Chapter 368: Chamber

The chamber trembled.

Once.

Twice.

Then...

Subject Zero moved.

No warning.

No shout.

No dramatic declaration.

He simply disappeared.

Rose’s eyes widened.

"Shen Tian!"

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

A fist struck Shen Tian’s spear.

The impact exploded through the chamber.

Steel flooring folded.

Glass shattered.

The enormous laboratory shook from foundation to ceiling.

Qin Ruobing stumbled.

Ling Shuangxue immediately caught her.

Tang Meilin grabbed Gu Qingya.

Chu Zijin nearly fell backward.

Ruan Yizhen caught her shoulder.

Chen Mo threw himself in front of his mother’s chamber.

Adrian slammed one hand against the railing.

Qin Hao’s coat whipped violently behind him.

And Shen Tian...

Didn’t move.

His shoes remained planted.

One hand held the Heaven Severing Sovereign Spear horizontally.

Subject Zero’s fist pressed against the shaft.

Golden eyes stared into green.

Silence.

Then...

Shen Tian smiled.

"That’s it?"

Subject Zero tilted his head.

Then...

His second fist moved.

Shen Tian caught it.

Barehanded.

BOOM!

The floor beneath Shen Tian’s feet cracked.

Subject Zero stared.

Shen Tian’s fingers slowly tightened.

CRACK.

Subject Zero’s wrist twisted.

The artificial protagonist’s expression didn’t change.

Then...

His knee shot upward.

Shen Tian turned.

Blocked.

Another explosion.

Rose stared.

"Everyone back!"

The women moved.

Not far.

But enough.

Shen Tian looked over his shoulder.

"Rose."

"What?"

"Take them to Chen Lihua."

Rose immediately understood.

"You?"

Shen Tian looked back toward Subject Zero.

"Busy."

Subject Zero attacked.

Shen Tian disappeared.

BOOOOOOM!

Both reappeared twenty meters away.

Spear against arm.

Fist against shoulder.

Golden Qi exploded.

Rose turned.

"Move!"

. . .

Chen Mo reached the chamber first.

"Mom!"

Chen Lihua’s eyes opened weakly.

"Mo..."

Her voice barely carried through the glass.

Chen Mo grabbed the containment door.

Formation symbols illuminated.

His hand burned.

He didn’t release it.

"Chen Mo!"

Lin Yue rushed forward.

"Stop!"

He ignored her.

Lin Yue grabbed his wrist.

"STOP."

Chen Mo turned.

"My mother is inside."

"And you’ll lose your hand before opening it."

"I don’t care."

"I do."

Silence.

Chen Mo stared.

Lin Yue immediately realized how that sounded.

Her expression flattened.

"Medically."

Rose almost laughed.

Chen Mo didn’t.

He looked back toward his mother.

His thoughts roared.

I finally found her.

I’m not losing her again.

The nearby women heard.

No disgust.

No annoyance.

Nothing.

Because there was nothing wrong with that thought.

Shen Tian had always known the inner voices weren’t automatically proof that every protagonist was disgusting.

Sometimes...

People were simply people.

Chen Mo’s problem had always been what came after.

The assumptions.

The entitlement.

The way destiny made him look at certain women as if they naturally belonged somewhere in his life.

But right now...

There was only a son looking at his mother.

Rose stepped beside him.

"We’ll get her out."

Chen Mo looked toward her.

Then...

Nodded.

"How?"

Bai Xue examined the chamber.

"Electronic lock."

Gu Qingya stepped forward.

"Not entirely."

Everyone looked.

She pointed toward several tubes.

"Pressure regulation."

Lin Yue immediately understood.

"If we open it incorrectly, the medication lines could dump everything into her bloodstream."

Chen Mo froze.

Lin Yue looked toward him.

"That’s why you don’t rip doors off medical equipment."

His jaw tightened.

Then...

"Fine."

She nodded.

"Good."

Tang Meilin crouched near a control panel.

"Can we disconnect the power?"

Lin Yue shook her head.

"Not yet."

Ling Shuangxue looked toward the surrounding equipment.

"Backup power."

Qin Ruobing nodded.

"Independent battery."

Gu Qingya moved toward the second panel.

"Then we isolate the chamber."

Bai Xue smiled.

"Look at that."

Rose glanced toward her.

"What?"

"CEOs are useful."

Ling Shuangxue stared.

Gu Qingya stared.

Tang Meilin stared.

Qin Ruobing smiled.

Bai Xue slowly stepped behind Rose.

"Protection."

Rose sighed.

. . .

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

Everyone looked toward the center.

