Want to Use Me as a Guinea Pig? You'd Better Have the Strength to Back It Up

It was eight-thirty that night!

Two moons hung in the sky, circling Star Blue Continent.

Nobody knew where the extra moon had come from.

The astronomy department couldn't figure out anything conclusive. They had only vaguely noticed that the newly appeared moon emitted a mysterious magnetic field.

This magnetic field seemed to target only the original moon.

This had led the scientists of the Hidden Dragon Empire to suspect unanimously that the original moon really did contain a lunar matrix that restricted humanity's awakening and development.

The new moon, on the other hand, restricted the original moon's influence.

Of course, this was still only a guess.

With humanity's current technology, they couldn't reach a definite conclusion.

The night was as dark as ink, and Mutated Monsters roamed unchecked.

Shangdu, Emperor Abyss Group headquarters, conference hall.

Chu Yuan sat at the head of the table, expressionless as he watched the video on the screen before him.

Four people sat beside the long table.

They were two elderly men and an old woman, all at Peak Grandmaster, along with a beautiful middle-aged woman in Taoist robes.

"Is this boy really human?"

The woman in Taoist robes watched the video of Gu Qijue slaughtering her Dragon Cloud Mountain disciples. Her gaze turned cold as she asked indifferently.

"This boy is named Gu Qijue. He's an orphan from an orphanage in Ling County, Yun City. His adoptive parents treated him poorly and often beat him, leaving him withdrawn and gloomy. He doesn't even have a particularly close friend."

The old man Lu Tuan gave a brief account of Gu Qijue's life from childhood to the present in one breath.

The old woman asked, "If he's human, how can he transform into a dragon demon at will?"

"That's the suspicious part. How did he do it?"

The old man He Rui narrowed his eyes. "Could he have withstood the mutation...?"

Chu Yuan lightly tapped his fingers on the table and nodded. "That possibility can't be ruled out. I called you here tonight to discuss how to deal with him. Let's hear everyone's thoughts."

The old woman, a Grandmaster, said, "In this apocalypse, it's understandable that he killed some Super Martial Artists who mistook him for a monster. Besides, he hasn't slaughtered any ordinary people, so we could show him some leniency."

"Wasn't Lin Zhengxiao's grandson an ordinary person?"

The beautiful Grandmaster scoffed in rebuttal. "He dared to kill my Dragon Cloud Mountain disciples. I won't let him get away with it."

Grandmaster He Rui shook his head. "Madam Zhang, isn't that a bit much? He was only defending himself. What did he do wrong?"

"Elder He, Elder Yu, are you trying to recruit him?"

Grandmaster Lu Tuan gave a cold laugh. "His disposition is dark and twisted. If we don't kill him, he'll become a grave threat."

"Hmph! I was only stating the facts. Let President Chu decide." He Rui snorted and said nothing more, turning to look at Chu Yuan.

Palace Dress Beauty, the old woman Yu Lihong, and Lu Tuan all turned their eyes toward him as well.

"As the person in charge of Emperor Abyss Group, I should be broad-minded. Does this boy really have to die?"

Chu Yuan's deep gaze settled on Lu Tuan and Palace Dress Beauty.

"Yes!" The two nodded firmly.

"I think he'd be better suited to research!"

Chu Yuan said quietly, "He must have withstood the mutation. If we can study him thoroughly, perhaps we can transfer the genes of Mutated Creatures into ordinary people. Then every citizen of our Hidden Dragon Empire could become a dragon."

At this, the eyes of Lu Tuan and the other three brightened, and they said in unison:

"Good! Chu Yuan really does think further ahead than we do. If we can study him and find a sample of genes that resist mutation, the benefits would be enormous."

Chu Yuan nodded slightly. "Since none of you object, send a few Peak Xiantian experts to capture him."

"That's only right!"

The four nodded.

Soon afterward, following an order from Emperor Abyss Group, four Peak Xiantian experts boarded a combat helicopter and flew to Yun City in the dead of night.

It wasn't that they were cruel. It was just that if Gu Qijue had been in Chu Yuan's position and encountered an anomaly like himself, he would have wanted to capture and study him too.

That was the cruelty of this world.

There was no right or wrong.

Yun City, Qingyun High School.

Gu Qijue stood on the roof of the principal's building, gazing into the vast night as he let out a soft sigh.

He wasn't a fool. He knew his own situation well. If the empire found out about him, he would surely become a guinea pig in their eyes.

He had no wish to make enemies, but unfortunately...

"Tonight, I have to devour my way to the Sixth Order... If you want to use me as a guinea pig, you'd better have the strength to back it up..."

A ruthless look filled Gu Qijue's eyes. "Tomorrow, I must claim a Mutation Tree all for myself..."

The powerful Ancient Martial Artists among humanity were beginning to put some pressure on Gu Qijue.

He took out his phone, added Mu Qingxue on WeChat, and attached a message: I'm giving you one last chance. Accept my friend request and hand over your shelter. Otherwise, when I take it by force, I'll kill you.

He needed a secure stronghold like this. Yun City lay beside the river, and before long, countless mutated sea monsters would crawl ashore from the Yun River, which connected to the ocean.

After sending the message, Gu Qijue vanished into the darkness with a few quick strides.

Tonight, he hadn't sent Ji Shang and the others out to look for supplies. Instead, he'd told them to get a good night's sleep.

That was because he planned to take Mu Qingxue's shelter by a special method.

