Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

The base's conference room displayed a video on a massive holographic screen.

The scene was precisely Wang Chen in the control room of the Safety merchant ship, obliterating the Star Pirates in one move.

With a lift of his hand, all the hostage-taking Star Pirates fell to the ground with vacant stares, completely losing any resistance.

This spectacle looked quite eerie.

As if performing magic!

Once the video finished playing, Professor Chen from the Institute of Holy Light waved his hand to close the holographic screen and inquired of Wang Chen, who appeared deep in thought, "Captain Wang Chen, did you use your superpower in this battle?"

Wang Chen answered without hesitation, "Yes."

He submitted his mecha battle data, without any intention of concealing his Spiritual Energy.

Moreover, Wang Chen was already registered as a superpower; he even joined the Exceptional Insight Club, full of superpowers, during his time at the First Military Academy.

His personal file undoubtedly contained detailed records, making any attempt to hide it impossible.

The most important thing was, Wang Chen had no intention of concealing his powerful superpower—this was one of the capitals of his rise.

However, Wang Chen didn't expect that his display of superpower would attract the attention of the Institute of Holy Light!

The five-person team led by Professor Chen from the Institute of Holy Light came specifically for him.

Undoubtedly, this power sparked interest among the empire's upper echelons.

Professor Chen, intrigued, continued to ask, "According to your file, you refer to your power as Spiritual Energy?"

"Yes."

Wang Chen detailed his superpower thoroughly.

Of course, he surely had things to hide, and couldn't completely expose everything to others.

Despite reducing the power and function of his Spiritual Energy to just a tenth, and skipping the most crucial core parts, multiple researchers, including Professor Chen, still showed expressions of shock and excitement.

"Your superpower is quite strong and very research-worthy!"

Professor Chen couldn't help but push his glasses up with excitement as he said, "Captain Wang Chen, we are very interested in this ability of yours, could you cooperate with us for research?"

Superpowers are not uncommon; since recorded history, naturally awakening superpowers have occurred occasionally, with some possessing innate divine strength, some able to spontaneously combust, some swimming like fish, and some able to control objects from afar...

Especially after the advent of gene enhancement technology, passively awakened superpowers have become more frequent.

But the vast majority of superpowers seem fresh and intriguing on stage as performance projects; they have very limited practical use, especially in the military field.

Since there are high-tech products that can replace and crush these superpowers.

However, the empire has never given up on researching superpowers, categorizing them under human gene research, and even launched a super soldier plan.

Yet the results have been few.

Professor Chen at the Institute of Holy Light is engaged in precisely such human gene-related projects, and this time, he volunteered to lead a team to conduct research on Wang Chen as a special case.

However, Wang Chen is an Imperial officer and recently achieved significant merit, meaning not even the Institute of Holy Light can arbitrarily treat him like Bai for research, hence the professor's considerate attitude.

He also laid out conditions.

If Wang Chen is willing to cooperate, he will be provided the highest-tier third gene enhancement free, along with a batch of high-tier biological products from the Institute of Holy Light as benefits.

Such terms are quite sincere, as solely the highest-tier third gene enhancement costs millions of Star Currency!

Wang Chen pondered briefly, saying, "I can cooperate with your research, but there must be a time limit, say three months?"

The Institute of Holy Light is the empire's top, most mysterious scientific research institution; aside from direct benefits, maintaining good relations with them helps Wang Chen gain a deeper understanding of the Starry Seas World.

Therefore, he was willing.

But the duration must be limited; otherwise, spending three to five years in a laboratory would completely violate Wang Chen's initial intentions.

"Three months is too short."

Professor Chen scratched his head, "Six months is necessary, can't be less."

"Six months is doable."

Wang Chen contemplated and replied, "But for the biological products given as rewards, I want to select them myself."

Professor Chen immediately extended his hand to him: "Deal!"

The two shook hands, both feeling very satisfied.

Once the cooperation was agreed, Professor Chen established a high-tier laboratory within the TK043 Space Fortress.

This was unexpected for Wang Chen.

He thought he was going to the Institute of Holy Light's main headquarters, but didn't expect the other side to bring over a large amount of instrument and equipment, setting up an ultra-specific laboratory for superpower research in just three days.

The efficiency allowed Wang Chen to glimpse a bit of the Holy Light Empire's vast foundation and technological prowess!

In the following days, Wang Chen, recently promoted to captain, temporarily disengaged from the Seventh Rapid Response Fleet's sequence, officially seconded to the Institute of Holy Light's X6 lab, cooperating in research work concerning superpowers.

The X6 lab was specifically established for him.

Don't think this lab, set up temporarily, lacked scale; its specifications were unmatched within the TK043 Space Fortress, and it boasted hundreds of types of instruments and equipment.

Each piece taken out was worth hundreds of thousands, even millions of Star Currency.

In the X6 lab, under Professor Chen's lead, the research team conducted a comprehensive, detailed analysis and research on Wang Chen's Spiritual Energy, exploring the principles of its generation and effect.

Wang Chen was effectively a guinea pig.

He cooperated fully, only suppressing his Spiritual Energy to a tenth of its power.

In fact, through this research and leveraging the highest imperial technology, Wang Chen gained a more in-depth understanding of his Spiritual Energy, even discovering new uses!

Coupled with daily persistent repetition and stimulation, his Spiritual Energy maintained high-speed growth, breaking through to the Sixth Ring tier in just five months.

This was indeed a pleasant surprise!

The X6 lab research team, led by Professor Chen, also achieved numerous results.

In short, both parties cooperated amiably, so in the sixth month, when Wang Chen proposed to undergo a third gene enhancement, Professor Chen not only readily agreed but personally conducted the surgery.

This professor from the Institute of Holy Light was an expert in this field.

The agents he used for Wang Chen's enhancement surgery were all dispatched from the institute's headquarters!

They were top-tier products.