Starting with one punch, I'll stop being human.

"Emergency Evacuation Warning! The 'Beverage Family' monster horde is wreaking havoc at a luxury supermarket in D City. The disaster level is assessed as Tiger or higher! The Hero Association is urgently dispatching patrol heroes to handle the situation. Residents in the vicinity are urged to stay away from the disaster area and evacuate to a safe location as soon as possible!"

"Repeated! Emergency evacuation warning..."

WARNING

A piercing warning broadcast blared across the city. Amidst the ruins of the supermarket, a dozen bizarre figures, each with a unique appearance, were laughing maniacally and wreaking havoc.

They all have distinct beverage characteristics—

Some of them had heads covered in bubbly aluminum cans, and their arms were like two cannons, constantly spraying out large amounts of caramel-colored viscous liquid, turning the ground into a muddy swamp where it was impossible to move.

Some resemble giant glass bottles with arms and legs, using the lime-colored liquid flowing inside as a weapon, gushing out at high speed, even corroding thick reinforced concrete into holes.

In the center of the ruins was the largest orange juice monster, its four thick, straw-like arms and legs seemingly hollow, yet wielded like battering rams, each strike causing the earth to tremble.

"Hehehehe! We are the invincible 'Beverage Family'!!"

"Humans kill countless of our fellow human beings every day!!"

"They'll torture us to death in such a cruel way that they drain all our bodily fluids!!"

"We! We will take revenge on you for the sake of all beverages!!"

“Hehehehehe——!!”

The beverage family has a clear division of labor: some are in control, some are in ranged combat, and some are tanks, although the average disaster level per person is only around the Tiger level.

But when they join forces, even ordinary A-class heroes can't get the better of them; their combined destructive power is almost on par with a Demon-level hero!

"Hehehe... Human cities should be a paradise for us drink monsters!" The orange juice monster roared, and its straw arm swept across, sending an abandoned car flying.

Just then, a tall figure dressed in a shirt and trousers, looking like an office worker, slowly emerged from the billowing smoke and dust.

"Huh? Another one coming to die?" The can-shaped monster spotted the newcomer and immediately aimed its cannon at him. "Try my 'Happy Fat Guy Soda Jet'!"

Chichi, chichi, chichi——!

The high-pressure, viscous liquid blasted out an orange torrent like a high-pressure water cannon, but the person simply took a step to the side and easily dodged it.

The high-speed jet of liquid slammed into the wall behind him, causing the entire wall to collapse instantly, leaving behind a large, solidified, amber-colored chunk of hard syrup.

"Don't joke around..." The tall, muscular young man with mantis legs and a dog-like waist shook his head, a speechless sneer on his lips. "Aren't drinks meant to be drunk?"

Before he finished speaking, the handsome young man left a dissipating afterimage in the same spot, and at the same time, he appeared in front of the can monster.

"What……"

The can monster only had time to utter a surprised syllable before a large, iron-like hand had already grabbed its round head.

Click, click, click—!

With a screeching sound of metal twisting, the top of the can was crushed, and bubbling black liquid mixed with metal fragments scattered everywhere.

"Aaaaaah, he killed the can brothers!"

"Ironclad—!!"

"Damn it—! Kill him!"

"Brothers, come on!!"

The other beverage monsters were enraged upon seeing this and turned their attacks on each other, focusing their fire on one another!

In an instant, acidic lime juice, icy orange-flavored smoothies, scalding hot milk tea... beverages of all kinds of ingredients transformed into a barrage of water cannon fire that brought Wuxi residents to ecstasy, shooting in like a deluge!

The handsome young man strolled through the storm of attacks with ease, dodging all of them and leaving a blurry afterimage in the torrent of colors.

"Too...too strong!"

In the distance, a C-class hero named "Ironhead," who had just escaped from the cola slime, stared in disbelief.

He had just been struggling and in a sorry state under the onslaught of the strange men.

As it turned out, this suddenly appearing, mysterious, handsome man ignored the strange men's attack as if it were nothing!

"Boss! This guy..."

The glass bottle monsters were horrified to discover that their attacks couldn't touch the other side at all.

"Attack together! Flood him with 'Juice Hell'!"

The orange juice boss roared, and his massive body shuddered violently.

At the same time, massive amounts of orange-yellow juice gushed out from all the openings on its body, instantly forming a viscous swamp that threatened to completely engulf the handsome man.

However, the handsome young man didn't even look at his feet, but simply bent his knees slightly.

The ground exploded with a deafening roar, and a blindingly bright bolt of lightning shot into the sky!

The next moment, a thick bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky!

Boom——! ! !

A deafening explosion ignited the underground gas pipeline that had been leaking for some time!

The dozen or so beverage monsters, their eyes filled with terror, were instantly engulfed by a burst of lightning and flames. The destructive energy transformed into a rising mushroom cloud, completely annihilating everything in the ruins!

In just one minute, the monster gang that had repelled several waves of C-class and B-class heroes was completely wiped out!

[Defeat the Tiger-level monster group "Beverage Family" and obtain 569 Origin Points!]

"Huh, quite a lot?"

With a soft exclamation, Han Sen emerged from the ruins shrouded in thick smoke and heat.

The pristine white shirt was spotless, as if it had only undergone a one-sided deep cleaning.

In the blink of an eye, he realized that although they were a Tiger-level monster group, their sheer number made their destructive power approach that of a Demon-level disaster.

When all accounts are settled, it's reasonable that the Origin Points reach the level of a Demon-level monster.

At this moment, after a deathly silence of more than ten seconds, the surrounding citizens finally erupted into loud cheers and discussions of relief at surviving the ordeal.

Countless cell phone and camera flashes merged into one, frantically aimed at Han Sen as he emerged from the disaster site.

