Primal Heart

The [Cellular Regeneration] ability brought to 626 was not limited to mere exaggerated healing.

He clearly felt an added resilience within his body; his physique, already possessing high strength and quality, was now even more intuitive and seamless to control, as if it were a natural extension of his own being!

626 kicked The Bishop in the crotch—assuming there was still anything left there—and despite appearing to use little force, he sent the still-shocked Bishop flying into a mud pit.

Taking advantage of this opening, he flicked his short sword upward, slicing the head covered in eyes right down the middle!

Half of The Bishop's head was shorn off, held on only by a thin thread of flesh!

Red blood and white brain matter were washed away by the rain, but at a speed visible to the naked eye, tentacle-like granulation tissue sprouted from the remaining connected flesh, slowly pulling the dangling half-head back into place and rapidly knitting it together!

As the head grew back, the mouthparts on the lower half of The Bishop's face continued to shriek.

"Impossible! No one can master two different rules of science simultaneously! Physics is physics! Biology is biology! You monster who defies the laws of nature! You are a product that should never have appeared in this world!"

In less than three seconds, the head 626 had sliced in two was completely restored to its original state!

Countless eyes glared at 626, yet they revealed an endless, ravenous greed!

"A freak like you should just honestly let me consume you! I will bear the burden of your terrifying taboo for you! Rather than being captured and dissected by the Extreme Research Control Pavilion later, you might as well join me now—that is where the better future lies!"

He shrieked, his limbs splaying wide like a giant mantis, charging at 626 once more while baring the spikes on his ten fingers!

It was at this moment that Feng Zi noticed a rhythmic pulsing beneath the armpits of the arms that originally belonged to The Bishop. The frequency of that pulsing was just like...

Just like a heartbeat!

She shook her head, shedding the raindrops dripping from her bangs, and steadied her mind, struggling to recall the limited biological knowledge she possessed.

Although she had grown up in the Physics Institute, she hadn't only been exposed to physics; many things in natural science were interconnected. She had once been exchanged to the Biology Institute for a period of observation and research, and she had been close friends with a renowned biology expert.

In experiments involving the fusion of human tissues and organs, a portion of the host's original limbs would inevitably remain. Due to rejection reactions, all of the host's internal organs and brain would be transferred into that specific original limb structure!

As for the other replaced and fused limbs, no matter how much damage or trauma they sustained, it would never be fatal—unless one found the original heart and brain!

As a scientist capable of withstanding the pressure of natural laws, his physical constitution far exceeded that of an ordinary person, and his heart would beat with greater power and speed.

The frequency and characteristics displayed were clearly identical to what Feng Zi was seeing now!

Just as Feng Zi realized this, The Bishop had already tangled with 626 once again!

As a scientist specializing in biology, he clearly understood how to inflict more effective damage on 626 now that he had mastered Cellular Regeneration!

626 had not undergone any organ fusion; his brain, heart, and arteries remained fatal weak points!

The Bishop did not need a living 626; he only wanted this taboo body. Just as those sharp, needle-like fingertips were about to pierce 626's chest!

A massive gravitational force slammed his body violently into the mire!

626 abandoned his wide-area gravity control, concentrating all his power onto The Bishop's body.

The dozen or so limbs struggled incessantly in the muddy water, desperately trying to crawl back up, but 626 had already stepped onto his spine, pinning him back into the sludge!

The Bishop's unrecognizable face twisted 180 degrees with a mocking laugh, looking up at 626, who held his short sword aloft but hesitated, unsure of where to strike.

"Do you think you can kill me? Come! Come and cut off my head! That graveyard holds twenty-six thousand, one hundred and twenty-eight human bodies! As long as you can keep cutting off that many heads, I'll run out of them! Ga-ga-ga-ga-ga!"

"Under the armpit of the first arm on the right side of his body! 626! There is a heart there! It belongs to his original self!"

Feng Zi's abrupt voice suddenly rang out through the rainy night!

This left The Bishop, who had been laughing maniacally, and 626, who had been holding his sword in indecision, completely stunned!

But immediately following, the countless eyes of The Bishop revealed a terror and panic that could not be concealed!

Seeing him like this, 626 broke into a smile!

That twisted body erupted with astonishing reactive will; under the crushing weight of all the gravity 626 could muster, it actually struggled to crawl up from the ground!

However, 626 gave him no chance to resist, putting his full strength into driving the tip of his short sword toward the armpit of the first right arm!

The Bishop thrashed his body, but 626's foot remained firmly planted on his spine. He could only manage to turn his torso slightly, trying to block the strike with other parts of his body!

"Pfft!"

In a desperate struggle for survival, 626's short sword pierced into his right shoulder!

But 626, gripping the hilt, did not stop there. He didn't pull the blade out, but instead pressed his entire weight and strength onto the sword, forcing the blade—jammed between the bones—to slide downward until it pierced through the entire arm, even puncturing the pulsing flesh of the armpit!

The Bishop let out a terrified shriek!

He flailed his limbs like a madman, trying to push away the 626 he had been so eager to embrace just a minute ago!

However, 626 included himself within the range of the gravity he was exerting on The Bishop!

"Keep laughing? Why aren't you laughing anymore, Bishop?"

The Bishop could not laugh, but a mocking smile appeared on 626's face!

The blade, continuously forced downward, finally pierced through all obstacles at this moment, driving straight into the heart hidden beneath the armpit!

Blood bloomed once more in the rainy night.

This time, amidst that terrifying volume of blood loss, the dismembered Bishop—who had been lively regardless of the injuries he sustained—was now unable to offer any further resistance or struggle.

On the mud-filled ground, his twisted body twitched one last time, and in the next second, it completely lost all signs of life.

Only the dense cluster of eyes on his head remained, staring fixedly at the pitch-black night sky!