Chapter 281: Solving Some Trouble

After the meeting ended, Yingzhou pressed the button to turn off the projection and looked at Lu Zhenda, who was standing to the side, pacing back and forth with sweat pouring down his forehead.

"Lao Lu, what is the matter with you? Is there some urgent business?"

Seeing Lu Zhenda in this state, Yingzhou asked with a smile.

"No, Chief, your decision is truly too impulsive. How can we possibly let 5,000 ordinary people enter the Military District to become soldiers right now?"

Watching Lu Zhenda's anxious expression, Yingzhou smiled and comforted him.

"Lao Lu, don't be so pessimistic. This is not an impulsive decision of mine; I had already begun considering this issue beforehand. Furthermore, I have a certain degree of confidence in what I said, so rest assured."

Hearing Yingzhou say this, Lu Zhenda nodded with a bitter smile, "Sigh, Chief, since things have reached this point, we can only bite the bullet and move forward. I hope the Zerg don't have any major movements recently."

"Mm, Lao Lu, you go ahead and conduct the Awakening Ceremony for those survivors first. After the Awakening Ceremony, I will go and select the 5,000 survivors."

"Alright, that is all we can do for now."

After Lu Zhenda left, Yingzhou summoned the Cadian Lieutenant. Seeing the other party excitedly salute him, Yingzhou couldn't be bothered to stop him; it would just be a waste of time in the end, so he let him be.

"I need you to train a batch of soldiers for me—soldiers who are fearless when facing Aliens and who are loyal. Do you have any problems with that?"

This Cadian Lieutenant shook his head excitedly and said in a devout voice, "Emperor, I will certainly not fail your trust. I will definitely train the most excellent soldiers according to your will!"

"If you have any requirements, just state them. What I want is efficiency; I want speed."

Hearing Yingzhou's words, the Cadian Lieutenant lowered his head to ponder slightly before speaking to Yingzhou.

"Respected Emperor, then please give me some more soldiers. That way, training the new recruits will be much faster."

"Mm, a reasonable request."

After dismissing the Cadian Lieutenant, Yingzhou looked at the documents on his desk. His mood, which had been quite good just a moment ago, began to gradually grow somber.

"Ah, why does this give me a feeling of 996? Lao Lu has gone off to get busy, so does this still have to fall on me? How troublesome!"

Ninth Defense Zone Inner City Research Institute.

Kesumo looked at Pake, whose smile had faded somewhat, and asked in confusion.

"What is it? Finding me at this hour—has something happened?"

Pake covered his face with his right hand and said in a lowered voice.

"How is that experiment going? Is there any progress?"

Seeing Pake speaking with such rare gravity, Kesumo retrieved his organized data from his desk, opened it, and said to Pake.

"As of now, all data on the test subject is normal. In experiments with Zerg and Strange Beasts, there have been no rejection reactions. Furthermore, his Back Spirit also plays a certain role. I am currently erasing his memories to make it easier for us to control him."

After listening to Kesumo's explanation, Pake spoke slowly, "The Councilors in the Council are truly becoming quite troublesome now. Today, I wanted to prepare test subjects for you, but I didn't expect them to veto it on the grounds that your experiments are useless. If this continues, the number of test subjects you have available for research will become fewer and fewer."

The pen Kesumo had been using to record data stopped. He looked up at Pake and said to him in a serious tone.

"This is the most critical moment. We need a large number of test subjects. Are those members of the Council idiots?"

Seeing Kesumo in this state, Pake felt reassured and said.

"Therefore, I want to eliminate a few of the people who are getting in the way, so that no one will hinder our applications for obtaining test subjects. Would it be convenient to let me see the current combat power of the test subject?"

Kesumo was silent for a moment, then finally nodded, "You may, though it is not in its most perfect form right now. However, a simple test of its combat power is no problem. Once I finish organizing this data, I will take you to see it."

Soon, Kesumo finished his work, took Pake, and left his office to head toward the Testing Ground within the institute.

"Have them bring Test Subject 001 to the Testing Ground. We are going to test its combat agility."

On the way, Kesumo also had a researcher go to notify the students following him on this project to prepare for the experiment.

Soon, the two arrived at the Testing Ground. Through the glass, they saw a youth wearing a white lab coat standing there, his eyes unfocused, standing there like a robot waiting for instructions.

The surrounding researchers were placing heavy armor plates, and those steel plates had corresponding patterns on them.

Seeing this, Pake looked at Kesumo in surprise, "You are planning to use armor plates engraved with Spirit Patterns for the experiment? Can this be done?"

Hearing Pake, Kesumo did not answer Pake's question directly, but instead smiled and said to Pake, "Don't be impatient; you'll know in a moment."

Seeing Kesumo being mysterious, Pake could only cast his gaze toward Test Subject 001 outside the glass window.

After seeing that the researchers were ready, Kesumo calmly pressed the control button.

Test Subject 001's body shuddered violently; the whole person seemed as if they had been electrified, completely losing that vacant look from just before.

"Target, the obstacle in front—begin the attack!"

Kesumo grabbed the microphone on the Control Console, looked at Test Subject 001 with burning eyes, and said with undisguised excitement.

After receiving the command, Test Subject 001 in the Testing Ground locked its gaze on the armor plate in front. Its right hand suddenly began to change rapidly, flesh and blood intertwining to finally form a sharp Zerg Forelimb Blade. Then, its body moved with such speed that even Pake felt his eyes could not keep up, making him even more interested in the performance of this Test Subject 001.

Less than a second after Kesumo issued the attack command, the armor plate in front of Test Subject 001 was split directly in two, the cut edges even melted into irregular protrusions by high heat.

"Stop!"

Seeing that Test Subject 001 had completed the attack, Kesumo immediately issued the command to stop. Test Subject 001's figure stopped instantly, and a gust of air rippled throughout the entire Testing Ground.

"This... this attack power is simply too strong. The Zerg Forelimb Blade, when erupting with power on him, is even more powerful than on the original host! Is this his full strength?"

Seeing the performance of Test Subject 001, the smile at the corner of Pake's mouth finally returned to its normal state.

Hearing Pake say this, Kesumo shook his head with a smile and said.

"Of course not. We are still developing the situation with Test Subject 001; this is just the beginning. I have already distributed his genes to two other test subjects. Although their performance is not as good as Test Subject 001, they will still have no problem helping you resolve some trouble."