25: Chapter 25 New Unit Unlocked

The news of the successful development of the Gene Enhancement Serum quickly spread throughout the base.

Soldiers competed to sign up, wanting to be the next to receive strengthening. Wang Jie had them draw lots to determine the order, finally choosing nine people—five Heavy Soldiers, three American Soldiers, and one Sniper.

Six hours later, all nine had completed the strengthening.

Success rate 100%.

Not a single failure.

Wang Jie breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the ten super soldiers standing before him—No. 23 plus these nine—a strange feeling welled up in his heart.

These people were now his trump cards.

But the system told him this wasn't the limit.

[Special technology research and development completion detected]

[New unit unlocked: Gene Warriors]

[Training requirements: Barracks (Level 3) + Battle Lab + Gene Enhancement Serum × 1]

[Training cost: 2000 credits, training time 10 minutes]

[Unit characteristics: Base attributes increased by 200%, can randomly obtain 1-2 special abilities]

Wang Jie looked at this new unit, his eyes glowing.

Gene Warriors.

Twice as strong as ordinary soldiers, plus special abilities.

He immediately clicked on the Barracks upgrade interface.

[Barracks Upgrade: Requires 10,000 credits, 500 power, Mutation Core × 5]

[Units unlocked after upgrade: Gene Warriors, Tesla Trooper, Psychic Commando]

[Construction time: 1 hour]

Ten thousand credits, he had. Five hundred power, he had. But Mutation Cores—

He only had seven left.

The upgrade required five, and training one Gene Warriors required one.

In other words, he could only train two Gene Warriorss at most right now, and then he'd have to go kill Mutants again.

Wang Jie grit his teeth and clicked upgrade.

The Barracks began to glow, and new structures rose from the ground. An hour later, a brand new building appeared before him—taller and more majestic than before, with black outer walls and silver patterns.

[Barracks upgrade complete. Current level: 3]

[New trainable units:]

[Gene Warriors: Requires 2000 credits, Gene Enhancement Serum × 1, training time 10 minutes]

[Tesla Trooper: Requires 1800 credits, training time 8 minutes]

[Psychic Commando: Requires 2500 credits, training time 12 minutes]

Wang Jie looked at the "Psychic Commando" option, feeling curious.

Psychic Commando?

In the game, that was Yuri's unit, capable of mind-controlling enemies.

Could it do the same in reality?

He asked the system.

[Psychic Commando: Possesses basic psychic abilities, can briefly control low-level units (including zombies and Mutants), effect weakened on high-level units. Control duration is related to the psychic strength of the controlled unit]

Wang Jie gasped.

Control zombies? Control Mutants?

This thing is a bit overpowered.

But he didn't have time to research this now. He needed to train Gene Warriorss first.

He took out two Mutation Cores and gave them to the Researcher. The Researcher put them into the reactor, and after conversion, two pale gold injections were produced.

Then he walked into the Barracks and clicked "Train Gene Warriors."

Twenty minutes later, two new soldiers walked out of the Barracks.

They were different from ordinary soldiers—taller, stronger, with sharper eyes. Their uniforms were custom-made, black with silver stripes. On their shoulders was a special insignia: a gene double helix surrounded by lightning.

They walked up to Wang Jie, stood at attention, and saluted.

"Gene Warriors 01, reporting!"

"Gene Warriors 02, reporting!"

Wang Jie looked at them and nodded.

"Go train with No. 23 and the others," he said. "From now on, you are the base's Special Forces."

The two Gene Warriorss saluted and turned toward the training grounds.

Wang Jie stood at the entrance of the Barracks, watching their departing figures, a complex emotion welling up in his heart.

His army was becoming stronger and stronger.

But those enemies in the dark were also becoming more and more dangerous.

That person called "K", that larger organization, those eyes hidden in the shadows—

He needed more power.

Needed more intelligence.

Needed to find Chen Jianguo.

He turned and walked toward the Radar Station.

"Operator, pull up the real-time footage of the Backup Laboratory for me."

On the screen, that yellow light dot was still flashing.

There, lay the answers he wanted.