Chapter 550 - Stupid Guardian (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Blood, along with the infusion set, was forced out of a man’s body, flowing into another man’s body. The hardened blood clots were forced out from the blood vessels little by little.

Du Peng lay quietly in a tank filled with a newly mixed nutrient solution by Enzo Rota. Hundreds of tubes were inserted into his body with hundreds of different solutions flowing into him every second.

Lin Liqiang carefully took out the insect warrior’s samples provided by the Founding Society and handed them to Lin Ling one by one. This unexpected female surgeon was adding and removing parts.

Qin Fen looked at this extremely strange surgical scene which looked just like a magic show from a distance.

Du Zhanpeng’s face went from the initially rosy complexion to a little pale before they knew it. Due to the blood loss and the loss in true elemental energy, which he cultivated through hardcore training, his skin’s luster dimmed quickly.

Enzo Rota kept adjusting the amounts of the drugs, pulling out tubes from Du Zhanpeng’s body from time to time, and then inserting other tubes into his body.

They started with the toes, then the ankles, then to the calves…

Lin Ling carefully injected various confusing parts and samples into his body using a variety of small needles, adjusting her working tempo according to Lin Liqiang’s commands.

After fifteen hours, Lin Liqiang placed two fairly thick high-voltage wires directly in Du Peng’s hands. He then chased everyone out and started the last operation instantly.

The powerful current surged through Du Peng’s body, causing it to jump vigorously. Some pungent fluid oozed out from various parts of the body and Du Peng’s skin turned pitch black like electric-burned black charcoal.

The room was back to silence again. Everyone was looking at the body which was electrocuted and had turned almost unrecognizable.

Du Zhanpeng’s hands had already clenched into fists and his head was shaking with power. He had lost a lot of blood and his elemental energy, and he should be resting now for a better recovery, but he was still standing there quietly.

Chen Zhi quietly walked around Qin Fen and whispered softly to him while he was looking at Du Zhanpeng, “What are you thinking about? About Qin Zhan? I can only tell you about this, you don’t need to envy Du Zhanpeng for what he has done for Du Peng. Qin Zhan cares about you no less than how Du Zhanpeng cares for Du Peng.”

Qin Fen looked up at Chen Zhi. This was not the first time that he heard about Qin Zhan from these people, but Chen Zhi had already closed his mouth and showed an attitude that he wouldn’t tell Qin Fen any more news about Qin Zhan even if Qin Fen beat him to death.

“Is my brother…” Qin Fen tried and asked, “Is he the Azure Dragon?”

Chen Zhi closed his eyes and his lips formed a mysterious smile, “Take a guess?”

Qin Fen realized for the first time that Chen Zhi was much trickier than he had imagined he would be. The most honest human body part would be one’s pupils, even a martial dao master couldn’t control his pupils freely. Unfortunately, Chen Zhi had already closed his eyes by the time he opened his mouth, completely preventing himself from leaking any news.

“I guess so.”

“Oh.”

“I guess not.”

“Oh.”

Chen Zhi, while he didn’t look smart, maintained a slow pace as he spoke emotionlessly and he didn’t open his eyes. Most of Qin Fen’s detection methods couldn’t work in front of this martial dao master who could control his heartbeat and blood flow.

“If you really want to meet Qin Zhan, I will point him to you in two ways. You can meet Qin Zhan by becoming the divine beast on Saturn or by participating in the Ensemble of Heroes.”

Chen Zhi shut his mouth tightly and showed an attitude that he wouldn’t even speak a word more this time.

Qin Fen focused his attention back on Du Peng’s body again. Lin Liqiang looked gravely at the ‘charcoal’ lying in the cultivating solution, while Enzo Rota looked at the projected data flashing out from the nutrition tank.

Pa pa… pa pa… pa pa…

One after another, branch snapping-like sounds sounded in the quiet hall.

Qin Fen found that Du Peng’s skin with the charcoal texture started cracking open like a cracked bark, revealing the unique skin color to the yellow-race people.

Hundreds of bark-like cracks appeared on Du Peng’s charcoal-like skin in an instant. These black charcoal-like skin layer was peeling off. Du Peng, who was lying in the nutrition tank, had his true appearance revealed in a blink of an eye.

Due to the high-voltage electric current, Du Peng’s whole body was temporarily hairless and his sturdy and hard muscles had no changes at all. He was lying quietly with slight up and down movements in his chest, like he was deeply asleep.

Lin Liqiang gently raised his right palm, and Enzo Rota who was usually calm and steady gave him a quick and strong high five; the quiet hall was filled with the clear hands clapping sound.

Lin Liqiang swung his palm which turned red after high-fiving with Enzo Rota while smiling happily with his mouth opened.

What was the new human being? Lin Liqiang didn’t know, and Enzo Rota didn’t know either. All they did was walk down a route. As for what exactly this route was? They would still need to do research and they needed a long time for that.

Both of them focused on Du Peng, who was sleeping and they laughed continuously. This was not just a huge change in Du Peng’s life, it might even become a huge symbol for future changes in human society after some in-depth research.

How would things change in the end? Lin Liqiang and Enzo Rota were excited about it. The route they took this time was solely due to an idea that flashed through their minds. The Founding Society’s research direction on insect warriors was so deep and vast that anyone would immediately become obsessed with it at first glance. So they would go along with the idea of ​​insect warriors and went on towards a deeper and further route of insect warriors.

Perhaps because they were Qin Fen’s friends, but both of them subconsciously resisted the Founding Society and always tried to swerve away from the insect warriors. It was because of this instinct to deliberately act against the Founding Society that led them to unexpectedly discover this rugged trail. It could even be said that they discovered this trail before it could be totally destroyed by the Founding Society, had they continued with the current research on the insect warriors.

Science had unlimited possibilities. If this trail was not discovered until a little later, Lin Liqiang and Enzo Rota might also be attracted by the route of the miraculous insect warrior.

Du Zhanpeng stood quietly in front of the nutrition tank, his shoulders shivering slightly. He obviously hadn’t recollected himself completely from the tension and excitement. He looked at Du Peng, who was sleeping peacefully in the solution, while trying to sound a little calmer, “Why is he still not awake?”

“How can he be awake so quickly?” Lin Liqiang scratched his head, “I’m afraid he’ll sleep for another day or two.”

“Is that so?” All of Du Zhanpeng’s worry in his eyes disappeared. His arms gently draped over the side of the nutrition tank and he looked at Du Peng quietly; a heartfelt smile could be seen from his lips and his eyes.

Chen Zhi shook his head and sighed. Is this exchange really worth it? Is it really worthwhile to take such a great risk? No one was clear about what exactly a new human being was and what the development would be like.

Du Zhanpeng could have become a divine beast martial artist! Chen Zhi looked at Du Zhanpeng’s back and gently shook his head. These two men… one of them gave up his chance to become a divine beast for the sake of his younger brother; the other one couldn’t care less about the bigger picture and killed White Tiger for the sake of his younger brother… no wonder they can be friends.