Chapter 556: A Terrifying Experiment
A screen roughly seventy inches across descended from above, then lit up to reveal a room furnished much like this laboratory.
"Test subject: live specimen No. 19. First implantation experiment, beginning now!"
On the screen, a tall, thin, black-haired man in a white lab coat spoke flatly to the camera, then began directing the technicians operating the robotic arms.
Scanning rays repeatedly swept over the monster on the screen, laying bare its internal anatomy: its skeletal structure, the position of its spine, the shapes and attachment points of its muscle fibers...
Bzzzzzz...
"Roar..."
The cutter brutally sliced into the back over a particular spinal joint. In an instant, the high-precision plasma blade, heated to more than thirty thousand degrees Celsius, melted the scales on the monster's back.
Despite the relaxant already affecting its body, cries of agony still tore from deep within the monster's throat.
"Change blades."
The technician's voice in the video was utterly flat, devoid of any discernible emotion.
To avoid interfering with later healing, once the toughest outer skin and hardest scales had been broken down, the robotic arm retracted its plasma cutter and switched to a metal rotary blade gleaming coldly.
Each sharp tooth on the blade stood out distinctly, and the wheel reflected the room's cool-toned lighting.
Whirrr...
Amid a low hum, the blade spun so fast that its long teeth became transparent enough to see clearly through them.
Splat...
Like a water hose being slit open, the bloody back resembled raw ingredients being prepared for sashimi. The blade traced the contours of the muscles, cutting one line after another in a process that almost looked like art.
"Administer the anticoagulant. These disgusting Demons scab over too quickly. Save us having to clean all that stuff away when they start