While the battle for the South Seas was in full swing, in the real world, the Third Apostle, Hoffmann "White Face", took the heir to the Duke of Normandy, Aredes Coss of the White Rose family, to a secret military camp somewhere in the Alps.

The French boy, who was only two years older than Hoffmann, did not even bring a single retinue, so he followed Hoffman on a mountain road of almost three kilometers, but he did not complain at all. Ever since he was introduced by Hoffman to join the mysterious organization of the Eater Serpent, he was acutely aware that he was stepping into a realm he had never known before.

Being respectful until you have enough strength is an effective way to keep yourself safe. The White Rose family has relied on this creed to continue to this day.

"I thought you couldn't stand it half an hour ago!" Obviously a rich boy, Hoffman's physical strength is surprisingly good, but judging from his size, he doesn't look like he has undergone a lot of exercise, has strong muscles and physical strength, and it is obvious that this can only be some kind of benefit brought by that mysterious organization. Aredes thought.

"As you always say, my patience is not bad!"

"It's almost there!" Hoffman shrugged his shoulders and led Aredes over a low mountain beam, revealing a camp of hundreds of acres, with more than a dozen small buildings up to four stories tall on the side of the camp near the mountain, and the rest of the space was divided into several separate areas, each with a large number of obstacles and training equipment.

Such a scene is not new to Arides, many large multinational mercenary organizations in the world will set up such a camp in an inaccessible place, on the one hand, to train new people, and on the other hand, as a place for their mercenaries to cultivate. After all, this business is often accompanied by various dangers, and mercenaries need a safe and convenient place to relax.

"I don't remember when the White family started a mercenary business!"

"I don't have the skills. This is a camp that belongs to the organization, and it is not for training mercenaries! Hoffman beckoned to Arides and motioned for him to follow, "Follow me, it just so happens that the other Apostle is here." ”

There was a tight surveillance system and sentries on the perimeter of the camp, and after Hoffman showed a ring on his hand, the guard guarding the gate let the two in.

"It's yours. Keep in mind, though, that this is your only proof of apostlehood, and we won't be responsible for reissuing it if it's lost! Hoffman handed Arrydes another ring, a product of a special alloy with a small badge on it that was the chilling skull-piercing viper of the Devouring Serpent.

Walking into one of the small buildings with Arides, Arides discovered that the management system used here was very powerful, and that he could enter and enter freely with only his own ring, and it seemed that the Apostle's absolute dominance in the Eater Serpent was not Hoffman's bragging.

As soon as he walked up to the second floor, Aredes saw a man in a white lab coat appear in front of him.

"Hello, Professor! I thought you should be in that world at this time! Hoffman smiled and greeted Philinton Heimer, the "Professor" of the Seventh Apostle.

"I'm coming to see our new addition! The experiment over there has not shown any effect in a short period of time, and I am personally more optimistic about Subject 77 under observation. ”

Hoffman apparently didn't introduce Arides, but became interested in what the professor said: "It seems that you have made new progress, can you go and watch it?" By the way, we gave a lesson to our new friends. ”

"Follow me! For safety, Subject 77 is to be placed in the underground area of Alpha Labs, with lead walls and explosion-proof enclosures, absolutely safe! The professor said, leading the two of them to the top of the building, where the underground part of each small building is connected by a specially built passageway, and the elevator that can enter the underground area is only distributed in a few places, one of which is the top floor of the small building where they are located.

Without saying a word, Aredes followed Hoffman and the professor into the elevator underground, the silver-white underground passages and futuristic technological arrangements that made him think he was entering a separate world, just like he had with the ring a few days ago. That feeling is still fresh in his memory.

"Compared to the previous scheme, Subject Seventy-Seven uses optimized raw materials, and we did not increase the intensity of any stimuli while ensuring maximum self-awareness, but unfortunately, after twelve measurable enhancements, Subject still developed a noticeable loss of control. Suddenly violent and indiscriminate attacks, he had already killed two of his assistants in charge of the test, and I had to put him in Alpha Labs for safety. You complained to me last time that if too many people die, it will be more difficult to re-recruit. ”

Hoffman replied with a wry smile: "The main thing is that it takes too much time to review the personnel, and after all, it is not possible to expose all this to those ordinary people now." ”

"We're here!" The professor used the ring on his hand to open a door of alloy steel with a thickness of more than thirty centimeters, and inside was a whole block of lead five meters square, and countless small detectors were densely arranged around the lead block.

The three of them came to a large screen, which the professor didn't know which button he pressed, and the screen showed images of a lead room. A strong man in a tattered prison uniform was sitting on the ground, looking as if he was asleep.

"In order to eliminate the experimental errors caused by psychological problems as much as possible, Subject 77's original identity was a boxing coach with a serious profession, and although his physical fitness was not as good as the previous mercenaries, he was at least much better than ordinary people. And there are no bad living habits, no smoking, no drinking, an ordinary wife, and a three-year-old daughter, although the assets are not much, but enough for the family to have a normal and prosperous life, and the parents are alive. The professor seemed to be introducing information such as the weight of a guinea pig, the time of birth, and so on, saying the fact that Arides was a little creepy, "At first, his behavior was no different from the previous test subjects, and the increase after each enhancement was also within a controllable range, but like those mercenaries, after the twelfth reinforcement, it became like this!" ”

The professor pressed a button again, and the screen saw a barrel coming out of the corner of the lead room and firing a bullet at the man, which did not hit the other man, leaving only a bullet hole in the ground.

