“Gene sequence G-1147 is showing rejection…”Karl stared at the holographic projection, muttering to himself. His voice was so high-pitched it didn’t sound human; it was like the screeching of metal rubbing together. “We need to increase the dosage of the Psychic Stabilizer…”His fingers flew across the holographic keyboard, and the blood vessels on his deformed head pulsed with the rhythm of his thoughts. The gene chain on the projection began to reassemble, displaying a dangerous red warning.“Doctor, the sample’s tolerance has reached its limit,” a female researcher beside him whispered. “Increasing the dosage further might…”“Shut up!” Karl suddenly shrieked, his eyeballs abnormally bulging and bloodshot. “What do you know? This is a breakthrough in evolution! The pain is only temporary!”He spun around abruptly, his mechanical prosthetic arm tapping rapidly on the holographic keyboard beneath his white coat. The projection immediately switched, displaying a figure restrained on an operating table—a young man, covered in tubes, with strange bulges writhing beneath his skin, as if something was growing inside him.“Do you see?”Karl’s voice trembled with excitement. “With just one more adjustment to the Psychic Resonance Frequency, we can make history, perfectly introducing Beast Spirit genes into a Spiritual Energy User’s genes, thereby creating the first Beast Spirit Warrior.”His mechanical prosthetic arm suddenly twitched, emitting a piercing “sizzling” sound.Karl impatiently slapped it a few times, then turned and yelled at the female researcher, “Go get a new stabilizer! Now!”After speaking, he saw the “experimenter” who had just returned behind him, and angrily said:“What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and get the equipment ready! The next experiment is about to begin.”“Yes, Doctor.”Qin Tian, based on the memories from the researcher’s Soul Imprint fragments, began to set up the experimental equipment.The female researcher, with trembling hands, brought over a test tube glowing with a faint blue light, inside which a viscous Psychic Stabilizer was suspended.Karl snatched the test tube, and his mechanical prosthetic arm precisely loaded it into a syringe.“The moment to witness history has arrived!” Karl murmured fanatically, inserting the needle into the experimental subject’s jugular vein.As the blue liquid was slowly pushed in, the young man on the operating table suddenly arched his back, letting out an inhuman roar from his throat. His skin began to turn a strange grayish-blue, and his muscles writhed and swelled like living things.“Gene fusion rate is rising!” the female researcher stared at the monitoring screen, her voice trembling. “65%... 72%... 80%…”Karl’s bulging eyes fixated on the experimental subject, a twisted smile spreading across his lips: “Look! This is the power of evolution!”The experimental subject’s fingernails began to lengthen and harden, turning into sharp bone claws; his spine unnaturally curved, and a section of bone tail extended from his coccyx; his facial bones twisted and deformed, his mouth and nose protruding forward, gradually taking on the characteristics of a canid.“90%... 95%...” The female researcher’s voice grew increasingly terrified. “Doctor, the fusion rate has exceeded the safety threshold!”“Shut up! Just a little more and we can break through the critical point!” Karl frantically adjusted the parameters on the control panel, yelling loudly.Suddenly, the data on the monitoring screen began to fluctuate violently.“No… impossible…” Karl’s expression froze. “How could the gene chain…?”The experimental subject let out a heart-wrenching scream. His body began to deform at a visible rate—countless tumors swelled on his skin, his limb joints twisted in reverse, and new bone spurs pierced through from within his body.“Bang!”An eyeball burst from its socket, floating in a pool of blood. This was followed by a second muffled thud, as the experimental subject’s right arm exploded like an overinflated balloon, splattering flesh and bone fragments across the entire operating table.“Activate the suppression program!” Karl shrieked hysterically.The female researcher fumbled with the control panel, but it was too late.The experimental subject’s chest cavity split open like a blooming blood-red flower, and his internal organs dissolved into a pool of viscous pus before everyone’s eyes. With a final, massive explosion, his entire body disintegrated as if a bomb had been detonated.Blood rained down on every corner of the laboratory.Karl stood frozen, his white coat stained dark red, his deformed large head splattered with bits of flesh.“Again… failed again…” he muttered to himself, then suddenly pounded the operating table in a fit of rage. “Why is it always just short?!”What a lunatic!Qin Tian witnessed everything. What Karl aimed to do was to create gene warriors through genetic technology that were no less powerful than bloodline Spiritual Energy Users. If he were to succeed, the entire structure of the Empire and even the universe would change.Fortunately, so far, the experiment had not succeeded even once.Karl took off his white coat and walked directly to the adjacent shower room, dropping a remark:“Novar, next is your experiment. Get ready.”