Isla can't help but sense that a significant problem is approaching her.
She glanced at all the researchers working around her who believe in the lie that this project has been going on for the last 10 years, with them being the first to research it.
A complete lie, fabricated to keep these people under a false sense of security and have them work efficiently, but she herself and her superiors know that every single person who has previously worked on this project, along with everything present inside the 10-kilometer radius of the 'seed of true evolution,' has been obliterated into dust.
Isla's hands shook from the fear; she still remembers that day clearly when she, despite being a level 3 evolved superhuman at that time, survived that explosion only because she was almost at the edge of that explosion range, albeit barely.
"I have to inform them," she thought before focusing on the task at hand.
"Since we have only one more chance, let's bet it on the most promising subject before getting out of this place for a long time." Isla announced to her team.
"Inform those lunatics about this too," after a few seconds of contemplation, she said with an annoyed tone.
If possible, Isla would have loved to leave that group of crazy psychopaths to die, in which everyone just wants to cut down every living being and then study its genes.
"What about that medium-grade subject?" one of the researchers asked.
"Are you an idiot?"
"Isn't it obvious that if we are getting out of here, then why will we take an extra burden with us?"
Isla replied, making the researcher's face red with shame, but he did not reply or even look toward her again, fearing for his life.
"Get that top-grade subject ready and make sure to give him an extra dose of anesthesia before the checkup; I heard he got quite high resistance against it."
"On it, head scientist," a researcher replied.
Isla waited for no more than 5 minutes before the white room was completely cleaned of blood and gore by the skilled hands of guards, and a new medical bed installed with restriction measures was brought inside the room.
Looking at the white room through the see-through glass, Isla nodded to the researchers to continue the experiment.
The guard entered the white room once again with a new subject on their shoulder.
Isla looked at the profile of her new top-grade test once more to get a better understanding of what she was dealing with because it was quite hard to get her hands on a top-grade subject.
Looking at the information inside the file and his picture attached to it, Isla was almost impressed; after all, this test subject of hers had an impressive height of 5.9 feet with an above-average appearance. light brown eyes that had a certain warmth and depth, making them the windows to his thoughtful and engaging personality.
Contrasting with his eye color, his jet-black hair was neatly styled, accentuating his sharp features.
The overall effect was both striking and approachable, giving him a unique charm that could draw people, but the most attractive part of his profile is not his physical appearance but his qualification as the youngest and one of the best in the field of integrative medical genomics in his country.
His qualifications are enough to make him a part of her team of researchers, but sadly they will have to stop experimenting for a few years after this one trial because acquiring a 'seed of true evolution' is something that is hard to determine.
"If this one had been allowed to evolve normally, he would have been a great menace among the peoples on his level." Isla contemplated with a thoughtful expression.
While she was contemplating possibilities, other researchers had already injected nanobots inside the physically restrained Kevin's body.
A new report appeared on everyone's screen containing every detail of Kevin's body condition from the moment those nanobots were injected.
"The body condition of test subject K-147 is 98% optimum for the procedure." One of the researchers announced Kevin's physical compatibility and chances of successful evolution.
"Head scientist, we are ready for the trial," another researcher informed Isla.
Isla just nodded at his words.
She does not have much hope about this trial, no matter how high Kevin's chances of successful evolution are, because, unlike others, she knows that after each failure, the only thing that changes in the 'seed of true evolution' is not its chaotic energy but also its chances of successful assimilation that decrease with each failure, and right now that percentage is at its highest, so the only thing that awaits Kevin after this trial is getting destroyed both internally and externally.
After making sure that everyone was ready, Isla started giving measured instructions.
"Everyone, make sure to observe and analyze everything because top-grade subjects last longer than others. Who knows, one of you bastards might get lucky." she said in a mocking tone.
"Let's continue."
"Start injecting evolution serum inside his body."
"Keep the 'seed' on standby for any second in use."
"Keep the dissecting program prepared for use."
One after another, she repeated her usual instructions with a commanding tone.
Several mechanical arms emerged from the ceiling equipped with metal syringes.
Each one of the mechanical arms filled with evolution serum moved toward the unconscious Kevin and took their position just above the temples, neck, chest, abdomen, groin, wrist, and foot, where major arteries are located.
The amount of evolution serum being used is much higher than in the previous trial because, just like how every person has a different level of potential, similarly, every person requires a different amount of evolution serum.
The higher potential a person has, the greater quantity of evolution serum will be required to evolve him or her.
"Injecting evolution serum inside the subject's body," one of the researchers said before pressing a few keys in her system.
The mechanical arms moved, and the tips of the needles touched him, each one piercing the protection of Kevin's skin and entering inside all arteries before it began injecting evolution serum inside his body.
The 3-D holographic diagram displayed every change inside him.
How the evolution serum began to fill his veins, and how flooding it with a dark blue substance that appears to be very eruptive keeps colliding against his veins, but unlike previous subjects, his arteries withstood the pressure and even overcame it, trying to absorb it from the moment it appeared inside his internal system.
Seconds passed, and the syringes kept injecting Kevin's body with evolution serum, trying to flood his arteries to complete the first step of evolution, but it appeared to be a harder task this time because his arteries not only withstood the eruptive nature of the evolution serum but even began to transfer it toward his veins.
Every single researcher in the room gets astonished with this sight because, till now, not a single test subject has managed to hold the eruptive property of the evolution resource without suffering a loss or internal bleeding, let alone transferring it like blood.
"Increase the amount of evolution serum present inside the syringes; I do not want this trial to stop due to a petty reason like lack of resources," Isla ordered loudly.
Everyone in the room has begun to feel excited, not because they believe that this trial will succeed, but because this new development will open a new scope of research for them, and every chance of progression in such an important and hard project like this is a golden opportunity for them.
More serum is added to the syringe swiftly.
Everyone waited, watching every change, every route that the evolution serum took inside Kevin's body through a 3-D holographic diagram.
Surprise is a small term to express what everyone was feeling after watching the serum that had filled more than half the veins and all the arteries inside Kevin's body before reaching a state of saturation.
From the start to the end of this procedure, Kevin's veins or arteries did not suffer any internal injury; instead, they became even stronger in the transfer process.
Isla was the most surprised by this development because she had never witnessed a development like this, even among previous top-grade products.
Yes, there are trials where test subjects did not suffer any internal injury while reaching the state of saturation, but there was not a single case where serum had been moved from arteries to veins before now.
The moment Kevin's arteries reached the state of saturation, his physique began to evolve; a constant cycle of destruction, restoration, and evolution began. Dark, black impurities began to ooze out from his body.
A scream came out from Kevin's mouth when the sheer pain from his physical evolution struck him.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
His body mass began to condense, becoming more robust and powerful.
His previous lightly bulked body has tilted toward a lean physique that gives him more flexibility and precision in his movements.
Just after a few seconds, blood began to ooze out instead of impurities, painting his whole body crimson in his own blood.
Isla felt a sudden chill when she looked at the eyes of her crimson-bathed test subject, which somehow felt to be piercing the one-sided view mirror and looking straight at her.
Despite the distance between them, despite several boundaries keeping them separate from each other, she felt it.
A flame of vengeance burning fiercely in his eyes.