In the system, Ethan Shaw is referred to as a berserker, but in reality, his seemingly mad actions are actually executed with cold, calculated precision. His only advantage now is that he knows his strength even in these extreme circumstances. The one truly mad figure chasing him at high speed from behind is Trinity the Great. When a person is in a state of madness, they cannot plan for the future, and Ethan takes advantage of this flaw, swiftly weaving through the rushing traffic. He calculates the speed of the cars and his own, using extreme counterflow to dodge and maneuver. If he didn’t, Trinity the Great would have caught him long ago.

Trinity the Great is hindered by the oncoming traffic. The sounds of road rage and honking fill the air. Although the distance between them is closing, his body is beginning to show signs of strain. Under increasing pressure, he finally makes a fatal mistake. A speeding sedan collides with him. Despite the car’s emergency brake and a chain reaction of rear-end collisions, Trinity the Great is still knocked off course.

The collision doesn’t cause him serious harm, but it resets his speed. When he picks up speed again, he discovers that Ethan Shaw has already seized a two-wheeled electric vehicle. This vehicle has a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour, but its endurance is superior. Trinity, now only slightly faster than 50 kilometers per hour, watches helplessly as Ethan, with his advantage in speed and the crushing mental strain, gradually pulls ahead. Finally, Trinity gives up. Slowing to a crawl, he watches in defeat as his prey escapes. His one failure proves fatal.

Without hope, Trinity lies back on the busy street, gazing up at the sky, his eyes lifeless like a frozen tree frog. No normal person can become a close-combat king. Watching a life explode under his blade, Trinity feels no fear of death. Instead, he faintly anticipates what the mysterious afterlife might be like—whether heaven or hell.

A kind-hearted individual calls an ambulance when they see his bleeding nose. He can’t be bothered to wipe it off, savoring the strange near-death experience brought by despair.

Ten minutes later, the ambulance arrives. The doctors shout in his ear, but he ignores them. Everything has lost its meaning.

The doctors signal to the nursing robots to get him into the ambulance, and Trinity is taken to the hospital.

Along the way, he receives a message from Ethan Shaw: "You lost."

Ten seconds later, Trinity replies, "Mm, I lost. You… are impressive."

Ethan Shaw: "You’ll die from complete organ failure in about three days, unless something unexpected happens."

Trinity: "Oh? I thought I only had three hours left."

Ethan Shaw: "Not quite. I still have use for your life. We can make a deal. Let me first explain: If a person has a 100-year lifespan, that’s equivalent to 36,500 days. You have only three days left, meaning I’ve shortened your life by 10,000 times. Three days—that’s 72 hours. If you choose to hibernate, waking up one hour every year, you can live for 72 years. If you wake up one hour every month, you can live for another seven years. Do you choose to die in three days, or seven years from now?"

Trinity: "Is that calculation reliable?"

Ethan Shaw: "I can't guarantee it's 100% reliable, but you have no other options. You’re alive, and I want your three weapons. Don’t let these invaluable items be destroyed. My offer in return is to provide you with this idea and protect your safety. Right now, I’m the one who cares most about your life because I want your treasures."

After a moment of thought, Trinity opens his eyes and tells the nearby doctor, "Take me to the Frog Corp."

The Frog Corp is the only company in the world that possesses human cryogenic technology, and it has a branch in Wu City, one of the world's major cities.

Human cryogenics is a technology that attempts to extend human life or treat diseases by cooling the human body to extremely low temperatures. It sounds magical, but it’s actually very difficult because:

• The human body is made up of many different parts, and each part reacts differently to freezing. If the freezing process is not done properly, it could cause severe damage to cells and tissues, sometimes beyond repair.

• The water in the human body turns into ice during freezing, which can rupture cell membranes, causing cell death. To prevent this, cryogenics uses a special liquid, called cryoprotectant, to replace the body’s water. However, this liquid can also be harmful to the body, causing toxicity or immune reactions.

• Cryogenics requires a lot of energy and equipment and requires strict monitoring and management. Currently, only four institutions in the world offer this service, and the cost is extremely high. Furthermore, the storage and maintenance of frozen bodies require long-term investment and protection to avoid accidents or risks.

• Cryogenics raises many legal, ethical, and religious issues, such as the life and death status of frozen people, their rights and obligations, inheritance and family matters, revival and treatment, adaptation, and reintegration. These issues remain unanswered.

The Frog Corp has solved all these problems, except for the ethical ones, and can even revive completely frozen human bodies anywhere and anytime. It has been certified by the major medical regulatory bodies of the world.

Ethan Shaw arrives at the door of a transparent surgical observation room. Inside, a medical procedure is taking place. With the patient’s consent, the procedure is being demonstrated to those interested in the surgical process of tumor removal.

This patient has already been completely frozen. This process cannot be shown to the public as it involves company secrets. The technology to freeze and unfreeze the body uniformly remains a mystery.

The surgery requires no incision—only a small needle-like channel is made in the frozen body. 1024 beams of blue lasers focus on the tumor from every direction. While the lasers pass through the body, they do not thaw the frozen tissue. But when the beams converge on the tumor, the tumor vaporizes instantly. The vaporized tumor is then expelled through the needle-like channel.