“Yes, Doctor.”Entering the shower room, Karl washed his face, then looked out the door and muttered:“What an amazing ability, to be able to become exactly the same. If your magnetic field wasn’t off, you really would have blended in.”After speaking, Karl pulled out an internal communicator. Just as he finished dialing the number and was about to press the call button, his body suddenly stiffened, his soul seemingly frozen, unable to make any movement.“Magnetic field off? To be honest, this is the first time I’ve been seen through, and I didn’t expect it to be for this reason.”A figure emerged from the void.“Doctor Karl, it seems your abilities are also extraordinary.”Qin Tian, still wearing the face of the experimenter Novar, slowly walked in front of Karl, a hint of inquisitiveness in his eyes:“Magnetic field, is this your ability? Are you an Esper?”“Who are you?”Karl asked in a high-pitched voice, his volume loud, attempting to alert the people outside.“Don’t shout.”Qin Tian pointed around him, and space twisted, as if ripples were moving through the air.“This is my ability, Space Force Field. Within this force field, no sound can escape.”Hearing this, Karl was silent for a moment, then spoke:“You are from the Imperial military.”Qin Tian nodded and said:“That’s right. It seems you’ve already guessed who I’m here for.”Karl shook his head, “You’re too late. Doctor Xie is already dead.”What!!!Hearing this, Qin Tian’s expression changed slightly. He immediately grabbed Karl by the collar and said in a deep voice:“Dead? When did he die? Who killed him?”Karl: “On the first day Doctor Xie entered the spaceship, the leader brought him to me. After injecting him with a truth serum, the leader took him to the next room. When the door opened, Doctor Xie was already dead.”Hearing this, Qin Tian’s heart sank to rock bottom.The military, from top to bottom, had invested enormous manpower, financial resources, and material resources, constantly trying to rescue Doctor Xie, and he himself had put a lot into this mission.But who would have thought that Doctor Xie was killed by the Hundred Hunt Star Pirates on the very first day he was captured.“Why would this happen?”Qin Tian was baffled. Everyone thought that the Hundred Hunt Star Pirates kidnapped Doctor Xie for his knowledge, technology, and the key scientific research projects he was involved in, wanting to use him to exchange for greater benefits.However, the Hundred Hunt Star Pirates did not do that; instead, they directly killed Doctor Xie.But by doing so, they would not only gain nothing, but would also attract the focused attention and strike of the military.Qin Tian’s eyes were deep. He needed to inform Officer Yan Qing of this news as soon as possible, but before that, he first needed to deal with the person in front of him.Sensing the sharpness that flashed in Qin Tian’s eyes, Karl quickly said:“I am willing ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) to surrender. I have made some scientific research achievements over the years. If you exchange them for my life, the Empire will definitely profit.”Qin Tian knew this. A single youth potion alone could create unimaginable economic value, not to mention that Karl could indeed be called a genius scientist, though his personality was too radical. If he could be recruited, the Empire would certainly not refuse.However, Qin Tian couldn’t completely trust Karl. What if he surrendered on the surface but secretly informed the Hundred Hunt Star Pirates? The situation would then become troublesome.Qin Tian placed his hand on Karl’s large forehead and activated his ability—Soul Imprint.To his surprise, Karl, who was entirely an ordinary person physically, had an exceptionally powerful spiritual force, even comparable to a fourth-order Psychic Mage.Such a strong spiritual force, yet contained within an ordinary physical vessel, no wonder his head was deformed like this.Of course, while Karl’s spiritual force was strong, it offered no resistance in front of him.The Soul Imprint successfully planted itself within Karl’s soul.“Ma—Master.”Karl lowered his head, clearly still somewhat unaccustomed to saying the word “Master.”“Karl, is your head deformed like this due to an innate powerful spiritual force, or is it caused by acquired factors?” Qin Tian asked.Karl explained: “Decades ago, I accidentally researched a potion that could increase brain region development. After multiple clinical trials, it was confirmed that the potion was safe, but it would have obvious side effects. This side effect was the deformation of the head. However, for me, brain region development is far more important than appearance. I injected myself with this potion, and then I became like this, but at the same time, I also gained the ability to sense human magnetic fields.”So that’s how it is. Qin Tian nodded slightly. No wonder even sixth- or even seventh-order powerhouses couldn’t see through his disguise, yet Karl could see through it at a glance. It turns out it was because he possessed the ability to sense magnetic fields.