151: The future is promising

This connection is greatly related to distance.

The further away from Lin Tianwei, the weaker the connection between them.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei unhesitatingly used his ability to absorb plant life force.

The weeds at Lin Tianwei's feet were the first to change.

In less than three seconds, they turned from lush green to withered yellow.

Completely losing their vitality.

An invisible plague began to spread.

Starting from Lin Tianwei's location, it continuously diffused outwards.

Weeds with slightly weaker life force would be completely sucked dry by Lin Tianwei in less than five seconds.

Larger trees with stronger life force fared slightly better.

It took about five minutes from the start of losing life force to completely turning into dead wood.

The further away from Lin Tianwei, the longer it took for plants to completely lose their life.

Feeling the energy gradually filling his body.

Lin Tianwei stopped absorbing plant life force.

Although the life force provided by each plant was not much, there was a large number of remaining plants.

If he were in a vast forest.

As long as he didn't encounter a target that could instantly kill him, unlike this Horned Deer.

Lin Tianwei could even rely on absorbing plant life force to easily fight continuously for countless days.

A powerful and practical Talent.

Lin Tianwei made a judgment in his heart.

It seems his hunting trip this time was quite fruitful.

Not only did he taste new delicacies, but he also gained an incredibly powerful Talent.

He did not waste food.

He also devoured the two Horned Deer he had hunted earlier, turning them into his food.

Only then did Lin Tianwei consider returning.

Although the outside was good, it was not a place to stay long.

After all, there was only one high-level combatant on the farm.

If his base were raided while he was out hunting, it would truly be a laughingstock.

Lin Tianwei would not naively believe that these humans held no ill will towards him.

Perhaps his actions were completely observed by them at this moment.

They were just waiting for a suitable opportunity to completely eliminate him in one fell swoop.

Lin Tianwei's judgment was correct.

In fact, as soon as he left the farm, he attracted human attention.

Countless people stared at the unguarded farm, eager to move.

Ultimately, due to insufficient strength, they suppressed their impulses.

Unless they could completely destroy Lin Tianwei with overwhelming force.

They would absolutely not act rashly.

Ismail Institute.

Professor Yannos looked at the screen in silence.

Such overwhelming combat power made it very difficult for anyone to harbor thoughts of resistance.

He thought he had overestimated Lin Tianwei's strength, but he didn't expect to have completely underestimated him.

The Ismail Institute also had their eyes on that special Horned Deer.

They even had thoughts of subduing it.

After all, who wouldn't like an Awakened Beast that could catalyze plant growth?

However, even though the Horned Deer was easily killed by Lin Tianwei, if it were the Ismail Institute.

The roles of hunter and prey would be reversed.

The Horned Deer, with its Forest of Nature within the forest, was an invincible existence.

Agile in movement, sharp in attack, and most terrifyingly, its ability to absorb plant life force.

This meant that within the forest, under the protection of plants, it was virtually immortal.

Even if they managed to injure it severely at great cost, with a flash of green light, the Horned Deer would begin to absorb plant life force and quickly recover.

The Ismail Institute could, of course, use powerful weapons like missiles to destroy the Horned Deer along with the forest.

But this would go against their original intention of capturing the Horned Deer, making it a loss-loss situation.

Moreover, unless facing an irresistible crisis, the Ismail Institute, or any other place, would never use missiles.

To be bombed by missiles, they would have to be worthy.

So the plan to capture the Horned Deer ultimately had to be abandoned.

Anyway, these Horned Deer were harmless to humans and animals.

They even played a role in greening the land.

After finally expelling the Horned Deer to this wasteland, they basically stopped bothering with them, apart from routine monitoring.

Yet they never expected.

What they couldn't do, Lin Tianwei easily accomplished.

Especially the ability Lin Tianwei displayed at the end, which was identical to the Horned Deer's.

This made Professor Yannos extremely horrified.

Recalling what had happened at the Ismail Institute in the past.

A preposterous idea suddenly arose in his mind.

Perhaps this ferocious king of the forest possessed a method to kill a target and acquire its abilities.

It wasn't a simple mutation, but a more powerful ability.

This incredible ability was even comparable to His.

After all, as long as the king of the forest killed Him, it could perfectly acquire His abilities.

Without taking any risks.

It was simply a bug-like ability.

Of course, killing the target was the biggest risk of this ability.

If one rashly provoked an overly powerful opponent.

That wouldn't be getting stronger, but courting death.

The thought that Lin Tianwei might possess such terrifying strength made Professor Yannos's scalp tingle.

If Lin Tianwei was left unchecked, he would grow into an extremely terrifying creature.

A creature with four-dimensional transcendence and no weaknesses whatsoever.

Even the current overwhelming strength was enough to make one despair.

No, this won't do.

The Clone Tiger army plan must be completed ahead of schedule.