He would devour all night, then wait in secret outside her shelter shortly before dawn. The moment the gate opened, he'd rush in and slaughter everyone.

The iron gate was over a meter thick. Blowing it open with brute force would be extremely difficult, so this was the only way.

Tonight, Gu Qijue would devour every Mutated Creature of Variant-tier or higher.

He wouldn't spare any Aberrant Creatures he encountered, either.

In the darkness, Gu Qijue became a hunter.

After reaching the Fifth Order, he could already sense high-level Mutated Creatures within a certain range.

Even Aberrant Creatures.

A little after four in the morning.

Awooo! Roar—

Gu Qijue had just finished devouring an Aberrant Creature and advanced to the peak of the Fifth Order when a furious roar suddenly rang out from a residential complex in the distance.

"An ape's roar?"

Hearing it, Gu Qijue's lips curled into a peculiar smile. "If my guess is right, Mu Qingxue has already recruited that Silverback Ape Emperor."

He immediately rushed toward the sound as fast as he could.

Gu Qijue had another plan for getting into Mu Qingxue's shelter.

That was to use Meng Bao and the Silverback Ape Emperor she had recruited.

All night, he'd been searching for Meng Bao and the Silverback Ape Emperor.

As Mutated Creatures, they were bound to come out hunting at night.

If he could recruit them, getting into Mu Qingxue's shelter would be a piece of cake.

When Gu Qijue reached the residential complex, he saw a giant ape over six meters tall being surrounded and attacked by four gray Aberrant Creatures.

Blood ran from deep, bone-exposing wounds across its muscular body.

The Silverback Ape Emperor had fled all the way here, but it couldn't outrun the Aberrant Creatures in the darkness.

"Damn it! Is this how I die?"

The Silverback Ape Emperor roared and beat its chest repeatedly. It could easily fight one or two Aberrant Creatures.

But it could hardly fend off four attacking at once.

Cree, cree?

Just then,

The four Aberrant Creatures surrounding the Silverback Ape Emperor all turned to look toward a patch of darkness.

Then they scattered in terror.

The Black Dragon's fearsome reputation had already spread through the Aberrant Creatures' circles.

If they ran into him and didn't flee, they were dead.

Whoosh! Crackle!!

The instant they took off, Gu Qijue's ferocious figure shot past the giant silverback ape and gave chase.

Devouring one Aberrant Creature was equivalent to consuming twenty or thirty Mutation Fruits.

How could Gu Qijue possibly let them escape?

He summoned the Thunder Dragon Sword, quickly caught up with one Aberrant Creature, and forcefully ran it through the chest. Then he chased after another.

His speed was nothing short of monstrous.

A flash of black lightning, and he appeared behind the Aberrant Creature.

"Spare..."

It tried to beg for its life, but it had barely managed to utter one word when Gu Qijue cut its head off with a single sword stroke.

Kill!!

Devour!!!

Those were the only two thoughts in Gu Qijue's mind now, because the pressure from the Ancient Martial Artists was simply too great.

"So... strong!!"

The Silverback Ape Emperor stared in shock, its mouth dry and eyes wide.

In less than a minute,

Gu Qijue walked out of the darkness toward the Silverback Ape Emperor, carrying two Aberrant Creature corpses in his hands, while the two dragons on his back each bit down on another.

"Great lord, spare me!!"

The Silverback Ape Emperor dropped to its knees in terror, begging for mercy. Its enormous body trembled violently.

Gu Qijue tossed the Aberrant Creature corpses in his hands to the ground, then controlled the twin dragons as they began to devour them. Only then did he look at the Silverback Ape Emperor and ask coolly, "Do you know Mu Qingxue?"

"I do, I do!" The Ape Emperor nodded repeatedly, its eyes full of fear.

This being slaughtered Aberrant Creatures as easily as chickens and monkeys. The Ape Emperor was chilled to the bone, terrified that it, too, would be devoured.

Mutated Creatures devoured one another every day.

A Mutated Creature that got lucky could rise to become a dominant force, even if it had started out ordinary.

Gu Qijue nodded. "So you can enter and leave that shelter freely?"

"I can! If you want to go in too, great lord, I can take you."

The Calamity-tier Ape Emperor was now like a docile little kitten in front of Gu Qijue.

"Good. I'm going to take that shelter. I'll wait at a distance, and you'll get them to open the gate..."

Gu Qijue wore a cruel smile. "Mu Qingxue, since you insist on courting death, I, Gu, will grant your wish soon enough."

The Ape Emperor fawned, "Yes! I also think that only someone as great as you deserves to own that shelter."

"Late Fourth Order. Looks like you devoured quite a lot tonight."

"Compared to you, great lord, I'm nothing," the Ape Emperor said with an ingratiating smile.

"I'm still a few Aberrant Creatures short of reaching the Sixth Order. Meet me outside the shelter at five-thirty. Here are four Mutation Fruits. Take them and use them to recover from your injuries."

Gu Qijue tossed the remaining four Mutation Fruits to it, then slipped into the darkness and disappeared.

Mutation Fruits could only last for twenty-four hours. Once that time was up, they withered.

"Thank you, great lord! From now on, your little ape is at your service!"

The Ape Emperor shouted its thanks toward the direction where Gu Qijue had vanished.

It had escaped death and even gotten four Mutation Fruits.

The Ape Emperor was thrilled, and its loyalty to Gu Qijue was absolute.