Gu Xie lay inside a massive MRI scanner, his body suspended in mid-air by an invisible magnetic field. He was naked and floating within the three-meter-long, five-meter-wide device.

  In the medical center of Hell's Angel Mercenary Corps, Commander Qiu Rong stood with a group of high-level leaders in the corner of the wall, quietly listening to the data spat out by a beautiful woman in a white coat.

  "Muscle structure is perfect, slightly thin, roughly estimated physical strength can reach 2.5 tons."

  "The skeletal structure is compact, with extremely high joint flexibility, the articular cartilage buffer mechanism is perfect, and the overall flexibility is perfect."

  "Physiological activity... Unbelievable, his physiological vitality is twenty times that of a normal person. I suspect even if his heart were to be crushed, he could still continue to live."

  "Ren and Du two pulses are connected, a true innate master. Hmm, the pulse marks indicate that it is relying on one's own strength to break through the Ren and Du two pulses, without borrowing any external force, with boundless prospects."

  "Meridian capacity is abnormal, more than three times that of an ordinary person. True Qi circulation speed can reach more than ten times that of an ordinary martial artist. Explosive power is abnormally terrifying."

  "True Energy Condensation... Good heavens, 99%!"

  A beautiful woman let out a cry of surprise, she turned her head and looked at the bearded captain in shock, saying: "The true energy condensation degree is 99%, could he be an old immortal who has been cultivating for a hundred years?"

  "Oh!"

  The senior leaders of the Hell Angel Mercenary Corps present at the scene exclaimed in unison. The commander with the curly whiskers kept slapping his thigh excitedly, saying: "I knew it, we've struck gold!"

  The degree of true energy condensation is the compression degree when the acquired martial artist breaks through the innate boundary and the true energy transforms into the innate lashing energy. A compression ratio of 99% proves that the innate lashing energy in Gu Xuan's body is compressed from 100 parts of ordinary true energy to one part of innate lashing energy. The higher the compression ratio, the higher the quality of the lashing energy, and the greater the power of a single unit of lashing energy explosion!

  Ninety-nine percent of the true energy condensation degree is generally only possible in those who have broken through the innate boundary for at least a hundred years, but Gu Xiechen looks like he's just over twenty years old.

  "Inconceivable monster!"

  The beautiful doctor pressed a few keys on the control panel of the scanner, and the screen in front of her quickly displayed the results of a comprehensive diagnosis of Gu Xiechen.

  "A Pluto-level high-ranking fighter. Future potential... The lowest prediction is a Mercury-level fighter!"

  The commander of the Qiu Ran team applauded lightly and said with a smile: "Input hypnotic gas, scan his mental fluctuations."

  Guxia Dust lay listlessly in the scanner, staring blankly as the pale green light waves swept back and forth across his body. His heartbeat was slow, with only thirty percent of his true energy concentrated in his dantian, while the rest dispersed throughout his meridians and acupoints. Guxia Dust didn't believe these mechanical contraptions could scan out his secrets.

  "The treatment of a second lieutenant? Very good, as soon as you come in, you are an officer, with a very high starting point!"

  "One year, stay here for at most one year. Leave this place after one year!"

  "Find a few reliable and capable subordinates, take them away from the mercenary group. Hell's Angels? This can't deal with Gu Zhechen."

  Gu Xie narrowed his eyes, lost in thought, unaware that a colorless and odorless anesthetic gas had been injected into the scanner, which he had already inhaled a significant amount of.

  The scene in front of him began to blur, Gu Xiechen's heartbeat slowed down. His powerful muscles and bones became soft and weak, his eyelids couldn't help but droop. He struggled to move his palms, his ten fingers only slightly moved, the claws that could shatter gold and iron had lost all their strength.

  Gu Xiechen's heart skipped a beat, his heart racing violently for several beats. A surge of pure energy burst forth from his heart, and large amounts of thick sweat poured out of his pores. Most of the anesthetic gas he had inhaled was expelled from his body, with only a small portion still taking effect. Gu Xiechen did not fall into a deep sleep; instead, he entered a state of pseudo-sleep, his brain activity more intense than ever before, with illusions flashing before his eyes.

