Chapter 12.6 - Root of Evil
After signing the bill, Su suddenly discovered that the attendantâs hand, that was holding the optical screen, was pure white and soft, making him suddenly swell up with a powerful desire. He raised his head and looked at the attendantâs appearance. This was a girl that could still be considered pretty, but the main thing was that she was young and full of power. Perhaps due to training in a few Combat Domain abilities, her body seemed well developed and full of power as well.
âEn, can endure quite a bit of force and wonât be easily brokenâŠâ This thought suddenly emerged in Suâs mind, and then he immediately became terrified. He didnât know why this kind of thought would suddenly appear in his mind, or why there was such an abrupt and intense desire. At this moment, he wanted to directly press this girl down and then vent his bodyâs desires even if Curtis was still standing right there.
âOh⊠I need two more B grade dummies, those that have comprehensive testing functions.â Su finally subdued his bodyâs instincts and calmly said.
âUnderstood, I will prepare it for your distinguished self immediately.â The attendant rushed away to prepare it, her heart still beating quickly while doing so. Just now, her female intuition clearly sensed Suâs burning gaze.
Maybe there might be something tonight, this was what she thought while running. Suâs pretty exterior was a secondary factor, and even his status as a lieutenant commander wasnât a deciding factor. However, he was Persephoneâs chosen man. Being able to do something to the man of a general, just the thought of this alone was an extremely stimulating thing.
Su couldnât be bothered with what the attendant was thinking right now at all. Twenty minutes later, the dummy he needed had already been properly placed. Su then began to bombard the dummy tirelessly with strikes at an unchanging frequency.
The high precision sensor continuously displayed Suâs fist force on the screen. 2500 kilograms, 2500 kilograms, 2500 kilograms⊠Each time he brandished his fists, struck with his knees, or released a kick to the side, it would produce the exact same power. His control over his power was so precise that the deviation already exceeded the scope of what the sensors could detect.
As his stamina was drained bit by bit, his bodyâs desires also gradually calmed down. Even though he was still bombarding the dummy with his greatest strength, Suâs mood sank into an icy coldness without any fluctuation. His consciousness was completely focused on harmonizing and maneuvering the various systems in his body, as well as familiarizing himself with his new body after devouring the energy crystalâs contents.
At nine in the morning the following day, Su promptly pushed open Lieutenant Colonel Julioâs office doors. Currently, Su already changed into a new set of uniform that gave him a completely different look. His eyes were bright and in great spirits, with not a trace of fatigue from his overnight bitter training. Lieutenant Colonel Julio behind the office table had bloody veins covering his eyes, and his hair was a mess. It seemed like he hadnât slept all night.
Julio rubbed his aching eyes and said, âMy dear Lieutenant Commander Su, if I recall correctly, you still have some missions that havenât been completed yet?â
âCorrect, but they will be completed soon. This time, I came to obtain the rank of lieutenant colonel, as well as the corresponding privileges.â
Julio rubbed his unbearably aching head. He flipped through the optical screen while saying, âYou should already have most of a lieutenant colonelâs authority⊠right, your contributions are already enough to promote you to lieutenant colonel. However, are you sure you want to increase your rank right now? Alright, I understand. Take this with you and go to the office on the other side, and then itâll be done. Congratulations, lucky youngster. I really have to say that your speed of promotion truly is fast!â
Su accepted the promotional documents. He didnât pay any attention to Julioâs envious and jealous tone and instead smiled. âHow is the battlefield situation on the Scorpions of Disasterâs side?â
Julio released a snort and hatefully said, âHow else can it be? You can tell from my current state that things are already a complete mess! Just yesterday, we completely lost all contact with Pendulum City and the areas west of it. All of our flight surveillance in that area have been destroyed, so we can only rely on drones for a bit of intelligence. The new intelligence stated that there are already four dragonriders that are surrounded! They should be able to hold on for a few days, but they definitely have no hope of breaking free. Damn it, there are still more than ten dragonriders surrounding that battlefield, but not a single one is willing to cooperate and break through the enemyâs encirclement to free the fellas trapped inside! Fuck, this group of idiots! What a pity it is that I donât have the authority to command them. What I can do is only this much.â
Su understood the lieutenant colonelâs predicament quite clearly. As a mission distributing lieutenant colonel, he was equivalent to a âhalfâ commander of the Black Dragonriders. If the four dragonriders that were surrounded were wiped out, it would definitely draw the generalsâ attention, and they would organize a corresponding army to rescue the worsening battlefield. Every dragonrider general had the power of changing the state of a battle, but when this happened, it was equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel Julioâs utter failure. Retiring ahead of time might even be the best choice. For this lieutenant colonel who had already lost most of his combat strength and sat behind an office table for a long time, this meant a complete end to his status, influence, and rich lifestyle.
