Before the surgery began, Anat and his two friends were all quite nervous.
Even at the beginning, Anat didn’t understand what the word ‘surgery’ really meant.
Latter on, he figured out that surgery meant to cut open his own body and implant an organ next to his heart. This organ would grow into a second heart over the next few years, and it would also trigger a series of changes in his body, eventually resulting in eighteen superhuman organs.
Anat pictured that scene in his mind, and then he shivered all over.
Quite terrifying.
However, he quickly calmed down.
Even he himself was a little surprised by this.
He had thought he would be too scared to go on.
It seemed that the significant changes brought about by the short period of training were not just physical and skill-based, but also psychological and willpower-related.
Anat didn’t find anything wrong with that; of course, he preferred a braver version of himself.
His two companions went in first, and it was finally his turn.
Lying on the neat and clean operating table, Anat saw an old yet robust man standing by his side.
Anat recognized him; this was Priest Rizzo, an Angel of the Phoenix.
The priest’s gentle voice resounded in his ear, “Don’t be nervous, it will be over soon. I’ve seen your performance, you’re already excellent, and you will make it through smoothly.”
“Mm,” Anat nodded.
The voice of Priest Rizzo, seemingly carrying a special power, truly stabilized his mind a lot.
The surgery began.
…
Matins, who was standing outside the operating room, waited for Rizzo to come out.
“How did it go?”
“No problem, it went smoothly.”
“All three of them?”
“Yes, all three.”
A deep sense of joy surged into his brain, and a rich smile irresistibly appeared on Matins’s face.
Why shouldn’t he smile?
The issue that had worried him for so long finally showed a glimmer of hope.
All three were successful!
The most dangerous stage of implanting the genetic seed was right after the surgery ended. Seventy percent of the failures occurred in this stage.
Of course, successfully undergoing the genetic seed implant surgery did not mean it was totally risk-free. Afterward, the genetic seed would continue to develop in the recruit’s body and gradually promote the growth of a dozen superhuman organs.
This process could take anywhere from six months to two years, depending on the condition of the individual undergoing the surgery. Moreover, there could still be instances of organ rejection leading to death while the new superhuman organs were growing.
But overall, the chances were not high.
At any rate, the current situation was much better than the three surgeries they had previously attempted on their own squadron.
Waiting outside the operating room wasn’t just Matins; there were two other members of the Phoenix. One of them couldn’t help asking, “How could it go so smoothly? Why did our three surgeries fail before?”
Another one nudged him, signaling him to shut up.
He said resentfully, “I just think, if those three had also been successful, we would now have six new bloods… which means more than the number we had when we landed on Rage Owl Star.”
“That’s impossible,” Matins countered, “Have you seen the level of those three young men before the surgery ended?”
When Matins mentioned this, the guy who had been grumbling immediately fell silent.
Thinking back, it seemed horrifying.
How could seventeen-year-old boys be so powerful?
The young men certainly were no match for them; even without armor, they could easily overpower the three. However, the fact that this was even worth mentioning was already shocking.
In reality, recalling his own past, before becoming an Interstellar Warrior, he had entered the training camp of the Phoenix at the age of eleven, endured brutal training, survived the final major selection process, literally escaping death multiple times, and learned much before undergoing the implantation surgery.
And these three youngsters were much stronger than they had been at the same age!
In fact, according to their assessment, these three lads, compared to the average Interstellar Warrior Recruit, only lacked the superhuman physical qualities. In other words, as long as they endured the entire transformation surgery process and all the superhuman organs had grown, they would instantly become legitimate combat brothers, lacking only the rich combat experience of these veterans.
This was an outrageous assessment.
They simply couldn’t understand where Governor Gu Hang had found these three ‘little monsters’.
With such attributes, such tactical expertise, such willpower… they would have no trouble surviving the genetic implant surgery.
Genetic seed implant surgery may be difficult, but it’s not really a life-and-death gamble, or else Interstellar Warriors would have been extinct long ago, right?
At this moment, Rizzo finally spoke, “Since you are so concerned, why don’t you come with me and see for yourself.”
“Is that okay?” Matins was somewhat surprised.
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“Of course, it’s okay. Their condition is very stable, unlike the previous batch. The genetic seeds provided by the Governor have very ideal viability.”
