An Experiment That Changed the Course of History

Superpower Private Hospital.

Monitoring Room.

"Little General Wu, the next experimental subject for the Source Blood Project is ready. It's him."

The dean, wearing bottle-bottom glasses and a white lab coat, clicked on a small surveillance camera feed on the large screen.

The small feed quickly zoomed in, filling the entire screen.

The camera showed a hospital room. A pale, emaciated teenager lay on the hospital bed, staring blankly at the pure white ceiling.

"He doesn't look very bright," said the tall young man named Little General Wu, pushing up his gold-rimmed glasses.

"Yes, this experimental subject usually acts dull and isn't very sensitive to external changes," the dean replied.

"My father's intention is... is this person safe?" Little General Wu asked.

The dean understood and quickly answered, "Absolutely safe.

"The experimental subject's name is Bai Pu. He suffers from congenital heart disease, which led to his abandonment by his parents. He grew up in an asylum. Due to his deteriorating health, he dropped out of junior high and has no close friends. His social connections are very clean; he's an outsider who wouldn't even have anyone to collect his body if he died on the street.

"Of course, to be legal, we still signed a Clinical Medical Agreement with him under the guise of testing a special medication for heart disease."

Little General Wu nodded and asked, "Why does this experimental subject look like he's about to die?"

The dean explained, "It might be due to insufficient blood supply to the heart, causing varying degrees of organ failure and significant muscle atrophy... Optimistically, his remaining lifespan is less than a year."

He paused, then continued, "It's strange, though. The severity of this organ failure and muscle atrophy is far beyond that of typical heart patients. It's as if there's an invisible black hole inside his body, desperately snatching the nutrients from the blood pumped by his heart."

"Dean Zhao, why choose a heart patient for the Source Blood Project?" Little General Wu sounded displeased.

Dean Zhao confidently said, "Don't worry. Based on preliminary sampling and comparison, this experimental subject's compatibility with 'Source Blood' is far higher than the previous three subjects! I have enough confidence that he will remain conscious and unaffected by the Evolution Instinct of the Evolution Source Blood!"

As he spoke, Dean Zhao displayed a thick stack of documents in his hand. "Data doesn't lie. I guarantee with this stack of experimental records that this Source Blood Project will achieve a breakthrough!"

Ward 3072.

Bai Pu's eyes were vacant, staring at the ceiling as if unfocused.

"11247 multiplied by 99821 equals 1122686787..."

"11248 multiplied by 99820 equals 1122775360..."

No one knew what this seemingly foolish, pale, and frail teenager was thinking inside his head.

Creak, the ward door opened, and several people in white coats pushed a gurney inside.

[Four individuals, two male, two female. The lead male wears an earpiece, approximately forty years old, with four acne scars on his face, bruised eye sockets, a nostril tilted at 62°, seven visible nose hairs, two long and five short... lips... physique... skin condition... movement trajectory... stride length... stride distance...]

[The second individual...]

Bai Pu merely glanced, and a flood of information surged into his mind, causing his head to throb and his vision to blur.

Bai Pu quickly averted his gaze, returning to stare at the ceiling.

"11249 multiplied by 99819 equals 1122863931..."

It was more brain-friendly to do these basic calculations.

The medical staff helped Bai Pu up, intending to place him on the gurney.

Bai Pu offered a token "struggle."

The medical staff dared not use too much force. Bai Pu's wrists were as thin as dry twigs; they worried about snapping them accidentally.

"Dean, the patient is resisting strongly. Requesting permission to administer a sedative and forcibly take him." The lead person in the white coat spoke into their earpiece.

A clear reply came through the headset:

"No, the experimental subject must remain conscious. Do not inject any medication that affects the central nervous system!"

There was a pause, then the voice in the headset continued, "The experimental subject may have developed environmental dependence. Considering the importance of the experimental subject's mental state, the experiment site is being temporarily changed. We will bring the experimental apparatus to Ward 3072 and conduct the Source Blood injection experiment on-site!"

