Pretending To Be A Boss

The experimental subjects in the evolutionary area awakened their superhuman abilities through injections of serum derived from the mineral zone's biological entities. However, these abilities were actually different from those of Tang Xian.

Tang Xian had no answers to some of the puzzles about himself; his remarks were just off-the-cuff.

Yet, in his view, the development of livestock and agriculture was indeed essential, even in the absence of their native land.

Although the salaries of the scholars at Hua Science Academy who studied plants were never high, it's possible that in the future, as humans settle in the mining areas or return to the lands outside the Pyramid, people like Shang Lu could become highly sought-after commodities, coveted talents recruited by various nations.

Dr. Duke's expression was one of utter disarray. As an academic researcher, he had spent his entire life trying to transform humans into docile biochemical weapons, but he had never seen a case like this before.

As Tang Xian had said, his research was worthless in the face of someone like Tang Xian.

If the creator had indeed created a person who could sync with the mining area one hundred percent... then the value of Tang Xian's genetic material would exceed the total value of all the experimental subjects in the evolutionary area.

"The organization will definitely find you… don't think you can escape!"

"Alright. I'll go harvest some chives periodically."

Dr. Duke had no idea what chives were; he just glared at Tang Xian with a malevolent look. The pain of having his arms broken twisted his face, yet he never passed out from excessive blood loss.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

In essence, scientific research should always be tied to a moral threshold.

Tang Xian believed that what had happened to Akasi and the others had exceeded that threshold.

Akasi and the few who were lucky enough to survive were just that, a minority. Many more had been completely corroded by the serum, dying in the process of becoming experimental subjects.

However, the physique of people like the doctor was clearly stronger than that of ordinary people. It seemed that they held some formulas that could truly benefit regular humans with minor improvements.

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Akasi picked up the dead guard's weapon and began to destroy all the containers he encountered along the way in the experimental zone, not missing a single one.

Every experimental subject who survived in the evolutionary area wouldn't be put to use right after the serum injection.

They had to undergo a brutal survival test called "Trial in the Cage."

They would place a group of experimental subjects in a room, inciting a killing desire with microdoses of Rampaging Kangaroo serum.

Only the last survivor would become the unit required by the evolutionary area.

It's worth mentioning that the result of the "Trial in the Cage" was actually known before it started. The process was just to further test the abilities of the experimental subjects and slowly accustom them to killing.

The weaker subjects in most other cages, with a sync rate of about two percent or less, were destined to be sacrifices.

Akasi freed them by breaking open these containers.

Tang Xian didn't care about this. He couldn't change the tragic fate of everyone.

Gathering some research reports from the evolutionary area, Tang Xian started reviewing various experimental data.

There was a wealth of data available for consultation in the instruments of the experimental zone, and Dr. Duke's account had the highest access privileges for the area.

Tang Xian copied all of it into his storage device and then completely deleted the local data. This hadn't been part of his original plan; it was a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Akasi's physical destruction and Tang Xian's data destruction directly caused the research of the second fortress' evolutionary area branch to be ruined overnight.

Dr. Duke was heartbroken, watching the data that kept being deleted and sinking into despair.

To him, the masked man seemed like a marauding bandit who kept burning, killing, and looting. Those were years of painstaking research!

They were the treasures of the hall of human knowledge!

Tang Xian also perused some written notes.

"These researchers actually aren't bad at all. It's a pity that their focus is misguided."

Dr. Duke went mad, shouting, "Do you understand what you're seeing? What do you know? Do you realize how many years of human civilization you've set back? You've destroyed my life's work and have the nerve to make cold remarks?"

Tang Xian raised the USB stick in his hand and said,

"All your data are here. Let your people come and hunt me down. And I probably understand it better than you do."

"Originally, I thought these technologies were worthless. You've exhausted your minds trying to grant humans within the Pyramid the abilities of the mining areas, yet your ambition was to transform humans into humanoid versions of the mining zone entities. This is the fundamental fallacy of your approach."

Akasi and Tang Suoye were venting the anger they had accumulated over the years.

Tang Xian had finished what he had to do and, finding himself bored, decided to educate the cult leader in front of him.

He aimed to enlighten him with socialist thinking.

"Nonsense! Absolute nonsense!" the doctor yelled furiously.

Tang Xian said,

"Akasi is one of the ten with gifts; if I'm not mistaken, Tang Suoye must be as well. They are the true chosen ones. Unlike your many experimental subjects, they have always retained their memories since birth. You chose not to use Anai to erase their memories because you wanted to study this phenomenon, right?"

The doctor was stunned. Clearly, he hadn't expected the masked man to see the implications.

"Tang Suoye must have awakened not long ago. Most human talents awaken between the ages of twelve and eighteen, with very few exceptions. That's why you hadn't acted against her until now. She was just Akasi's partner. Speaking of which, I guess I arrived at just the right time."