Chapter 70: Flaming Body (Part 2/2) (1/2)

Chapter 70: Flaming Body(Part 2/2)

Yan Yongbo raised his eyebrows and he leaned against the back of his chair: “It seems like in your eyes I’m just a son who’s supported by his father’s legacy, a rich kid who has nothing to do.”

Jack shrugged: “I’m just saying that you’re living much more comfortably than that old man. Thirty years have passed with Dr. Yan Hong facing contention. Is he still in that sorry state?”

Yan Yongbo couldn’t care less about Jack’s mockery. Instead, he laughed in a low voice: “Nope, he’s in an even worse state now. So much so that he’s being marginalized. Well, nothing can be done about that, his research ability is just on that level. Getting more data will just make him squander away a few more days, then his state will become even more terrible. Besides……”

Yan Yongbo tapped his temples after a slight pause: “I can’t imagine doing business with a dead man.”

Jack stared at the hologram for a good while before laughing hoarsely: “I thought a sniper was going to cause my skull to explode just now.”

“How is that possible? I called you with the intention of making friends. But Jack, your opinion is putting me in a very difficult position. You suddenly told me that you don’t want to return back to the Deep Blue World?”

“Perhaps if you had never called me, I would have already boarded the transport airship by now? Assistant Yan, you were the source of this inspiration.”

“Oh, ha!”

Yan Yongbo was amused by Jack’s deflection. He confirmed once more that this hoodlum’s mental state was truly abnormal. His hints were already extremely clear okay?

“Jack, Jack. I just contacted you with thoughts of goodwill. Are you sure there aren’t any problems with your cerebral nucleus?

Yan Yongbo cut to the chase. His intention was very simple:

Jack was an Altered Human. It didn’t matter whether it was the Apocalypse Laboratory or Quantum Corporation, to ensure loyalty from disposable items, they would need to use a few technological means.

For instance, the “cerebral nucleus”, which was installed in Jack’s brain, provided the template for several high-level thought processes as well as monitoring and recording capabilities. If Jack was confirmed to be revolting, the laboratory possessed specialized equipment designed to destroy the functionality of the cerebral nucleus. Jack wouldn’t be dead with the destruction of the cerebral nucleus, but he would turn mentally disabled with a serious impediment to his cognition.

It was impossible for Yan Yongbo to do any sort of collaboration with Jack as long as the issue with Jack’s cerebral nucleus wasn’t settled; he would be tossing himself into trouble otherwise.

Of course, if Jack really did have some method to….. Oh! Holy hell!

Yan Yongbo’s eyes bulged wide in the next moment.

Jack subtly shook his head and his lips split into a laugh. Upon his pale skin, wrapped around his clothes, was a layer of dark red glowing flames.

The surrounding air became warped by the high temperature of the roasting flames. The wooden floor beneath his feet charred black from the flames as well and had even ignited on fire.

The problem was that there wasn’t any damage at all to Jack’s skin and clothing. It was as if the flames were just an illusion.

The dark red flames shined through the hologram, burning Yan Yongbo’s eyes. Yan Yongbo’s body leaned forward unconsciously to carefully observe the degree of warping in the surrounding air, regardless of how piercing the glow of flames were to his eyes. He finally arrived at a conclusion several seconds later:

“The Format of Fire!”

“It is as you see.”

Jack’s body continued to emit the flames as he subtly squinted his eyes. The flames were clearly wrapped around his body, yet he was enjoying it incomparably.

Yan Yongbo was stunned for a long while before speaking: “The alteration you’ve had was the third generation technology of Burners? No, that’s not right. I’ve seen your profile before. The ratio of artificial organs to regular organs you possess reaches 55%. That is far from the upper limit of 14% required by the Archetype Format……”

Jack extended his thumb and forefinger to perform an action of lengthening a line: “Dynamo Core Technology.”

“Are you making fun of me?”