Inside the laboratory.
When Luoqi arrived, he saw Lao Wei standing in front of the alchemy station, a hint of anticipation on his face.
"L, you've come at just the right time. The first dose of Compound Five is almost finished producing."
As soon as the materials were all gathered, Lao Wei had already begun producing Compound Five.
This time, the potion was entirely for internal use, so there was no need to spend time researching other versions.
Before long, the first dose of Compound Five was produced.
The blue liquid flowed quietly within the test tube, looking no different from the Super Soldier Serum.
Luoqi took the Compound Five handed to him by Lao Wei, placed it on the workbench for testing, and confirmed the potion's effect was fine.
"Alright Lao Wei, inject me."
Having confirmed the potion was okay, Luoqi didn't hesitate and immediately planned to inject the Compound Five.
Having already been injected with the Super Soldier Serum, coupled with the enhancements from the Tyrant cyberware, he naturally didn't need to worry about these side effects.
The laboratory was equipped for surgical procedures. Seeing this, Lao Wei said no more and instructed Luoqi to lie down on the chair.
Having gone through the experience with the Soldier Serum, Lao Wei was becoming increasingly skilled at injecting such unknown potions.
Activating the biological monitoring program as usual, Lao Wei quickly completed the injection for Luoqi.
However, this time wasn't as easy as with the Soldier Serum. After Compound Five was injected into Luoqi's body, his muscles began to visibly writhe.
A look of pain appeared on Luoqi's face, and his body involuntarily curled up, clearly enduring immense suffering.
The activation of Compound Five brought about genetic-level enhancements. This modification at the very root of life was clearly not pleasant.
Lao Wei quickly supported Luoqi's body to prevent him from falling, a worried expression also appearing on his face.
Just then, the Tyrant cyberware behind Luoqi suddenly operated at full power, the pain editor activating and cutting off Luoqi's pain perception.
The expression on Luoqi's face quickly returned to normal. At the same time, the powerful attribute boost from the Tyrant suppressed the abnormal reactions within Luoqi's body.
Soon, Luoqi recovered completely, and the transformation from Compound Five was also complete.
Luoqi suddenly sat up from the surgical chair.
"How is it, L? Are you okay?" Lao Wei, seeing that Luoqi seemed fine, let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm fine, it just hurt a bit. I'm okay, though, I have the pain editor. If someone else injected it, it might not be so easy."
Luoqi nodded to reassure Lao Wei.
Luoqi had originally intended to personally test the reaction to injecting Compound Five, which is why he hadn't activated the pain editing module from the start.
But based on his personal experience, injecting Compound Five was indeed very painful, but not fatal.
As long as someone has been injected with the 100% effective Super Soldier Serum, they can withstand this reaction, they just need to endure the pain for a period of time.
Responding to Lao Wei, Luoqi began to sense the superpower that Compound Five had brought him.
Slowly closing his eyes, Luoqi began to sense the energy in his surroundings.
Just as Lao Wei was feeling a bit confused, he saw Luoqi suddenly grab the power cable connected to the instrument on the side.
In an instant, electrical sparks flashed violently, and then the entire laboratory plunged into darkness.
A power outage?
"What happened?" The usually composed Lao Wei also let out a rare exclamation.
The company's location was in the Municipal Center, not a place prone to power outages like Santo Domingo.
The power supply here could be said to be extremely stable, with practically no chance of outages.
Just before Lao Wei could react, the laboratory was illuminated again.
"Don't be nervous, Lao Wei, I was just testing the ability granted by Compound Five." Luoqi's voice rang out with the return of the light.
However, hearing Luoqi's explanation only made Lao Wei more confused.
"You mean Compound Five allows you to control... electricity?" Lao Wei asked in a speculative tone.
But Luoqi smiled and shook his head.
"No, to be precise, it should be energy absorption."
As Luoqi spoke, he pulled out a pistol and fired at his own arm.
The pistol let out fierce sparks, but the bullet, just as it was about to hit Luoqi, seemed to lose all its kinetic energy and softly dropped to the ground.
This was the superpower Luoqi gained after injecting Compound Five.
Energy Absorption.
Similar to the ability of the Black King in X-Men, it allows the absorption of any form of energy, which can then be released.
The brief power outage just now was because Luoqi had instantly absorbed all the electrical energy from this area into his body through the power cable.
And the bullet that was just fired had its kinetic energy absorbed, so it naturally fell weakly.
Under the ability of energy absorption, it could be said that conventional physical attack methods were now ineffective against Luoqi.
However, this energy absorption was not unlimited; there was an upper limit.
If the energy within his body exceeded the limit, Luoqi would be overloaded by the energy and suffer severe backlash.
"This... Is this the effect of Compound Five?"
Even though he had mentally prepared himself, Lao Wei was genuinely a bit shocked this time.
The scene before him was beyond Lao Wei's comprehension.
"Yes, and no. This is the special ability Compound Five gave me.
However, the abilities everyone gains from injecting Compound Five are not the same; they could be very strong or very weak," Luoqi explained to Lao Wei.
"Truly a miraculous potion."
Seeing Lao Wei sigh with wonder again, Luoqi smiled and stood up.
Sensing the energy within his body, it was still far from Luoqi's limit.
Luoqi was a bit curious about where his limit was, so he took out a heavy machine gun from his storage space and tossed it to Lao Wei.
"Lao Wei, fire at me. I want to test my limit."
Lao Wei took the machine gun from Luoqi, glancing at the large weapon in his hands with helplessness.
"Are you sure? This might not be a good idea."
"It's nothing, this kind of thing can't hurt me now. Just go ahead, Lao Wei."
"Alright."
Hearing Luoqi say this, Lao Wei couldn't refuse any longer.
As Lao Wei set up the machine gun and pulled the trigger, a large number of bullets instantly poured towards Luoqi.
However, as these bullets approached Luoqi, they all seemed to lose their momentum and fell weakly to the ground.
The bullet casings on the ground kept piling up. Luoqi felt the energy within his body continuously becoming full, experiencing a sense of exhilaration as the energy within him steadily accumulated.
"Lao Wei! What the hell are you doing!"
Just then, an exclamation suddenly came from the laboratory doorway.
Lao Wei and Luoqi quickly turned their heads to look, only to see Rebecca, Jack, and David standing at the laboratory entrance, their faces showing expressions of shock as they witnessed this scene.
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