Gene Lock, activate!

  Every cell felt like it was burning, his heart roaring like an internal combustion engine. The sensation of transformation made Lu Ce acutely aware that something unprecedented was happening to his body.

  And with it came power!

  The metal shattered, the sturdy alloy handcuffs that could securely hold a bull exploded, steaming, as his arm, boiling like a cauldron, rose high.

  In the Female Doctor's astonished pupils, the cold gleam of snapping metal was reflected.

  Their bodies sprang up like leopards, roles reversed, and the Female Doctor was pinned to the bed.

  Seizing the knife, twisting his body, it all happened in one seamless motion, as if he had practiced it countless times.

  The previous frivolity in his eyes had vanished completely. After regaining his freedom, Lu Ce didn't utter another word. His eyes flashed with a wolf-like ferocity as he picked up the knife and forcefully stabbed it towards the woman's exposed chest!

  That was where her heart was.

  At this moment, the audience who had been eagerly watching the live stream, thinking it was some kind of perverted show, realized something was amiss.

  [Wait... isn't something wrong here?]

  [Is there a problem? And how did he suddenly break those handcuffs?]

  [It's all an act, but I wonder what the plot is next. Are they switching to the traditional male-on-top position now?]

  But at this moment, the two people at the center of everyone's attention knew this was no joke. The Female Doctor's eyes were filled with horror as she desperately grabbed Lu Ce's knife-wielding hand, unable to believe how the man in front of her had broken free.

  "Carbon-based life form... eighteen years old... physical energy low... impossible, what did you do?!"

  Her sharp voice echoed in the room, veins bulging on her forehead like a struggling beast.

  But Lu Ce remained completely unmoved, one leg pressed against her abdomen, his hand exerting continuous force, the dagger pressing down despite her struggles.

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  The sharp blade had already cut into the soft flesh of her chest, but the shape that could drive countless men mad had no effect on Lu Ce. He was like a precision machine, determined to slaughter his prey.

  "Don't, don't, it's just a game, nothing will happen."

  Seeing that Lu Ce was unmoved, the Female Doctor panicked, quickly putting on a flattering smile and pleading: "This is the Chosen's Paradise, you're a Chosen One, this is just an initial test.

  You passed! You did great, and you'll get lots of rewards after this! You must be curious about what's going on, right? Let me go, I know everything, you can ask me anything!

  Tell me what you want! I can agree to anything, I'm yours, you can do whatever you want..."

  In her panicked voice, her tone shifted several times, from pleading to flattery, even to bribery and seduction, but Lu Ce's expression didn't change at all. He just kept his eyes fixed on the knife in his hand.

  The woman beneath him held no interest for him, her nearly half-naked clothes and pitiful words only made him press down on the knife with both hands.

  Lu Ce knew that with his ability to break the handcuffs, the fact that this woman could resist him proved she was no ordinary person.

  Life or death, no need for words.

  Blood seeped out, life slowly ebbing away.

  "You can't kill me, I'm..."

  Crack!

  That was the sound of the dagger piercing through the sternum, nailing the heart, sealing her unfinished words forever in her mouth.

  Only then did Lu Ce look into her wide-open eyes and speak his first words after breaking free.

  "I've been an orphan since I was a child, surviving wasn't easy.

  All these years, I've learned one thing... never hand over your chance to live to someone else!"

  After saying this, the sharpness in his eyes vanished instantly, his body went limp, collapsing into the still-warm embrace of the woman beneath him.

  "Declarations of victory like this should be made after the opponent is truly dead, haha."

  He forced a laugh, looking at his now vanished right leg, and found it hard to laugh anymore.

  During the life-and-death crisis earlier, his mind was crystal clear: only by killing the enemy could he survive. But now, his mind was in turmoil.

  What game? What test? Why did his leg suddenly disappear?

  Clenching his fist, the extreme power brought by the Gene Lock gave Lu Ce some confidence.

  He turned to look at the screen in the air connected to the so-called "live broadcast," seeking some answers.

  On the big screen, which had been briefly silent due to the shock of the sudden change, it had now exploded with activity.

  [Game? What game, does this mean we're Chosen Ones too? After all, why did this video appear out of nowhere in front of me?]

  [It appeared out of nowhere on my computer, and I can't close it.]

  [Reported to the police.]

  After a quick glance, he only found some fragmented information. Then, the entire room began to shake, and the big screen went dark, crashing into Lu Ce's eyes.

  Lu Ce was startled, instinctively wanting to react, but his body was completely unresponsive, as if floating in space.

  In front of him was a data stream resembling a space-time tunnel, with a strange mechanical voice in his ears, accompanied by lines of text appearing out of thin air.

  [Initial Game Over, Welcome to the Global Large-Scale Game—Chosen's Paradise!]

  [Initial Selected Count: 14569812]

  [Initial Participants: 1652348]

  [Completion Count: 926357, Note: Initial levels do not result in true death, but non-completers will lose game qualifications.]

  [Perfect Clearance Count: 3549!]

  [Your Initial Clearance Rating: SSS Rank, Perfect Clearance! Current Consecutive Perfect Clearances: 1]

  [Reward Settlement in Progress...]

  "Damn..." Looking at the lines of text before him, Lu Ce was dumbfounded.

  Only now did he truly realize what it meant for the "world to change."

  [Special Event Triggered: Killed Initial Divine Role Guide, Earned Achievement Badge: God Slayer.]

  [Special Event Triggered: Seized A-003 Level Sealed Artifact—Sensory Manipulator, Item is Special, Recovered, Rewarded with Equivalent Sealed Artifact, Placed in Backpack.]

  [Initial Reward Points: 3000.]

  [Initial Reward Items: Intermediate Healing Potion*3, Placed in Backpack.]

  [Your Current World Ranking: 1/726357.]

  [Rankings update with each game, continuous perfect performance and high rankings will bring surprises~ Keep it up.]

  "Am I... the world's number one?"

  Lu Ce stared at the "1/726357" in front of him, dazed and lost in thought...