"Too...too strong!"

"One person... took care of all the weirdos!"

"Is he an S-class hero?!"

"Three minutes. I need all the information about this man!"

A young girl with pigtails, who looked like a trainee reporter, mustered her courage, held up a microphone, and squeezed forward, her big eyes sparkling with excitement and admiration: "Excuse me...!"

"Are you an S-class hero sent by the Hero Association?"

"Could you reveal your hero's name? The citizens are eager to know who saved us!"

Chapter 87 The Concept of an Undersea Base

"A hero's name? There is no such thing, because..."

Having already witnessed the almost fanatical enthusiasm of the world's citizens for heroes, Hansen remained calm under the spotlight, leaving behind a reply that astonished everyone.

"I'm not a hero."

"Eh--!?"

This time, Han Sen just happened to be passing by, and eliminating the Beverage Monster family was just a side effect.

After saying that, he walked straight into the crowd amidst the astonished and puzzled looks of the people.

Before the onlookers could react, the figure flashed a few times and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

The girl stood there, stunned, muttering to herself, "Isn't he a hero...?"

Watching the tall young man walk away, the reporter with pigtails stared blankly, lost in thought.

A street corner coffee shop.

Having escaped the throngs of people at the disaster site, Han Sen arrived here alone.

Under the parasols, a man wearing glasses and a white coat, with a slightly gloomy demeanor, had been waiting for a long time at an outdoor seating area.

It was Dr. Genus, the founder of the House of Evolution.

Upon seeing Hansen, Dr. Genos immediately stood up and treated him with utmost respect.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Doctor."

When traveling, to avoid unnecessary trouble, Hansen instructed Dr. Genos to address him as "boss".

"No, I just arrived not long ago."

After shaking hands, the two took their seats. Dr. Genus adjusted his glasses and glanced at the supermarket ruins in the distance: "However..."

"Your hobby is quite unique."

He had heard many urban legends about killers, but he had never seen anyone as enthusiastic about slaughtering strange people as Han Sen.

The thought that Han Sen's true form was a terrifying monster unlike any he had ever seen before made Dr. Genus's eyes flicker, and he felt that he had discovered a key point.

—Is it to gain a different kind of pleasure from killing one's own kind? I think I understand now…

Noticing that Dr. Genus's attitude towards him had suddenly become a little more respectful, Han Sen was a little confused, but he didn't think much of it. He picked up the coffee that the doctor had ordered in advance, took a sip, and said matter-of-factly, "Of course, otherwise why would I take the initiative to seek cooperation with you, Doctor?"

Dr. Genos fell silent for a moment.

—You enjoy killing monsters, and I excel at researching and creating monsters. This combination... is truly a match made in heaven in a certain sense.

What a bad fate...

Since being "recruited" by Hansen, Dr. Genos's research has progressed by leaps and bounds.

It wasn't that Han Sen brought a lot of funding or top-notch research equipment; for top scientists, making money is just a side effect.

Moreover, Dr. Genos, who has been deeply involved in cutting-edge bioscience for decades, sees the wealth that ordinary people pursue as nothing more than a string of boring numbers that are necessary for his research.

What excited Dr. Genos was the entirely new research direction and the research materials brimming with endless possibilities that Hansen provided…

"Strange Cells"!

"Regarding the cloning and mass production project of 'monster cells'..."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Dr. Genos began his work report, his usually calm tone tinged with an unusual excitement.

"Boss, please take a look."

He took a tablet computer out of his briefcase, and on the holographic screen that rose up, a ferocious wolf-like monster model was roaring madly.

"Regarding the mass production project of 'monster cells,' the initial culture medium has been debugged and is ready to be optimized for cultivation at any time. However..."

He paused, his brow furrowing slightly: "In the final activation and stabilization phase, it seems that a large amount of energy, or rather a high concentration of life force, is needed for catalysis. This will take time to overcome."

"However! Based on my research on 'monster cells,' I've designed a more controllable enhancement scheme, which I've named—'Evolution Cell 1.0'!"

Dr. Genos's eyes gleamed with fanaticism as he tapped his finger on the screen.

The virtual wolf-level monster howled and swallowed a strange chunk of meat in one gulp. Then, its body began to expand violently!

His muscles bulged explosively, sharp bone spurs burst out of his body, and his aura surged at a visible speed!

The word "wolf" representing the disaster level flashed wildly on the screen, and finally "snap" it froze at the "ghost" level!

"Evolution Cell 1.0 doesn't directly transform humans into monsters. Instead, it optimizes and strengthens the cellular structure of existing monsters by extracting beneficial mutation factors from the monster cells you provide!"

Dr. Genus suppressed his excitement, as if he could already see the dawn of the "human evolution" he had pursued all his life.

"Theoretically, once the plan is complete, we can upgrade Tiger-level monsters to Demon-level in batches! And this is only version 1.0!"

"After testing, the sample of the freakish organization you recently provided can almost perfectly integrate into the genetic lineage of the 'Evolutionary Cell.' With continued iteration, the potential of the 'Evolutionary Cell' is far greater than this!"

Han Sen looked at the monster model on the virtual screen, which had evolved from wolf-level to demon-level, and nodded in satisfaction.

He wasn't particularly surprised by the other person's praise of "evolutionary cells."

The source of this thing is the Great Serpent, whose disaster level is Dragon or higher.

He is a top-tier monster who has developed the "devouring" characteristic to the extreme, so his tolerance for different monster genes is naturally extremely high.

"Speaking of strange specimens, Doctor..."

Han Sen picked up his coffee, then casually remarked as if remembering something, "Recently, I've discovered a hideout of underwater monsters. I wonder if you'd be interested in samples of these sea monsters?"

"Sea monster?"