In this particular case, the patient’s entire kidney is being removed, and an artificial kidney will be implanted. The original kidney evaporates under the dazzling 1024 lasers, and a small nano-envelop is injected into the space where the kidney was. The envelope expands to the size of a kidney, and tiny artificial kidney cells are introduced through the needle. These cells lack any features that the immune system can recognize and, within a few days, will self-organize into a new, healthy kidney. After a few days, the surgery is complete, and the patient will be revived from the frozen state. This is currently the world’s most advanced organ replacement technology.

The Frog Corp can renew all major organs in the human body. However, if too many organs are replaced at once, coordination issues arise. This problem has not yet been resolved, so the company cannot save patients who are critically ill.

To the world, the chairman of Crescent Wellness is far more important than the relatively unknown Ethan Shaw, so this surgery is being observed by him and his company. After the surgery, the crowd of onlookers gradually disperses, leaving only Ethan Shaw and Zhou Shirong behind.

Zhou Shirong complains, "You’re so lucky, just clap and leave, and I’m left to clean up after 43 security guards who died. Their families have surrounded Crescent Wellness, making it impossible to operate. Our stock price has dropped 50%, and investors say the company is cursed. Even the consumers are no longer buying, and distributors have started to boycott our products."

Ethan Shaw replies indifferently, "I just made a simple choice between the lives of 43 strangers and my own."

Zhou Shirong: "Now, the board wants me to step down, and the securities commission is asking me to explain why the company has been in this state twice. Long story short, you can't become the head of the investment department. Everyone's watching."

Ethan Shaw: "It’s fine. I’ll convince every member of the board one by one."

Zhou Shirong: "How will you convince them?"

Ethan Shaw gives a strange smile. "Follow me."

They step into the corridor outside the surgical building, where a three-meter-high osmanthus tree is in full bloom. The golden flowers fill the air with a captivating fragrance.

Ethan Shaw raises his right hand, wearing the Trinity outfit, and silently extends the invisible "Sekkō Sword," slashing at the osmanthus tree. In front of Zhou Shirong, the tree is instantly severed in two, falling to the ground with a muffled sound.

Zhou Shirong is startled. "This..."

Ethan Shaw sheaths the Sekkō Sword and says, "There are ten more members on the board, and ten more trees to fall. After that, I’ll have all the power. They will fear me, just as you do. They will be terrified whenever I raise my hand."

Zhou Shirong looks at the clean cut of the osmanthus tree, a chill running down his spine. It seems Ethan Shaw has a lot more mysterious weapons he hasn’t seen before.

The world kissed me with pain and asked me to respond with a song. Such a thing doesn't exist, unless the person is that migrant worker, Ma Liangcai. This guy last time received $20,000 from Ethan Shaw, did some small business and got scammed a lot, and recently came to ask Ethan Shaw if there were any job opportunities. After hearing about how he was deceived, Ethan found it amusing and, in a good mood, actually gave him a job opportunity—driving for himself.

When Ethan offered this position, Liangcai hadn’t yet learned to drive. After three days of training, he was ready to hit the road. Wealthy people are really this indulgent—hiring a rookie driver. For some reason, Ethan felt that having this goofy guy around was a great backdrop. Ethan asked Ma Liangcai to join Crescent Wellness as his driver for the Investment Department. Ma Liangcai was quite familiar with Crescent Wellness, as he saw their various drinks every day, from cola to fruit juice to herbal tea. These brands had been around for decades, making Crescent Wellness a very reliable company, though recently their stock price had dropped 50% due to a special incident. Ma Liangcai still thought he'd found a very reliable job. A monthly salary of $3,000—if he could keep this job for life, that would be perfect.

Finally, it was time for Ma Liangcai to drive Ethan to work. Ma Liangcai was full of smiles, in stark contrast to Ethan’s neutral expression as he walked. Ma Liangcai eagerly opened the car door for Ethan, who got in without hesitation. Ma Liangcai slammed the door shut and casually remarked, “Boss, the car is nice, but the door is really heavy. I’ve never encountered a door this heavy in other cars.”

Ethan smiled but said nothing. The car, though appearing like an ordinary $500,00 sedan, was actually custom-built by a special car modification shop. Its bulletproof standards were on par with those used for government officials. The doors and windows were extremely sturdy. Ma Liangcai, having never seen such a thing, thought it was just an ordinary car.

In today’s world of omnipresent AI, there was a faction in the automotive industry that strictly adhered to mechanicalism, and this car was almost entirely mechanical. Ethan didn’t know why others chose mechanicalism, but he knew his reason. According to his physics knowledge, if a simple flashlight could emit neutron radiation as intense as a bullet, then handheld EMP weapons would also be viable. If enemies disabled electronic devices via an EMP, Ethan didn’t want his car to lose control at 125 mph because of it.

Whoever created the Dark Forest Theory, the essence of the system was brutal. All Ethan could do was focus on every detail and, as quickly as possible, strengthen himself and become more alert.

“Boss, how long have you been with this company?” Ma Liangcai asked cautiously while driving.

Ethan: “It’s my first day at work. I don’t even know where my office is.”

Ma Liangcai was surprised. “Huh? Then how did you become the CEO? I heard you're the president.”

Ethan: “I’m good friends with the chairman. We’ve been through thick and thin.”

Ma Liangcai thought he understood and said, “Ah, so you’ve got a strong background!”

Ethan smiled. “Absolutely.”

Ma Liangcai: “If the background’s strong, I’ll feel more secure. I was thinking of using this stable job to find a wife and settle down in Wu City.”

Ethan didn’t react much, as his expression was hard to read, but Ma Liangcai didn’t mind, knowing that many powerful people acted this way.