Chapter Seven: Enhancement Complete, Celebration at the Camp, the Hunt Begins!
Su Cheng tensed his body, bracing for the pain that usually accompanied the enhancement process.
“Huh? No sensation?”
This time, the enhancement caused no discomfort whatsoever.
However, Su Cheng didn’t drink the entire bottle at once. Instead, he waited for the blue hue in his veins to return to normal before drinking the next bottle.
Soon enough, all seventeen bottles of the basic enhancement serum were finished.
“Cousin, you’ve grown two centimeters taller. Now you’re at 1.8 meters!”
Mindless rotated his eyes a few times and emitted a biological scanning beam that swept over Su Cheng’s body. “Muscle density has increased significantly, bone density greatly enhanced, myocardial strength substantially improved, strength boosted by 300%!”
Su Cheng felt an overwhelming surge of power coursing through him.
He threw a punch with all his might, creating a gust of wind so strong it nearly tore through the air with a faint crackling sound.
His body had been tripled in strength!
Moreover, all his bodily functions—reaction time, speed, vision—were enhanced!
And this was just the effect of the basic enhancement serum!
Most importantly, its primary role was to optimize the body, preparing it for true, subsequent enhancements.
Yet even with that, the power increase was astonishing!
His current strength far surpassed that of any world-class boxing champion, comparable to an E-level cybernetic prosthesis!
A human body on par with mechanical augmentations!
Despite this, his physique hadn’t become bulky; instead, he looked lean and powerfully fit.
When flexed, his muscles were as hard as iron plates.
The eighteen perfect enhancements were complete, but he still wanted to try more.
He continued drinking.
Another bottle of serum went down, and this time he could actually feel a slight increase in power, though the effect was faint.
Without hesitation, Su Cheng grabbed yet another bottle and drank it.
This time, the improvement was almost imperceptible.
“Looks like this really is the limit.”
The eighteen bottles of basic enhancement serum had indeed perfected his body.
Only upon drinking twenty bottles would the effect cease entirely.
Though he had used two extra bottles, even a slight edge was worth it.
Perfection was not enough!
He aimed for the extreme.
Two bottles of basic enhancement serum remained.
He synthesized them.
“Completed: Type D Enhancement Agent.”
[Type D Enhancement Agent: First-stage enhancement serum, usable after body optimization, capable of significantly boosting all physical parameters, fully absorbable by the human body with no side effects from continuous use. After nine enhancements, higher-grade serums become available; after twelve, perfect effects are achieved. Necessary precondition for unlocking the next stage gene source. Belongs to second-dimensional technology.]
Twelve enhancements?
Looks like he had to keep earning.
In a few days, he would sell the remaining eight bottles of intermediate nutrient solution.
“Gene source?”
Never heard of it.
“I wonder if the waste treatment facility can provide any information.”
Su Cheng pondered. As he synthesized and upgraded, more and more previously unknown technologies appeared.
His father’s books made no mention of them.
Earth truly had been abandoned by the New World humans.
Picking up the pale blue vial, Su Cheng drank it in one gulp.
The serum was instantly absorbed, merging with his bloodstream.
Though no outward physical change appeared this time, a burning energy seemed to ignite within him.
He felt as if bathed in a warm spring.
It nearly lulled him to sleep from comfort.
This was completely opposite to the sensation from the basic enhancement serum.
Once the internal warmth fully dissipated, Su Cheng immediately noticed a significant increase in strength.
He looked at Mindless.
“Cousin, you’ve grown stronger again!”
Mindless scratched his head, then sighed in frustration. “This time your strength has doubled again, and all bodily metrics have been greatly enhanced!”
A single bottle of Type D Enhancement Agent doubled his strength outright!
The effect was insanely powerful!
Twenty bottles of basic enhancement serum had only boosted him a little over threefold.
Su Cheng’s gaze burned with determination. As long as he kept developing, nothing could stop him!
With the Dimensional Eye, he could grow infinitely stronger!
He glanced out the window into the pitch-black night.
Dark and stormy.
“Some problems need to be dealt with. Perfect time to test my strength.”
Su Cheng changed into basic protective gear, hung the particle-cutting long knife at his waist, and strapped the Type D kinetic rifle onto his back.
“Guard the home.”
With that, he donned a black raincoat and a black metal filtration mask, then stepped into the night.
He kept his head down, moving swiftly through the nearly deserted streets.
Only the stinking corpses lining the roadside broke the silence.
The suburbs were dim, yet in the distance, the ruined city center blazed with neon lights.
The hazy metropolis above appeared as bright as day...
After a short distance, Su Cheng turned a corner into an alley and eyed a two-story building ahead.
With a powerful leap, he vaulted onto the rooftop!
Looking at his hands and feet, he reached for the eaves. His grip was ironclad, like a pair of steel pincers, locking onto the ledge.
With force from his waist, abdomen, and arms, he pulled himself upward again, landing on a thick heating pipe!
So strong!
Su Cheng’s heart surged with excitement.
This was power!
This was what it felt like to become stronger!
He had only wanted to test it, but he actually succeeded!
Without mechanical prosthetics!
If he synthesized that kind of augmentation that didn’t require replacing his original body, combined with his relentlessly enhanced physique, how strong would he be?
Suppressing his excitement, Su Cheng surveyed the maze of low buildings and sprawling pipes, then crouched and leapt forward with great force.
...
Soon, Su Cheng spotted a patch of flickering, shabby colored lights, accompanied by growing cacophonous music.
He quickly reached the rooftop of a building overlooking an open area, crouching at the eaves to watch the revelers below.
This was the Death Rock Gang’s small outpost.
A wild party camp!
A crowd gathered around a bonfire, cheering wildly, drinking, kissing, and touching.
The camp was plastered with colorful graffiti, depicting exaggerated musical instruments and slogans.
The five large green characters spelling “Death Rock Gang” stood out most prominently.
Four large speakers blasted death rock music, making the otherwise quiet night deafeningly loud.
Wild Ghost sat at the center of the bonfire, wildly strumming an electric guitar.
“Yeah yeah yeah, brothers, let’s get hyped, haha, another perfect day, whoa!”
“Ghost, we took in a lot of cash today, and that girl was really something—no money, so we took her in kind.”
“Ghost’s generous, he even let us have fun after he finished! Haha...”
Wild Ghost plucked his guitar aggressively. “Damn, just a woman. She looks good, but too fragile to handle. Broke after a few rounds, haha...”
“No worries, we’ll find more for Ghost later. Sasha and the girls already played two guys to death.”
“Speaking of which, that little mechanic’s rich. We gotta make him pay again, and if not, we just rob him.”
“That mechanic looks young. Old Wang, you got your eye on him, huh? Haha, just don’t kill him.”
“If he dies, he dies, trash anyway. What if we kill him? Damn, tomorrow I’m gonna find him to settle the score, haha...”
The crowd vented their madness, surrounded by beer, cheap nutrient liquids, and expired food.
A few people clapped in the dark for love’s sake.
Su Cheng sneered and melted into the shadows.
Looking for him?
No need.
He was already here.
He would never keep paying.
If these people came for him in three days, acting then would surely expose him.
So he came early, ready to eliminate these pests and their troubles.
Twenty-one in total.
The hunt begins!