Chapter 441: The Terrifying Monster

Chapter 441: The Terrifying Monster (Update 4)

“I command?”

“No, don’t you all hold me in such high regard…” Xiao Yu winced from his toothache. “Isn’t that a bit off?”

“Hmm?”

Zhou Lie calmly sized up his little bro.

That simple ‘Hmm’ carried a clear message: Little bro, you got a problem?

The other team leaders smiled in a way that was both amused and knowing as they watched Xiao Yu.

“Your language skills must have been taught by a gym teacher, right? My meaning is obvious—can’t you catch on?” Xiao Yu shot a glance at Zhou Lie.

“Clearly you guys are scheming against me—am I not allowed to fight back?”

Isn’t this just bullying someone honest!

“Alright, stop pretending.”

Wang Dong pulled out a cigarette and lit it. “We’ve known each other for ages. If you’re on the job, we can relax!”

I can’t even trust myself… Xiao Yu rolled his eyes. “I don’t even know who we’re dealing with. How am I supposed to catch someone just by watching a recording?”

“And if this guy is the monster you mentioned back during your ‘420’ days, it doesn’t add up. The youth in the video isn’t more than twenty-four or twenty-five. Do you expect him to have wiped out a special task force in his teens?”

“The most crucial point is his ability is off. It looks like precognition, but it simply isn’t. I suspect it has something to do with those glasses of his.”

“I could lead if you want me to, but don’t treat me like a fool.”

“What exactly are his abilities and what do those glasses do? Hand over all the data and I’ll decide if I’m taking this job!”

Admittedly, his willingness to serve the country is beyond question.

But Xiao Yu isn’t a dummy—he doesn’t rush in just because someone says so.

Even if you’re reckless, you’ve got to think.

Charging in blind is a death wish.

You think this is a novel where rich kids and show-offs just roll in and hand you a beating?

Just for kicks?

Come on.

In real life, rich kids will show you the power of their brains and connections.

They could wipe you out in minutes!

Zhou Lie exchanged knowing glances with several other team leaders, and soon they all broke into laughter.

Team Five’s leader, Shen Mei, picked up a tablet and handed it to Xiao Yu.

It was as if she had known all along that Xiao Yu would ask for the data.

Taking the tablet, Xiao Yu silently grumbled, “See, these veteran operatives are all sneaky!”

When he unlocked the tablet, he saw a file marked with an ‘S’.

His mind nearly exploded.

Bear in mind, Xiao Yu’s own file has already been upgraded.

Yet the file level for National Security’s leader is only an ‘A’.

Under what circumstances does a personal file hit ‘S’?

Consider the simplest example.

It aligns with a General’s rank!

Xiao Yu gasped and was momentarily stunned.

Then he swiped open the ‘S’ file on the tablet with his finger.

Lin Fang, Male, 31, an orphan… birthplace unknown, abilities unspecified, Danger Level: S

Xiao Yu: ???

What the heck is this?

Is that all there is to a personal file?

He felt as if he were being toyed with.

But Xiao Yu knew that the leaders from National Security never mess around.

He began reading every word of the accompanying record.

You could say this is a story.

The story began in a laboratory.

Experiment on what?

Super Soldiers!

How original—it’s just a cliché straight out of a novel, isn’t it?

Not so—the real world can sometimes be even more astonishing than fiction.

Not only is Super Soldier research underway at home, but abroad, even during World War II,

two countries had already begun experiments and successfully developed a Super Soldier serum.

One is Country E; the other, Country D.

It’s no secret—information about this has been online for ages.

The most authentic evidence comes from a recorded file.

As early as 1935, a certain nation launched the ‘Fountain of Life’ project.

A project meant to breed, raise children, and develop Super Soldiers.

These children were given a drug from a young age to strengthen their bodies.

It enabled them to fight for longer periods without rest.

The drug even impaired their nervous systems, making them fearless in the face of danger and dulling their sense of pain.

Over the years.

More than two hundred million ‘Pervitin’ pills were supplied to combat soldiers.

The successful development of these drugs was thanks to the children used as test subjects…

Why does this file mention that?

Because the laboratory holds the formula for ‘Pervitin’.

Experts are using that formula to try to develop a drug that boosts combat ability without side effects.

Indeed, the introduction of ‘Pervitin’ came with side effects so extreme…

Its side effects far outweigh any benefits—so severe they defy belief. It’s highly addictive and lethal in overdose.

Compared to its side effects, enemy bullets, landmines, and artillery shells are far deadlier…

Yet, it does work.

It can unleash a soldier’s combat strength at up to three times the normal level.

Later, nations around the world began researching this World War II-era drug.

If one day another nation successfully develops it for their military…

can you imagine the devastating consequences?

So…

“Did it succeed?”

Xiao Yu murmured as he recalled the young man from the surveillance footage.

“No, it failed.”

Zhou Lie shook his head with a bitter smile. “There’s no way a drug can magically boost human abilities—it defies nature. But you understand potential, right? Consider this: athletes around the world don’t live very long!”

Understood… Xiao Yu nodded.

This kind of thing always comes at the cost of human life.

Unleashing potential by sacrificing one’s life.

Thus, the young man in the footage had pushed many of his abilities to the very limits of human potential.

A burst of potential?

Then what about his life…

“What’s the deal with this monster?” Xiao Yu finally got to the point.

“There are always some anomalies.”

Wang Dong explained, “Take geniuses for example—special talents in certain fields. They’re like monsters; you might not believe or understand them, but they truly exist!”

“Hmm,” Xiao Yu nodded.

Consider the ‘Great God’ from a previous life, whose IQ soared to 177.

Then there’s ‘Hawking’, with an IQ of 160.

Yet these two geniuses don’t even make the global top ten for IQ.

A genius named ‘William James Sides’ boasts an astonishing IQ of 300.

What does an IQ of 300 even mean?

Self-taught Latin at age 2, Greek by 3, and giving lectures on four-dimensional space at Harvard by 9…

Geniuses are often equated with monsters.

A genius doesn’t only shine in IQ—it can manifest in many other ways.

For example.

At that moment, all nine team leaders looked at Xiao Yu as if he were a monster.

In their eyes, Xiao Yu was both a genius

and a truly fearsome monster!