Wall Breaker!

She left without leaving behind a single coin.

Chen Ye watched her retreating figure, wishing he could take back the potion he had given her.

"I really should've drawn some of her blood and seen if I could brew a miser's potion from it."

With that thought, Chen Ye sighed. All that work for nothing.

Night fell.

The man slowly woke up. He rubbed his eyes first. "Strange... how did I suddenly fall asleep?"

"Where's Sister Shen?"

"She left." Chen Ye lit a cigarette as he spoke.

"Also, she didn't pay for her coffee. You can settle the bill."

"Oh..." The man nodded blankly. "How much?"

"Five hundred thousand."

"What the hell?!"

"Did she chew through all your coffee beans or tear down your whole shop?" the man asked, utterly baffled.

Chen Ye exhaled a cloud of smoke. "She let down my heartfelt affection."

The man: "..."

"Actually, Boss, the reason I brought her to see you was because my body can't take it anymore..."

"That day, I..."

"I don't want to hear your story." Chen Ye tossed him a bill.

The man did not look at it. "I... I was actually trying to say that I earned all this money by trading away my health bit by bit."

"Every day, I ate oysters and soft-shelled turtles. I drank cistanche, cordyceps, epimedium, and centipede powder. Even my daily snacks were goji berries and actinolite!"

"Brother Chen, let's be fair here. Now that my body's failing me, you were the first person I thought of!"

"I originally wanted to introduce Sister Shen to you. I never expected things to turn out like this. Every debt has its debtor, and every grievance has its source. Since I meant well, can't you just... waive the money?"

Hm?

Chen Ye raised a brow. He had only said it casually.

But judging by that reaction...

He really had five hundred thousand!

Then Chen Ye definitely could not let him leave.

"One thing at a time. If you can't pay, stay and work. You can leave once you've paid it all back."

The man froze. "Hey, hey, hey, don't go too far!"

"The police station is right across the street. Extorting people in broad daylight? Watch me report you!"

Chen Ye grinned at that.

Then he took a bottle of cloudy potion from his pocket, its contents resembling liquid metal.

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously. Have a drink to calm your nerves."

"That's more like it." The man took the potion and gulped it down in one go.

But the next second, his body suddenly stiffened. His limbs became as heavy as lead, and his skin turned silver all over!

"Argh!"

"I..."

The man's eyes widened as he collapsed to the floor, utterly motionless!

Chen Ye stubbed out his cigarette. "The money. Are you paying or not?"

"I'll... pay..."

"How about staying here to work?"

"Okay..."

"Good boy. So obedient."

A few days later.

Chen Ye created two new files.

Number 004—Queen Bee.

Changes in appearance... Her figure became youthful and voluptuous, while her hands were gaunt as bones. She could grow venomous stingers resembling bee stings from her fingers, and these stingers secreted bodily fluids.

Queen Bee's bodily fluids contained a neurotoxin. First, it could paralyze people. Second, it could control the bodies of those paralyzed.

Third, the fluid could transform male life forms into female life forms.

The rest, pending completion.

Number 005—Wall Breaker.

By coming into contact with metal or stone, he could cause his skin, muscles, and bones to become highly metallic or petrified.

His flesh could also merge into stone and concrete, achieving an effect similar to passing through walls.

The side effect was that after his entire body became metal, his limbs would become extremely stiff and he would be unable to move. Softer metals, however, allowed slow movement.

But the prerequisite for metallization was that he had to remain in constant contact with some kind of stone or metal.

Initial testing site: coffee shop.

The test subject wore a silver ring, causing his entire body to turn silver.

Potion sequence: stainless steel + marble + concrete scraped from the restroom.

Chen Ye got seven hundred and sixty thousand in startup funds from the Wall Breaker, temporarily solving his money problem.

The shop also had a free employee now, so Chen Ye could finally immerse himself in his pharmaceutical experiments without worry.

What he did not know was that, during the time he was engrossed in brewing potions,

the outside world had already been thrown into utter chaos by the monsters he had created.

Night fell, and it was still raining today.

A young man panted heavily in the street. Amid the bustling crowd, he was the only one drenched by the rain, his nerves stretched to the breaking point.

"It... it probably won't come again..."

"There are so many people here. I'm safe. Yes, I'm safe. That monster wouldn't dare show itself in front of so many people!"

The young man comforted himself like that until the traffic light turned green.

He was just about to cross the street when he abruptly stopped.

On the other side of the road stood a mysterious figure in a raincoat and sunglasses.

The moment he saw it, the young man's pupils shrank to pinpoints!

"It's here... it's here!"

"No, no..."

The young man suddenly grabbed a middle-aged man by the clothes. "Save me! Please, save me!"

The middle-aged man frowned. "Crazy bastard, get off me."

He shoved the young man to the ground and walked away without another thought.

At that moment, the young man fell completely into despair.

"No... don't..."

Just then, a strong, firm hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.

"What's wrong with you?"

The young man spun around and saw a man in casual clothes standing behind him.

The young man looked at him as though he were his last lifeline, desperately clutching the man's sleeve.

"Save me! Someone's trying to kill me!"

The man frowned. "Calm down. Who's trying to kill you?"

The young man suddenly pointed across the street, but the other side was empty.

"No... it's gone?"

"It's gone!"

"Little brother, calm down. Take it slow and tell me," the man asked patiently.

The young man clutched his head. "It... it was a Merman. I... I saw his face. He had scales. He wants to kill me to keep me quiet!"

"A Merman?"

"Yes... a Merman! Believe me, you have to believe me!"

The young man stared at the man desperately, only for the corners of the man's mouth to suddenly split apart. "Does the Merman you mean look like this?"

As he spoke, the man's face suddenly transformed into a fish head lined with sharp teeth!

At the sight, the young man's vision went black, and he fainted.

The man's fish face returned to human form, then his body shifted into a raven.

"Humans really are fragile."

"Number 002, I cleaned up your mess for you. Remember to treat me to tea later."

North Ridge City Public Security Bureau.

A group of police officers sat with dark circles under their eyes. They had been busy for days.

"Yang Yan, found anything?"

Yang Yan frowned deeply. "The Weeping Fishman, the Invisible Killer..."

"The incidents are getting stranger and stranger. Is this really... still within the realm of what humans can deal with?"

A bearded officer walked over. "What can we do? Our chief is a firm materialist."

"If he doesn't see it with his own eyes, he won't believe there are ghosts and monsters in this world."

Yang Yan gritted his teeth. "What happened to the proposal I submitted earlier for the Supernatural Existence Investigation Group?"

"What do you think? Rejected." The bearded officer patted his shoulder. "Come on, stop looking so gloomy."

"Who knows how long this overtime will last? How about we grab a coffee across the street? I've been to that coffee shop opposite us once. I genuinely recommend it."

Number 005: Wall Breaker (Rat in the Wall)