No strange things are allowed to evolve!

But the one in ten chance is precisely what we need most right now, and what has the highest potential among all abilities: immortality.

This not only gives me more leeway when facing other superpowered individuals in the future, allowing me to have a versatile way to deal with them regardless of their abilities, but it also solves my immediate crisis and instantly brings me back to my peak condition.

Aside from the phrase "destiny is in my hands," I don't know what else to call melatonin.

This gave him renewed confidence, even though he had originally planned to take a good rest.

Forget about resting, let's go all out!

Without hesitation, he pressed the elevator button, entered, and went up to the next floor.

However, melatonin should not be taken lightly.

They didn't get carried away by the unexpected surprise.

He knew that his challenge had only just begun.

From the moment the elevator doors open, he will face an enemy a hundred times more dangerous than the armed forces and suicide bombers he faced on the third underground level.

Those were all killing machines, just like me, possessing superpowers and brainwashed by the lab.

Ding!

The elevator, which only travels between the third and second basement levels, successfully reached its destination.

Take a deep breath.

If nothing unexpected happens, the moment the elevator doors open, he will face the first superhuman waiting there.

The good news is that the person behind the surveillance has no idea that they have just unlocked a new ability.

Therefore, the opponent he arranged for himself, although restraining his power, would not be too strong.

If you can defeat your opponent by surprise, and then find and defeat the other eight superpowered individuals stationed on the second basement level before the laboratory can react, you can piece together your own background, complete the side quest, and unlock the next ability to go to the first basement level.

As for the other grunts, even if they all self-destructed, they wouldn't pose a threat to me now.

The only challenge on this level is speed.

Not only do you need to be fast at navigating the map, but you also need to be quick at eliminating your opponents. If you get bogged down, your opponents might be able to call for backup and summon other superpowered individuals, which would be troublesome.

Thoughts flashed through his melatonin-filled mind like lightning; he was fully prepared.

However, plans never keep up with changes.

When the elevator doors opened, Melatonin, who had been prepared to strike first, was completely stunned.

Because he wasn't alone.

Looking around, he saw dozens of people blocking the elevator lobby, staring at him menacingly.

Nine of them are likely brainwashed superpowered individuals.

Judging from their blank expressions yet terrifying aura, the remaining beings were likely artificial humans that would only appear on the first underground level.

"I heard you killed all the people below?"

In the script, the superpowered individual, who should have been complacent and whose opening line was "I've been waiting for so long, and this is the thing I've finally found?" asked seriously.

Melatonin swallowed hard, realizing a terrible truth.

Oh no! We've been blocked at the spawn point!

After realizing what was happening, he started frantically pressing the close button in the elevator.

But the elevator doors didn't close because the people outside were pressing the open button.

"You think you know how to press the buttons?"

"Fuck him!"

Chapter 266 Something Absolutely Unacceptable

"Fellow villager? Fellow villager!"

"Come out quickly, fellow villager!"

After waiting for a while, Jiang Shu did not see any more figures emerge from the corner.

At this point, he was certain that everyone on this floor had been recruited by him.

He finally felt relieved and led his people to the next floor.

But when everyone got to the elevator, they realized something.

"This elevator can't fit all of us, can it?"

Saeko frowned.

She knew that Jiang Shu's actions here had undoubtedly attracted the extreme attention of the higher-ups.

The reason why those at the top don't come down is twofold: firstly, they've cut off the upper echelons' access to information, so they're unaware of the situation below; secondly, they probably want to trap everyone here and wear them down to minimize losses.

Just like attacking a city in war, although you can launch a strong attack, it's unnecessary. You only need to surround the city, cut off its supplies, and the people inside will eventually be unable to withstand it, suffer losses, and collapse.

And since the elevator is the only passage to the upper floors, the upper floors would definitely send heavy guards to protect it.

If the elevator can't carry everyone here at once and they have to go up in batches, then the first people to go up will definitely face enormous pressure.

Not only are they outnumbered, but they also have to allocate manpower to guard the elevator and maintain its normal operation so that it can return to the lower floor to continue transporting people.

Another point is that elevators are not like road traffic, shipping, or air routes, where if they get stuck, they can be moved to the side to create a new route.

There's only one path leading out of the elevator shaft, and it's extremely narrow, making it very unfavorable for combat, and there's not even any cover.

Therefore, for the guards above, once the elevator was set up, it was no different from an automatic food dispensing machine.

However, for our own side, the options for dealing with the situation are very limited. Tactics like suicide bombing are definitely not viable because they might injure friendly forces.

What should I do?

Thinking about all this, Saeko subconsciously looked at Jiang Shu, wanting to ask for his opinion.

However, when she looked at Jiang Shu, the latter was standing in front of the elevator door with his eyes closed, seemingly lost in thought, not at all like someone who could understand Saeko's gaze.

Having no other choice, Saeko had to simply ask.

But Jiang Shu didn't seem to hear it.

Confused, Saeko poked Jiang Shu's shoulder with her finger.

Then, Jiang Shu lost his balance and fell headfirst.

