The moment he was attacked, Xiao Cheng was completely stunned. He instinctively raised his hand to deal with the attack, instantly annihilating the oncoming water arrows in mid-air.

The attack failed, and the fleshy ball let out a weak, indistinct whimper. Then it decisively gave up, hopping and leaping back to the headless body on the ground. Starting from the softest part of the belly, it pried and embedded the fleshy spikes, instantly disemboweling the body.

Rotten internal organs mixed with dark red blood flowed out, splattering all over the ground. The fleshy ball's tentacles were completely wet, sticky and clumped together, bursting open in clumps, looking indescribably eerie.

The smell of blood and decay further aroused the fleshy ball, making it even more excited, rolling around and devouring the bloodstains on the ground.

The crunching sounds echoed in his ears, making Xiao Cheng feel nauseous. He raised his hand towards the meatball and the corpse, unable to bear looking at them, and said, "No."

But to her surprise, her powers failed.

Neither the fleshy ball nor the corpse disappeared, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.

Xiao Cheng, still somewhat unwilling to give up, tried again: "None."

However, there was still no response.

The meatball ate until it was half full, then, as if sensing something, it tilted its head back and waved its tentacles toward Xiao Cheng before burying itself back down, almost completely burrowing into the dissected belly of No. 93.

Xiao Cheng admitted that she was indeed mocked, but she didn't know why her usually invincible superpower would suddenly suffer a setback at this time.

Is it because his superpowers have evolved?

As No. 93's body was almost completely devoured, the fleshy ball began to swell, its skin thinned considerably, and its color became much lighter.

The ball of flesh eventually settled to the size of a basketball. It wobbled over to the edge of the cage. The electrode pads, which had been torn off and scattered on the ground, reattached themselves as it moved.

The egg-shaped machine suddenly burst into a blinding light, followed by a deafening beeping alarm.

The glass bottle shattered with a bang as the alarm sounded, splattering formaldehyde all over the floor. The fleshy mass inside fell to the ground with a few thuds, as if it had been knocked unconscious, and it took it a while to twitch and get back up.

The large, fleshy ball inside the cage extended its tentacles, tightly coiling around the iron cage, and then forcefully pulled to both sides. The cage creaked under the strain, and finally burst open with a bang.

The fleshy spikes at the bottom of the fleshy ball kept elongating, eventually becoming like eight long legs that supported it as it stood up, making it more than a person tall.

Eight legs walked towards Xiao Cheng in unison. A large hole split open in the middle of the fleshy ball, opening and closing like a mouth.

"Mine..." it mumbled incoherently, as countless water arrows condensed and took shape beside it, "They're all mine!"

In that instant, Xiao Cheng felt the blood in her body freeze, her heart seemed to be clenched, and the feeling of suffocation came without warning before she even realized it.

Holy crap! Why is its ability level so high?!

As a barrage of water jets rained down on her, clearly intended to deliver a devastating blow, time seemed to freeze in the nick of time. Then, a pair of strong hands reached out from behind and forcefully dragged Xiao Cheng out of the cubicle.

Fang He's rapid breathing reached Xiao Cheng's ears. Before the ball of flesh could rush out, he slammed the glass door of the cubicle shut.

Xiao Cheng's aura was blocked out, and the fleshy ball instantly quieted down. It looked very confused and circled around the glass, but still found nothing. So, somewhat disappointed, it shrank back down and slowly turned back.

"Damn... what's going on?" Xiao Cheng finally came to her senses. The feeling of her body being frozen from the inside was terrifying, and she still felt lingering fear when she thought about it.

The loud alarm still echoed in my ears. Turning my head again, I saw that almost every cubicle was experiencing the same thing. Large and small lumps of flesh had gathered together, circling the egg-shaped machine as if on a pilgrimage, and doing so with a remarkable rhythm.

“These players… the seeds within them have matured.” Fang He’s expression was grim, his brows furrowed, looking deeply worried. “What’s worse, these fleshy spheres have inherited the players’ superpowers.”

"So A009's research on the evolution of superpowers was aimed at these monsters from the very beginning?" Xiao Cheng said belatedly. "What about the Insect Queen? Since they want to attack me, it means that the so-called Insect Queen is just another part of their plan?!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a burst of crisp applause rang out outside the research institute's gate.

A009, wearing a dirty white lab coat, walked slowly in from outside, stopped a few meters away from them, held up two fingers, and curled the corners of his mouth upwards, revealing a strange smile.

"Mother Insect, I thought you would have a certain sense of contractual responsibility, but unfortunately, you ultimately broke our agreement."

"I'm really sorry, I don't remember any agreement between us." Xiao Cheng looked at him warily.

"It doesn't matter, none of that matters anymore. What matters is that I finally succeeded! Look here, it's all my own achievement!" A009 pulled the ID card from the pocket of his white coat, then grinned maliciously and snapped it in two. "They're all a bunch of useless trash!"

"So you're not A009 at all." A sudden realization dawned on Xiao Cheng, and he understood the crux of the matter. "You're the one who instigated the riot? You destroyed the original research institute and then built this place?"

"This is my glory!" He arrogantly raised his head, and the fleshy lump on the back of his head slowly climbed to the top of his head, the fleshy spikes slowly extending downwards and piercing his skull.

As the fleshy spikes continued to grow, the skin on his body was slowly peeled off, like clothes being ripped off, leaving a soft, limp layer on the ground.

Beneath the skin and flesh lay a skeleton almost riddled with worms, with the tentacles of flesh threading through the gaps in the bones, connecting all his joints like a marionette.

"What a load of bull!" Xiao Cheng was thoroughly disgusted by it again and couldn't help but curse, "Look at yourself, do you even have a shred of humanity left?!"

"What do you know?! This is what final evolution should look like!" It was enraged and let out a hoarse roar, causing all the glass doors to shatter and shards to fly everywhere.

Immediately afterwards, a dense army of fleshy spheres surged out of the cubicle, a dark mass heading straight for Xiao Cheng and Fang He. Along with them came all sorts of strange supernatural abilities.

"Damn it! You ganged up on us and then ambushed us? Don't you have any sportsmanship?!" Xiao Cheng hurriedly dodged a wind blade with a tricky angle, looking a little disheveled.

As luck would have it, a flickering will-o'-the-wisp struck her forehead and then silently disappeared into her.