"The Near-Complete Asset?!"
Experts from Aurelius Bio-Genetics and The Deep-Web Medical Syndicate shot to their feet, staring at Specimen Fourteen's pod with unbridled fanaticism.
A near-complete asset.
It was actually a more mature biological specimen than Specimen Seven.
Even the ship's personnel who had previously managed Specimen Seven widened their eyes, staring at Specimen Fourteen in absolute disbelief.
They had assumed Specimen Seven was the pinnacle of this research.
They never imagined there was a Specimen Fourteen, one so much closer to a flawless completion.
What exactly was this Specimen Fourteen?!
One of the experts couldn't hold back. "Ms. Panacea, can its stability be maintained indefinitely?"
“How much of a burden does this level of neural modification place on the physical body?"
"If we can obtain its complete observational logs, could we reverse-engineer how it survives this kind of alteration?"
The rapid-fire questions came one after another.
The other experts desperately chimed in, demanding answers.
Serena, however, displayed zero emotional reaction to their chaotic excitement.
She merely kept her head down, cross-referencing the logs and occasionally pointing out a data metric for the medical team to double-check.
Which conclusions were backed by evidence, and which questions remained unanswerable with the current data.
She systematically addressed them all.
She didn't mention Aria Wynn once.
She played the part perfectly-a hired consultant doing exactly what the ship paid her to do.
“Specimen Seven's greatest flaw was rejection," she explained.
"The nervous system couldn't sustain the enhanced physical body long-term, leading to emotional collapse, neural riots, and chemical dependency."
She pulled up Specimen Fourteen's data. "But as you can see with Fourteen the rejection märkers have been suppressed below the critical threshold."
"However, when I say it's a near-complete asset, that does not mean it is entirely devoid of flaws."
The experts remained practically vibrating with excitement.
Even if it was only near completion... that was more than enough!
Anyone in their line of work knew just how agonizingly impossible it was to take semi-finished assets to this stage.
What did a near-mature advanced specimen mean?
It meant someone had successfully dragged theoretical science into horrifying reality.
Even if they couldn't acquire the manufacturing blueprint.
Just the neural mapping and raw biological data inside Specimen Fourteen would save certain research and development labs countless years of dead ends.
"So, what exactly is it?" someone finally asked the million-dollar question. “What was this living asset genuinely created to do?"
Serena lifted her gaze. “There is a collective term for human specimens of this nature."
She raised a hand and lightly tapped the transparent glass of Specimen Fourteen's pod. "Obsidian Augments."
Obsidian Augments?
The term sent a heavy wave of solemnity through the crowd.
The Cloaked Figure from Obsidian Sun, hidden beneath his hood, turned a shade paler.
He stared at Serena in utter disbelief.
He never expected this so-called Panacea to know the highly classified internal terminology they used for their assets.
She actually knew these human specimens were Obsidian Augments.
Just how much did she really know?!
Up on the auction stage, Serena's
cold, clear voice continued. "The concept of an Obsidian Augment relies on chemical compounds and neural modulation to achieve superhuman enhancement."
“By fundamentally restructuring the neural cells, it forces the subject to shatter
normal human physiological limits."
"That is the effect of the serum.
They feel no pain, possess
devastating strength, and have
lightning-fast reflexes. Their physical
endurance and regenerative capabilities far exceed the realm of
ordinary humans."