CHAPTER 1194: CHAPTER 1194: UPRISING WITHIN THE BASE

Just as Xiang Yu was preparing to head downstairs, alarms blared from the upper floors; someone must have noticed something was wrong.

Seeing this, Xiang Yu quickly rushed downward, hoping that the situation above wouldn’t affect things below.

Xiang Yu arrived at the fourth basement level, and upon reaching there, he was almost scared to death by what he saw.

Before him lay what looked like a slaughterhouse; many corpses were placed on tables, while workers dressed in white coats were busily working with scalpels.

This place also resembled an assembly line, with the ones in white coats acting as assembly line workers.

But lying before them were living corpses, not market commodities.

"Blood pressure normal, heartbeat normal, everything normal."

"Preparing to implant gene number three now."

"Implanting... implant successful."

"Blood pressure rising, heartbeat quickening, now implanting inhibitor number five."

This type of dialogue continuously echoed from the front, leaving Xiang Yu a bit dumbfounded. What was this situation, were they performing surgery?

There was no one guarding the place. Xiang Yu quietly approached with his gun drawn. The staff paid no attention to Xiang Yu.

They were all deeply engrossed in their work, fearing any mistake.

"Implant successful, now begin transfusion," shouted someone in front of Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu stood there watching everything unfold, surrounded by machines displaying an array of fluctuating numbers.

Witnessing this, Xiang Yu suddenly felt a sense of deja vu, as if he had seen this somewhere before.

His head started to ache, and some scenes began to flash in Xiang Yu’s mind; he suddenly felt as if he had been here before.

Clenching his teeth and clutching his head, Xiang Yu had an urge to shout.

"Success, success!" At this moment, a group of people up front suddenly exclaimed, unable to conceal their joy.

Everyone looked toward the person with envious expressions on their faces.

"I succeeded, wonderful, now I can go home," the person shouted excitedly.

Perhaps they had been here for a long time, but seeing that person’s happiness, Xiang Yu felt an inexplicable sadness, knowing that even if they succeeded, they wouldn’t ever leave this place.

Just then, on the successful group’s operating table, the experiment subject suddenly sat up and struggled to get down.

The person hurriedly injected something into the subject’s neck, which calmed them down and made them lie back down.

Witnessing this scene, Xiang Yu felt a chill down his neck, as if the injection were penetrating his own body.

"Why are you here?" At this moment, one of the people in white clothes stood behind Xiang Yu and asked.

Xiang Yu was too engrossed earlier and hadn’t realized someone had appeared behind him. He quickly turned around to see the person with a puzzled look.

"I’m here to pee," Xiang Yu said offhandedly.

The person frowned and involuntarily took two steps back.

"You’re an intruder," the person said in a frightened tone, looking at Xiang Yu.

"No," Xiang Yu replied, then tried to calmly proceed downward.

At this moment, the person suddenly shouted out.

"Someone catch him, one of the test subjects is alive, someone quick..." The person began shouting in panic.

At this moment, all the people in white, holding syringes, started running toward Xiang Yu.

They mistook Xiang Yu for a test subject. These people performed experiments daily, particularly on living beings.

Sometimes they succeed, but most often they fail. Failed subjects simply die.

Hence, they have an innate fear of test subjects since if one survived, it would definitely seek revenge.

Now seeing Xiang Yu’s standard physique and the resolute features on his face, the person concluded that Xiang Yu was their test subject and a successfully reanimated one at that.

Knowing he was exposed, Xiang Yu immediately dashed downward, having no time to conceal himself anymore.

The layer below had guards, and seeing someone rushing down from above, they all raised their guns in nervous alertness.

"The people in white upstairs are revolting, hurry up and get up here," Xiang Yu shouted as he stood there.

Xiang Yu’s voice was urgent and carried an unquestionable command.

Hearing that the white-clad individuals were revolting, the guards tensely rushed upstairs with their guns at the ready.

By now, they had no time to contemplate where Xiang Yu came from because similar riots had occurred before.

Previously, those white-clad individuals couldn’t bear the bloodiness and oppression here and started a large-scale rebellion.

They aren’t the main force here, but they manage the technical aspects, and without them, operations can’t proceed normally.

The last rebellion caused severe losses, with numerous casualties among both the white-clad individuals and the stationed soldiers.

Some soldiers even joined the rebellion, and since then, all inter-floor movements are strictly controlled; anyone attempting to venture up or down deliberately faces execution.

More than twenty guards quickly moved upstairs, unlocking their weapons.

"Don’t move, stay where you are," the soldiers nervously shouted.

After all, they were in the minority compared to the many white-clad people present. The atmosphere on-site was tense.

The soldiers anxiously watched their surroundings, while the white-clad individuals coldly stared back.

Xiang Yu stood there observing the environment; he had already noticed the tension between the white-clad and the soldiers.

Just as the soldiers were about to stabilize the situation, Xiang Yu suddenly fired at one of the white-clad individuals.

As the gunshot rang out, chaos erupted. The white-clad individuals could no longer hold back and rushed toward the soldiers.

They had endured the oppression here for too long; this kind of life was simply inhumane, facing dead bodies every day.

The promise they were given was that as long as they succeeded in the experiments, they could leave, but so far, no one had successfully left.

Finally, at this moment, it all exploded; they no longer wanted to wait. Given their situation, death was preferable to continuing this life.

"Don’t move, don’t move," shouted the soldiers, firing two shots into the air.

But it was futile; the frenzied white-clad individuals charged forward toward the soldiers, uncaring of their lives.

They were always the weaker group here, not just dealing with ghastly tasks, but also satisfying the soldiers’ demands.

Day after day, they were subjected to humiliation. These were educated people, and the indignities they suffered were hard to erase.

"Ah, comrades, let’s fight these beasts, I don’t want to live like this anymore!"

"Yes, we won’t live lives lower than animals anymore. Better to die and take them down with us."

Seeing this scene, Xiang Yu felt an indescribable sadness. These people were highly educated and could undoubtedly contribute greatly to society...