As Chen Xiao made various movements, his breathing rate, pulse, blood pressure, and other data were rapidly transmitted.
A few minutes later, Chen Xiao felt the pressure mounting. He initially tried to move, but as the pressure increased, he began to feel overwhelmed. His breathing became heavy, and eventually, he couldn't even stand up...
Just as he was about to kneel down, he felt as if all the bones in his body were about to collapse... Suddenly, the omnipresent pressure vanished!
Because his whole body was struggling against the pressure, the external pressure suddenly disappeared. Due to inertia, Chen Xiao suddenly leaped high into the air and slammed his back heavily against the ceiling.
As he fell to the ground, the door in front of him opened, and the "waiter" stood before him, smiling and saying, "That's enough. Let's move on to the next stage of the test."
Chen Xiao was a little dizzy from the impact and struggled to his feet: "How did the gravity test go?"
"Well... I'm sorry, but without Mr. Shi Gaofei's permission, I cannot disclose any data." The waiter smiled politely, but his eyes were indifferent.
Chen Xiao sighed: "What's the next test?"
"It's very simple," the waiter said calmly. "Based on the data I have, your abilities manifest in several areas: strength, toxins, metal molecule bursting, basic simulation, a certain level of mental power, and your current blood's self-evolutionary ability..."
Several hours passed as Chen Xiao, accompanied by the waiter, entered one strange room after another, undergoing various bizarre tests.
For example, in a toxin test, instead of drawing his blood, they would throw him directly into a room filled with toxic gas to perform a kind of "sauna" fumigation.
According to the waiter's explanation, because Chen Xiao's bodily fluids contain toxins, he would naturally possess a certain level of toxin resistance.
The metal explosion test involved placing him in a room filled with metal particles. The air was filled with various suspended metal particles, and Chen Xiao had to detonate them one by one, from small to large.
There are also tests for imitation ability and mental strength.
The strangest thing is that the blood "evolves autonomously".
Chen Xiao guessed that he obtained this ability by absorbing the power of the Owl Bear.
This is what is known as "blood-devouring evolution." Before taking this test, Chen Xiao wondered if the other party would take out a bottle of a superhuman's blood and make him drink it... Fortunately, the test was not as perverse as he had imagined.
Chen Xiao's blood was injected into a white mouse. Then, the mouse, which was kept in a glass box, suddenly transformed into a "Super Saiyan mouse," smashing the glass panel of the box so hard that it shattered!
The waiter then injected a drop of other blood into the rat. It was supposedly a blood sample from another superhuman, and the rat quickly mutated again, floating inside the glass enclosure!
"The second injection was a blood sample from a superhuman with the ability to fly," the waiter explained.
This white mouse will be left here as Chen Xiao's stand-in for various tests.
By the afternoon, Chen Xiao had finally finished all the tests.
Finally, Shi Gaofei reappeared.
He was still in a wheelchair, but his expression was strange, neither happy nor sad. His eyes, however, were very serious. When Chen Xiao returned to the circular hall, Shi Gaofei was already waiting there.
"I've never seen a superhuman like you before," Shi Gaofei said coldly. "In fact, to me, your existence is quite similar to that of a strange creature... It evolves by absorbing the energy of its own kind, while simultaneously seizing the energy of its own kind... This way of life... there's something called a virus!"
Chen Xiao's expression remained unchanged as he listened quietly to Shi Gaofei continue.
"Many viruses also grow stronger by devouring their own kind. However, your ability originally had a flaw. That is, your total energy amount remained the same, and as you acquired more abilities, your power would be spread out and become weaker. But you were lucky, you devoured the bloodthirsty evolution ability of an owl bear, which made up for this weakness in some ways."
Chen Xiao remained silent.
"Now, your overall strength has reached Rank B! According to all your tests, every single one of your abilities has reached Rank B, with the lowest being Rank C. Moreover, your potential is very strong. Theoretically speaking, as long as you obtain the blood of a new ability user, you can evolve indefinitely... However, I cannot predict the form you will take after evolving. In other words..."
"So, I might turn into a monster whose appearance is unknown?" Chen Xiao said with a wry smile.
“That’s one way to understand it,” Shi Gaofei said with a straight face. “Even if one day your life form suddenly breaks away from human form and becomes a stick insect with higher intelligence, it’s possible—theoretically possible.”
Chen Xiao thought for a moment: "That's not what I'm concerned about... Mr. Shi Gaofei, could you answer a question for me: Was my initial state that of an ordinary human being? Or was I originally a superhuman?"
Shi Gaofei laughed, but this time his laugh was very strange.
"This is my biggest discovery!" Shi Gaofei exclaimed excitedly. "Chen Xiao, I can answer you clearly. You were born with superpowers! This genetic change comes from evolution! You were born with superpowers! But what excites me most is that there's a substance remaining in your body. I suspect this substance has a suppressive and binding effect, directly acting on your DNA, causing a change, like a shackle, restricting the changes in your DNA, putting your superpowers into a long-term dormant state, making you as similar to an ordinary person as possible!"
His voice carried a hint of admiration: "I'm incredibly curious; the person who can create that kind of oppressive substance is simply a genius!"
Could it be... my parents?
Chen Xiao's heart skipped a beat.
"The second discovery: You carefully analyzed the repressive substance remaining in your body and found that it was very similar to the purifying agent you later inhaled!"
Shi Gaofei laughed and said, "I've made a deduction. The result is that at some point in your childhood, your body was injected with that repressive substance, which restricted your genetic changes and locked up your ability evolution. And this repressive substance, after careful analysis, is actually 80% similar to the purification potion!"
After a pause, Shi Gaofei sighed, "In other words, the later purification agents were very likely developed based on this suppressive substance!" Chen Xiao's expression began to change.
Shi Gaofei continued, "Based on what we know, the purification potion was developed by your parents. Therefore, my personal deduction is that when you were young, your parents had already created a suppressing substance. This substance was the initial product of the later purification potion. Although it was not yet complete, it already had the function of suppressing changes in human DNA, but it did not yet have the absorption function of the later purification potion. Later, your parents used this method to suppress the special abilities in your body. Based on this suppressing substance, it was improved, and many years later, the final product was formed—the purification potion!"
Chen Xiao's voice trembled slightly: "So, you're certain that I was born... a superhuman?!"
"Yes, I'm sure!"
Chapter Ninety-Three: The Watchers?
It rained on the island in the evening.
Chen Xiao was settled into accommodations at headquarters, in a room resembling a train carriage. This space truly showcased the advanced technology of the service agency headquarters; although the room was small, almost everything was automated.
This place is clearly on a mountain, and you can see the sea directly from a single window.
As the storm approached, dark clouds rolled in from the distance, and looking out, one could see a curtain of rain descending between heaven and earth. The rain had not yet reached the island, but from afar, it looked like a curtain of jade beads approaching from a distance...
The windows here couldn't be opened, but the ventilation system was advanced, and Chen Xiao soon smelled the fresh, damp air after the rain.
He sighed, went into the bathroom and took a shower. The warm water on his body gradually calmed his previously agitated heart.