Chapter 42 – “Do you dare to bet on this?”
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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A few weeks later, Shan Ming received an unsigned email. After he opened it, he found that it was sent to him by Captain House. There were many documents in it. Most of which were about helping Shen Changze control his dragon blood gene.
Shan Ming clicked on a file and looked at it for a while. The more he looked at it, the more he frowned. It said that Shen Changze should first control his transformation to ensure that he would not hurt others. He needed to be stimulated with stimulants. The steps, methods, and precautions are very cumbersome. It involves a lot of medical equipment and medicines that are very difficult to obtain as well as superb medical skills and scientific research capabilities. None of these things are possessed by Shan Ming. Isn’t this fucking nonsense?
He closed the document before he even finished reading it. He thought he might as well do it his own way.
Isn’t it just to make him transform? Shan Ming thinks that there are many ways to do this. Such as suffocating him, bleeding him, or throwing him into a wild animal den. As long as it can make the child feel that his life is threatened, he will transform. Shan Ming can try to train him to maintain being in that state or at least learn how to control his emotions and actions in that state.
If the child knew what his father was thinking, he might be scared away.
Shan Ming clicked on other files. Some of them are about the introduction of sea dragons and some data analysis on Dragon Blood people. Among them, what interests Shan Ming the most is the research on the body of the Dragon Blood Man. This part includes the pH value of the blood, the hardness of the scales, the length of the wingspan and the whipping weight of the tail, the penetration ability of the claws, the impact force of the horns, and so on… It can be regarded as a relatively comprehensive function manual of the Dragon Blood people.
Of course, these contents neatly avoid mentioning any state secrets. But it was still enough to shock anyone.
After roughly browsing these materials, Shan Ming almost broke out in a cold sweat.
These data closely represent the average level of Dragon Blood people’s physical fitness under normal use. Captain House is right. Shen Changze has just mastered this ability and he doesn’t know how to use it at all. He will only bite and grab like a wild animal. He did not use the true strength of the dragon blood gene. Otherwise, he would not have fallen into a coma for many days due to improper exert of strength. From Shen Changze’s performance last time, he is far behind compared to these average data. Not only that, House is so sure that the child is the only pure-blooded Dragon Blood Man, who has the ultimate advantage in his genes. He should be far superior to these Dragon blood people who are much more powerful than normal human beings. If the ability to tear a dozen people into pieces in an instant is just the tip of the iceberg, then how strong will Shen Changze be once he can completely control himself and exert the ability of the real dragon blood gene?
Shan Ming couldn’t even imagine it.
After Shen Changze came back from training, Shan Ming asked him to read all those documents.
After reading it, the child’s expression looked very complicated. There were worries but also excitement, “Baba, will I really become so powerful?”
“If the bearded captain didn’t lie, it should be like that.”
“Then when I become a superman, no one can beat me.”
Shan Ming snorted, “What’s there to be proud of? You didn’t earn it for yourself.”
The child grinned, “Baba, you are afraid that I will knock you down and bully you like you bullied me.”
“You? Beat me? What’s the point of turning into a monster and knocking me down? With your current state, you’re still far behind.”
“Sooner or later, even if I don’t become a monster, I can still defeat you.”
“Unless I’m too old to walk, don’t even think about it.”
The child said without doubt: “I will definitely beat you. And you will obey me on that day!”
Shan Ming snorted contemptuously, “There is no such day.”
“There is.” The child said firmly, “Baba, you will not be my opponent sooner or later. If I defeat you, you will obey me. Do you dare to bet on this?”
“Hey, brat.” Shan Ming patted his head, “You’re not that great. Why do you think you’ll be my opponent? When I was ten years old, I was already fighting guerrillas in Africa. Look at you, you’ve been living so much more comfortably than me since you were born.”
“Hmph! Baba is afraid. Forget it if you don’t dare to bet.” The child squinted his eyes and looked at him with his mouth pouted.
Shan Ming thought that it was funny when he looked like this. So he pinched the child’s face until it was red, “You want to provoke me? I promise you. If one day, you can beat me in your human form, I’ll obey you once. “
The child grinned triumphantly.
Shan Ming asked curiously, “What do you want me to do? Come and tell me.”
