As Chu Yuan jumped forward from one big tree to another, blood continued to flow out of the wounds on his body, spilling onto the green bushes along the way.
He hadn't suffered such a serious injury for a long time. The last time was in a dim laboratory.
To fuse the flesh and blood of magical beasts and create the strongest monster soldiers is the highest order issued by the Rose Empire to the Biological Relics Research Institute.
Chuyuan is a monster that was born from the flesh and blood of countless ape-shaped monsters with all kinds of expectations.
Chu Yuan did not, as the top leaders of the Rose Empire thought, have the barbaric blood of monkey monsters flowing in his veins, and he was thirsty for battle from birth.
Instead, it was like a smart yet weak little monkey, constantly crying like a child, seeking shelter.
His behavior was so similar that most researchers avoided him.
Only his creator, Matsugo, the director of the Institute of Biology, reached out to him.
Song Wu did not look at Chu Yuan as if he were a test subject. On the contrary, his eyes were full of kindness.
"Number S-012, it's okay. You'll get used to it soon. It's safe here."
For the first time, when he was still young, he felt that life was respected.
From that moment on, Chu Yuan regarded Song Wu as his real father and grew up healthily under Song Wu's protection.
But at the age of six, Chu Yuan was still only the size of a macaque.
It was also at the age of six that Chu Yuan realized the cruelty of this world.
Chu Yuan will always remember that day.
That day, he kept looking for his father and accidentally went deeper into the research institute.
Chu Yuan stopped in front of a transparent glass window.
Through the glass window, he saw two huge monsters baring their teeth and biting each other bloodily until one killed the other.
Although Song Wu, who had a slight hunchback, rushed over immediately after receiving the report that Chu Yuan was missing and covered Chu Yuan's eyes immediately, the cruel scene at that time was still deeply imprinted in Chu Yuan's young heart.
In the days that followed, Chu Yuan was always in a bad mood. No matter who he saw, he would recall everything he saw that day.
Except for one person
Song Wu hesitated, but still walked into Chu Yuan's room and told him the cruel rules of the research institute.
"I'm sorry, No. S-012, I shouldn't have kept this from you.
You are quite smart, and I believe you will be able to understand what I am going to say next.
On that day, everything you see may become your destiny.
The higher-ups are very unhappy with the way we created you.
Even if we use the phrase "Ape-like monsters grow very slowly, they will definitely show their true strength in the future."
Somehow, I managed to get away with it.
However, the people above you will continue to monitor you.
If you can’t grow as much as they want, you’ll end up like the losers in the battle lab.”
Song Wu's face was filled with helplessness.
The young Chu Yuan vaguely understood what Song Wu meant. With Song Wu's help, he stepped out of the shadows step by step and accepted the cruelty of this research institute.
In order to compensate Chu Yuan, Song Wu took him out of the research institute several times to see the vastness of the world and the human society.
No matter what Songwu thought, Chuyuan regarded him as his real father at that time, and gradually wanted to help his father and become the person his father wanted him to be.
However, even though he put in a lot of effort to improve himself and gradually grew taller, his superiors were still not satisfied with him after repeated inspections.
After investing so much, this is all you get
My dogs are better than this.
The top leaders of the Rose Empire were disheartened and decided to initiate an assessment of Chu Yuan in order to determine whether this biological research institute was still worth investing heavily in.
Chu Yuan’s “graduation ceremony” began just like that.
For the first time, Chu Yuan stood in the center of the laboratory that had witnessed countless deadly fights.
When the other door opened, an unprecedented pressure hit his soul. It was his instinctive fear.
A huge, pitch-black monster stepped out of the cage that held it.
Chu Yuan could no longer remember what kind of monster it was.
Chu Yuan only remembered that it was a brutal battle. He used all his strength to barely defeat the huge monster.
But
However, because he had defeated his opponent for the first time, he thought that he had proved his worth to the big shot and that he could stay, so he didn't notice that the monster still had one breath left.
The monster crawled up from the ground, and its sharp claws pierced Chu Yuan's chest. This time it was Chu Yuan's turn to fall in a pool of blood.
The feeling of warm blood soaking my whole body is the same as it is now.
At that time, the inspecting officer of the Rose Empire left disappointed, and Songwu rushed to him with a panicked look on his face.
The result is self-evident.
The only thing waiting for him is punishment.
Chu Yuan, whose body was wrapped in bandages, refused to eat or drink in the ward. He huddled in a corner, hugged his knees, and stayed there in silence for the entire day.
Failure meant death, and he knew it, yet he failed anyway.
Songwu, who had been watching, slowly walked to the side of Hatsuhara.
"No. S-012, you are surprisingly calm. Do you remember what I told you?"
Chu Yuan didn't know how to respond at that time, because he felt that at this point, nothing he said would help.
The hunchbacked Song Wu shook his head and sighed for a while before he stood up with the help of the wall and said:
"Come with me, you.
You were nurtured by me.
I will execute him personally."
Standing up silently, Chuyuan walked out from the corner where he was huddled, and followed Songwu in a carriage to a forest.
There was no one else near the forest except him and his father.
"Aren't you going to attack me? If you attack me, you can be free."
Chu Yuan forgot what he was thinking at the time, he only remembered that he kept shaking his head.
He just couldn't bring himself to do anything to his father.
Songwu sighed and shook his head.
"You are indeed a kind child as I thought.
This world is far more cruel than you can imagine, and it is normal for hard work to go unrewarded.
But the lack of rewards does not mean that you should not try hard or live in self-abandonment.
Go away.
There are only you and me here. I am the director. If I say I have dealt with you, no one will doubt it.
There are many magical beasts in the forest. Just make good use of what you learned from me.
I believe that it will not be difficult for you to survive."
Song Wu paused, then continued to instruct:
"if it is possible.
No, never provoke adventurers, and try not to harm humans.
Being an ordinary beast again may be the best fate for you."
Even though he was reluctant, Chu Yuan knew that he had grown up.
I know I can no longer rely on my father, and I also know that staying here will only lead to a dead end.
In the end, Chu Yuan chose to leave.
(End of this chapter)