Otherwise, the king of the forest would only grow stronger and stronger.

A sense of fear suddenly arose in Professor Yannos's heart.

Fear that his research speed would not keep up with Lin Tianwei's growth rate.

At that time, humanity would have no hope of dealing with this tiger.

They would only be able to let him grow continuously, eventually becoming the nightmare of the entire America.

Currently, only one farm was needed to supply the king of the forest's food.

But what about later?

After the king of the forest grew several times larger, would it require an even more terrifying amount of food?

If this growth had no upper limit.

The food required to sustain this one giant beast alone would be an astronomical figure.

In the future, conflicts between them were inevitable.

It's either you die, or I die!

Having understood this, Professor Yannos directly turned off the monitoring screen.

What happened to the king of the forest was no longer something he could decide.

The only thing he had to do was to cultivate this terrifying Clone Tiger army as much as possible.

Then use them as his weapons for conquering territories, to fight against the king of the forest for him.

Thinking of this, Professor Yannos redirected the monitoring screen to check the surveillance of the Clone Tiger breeding area.

This was a forest.

Lush vegetation was the best home ground for tigers.

Roar!

Suddenly, a tiger's roar appeared out of nowhere, deafening.

Though it was a newly born tiger, its voice already faintly carried the majesty of the king of the forest.

The screen shifted, and Professor Yannos quickly saw the tiger that had roared.

To expedite the Clone Tiger army plan, Professor Yannos even applied for a large amount of Mad Cow milk as their food.

Coupled with the flesh and blood of countless Awakened Beasts as food.

Their growth rate was extremely fast.

Even without the rapid growth Talent.

But under the mysterious effect of the Beta Gene, their growth rate was not much slower than Lin Tianwei's.

At this time, it had already grown to the size of an ordinary adult tiger.

With a light paw, a tiger paw print appeared on the ground.

The ground even trembled slightly.

Enough to show the terrifying power contained in that tiger paw.

In this forest, they were the absolute kings.

All creatures were their food.

The very few Awakened Beasts that could cause harm to these Clone Tigers were simply not placed here.

If it weren't for the lack of combat experience, their eyes still weren't fierce enough.

One wouldn't be able to tell that they were still newly born tigers.

It's just that for some reason, this tiger's movements were noticeably uncoordinated.

It was as if another soul, not belonging to a tiger, was manipulating this powerful body.

Seeing this, Professor Yannos breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The king of the forest might be powerful, but his Clone Tiger army was not weak either.

Coupled with the terrifying numerical advantage.

Who would win was still unknown!

Thinking of this, Professor Yannos continued to adjust the monitoring.

Soon, he arrived at a training room.

Hundreds of carefully selected elite soldiers were currently undergoing specialized training.

They wore precise sensor suits and special VR glasses, immersed in the virtual world.

Although it was currently difficult to achieve complete virtual reality technology.

It could barely be simulated.

Used as a training tool for these elite soldiers.

In the virtual world, they will transform into an invincible tiger.

They will fight, battle, kill, and destroy everything they can see.

At the same time, they will learn the unique attack techniques and abilities of a tiger.

As they passed each specialized training session, their compatibility with the tiger grew higher and higher.

Even due to the excessively long training time and high training intensity,

they occasionally had the illusion that they were not human.

Instead, they were a free and unrestrained tiger living in the forest.

Especially after each simulation, feeling the extreme weakness of their human body,

the huge sense of disparity from a powerful tiger's body back to a human body could even drive them mad.

Many people even began to fantasize.

They fantasized that they were actually a tiger, possessing sharp claws and teeth, powerful enough to reign as the king of the forest.

This change undoubtedly inflicted terrifying psychological damage on these elite soldiers.

It made them irritable and prone to baring their teeth, often letting out roars like wild beasts.

They even detested wearing human clothes.

They preferred to enjoy the unrestrained feeling of not being bound by clothing, like a wild beast.

Under normal circumstances, training to this extent would require reducing the training and arranging the best psychological counselors to guide them.

However, this clearly did not align with the interests of the Ismail Institute.

Especially at the moment, with the Ismail Institute desperately needing to acquire powerful strength,

this situation was not only not stopped but was tacitly allowed, and even intensified, increasing their training intensity.

This caused their minds to be further shattered.

They began to avoid their time as humans.

The first thing they did every day upon opening their eyes was to go to the training room for training.

They were impatient, wanting to put themselves into that powerful virtual tiger body.

Under this terrifying training, in just one month, they achieved unimaginable results.

The minds of these elite soldiers became increasingly similar to that of a tiger.

It could be said that they were completely a humanoid tiger, and there would be no problem with that description.

Some even chose primitive ways of walking, moving on all fours.

They grabbed food with their hands and enjoyed it after tearing it apart with their sharp canine teeth.

Of course, without the powerful body of a tiger, doing so would ultimately only harm themselves.

