Starting with one punch, I'll stop being human.

Without much explanation, the world's top minds have realized the seriousness of the problem, and many of them have even taken action on their own initiative.

Just as the clones were carrying out their respective tasks, suddenly...

Rumble——! ! !

A violent tremor, so intense it felt like the sky was falling and the earth was splitting, suddenly struck. The indicator lights on various instruments and equipment in the control room flashed wildly, and many clones lost their balance and fell to the ground in a heap!

"What...what happened?!" Clone No. 28, his head bleeding from the fall, struggled to his feet, leaning on the equipment, and cried out in slight panic.

"Surface... all signals from surface facilities have been lost!" The voice of clone number 38, responsible for monitoring, trembled. "External monitoring... ninety-nine percent of it has failed!"

"Damn it, was almost everything destroyed in an instant?"

"Could it be a large-scale EMP weapon attack!?"

"Impossible. The base has long been equipped with a complete anti-electromagnetic weapon defense layer. Even a large-scale EMP weapon could not penetrate all the floors on the surface at once!"

Amidst the habitual arguing, Dr. Genus, his forehead beaded with cold sweat, said despite the dizziness caused by the strong tremors, "Stop arguing."

"Switch to the backup hidden camera on the perimeter!"

Chapter 56 Breaking in

The footage from the few remaining external hidden cameras was retrieved and projected onto the main screen.

The next second, the control room fell into dead silence.

All the clones, including Dr. Genus himself, were frozen in place, staring blankly at the scene on the screen, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Originally intended as a trap and disguise, the eight-story research institute building has actually...

It's completely gone!

No, to be more precise, they were completely wiped off the face of the earth by unimaginable violence!

Only the foundation structure, incorporating special materials, remains standing, along with the heavy alloy emergency gate leading to the underground base.

In the zoomed-in high-definition image, a tall, incredibly handsome young man in an indigo shirt and ivory casual trousers leans down, his long, strong fingers easily gripping the gap in an alloy gate strong enough to withstand heavy artillery fire. Then…

Amidst the sickening metallic creaking, the seemingly indestructible steel gate was torn open with a twisted gap, as if it were made of paper!

The next moment, the tall young man suddenly turned his head, smiled at one of the hidden cameras that was transmitting images, and then walked briskly into the deep passage leading to the underground base as if he were going home!

Dr. Genus & numerous clones: "..." × N

In this terrifying exchange of glances, all the Genus felt a chill run from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads, and their backs were instantly soaked with cold sweat!

"This...this...this..." The controller in the hand of clone number 42 fell to the ground with a "thud," and its mouth was wide open, big enough to fit an egg.

His carefully prepared traps and mechanisms were completely ineffective, and his efforts were thwarted!

"How on earth did he discover the hidden camera?!"

"The enemy's energy reaction is terrifying... completely beyond what is expected!"

The clone responsible for data analysis trembled, and the red bars representing energy readings on the virtual screen had already exceeded their limits.

"Is he an S-class hero from the Hero Association? No, there's no matching character in the database!"

"Could it be some hidden official organization?"

The clones panicked and started talking amongst themselves, fear filling the air.

Dr. Genos was also covered in sweat, but he took a deep breath and slammed his hand on the control panel.

With a loud "bang," the sound of everyone's voices was forcibly silenced.

"Quiet down, all of you!" He adjusted his glasses, his eyes flashing with the calm and madness characteristic of a high-IQ villain. "It's now certain that the enemy's strength is unprecedented, and conventional methods are no longer sufficient to deal with them!"

"Immediately activate Emergency Plan No. 2! Summon all cyborg combatants within the base, awaken the cyborg units currently undergoing testing, and buy me time at all costs!"

"What?!" Clone No. 71, responsible for managing the cyborgs, exclaimed in disbelief. "Doctor, the current cyborg force is only a semi-finished product. Unlike combatants, they are not mature and controllable! The risk of them going out of control is extremely high..."

