For those who have not seen it, I added a translator’s note at the beginning of the last chapter. Please check that out.
Additionally, I’m so sorry but I made a mistake as to Song Ziyu’s sex (Song Ziyu is one of the exam candidates). He’s male and not female. I have corrected all previous references. orz
Chapter 82
The last words were written messily, as if the writer’s hands were trembling.
But through these words, Si Chen felt the writer’s strong emotions.
Emotions of unwillingness and doubt.
Si Chen folded the letter and put it in his pocket. “I want to know more than you do.”
After all, this researcher was already dead while he was still alive. If Kuafu is still here, they might bump into him somewhere in the city.
The experimental subjects were called the “Children of God”. Then wouldn’t the person who created them fancy himself a god?
The work ID card was a white piece of metal. There was a serial number written on it: K9-413.
Si Chen visited several nearby buildings and found two more work IDs. They were K6-157 and K13-814.
Unfortunately, not everyone had adopted the good habit of writing dying letters.
Two researchers, K9 and K13, left the world not only their work IDs but also their remains.
Though they no longer appeared to be human.
One researcher left behind a skeleton lying on a bed. Before his death, his body must have been severely deformed. It looked like the skeleton of a giant water monkey.
The other researcher left behind what remained of what must have been endlessly proliferating cells. When Si Chen opened the door, the walls were covered with what looked like solidified wax or resin, the product of flesh that had dried for many many years.
The red polyps on the walls were edible after being roasted but they wouldn’t taste very good; like a low-quality sausage with too much starchy extenders and artificial flavoring.
Si Chen returned to their agreed upon place right on time.
But by the time he arrived, Lin Jiali and Chen Zhizhou had already been waiting for a long time.
When Chen Zhizhou saw him arrive, he immediately got on the back seat and pressed his face against Si Chen’s back. “I’m so sleepy. You’re finally back.”
He wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but Chen Zhizhou found that not only was Si Chen warm when he hugged him, he also smelled really good, a very light herbal scent.
Si Chen explained, “The motorcycle ran out of gas. I had to look for another motorcycle and was delayed getting back.”
Chen Zhizhou clung so close to him that they looked like a young couple who has been in love for many years.
The corner of Lin Jiali’s mouth twitched. “You lovebirds are so annoying. Should I lower the brightness of Klein Blue’s energy storage tank?”
Klein Blue is the name of Lin Jiali’s mechanical bow. This bow has no strings and the energy storage tank of its energy core is carved into the silver metal shell. In standby mode, the entire energy storage tank shines a beautiful ultramarine color.
The work IDs found by the other two were for K11, K5 and K7.
Chen Zhizhou: “I was very lucky. I found the ID in the third room I checked.”
Lin Jiali wanted to stab this Ou Huang. “I only found one after searing for a long time. But it came with a resignation letter.”
The first page of the resignation letter was the person’s employee file.
This employee’s number was K11-217 and the laboratory he belonged to was Khaos Manufacturing Insitute Lab 11.
On the second page, there is only one line written: THE SAVIOR? FUCK THAT! I QUIT!
Si Chen rubbed his chin. “One of my test questions asks, ‘What is in Lab 13 of the Khaos Manufacturing Institute?’ My guess is that the number after K corresponds to the number of the laboratory. Each ID corresponding to its own lab.”
K11-217. It meant Laboratory 11, the 217th researcher.
It could be seen that the size of the institute was huge.
“I have a dying letter here. You should also take a look.”
Because the practical exam was a lot weirder than they imagined and their test questions may jump out at any time and beat them violently, it was no longer suitable to hide secrets.
Surviving the exam has become the main priority.
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“Kuafu…” Chen Zhizhou was silent for a moment after reading it, “Actually, I have been having a nightmare while sleeping.”
“Pc atf vgfjw, atfgf’r j uljca islcu bc atf ugbecv. P’w regf tf’r vfjv yea tf tjr j rwlif bc tlr ojmf. Pa kjr ragjcuf, ffglf. Pa ibbxfv ilxf j gfilulber qjlcalcu.”
Jtfc Itlhtbe’r ygbkr oeggbkfv jcv tf kjr bnfgmbwf klat lcafcrf qjlc.
“Cgbecv tlw… atfgf kfgf ibar bo ilaaif yijmx yeur… fjalcu tlr gbaalcu ybvs… Ca atja wbwfca, P kjcafv ab pblc atbrf yeur. P xcfk P mbeivc’a fja… yea P jaf jcskjs yfmjerf P kjr rb tecugs. Ktfc P aegcfv lcab j rdelgwlcu yeu…”
Chen Zhizhou had gone pale and he finished saying everything in one breath.
He was not one to cry out in pain but his whole body was twitching slightly from the intensity of it.
“Although dreams are illogical, I always used to sleep well. I never dream.”
His words caused everyone to fall into silence.
After a long time, Lin Jiali said, “Then it seems that Kuafu is dead.”
Words ran circles in Si Chen’s mind but in the end, he decided not to say anything.
This didn’t seem like Kuafu but rather like Pangu in the myths and legends.