Especially since most of them were not Awakened, the damage they sustained was even more severe.

The physical damage, however, did not stop their self-mutilating behavior.

Instead, it made them hate their weakness in the real world even more.

They yearned immensely for the unprecedented power they possessed as a tiger in the virtual world.

This led to a point where, in the later stages, to protect them, the Ismail Institute could only have them eat, drink, and relieve themselves near the training room.

They gradually degenerated into beings who couldn't even take care of themselves.

After paying such a huge price, a few elite soldiers finally passed the assessment and gained the qualification to connect with the consciousness of a real tiger.

In the surveillance footage, the reason the tiger was so abnormal was that a human soul was forcibly crammed into its powerful tiger body.

Even after countless virtual world training sessions, they still needed a lot of time to adapt to a real tiger.

However, once they completely adapted to these Clone Tigers, an army of Clone Tigers controlled by humans would have already begun to take shape.

As for the Ismail Institute's method of controlling them, it was very simple.

They would disconnect the link, allowing their consciousness to return to their weak bodies, and once again feel that strong sense of disparity.

This dual weakness, both mental and physical, was enough to make them willingly become puppets controlled by the Ismail Institute, all for the sake of entering the virtual world and connecting with a real tiger.

They were ultimately human, not entirely tigers.

They were completely domesticated, becoming tools for the Ismail Institute to control these Clone Tigers.

It must be said that sometimes, those who are incredibly cruel to themselves are not necessarily outsiders.

Looking at the screen, Professor Arnos murmured, "It seems we still need some time."

It would still take some time to completely control the Clone Tiger army.

The scene shifted again.

This time, countless stumbling tiger cubs appeared.

They looked largely similar, virtually creatures carved from the same mold.

They were all replicas of Lin Tianwei!

Since the drivers for the bodies had been selected, increasing the number of available bodies for driving also had to be put on the agenda.

These tiger cubs were a crucial part of this plan.

They would grow rapidly with a large supply of food.

Ultimately, they would involuntarily become the combat tools of the Ismail Institute, taking on the task of clearing obstacles for the Ismail Institute.

All the tiger cubs would undergo Beta Gene Reinforcement, first increasing their physical strength and potential.

Then, they would undergo Gamma Gene Reinforcement to make them even stronger and awaken terrifying special abilities.

Here, the drawbacks of this manipulation method became apparent.

Since special abilities are inherent to the organism itself, more like a Talent, an instinct,

it's generally difficult for a Clone Tiger in driving mode to fully utilize its special abilities.

Only a few drivers with exceptionally high Talent, or those who are already Esper and possess the ability to use such special abilities, can communicate with the carrier's inherent special abilities and unleash the full power of these Clone Tigers.

However, Espers are incredibly precious, not at all on the same strategic level as the common Awakened.

They have many more and better uses.

It's impossible for their personalities to be destroyed and for them to become drivers for these Clone Tigers.

Furthermore, because Awakened and Espers themselves have stronger bodies and more Tenacity, they are not suitable for Clone Tiger suitability training.

Therefore, Clone Tigers that awaken physical special abilities are more sought after.

They don't require too much manipulation; their bodies are the best weapons!

This seemingly terrifying Clone Tiger army actually has very few units that can normally use special abilities.

Most of them are just a bit stronger.

But great brute strength is also a terrifying Talent.

Especially after the dual Reinforcement of the Beta Gene and Gamma Gene, the strength of these tigers is absurdly great.

They can easily cause earthquake-like tremors.

So Professor Arnos was confident that once this Clone Tiger army grew up, they would be able to go straight to the heart of the matter and completely destroy that terrifying Tiger King.

Then, they would use them as invincible biological weapons to conquer all directions, expanding territory for America and acquiring more resources.

Since the world had mutated, the power structure should also be reshuffled.

Except for those possessing nuclear weapons, America did not want to perish together with them.

Other insignificant entities were simply at their mercy, to be bullied and molded.

Their annexation into America's territory was a foregone conclusion.

As for other places, they had only just received the baptism of the Black Demon Blood.

They had only just entered the initial version of the Awakening era.

How could they spare time to concern themselves with America, which had already entered the intermediate version?

Thinking of this, Professor Arnos's eyes became fervent.

The future is promising!

The future would be in America's hands.

Once they acquired vast amounts of land and population, possessing more resources, gaining sovereignty over the entire Blue Star was only a matter of time.

At that time, those who had once opposed them, or those who had once hindered their domination of Blue Star, would either surrender or be razed to the ground.

They would have no other option!

Thinking of this, Professor Arnos closed the monitoring screen and ordered Mike, "Mike, go apply to the higher-ups."

"Provide more resources for our research plan."

"We must accelerate, accelerate, and accelerate again."

"Otherwise, if we lose the current opportunity, it will be something we regret for a lifetime."

"We are racing against time!"