11 PM.
The Raft Prison.
A crisp sound of footsteps came from the depths of the prison.
But strangely, upon hearing these footsteps, the usually fierce and ruthless criminals.
Unanimously shrank into their old black cotton-padded gray blankets.
Turning their backs to the bars, seemingly trying to avoid something.
The sound of footsteps grew closer.
Turning a corner, Luo Mang's humble face was revealed.
Every time he passed a prison cell, Luo Mang would smile and nod inside.
He held a white book in his hand, and the red dots on it couldn't help but increase.
It wasn't until Luo Mang's footsteps completely left the area that the prisoners dared to poke their heads out of the blankets and gasp for air.
"Thank goodness, that devil is finally gone!"
"I had a nightmare last night, I even dreamed of him!"
"Shit! I'm more afraid of him than Lakum!"
"The person who killed Lakum can actually walk out of Lakum's office unharmed, what a freak."
"Hey, aren't you afraid he'll hear you!"
Hearing his companion's reminder, the prisoner who said the sentence was so scared he shrank back into his blanket.
He was on edge for the rest of the night.
...
In the corridor.
Luo Mang arrived at the cell area where Luke Cage was located, on Time.
But this Time, it wasn't as quiet as usual here.
Two criminals in orange jumpsuits walked out of Luke's cell.
The bloodstains on their fists were enough to suggest what had happened inside.
Looking at the camera above, Luo Mang narrowed his eyes and watched all of this coldly.
"It seems tonight is his night of birth, if nothing unexpected happens..."
Luo Mang pondered slightly in his heart.
Sure enough, not long after, a prison doctor in a white coat walked over.
He came to Luke's Room, helped Luke up, and walked towards the medical Room.
Luo Mang immediately followed behind, his steps making no sound at all.
Buzz--
In a sealed Room.
The experimental tank Luke lay in started running, emitting a faint hum.
The prison doctor methodically operated the buttons next to the experimental tank, only exhaling a sigh of relief when the last button was pressed.
"Luke, the human experiment isn't perfect, but it's the only way to save you."
The prison doctor muttered to himself as he looked at Luke in the experimental tank.
He was the principal researcher for Lakum's private human experiment project.
He helped Lakum complete the plan to create and control a super army, but the accident with Luke gave him a new idea.
"Hoo..."
Watching the liquid in the experimental tank begin to spray, the prison doctor slowly let out a breath.
As soon as his eyelids drooped, the next second they snapped wide open!
Following the direction the prison doctor was looking.
A figure had appeared at some point and was quietly standing beside him.
Turning his head for a face-to-face scare made the prison doctor retreat three steps in a row, instinctively wanting to move away.
"You can't leave."
Luo Mang shook his head, his tail quietly emerging from behind him.
It slithered along the ground to a place the prison doctor hadn't noticed.
It wrapped around the prison doctor's ankle, slowly extending up to his neck.
Crack--
With just a gentle squeeze.
The prison doctor's limbs drooped, and he became still.
The prison doctor's body fell to the ground with a 'thud', making a dull sound.
Luo Mang, however, seemed to ignore it and stepped over him, approaching the experimental tank.
At this Time, the medicinal liquid in the experimental tank had been fully filled, and there was a faint sign of it boiling.
Ignoring Luke's terrified eyes completely, Luo Mang directly reached out and pulled him out.
Without the repair from the experimental tank, Luke's aura rapidly weakened.
His breathing was faint, clearly looking like he didn't have much Time left.
"Luke Cage, do you know?
In the distant East, there's a saying: if you want to accomplish something, the right Time, place, and people are all indispensable.
The same thing happening at a different Time might not be effective.
You and I have no grudges.
We both just want to survive."
Luo Mang's tone was like someone chatting with an old friend he hadn't seen in a long Time, unable to hide his melancholy and emotion.
Luke's originally wide eyes slowly drooped as Time passed.
When Luo Mang looked again, Luke's eyes were tightly closed, and his chest had completely stopped rising and falling.
Seeing this, Luo Mang used his knuckle to adjust his glasses.
The skin on his arm began to ripple layer by layer, eventually transforming into a scaled claw.
Puff--!
Without the slightest hesitation!
A claw pierced through the heart!
Luo Mang directly crushed Luke's heart inside his body!
Heart fragments
After holding Luke up and observing him for a while, he threw him aside.
Taking a deep breath, Luo Mang threw himself into the experimental tank.
His Hercules long tail coiled behind him with a gentle wrap, and the experimental tank's power immediately went to maximum!
Falling into the medicinal liquid, Luo Mang only felt his whole body burning hot!
The medicinal liquid that had been slightly bubbling instantly began to violently churn.
Like a pot of boiling water.
The next second, Lakum, who had received the news, rushed in through the door.
But what met his eyes was a white light blooming from the experimental tank.
The blinding light instantly engulfed the entire secret Room.
With a loud 'boom'!
It seemed even the surrounding ground couldn't help but shake a few Times.
Parts of the experimental tank, mixed with glass shards, scattered everywhere under the force of the explosion.
Poor Lakum, he was taken out as soon as he entered the door.
A small screw hit Lakum directly between the eyebrows.
Under the immense speed and thrust, the power of this screw was no less than a bullet.
A drop of blood slid down from the hole between Lakum's eyebrows.
The actual controller of the mighty 'The Raft', fell silently in the darkness.
At the same Time, the smoke in the secret Room cleared.
Revealing Luo Mang with his upper body bare.
The green scales on his body were now growing outwards frantically.
They only stopped when they had pierced out like the edges of a pine cone.
Luo Mang's chest rose and fell, breathing heavily.
The scales on his hand claws automatically appeared uncontrollably, and their change was the same as the scales on his body.
Looking at the huge changes in his body, a feeling of power and satisfaction instantly swept through Luo Mang's heart.
Looking at the sealed walls around him, Luo Mang's heart stirred, and he threw a punch!
The 50cm thick wall was instantly pierced by this punch!
Luo Mang lowered his head and scraped his sharp fingernails across the scales on his body, making a 'hissing' sound that made one's scalp tingle.
Seeing this scene, Luo Mang nodded with satisfaction.
"Luke Cage's abilities have been inherited without reservation. The divine strength and hard skin are enough to take my survival ability up another notch, and even..."
Luo Mang's tone paused, and he strained to control his hands.
The next second, the scales on Luo Mang's body seemed to gain consciousness and retracted on their own.
The scales disappeared, revealing Luo Mang's smooth body surface.
After inheriting Luke Cage's abilities, Luo Mang could finally control his own scales freely.
He glanced at the three bodies at his feet.
Luo Mang suddenly turned and walked outside.
When he returned, he had an extra card in his hand, which was precisely the US dollars he had given to Lakum back then.
Looking at Lakum's body, Luo Mang bowed slightly with a smile on his face.
"Then thank you, Warden, for your care."
Now that he had the ability, there was no need to stay.
Looking at the large hole he had just punched out, Luo Mang used both fists.
Before long, he had punched out an opening large enough for a person to pass through.
It was a dark and windy night.
The sea below was dark and oppressive, like a bottomless abyss.
But after just one look, Luo Mang jumped down directly.
He plunged into the sea and disappeared without a trace.
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