The Soldier Project has been a mainstay within Fire MOTH for more than five years. It was one of the projects that got a huge focus. The power of honkai was terrifying.
Thus, what would happen if it was used for humanity’s sake?
That project aimed to give an ao that question.
Unfortunately, it has been so many years yet the project pteaued. A lot of people volunteered to be the test subjects at first, but as the casualty rates became higher with no signs of success, it dwindled until there was none.
Mobius wasn’t the type to let it stop her, hence resulting in doing the surgery on herself; albeit with a weaker honkai genome (also known as ICHOR).
She succeeded. She gained valuable research data from it. heless, what she took down was nothing but one of the roadblocks.
It all ged when Aleph arrived. They drove a huge trud broke through one roadblock after another. Before Mobius k, she had already arrived in an important point of her life.
If this surgery succeeds…
Tick.
Tick.
Tick.
The periodic tig of the maes disturbed the noiseless room. Mobius’ eyes ily eyed one monitor after another, all the whilst doing the surgery herself. Klein remaio be her assistant in case something might g.
The room was cold enough due to its internal cooling systems (not limited to air ditioners). The dozens of monitors within the trol/operation room verted Aleph’s current state into numbers. That became possible due to the devices pced on him prior to the surgery.
Everything remained on the safe level. The operation was going smoothly—to smooth to the point the two checked whether they overlooked something.
Aleph’s figure ihe gss remained as it was before. The oxygen mask indicated his periodic breathing rhythm. The mask has a tube ected to his nose, serving as the pce where several reagents could be used to stabilize certain sarios.
He was left with nothing but a pair of boxers during the operation. The small robotic arms moved effitly as it started “bang out” the reas inside Aleph’s body; with needles, that is.
Shogly, it didn’t enter any hiccups. The robotic arms moved less pared to the usual operations. It could be said that Aleph was the most optimal test subject for the Project Soldier.
Time passed by.
When the operation was over, Aleph remaihe same as before.
“...”
Mobius crossed her arms and stared ily at him. He was already ied with something that should’ve woken him up. She was waiting for it to take effect.
One minute.
Two minutes.
Three minutes.
When it hit the five-minute mark, she enacted her backup pn.
“tinue monit his dition. I’ll see where the problem is.”
Just then, an arm sounded out.
One of the readings started spiking.
“Honkai energy…” She muttered. “It must be the post-surgery effect.”
The duo calmly resumed their work, as if the arm didn’t ring out at all.
The tration of honkai energy swiftly increased within the operation room. The entire room made of enhanced metals isoted all forms of reas inside.
By the time the readings went over 2000 Hh opened his eyes. From its previous blue color, it turned bright purple. It looked simir to the Emperor-css honkai beast where his genome inated.
It was a huge bck dragon that apahe sed Herrscher. Its body was extremely tough. Its existence was to solely serve at its ruler’s side, yet that ended not long after.
When it was killed, the sed Herrscher sooo Elysia’s arrow.
Thus, the apanyi received a fitting name—
Skanda. (God of War.)
Hum.
The honkai energy readings sharply died out. Aleph’s act of enclosing them into his Sphere Boundary created this shog phenomenon.
As if sensing Mobius’ gaze, he gestured an “okay” sign in his hand.
“...This guy.”
There was a smile on her lips.
*****
Click-!
The solution ihe was drained out. Aleph took off his oxygen mask aed the gss . He didn't mind the slight pain wheook the tubes on his nose.
Screech-!
“...Well.”
Each of his steps left a mark oallic floor. His body felt light, to the point he felt he could fly. His brain activity increased as the mutation pushed forth by the honkai beast genome occurred inside his body.
The MANTIS Surgery gave him an all-aspect improvement.
Most importantly…
[Cursed Energy (verted): 2,001]
[Estimated Grade: Grade One]
He stepped into the realm of Herrschers. sidering the oo-oio of cursed and honkai energy, he reached a Herrscher’s starting point.
heless, the Grade One description below did not ge.
‘Special Grades… The power to overturn a try…’
In a sense, Herrschers are qualified to be a Special Grade. It’s just that humanity didn’t give them the time to adapt to their powers, thus resolving them the moment they appear. As for Aleph, it may be his ck of 'inprehensible' means.
{Analysis plete.}
{Result: Heightened cellur activity is resulted by the fn energy tained within the body. Its…}
While [Great Sage] ran through the diagnostics, Aleph took a towel in the rad wiped his entire body with it. His elemental sight was fully activated, reading all sorts of information that inated from his body.
Just then, the door outside opened. His eyes met Mobius’. For some reason, this staredown sted for a dozen seds.
“...I’m still naked, you know?”
“Your pupils ged.”
“Hm?”
Beh the metallic floor, Aleph saw his own refle. That included the reptilian-like purple pupils that he had. His irises were tinged with a bright purple color.
Somehoh felt that there were some things under his skin. It was as if he could actively suppress the transformation that was about to occur on him.
“Your teeth too.”
With Mobius’ words, Aleph touched his teeth. He could feel that his es became sharper. Even his ft teeth turned out to be tough.
“Follow me. We’ll record your ges.”
With only a medical gowepped out of the surgery room.
‘She’s that excited..? It’s reasonable.’
Aleph’s senses alone were strengtheo a certain degree. It wasn’t as exaggerated as a normal human being a superhuman, but it was still there. Coupled with his elemental sight, he saw all sorts of emotions ing from Mobius through her microexpressions.
‘...How cute.’
Aleph decisively stopped peeping. Such a strong ability was used by him to peek through a girl.
Throwing any unserious thoughts, they soon arrived on another room filled with various tools.