But both Hoffman and Aredes could clearly see that the moment the bullet left the chamber, the man with his back to the barrel jumped up from the ground with incredible reaction speed. As the gunshots rang out and bullet holes appeared, the man also showed a very obvious abnormality.

He seemed to have turned into a beast, his eyes and mouth were open angrily, saliva flowed unconsciously from the corners of his mouth, his legs kicked, and the height of nearly four meters seemed to not exist in front of him, and a punch smashed the barrel of the gun that had not had time to retract into scrap metal, and after that, the man roared and hit the walls everywhere in the room, and the powerful force even caused the lead room with a thickness of more than half a meter to produce a noticeable vibration.

The professor called up the data measured by the detectors: "The instantaneous strike force exceeded 3,000 kilograms, the punch speed reached seventeen punches per second, and other similar reaction speeds, punch resistance capabilities, muscle strength, etc., also greatly exceeded the theoretical physical limit." ”

Aredes looked at the man on the screen in amazement, as if he was tirelessly sustaining such an attack for nearly fifteen minutes: "Are you cultivating monsters? ”

The professor glanced at him, "No, we're just looking for the path of human evolution!" ”

"But ......"

"It's just a small price to pay in the search for the truth!"

"What the hell are you doing?" Aredes wasn't a virgin, but he couldn't just watch a normal man look like this, "I thought the Snake was just a secret mutual aid organization set up to fight the pressure of the Rothschilds. ”

"You didn't tell him anything?" The professor questioned Hoffman angrily.

The heir of the White family shrugged: "I just think that's too much of a waste of time, it's obviously more convenient for him to see for himself, isn't it?" ”

"If the Earl knows, I'm afraid he will let you taste what a human body stroke is!"

"It's not too late, I have the patience and time to hear what your purpose is! Otherwise, I don't mind quitting this organization, I think that as the heir of the White Rose family, no one can force me to do anything yet! "Aredes is very confident in this, his family has a very old history, although not as prominent as the Rothschilds today, but not everyone can bully, and the snake that Hoffman speaks of cannot be more terrifying than the family that controls the financial empire.

The professor glanced at the two young men, and in his opinion, both Hoffman and Arides were very immature, they had not yet realized the significance of all this, and how powerful the organization of the Devouring Serpent was.

"What do you think of humans?" The professor did not carry out the so-called popular science education, he did not have the mood to do so, and he did not have the need for this, for people like Hoffman or Arrydes who were destined to become the top class of the world in the future, something that seemed ethereal was more convincing than any reason.

"The ruler of this planet, a species of intelligence and strength, an existence at the top of the food chain!" "Of course, the vast majority of people seem to me to be stupid and selfish, and only deserve to be slaves of a few elites who continue to create wealth for us. ”

The professor, however, shook his head, apparently unhappy with Arideus' answer: "It seems that you don't distinguish yourself from the others. ”

"Isn't that a matter of course? I'm one of the human race, and those idiots are even worse than the maggots in the sewers, but they're still in the same category as me in terms of species! Although I am very reluctant to admit it! ”

"Then when you join us, you will no longer be human! Let me tell you what kind of existence I, we, this organization really are! ”

The professor slammed the button under the screen, and a red button that seemed to reveal a dangerous aura was smashed, and a bright red alarm immediately appeared on the originally gray screen. I saw that in the leaden room, the barrels of guns protruded from all corners of the walls, and violently sprayed a metal storm of bullets at the man standing in the center of the room. The intense strafing continued for a full minute, and when the smoke that permeated the room was sucked away by the miniature exhaust system, the screen was filled with bullets with his hands in front of him.

With a wild roar, the man who was completely enraged twisted his hands, and the hideous knotted muscles all over his body continued to squirm, and he squeezed out those bullets from his body little by little, and the wounds that were constantly spurting blood outward healed quickly in just a dozen seconds, and the man began to use all his strength to frantically hit the thick walls around him again.

"This ...... This ......"

"Human beings are nothing more than an aggregate of carbohydrates and minerals, their life limits are limited by the number of cell divisions, their intelligence level depends on the speed of current transfer in the brain and the exchange of some catalysts, and the strength of the flesh depends on the skin, muscles and bones as a manifestation. And now, after our experiments, even an ordinary human being is able to far exceed the theoretical limit. You see, the strength of this subject's flesh is by no means what can be achieved by cell-based muscles, and his reaction speed is by no means dependent on the transmission of electrical currents between nerve cells, and even the maximum number of cell divisions, we can now achieve a certain degree of influence, do you understand? This means that the lifespan of a human being will theoretically reach infinity! ”

Arides looked in surprise at the fanatical professor, and at Hoffman, who was nodding his head in agreement.

"Those foolish humans think that the world is just a virtual existence for fun, enjoyment, and indulgence, but in our eyes, it is the ladder to a new life form, and our organization, the so-called Snake of the Body, holds the key to climbing this ladder and opening the door to a new world!" The professor seemed to turn into a fanatical evangelist at this moment, staring at Arides in the eyes, "Now, do you still think that everything we do is meaningless?" Do you still think that you are the same existence as those humans? Do you still think you don't have to join us? Do you still think we can't deal with you? ”

"Ahem! I'm joining! No, please let me join you! ”

"Welcome, Fourth Apostle Arides Kossos!"