Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 568 Injection Failure
Should I give up? Cheng Ming asked himself.

He was asking himself the question, and also the question of that voice—the voice of the mysterious girl.

There was no answer.

Cheng Ming had already begun to consider withdrawing. His only goal was to join the hunting party, and now that he had achieved that goal, there was no need to continue with this so-called combat strength test.

At the same time, he remembered the mysterious girl's earlier request—to send him to the most dangerous places on the battlefield. To take on the most dangerous missions, he had to demonstrate sufficient strength. If he only entered the hunting party with a passing grade, he would probably only be assigned some marginal combat missions and would find it difficult to stand out in the hunting operations.

Cheng Ming has always been very low-key in his dealings with others, but the mysterious girl asked him to do the opposite, which made Cheng Ming quite conflicted.

Before Cheng Ming could make a decision, things were already changing in G09.

It had its back to Cheng Ming, its entire upper body drooping down, and its two arms touching the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the strange tissues attached to the mechanical skeleton, which acted as "muscles," suddenly expanded, causing G09's size to increase several times over—in the blink of an eye, G09 transformed from a humanoid bio-mechanical robot into a beast-like robot.

"A gorilla?" Cheng Ming muttered under his breath as he looked at G09, which was on all fours.

"What form is this?" A lean male "interviewer" with a forehead full of wrinkles, who looked to be at least in his sixties, turned to look at the burly man called Instructor Meng. "I remember that the G09's mechanical exoskeleton shouldn't support this level of deformation, right?"

"Apes, like humans, belong to the primate class and therefore have very similar skeletal structures. The mechanical skeleton of G09 was designed with a certain amount of redundancy for change, and the monster cells will 'evolve' on their own according to the actual combat situation. These are all normal changes, so please do not worry too much, Director."

“This is a strange object. Do you know why strange objects are called ‘strange objects’?” The gaunt old man, who was the director, frowned. “To be honest, I have never really agreed with the group’s research on strange objects… It’s a quagmire, and we will only get deeper and deeper into it.”

“All of this is to adapt to the changing times,” said the girl sitting in the middle. “If it weren’t for my father’s strong opposition to increase investment in the field of research on strange creatures, the Bai Group would probably have been swallowed up by the other two companies by now.”

“This is not the time to discuss these things,” the middle-aged woman on the far left interrupted them. “Just make sure G09 doesn’t get out of control.”

"G09's control technology is very mature, and the activity of the monster cells is only 30%, far from the warning threshold of 50%... Talking about losing control at this time is perhaps an insult to our technical department." Among the five "interviewers," the young man who had previously mentioned that Cheng Ming's ability was "explosive" suddenly said, "Even if G09 were to lose control, the built-in high-intensity inhibitors could instantly suppress the activity of the monster cells to a safe level, so you all don't need to worry."

Just as the "interviewer" was discussing the security of G09, G09, which had transformed into a gorilla, pounced on Cheng Ming. Its huge hand suddenly grabbed Cheng Ming's body and pulled him into its grasp!

"What's going on?!" The middle-aged woman was so startled by the sudden change that she stood up.

“I told you his ability couldn’t be maintained for long,” the young man said with a hint of disdain. “Instructor Meng, I think we can end the test now.”

"Hmm." The burly man nodded and waved to the technician controlling G09 beside him.

……

Cheng Ming felt as if all the bones in his body had been crushed, and indescribable pain came from all parts of his body. He didn't know why, but he couldn't use that speed at all now. Not only that, but the slowing effect on everything else in his field of vision, except for himself, had also completely disappeared.

Only under these circumstances could Cheng Ming realize how fast G09 was—his brain hadn't even had time to react before his body was already being grabbed by G09.

Faintly, Cheng Ming seemed to hear a soft laugh from the mysterious girl. "I said stop the test, didn't you hear me?" The burly man turned to look at the technicians sitting at the control panel, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

"I... I've already cut off the power supply to the G09 exoskeleton!" one of the technicians exclaimed in a panic. "Logically, the G09 should have stopped all movement by now!"

"What do you mean by 'logically speaking'?!" The burly man's tone was tinged with anger. "Didn't you all see that Number 116 was about to be crushed to death by G09?!"

"Don't be nervous." The young man among the "interviewers" stood up and walked quickly toward the control panel, a name tag that had been hidden by the table dangling from his chest.

Besides his photo, his name tag also had a line of text indicating his identity: "Tao Ge, Chief Engineer of the Bai's Military Industry's Mystery Technology Department."

Tao walked to the control panel, gestured for the technicians to step aside, then pulled over the keyboard and began typing furiously. As he typed, he told the technicians, "In this situation, we need to manually deactivate the security restrictions, then inject a potent inhibitor into G09's monster tissue. Remember, the first injection only needs to be 20% of the recommended dose. If G09's monster tissue doesn't show any signs of shrinking..."

With a "click," Tauglar lowered the manual gate controlling the inhibitor syringe.

However, a second later, the gate that had been pulled down bounced back up.

Inhibitor injection failed.

Tao Ge's expression instantly turned serious, and he typed on the keyboard much faster.

"Could the syringe needle be stuck? Impossible... The physical strength of the monster's tissue hasn't exceeded that value... Check the control circuit, normal; check the pressure valve, normal; recheck the control circuit, still normal... Strange, if everything is normal, why did the injection fail?"

"Taoge, how much longer will it take you to finish?" The burly man slammed his hand on the table, not too hard, not too soft. "Number 116 is about to give up!"

"There's a minor problem with the inhibitor injector, but it'll be fixed soon!" Taug said without turning his head.

"A minor problem? Are you sure it's a minor problem?" The burly man walked to the control panel and grabbed the gate. "Is it just a matter of pulling this gate down?"

“I’ve lifted the security restrictions. Normally, once this lever is pulled, the inhibitor will be injected into G09’s monster tissue, but…”

Before Tao Ge could finish speaking, the burly man pulled the gate all the way down.

"Bah..."

Several plumes of white smoke shot out from the gaps in the G09's muscle tissue, and then all the screens on the control panel went black.

"The console is frozen! G09... G09 still shows no signs of stopping!" A technician turned around and shouted in horror.

The metal mask on G09's face slowly fell off and landed on the ground, revealing a face without features.

Two slits appeared on the face, and in the next instant, the slits suddenly expanded, turning into a pair of scarlet eyes.

(End of this chapter)