Dean Zhao was clearly explaining to Little General Wu beside him. Although Little General Wu didn't hold a high position in the corporation, he had another identity: the Chairman's second son, representing the Chairman's authority!

Bai Pu was carefully placed back onto the hospital bed and made to lie down again. A nurse with peach blossom eyes gave him a gentle smile, as if to soothe him.

Bai Pu closed his eyes and thought to himself:

[The experimental records contain the conclusion that 'the experimental subject's emotions are important'... Judging from the current probing, this step was correct. Conducting the experiment in the hospital room gives me at least a geographical advantage, and one of my contingency plans can be used...]

Three months ago.

Bai Pu, dragging his increasingly frail body, signed an agreement for a drug trial program with Superpower Private Hospital.

The hospital believed Bai Pu to be dull and foolish, a semi-illiterate who hadn't even finished junior high, someone they could easily manipulate.

However, Bai Pu had only glanced at the contract before spotting the traps hidden within its complex clauses.

A "theoretical" 90% cure rate, an informed consent form for "accidental risks," and an addendum for "body donation"... Everything indicated that this agreement was designed solely to recruit guinea pigs, with a plan from admission to burial meticulously laid out.

Yet, Bai Pu had no other choice.

Heaven had left him with less than a year to live!

Therefore, even knowing it was a trap, Bai Pu still chose to sign.

He would enter the game himself, to win half a game against heaven!

Facing a behemoth like the Superpower Corporation (S.A.C), Bai Pu, whose physical fitness was far inferior to that of an ordinary person, was undoubtedly at their mercy. The slight geographical advantage he had just gained was merely a sliver of hope in a desperate situation.

"The preparations are complete. We're ready to inject the Source Blood..."

After an unknown amount of time, Dean Zhao's command came through. Bai Pu felt a slight sting in his arm, followed by a liquid slowly being injected.

"Hiss—"

Bai Pu shuddered. What kind of liquid was this? It was clearly magma!

The scorching "magma" surged through his blood vessels, as if it had a will of its own, heading straight for Bai Pu's heart!

Wherever it passed, the blood vessels, bones, and muscle fibers were like land scorched by magma, barren and desolate.

[Spirit Realm Prompt: Unknown Rare Item being injected... Compatibility 99.47%]

[Merging with the Unknown Rare Item carries unknown risks. Continue? Yes/No]

"Is this the prompt from the legendary 'Spirit Realm Will'?" Bai Pu murmured softly.

The so-called Spirit Realm was a realm separate from reality, a collection of "Spirit Energy Realms."

The Spirit Realm contained countless planes and scenarios of different types, including ancient martial arts wars, battle qi and magic, and immortal sword battles against demons... It was a training ground for awakened powerhouses to pursue higher evolution.

The Spirit Realm Will was a mysterious consciousness that controlled the operation of the Spirit Realm.

If the Spirit Realm were a super-large game, then the Spirit Realm Will would be the game's "system," emotionless, desireless, and omnipresent.

Eight hundred years ago, the Spirit Realm infiltrated reality, and countless Spirit Realm life forms landed on Earth through the "Intersection Lands."

While the Spirit Realm's infiltration brought a crisis to human survival, it also opened the path to human awakening, turning Earth into an extremely realistic super-large game.

Earth, originally a technological civilization, suffered a tremendous shock and rapidly transitioned to a Spirit Energy Civilization.

To this day, the influence of the Spirit Realm Will was ubiquitous. Even humans like Bai Pu, who had not yet awakened, would receive prompts from the Spirit Realm Will when encountering things related to "Spirit Energy."

Bai Pu let out a soft breath.

Based on the agreement signed with the Superpower Private Hospital, he had to unconditionally agree to the fusion when faced with the Spirit Realm Will's inquiry. Of course, this was also one of Bai Pu's goals. Even without the agreement, Bai Pu would not have refused.

After silently reciting "Yes," the fusion officially began.

The scorching magma poured into his heart, like a potent cardiac stimulant. Bai Pu's previously weak heart began to beat violently!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With each beat, fragments of impurities were shaken off from the edges of his heart. With each beat, his heart grew stronger, as if reborn.

