The next afternoon, Shen Hao stayed in his room, waiting for the game to start.
A few minutes later, he was teleported into the Instance.
He appeared in that scientist's laboratory.
Although this is a laboratory, it is very dirty and messy, with many experimental equipment lying around, some of which are even damaged.
The place was filled with strange smells—blood, rottenness, and pungent medicinal odors—a mixture that was extremely unpleasant.
Shen Hao didn't particularly like the smells, but he was quite interested in some of the things here.
For example, there are many glass jars on the shelves containing human organs, such as internal organs, limbs, skulls, and so on.
Some bottles contained animal carcasses, and judging from their appearance, they had undoubtedly died a painful death.
It's clear that this scientist is also a very cruel person, but Shen Hao really likes his personality and hobbies.
They could become friends, and if the scientist were still alive, Shen Hao would like to learn some technology from him.
Unfortunately, this person is already a mindless monster; he can't learn anything.
Shen Hao opened the system panel to check his quests for this Instance.
"Mission One: The Hunt. Your prey is about to enter the Instance, and you will not let them escape unscathed."
That's for sure; every instance of the Instance has these kinds of hunting missions, and so far no one has managed to escape unscathed.
There probably won't be any more in the future.
"Task Two: Find the mad scientist's legacy; it's something very important to you."
Upon seeing this task, Shen Hao felt a surge of joy.
He seemed to have a clue what it was that was important to him.
Are they organs of the Demon?
This is indeed very important to him; he likes it.
He has only obtained the Demon's blood and the Demon's left eye, and has not acquired any new Demon organs for a long time.
I don't know when I'll be able to obtain a complete Demon body.
If this mad scientist's so-called legacy is just an organ of the Demon, that would be really interesting.
But he remembered that the Mad Scientist's legacy came from someone he admired, and that he was one of the people who killed that person.
Does he worship the Demon?
But how could he possibly kill Demon?
Shen Hao knew very well the power of the Demon; he could easily kill the extraordinary beings of the Netherworld with just the Demon's eyes and blood.
The power of Demons is simply unimaginable.
Clearly, it's impossible for such a scientist, along with others, to kill the Demon.
Shen Hao can't figure this out now, but he will eventually find the answer.
Not now.
"You have entered the Instance, and you are about to become the Instance BOSS— the Mad Scientist."
Upon hearing the game system's notification, Shen Hao's body began to change rapidly.
His skin is now cracked and bleeding, some areas are festering, and his body is covered in scars and marks from numerous syringes.
Many parts of the body are swollen, forming disgusting cysts.
His bones and flesh were undergoing mutations; the bones in his arms and torso even spread to the surface of his body, enveloping important parts of his body.
His muscles seemed to come alive, as if they were independent, living entities, exceptionally active, forming tendrils that coiled around his body.
At this moment, his skin had an eerie black tinge, his body was swollen, and some parts were even rotting, emitting a foul stench.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't have a single human shape.
It looked more like a pile of rotten flesh.
His body was covered in blue crystals, embedded in his flesh, with only his head protruding. This must be the energy core mentioned in the guide.
His current body is quite heavy, but with these energy cores providing power, movement will become very easy.
However, some of these crystals were broken, obviously after the battle with those players; now only a complete core remains.
Shen Hao also wanted to find out if there were any other energy cores to replace the damaged ones.
But he felt that doing so might expose something, so he had to give up.
He walked to the mirror and examined his current appearance.
He couldn't help but sigh, "This guy really is a madman, he actually transformed himself into such a grotesque, inhuman creature."
This is far from perfect.
Of course, this could also be the result of a failed experiment, and not the perfect form that the scientist was pursuing.
He just got carried away on his path to reformation and ended up looking like this.
All of this must be related to the so-called "heritage".
Shen Hao became even more interested in this Mad Scientist, but unfortunately, it was impossible for them to have a conversation.
Shen Hao saw the BOSS's basic attributes, which surprised him; he had never seen a BOSS with such attributes before.
Ignoring its inherent attributes, the BOSS has a physical attribute of 3 and Mental Attribute of 1.
This attribute is unmatched even by ordinary people.
But in fact, this BOSS's body is extremely strong. Shen Hao felt that his own physique was much weaker than that of this BOSS.
The reason for this is probably that all of the BOSS's power comes from the energy core, but the BOSS itself is very weak.
This is because his body has been modified; overall, the BOSS's combat power is not weak.
This is contingent on the energy core not being destroyed.
Shen Hao began to examine his newly acquired abilities.
"Summon! Your pet is underground; you can summon it to fight for you at any time."
Of course, it can't go too far from the lab; you can only use its power here.
Shen Hao wasn't surprised by this ability; he had seen it in the strategy guide as well.
This ability isn't particularly impressive to him; he already possesses far greater abilities.
"Monster Maker, you are a scientist skilled in modification. You can modify the bodies of your enemies, turning them into monsters that obey your commands."
This ability is quite good; it can be used to control enemies.
But Shen Hao already possesses the ability to Possession, which works very well most of the time, so he doesn't really need this.
It was actually quite fun.
He can modify those players.
The boss has a third ability.
"Perfect Being, you possess the genes of a powerful being within you, making any mental attacks against you ineffective."
Your physical body also possesses the ability to regenerate quickly; even if severed, a new body can grow back within a few breaths.
Unless your energy core is destroyed.
This ability seems pretty good; it's ineffective against both mental and physical attacks.
However, it has a very obvious drawback, namely the energy core.
Overall, this boss doesn't have any particularly powerful abilities, but at least one of its abilities is quite fun.
He doesn't lack powerful abilities; having fun is more important to him.
"Your prey has entered the Instance; the game has officially begun!"
Shen Hao heard the Instance notification; the players had finally arrived.
He stepped out of his laboratory, and the hunt officially began.