Subject Zero flew through three reinforced pillars.

Shen Tian followed.

His spear swept.

Subject Zero raised an arm.

SLASH!

Blood.

For the first time...

Red appeared.

Subject Zero looked down.

A long wound crossed his forearm.

Then...

The wound closed.

Shen Tian’s eyes narrowed.

Xu Ning appeared.

[Regeneration.]

"Obviously."

[No.]

Her expression changed.

[Look.]

The wound wasn’t merely healing.

The damaged tissue changed.

Hardened.

Golden scales briefly appeared beneath the skin.

Shen Tian’s expression shifted.

Subject Zero stared at the Heaven Severing Sovereign Spear.

Then...

At Shen Tian.

Xu Ning’s eyes widened.

[Adaptive regeneration.]

"Interesting."

[Host.]

"What?"

[Stop calling dangerous things interesting.]

Shen Tian smiled.

"No."

Subject Zero moved again.

Shen Tian met him.

BOOM!

Spear.

Fist.

BOOM!

Elbow.

Palm.

BOOOOOOM!

They crossed the chamber faster than most people could follow.

Subject Zero learned.

Every exchange...

Faster.

Cleaner.

More efficient.

Shen Tian noticed.

Then...

He intentionally left an opening.

Subject Zero immediately took it.

Fist toward Shen Tian’s ribs.

Shen Tian caught his wrist.

His smile widened.

"Predictable."

Subject Zero’s golden eyes widened slightly.

Shen Tian twisted.

CRACK!

Then...

His palm struck Subject Zero’s chest.

"Dragon Collapse."

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Subject Zero disappeared through the floor.

Silence.

A massive crater remained.

Adrian stared.

Then...

His thoughts echoed.

Remind me never to punch that guy.

Elena looked toward him.

"You tried once."

Adrian froze.

Shen Tian looked over.

Rose smiled.

Adrian’s face changed.

"Don’t tell him."

Rose immediately spoke.

"Adrian remembered trying to fight you."

Shen Tian nodded.

"Good memory."

Adrian glared.

"I hate all of you."

Elena smiled.

"No, you don’t."

Adrian thought...

Unfortunately.

Elena’s eyebrow rose.

Adrian closed his eyes.

"Fuck."

. . .

Qin Hao wasn’t laughing.

His system panel remained open.

Subject Zero

Fate Value: 1,200,000

Combat Growth Rate: Extreme

Bloodline Adaptation: Extreme

Narrative Stability: Low

Warning

Target is accumulating combat information

Qin Hao’s eyes narrowed.

"Shen Tian."

Shen Tian looked over.

"What?"

"It’s learning."

"Yes."

Qin Hao froze.

"You know?"

"Obviously."

"Then why are you feeding it data?"

Shen Tian smiled.

Qin Hao stared.

Then...

His thoughts escaped.

Because he wants to see how far it can adapt.

Han Yuer looked at him.

Then...

At Shen Tian.

Then...

"He’s doing it on purpose?"

Shen Tian looked toward her.

"Your fiancé thinks too loudly."

Qin Hao’s eye twitched.

"You can’t hear me."

"No."

Shen Tian pointed toward the women.

"But apparently I own the world’s most invasive relay network."

Rose laughed.

Ling Shuangxue looked offended.

"Own?"

Shen Tian paused.

Wrong word.

Very wrong word.

Fourteen women looked toward him.

Xu Ning smiled.

[Good luck.]

Shen Tian calmly corrected.

"Have access to."

Chi Lingxi narrowed her eyes.

"Better."

Qin Ruobing smiled.

"Marginally."

Bai Xue nodded.

"Acceptable."

Shen Tian stared.

Then...

At Subject Zero’s crater.

"Can he come back now?"

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

Subject Zero exploded upward.

Shen Tian smiled.

"Thank you."

. . .

The fight resumed.

But this time...

Subject Zero changed.

His stance lowered.

His right foot moved backward.

His shoulders relaxed.

Rose froze.

"That’s..."

Adrian’s eyes widened.

"No."

Subject Zero attacked.

A brutal elbow.

Low kick.

Shoulder strike.

Then...

A familiar turning punch.

Rose’s expression became cold.

"Lu Chen."

Silence.

Shen Tian blocked the punch.

Subject Zero followed with another technique.

Qin Hao’s eyes widened.

"That’s not Lu Chen."

Chen Mo looked.

His face changed.

"Ancient Chen Clan palm."

Subject Zero shifted again.

A medical needle appeared between his fingers.

Shen Tian tilted his head.

The needle passed his cheek.

Qin Hao froze.

