Gaining a tiny bit of weight every day, my weight is a billion tons.

Shen Hongyuan sat in his office.

I brewed myself a pot of tea.

The rising aroma of tea finally brought his blood pressure down.

He picked up his teacup and took a sip.

He dialed Qin Luo's encrypted communication.

"Hey, Lao Qin."

On the other end of the phone,

Qin Luo's respectful voice immediately came:

"Ah, Old Shen, what are your orders?"

"It's nothing serious."

Shen Hongyuan blew on the tea leaves.

His tone carried a lingering, irritated anger.

"Let me tell you about that brat Su Ming."

"The one... who killed the Ironback Rhinoceros?"

"Well, their combat strength is just so-so, but their ability to annoy people is top-notch."

"what?"

Qin Luo was completely bewildered.

So-so?

One punch shattered the head of a near-fifth-tier fighter.

You call this just so-so?

And also, to be able to anger you, sir...

That young man must be incredibly skilled!

Qin Luo didn't dare to reply.

All I could do was laugh awkwardly from the other end.

Shen Hongyuan didn't expect him to say anything.

He continued on his own:

"Su Ming's personal file was retrieved from the education database of Jiangcheng No. 1 High School."

Just link it to the encrypted repository of the Southern Theater Command.

Permissions...let's set it to S level first.

Upon hearing this, Qin Luo

He sat up straight instantly.

S-level encryption access!

In the Southern Military Region,

This is a treatment reserved for at least a major general!

This means that, apart from commanders at the theater level and above, and those with special authorization from the Federal Security Service,

No one can access it.

A high school student's file,

Directly up to this level?

"And that video of killing the Source Beast..."

Have the information security department conduct a full-network physical cleanup.

Remove items that should be removed from shelves.

Posts that should be deleted should be deleted.

The account that should be banned should be banned.

All source files were destroyed.

Don't let it ferment any further.

Qin Luo's heart skipped a beat.

Full network physical cleaning

That's not just a matter of deleting a few posts.

That's using military information warfare tactics.

Uproot the data from the server's underlying layers.

The last time I used this trick,

Or perhaps it was a general's private life that was posted on the federal forum.

Then, Shen Hongyuan's voice turned somber.

Old Wang talked to me about it a couple of days ago.

It's said that the [Same Origin Society] has recently started recruiting genius awakened individuals again.

"After the college entrance exam, we can use this kid to go fishing."

But it's best not to stand out and become a sitting duck right now.

Tongyuan Society.

As soon as these three words were uttered,

Qin Luo felt a chill run down his spine.

They were a group of source beasts disguised as humans.

They poisoned the city's water supply.

Turning civilians into mindless, beast-like monsters;

They implanted the source beast crystal cores into living people.

To manufacture human bombs for indiscriminate attacks;

Even more appalling is that

They produced a large number of source beast bloodline potions using source beast gene samples.

The newly awakened geniuses who were lured in,

They all need to undergo source beast bloodline transplantation.

From then on, they were no longer human.

All that's left is the beast's shell and its bloodlust!

Qin Luo solemnly agreed.

"I'll arrange it right away."

He paused, and his tone became serious.

"Old Shen, speaking of this..."

Regarding the sixth-tier beast soul of that Iron-spined Rhinoceros,

The institute's test results are in.

Shen Hongyuan put down his teacup.

"The analysis was done personally by Ouyang Jin."

Qin Luo's voice was very low.

"That wasn't some kind of beast soul possession at all."

"It is an artificial replica of the Source Soul fragments and Source Blood sequences."

There was a three-second silence in the office.

Qin Luo continued his report.

Ouyang Jin compared the basic gene sequences.

Its structure was found to be almost identical to the archives of the 'Dragon Turtle Project' in the Federation's [Deep Sequence] Laboratory.

The similarity reached 95.3%.

The components of the catalyst have also been detected.

It is a variant of the military-grade S-7.

The source... is exactly the same as the Federal Military Pharmaceutical Plant.

Shen Hongyuan tapped his fingers lightly twice on the table.

Then it stopped.

"Therefore, it wasn't the Beastmaster's doing."

His voice betrayed no emotion.

"Is it a 'technological achievement' of humankind itself?"

