A is in StarCraft, just disembarked from the Zerg Prince spaceship.

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The virus was retrieved, and after animal and alpha tissue experiments, it was confirmed that this was the same virus that the Apocalypse Organization used for human experiments.

It actually works on the genes of animals, plants, and ABO, but the genes of animals and plants are too fragile. When infected, they burst into a chaotic mass of proliferating tissue, so it looks like you will die as soon as you touch it.

It responds most strongly to the alpha gene and promotes its function the most, followed by beta, and then omega.

The O gene is inert to it, will not be changed, and subtly restrains it. Therefore, Gao Xing had the least reaction back then, and could even survive until Qin Qin's parents developed the drug.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The virus has been found, which gives us hope. But now a new problem has arisen.

Gao Tian's body can't take any more stress right now, so we have to be careful with the dosage of his medication.

This isn't about getting the amount right; it's not just about 5 milliliters per vial. Just get it close to that.

Gao Tian's body was already as fragile as a candle in the wind, unable to withstand the slightest mistake. The dosage of the medicine had to be extremely precise, not a little more or less would be acceptable.

A little more could cause the body to overload and collapse instantly, exploding into a ball of flesh like a lab rat.

If it's less, Gao Tian might face partial tissue necrosis, or at worst, amputation.

They could certainly take Gao Tian's cells to regrow new limbs, but the resulting cloned limbs would need to be connected, and it would be impossible to connect every nerve. Ultimately, they wouldn't be as good as the original.

And while the limbs are simple, what about the internal organs? The spine? The brain? Can the brain be replaced?

Human trials are necessary, and an S-class alpha with a similar physique to Gao Tian must be selected.

S-class Alphas are the treasures of the Human Federation, its strategic force. There are only about thirty of them across the 48 military regions, and they are subject to the strictest personal protection and the most stringent regulations.

Human experimentation is illegal.

The idea of ​​recruiting a top-tier S-class alpha for such high-risk and clearly illegal human experimentation is an issue that is unlikely to be approved.

What should I do?

The atmosphere in the laboratory was tense.

Qin Qin dug her fingers into her palm, staring at the data. Lu Jianan leaned on the table, unable to think of a single solution. Gao Xing stared intently at the isolation pod, his lips pressed into a pale line.

He was the only one who had ever been infected with this virus before, but he was an omega, and his constitution was completely different from Gao Tian's. Even if he still had glands, let alone now that he doesn't have them, his data is completely unreliable.

Hope was within reach, yet they were separated by an insurmountable chasm.

Just then, the alloy door to the laboratory slid open.

A steady footstep came in.

Everyone instinctively looked up.

Commander-in-Chief Qi stood at the door.

He was still wearing his crisp commander-in-chief uniform, but he had taken off his coat and draped it over his arm.

He appeared to have just stepped out of a formal meeting, his military cap still in his hand.

His gaze swept over the silent crowd in the room, finally settling on the isolation pod containing the virus solution.

understood.

He walked straight in: "Has the dosage model been calculated yet?"

His leadership presence was too strong; he was almost like everyone's boss. Qinqin instinctively reported, "Not yet."

Commander-in-Chief Qi nodded.

Then, he did something that stunned everyone.

Commander-in-Chief Qi raised his hand to unbutton the wrist button of his uniform shirt, then rolled up the sleeves layer by layer, revealing his forearm.

Although he is not young, his arms are still well-defined, with bluish veins slightly protruding under the muscles and skin.

"Then let's get started," he said. "I'll be the test subject."

You could hear a pin drop in the laboratory.

No one dared to make a move.

Are you out of your mind? Using President Qi as a test subject?

What if something goes wrong? Who's responsible?

Does the Human Federation have the conditions to lose President Qi?

Commander-in-Chief Qi saw that they were all motionless, raised his eyes, swept them over the shocked crowd, and finally landed on Qin Qin's face.

He stated the objective facts: "My physique is closest to Gao Tian's. S-level. The overlap in our gene sequences is high enough."

He didn't mention blood relations, but Qin Qin, Lu Jianan, Gao Xingji, and other doctors all knew that he was the other half of Gao Tian's gene donor in biology.

Moreover, President Qi had suffered from several serious illnesses before, and his current state of weakness... might be somewhat similar to Gao Tian's current state of weakness.

He is indeed the most suitable person to come.

but--

Dr. Ji stepped forward abruptly, his lips trembling, "President Qi! This..."