“I have to think about it first. Anyway… I’ll make you never forget it. And you will never dare to bully me again.”
Shan Ming sneered and said, “Brat with missing teeth, look at you smiling.”
The child covered his mouth and said angrily: “It will grow soon. Don’t laugh at me anymore!”
Shan Ming laughed wantonly.
After returning to the base, Shan Ming recuperated for two months before he completely recovered. He decided to start training Shen Changze.
He took Shen Changze to the underground part of the base. He was brought into a closed interrogation room.
This interrogation room was originally intended to be used for detaining prisoners. But since it was built, they have not had the need for it so it has been left unoccupied. Now, it just provides a spacious and sound-proof concealed space for the two of them. It was the perfect prison to restrain people.
Shan Ming did not hesitate. He went in and handcuffed the child’s hands and feet with iron chains.
The two sat cross-legged. According to some methods mentioned by Captain House in the document, they began to try to let the child awaken his dragon blood gene from his subconscious.
Shen Changze closed his eyes. At first, he couldn’t concentrate. He always got distracted. He also occasionally opened his eyes to see what Shan Ming was doing.
Slowly, he felt that the surroundings were unusually quiet. It was so quiet that he could hear the heartbeat of the other party. He knew that even if he was uneasy and wanted to escape, he had to do something about the uncontrollable power flowing in his veins. He could either control that power or be controlled by it. The latter can’t happen.
His heart gradually calmed down and he began to recall the feeling of strength in his body that day.
He remembered that when he saw his father was injured and he felt that both of them would die there. He was angry. He was afraid. He was helpless. And then, he felt that his body was gradually getting hotter. It was as if he was burning alive. His eyes turned blood red. After that, he felt a sudden surge of power in his body and he suddenly felt that the people around him were so small and vulnerable that he could easily break their necks and pierce their hearts.
He thought at the time that he was going to kill these people. He was going to get out of here safely with his father and he was going to kill these people who wanted to kill them!
He recalled the anger and despair at that time. Those people followed him, shot him, hit him with a car, and then blocked him and Shan Ming in a scrapyard. They had no weapons, they were outnumbered and they were covered in wounds. …
His father was lying there covered in blood, looking like he was about to die. No, you can’t die, Baba. You can’t die. I want to get out of here. I want to take you away. I want to kill all these people. Kill all these bastards who dared to hurt you!
Shen Changze opened his eyes suddenly. His pupils were flickering, constantly changing between black and red. He was looking very strange and sweat broke out on his forehead. His clenched fists made cracking sounds.
Shan Ming also opened his eyes and looked at him nervously. When he felt that something was wrong with Shen Changze, he quickly called out his name.
But the child’s eyes became more manic. He suddenly raised his neck and let out an angry howl. Pale gold scales sporadically appeared on his skin.
Shan Ming jumped on him all of a sudden. He slapped his face left and right, “Wake up!”
After being slapped a few times, the child’s eyes finally regained clarity. He was gasping for breath and he laid limp on the ground, looking very tired.
Shan Ming was also sweating from shock. He said: “Have you forgotten what House said? Don’t let anger become the incentive for you to transform. There are only you and me in this room. Only you and I know about your situation out here. If you go crazy and bite me to death, no one else can help you.”
The child said in a hoarse voice: “Baba, it’s so uncomfortable… I don’t know what happened. But when I thought about you getting injured that day, I became very angry. The more I thought about it, the angrier I became. And the angrier I became, the more I couldn’t control myself. And then… Baba, what if I really ended up hurting you? Do we still have to do such a dangerous thing again?”
“Of course. If not, you will never be able to control yourself for the rest of your life. You are like a customised time-bomb. If you don’t take care of yourself, you may bring disaster to us at any time. So you must learn to control yourself. It’s best to be like House. He can freely switch between human form and Dragon Blood Man form. And he can maintain sanity at both times.”
The child nodded, “I understand. But I don’t know how long it will take.”
Shan Ming patted his face, “I will help you no matter how long it takes.”
Shan Ming’s casual words warmed the child’s heart. In his heart, Shan Ming is the strongest and most powerful man in the world. With such a father by his side, no matter what happens to him, he will not be afraid. As long as I am with Baba…
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Next update: 2023.–.–
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