I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Xue Jing transformed into a shadow, constantly scanning his surroundings. His eyesight, which surpassed the limits of human capabilities, along with his other five senses, allowed him to thoroughly perceive his surroundings, leaving no detail unnoticed.

At the same time, his mental energy also radiated outward, and he began to visualize, gradually constructing details of all the surrounding terrain in his mind.

"Okay...it should be fine."

There was no one around... not even anything that looked like surveillance or alarm equipment.

The building's construction and decoration style are not much different from the other floors of Xu's Biotechnology, all leaning towards a high-tech company style.

However, even though nothing seemed amiss, perhaps due to the dim lighting and the excessive quietness of the surroundings, Xue Jing inexplicably felt a strange atmosphere on this floor.

It's like a scene in a horror movie that's too quiet, making you feel like something terrifying is about to jump out at any moment.

"It's set up like some kind of mad scientist's hideout..."

The shadow that Xue Jing had transformed into moved slowly through the building.

Although he didn't find anyone or any surveillance cameras around, he still took precautions.

With no gaps whatsoever, the floor was completely enclosed, and the materials were so effective that even the penetration of spiritual energy could not be blocked. With such thorough external security measures, Xue Jing felt that he could not be too careful.

But as Xue Jing explored the 1097th floor, the doubts in his mind grew stronger.

"Strange... is there really nothing there?"

He had been wandering around for a long time, but although there were rooms on this floor, there was no one in them. The space was empty and there were very few things, only some boxes, tables and chairs, and various strange equipment that were obviously too old to be used.

It's like a dilapidated, abandoned company.

"Perhaps 1097 was originally an important place, but it was abandoned for some reason... It seems that the wind of the beginning of all things should not be on this level."

Xue Jing thought to himself.

Rare divine relics with serial numbers within the top 300 would certainly not be left in such a desolate place.

However, to avoid any oversights, Xue Jing still carefully checked the entire floor.

The final result was that nothing special was found; the entire floor was abandoned.

"It took a little too long..."

Xue Jing calculated the time in his mind, and it was probably close to four in the morning.

It would be dawn in a few hours, and we couldn't waste any more time, so we decided to head to the 1098th floor immediately.

Just then, a thought suddenly struck him, and he realized something was wrong.

"No... there's something strange about the size of this floor."

Xue Jing pondered for a moment, calmed down, and began to visualize the entire 1097-layer terrain that had already been constructed in his mental space.

Then, below the 1097th floor, construct the terrain resembling the 1096th floor.

Then bring the two layers closer together and stack them on top of each other...

Soon, the results came out.

Both floors are located in the center of the skyscraper, and theoretically their sizes should be the same.

However, after comparing the two sides, Xue Jing discovered that the southeastern edge of the 1097th floor was missing a rhombus-shaped area of ​​about 200 square meters, compared to the 1096th floor.

"The whole floor is so big, and the location is so tricky, I almost overlooked it..."

Xue Jing's eyes flickered.

This missing diamond-shaped area was sealed off with the same special material as the exterior of the 1097th floor, which could prevent mental penetration, so he ignored it when scanning the map with 'visualization'.

If it weren't for the fact that his brain function has become increasingly powerful and his spatial awareness has become extremely strong as his skill level and martial arts cultivation have improved, allowing him to sense that something was wrong, he would have almost failed to notice.

Without hesitation, Xue Jing immediately went to the sealed-off diamond-shaped area, condensed a black flame, and had the non-existent beast swallow it.

Such a hidden treasure within a treasure must be suspicious; we must investigate.

Xue Jing pressed his body against the wall, allowing the non-existent beast to pass through. Once inside, within a six-meter limit, he spat out the black flames.

Sensing that the black flames were in empty space and had not touched a physical object, Xue Jing leaped into the shadows.

The next moment, he emerged silently from the black flames.

A quick glance around revealed everything in the surroundings.

The dim lighting couldn't hide Xue Jing's sharp eyes.

The shadow flames burned silently in his pupils, and even in complete darkness, they could not obstruct his vision.

Upon seeing this, Xue Jing's breath hitched slightly.

It wasn't the place he imagined, where the relics of the top 300 gods were hidden, but rather... a human laboratory?

Dozens of incubator-like machines were placed around, filled with orange-yellow liquid. Naked human bodies floated in the liquid, with mechanical tubes inserted all over their bodies.

Furthermore, Xue Jing knew all human bodies.

They look the same.

It was the same person Ning Yuantai had met when he visited Xu's Biotechnology that day—Xu Mude.

'What is that? A clone?'

Xue Jing frowned.

Before he could think about it, he noticed that there were not only these machines containing 'clones', but also two living people, a man and a woman.