This won't do! It's too dangerous! If anything goes wrong, it would be like the sky falling down for the Human Federation.

He stopped mid-sentence.

Qi Wan glanced at him, causing Dr. Ji to swallow back all his words of dissuasion.

Yes, he knew about the relationship between General Qi and Major General Gao Tian; he even prepared the paternity test report.

but......

"Human experimentation is illegal," Qi Wan said again. "But my willingness to cooperate with the treatment is not an experiment; it's... an attempt at an emergency medical plan for my body."

He found a legally permissible excuse for everyone involved.

Human experimentation is illegal, but his voluntary cooperation with treatment is not.

The danger level isn't actually that high, since Qinqin's incendiary agents are always on standby to remedy the situation.

Dr. Ji tried to stop him, but couldn't bring herself to say it.

Commander-in-Chief Qi is very important to the Federation, but Major General Gao Tian can't wait any longer.

He also knew that on the other side of the laboratory, although the Zerg crown prince had been silently guarding the medical pod, his will was constantly present there.

Major General Gao Tian is now nearing his limit and has no time left. He cannot stop President Qi under the gloomy gaze of the Zerg Crown Prince.

Dr. Ji could no longer utter any words to stop him.

He looked at President Qi's rolled-up sleeves and calm eyes, and finally took a step back with a heavy heart, saying nothing more.

Qi Wan stopped looking at anyone. He placed his rolled-up sleeve on the injection table, nodded to the physician beside him, and calmly instructed, "That's settled then. Get ready to begin."

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Commander-in-Chief Qi wanted to personally act as a test subject and risk injecting himself with the virus he had found.

Everyone was on high alert.

All irrelevant personnel were cleared out, leaving only a few core researchers and Qi Wan sitting in the center.

He sat calmly at the lab bench, his five fingers connected to a dense array of life monitoring probes.

No one dared to joke with Commander-in-Chief Qi's life, and they would immediately stop the experiment if anything went wrong.

Inside the two refrigerated boxes next to it were Qinqin's parents' green toughening foundation potion, Qinqin's combustion potion, and the tube of doomsday virus stock solution brought back from the depths of Antarctica after being slightly inactivated.

The steps must be correct, and the order is crucial.

Qin Qin took a deep breath and organized her thoughts: "Commander-in-Chief Qi, first, administer the foundational medicine to strengthen your life force and prepare to withstand the impact of the virus."

Qi Wan nodded.

The needle was inserted into the vein, and a light green liquid was slowly pushed in.

On the monitoring screen, the curves representing the foundation of life began to climb steadily upwards, forming a solid barrier that stabilized his genes.

Qi Wan nodded again, indicating that there was no problem.

Next is the viral stock solution.

They will first use extremely small doses to gradually test the appropriate tolerance range of S-class alpha.

Qinqin was a little nervous: "Next, we'll be injecting the viral stock solution. Please rest assured, the dosage has been precisely calculated and is at the theoretically safe lower limit, but please still be sure to pay attention to any changes in your body and speak up immediately if you experience any discomfort."

Qi Wan nodded again.

Connect the second syringe.

It was as if living fluids spontaneously surged into Qi Wan's veins.

The virus entered his body and took effect instantly.

On the monitoring screen, all the data was jumping wildly!

Indicators representing Alpha energy levels and blood activity skyrocketed.

It had exceeded the safety threshold and was still surging upwards at an alarming rate. A continuous stream of high-energy blood was being generated, causing the veins in his arms to bulge.

This was indeed the raw material used for human modification back then.

Gao Xing stared intently at Qi Wan's arm.

He will never forget this scene.

His childhood nightmares are replayed now, only this time the victim is his lover.

Qi Wan's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He gritted his teeth and tensed his muscles like iron to keep himself still.

The virus extended spike proteins into his body, fused with his somatic cells, and then replicated wildly, altering his genes.

During this process, a large amount of high-energy alpha blood began to surge into his body.

Qin Qin quickly instructed the on-call medical staff to inject President Qi with a burning agent.

The healer connected the flammable agent and injected it into Qi Wan's body drop by drop.

The effects of the burning agent were immediate.

A force of consumption suddenly intervened, clashing with and neutralizing the force of the wildly generated virus.

The data on the monitoring screen fluctuated up and down.

The generation and consumption are locked in a fierce tug-of-war.

