Ch8: Pain!

Mo Bai and his father descended a few steps until, at the bottom, they found a sealed, underground room, completely isolated from the noise of the outside world, an ideal place for meditation and training.

Mo Bai and his father entered after Mo Shen unlocked the securely closed door with his key. Then Mo Shen spoke.

"The walls of this room are soundproof, so no one outside this room will hear anything, and vice versa, of course. You can focus entirely on absorbing the power of the medicine without distraction."

Mo Bai nodded before taking the box out of his pocket and carefully opening it, since this miracle medicine was a syringe filled with a golden-colored liquid that looked perfectly ordinary, at least from Mo Bai’s limited perspective, who could only use his eyesight to judge.

"What is this thing, Father? I have never seen or even heard of anything like it before. As far as I know, natural treasures, as their name suggests, come from nature, herbs or something like that, but this iron thing that contains this miraculous liquid, what is it? Even in the few books I have read, I have never seen anything like it."

Mo Bai asked with a hint of curiosity, having never seen a syringe before.

"That's not important now, Mo Bai. This thing is called a syringe. It's simply an aid to help a person safely absorb the liquid. Swallowing it would cause the person to explode instantly. This syringe allows it to be injected directly into a vein in the arm, and it's the safest and most effective method."

"Oh, that's good. It doesn't have much benefit, almost none at all, but it's truly the most suitable thing for this particular medicine, as if it were designed specifically for it. If it weren't for your knowledge, Father, I would have swallowed it recklessly like the rest of the medicines and elixirs. Knowledge is truly the most important thing sometimes."

Mo Bai exclaimed in surprise as he began to remove his shirt, revealing a beautifully defined body with clearly defined abdominal muscles that indicated his hard training and strength. With his height being above average for his age, at 1.70 meters, this makes him look truly perfect when combined with his handsome face and warm smile.

"Of course, that's why I'm telling you not to neglect reading books. Knowledge is sometimes just as important as power."

"Now go on, hurry up and get your injection. It's almost half the day; there are only about 18 hours left. I don't want you missing your first day at the academy. It would be hard to explain."

"Alright, alright, I myself am incredibly excited and don't want to waste a single second. Let's witness the miracle that will be the first step in my defiance of fate, hahahaha."

Mo Bai grabbed the syringe and, without the slightest hesitation, violently injected it directly into the vein in his arm, a manic, anticipatory smile on his lips.

Once he did so, it didn't even take a second for his expression to vanish.

"Aaaah... Ah, uh, uh... Aaaah!!!"

An unimaginable, unbearable pain coursed through his body, unlike anything he had ever felt before. He screamed at the top of his lungs, his eyes bulging so wide they seemed about to pop out of their sockets, blood gushing from his nostrils and ears, along with a torrent of bloody tears.

Veins bulged all over his body, threatening to burst, as he writhed helplessly on the ground in agony, like a worm.

But even his only means of relieving his pain, however slightly, was no longer available after a few minutes. Mo Bai could no longer even scream, for his vocal cords had been completely destroyed by the drug.

If anyone could see what is happening inside Mo Bai’s body right now, they would surely be filled with endless shock at how he is able to survive. Every one of Mo Bai’s internal organs, even his heart and every part of him, is constantly being broken down and regenerated just so that the cycle can start all over again a huge number of times.

This gene-enhancing drug works by constantly destroying and regenerating cells—a massive number of them—eliminating any unnecessary cells and instantly replacing them with flawless ones.

Impurities began to leave Mo Bai's body, expelled as continuous sweat and then a black fluid that oozed from every pore. Any internal injuries he had also begun to heal.

This continued, under the watchful eyes of Mo Shen, whose conflicting emotions played out as he witnessed this horrific scene unfold before him, his expression betraying his deep concern for Mo Bai's condition.

'Endure, Mo Bai, endure, my son. This is the only way for people like us, abandoned by the heavens, without talent, to overcome our destiny.'

'I couldn't, but you... can, and you will avenge your mother instead of your useless father. So, become stronger, much stronger, for what awaits you in the future is beyond anything you can even imagine!'