Chapter 102: The Absolute Evolution Warrior Project

“White Fox Enforcer, are you alright?” a slightly plumper enforcer in black asked with concern.

“I’m fine, just a bit of a headache. I think I overexerted myself earlier.” Charles lowered his head and rubbed his temples, beads of sweat forming on his forehead. Nervously, he looked at the other and said, “You can vouch for me—I wouldn’t have attacked those three on my own. Clearly, someone sought revenge for the criminals I accidentally killed, which is why they ambushed me upon my return.”

“Fortunately, I was stronger than them. Those three were just first-level ordinary life mages, no match for me. Otherwise, I would have been in serious danger…”

“Rest assured, Mr. White Fox, we will investigate the whole matter thoroughly. Enforcers are the guardians of Morent and do not tolerate any form of retaliation,” the other assured solemnly, waving a hand.

Then, Charles summoned the evolved Anos Hawk, now known as the Ironwing Hawk.

Climbing onto its back, the Ironwing Hawk spread its broad wings over five meters wide and took off gracefully, heading toward the academy.

After he left, the two enforcers who had come couldn’t help but chat quietly.

“Didn’t he seem a bit off earlier?”

“There’s nothing strange about it. At most, he’s just a second-level life mage, completely incapable of resisting Lord Clark’s Forgetfulness Spirit Technique. Clark possesses an ultimate spirit totem proficient in psychic powers; even the formidable Lord Bian fears him,” one said indifferently.

“That’s true. But this little guy truly lives up to the title ‘Bloody White Fox.’ He leaves no survivors, even his totem beast devours the corpses. If that person hadn’t testified personally, I wouldn’t have believed it. Truly brutal!”

“That person… a figure of many moods. Let’s not talk about him. Time to get to work.”

Their expressions changed immediately. They carried a large box into the dense forest, placed the body inside, then summoned a giant bird of their own and soared away.

…

Beneath the crystal-clear blue sky, a giant bird with a wingspan exceeding ten meters flew swiftly.

The howling wind cut like knives, gusting over three hundred kilometers per hour, yet Charles sat steadily atop the creature, protected by a faint aura that shielded him completely.

When he sensed something strange about that covenant, he had the impulse to kill and silence those involved. But he couldn’t prevent them from sending the message before dying, so he had to endure.

Fortunately, a sudden idea struck him. Every time he enhanced his mental attributes, his mind felt exceptionally clear. So he chose to spend evolution points to boost his mental powers, enabling him to resist that secret technique.

“It’s somewhat like the allure of fireflies, but vastly stronger—so strong that even I, a second-level life mage, cannot resist it. In Morent, only one person seems to possess this ability—Clark.”

Charles kept pondering his earlier encounter, trying to determine if he had overlooked anything.

This top-secret experiment concerned human super-evolution, so ordinary life mages were strictly forbidden from knowing. Anyone accidentally stumbling upon it would be hunted down and have their memories erased by that strange covenant.

With Clark’s peak-level third-tier power, there were only a handful within the academy capable of resisting such psychic abilities.

Those who could resist were essentially insiders, absolute academy elites, naturally forbidden from leaking any information.

This experiment was called the Absolute Evolution Warrior Project, aimed at perfecting human super-evolution—the ultimate goal being to transform humanity into godlike beings, producing warriors capable of confronting the catastrophic divine beasts!

Leslie, as the most remarkable result of super-evolution, was naturally used as the experimental subject.

But Leslie was only one person; if he died, all efforts would be in vain.

Therefore, the academy’s secret laboratory spared no expense to clone a batch of duplicates based on Leslie’s bloodline.

You read that right: Morent’s biotechnology far surpassed that of the top ten Bluewater Star systems, reaching the pinnacle of cloning technology.

They could not only produce clones identical in appearance to the original, but also imbue them with the same combat experience and fragments of memory!

More terrifyingly, cultivating a fully grown clone took less than a week!

The biggest drawback was the enormous cost—each clone was as expensive as a top-tier rune factory, and their combat power was inferior to ordinary life mages of the same rank.

Therefore, after discussions, the academy’s high council decided to cultivate clones and use a powerful warrior as a “sharpening stone,” mercilessly tormenting him.

They gathered combat data through these battles to conduct deeper modifications, making the clones stronger with each iteration.

To this end, the academy’s top student, Isaac, volunteered to be this “sharpening stone,” finding bloodshed and violence a source of personal pleasure.

The academy created numerous battlefield environments to enhance the clones’ combat abilities, enabling battles to proceed according to plan and to gather detailed data on “combat-driven ability growth.”

According to calculations, they needed 108 types of battlegrounds—forest, grassland, desert, barren land, beach, and so on—each undergoing 10 to 36 trials. In total, over a thousand experiments were required.

So far, Isaac had personally killed over a hundred Leslie clones, but the experiment was less than one-tenth complete. It would take nearly another half year to finish!

This experiment was not merely about finding the perfect super-evolution pathway; its ultimate aim was to cultivate an ultimate legion of third-tier evolution warriors!

In the academy’s vision, this legion would obey orders absolutely and possess strength rivaling the ultimate beings. Once established, it would mark Morent’s domination of the world.

Because these cloned soldiers shared the same bloodline, they could utilize special spirit techniques to “combine,” an alternative method to transform into the king of evolution warriors at the catastrophic divine beast level.

Hence, this project was also called the King of Evolution!

“This is the source of Leslie’s tragedy—he had no knowledge of this plan at first and only learned of it after reaching ultimate evolution,” Charles murmured.

Leslie enjoyed many privileges and the best treatment in the academy.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. To gain something, one must pay. His price was his own future.

He tried to interrupt the project but was met with ruthless punishment. With his current strength, he couldn’t even defeat Isaac, let alone resist the academy’s high council.

At the start, he was crushed again and again, facing death many times. Only the intervention of the high council saved him from being killed by Isaac.

Thus, he grew amid adversity and despair. Only upon completing super-evolution did Leslie truly seize control of his own fate!