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Chapter 257 Best Result

After dealing with Sumari, Joey returned to the lab and picked up the vial of gene serum. A humanoid figure appeared beside Joey, its front end a dark gold color—it was the Golden Experience Requiem.

It inherits the ladybug decorations and long limbs from Gold Experience, but the crown-like shape on its head seems to indicate that it is a being that surpasses all Stands. Removing the armor from its head reveals a sharp skull, with a purple arrow-shaped mark prominently displayed on its forehead.

Its large purple eyes have shed their outer shell, and its body is now more slender. In addition, its body is decorated with plant leaf patterns, and it even has a large heart on its chest and heart-shaped armor on its knees.

Those bright eyes met Joey's gaze, and the two nodded to each other. Joey had already conveyed his thoughts to Gold Experience Requiem, so that even if something went wrong during the use of the gene serum, Gold Experience would be able to correct it.

After preparing everything, Joey handed the gene serum to Gold Experience; how could his own injection precision compare to that of a Stand? He disinfected the vein in his hand with alcohol and then extended it.

Gold Experience's movements were exceptionally precise; the syringe pierced Joey's skin. The gene serum inside the syringe was slowly injected into Joey's body. After a slight stinging sensation, a cool liquid slowly flowed into his body.

At first, he didn't feel anything. However, a few minutes later, an unprecedented heat surged from his arm to his whole body, as if countless energies were coursing through his body, trying to completely devour him.

This energy was intense and domineering, causing Joey to grit his teeth and endure the powerful impact. He felt his muscles swell and his bones crack, as if something was awakening within him, ready to break free of all constraints.

As energy continued to flow in, Joey's brain began to be impacted. He felt his mind become exceptionally clear, as if he could perceive everything in the world. He saw bacteria in the laboratory that were normally imperceptible and heard subtle quantum noise in the air.

The energy didn't stop there; it continued to assault every cell, every organ, and even Joey's genes. Joey felt as if he were being torn apart, the pain unbearable. The process was incredibly agonizing; Joey groaned softly, trying to release his inner agony through sound.

However, Joey also felt his body being constantly strengthened. Just when he thought the genetic evolution would succeed, a mutation occurred. Under his skin, the blood in his veins seemed to flow faster, carrying a strange anxiety and unease that surged through his entire body.

Subsequently, Joey's bodily functions began to gradually decline. His vision blurred, his hearing weakened, and even breathing became extremely difficult. Every breath felt like a desperate battle with death, and every heartbeat was a reminder that life was rapidly slipping away.

The hand-crafted gene serum was significantly less stable than the one controlled by a supercomputer. Joey's genes rapidly collapsed, bringing him to the brink of death.

But the next moment, his body returned to the state it had just been in after the gene serum injection. Joey was naturally prepared for this kind of operation with a certain probability of death; the ability of Gold Experience Requiem, which could bring one infinitely close to reality yet remain unattainable, and could be continuously cycled, had taken effect on him.

Just as Diavolo is trapped in an endless death loop where each death is different, Gold Experience Requiem uses its power to let Diavolo experience his own way of dying in countless timelines.

Joey now uses this ability on himself, allowing him to find the final, true timeline that isn't about death across multiple timelines. It's similar to Doctor Strange using the Time Stone to find the path to victory, except Doctor Strange uses observation, while Joey needs to experience it firsthand.

Diavolo is trapped in a death loop because the Gold Experience Requiem ability is designed to be a reality infinitely close to death, so each loop ends in death. Joey, however, uses it on himself in a different way; he designs a reality infinitely close to the outcome of genetic evolution. Unlike Diavolo, who has countless ways to die, Joey's "reality" has only two possibilities: death from genetic collapse or successful genetic evolution.

When the resulting gene collapses and dies, it enters a new cycle until evolution is successful, at which point the Gold Experience Requiem ability stops. Only someone with perfect mastery of Gold Experience Requiem could pull off this. Of course, someone like Giorno, who had just awakened Requiem and was unaware of this ability, couldn't perform this maneuver.

"Damn it! Hand-made potions... are they really that unstable?" Joey had already died five times and was somewhat numb to the feeling of genetic collapse. He muttered incoherently.

After several more agonizing ordeals, Joey's endurance had increased significantly. This time, Joey didn't feel any genetic collapse; instead, he felt a surge of power throughout his body, and he was finally about to succeed.

"Hmm? You mean this isn't the optimal evolutionary outcome?" Joey sensed the information conveyed by Gold Experience and immediately fell into thought. Gold Experience Requiem possessed its own consciousness, and it was also a manifestation of Joey's spiritual power, like another part of Joey's consciousness that had split off.

"Damn it! Let's keep going." If it were just one or two tries to achieve a successful evolution, Joey would definitely choose to complete the evolution without hesitation. But after so many rounds of torture, Joey was holding his breath. If he didn't choose the best evolution result, wouldn't all this torture have been for nothing?

The gene serum that Joey researched was relatively stable. Apart from the few gene collapses at the beginning, it successfully evolved several times.

A success rate of four out of ten times, or forty percent, is already quite high. Keep in mind that this was a potion Joey concocted by hand without a supercomputer. Without the Stand's mental power to develop his brain and the knowledge provided by Sumari, he certainly couldn't have done it on his own.

It's another timeline, and Joey's genes seem to have triggered something.

"I travel the world on behalf of the gods; where the gods cannot, I can do it all. Justice will never die!"

A voice rang in Joey's ears, a deafening sound that seemed to come from the heavens above, utterly awe-inspiring. With the appearance of the voice,
Golden flames erupted from Joey's body, wisps of black energy rising from it and being burned away by the golden flames. His body was growing stronger, but Joey's expression was extremely ferocious.

It wasn't the pain of evolution, but rather a will that followed this force into his body, attempting to distort his thoughts.

"The unjust are a festering disease, and I am the sharp knife that burns away the rotten flesh." That authoritative female voice echoed in Joey's mind, constantly inspiring him to judge all evil in the world in the name of justice.

Joey also learned the source of the power drawn into his body: the power of Kayle, the angel of justice from Runeterra.

(End of this chapter)