A total of six work IDs were found. The three of them exchanged information among themselves and matched the IDs with their admission tickets numbers.
Si Chen had three IDs — K6, 11, and 13.
Now that they’d found what they needed, further searching was just a waste of time.
After everyone had exchanged information, they decided to head towards the laboratories while it was still light out.
The closer they got to the central area, the cooler the surrounding temperature became. The cold wind blew against Si Chen’s face, stabbing like a knife.
Si Chen regretted not wearing an air filter mask.
The black dust floating in the air was odorless and it gave off no energy fluctuations.
But just by breathing it in, Si Chen found that tiny black spots began to appear on his arms.
If this was from some sort of physical strike, a layer of black scales would have appeared on the surface of his body to protect him from damage.
His current situation was more like the “contamination” mentioned in the test paper.
Once completely contaminated, they will, like those dead researchers, turn into various strange and terrifying monsters.
Si Chen asked the Eternal Life Abyss to take out a tube of gene medicine from his pocket. He drank half the bottle, the equivalent in price of a 5-square-meter apartment in the Safe Zone, and the dark spots on his skin immediately faded.
After riding for about four hours, they got very close to the laboratories.
But after Si Chen took several detours, he finally slowed the bike to a stop.
Lin Jiali immediately cast him a puzzled look.
Si Chen took a sniff of the air. “If we continue going forward, no matter which way we go, there’ll be mutants…”
This particular buffet area smelled fruity. He could smell the sweet fragrance even from a distance.
Eating meat all the time can lead to nutritional imbalance. For the growing Little Abyss, they needed to add some vitamin C in its diet.
However, it was already 10 o’clock in the evening and although the sun was still hanging in the sky, it is already tilting towards the horizon.
The sun here was extremely bright, bright but not very hot. Looking up, it looked as though it were close enough to hit you in the face.
Si Chen said, “Yesterday, it got dark at midnight and the dark hours lasted for only four hours. My suggestion is to rest for the night and enter the lab area tomorrow.”
They hadn’t closed their eyes for nearly forty hours, everyone except for Chen Zhizhou, was very tired.
Evolutionaries could go on with less sleep but as carbon-based life forms, they could not go without sleep entirely.
Lin Jiali had no objection to this.
Unknowingly, Si Chen had naturally taken on the leader position in the team.
The nameplate they used for this first night together was Lin Jiali’s.
Because they were now close to the laboratories, the room was already much larger than the coffin rooms farther out.
Just in case, Si Chen chose a slightly smaller room for them to stay in.
The room was on the first floor and the door faced the road. If they ran into trouble, they could just pull it open and run.
Of course, the main reason was because the streets near this room smelled like durian. Even though the others couldn’t smell it.
And Si Chen liked to eat grilled durian.
According to the result of their draw, Lin Jiali’s admission ticket was posted at the door today.
Lin Jiali chose to sleep on the sofa. While Si Chen and Chen Zhizhou would have to share the one bed.
The sofa and bed were both made of iron; very crude. There was also no quilt so they were in for an uncomfortable sleep.
Si Chen was already a little sleepy when he suddenly heard Chen Zhizhou’s voice. “Si Chen. Ji Chuyao isn’t going to get angry if he finds out I slept on the same bed with you, right?”
Si Chen: “…”
It turned out that the scandal between him and Ji Chuyao had spread so widely among the Great Families.
Chen Zhizhou obviously misunderstood his somewhat stunned expression.
Chen Zhizhou closed his eyes and whispered, “If he doesn’t want you, come to me and I can take over.”
Lin Jiali couldn’t help looking in Chen Zhizhou’s direction.
There was also a certain risk in taking over. If news of it gets out, it would sound particularly unpleasant. It might even cause him to become enemies with Ji Chuyao.
Chen Zhizhou was now at the Fourth Step, approaching the Fifth. Ji Chuyao was just a year older and was already on the Sixth. He was also Ji Sicheng’s only son and was almost certain to be the next head of the family.
No matter how you looked at it, Chen Zhizhou was taking a big risk.
Chen Zhizhou couldn’t explain why.
He just wanted to get close to Si Chen.
Si Chen explained stiffly, “He and I don’t have that kind of relationship.”
Chen Zhizhou subconsciously looked at Si Chen’s belly, “En…didn’t you say you had someone else you needed to provide for?”
Si Chen replied expressionlessly, “It’s all rumors. How did it spread outside?”
Chen Zhizhou yawned. He was so sleepy. “They said that Ji Chuyao fell in love with you at first sight and defied Ji Sicheng for you. He eloped with you twice. Actually, Uncle Ji seemed to have refuted the rumors. But its precisely because he refuted them that they seem more true.”
Sensing that Si Chen wasn’t in a good mood, Chen Zhizhou comforted him, “Actually, our circle, you know, the Great Families, we’re just very bored. Don’t worry about it.”
“I heard that after mechanical transformation, the functionality of that would be reduced. Either it can’t get up or it’s been replaced with a mechanical one. It’s all too easy to have a disharmonious life after marriage.”
Chen Zhizhou was putting eye drops on Si Chen but as he spoke, he found that he’d gotten so sleepy that he couldn’t even open his mouth to continue.
