"Dr. Sterns, do you have some good news?"
In Dr. Sterns's laboratory, Wenwu looked at the doctor's large green head and asked with a smile.
"I'm glad to say I didn't let you down. I've made progress on the perfect serum you wanted!"
Dr. Sterns picked up a glass container filled with a dark, blood-colored liquid.
Wenwu's heart stirred. He hadn't expected Dr. Sterns to actually develop it.
He was excited, but his expression remained calm. He glanced at Dr. Sterns's eerily green eyes, then took the serum.
"I thought you would inject yourself with it," Wenwu said with a faint smile, glancing at him after taking the serum.
"My brain calculated that my chances of escaping this cage were only twenty percent. I don't even know how many people are waiting outside. I'm not that foolish."
Dr. Sterns pushed up his glasses and replied calmly.
"A smart choice."
Wenwu nodded, then asked, "Is there anything I should be careful about when injecting this?"
"It would be best to strengthen your body with Dr. Burstein's Human Enhancement Technique first, then inject the serum along with the Origin Substance."
Dr. Sterns gave him those instructions.
"There isn't some catch with your serum, is there? It won't turn me straight into a giant spider, will it?"
Wenwu spoke half-jokingly.
"Whether you use it is up to you. This serum is compatible with your genes. It will only embed the mutant genes perfectly into your genetic makeup; it won't cause your own genes to undergo an abnormal mutation. You can have someone check it."
Dr. Sterns spread his hands, his tone confident.
Wenwu nodded in satisfaction, then took the serum and left Dr. Sterns's laboratory.
After he left, a cunning glint appeared in Dr. Sterns's green eyes.
A day later.
"I couldn't find a single problem. This serum is perfect!"
Dr. Burstein had spent a day and a night analyzing the Spider Serum, and he spoke in amazement.
Wenwu frowned, still unconvinced. He was waiting for the results from New York.
Another day later, Dr. Connors at Star Ring Company in New York reported that the Spider Serum was absolutely perfect and had no problems whatsoever!
With that answer, Wenwu was finally reassured enough to use it.
That day, Razor Fist, Ching-Lin, and Becky stood guard nearby, holding their breath.
Wenwu removed the Ten Rings he always wore and stacked them neatly on the table, deliberately dispersing the energy they had bestowed upon him.
After all, if an external force interfered while he strengthened his body, it might hinder the transformation. It was better to disperse it.
Wenwu lay down on the laboratory bed frame, and as the chemicals were injected and his whole body sank into the medicated pool, he distinctly felt a tearing agony in every inch of his flesh.
Fortunately, the Spiritual Power within him instinctively began circulating at great speed, easing the pain somewhat.
Outside, Dr. Burstein decisively pressed the switch to inject the Origin Substance, and a large quantity was precisely injected into Wenwu's body!
As the Origin Substance entered him, the surface of Wenwu's body began to change dramatically.
His appearance grew younger at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just over ten seconds, he looked fifteen to twenty years younger!
At the same time, his muscles grew stronger, and he seemed to stretch taller.
Five minutes later, the transformation finally ended.
Dr. Burstein hurriedly pulled Wenwu out of the medicated pool.
Wenwu sat in a chair, panting heavily, and let out a long sigh of relief.
The sensation of his body being torn apart had briefly made him wish for death. Fortunately, his Spiritual Power had eased the pain.
"My lord, are you all right?"
Razor Fist hurried over with a bath towel, carefully wiped the chemicals off Wenwu's body, and draped clothes over him.
"I'm fine." Wenwu shook his head weakly.
"Mr. Wenwu, as you instructed, I specially adjusted the proportions of the Origin Substance to make you nearly twenty years younger. You look like a young man in his early twenties now!"
Dr. Burstein came over to Wenwu with a huge mirror and spoke teasingly.
Wenwu looked at his new self in the mirror and was stunned for a moment.
The man in the mirror looked youthful, in his early twenties.
His face had handsome, smooth contours and a soft brow. His deep brown eyes were clear and calm, with an exceptionally attractive shape, and his gaze had a natural warmth when he looked up.
His nose was straight, his lips well-defined, and his skin a healthy, light warm tone. His jawline was clean and sharp.
He stood up from the bed and realized he had grown quite a bit taller.
He had originally been only 1.78 meters tall, but now he was nearly 1.9 meters, almost as tall as the imposing Razor Fist.
He shrugged off the upper garment Razor Fist had just draped over him, revealing a bare torso with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, full pectorals, sharply defined abs, and clean muscle lines along his sides.
His muscles weren't bulky and overbuilt. Every contour was smooth and natural, and astonishing strength lay beneath his skin and flesh.
"Excellent. I'm finally young again, and so perfect, too!" Wenwu laughed aloud in delight.
He then went to the testing area and began testing his current strength and defense.
Handguns, sniper rifles, and bombs were used on him in turn, but he came away without a scratch.
Only at that moment did he truly experience the feeling of being invincible!
His defense was about the same as Razor Fist and the others', but he was somewhat stronger than they were. That was probably because his foundation was strong.
Next came the Spider Serum, but he needed to wait a day and let his body rest and stabilize first.
Early the next morning, he was once again in Dr. Burstein's laboratory.
Without the slightest hesitation, Wenwu picked up the syringe, inserted the needle into his arm, and slowly depressed the plunger.
The cold liquid flowed through his veins and spread throughout his body.
Dr. Burstein then flipped a switch, and the bed frame lowered Wenwu into the medicated pool once more.
The next second-
Boom!
Wenwu felt a searing heat like magma erupt in his veins, instantly sweeping through every part of his body!
He grunted, his body arching sharply as veins bulged beneath his skin like coiling dragons.
He felt as though an invisible giant hand were crushing his flesh and bones, breaking them apart, and then reassembling them in an entirely new way.
"Hiss-"
The intense pain made him grit his teeth.
Time passed second by second. The searing heat gradually faded, replaced by the comfort of soaking in warm water.
Just as Wenwu, Dr. Burstein, and the others thought it was about to end, an invisible wave suddenly spread out from Wenwu's body.
Every movable piece of steel in the entire laboratory rose into the air!
"Wh... what's happening?" Dr. Burstein was horrified by the sight.
"It's my lord's power. It seems to be coming from him. Has he... has he awakened a superpower?"
Becky had sharper perception, and as a Mutant, he was highly sensitive to the awakening of superpowers.
"What?"
Wenwu was startled. He had never expected such a change to occur.
"There's only one possibility if he awakened a superpower so easily. My lord may have become a Mutant!" Becky said, pleasantly surprised.
If his lord had become a Mutant, and he was a Mutant too, didn't that make them the same kind?
A natural sense of closeness welled up in him!
"A Mutant?"
Dr. Burstein's eyes widened. He had studied Becky's Mutant genes and tailored the chemicals to Wenwu. He had checked Wenwu's genes and found no problems, so where had these Mutant genes suddenly come from?
If Wenwu turned into a monster like Becky, would Wenwu slap him to death?
At that thought, Dr. Burstein instantly broke out in a sweat!
But then he saw that Wenwu's body showed no apparent signs of turning into a monster, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.