  A vast expanse of white tulips, a tall and robust old man with yellow skin covered in age spots and a beautiful young girl with rosy cheeks stood hand in hand amidst the flowers.

  The old man and the girl smiled at Gu Xianchen together, and the girl tiptoed and beckoned to Gu Xianchen.

  ――The old man and the girl ran excitedly across a patch of white tulips, their feet pattering against the dusty ground.

  "Dad! Mom!"

  The excited shouts had barely left their mouths when the old man and the girl's figures began to shake, slowly fading away into thin air.

  The illusion in front of him changed again, and Gu Xiechen seemed to have arrived at a magnificent palace. The white-haired old man who was on the verge of death lay on a soft couch, looking at Gu Xiechen with a gentle gaze.

  "Good boy! Mommy has left, and Daddy is going with her. Otherwise, she will be scared at night!"

  "Don't cry, and don't cry from now on! Daddy wants to leave you some good things! This is a world where people prey on each other, and since Daddy can't take care of you as you grow up, he has to leave you with something good."

  A fist-sized red crystal nucleus flashed before his eyes.

  "Heh heh, this is a prince's heart core. Doesn't it look like a ruby? Touch it, it's soft and edible."

  "Dad cultivated bitterly for 150 years, and all the essence is left here. Good child, don't tell anyone about the evil yuan dao fetus before fully merging with it."

  "Memorize the nine chapters of Hanyuan Zhen Dian's Heart Method and then destroy it. Dad has been studying the Daoist Canon for over a hundred years, and with the help of the world's most advanced supercomputer, he was able to calculate the Hanyuan Zhen Dian. Cultivate it well! Don't leak out even a single word or sentence until you've reached the highest level!"

  The old man's figure gradually dissipated, and a tall, cold, and majestic old man with an aura of evil spirits suddenly appeared.

  All illusions shattered, Gu Xie's cold hum sounded, and two streams of grayish-white gas burst out of his nostrils, expelling the last bit of anesthetic gas from his body.

  "Just you wait and see!"

  His right hand swung heavily towards the hatch of the scanner, and an explosive force burst forth from his fingertips, causing the three alloy lock heads as thick as a human arm on the hatch to shatter into powder amidst a deafening roar. A sharp alarm sounded within the medical center, and in the stunned gaze of the beautiful female doctor, Gu Xiechen jumped out of the scanner naked, and with a swift motion, pinched the doctor's towering chest heavily.

  "Ahhhroo!"

  The female doctor felt like her left chest was about to explode, and she retreated hastily with tears in her eyes. Ashamed and annoyed, she waited for Gu Xiechen with extreme anger, if there was a weapon nearby, she would have shot this damn guy!

  "It feels good! But next time you dare to give me anesthetic, don't blame me for raping you!" Gu Xiechen glared at the teary-eyed female doctor and hooked his hand towards the bearded commander: "Big beard, isn't the Hell Angel Mercenary Corps still a kidnapping and extortion group? What does it mean to give me anesthesia?"

  The bearded captain burst out laughing and nodded in approval, saying: "Can't even knock you out with special anesthetics? Haha, impressive! Come with me, I'll explain it to you properly!"

  He reached out and grasped Gu Xiechen's shoulder, and Qiu Rou Tuan Zhang pulled Gu Xiechen out of the medical center.

  The middle-aged woman with a rigid face next to the commander of the Qiu Ran team asked coldly: "What's the result of the scan?"

  The teary-eyed female doctor stood up pitifully, her hands flying quickly over the scanner's keyboard, and another long passage of text appeared on the display screen.

  "His spiritual activity is extremely high, with the highest spiritual fluctuation rate exceeding that of a normal person by 17 times! If he's not a madman, he has over a 90% chance of developing an Esper ability!"

  The middle-aged woman's rigid face revealed a hint of surprise, she exchanged glances with several high-level leaders beside her, and the group walked silently out of the medical center.

  The female doctor rubbed her left chest hard and punched the control panel heavily.

  "Just you wait!"

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  Come on, this bill and all that, comrades had better hurry up and pay it.

  This chapter is a bit shorter, but it was written like that at the time. The next chapter will have more words.