âIâll go.â Su said indifferently.
A trace of happiness flashed across Julioâs face, but it wasnât one of complete joy. He knew that Suâs abilities were powerful, but he even more so understood how adding a lieutenant colonel ranked dragonrider to that battlefield would produce near insignificant results. Whatâs more⊠Wait! Julio suddenly thought of something, and then he quickly flipped through the densely packed documents on the optical screen. Several minutes later, he finally found what he was looking for, and then the happiness on his face completely disappeared, and it even became ashen.
âLieutenant Commander Su, I have to tell you something unfortunate. Your two subordinates followed Lieutenant Commander Ricardo several days ago into Pendulum Cityâs war zone, and now Lieutenant Commander Ricardo is precisely one of the four dragonriders that are surrounded by the Scorpions of Disaster.â
âAll the more reason for me to go.â Su continued to reply calmly. Lieutenant Colonel Julio seemed to have sensed something from his tone, but he had no way of ascertaining what exactly hid behind that faint smile.
Even though Julio possessed rather outstanding war awareness, remarkable commanding skills, and his many years of experience made him somewhat confident in reading into other peopleâs emotions, there was still no way he could have guessed that what lingered within Suâs heart without disappearing was a sweet little girl around ten years old.
That evening, just as the lieutenant colonel who hadnât slept for two day was racking his brains for a way to solve Pendulum Cityâs war situation under the stimulation of coffee and tobacco, in a private room underneath Dragon City, Helen widened her similarly red eyes while concentrating all of her attention on the world displayed under a high powered microscope.
In her field of view, a tadpole like cell was currently swimming about with incomparable speed, and it was quickly closing in on a human egg cell that was several times larger than itself. Then, just like all sperm, it smashed into the egg cell and sank its head inside. This process looked like it proceeded extremely smoothly, and soon after, it was going to complete the fertilization process, producing the most basic form of life.
However, the changes began from here!
The head of the sperm split open, and what it spat out wasnât one, but several dozen snake like substances! These little snakes made from amino acids were not any less dangerous than cold-blooded species, colliding into the walls of the egg cell with extreme speed, continuously tearing off substances that carried nutrients and then changing them into its own genes! In the blink of an eye, several dozen sperm cells took form inside the egg, and then those that were a bit stronger even directly split a second time, spitting out even more fine snakes that contained genetic material!
In the blink of an eye, the egg cell burst from the countless sperm cells! The several hundred sperm cells crazily shot in all directions in search of new prey. However, the petri dish was extremely clean. Apart from that egg cell, there wasnât anything else for them to eat. After a short period of futile swimming, these sperm cells began to slow down and become muddled in color as well. The changing data in the microscopic view displayed that these sperm cellsâ genes were quickly collapsing, turning into chunks of meaningless protein.
Helen finally spat out a breath of air that had been pent up for an extremely long time and straightened her body. She looked at the time. From the time the sperm was released to when they all died, it took a total of a minute and seventeen seconds.
This breath of hers lasted a minute and seventeen seconds!
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