He’d wanted to say that after his biological transformation, he actually got two of those inside. But saying something like that, sounded too much like workplace sexual harassment.
Lin Jiali coughed, “Can you not talk like I’m not here?”
There were no dividers in this room. It was just one square space. Even the toilet and shower room were out in the open.
There was a closed window next to the bed, letting them see the sky outside.
The sun slowly sank. When the last rays of light faded, Si Chen took out his phone and glanced at the time.
23 o’clock.
Darkness came an hour earlier than yesterday.
Si Chen murmured, “Is it an hour earlier every day? In that case, won’t it get dark at noon on the last day?”
There were no lights in the room but almost as soon as darkness arrived, a bright white light burst within the room.
It was instantly followed by the closed door shaking violently.
“Boom—-”
Someone was knocking at their door. Because the force was so great, it was apparent that it was out to get them.
The IDs they’d found during the day were glowing!
And these lights were attracting the monsters!
Countless black hands stuck to the window, knocking on the glass pane. Black faces pressed themselves against the glass, their mouths open wide in hazy silent screams.
The thing knocking on the door found that it couldn’t get in and it knocked even harder the second time!
The picture frame hanging on the wall fell. The door opened a small crack.
The voices outside rushed in instantly, low unintelligible whispers, like someone casting a spell.
Lin Jiali took a step forward and slammed her body against the door. “What’s going on?!”
Not only the door but cracks had begun to appear on the window glass too. Those dark hands were clearly not human; they made visible white scratches on the glass surface.
Chen Zhizhou woke up in an instant. He took out the containment bag and put all the work IDs in it, but to no avail. Illogically, this light penetrated through the bag.
Thick black liquid oozed from the cracks in the glass, bringing in a chill and a fishy stench.
The Eternal Life Abyss gave a small shriek inside Si Chen’s body, a slight tremor at the end.
Si Chen felt a strange tingling sensation.
Dark spots appeared on his exposed skin. Not only on him, but the other two people in the room were also showing the same symptoms.
Their distortions were more obvious than Si Chen’s.
Lin Jiali’s eyes had gone bright red; her body was trembling slightly out of fear or excessive exertion. Saliva kept flowing from her mouth. Her body was swelling abnormally, like a water balloon filled with water, about to rip apart her skin.
Chen Zhizhou’s injured hand was wrapped around his neck, strangling him. Flesh-colored dotted lines grew out of it, piercing the protective gloves and twisting like earthworms in mid-air.
Even if the monsters outside couldn’t get in, at this rate, they won’t be able to survive until dawn!
Si Chen immediately made a decision.
He turned around and yelled at Chen Zhizhou. “Give me the containment bag and your admission ticket!”
Chen Zhizhou did not hesitate and threw both items to Si Chen.
His normal hand was prying off the contaminated hand.
The Feathered Serpent God’s enhancement gave Chen Zhizhou terrifying power. Si Chen heard the sound of both hands being broken but the contaminated hand still held firmly onto his neck.
“Si…Si Chen!!”
He needed to throw away those work IDs.
The only one who was still able to move now was Si Chen.
He might die if he opened the door, but Si Chen hated just waiting to die.
“Little Abyss!”
Understanding his intention, the Eternal Life Abyss squeaked in response.
Si Chen held the admission ticket in one hand and the bag of work IDs in the other.
He yanked the door open and flung the containment bag away.
There was a sudden suction force coming from outside the door.
Black tentacles wrapped around Si Chen. They grabbed his body and tried to pull him into the black mist.
“Squeak!!! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!”
The Eternal Life Abyss screamed. The skin of Si Chen’s back broke open and the Eternal Life Abyss’ tentacles jumped out.
Its relatively slender tentacles tightly wrapped around fixed objects in the room, trying to pull Si Chen back in.
The Eternal Life Abyss’ scream was filled with anger and desperation, like a child who was forcibly being taken away by a trafficker, its heart was filled with fear.
Si Chen’s body hurt. It was like he was being torn apart.
Most of his body had already been sucked into the black mist.
Si Chen could feel someone embracing him gently in the fog. Though it was not as intense as the grip of those black tentacles, it left no room for resistance.
Si Chen felt as if he was freezing.
He heard it from within the dark mist. Someone whispered, “What a perfect vessel.”
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Oh no! Si Chen! Even though abyss is worried and nervous about mom, he still sounds so cute squeaking about (ヽ´ω`)
Thanks for the chapter~~~
Ongggg 😳😬 excited for the next chapter thank you!!
😳😳😳 Opening the door even with baby abyss and feathered serpent is massively dangerous … get that door closed! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣❤️
are these the “ghosts” of the children of god wanting to reincarnate or something like that?
Nope, not opening that door…
Uh, was it a good move to reveal Little Abyss or were those people so busy with themselves that they didn’t notice? I hope for the latter. And I also expected that the white IDs would attract the monsters. Might’ve been better to just leave them laying outside.
Thank you for the chapter!
Not disturbed at all nope nope just fine
Baby, your mother is unafraid
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