A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 239 Experiment Successful

"Clang!"

A gray beast tirelessly elbowed the cage, trying to break it.

Unfortunately, the steel cage was incredibly sturdy, not to mention that Jiang Shuzhou was observing from the outside.

"Subject No. 123 has been preliminarily determined to possess intelligence. The mutation has been successfully induced. Continue the experiment."

Jiang Shuzhou's experiment is mainly divided into two parts.

The first step is to actively induce mutation, guiding gray-blooded people to voluntarily transform into gray beasts, thus freeing them from the passive influence of emotions.

The next step is to control emotions and keep the gray beast as rational as possible.

After Jiang Shuzhou's experimental research, and after consuming more than a hundred consumables, he had mastered the first item.

However, the second item is still progressing slowly.

Two weeks have passed, and Jiang Shuzhou has only managed to transform the intelligence of these gray beasts from completely irrational madness into wild beasts that have begun to possess intelligence and understand fear.

We are still far from possessing human-like intelligence, or rather, preserving our past wisdom.

Ultimately, the problem stems from a lack of raw materials.

The lower district has no shortage of people, but it is in dire need of various experimental materials.

When Jiang Shuzhou thought of experimental materials, he thought of Jinx, whose equipment was sponsored by him.

I heard that the other party recently spent a lot of money to find the owner of the notebook, which is obviously Jess.

Jiang Shuzhou couldn't help but consider the possibility of selling Jess to the other party.

After thinking for a long time, Jiang Shuzhou shook his head and gave up on this tempting idea.

While this would allow Jess to access and obtain many materials that are unavailable in the lower city, frankly, it's a bit unethical, since Jess might not be willing to do so.

And it might even be a trap. When Jayce arrives, there might be 300 axemen hiding behind him, ready to chop him into mincemeat.

Jiang Shuzhou fell into deep thought again. If that's the case, how should we get the raw materials?

"Crunch, crunch."

Seeing no hope of escape, the gray beast began eating mushrooms in the mine.

Jiang Shuzhou had experimented with this before. Because of severe pollution, it was poisonous and normally inedible. However, the gray beast was a special case, so it could eat it without worry.

Wait a minute, pollution?

The upper town frequently discharges industrial wastewater into the lower town, and this wastewater is extremely rich in industrial elements.

Furthermore, there are many mutated plants and animals in the lower city, which can be used to extract effective ingredients for formulating medicines and conducting experiments.

According to Jiang Shuzhou, there is a strange purple mushroom in the lower city, which is called a magic mushroom by the locals. After eating it, you will feel clear-headed at first, but after a while the clear-headed effect will disappear and be replaced by hallucinations.

Clearly, this is what Jiang Shuzhou wants. Of course, it's not just this; there are also many different kinds of herbs, such as analgesic bark, sobering fruit, and foul-smelling tree, all of which can clear the mind to some extent.

By extracting its active ingredients and blending them with other plant extracts, it might be possible to obtain inhibitors.

After all, Jiang Shuzhou hadn't been studying for nothing these past few days; with so many people dying, he naturally gained something.

The reason why the gray beasts lose their minds is that when they become gray beasts, for some reason, the human brain is devoured and digested. Some brains are left behind, but all the remaining brains are digested, which can be simply called "brainless".

If you've lost your mind, how can you possibly have any rationality?

What Jiang Shuzhou needs to do first is to artificially intervene in the process of change, and to reduce or even eliminate the possibility of the brain being digested.

Secondly, these gray beasts need to be given tranquilizers to keep their minds as stable as possible, otherwise their endless rage will destroy everything.

Bang bang bang!

Number 123 started banging on the door again, but this time Jiang Shuzhou wasn't going to tolerate it.

Jiang Shuzhou knocked out No. 123 with a single punch and then began dissecting his brain.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

"Where am I?"

Kenstan woke up from his dream; he had had a very long dream.

In his dream, he was captured by a perverted scientist and imprisoned to conduct experiments.

While conducting the experiment, he kept muttering absurd things like, "This time it will definitely work." "Number 144, we're almost out of prisoners." "Major bleeding? No problem."

At the end of the dream, he dreamed that he had turned into a gray beast.

However, this is all nonsense. Dreams are not real, so how could any gray beast maintain its rationality?

"You're awake? The surgery was a success. Do you remember your name?"

It's that freak scientist's voice! My dream hasn't ended yet!

Immediately afterwards, Kenstan closed his eyes and then opened them again, trying to wake up.

Perhaps he knows everything, but he just doesn't want to face it.

"I'm asking you a question! Answer me!"

Seeing that the person was not cooperating, Jiang Shuzhou didn't hesitate and directly used electric shocks on him.

buzzing.

The intense tinnitus and pain told Kenstan that this was neither a dream nor an illusion.

"What's going on? Why aren't they saying anything? Did they fail?"

After Jiang Shuzhou finished speaking, he planned to dispose of the failed product.

"No! Please, have mercy on me!"

Kenstan begged for mercy without any backbone.

"Let you go? No way! Do you know what kind of treatment you'll face if you go out like this?"

"It's okay to scare people, but it's not good to scare the flowers and plants."

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Shuzhou handed over a mirror.

"Look at yourself now."

"Aaaaaah!"

Boom!

The massive body collapsed to the ground.

"Huh? This thing might scare me to death, won't it?"

Jiang Shuzhou stared speechlessly at the fallen gray beast, or rather, Kenstan.

Can't they even accept that they are a gray beast?

Fortunately, the gray beast is resilient and won't die from this.

"Me, is this me?"

Kenstan still couldn't believe it when he looked at his ugly, distorted face in the mirror.

"How could I possibly turn into a gray beast?"

"Why not? The Grey Beast was transformed from a human; isn't it normal for it to have intelligence?"

Kenstan looked at the relatively thin Jiang Shuzhou and suddenly had a wicked thought.

He's so weak, if I kill him, I'll be free!

That's what he thought, and that's what he did.

A huge fist was raised and slammed down.

A cloud of smoke rose.

Jiang Shuzhou still stands tall.

"It seems your IQ isn't very high. I don't know if it's congenital, but it's okay, I'll investigate."

Immediately afterwards, countless tentacles on Jiang Shuzhou's body pressed down firmly on Kenstan.

Kenstan tried to struggle, but to no avail. His tentacles, though not very thick, contained immense power, making it impossible for him to resist.

"It might hurt a lot, but it's okay, because you'll die soon and there won't be any suffering."

"No, I was wrong, I shouldn't have, no!!"

Immediately following, accompanied by wails, the last test subject's mission was completed.

"Experimental subject number 144 was successful, but has been destroyed due to its insubordination."

From this point on, the war between the lower and upper cities began its countdown.