Shanhai High School, Class 1 Grade 1.
Lin Zichen had been unable to focus in class all morning. His mind kept returning to what had happened last night.
That Rat God Cult believer had clearly been taken away by the security officers during the day. How had he ended up covered in blood at an out-of-town dump, catching rats to eat that night?
Had he escaped from custody?
Then been badly injured while escaping?
That had to be it...
As he thought, Lin Zichen took out his phone and browsed the local news, looking for reports related to the Ratman from last night.
Unfortunately, he spent the entire morning scrolling without finding anything about it.
Instead, he came across a striking news story about Mechanical Modification.
"At nine o'clock this morning, the Machine God Group announced at a press conference that it had developed a new Mechanical Modification technology. It is now recruiting 500 volunteers for human trials. Participants will receive a monthly stipend and lifetime insurance. Please note that the experiment carries a risk of disability or death."
A monthly stipend?
Lifetime insurance?
If someone died during the experiment, would those two benefits still apply?
If not, then this was basically a way to get something for nothing...
Lin Zichen let his mind wander over these things.
Before long, the bell rang, bringing all the morning classes to an end.
The students poured out of the classrooms and rushed toward the cafeteria, scrambling to get there before long lines formed.
Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan, by contrast, weren't in a hurry at all. They stayed seated.
Just like back in middle school, they had both brought lunch from home, so they didn't need to queue with the other students in the cafeteria.
A few minutes later,
Shen Qinghan