Ultimately, a balance was struck between the effects of the virus and the combustion.

On the monitoring screen, Qi Wan's life baseline curve, like Gao Xing's back then, was raised to an extremely high level.

No, saying he's the same as Gao Xing back then isn't quite accurate.

He is an alpha, and his ability to raise his level is far superior to that of Gao Xing back then.

Just to be on the safe side, a little more combustion agent was added, and the injection was stopped only after the consumption and suppression had been completed.

The virus's ability to generate high-energy blood has been temporarily suppressed, but its essential nature continues to function.

Guide gene mutation.

The results of gene mutations manifest in external manifestations.

The healer suddenly exclaimed!

The life monitoring probes that were attached to Qi Wan's five fingers suddenly bounced off with a series of "bangs".

Qi Wan's arm, which had been injected with the virus, began to show abnormal wriggling and deformation.

With a teeth-grinding "crack" sound from the bones, the muscle fibers twisted, expanded, and stretched wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The arms grew thicker, the skin was covered with snow-white hair, the palms swelled, the fingers were covered with fleshy pads, and the nails became thicker, longer, and gleamed with a cold light.

In just over ten seconds.

His arm had been transformed into a massive beast claw, almost as thick as his torso, creating a stark contrast with his normal human arm.

The laboratory was deathly silent.

The researchers stared at the perfect beast claw, forgetting to breathe.

Lu Jianan murmured, "Gao Tian said this virus will turn alphas into enormous beasts..."

Everything he said was true.

Commander-in-Chief Qi was injected with a small amount of virus, which was also contained by the Keystone Agent and the Combustion Agent, so only his arm mutated into a giant beast claw.

The mutation stopped at his shoulders; above his shoulders, there was no change, and he remained a normal human body.

Qi Wan slowly raised the hand that had transformed into a huge, heavy beast claw, and he was also shocked.

He tried to move that terrifying claw.

While not as dexterous as human fingers, the opening and closing of the fingertips carries a breathtaking sense of power.

The mutated beast's claws gleamed with a cold, sharp light. He tested them, lightly slashing at the empty alloy tabletop beside him—

It sliced ​​through the thick alloy tabletop as easily as a knife slicing through a sheet of paper.

The cut alloy was rolled into a long, circular strip with smooth edges.

A collective gasp filled the laboratory.

This is unscientific! How could an organic nail look like this...? Is this nail made of diamond?!

Qi Wan's gaze fell on the damage he had caused, and he calmly assessed it.

He gripped the beast's claws again, feeling the terrifying power contained within them that far exceeded human limits, and then slammed his fist down onto the floor!

boom! ! !

The alloy ground shook violently, and after a loud bang, a deep dent appeared.

This is the underground laboratory of the First Military Region Research Institute. Beneath the alloy floor of the laboratory lies the rock strata; it is solid.

With one punch, he blasted a hole in the alloy-cast floor of the solid rock layer.

The power of this punch has approached or even surpassed that of an ordinary advanced Zerg female.

He did not lose consciousness, his claws were still under control, and his punches were incredibly powerful, almost comparable to the top female warriors of the higher insectoid race.

Now that they have virus strain samples and the medicine from Qinqin's family, with some modifications, inactivation, and appropriate dosage, perhaps this is the real drug to make humans stronger.

Blood was urgently drawn from the mutated beast's claw and sent for testing.

The final analysis report was displayed on the screen, plunging the entire laboratory into a state of utter awe.

The test results are very exciting.

The genes mutated, but because the Qin family's foundational medicine and combustion medicine neutralized the mutation, the final effect was powerful and stable.

All the changes point to enhancement, pure enhancement that surpasses the limits.

The data is approaching that of high-ranking female soldiers.

Most remarkably, the length of telomeres on the chromosomes has changed.

AI broadcasts a rapid, electronic voice:

[Warning: Virus fusion with cells detected, resulting in chromosome changes and a significant increase in telomere length, averaging 158.7% longer than in uninfected cells.]

Telomeres are protective caps at the ends of chromosomes. With each cell division, telomeres shorten. When they shorten to a critical point, the cell stops dividing and begins to age and die.

Telomere length directly determines the maximum number of cell divisions.

Now, the telomeres have lengthened.

Doubling the length of telomeres means doubling the number of DNA transcriptions, which in turn means doubling the number of cell divisions. If cell lifespan remains unchanged, this would mean doubling the limit of human physiological lifespan.

