Invisible Man!

Inside the kitchen.

Chen Ye tossed the shattered glass into the pot. The glass quickly dissolved, and a transparent, water-like liquid appeared inside.

"Hmm, if it's glass, then the effect is probably transparency..."

"If it turns a person transparent, it's basically the same as invisibility. But clothes can't become invisible or transparent, and uncontrollable transparency wouldn't be a good thing."

"Right, there's still one chameleon left from the ones I had someone buy last time."

With that in mind, Chen Ye opened the small cage beside him and took out a chameleon that was barely still alive.

He tossed the chameleon into the jar. Without struggling, it dissolved into colorless water.

Chen Ye poured the liquid from the jar into a cup, then turned and went downstairs.

"Drink it."

Wang Haonan froze for a moment. "Th-this, what is this?"

The liquid in the cup was colorless and transparent. It looked like water, but it was somewhat viscous.

"You'll know once you drink it."

Wang Haonan took a deep breath, grabbed the cup, and drained it in one gulp.

Gulp, gulp.

It had no taste.

But it kind of felt like snot.

Wang Haonan swallowed the liquid while suppressing his nausea, but the next second, his hands suddenly vanished.

"Uh, my hands... disappeared?"

Wang Haonan instinctively reached for his face. "No, my hands are still here?"

The Fishman looked at Wang Haonan in confusion. "His head... is gone?"

Wang Haonan had vanished, leaving only his clothes floating in front of them.

But after a while, the clothes on Wang Haonan's body disappeared as well.

Both he and his clothes had become completely transparent.

Seeing this, Chen Ye picked up his phone and began recording again. "Glass and chameleon. The medicine is colorless. The person and the clothes on their body become transparent together."

As Chen Ye spoke, he reached forward and grabbed an invisible object.

"Hmm, I can still touch him. He's simply become transparent."

"How do you feel?"

Wang Haonan felt himself out at those words. "It's blinding, so blinding. Even with my eyes closed, I can still see the light..."

Chen Ye pulled open the curtains, and Wang Haonan suddenly let out a howl.

"Aagh!!"

"It hurts! The light is burning my body, my eyes!"

Chen Ye closed the curtains. "Hmm, you can't be exposed to light. It causes an intense burning sensation. Can you try undoing the transparency?"

"Undo... the transparency?"

Wang Haonan froze. "How... do I undo it?"

"Try imagining a color."

Wang Haonan closed his eyes. The next second, both he and his clothes reappeared.

Except they were entirely green.

"Try imagining more colors. Your skin color, hair color, clothes color," Chen Ye said.

Wang Haonan tried recalling what he looked like, as well as his clothes.

In the blink of an eye, all the colors on his body returned.

Chen Ye nodded. "You can alter your own colors by imagining them. Now imagine your transparent self again."

Wang Haonan's figure vanished, becoming transparent once more.

"Do you feel anything else that's wrong?"

Wang Haonan shook his head. "Nothing else. It's just... I feel a little strange... How should I put it..."

"I feel like... I'm not myself anymore."

The Fishman froze for a moment. "I've felt that too..."

"Do you also feel that the person in front of you cannot be offended? Like there's a voice in your head telling you to obey his orders unconditionally, or else you'll die?"

Wang Haonan nodded repeatedly. "Yes, that's exactly it."

"Besides that, I feel like I've been sublimated somehow. From my mind to my body, everything feels a little unfamiliar... Am I still me?"

Listening to their conversation, Chen Ye began recording again.

"No matter the ingredients, anyone who takes the medicine will develop the thought of obeying me unconditionally. Disobey, and they will die."

"Interesting."

If what they said was true, then he would not need to worry about being betrayed.

"New file. Number 003: Invisible Man."

The next day.

The two of them stayed with Chen Ye for a day. During that time, Chen Ye had them conduct all kinds of tests, filling out the data in the file.

"Lord Aus, may I also freely control my transformation like 003?"

Hearing the Fishman's question, Chen Ye thought for a moment. "If I can find the corresponding materials, then yes. Don't worry, your evolution will definitely not stop here."

That was right. As long as they continued taking new medicines, they could continue evolving.

"All right, that's enough."

"I'm going to focus on my experiments for a while. You can all leave. Leave me a way to contact you, and don't come looking for me unless necessary. Remember, you are not my subordinates. You are merely test subjects."

"I won't care what happens to you, nor will I care about your daily lives. I only care about experimental results. Whether you live or die has nothing to do with me. If a test subject dies, I can replace them with a new one. Do you understand?"

The raven flew onto Chen Ye's shoulder. "Understood. Then... do I have to leave too, Lord Aus?"

"Leave."

"Yes."

The three of them left.

Chen Ye thought it over. From now on, he should try to have less contact with these people here.

He needed to find a way to set up a base somewhere else, someplace remote and concealed, large enough, and safe.

He would meet them there from then on, along with any future test subjects.

Thinking of this, Chen Ye glanced at his account balance.

"Hmm..."

"I'm about to go bankrupt."

"Is there any way to make money quickly and safely?"

"Hmm... Got it!"

Since anyone who took any medicine would develop thoughts of obedience, all he had to do was find a rich person and make them take the medicine.

Wouldn't that solve his funding problem?

"This time, I'll try a more unusual combination..."

Downstairs in the residential complex.

Two people and one raven stared at one another.

"Lord Aus didn't give us a task this time. Do you know what that means?" the raven said.

"What does it mean?" x2

The raven spun around and turned into a black-haired girl. "Don't forget, my lord mentioned materials and evolution before, and called us test subjects."

"That means future experiments will likely be conducted on us as well. For us, if we can find the corresponding materials, my lord will let us continue evolving and grant us stronger abilities."

"In other words, our existence itself is of no use to that lord. What is useful to him are the experimental results from our bodies."

"So, in order to make ourselves somewhat useful, shouldn't we take the initiative and help that lord find these materials?"

The two of them nodded repeatedly. "That makes sense..."

"But we don't know what materials my lord wants."

Raven Girl shook her head. "That's why I said, with your intelligence, it's no wonder my lord thinks you're burdens."

"If that lord knew what materials he was looking for, would he need us to find them?"

"Obviously, my lord doesn't know, which is why he needs us to search for them!"

"That makes sense!" x2

"So, let's get moving. Become people that lord needs as much as possible!" Raven Girl said.

Inside the coffee shop, Chen Ye made himself a cup of coffee.

"Hmm, not bad."