Saeko was taken aback at first, then quickly reached out and hugged Jiang Shu. However, due to the difference in their sizes, Saeko alone could not catch Jiang Shu completely.

She immediately shouted, "My advisor has fainted! Someone, please come and help!"

The sudden turn of events startled everyone.

Several people who were nearby rushed forward and hurriedly helped Saeko lay the ginger on the ground, then asked in confusion and bewilderment, "What happened? It was fine just now?"

Saeko didn't understand what was going on either, and seemed very anxious.

"I don't know. Could it be that those damned guys put something inside him?"

"No, we didn't let them go." Several researchers in white coats stepped forward and vehemently denied it.

They were the people responsible for conducting various tests on test subject 369 on this floor, and also the damned guys that Saeko was referring to.

Saeko was a little embarrassed, but she couldn't care less at the moment and quickly checked on Jiang Shu's condition.

The others were also extremely anxious.

At this critical moment, their spiritual leader has run into trouble. Who will lead them to continue the fight against evil forces?

The room was deathly silent; you could hear a pin drop. Everyone could only hear their own heartbeats.

But after Saeko found out what was wrong with Jiang Shu, she fell silent and suspiciously lifted her head from Jiang Shu's chest, where she was listening to his heartbeat.

"What's wrong? Say something!"

"He...he seems to be asleep."

"?"

"Asleep? Now? Right here?"

......

The moment Jiang Shu arrived in the central hall, stood in front of the elevator, and touched the button.

Just like melatonin, he entered the dream once again.

Before he could figure out what was going on, he heard a heated argument outside the door.

"I told you long ago we shouldn't have sent him to boarding school. He should have stayed under our watchful eyes all along!"

What's the point of saying all this now?

"You've spoiled him! Look at him now! He has no sense of shame at all. Why don't you go and ask him if he's even going to continue his studies?"

"What else can you do if you don't study? Drop out and go to work?"

"It's better than becoming a useless person!"

Listening to the angry words and seeing the sliver of light shining through the crack in the door, Jiang Shu thoughtfully turned her head to look at the other side.

The room was pitch black, with only the small desk lamp that had accompanied Jiang Shu throughout his student life emitting a faint light, barely illuminating the test papers and workbooks on the desk.

There are things that need to be done, but at this moment there is nothing to do.

Some of them had been corrected by the teacher, and were covered in red crosses.

At the desk, Jiang Shu, a boy in school uniform, rested his chin on his left hand and twirled a pen in his right, but his gaze was fixed on the window. His attention was not on the test paper in front of him, nor on the arguing outside.

I don't know what he's thinking.

Jiang Shu sighed, and as usual, leaned back and lay down on the soft bed, holding her head in her hands and staring blankly at the ceiling.

He still remembers this very dark period of his life, and he has always been reluctant to think about it.

Not only does he not want to think about it, but his parents also try to avoid mentioning it when they are at home.

Jiang Shu's three years in high school were the biggest turning point in his life.

Before attending high school, Jiang Shu had always had excellent academic performance. While he wasn't always at the top of his class, he was certainly well-known in the local area.

Back then, high school admissions weren't like they are now, where students could only be admitted locally. Instead, there were regional divisions, and students from certain regions could only choose high schools within those regions.

Stronger high schools can recruit students from other regions through special channels, just like universities, in order to get more students into prestigious universities each year and improve the rate of admission to key universities and undergraduate programs.

As a result, Jiang Shu successfully gained admission to the most famous and outstanding high school in Tancheng from his small hometown with excellent grades.

When Jiang Shu received the admission notice, his whole family was overjoyed, because, in their eyes and in the eyes of others, this was equivalent to having one foot in the door of a prestigious university.

Jiang Shu, you've been smart and academically excellent since childhood. Now that you've come to such a platform, a top ten high school in the country, with such a powerful combination, what reason do you have not to get into a good university?

It seems perfectly reasonable.

However, everyone overlooked one problem at the time.

This problem quickly came to light after Jiang Shu started school.

The educational resources in small towns are simply incomparable to those in big cities.

Not only are the channels for acquiring knowledge very limited, but even the breadth of instruction provided by teachers varies.

Specifically, if something is not specified in the exam, then it should not be studied.

But this puts Jiang Shu in a rather difficult situation.

In junior high, he heard his teacher say, "Your high school teachers will teach this later, so I won't go into it now." But when he got to high school, his teacher said, "Your junior high teachers have already taught this, so I won't go into it now."

Then start using it directly.

Seeing that all the other students around him understood, while he had no idea what the teacher was saying, Jiang Shu became very anxious.

He really wanted to ask his classmates or teachers after class what exactly they meant by what was said in class.

But he was too embarrassed.

Because in the past, he was the one who always knew the ropes and was always on the front lines.

If I actually ask, won't everyone think I'm an idiot?

No, no, you absolutely mustn't ask. You have to figure it out yourself.

But knowledge is different from other things; it's not something you can just decide to do as you please. So, unsurprisingly, Jiang Shu ended up like an unlucky guy in a novel who stole the wrong martial arts technique and went into a state of demonic possession.