They initially only wanted to save the heavens and find a way to combat overdraft, but they seemed to have inadvertently touched the authority of God's realm.

The inherent limits of human life seem to have been broken.

This is not just about becoming stronger; it may also be the key for humanity to reach a new level of life.

Humanity will have a brand new future.

After the deathly silence comes the boiling.

One researcher knelt down and wept bitterly.

The human-made road, hidden in the clouds, thus appeared.

As the fog dissipated, hope arrived with a roar, far exceeding everyone's expectations.

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There is hope for Gao Tian.

No one could speak.

In fact, when they were taking virus samples, they found traces of old samples nearby.

The marks left by some kind of mechanical drilling are extremely old and have been almost worn away by time.

These are traces from about fifty or sixty years ago.

Fifty years ago, someone came here before them and took the same virus sample from beneath the 20,000-meter-deep ice.

That group of people didn't have the Zerg technology, so it would have required a huge investment of manpower and resources to achieve this.

Perhaps the Apocalypse Organization foresaw this viral apocalypse for some reason back then.

They specifically looked into it and found that many of the Human Federation's top researchers had died during that period.

The number of key figures in the fields of biology, virology, and genetic engineering has reached a peak.

People of all ages died, some from natural causes, some from illness, some from accidents, and so on.

They were scattered across different planets and regions for legitimate reasons, so at the time no one suspected anything; they were simply thought to be coincidences.

The researchers of the Apocalypse Organization certainly didn't appear out of thin air.

Therefore, it is highly likely that a group of top researchers at the time abandoned their identities and reputations, and even their existence as human beings, faked their deaths, erased all traces of society, went underground, formed the unrecognized Apocalypse Organization, and began to study this virus in secret.

The Apocalypse Organization may not have any powerful backing behind it; it's just that these top researchers poured all their resources into building that mysterious organization that seems to have no beginning or end.

Why haven't they been able to find it after all these years, and why hasn't it reappeared?

Because they had no powerful backing; they were just a group of researchers who spontaneously organized themselves.

With the deaths of these researchers, the Apocalypse Organization was completely wiped out by time.

They betrayed the scientific ethics they had upheld throughout their lives, abandoned the professional ethics they had followed throughout their lives, and turned themselves into criminals in the legal sense and demons in the ethical sense.

The reason they used this virus to modify children may be because children's genes are more malleable, making them more susceptible to the effects of the virus.

They abandoned their conscience to conduct a desperate and evil human experiment, trying to find a way for humans to survive in the face of this virus, and trying to find a way out for humanity.

But the apocalyptic virus is far more terrifying than imagined.

The long-term underground activities, witnessing the horrific state of the experimental subjects, and the mental and ethical pressures they faced were enough to erode any firm will, ultimately crushing these idealistic scientists.

They are not incompetent.

It's because omegas are so rare that they don't have any omega test subjects.

They only managed to buy one high-star item, but the high-star item ran away.

The virus spread very rapidly in alpha and beta individuals, leaving them no time to research a cure.

If one fails, then more experiments must be conducted.

More and more alpha and beta children are turning into monsters and dying; madness and loss of control are out of control.

They all went mad in the end.

The few records left behind when the Apocalypse Organization was wiped out were their criminal records.

But at the same time, it is also a blood-stained letter left behind by a group of great sages who sacrificed everything for humanity decades ago, in the end of madness and despair, using the wrong method.

No one can say that what they did was in vain.

Because Gao Xing, who ultimately survived this nightmare, met Qin Qin's parents, and that's where the story begins.

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The story truly comes to a complete conclusion here.

One theory in evolution is called the sudden change theory, which means that biological evolution is not a gradual process over a long period of time, but rather a sudden gene mutation that occurs at a certain time due to a certain opportunity.

This virus is actually an evolutionary opportunity left to humanity by the Earth.

If humanity could develop the Earth a little less, and if the virus could emerge a little later, say a thousand years from now, then by then human medicine would be much more advanced and able to deal with the virus. Humanity would then successfully transform into superhumans and possess the power to contend for space.

The Apocalypse is most likely another attempt by the world consciousness to reach the higher heavens.

There is no Apocalypse in the original book, so there is no Gao Xing, and therefore no Gao Tian. Xiao Lu became O.

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The catalyst for evolution turned into a world-ending virus, and no one survived.