[Experiment Journal 4]

[Date: September 9, 2056]

[Recorder: Xie Kang]

[In 7 years, I have thrown a total of 2,147 miners into the mine shafts, for "it" to slowly enjoy]

[It indeed accepts anyone indiscriminately, but after consumption, no further growth has occurred]

[For example, the situation we encountered is like downloading illicit content using a poor-quality cloud drive, where the speed is fast initially, but gets stuck at 99%! And it halts there perpetually, infuriating us]

[Due to the delay in research progress, the company's funding has been cut significantly recently... Thankfully, I had swindled a lot of money from those miners before, allowing me to barely keep the lab operational]

[What type of test subject should I pick next?]

[My first thought was the Apprentice Death Gods]

[These high-and-mighty fellows far surpass ordinary people in terms of physical and mental strength, perfect as "feed"]

[Moreover, I hold a grudge against the Apprentice Death Gods, these bastards killed my friends when I was young, merely for fun...]

[This option appears perfect, but the only problem is that I can't beat the Apprentice Death Gods, nor can I provoke them]

[The company can help me cover up the disappearance of two thousand people, but can't conceal the fall of an Apprentice Death God, even the weakest ones]

[Helpless, I had to pick another target group]

[Hammer Vanguard Squad]

[In recent years, this squad has gained significant prominence...]

[Their skills are extremely strong, being one of the top construction teams in Nest City, yet they don't work honestly, nor do they sign contracts with any company, instead choosing to support bullied miners and fight lawsuits]

[In my opinion, these people are extremely foolish, with such good skills and opportunities, they could easily become part of Nest City's upper echelon, but they throw these chances away for some ridiculous ideals. Such people deserve to die!]

[Sure enough, soon an assassination mission targeting them appeared on the Ethernet, offering a multimillion reward from the employer if they are eliminated]

[Upon pondering, I accepted this mission outright]

[Most members of the Hammer Vanguard have undergone genetic modification; their physical constitution is superior to ordinary people and should satisfy "it"]

[This way, I not only get the bounty but also advance the project further, killing two birds with one stone]

[As for conscience... can that be eaten?]

[The commoners of Bottom City love talking about conscience, so they deserve a life of destitution]

[Only by discarding conscience can one climb upward step by step...]

...

[Experiment Journal 5]

[Date: October 31, 2057]

[Recorder: Senior Researcher Xie Kang]

[The plan was relatively successful; the majority of Hammer Vanguard members were decapitated, becoming food for "it"... yet there are few exceptions, such as the captain Shen Donglin, who never completely succumbed]

[But this is not a problem, as we recently discovered a new ability of "it," capable of altering a person's memory and knowledge]

[The awareness of the Hammer Captain is strong, but ultimately, he's just a regular person, and over time with brainwashing, he eventually forgot his past and officially became a member of Yangshan Town]

[I appointed him as the mayor, seeing him dazedly live a primitive life in the town is rather entertaining, haha]

[With this research, I was promoted again, becoming a senior researcher...]

[I've finally entered the company's middle management, my over a decade of effort wasn't in vain]

[There's something to note, though...]

[Recently, "it" seems to have stronger self-awareness, attempting multiple times to attack me and my subordinate researchers; fortunately, the lab has defense mechanisms, avoiding an incident]

[It seems more work is needed on stability]

[...]

[Experiment Journal 6]

[Date: 2061]

[Recorder: Xie Kang]

[Recently, focus has been on strengthening stability, no additional updates]

[...]

[Experiment Journal 7]

[Date: 2064]

[Recorder: Xie Kang]

[Still enhancing stability, "its" level of activity is beyond imagination, even injecting excessive veterinary sedatives can't fully suppress "its" wild nature]

[Further domestication is needed to make "it" completely under our control]

[...]

[Experiment Journal 8]

[Date: 2069]

[Recorder: Xie Kang]

[Unknowingly, nearly 20 years have passed on this project]

[Looking back, my life has truly been exhilarating... rising from a bottom dweller to a mid-level in the company, publishing countless papers, becoming a well-known academic in the field]

[But it's still not enough]

[I believe, once my research is completed, even the company's chief researcher would have to look at me differently]

[Just wait and see, I will succeed]

[...]

[Experiment Journal 8]

[Date: 2072]

[Recorder: Xie Kang]

[Research hit another bottleneck, "its" wild nature can't be tamed by conventional means, preventing us from further extracting the "Immortality Gene"]

[However, a young man in my department named "A Dong" is clever, suggesting we try a different approach...]

[Given "immortality" requires a long time for research, why not change our perspective and attempt to create a group of hard-to-kill "biological weapons" using "its" power?]

[Drugs are lucrative, but so is the arms and munitions market!]

[I was persuaded by his argument and immediately commenced plans for biological weapon research]

[Later, the research progressed smoothly, we successfully modified "its" heart, using the heart as the core of an undying organ, creating an exceptionally powerful monster]

[Though still in its infancy, it has demonstrated exceptional biological-grade combat power, enough to crush all the grievances in the mine without injury]

[Companies in the munitions industry will definitely like this product...]

[Unfortunately, during the experiment, young "A Dong" accidentally fell into the testing ground and was torn apart by the monster, truly a pity... hahaha...]

[That fool even thought that I, his mentor, would share the patent with him, clinging to unrealistic hopes until his death]

[No worries, he will forever be lost in his sweet dreams, never realizing it was I who personally pushed him down]

[All research outcomes here belong solely to me, Xie Kang, and there's no one qualified to contest that, no one...]

[...]

[Experiment Journal 8]

[Date: 2076 (a year ago)]

[Recorder: Xie Kang]

[Impossible... how could this be?]

[How could "it" know the whereabouts of our laboratory, and how could it control the monster, escaping our control?]

[It's all over... it's all over, I really shouldn't have believed... (huge streaks of blood here, no longer legible)]

[A lifetime of cleverness, falling at the hands of my own experiment subject in the end]

[I'm not resigned... truly, I'm not... ]

[Clearly just one step away... yet here I am, all previous efforts wasted]

[Is this my retribution? Perhaps...]

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