“There’s no need to say anything more. In the face of death, no risk is too great…” Dr. Genus sighed, his voice trembling slightly, a rare occurrence. “And… I’ve decided to deploy our last trump card!”

He paused, then said, word by word—

"Preparing to go to the lowest level of the prison to liberate the ultimate biological weapon..."

"The Asura Rhinoceros Beetle!"

"...What?!?!?!" ×N

Upon hearing this, the clones turned deathly pale, and the control room erupted in chaos!

"No! Doctor!"

"That thing is completely uncontrollable! Once it's released, we'll all die!"

"That's too risky...it's practically suicide!!"

"You really need to think this through!!"

Mentioning that name filled the clones' faces with terror and despair.

That was their greatest masterpiece, into which they poured countless efforts, and also their most terrifying failure!

"Do you... have a better way?!"

As Dr. Genus's somber voice faded, the room fell into a deathly silence.

"Number 22 and Number 31, you two, carry out the order!"

The two clones, whose identities were called upon, turned ashen-faced. They took a deep breath to recover, exchanged a glance, and saw the same despair in each other's eyes.

However, they still silently turned and left.

On the path of pursuing evolution and truth, there must always be those who sacrifice themselves, and this time, it is probably their turn!

Han Sen strolled through the spacious and bright underground passage. The alloy floor and walls beneath his feet were as shiny as mirrors, and there was none of the pervasive stench of blood and decay that usually filled the Monster Association.

"Tsk tsk tsk, both are underground bases, but the hygiene conditions at the House of Evolution are on a completely different level compared to the Monster Association."

Han Sen clicked his tongue and gave a sharp critique without any reservations.

(Sydney: "...")

He walked slowly, exuding a sense of tranquility and relaxation.

However, the Genus clone observing the enemy's movements through the surveillance camera was sweating profusely, feeling as if the tall, handsome young man had seen right through him!

Just as Han Sen turned a corner, an entrance to a lift platform appeared ahead.

"boom--!"

Suddenly, a large hole was blown open in the alloy wall on the left, and rubble and metal fragments flew everywhere!

"Die, intruder!!"

A strange creature resembling a groundhog suddenly burst through the wall, its claws like ten gleaming daggers, whistling as it aimed straight for Han Sen's face!

"Die from the incomparably sharp... Ughh ...

Han Sen withdrew his smoking fist, and a furtive mole head fell to the ground and rolled a long way, its frozen expression full of bewilderment.

[Defeat the Tiger-level monster "Earth Dragon" and obtain 96 Origin Points!]

"Wow... I didn't expect this unassuming guy to actually be a Tiger Peak expert," Han Sen said with amusement after gaining nearly a "Monster Cell" Origin Point. "His sudden appearance really gave me a fright!"

The earth dragon, its eyes wide open in death: "..."

Before the words were even finished, dozens or even hundreds of modified monsters of various shapes poured out of the hole!

Some of them resembled enlarged insects, others were mutated beasts, and still others looked like irradiated fish that had come ashore, their eyes flashing with a bloodthirsty red light that wasn't very intelligent, as they roared and charged toward Han Sen!

Upon seeing this, Han Sen was not surprised but rather delighted: "Oh? A mass-produced cyborg unit?"

In the original work, the number of named and named freaks who appear in the House of Evolution can be counted on one hand.

However, given Dr. Genos's decades of deep expertise in the field of biological genetics, it is impossible that he could have only produced a few finished products.

A glint flashed in Han Sen's eyes. Ignoring the army of modified monsters that were rushing towards him, he suddenly turned his gaze to a certain spot on the wall where he felt a strong sense of being watched.

"Not enough, not enough at all! Give me a billion more!!"

The Genus clone behind the monitor: "..."

Chapter 57 Well behaved

A blinding silver light suddenly shone in the passageway, and the violent plasma lightning danced wildly like thunder snakes, emitting a booming sound like thousands of birds crying in unison!