"Yes." Qin Luo's voice grew increasingly heavy.

"Ouyang Jin... asked me to ask a question."

The technical archives of the [Deep Sequence] project from back then,

Besides you, who else has handled this?

Shen Hongyuan did not answer the question.

The two sides remained silent.

For a long time, so long that Qin Luo thought the communication had been cut off.

"Imperial Capital Federal Military Industry..."

Shen Hongyuan finally spoke.

There was no anger in his voice.

There was only a kind of weariness that I couldn't quite describe.

"This peace didn't last long."

Some people have started to forget their roots.

Qin Luo listened quietly on the other end, not daring to interrupt.

"Encrypt the report, and tell Ouyang Jin not to..."

He stopped halfway through his sentence.

The face of that young female director appeared in my mind.

Twenty-seven years old

The youngest researcher in the federal government

He has a fiery temper and hates evil.

Tell her not to investigate?

If she can hold it in...

The sun then rose from the source.

Shen Hongyuan sighed.

Let her investigate if she wants.

Don't make any big movements.

Alarming certain old fogies will only bring more trouble.

"clear."

Oh, by the way,

Shen Hongyuan seemed to remember something,

"Tomorrow is the college entrance exam, so keep a close eye on security in Jiangcheng."

Qin Luo reacted quickly:

"Are you worried someone might harm that kid? Do you need to send someone to protect him?"

"Protect my ass!"

Shen Hongyuan cursed irritably.

"It's to prevent anyone from courting death."

Otherwise, we'll have to pay compensation later!

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

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The nights in Jiangcheng are not very lively.

A Class D satellite city, huh?

It can't compare to the vibrant nightlife of Beijing or Shanghai.

After seven o'clock, the streets become sparsely populated.

Half of the streetlights are broken.

The remaining half are also barely surviving.

Dahuang betrayed them and stayed at the Shen family's scrap yard.

Su Ming casually grabbed a bowl of noodles from a roadside stall.

They headed towards the low-rent housing.

This world is different from Earth.

Low-rent housing on Blue Star

They exchange money for the government, just for peace of mind.

And here,

He pays 500 yuan in rent every month.

It was handed over to a "contractor" whom they had never met.

The land in Jiangcheng was jointly contracted by several conglomerates a century ago.

Layer upon layer of subcontracting, skimming profits from every passing goose,

What actually ends up in the government's account?

It might cost less than a hundred yuan.

Su Ming was already used to it.

Before transmigrating, he was exploited by capitalists.

After transmigrating, a different group of people continued to exploit them.

A different world

Leeks, on the other hand, share a similar fate.

Su Ming climbed to the third floor.

It took me ages to turn the key and open the lock.

Pushing open the door, I found a new bed in the room.

The hole in the floor that he had stepped on before has also been repaired.

Although the color doesn't quite match the surroundings.

But at least it won't be trampled through again.

This is all thanks to Zhao Kuo.

To be precise,

It was a "consolation payment" left by Zhao Kuo when he sent people to kill him.

The assassin failed.

Everyone's wallets did indeed end up in their pockets.

Su Ming readily transferred a huge sum of three hundred yuan to the landlord.

Used for ground repair.

This bed has been added.

He locked the door from the inside and kicked off his shoes.

I sat cross-legged on the bed.

My heart started to race.

The real show is about to begin!

With a thought, he

System space is now open.

The severed bone appeared in his hand.

The forearm is short, and the entire body is jet black.

The surface is covered with tiny holes, as if it had been burned through from the inside by something.

It looks ordinary.

It's like a fire poker.

A dark gold-colored notification box floated in the center of the field of view.

Six glaring question marks are still there.

[Estimated convertible quality points: ??????]

Su Ming licked his lips.

"For a true connoisseur, who cares about craftsmanship and price tags once the food is in their mouth?!"

"Devour!"

He spoke in a low voice.

Place your left palm on the surface of the broken bone.

A microscopic black hole is activated.

Then--

Nothing happened.

Without moving an inch, the system coldly displayed a line of red text:

[Absorption failed. The target matter density is too high, exceeding the current absorption capacity limit. It is recommended that the host upgrade their life form.]

Su Ming froze.

Unbelievable... I can't eat anymore?

What the hell is this thing?!

……