The blood pumped out was also incredibly hot, filled with a wild energy!

This energy followed the blood, circulating to every limb and extremity. The withered and dead muscle fibers and blood vessels shed their impurities like a cicada molting, regaining new vitality.

A great sense of hunger surged within Bai Pu, and his vision would occasionally darken and blur. He usually felt dizzy when he overused his brain and consumed too much energy, but this dizziness was incomparable to the current sensation.

Just then, streams of warm, viscous liquid were injected into Bai Pu's body from different directions. These warm, viscous liquids contained rich nutrients, rapidly replenishing his depleted body.

In the monitoring room.

On the large screen, Bai Pu was covered in tubes, and streams of meticulously prepared green nutrient solution were being injected into his body, forming green lines.

Bai Pu's previously thin and gaunt body slowly began to swell as if being inflated. The protruding ribs were gradually covered by the contours of healthy muscle, and his face, which resembled a skull with skin, began to regain its luster.

"Very good, the situation is stable!" Dean Zhao said joyfully. "The Experimental Subject did not experience limb deformities, indicating a very high compatibility with the Source Blood. He hasn't gone mad either, which means he's been spared the instinctual influence of the Evolution Source Blood!"

"By using his blood to create a harmonizing agent, others will surely be able to withstand the Source Blood!" Dean Zhao concluded. "This experiment is enough to change the course of history!"

"It seems the experiment is going smoothly. What about the data?" Little General Wu's eyes lit up as he looked at Bai Pu's body on the large screen, as if gazing at a priceless treasure.

"Bring up the data from the Physique Monitor," Dean Zhao ordered. A small black display screen soon appeared in a corner of the large screen, showing several undulating thin blue lines.

"Little General Wu, please look at the Experimental Subject's initial data: Strength 0.6, Agility 0.4, Endurance 0.5... The total Physique Attributes add up to only 1.5, which is even lower than humans in the technological era! Now, the total Physique Attributes have reached 4.5, more than double. The experiment is very successful!"

Physique was the collective term for the three human attributes: Strength, Agility, and Endurance, representing the strength of a person's physical fitness. During the technological era before the Spirit Energy Era, the total Physique Attributes of humans were around 3 points.

With the advent of the Spirit Energy Era and the infiltration of Spirit Energy Particles into reality, human physical fitness had been slowly improving. According to the latest census results on population quality, the total Physique Attributes of ordinary humans have now surpassed the 6-point mark.

"I didn't expect this Experimental Subject to have the potential to be a stud," Little General Wu quipped. "He's like a donkey below... and he's quite handsome too... These conditions are almost as good as mine."

Bai Pu on the screen was no longer the pale, emaciated, skull-like figure he was at the beginning. His appearance was gradually recovering. Although not fully healthy yet, his demeanor and bearing were enough to make countless movie stars feel ashamed.

Dean Zhao glanced at Bai Pu's appearance on the screen, then visually estimated the length below Bai Pu's waist, his lips twitching. He lied with his conscience and did not retort.

Little General Wu was not jealous of Bai Pu's appearance or his endowment. In his eyes, Bai Pu was just a guinea pig he kept, not someone from the same world as himself.

He asked, "To what extent can the Source Blood increase his total Physique Attributes?"

"Currently, there is insufficient data to estimate, as we know too little about Source Blood."

Dean Zhao thought for a moment and added, "One thing is certain: the higher the total attributes, the more outrageous the demand for the quality and quantity of nutrient solution. According to existing model calculations, without considering the 'critical value' of awakened individuals, the 'Hachimga Type II' nutrient solution stored by our corporation can bring the Experimental Subject's total Physique Attributes to around 50 points."

He paused for a moment before adding, "Of course, this is also because the Experimental Subject was only injected with one tube of Source Blood. If all two tubes of Source Blood stored by the corporation were injected, or even if the Living Tissue of the Source Heart were transplanted to him, I believe it wouldn't be difficult for the Experimental Subject's total Physique Attributes to reach 100 points!"

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