"Plasma Burst!"

The rampant lightning was drawn into Han Sen's arms by an invisible force, and the taut, shimmering muscles of his forearms were wrapped with flowing, crisscrossing, blazing currents, as if he were wearing a pair of Thor's arm armor!

"Power overload", activate!

With the addition of cool sound, light, and particle effects, the basic attack's style factor is instantly maximized!

With Han Sen's mana pool already at an unfathomable level, since he can look cool, there's no need to save his skills!

A flash of silver torrent disappeared in an instant, and Han Sen materialized from the blurry afterimage. The army of modified monsters behind him froze in their menacing movements, and then—

Boom boom boom boom! !

The monster's body surface appeared with countless cracks as if porcelain had cracked. Blinding electric light shone through the cracks and burst forth, exploding in a chain reaction in an instant. When the smoke and dust dissipated, hundreds of Tiger-level modified monsters were found with no trace of their bodies!

[Defeat 127 Tiger-level monsters and obtain 5747 Origin Points!]

Inside the control room, Dr. Genus and his numerous clones stared at the monitor screen with eyes wide with rage.

Who would have thought that numbers would be completely ineffective against that intruding monster!

"What to do! Most of our combatants are only at a similar level to 'Earth Dragon,' they can't even slow him down!"

As he put it, "Mantis Man," "Slug Man," "Frog Man"...

The group of Tiger-level combatants from the House of Evolution were utterly helpless against Han Sen's relentless advance!

The entire process took less than five minutes, and the intruders had already breached the lower levels of the base, their target being the control room on the ground floor!

Dr. Genos felt a cold sweat trickle down his forehead, a strange sense of unease rising within him.

Although the doctor did not know the invaders' purpose, his intuition told him that although they had made a crushing advance, the actual damage they caused was quite limited, except for the complete annihilation of the modified monster army.

What's it like to fight in your own home but not want to break too many tables, chairs, and benches?

"Yes, that's it!"

A dazzling shooting star seemed to flash through Dr. Genos's mind, and he suddenly understood the key to the incongruity.

"Otherwise, given the enemy's destructive power, they could have easily destroyed the base's structure and reached the bottom floor in an instant, but they didn't choose to do so!!"

Amidst the bewildered gazes of the clones, he trembled as he pushed up his slightly slipped glasses.

—If that's the case, perhaps... there's still a glimmer of hope?

Inside the underground base.

After eliminating five or six waves of attacking monsters, Han Sen had already gained over 20,000 Origin Points.

The House of Evolution lacks top-tier combat power, but the quality of its lower-level troops is surprisingly high.

Although the attacking semi-finished modified monsters are not very intelligent, even the weakest of them are at least of the Tiger level in terms of disaster, and each one contributes dozens of points of origin.

Watching the kill notifications scrolling across the top of his field of vision, Han Sen didn't find it boring at all. Instead, he got into the enjoyable rhythm of mowing down enemies and became more and more excited.

You should know that he hasn't had such a great time since Sykes issued the ban!

"here we go again."

Finding the staircase leading to the next floor again, Han Sen unleashed a burst of azure energy, his senses immediately reaching the depths of the lower level with the spreading airflow.

As his strength continued to increase, Han Sen discovered that the abilities solidified in his body after reaching the maximum level were easier to combine and use, producing an effect greater than the sum of its parts, similar to a martial soul fusion skill.

The combination of the SR-level "Psychokinesis" and the SSR-level "Swift Wind" not only increases the activation speed but also doubles the coverage area.

A tall figure with a matte metallic sheen led a group of restless silverback gorilla monsters, forming a battle formation at the stairwell, ready for battle.

"It's this guy."

Sensing a heavy aura that was far stronger than the strange men that had appeared before, Han Sen understood.

As he walked down the stairs, a tall figure, whose entire body had undergone mechanization, came into view.