It still feels soft under my buttocks. Although I don't want to admit it, this chair is quite comfortable to sit on.
Soon, Chen Xiao suddenly felt something sharp prick his neck from the back of his head, causing a slight numbness, a slight pain, and a slight itch.
Shi Gaofei pressed another button lightly. Soon, the ceiling above his head opened, and a huge transparent screen descended, flashing rapidly before displaying a set of cylindrical data tables.
"Oh, let me see... an interesting blood sample."
Chen Xiao instinctively tried to stand up, but the moment he did, two sturdy leather straps suddenly popped out from the armrests of the dragon throne, firmly securing his wrists! Two leather straps also popped out from under his feet, binding him tightly.
Then, a circular metal ring was placed around her waist.
The dragon throne beneath him instantly shed its disguise, transforming into a round metal armchair. Then, from behind the armchair, something resembling a crystal ball slowly emerged, shimmering with the light of flowing liquid crystals, like a giant eye staring at Chen Xiao.
"Sit still and don't move." Shi Gaofei left those words and turned away. A semi-transparent helmet-like device popped out from his wheelchair and covered his head... it looked like some kind of glasses. His eyes were fixed on the data displayed on the huge screen above.
"DNA profiling analysis, blood component analysis, electroencephalogram analysis... I need cell samples, hair, skin, muscle tissue, everything."
As he muttered coldly to himself, Chen Xiao immediately saw one mechanical arm after another, gleaming with a cold golden light, extending from under the metal platform he was sitting on, each holding a different kind of small tool.
Some quickly plucked a few hairs from their own arms, some pricked their skin with needles, and some carefully cut their skin with a small knife to take samples...
Throughout the entire process, even when his arm was cut, Chen Xiao felt no pain whatsoever.
“Linear body analysis, particle analysis…” Shi Gaofei quickly issued one instruction after another in his voice.
Chen Xiao truly felt as if he had been turned into a human guinea pig...
Finally, after more than ten minutes, Shi Gaofei got all the samples he wanted. His eyes were filled with excitement and anticipation. He turned around and said, "Sampling complete. Data storage. Sample storage."
He pointed at Chen Xiao and said, "You can come down now."
The leather straps on his arms and legs came off at the same time, and Chen Xiao immediately jumped up. The wound on his arm also healed automatically.
This puzzled him—wasn't it said that his body had developed antibodies against the cell repair fluid?
Shi Gaofei pointed to a screen on the side of the hall: "Stand over there."
Chen Xiao did as instructed.
"Take off your clothes."
Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment, then did as instructed.
"Take off your underwear too." Shi Gaofei looked at Chen Xiao.
Chen Xiao hesitated for a moment, then heard Shi Gaofei roar, "Don't waste my time, kid! Every minute of my time is precious! So precious that you couldn't afford it even if you sold your whole fortune! Hurry up!"
Just as Chen Xiao stood naked in front of Shi Gaofei, the holographic virtual disguise of the screen behind him was removed, revealing it to be a metal plate. However, with a flash of light, Chen Xiao's figure was projected onto the metal plate... but it was a skeletal diagram.
"Alright, all the information has been obtained." Shi Gaofei glanced at Chen Xiao and pressed a button. Soon, a robotic arm delivered a black robe.
“Wear it. I don’t like seeing men with their butts naked in front of me,” Shi Gaofei said coldly.
Chen Xiao muttered to herself: You were the one who told me to take off my clothes...
“I must admit, you surprised me.” Shi Gaofei’s wheelchair slowly slid to Chen Xiao’s side. “In fact, I have a copy of your blood sample here, but it was sent some time ago. But now… there are new changes in your blood sample.”
"Is it a good change or a bad one?"
Shi Gaofei frowned and glanced at Chen Xiao with an expression as if he were an idiot: "Good? Bad? Who taught you such a stupid way of defining things? No! There is no good or bad! The only difference in the direction of life's progress is the path it takes! There is no such thing as good or bad!"
"But..." Chen Xiao wanted to say something more. Shi Gaofei had already turned around and was sitting in his wheelchair, moving forward.
"Keep up, don't just stand there like an idiot. We have a lot to do."
They returned to the corridor and walked all the way to the end, where a large vermilion door stood before them. Shi Gaofei said coldly, "Now, you can leave from here."
"Go out? Is it over already?" Chen Xiao asked, somewhat bewildered.
"The end?" Shi Gaofei snorted. "What do you think testing is? Do you think I can see all your secrets with just one look? I don't have time for you now. Once you leave here, someone will take you to the next stage of testing. As for me, I need to hurry up and study the samples taken from your body."
The vermilion door opened automatically, revealing a large, circular room behind it. To Chen Xiao's slight relief, he finally saw someone behind the door.
"Mr. Shi Gaofei?" Behind the door stood a middle-aged woman dressed in a black leather jacket, the standard attire of a service agency employee.
"Take him to get a competency assessment." Shi Gaofei said, then turned and left.
Chen Xiao walked out of the vermilion gate in a daze. As the gate closed, he looked back and saw that the wall was completely smooth. There wasn't a single gap left!
“He’s an eccentric person.” The middle-aged woman next to him smiled calmly. “As long as you don’t offend him, he’s actually quite easy to get along with.”
“…Uh, thank you.” Chen Xiao looked around.
This is an enclosed space, a circular room with an arched ceiling, surrounded by a ring of long, circular shelves.
“Now I’ll take you to take an aptitude test.” The middle-aged woman smiled. “Everyone here calls me a waiter—in fact, I am a waiter, serving Mr. Skofei.”
Waiter... yet another strange name.
"The first test, the gravity chamber." Chen Xiao walked to a metal door and watched as it slowly opened... It was something that looked like a space capsule from a movie.
"We'll be putting you through a gravity-resistance test. Don't worry, it won't hurt you." The waiter pointed inside. "You just need to go in. Then the test will begin, and it will be a little uncomfortable. Try to stay natural and do some movements you can manage, like squatting, standing, walking, jogging, etc."
After Chen Xiao went inside and the door closed, he couldn't help but take a deep breath... Suddenly, he felt his body stiffen abruptly. Then, he lost his balance and almost fell over!
It felt as if every hair on his body had suddenly become heavy! The powerful gravity pressed him down firmly! Chen Xiao's body reacted immediately, and he tried his best to stand up straight.
Then, several thin metal tubes quickly extended from the surrounding walls, one end of which was connected to some kind of thin patch. They quickly made contact with Chen Xiao's body and were applied to his temples, wrists, and other parts of his body.