“I heard someone say that you’ve been researching a gene bomb all these years?” Qin Tian asked.Hearing this, Karl suddenly laughed,“That was just a smokescreen to fool them. What benefit would researching a gene bomb bring me? My only goal is to uncover the life-and-death code hidden within human genes, thereby achieving true immortality!”Immortality. From Karl’s words, Qin Tian heard a strong ambition. However, since ancient times, countless people have pursued immortality, including ancient emperors, Psychic powerhouses, top biologists, and so on. Yet, no one has ever truly touched this forbidden domain.“Karl, I can tell you, the Hundred Hunt Star Pirates are doomed. In three days at most, the Imperial warships will definitely arrive.”Qin Tian’s expression was serious: “During this time, you have only one task: back up all research data and results. Also, stop the human experiments.”“Yes!”Karl nodded. In fact, he didn’t need any storage devices at all; all the data and results were imprinted in his mind. Even a tiny failed experiment, he could remember clearly.“Also, this experimenter named Novar is dead. I won’t be appearing in the laboratory next. Find a suitable reason so that those outside don’t become suspicious,” Qin Tian added.“Yes!”Qin Tian left the laboratory under the pretext of illness. After returning to Sebada’s room, he immediately entered space through Void Shuttle, then called Yan Qing.“Officer Yan!”“Qin Tian!”Qin Tian did not waste time and immediately said:“Officer, Doctor Xie is already dead, killed by the leader of the Hundred Hunt Star Pirates!”“What!”Yan Qing’s expression changed drastically.He was very clear about how serious the chain reaction Doctor Xie’s death would cause, and how many people would be held accountable for dereliction of duty. Most importantly,Without Doctor Xie, this top expert in the energy field, that crucial scientific research project would inevitably be interrupted.“Qin Tian, where are the Hundred Hunt Star Pirates now?”Yan Qing’s voice carried a hint of coldness.Doctor Xie was dead. The most important thing now was to provide an explanation for this matter.The Hundred Hunt Star Pirates, as the culprits, must be annihilated, not a single one left.Qin Tian sent the location to Yan Qing and said, “Officer, I will send you real-time locations from now on. However, there are many innocent civilians inside the spaceship. I hope the warships can minimize bombing the spaceship to avoid causing mass casualties among the civilians.”“Good, civilians are also our protected targets. I will notify them. Qin Tian, in one day at most, the Empire’s warships will arrive.At that time, your first priority is to protect yourself. If possible, you can create some chaos inside the spaceship to help us engage in boarding combat sooner.”“Yes, Officer!”Qin Tian nodded.The call ended. Yan Qing immediately reported the situation to the military. As expected, upon learning of Doctor Xie’s death, the military was extremely enraged, immediately dealt with a large number of people, and at the same time mobilized the 27th Army stationed in the Liyue Star Sector to encircle and annihilate the Hundred Hunt Star Pirates.“Officer, what are you thinking about?”Zhao Rui couldn’t help but ask, looking at Yan Qing, who was deep in thought with a solemn expression.Yan Qing snapped back to reality, shook his head, and said:“Nothing, just recalling some past events.”Doctor Xie’s death reminded him of a Seventh Bureau meeting he attended in the Imperial Capital twenty years ago, presided over by Lin Shuai. At that meeting, Lin Shuai talked about something.For hundreds of years, the Empire’s scientific research in various fields such as interstellar aviation, space communication, and planetary transformation had exploded, and its technological level had continuously developed. However, there was one field that had always lacked breakthrough progress.That was powerful interstellar weapons.For example, the Star Destroyer Cannon project that Doctor Xie participated in this time, and the Psionic Bomb that the Royal Research Institute almost developed before—these projects were all interrupted due to certain circumstances just as they were about to make progress.Not only the Empire, but the Spirit Race also encountered the same situation internally.It was as if an invisible hand had always been suppressing the appearance of powerful weapons in the universe.“Hundred Hunt Star Pirates, are they also your pawns?”Yan Qing murmured inwardly.Chapter Thoughts: Element Zero Psionics?! Praise the Saint!06-30 16:11 - GuangdongGo to APP and interact with more book friends

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