those at the Divine General level, to focus their attention on him just yet.
As the thought crossed his mind, six small white gray stone statues fluttered their wings beside the Holy Shield Giant and scattered in all directions.
During this period, it proactively split and birthed several small stone statues.
With this, it gained a perception capability similar to Chen Feng’s, using its group to explore and taking in the entire environment around the Chi Bo Energy Building through rocky eyes.
The building’s security was more concentrated on the first floor, in addition to several underground spaces.
When personnel changed shifts, they would be split into two groups immediately, taking the elevator and walking to negative floors, clearly indicating something important existed underground.
This was the result of his observations over time, as well as the findings from his current surveillance.
He suspected it might be the forbidden experimental site of Chi Bo Energy, and the key to martial cooperation research.
After briefly pondering, Chen Feng quickly made a decision.
...
"How’s the experimental data?"
"It’s stabilized, and no more abnormal fluctuations have appeared."
"Not bad, it seems this method is indeed effective."
Researchers in the underground laboratory conversed in low tones, while armed security patrolled nearby.
Black cables clung tightly to the walls and floors, leading to the central specially-designed metal platform.
There, tubes of serum were placed in a vertical array, with various energy liquids continuously being injected into them.
Corresponding data quickly floated on the virtual light screen; it was comprehensive information about each martial artist.
Additionally, at the center of this metal platform,
a special scarlet serum was placed, with specks of silver light flickering inside the glass container, appearing unlike human blood.
There were also corresponding data parameters, constantly fluctuating, seemingly trying to match and correlate with data from other serums.
"Everyone, speed up the progress."
"Secretary Liu and Manager Feng have instructed, several more batches of serum need to be extracted and made...."
The experimental team leader spoke up to remind them.
Nobody refuted, most continued their research with fervent expressions.
Participating in these near-forbidden-level experiments each time made them feel their professional knowledge greatly expanded each time.
There appeared to be electromagnetic fluctuations stimulating energy in some of the serums.
This scene had almost become routine, and the patrolling security squad was already accustomed to it.
"It’s so boring, staying here every day, not allowed to leave easily."
"Should have left with Manager Feng and Secretary Liu... heard they went to a new base."
"It’s all the same, until the experiment yields results, none of us can leave freely.... but, I do wish this experiment ended sooner...."
Several transformed people stood at the laboratory’s entrance, shaking their heads softly, waiting for their turn to change shifts.
The tightly closed metal door was equipped with various powerful defense systems, with a virtual blue light screen hovering at one side, displaying surveillance footage from the ground-level building.
"Finally, I can rest."
Someone complained, watching the surveillance screen as another armed security group approached to change shifts.
Several people had similar expressions, appearing relaxed, as they headed to the metal door with a look of relief about the shift handover.
"Stay alert; it’s nighttime, after all."
"If something goes wrong, we’re all done for."
The security captain frowned, reminding them.
"Oh, captain."
"We’ve been in Nanjiang for so long; when has anything ever gone wrong?"
"Yeah, captain, we’re with Chi Bo Energy, who would dare make trouble?"
The former transformed security laughed it off, indifferent.
The cyber martial security captain slightly frowned but eventually said nothing.
He knew what the team members said made sense.
After all, Nanjiang wasn’t truly Central City, and indeed, not many dared to cross the big tree they leaned on.
"Alright, captain, you’re just too uptight."
"Once the task ends, let’s relax for a bit."
A teammate joked, and the security captain shook his head helplessly.
Perhaps he was indeed too sensitive.
Even at night, how could anyone dare come to their Chi Bo Energ...
Boom!!
Suddenly, a massive sound erupted.
The underground laboratory shook violently, trembling for a moment.
With faces slightly changing, the security captain immediately looked towards the other team members.
Everyone wore a shocked expression, uncertain and apprehensive.
The line of sight shifted, gazing at the surveillance images within the floating blue light screen, regarding the ground building.
A burly figure appeared, draped in a wide black robe with a hood.
The glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows shattered, and the gray brick floor cracked inch by inch.
"This...."
The security captain stared in shock, and soon all the security personnel inside the building were alerted.
Upstairs and downstairs, corridor platforms
Flashes of gunfire could be seen, with large-caliber bullets rapidly breaking through the air.
Missiles were also deployed, heading straight for the intruder to bomb.
Just as they were about to hit.
Boom!!
The figure suddenly stomped down, the sonic boom echoed.
The powerful shock wave transformed into an invisible wind pressure, causing the missiles to detonate mid-air, and the large-caliber bullets to compress and shatter instantly.
All security transformed people were blown back in reverse, their force fields shattered, and they were thrown backward.
Boom boom boom!!
