Pretending To Be A Boss

Kennedy continued to look at other projects in the Evolution Zone, those that were still in the conceptual phase of SSS-rank projects.

Currently, only one experimental subject might have reached SSS-rank. That was the little girl who had been kidnapped from the second fortress.

According to information from all sources, the little girl that appeared at the Hunting Festival was very likely that SSS-rank.

Her abilities already bore the shadow of a disaster-level power.

However, Kennedy wasn't able to look much longer as his phone rang.

"Dr. Chen, what is it that's important enough for you to call me personally?"

"Respected Lord, I'm afraid... I have to bring you some bad news."

"What's wrong? Did something happen with the experimental projects?"

"No... it's not that, it's the experimental subjects we provided to Fortress 39..."

"What happened to these subjects? Did they cause a lot of damage? Isn't that a good thing?" Kennedy said with a smile as he rolled his cigar.

"They've been wiped out."

"What?"

"I am very sorry, Lord... The experimental subjects were all wiped out by the masked man."

The cigar, just placed in his mouth, fell to the ground as Kennedy said in shock:

"Three SS-rank, nine S-rank... all wiped out?"

"Yes... according to the feedback from the scouts at Fortress 39... the battle ended within a few minutes. All the experimental subjects... were torn apart... and there was no way to recover them. Furthermore..."

Kennedy did not hang up the phone, but he also paid no attention to what Dr. Chen was saying afterward.

This doctor was a senior member of the Evolution Zone, responsible for projects involving A-rank experimental subjects and above.

Kennedy's mood hit rock bottom.

Although there were still many outstanding experimental subjects in the Evolution Zone, and a legion of monsters could be created by cloning these subjects,

one most crucial subject had been sent out.

This subject was the closest to an SSS-rank existence.

He pounded the desk, cursing Dr. Chen's incompetence.

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The Tang blade wielded by the old man was broken, and all the joints in his limbs were dislocated.

The black giant had died after his neck was twisted 360 degrees.

As for the other S-rank subjects, since none of them resembled humans, their manner of death was particularly gruesome.

Relatively speaking, the two SS-rank subjects died in a more dignified manner.

If someone had witnessed this battle, they might initially think that the masked man was facing a group of terrifying monsters. But soon, they would realize that the only real monster present was him.

Tang Xian's steps were slow, as Tang Feiji on the second floor's opposite end was clearly more capable of attracting firepower. His sense of smell indicated guards were on their way, but they were still some distance from this location.

Now only one experimental subject was still alive.

It was the handsome young man with curly silver hair.

He clutched his head, his teeth chattering, continuously repeating, "Don't kill me... don't kill me... don't kill me..."

Evidently, according to the code number, this young man should have been the strongest one, but he was extremely afraid and seemed as if he hadn't taken any action from beginning to end.

Tang Xian observed for a while and said, "Your ability is telekinesis, right? You probably used it on me from the start, but when you found out it was ineffective against me, you gave up. You are likely the most rational and powerful among all the experimental subjects."

"But that's also why you understand the fear of death, the gap in strength between you and me. That's why after discovering that telekinesis didn't work on me, you've been hiding here all this time."

The young man froze, ceasing his trembling.

He then began to chant the words "don't kill me, don't kill me" even faster.

Tang Xian said with a smile:

"Your level of evolutionary completion is the highest, your body retains every characteristic of humanity, only with pure strength enhancement. Perhaps the only thing off is this hair of yours."

"You should feel lucky that you haven't turned into a monster like them. I have a friend who is quite similar to you, only she's worse off because her eyes have been monstrified and she has lost human language. Your physical changes should be similar to Akasi's, with only your hair changed. Did you lose any other abilities?"

The young man lifted his head, looking incredulously at Tang Xian.

Tang Xian's gaze was not gentle, but it lacked any killing intent.

"You don't need to be afraid of me. I killed them in self-defense. Understand what I mean by justifiable self-defense?"

The young man didn't quite understand, but after a long while, he said in a trembling voice:

"I... lost some emotions; I can't feel anger or joy."

This revelation took Tang Xian by surprise.

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To obtain the power of a monster, one must pay a price.

Tang Suoye gained the Eye of Eden, yet he lost his ability to speak.

This boy's power must also be telekinesis, perhaps different from Tang Suoye's, but his strength must be considerable. However, he too had paid a price.

He had lost the emotions of anger and joy.

"How old are you?"

"Fourteen."

"I won't kill you, but I'll give you a choice. You can continue to return to the Evolution Zone, let those people continue to experiment on you, and you might become even more powerful, but eventually, you will lose all your emotions one by one," Tang Xian said with a more serious expression.

"The second option is to follow me. For a long time, you will be an enemy of humanity. But I will help you regain these emotions, and I will protect you. Anger isn't a good emotion, but without it, life is very uninteresting, not to mention, your joy has been taken from you."

The boy looked at Tang Xian, confused, and asked:

"Why... do you want to help me?" He didn't understand.

As a monster of the Evolution Zone, he was the strongest of them all, and also the loneliest.

Unlike Tang Suoye's passive loss of speech.

The boy's emotions had been artificially removed.

The people of the Evolution Zone originally intended to take away his shock and fear.

To make him a fearless fighting monster.

But they accidentally removed other emotions instead. The removal of these two emotions made the boy's other emotions even more exaggerated.

He easily became sad and frightened.

But before the researchers in the Evolution Zone could operate again, someone proposed that fear could better dominate him.

In the end, they didn't further remove his emotions.

Tang Xian didn't know why he suddenly wanted to help the boy, perhaps it was upon hearing of the missing emotions.

"Made up your mind? Before new guards arrive, it's best to give me an answer. I'm leaving soon. Are you willing to come with me, or stay in the Evolution Zone?"

The boy didn't take long to think; he nodded and said:

"I'll go with you."

"Do you have a name?"

"I'm called Zero."

"I mean, the earliest name in your memory. Can you remember it?"

The boy was stunned, his eyes showing confusion.

He began to recall memories of being locked in a cage.

Those memories had grown very blurry. Under Anai's influence, many painful and sinful past events were erased.
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Including some very important people, who were also wiped away. Not just the memories, but truly eradicated.

He had even witnessed such scenes.

The small girl about to be cleaned looked at him quietly, her gaze as if it had the power to soothe the soul.

Her synchronization rate couldn't exceed four percent; being in the same zone as him, she was inevitably deemed defective.

Beside her were a group of staff, and the boy didn't know why the staff allowed him to watch the disposal of the defective products.

The staff nearby were recording his expressions on documents.

"Yuanwu, don't cry," the little girl left just these words before she was thrown into the reactor.

The boy didn't cry. After all, he didn't know the girl, and he was used to seeing the disposal of defects in the experimental zone, so there wasn't much emotional disturbance.

The staff seemed very satisfied with the boy's reaction, convinced the memory wipe was successful.

But the last words, Yuanwu, don't cry, appeared in his dreams like a curse.

His fear and sadness intensified.

Those words took root and grew in the depths of his soul, always expanding in his dreams until they bloomed, and he dreamed of his past with the small girl.

Sadness filled the boy's eyes:

"My name is Yuanwu."

Tang Xian had intended to suggest that if he couldn't remember his name, he might as well be called Tang Zheng, but knowing some of the things about the Evolution Zone, he understood how difficult it was to have a name in that place.

What Tang Suoye was guarding was his name.

Tang Xian nodded and said:

"Yuanwu, from today on, you will be with me."

(I'm busy tonight... If I don't drink, I'll come back and update, but if I do drink, there's nothing I can do~)

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