Seven died, six survived—but not a single one had become an ability user.

Previously, the Hope Camp had left these test subjects to their own devices, with a survival rate of just ten percent. Now? Nearly fifty percent had made it through.

Ray allowed himself a small, satisfied smile. His "surgery" had clearly worked.

"I really can intervene in human evolution," he murmured to himself. "Today was only my second attempt, and I've already boosted the survival rate from ten percent to nearly fif