"Ye Chen."

Then...

Subject Zero’s Qi changed.

Ancient.

Heavy.

Arrogant.

The chamber trembled.

Shen Tian’s expression finally became serious.

Xu Ning whispered...

[Yun Wanhe.]

One body.

Multiple protagonist inheritances.

Not copies.

Fragments.

Techniques collected from blood.

Tissue.

Records.

Fate residue.

Decades of observation.

The Crowned Serpent hadn’t created a protagonist from nothing.

They had stitched pieces of protagonists together.

Subject Zero moved.

Shen Tian blocked.

Then...

A black ring appeared around Subject Zero’s finger.

For half a second.

Shen Tian’s eyes narrowed.

The demonic inheritance from Yun Wanhe’s old route.

Gone.

Then...

Wolf Qi erupted.

Lu Chen.

Then...

Ancient medical Qi.

Ye Chen.

Then...

Imperial Meridian.

Chen Mo.

Chen Mo froze.

"My bloodline?"

Chen Lihua weakly opened her eyes.

Her expression changed.

"No..."

Chen Mo turned.

"Mom?"

Her hand lifted against the glass.

"They..."

Her voice shook.

"They took..."

Chen Mo moved closer.

"What?"

"Your father’s blood."

Silence.

Chen Mo froze.

Everyone became quiet.

Even Subject Zero stopped for half a second.

Chen Lihua’s eyes filled with pain.

"They had him."

Chen Mo stared.

"What?"

"They had him before me."

His breathing stopped.

"My father is dead."

Chen Lihua closed her eyes.

"No."

Silence.

Chen Mo’s thoughts vanished.

Completely.

Nothing.

Then...

His voice came out quietly.

"Where is he?"

Chen Lihua’s lips trembled.

"I don’t know."

Chen Mo stepped back.

His face changed.

The ancient inheritance around him surged violently.

Rose looked toward him.

"Chen Mo."

He didn’t respond.

Then...

His thoughts exploded.

They lied to me.

The clan lied.

Chen Ruoxi froze.

Two Chen elders looked away.

Wrong move.

Chen Mo noticed.

His head turned.

Slowly.

"You knew?"

The elders became pale.

"Young Master Chen..."

"You knew?"

Silence.

One elder swallowed.

"We knew there were doubts."

Chen Mo’s aura exploded.

"DOUBTS?"

The floor cracked.

Chen Ruoxi stepped between them.

"Chen Mo."

"Move."

"No."

"They knew."

"I heard."

"They let me think he was dead."

"I heard you."

"Move."

Chen Ruoxi stared directly into his eyes.

"No."

His thoughts became violent.

I should break every bone in their bodies.

Several heroines heard.

This time...

No one looked disgusted.

Bai Xue actually nodded.

"Reasonable."

Gu Qingya looked toward her.

Bai Xue shrugged.

"What?"

Shen Tian blocked another strike from Subject Zero.

Then...

Called across the chamber.

"Chen Mo."

Chen Mo looked toward him.

"Save your mother first."

Silence.

Shen Tian shoved Subject Zero backward.

"You can destroy your family later."

One Chen elder went pale.

Chen Mo stared.

Then...

Slowly...

His aura lowered.

"Right."

Chen Ruoxi exhaled.

Then...

She looked toward Shen Tian.

"Was the second part necessary?"

"Yes."

"No."

"Agree to disagree."

. . .

Lin Yue finally found the chamber release sequence.

"Three stages."

Tang Meilin moved to the first control.

Gu Qingya to the second.

Ling Shuangxue to the third.

Lin Yue pointed.

"Meilin first."

Tang Meilin nodded.

"Ready."

"Now."

She entered the command.

One light turned green.

"Qingya."

Gu Qingya pressed the second sequence.

Another green.

"Shuangxue."

Ling Shuangxue entered the final code.

Nothing happened.

Everyone froze.

Ling Shuangxue frowned.

"I entered it correctly."

Bai Xue examined the panel.

"Secondary lock."

Rose looked.

"Where?"

Then...

Qin Ruobing pointed toward the chamber floor.

"There."

A mechanical keyhole.

Old fashioned.

Completely separate from electronics.

Bai Xue smiled.

"Cute."

She crouched.

Pulled something from her hair.

Shen Tian noticed from across the room.

"Is that a lockpick?"

Bai Xue looked over.

"No."

Silence.

Shen Tian stared.

She stared back.

Then...

"Yes."

"Why is it in your hair?"

"Fashion."

Rose laughed.

Bai Xue inserted it.

Three seconds.

Click.

The chamber opened.

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