The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

The Yunshan City Institute of Life Sciences is located in a low mountain area in the western suburbs of Yunshan City, and consists of two parts: above ground and underground.

The surrounding area is all undeveloped and desolate.

This area will definitely remain desolate, because the land was bought by the Zhao family.

Faint blue patterns appeared and disappeared in the sky surrounding the research institute.

At first glance, it appears to be a barrier.

In reality, this massive isolation formation has a more advanced name—a barrier.

A barrier is also a formation, but it cannot be built using only formations; it requires the participation of secret treasures.

"Open the barrier."

Zhao Wuji sat in a limousine and arrived at the outpost on the outer edge of the barrier.

After repeatedly verifying their identities, the heavily armed sentries contacted the array formation professionals inside the barrier who were responsible for maintaining it.

The car entered the barrier and drove into the research institute's compound.

Zhao Wuji got out of the car, passed through layers of security nets, opened a series of identification alloy doors, entered an elevator made of explosion-proof glass, and pressed B15.

"The elevator is going down."

In a laboratory on the fifteenth underground floor, Zhao Wuji met Xiao Wei, the chief scientist of the research institute.

Xiao Wei wore thick glasses and a typical white lab coat and white gloves.

She carefully mixed the liquids from the two test tubes together and saw a faint black gas rising from them. A slightly crazed smile appeared on her still somewhat charming face.

"Dr. Xiao, it seems there's been new progress."

Xiao Wei put down the test tube and bowed to Zhao Wuji.

Zhao Wuji quickly stepped forward to indicate that there was no need for formalities, "Dr. Xiao, you are still so polite."

"This is my manners."

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Yes, I'm a martial artist, not as refined as you.

"There will be no further progress on Project Sky Soldier. The experiments in Jiangnan City have shown that our clones are already perfect. Project Sky Soldier can officially begin."

As she spoke, Xiao Wei pressed a control button.

One wall of the laboratory slowly descended, revealing a large screen behind it.

The screen lights up.

The dimly lit scene shows a cluster of metal pipes connected to a massive life form in an underground lair, its body rising and falling as if breathing.

"If our clones can absorb enough dark energy within a day and feed it back to the Beast King, we can heal his wounds, fully awaken him, and make him work for us!"

Zhao Wuji stared at the giant monster on the screen, ambition swirling across his face.

"To instill fear in tens of thousands of people, and to avoid being pursued by the Special Affairs Bureau within a single day, only that place is the most suitable."

suddenly.

An extra voice came from the laboratory.

"Congratulations, Patriarch Zhao! Once the Beast King awakens, every member of the Zhao family will grow to version 2.0 and possess the physique of a half-step Transcendent Being. At that time, the Zhao family will surely become an even more powerful clan than the Long family of China!"

in the corner.

A cloud of black mist lingered here.

At the bottom of the black mist, the shadow of a compass flickered.

"Dark Compass, I've poured ten years of effort, massive amounts of funds and resources into your claim that 'the Aberrant Beast King can alter the human physique.' If it fails in the end, hmph, don't blame me for turning my back on you!"

That's right, that's the Zhao family's real goal.

The bandits couldn't understand why the Zhao family thought they could fight against the Federation just because they had the mutant beast.

In fact, they were never prepared to confront the Federation.

Zhao Wuji simply wanted his family members to "evolve".

The "heavenly soldiers" in the so-called "heavenly soldier plan" do not refer to the mutated beasts, but rather to the Zhao family members who are about to complete a certain evolution through the Beast King.

Capitalists are not stupid; they are shrewd when it comes to accounting.

The dark figure said with a grin.

"How could I possibly lie to you? We Dark Artifacts never lie."

Besides, didn't I already successfully transform one of your people by briefly awakening the Beast King with my own power?

After absorbing a portion of the information from the Illusionary Divine Stele, he vomited for three days, but he didn't go insane. Doesn't that prove anything?

That's what they say.

But having only conducted one experiment, Zhao Wuji wasn't entirely confident.

However, his ambition to become the world's number one family has driven him to this point.

Now that we've come this far, there's no turning back.

"Our plan will officially begin on June 7th! Dark Compass, you'll have to put in a lot of effort then."

"Don't worry, teleportation is what I excel at. Didn't all those experimental subjects get teleported smoothly?"

"Hmph, there were clearly two of you who accidentally teleported to Yunshan City."

"It was just an accident. My host sometimes lacks willpower, which affects my performance."

The three of them discussed the details of the plan for a while longer.

After that, Zhao Wuji left.

In the laboratory, Xiao Wei continued to conduct experiments alone.

A moment later, a relatively young male scientist walked in.

"Mentor, our clones clearly have defects, why didn't you tell Zhao Wuji?"

"Don't you know what you're doing? This is an act of antagonism against all of humanity. Shouldn't you leave yourself a way out?"

The male scientist asked somewhat awkwardly, "Professor, since you know the risks involved, why did you still...?"

"Creating mutant beasts, how interesting! Can you find a more interesting project that better utilizes our ingenuity?"

"There shouldn't be any left..."

Xiao Wei's gaze fell upon the bottles and jars in the laboratory.

"A thousand years ago, human laboratories looked like this, and a thousand years later, they still look like this!"

The emergence of professionals has led humanity to abandon the greatest wealth God has given us in order to pursue fleeting military power—how absurd!

I just want to see just how high our wisdom can reach as human beings!

As she spoke, Xiao Wei smiled and looked at her students.

"And why would you willingly participate in a project that puts all of humanity at odds?"

"The Zhao family offered high compensation."

"Hehe, we all have our own dopamine threshold. As long as it satisfies my happiness, what does it matter to me what happens to the world?"

Besides, I don't think a bunch of mutant beasts can be a match for those old monsters in the Federation.

The Zhao family, ha, let them play along.

……

Jiangnan City.

"Wow, it's huge!!"

Standing on the bustling street, Yuwen Hao was, of course, referring to the scale of the city's development.

The trio of Hao, who were known for their cheat-like abilities, planned to spend a day here after landing.

Although there are many attractions here, Song Gua has already experienced them all.

However, as a nineteen-year-old high school student who was visiting Jiangnan City for the "first time," he still had to show that he had enough novelty about everything that Yunshan City didn't have.

They're going to go all the way with their act.

That's because he has two identities.

Being a behind-the-scenes boss is really tiring.

One is full of confidence about the second job advancement challenge and is not in a hurry at all.

Two heartless people.

The three of them got so engrossed in playing that they forgot about their business.

three days later.

Yuwen Hao: "Hey! Three days have already passed! Old Song! Are you still going to go for the second-stage challenge?"

Song Gua: "There are still four days until the college entrance exam, Brother Xu. What activities are planned for today? That underwater golf yesterday was really interesting. Do you know of anything similar?"

Yuwen Hao: "The Chinese exam is on June 5th! In Yunshan City! It'll take another day to get back, so you only have two days left!"

Song Gua: "Brother Xu, is it too late to ask your father to transfer my school registration to Jiangnan City?"

Xu Kai: "Hahaha! What do you think? I've already bought you a flight for the evening of June 4th. Do you want to go for the second challenge now, or should we continue playing?"

The Song hexagram reads: "The second turn begins!"