The male one looked quite similar to Xu Mude; he was very young and should be a minor.

And the woman's...

Xue Jing's gaze sharpened slightly as he looked towards the woman's side.

There was a platform about 1.5 meters high, with a semi-elliptical transparent dome at the top. A wisp of pale red air was floating inside the dome, constantly rotating.

At a glance, Xue Jing recognized it; this was the purpose of his visit—GOD-098·The Wind of the Beginning of All Things.

This thing has nine channels in total, each with the same function, but each channel has a different color.

Seeing that he had finally found his target, Xue Jing felt a slight stirring in his heart, but he was not in a hurry.

His gaze swept over the woman's face.

The woman's appearance was nothing special, just averagely pretty, but her eyes were very strange. Her pupils were horizontal bars like a goat's eyes, and there were fine, radiating blue lines on the whites of her eyes, which was extremely eerie.

The moment Xue Jing saw those eyes, he instinctively sensed a sense of danger.

Without hesitation, he immediately caused the non-existent beast to swallow him into nothingness.

"Ok?"

The woman with goat eyes shifted her gaze slightly, turning it toward the corner where Xue Jing had been standing.

"Sister Kui, what's wrong?"

The boy next to him asked in confusion.

Sister Kui did not reply. Instead, she stood up and walked towards Xue Jing's location, looking him over. The blue patterns on the whites of her eyes shimmered with a faint light.

After a long while, finding nothing, she remained silent for a moment, then shook her head and said:

"It's nothing...it's probably just a hallucination."

The boy frowned and said, "Why are I having hallucinations so frequently today? Could it be that the mutation rate has increased again? Is this a sign of the mutation disease?"

Sister Kui said calmly, "It's alright, one injection will do the trick."

The boy exclaimed urgently, "Keep hitting me!? This kind of powerful suppressant will directly erode consciousness, and an overdose will cause permanent damage! Even a body transplant won't save you!"

Sister Kui's tone remained completely unchanged: "As long as the 'God Man Project' succeeds, this price is nothing. That person in Cangting will naturally bestow blessings upon me..."

The boy's eyes gleamed with displeasure: "That old geezer hasn't shown his face at home for over a hundred years. Who knows if he's still alive... Suddenly he parachuted in orders for us to do this 'Godman Project'..."

"So many companies are working on this plan. The Wu family even started researching it twenty years earlier than us, and they haven't made a ripple yet. We're so far behind, how could we possibly have any results? I'm afraid the higher-ups are just trying to fool you..."

Sister Kui thought for a moment and then said, "It's different..."

"Xu Mude somehow made a deal with the 'New Beiyang Council' and obtained a portion of 'Adam's' flesh and blood... That's why the one in Cangting ordered the 'God Man Project'."

"This is why Xu Mude was put in charge of the plan, and why the first batch of 'superhumans' would use Xu Mude's genes..."

Upon hearing this, the boy's eyes widened: "Is that so!?"

He murmured, "So that's how it is... No wonder they still made you implant these eyes even though we already have the 'Wind of the Beginning of All Things'..."

Sister Kui said calmly, "Alright, hurry up and bring me the inhibitor."

The boy quickly replied, "Yes."

As the injection was administered, the radiating blue lines on the whites of Sister Kui's eyes gradually faded.

Her eyes showed weariness as she said, "I need to rest for a while... Keep a close eye on things, and if there's any strange noise, don't hesitate, use the Primordial Wind of All Things immediately..."

The boy patted his chest and assured her, "Don't worry, Sister Kui, leave everything to me. You just rest!"

"Um……"

……

Twenty minutes later.

Somewhere in the laboratory, a tiny crack silently opened in the void.

A pair of eyes peeked out from the crack, observing the outside world for a while. After a while, a shadow slipped out from the crack and quickly moved to an inconspicuous corner.

In the shadows, Xue Jing looked at the woman with goat eyes. She was sitting on the ground with her eyes closed, leaning against the corner of the wall, as if she was resting.

After confirming that she had no reaction, Xue Jing looked at the boy again, but only for a couple of glances before turning his gaze away indifferently. He then looked at the pale red Primordial Wind of All Things inside the transparent cover.

The shadow moved slowly, passing through blind spots of the two people present, gradually approaching the primordial wind.

Xue Jing estimated the distance and stopped when he was six meters away from the primordial wind of all things.

He didn't rush to make a move, but instead stared at the boy, who was using his bracelet to project a holographic image of an article.

Xue Jing had excellent eyesight and was able to see part of the article.

[...As a byproduct of [■■■], the only divine relic born through human hands, the uniqueness of 'Adam'...]

[...it itself shows no signs of consciousness...]

[...We call this special substance extracted from Adam the 'divine factor'...]