Explosions sounded continuously, and a burst of firelight soared into the sky.
Before the people in the underground laboratory could recover, they saw a huge crater appear on the ground of the building in the surveillance footage.
The atmosphere inexplicably went silent, and everyone in the laboratory stopped what they were doing, looking upward.
The alloy ceiling twisted and deformed, as if under some heavy pressure.
The air suddenly felt heavy to breathe, and saliva stuck in their throats.
The security team captain finally reacted, his face changed dramatically, and he hurriedly activated the defense system.
Buzz!!
The Sixth Order’s force field fluctuations erupted suddenly, sweeping like blue electromagnetic waves, expanding upward as shock waves.
Beside him, one by one security team members were on high alert, their faces filled with fear, activating armed modules, aiming sniper cannons at the alloy ceiling.
It seemed to quiet down for a moment, and at some point, cold sweat slid down their faces.
And then.
Boom!!
The alloy ceiling suddenly jolted, the blue light of the force field covering it visibly extinguished instantly.
The entire underground laboratory shook and vibrated suddenly, and then cracks appeared on the ceiling.
"Fire!!"
The security captain hurriedly shouted, directing the flying shuttle to whistle and stab forward.
The team members behind also deployed their sniper cannons.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!
The piercing whistle sounded continuously, with powerful blue beams tearing through the air.
But just then.
Buzz!!
Another shock wave wind pressure erupted, extinguishing even the energy of the sniper cannon in one blow.
Then, there was a thud.
A figure landed, standing at the center of the trembling laboratory.
The floating blue light screen had long since popped up with more than ten warning alerts, various papers and documents scattered all over the floor.
White smoke was spreading, as well as debris flying from the ceiling hole.
The laboratory personnel in white coats had long retreated to one side in fright, some even fainting.
All the transformed people were pierced by the alloy debris that flew back, breaking through their force field defenses and their steel bodies, eyes wide, unable to make a sound.
The Holy Shield Giant merely looked around indifferently at the entire laboratory.
His gaze swept over everyone, finally stopping at the center platform, at the rows of martial artist blood being drawn and the special serum in the center.
"Super Ancient Creature Essence Blood?"
Chen Feng squinted as he saw the situation through shared vision.
He recognized that it was the only Super Ancient Creature Essence Blood, and it seemed to be of high quality.
However.
He glanced at the surrounding martial artist’s extracted blood, and noticed quite a bit of energy liquid mixed within.
"What is this for?"
Confusion arose, and then he saw some of the white paper documents on the ground.
[Research theory on turning martial artists into biological transformers...]
[Through genetic fusion, allowing martial artists to merge with Super Ancient Creature Essence Blood, thus increasing the upper limit of martial artists and low-quality biological essence blood....]
[Super Ancient Creature Essence Blood genes are powerful, the human body cannot withstand them.... Using martial artist blood to create serum, conduct compatibility comparisons, hoping to find suitable subjects for specific Super Ancient Creature Essence Blood...]
Similar text appeared frequently, along with discussions on success rates.
Chen Feng squinted slightly, finally understanding the forbidden research of Chi Bo Energy in secret.
Planning to find several suitable subjects among the martial artists, cultivating them into biological transformers?
Approaching the forbidden realm, but not completely so.
He couldn’t help but think of that Lion King in the Nido Royal Capital.
The opponent relied on the Super Ancient Creature Essence Blood of the Ancient Lion Species, plus the methods of the Divine Martial Alliance Leader, to forcibly break through the limits.
But there must be some significant side effects, otherwise someone would have tried it before.
And now....
His gaze shifted to that bottle of Super Ancient Creature Essence Blood.
Chen Feng pondered for a moment, then made a decision.
Boom!!
Powerful strength erupted from within the Holy Shield Giant.
The shock wave wind pressure swept out, destroying all the martial artist serums and containers in the laboratory.
The torn ceiling was completely turned into a giant deep pit.
The pitch-black vision looked up, revealing that the Chi Bo Energy Building above was riddled with holes, the floor-to-ceiling window glass shattering layer by layer.
The huge commotion was especially piercing under the night sky of Nanjiang, and the residents and pedestrians in the nearby tall buildings or neighborhoods all cast astonished gazes at this moment.
It was as if a beast was awakening within the building or as if a storm was blooming, affecting everything.
Boom boom boom!!
Beep beep beep!!
Various muffled explosion sounds and car alarms rang out continuously, with scattered glass shards littering the ground.
The vibrating hundred-meter-high buildings swayed, and pedestrians screamed as they moved away.
Until finally.
The neon projections dissipated more than half, and all the noise silently subsided.
The black robe-hooded figure flickered and disappeared from all sight in an instant.