Ship lab.

The question came so suddenly that Tigger was stunned for a moment. On his hand was a black metallic ball that they have been through at each other at a fast pass.

The ball fell off his hand and landed on his feet. With its great density, it caused a lot of pain that snapped Tigger out of his daze.

"Ahhh...!" he flinched but soon calm down.

"I don't know why you are asking but I will be honest with you. If you had asked me this earlier, probably I would have yes out rightly. But now, I have just discovered a lot I can do with my new body." Tigger said.

"Just give your dame answers..!" lyon interrupted him.

After starting his training with Bull, and sometimes even attend to Lyons classes, Tigger had figured out how powerful his tiger form was, it's just that he hasn't been bothered to train with it.

"I will say yes, but am no longer bothered with how I am," Tigger said.

"Well... You can't be said for others... I was only asking because we have just figured out how to turn your kids back to what they were," Nate said walking off as if he was not bothered.

Hearing this both Tigger and Zee's eyes widened in shock. Bull was also surprised that Nate have decided to help the halflings out. Actually, it was Nate himself that told them not to mention Lyons ability to heal the halflings and he now was the one saying it.

"Wait...really?" Tigger went and blocked Nate's path. "I mean, it's impossible right... Ozzie even tried but end up killing them in the process," Tigger said.

"Not just that, this process is painless and also can make you alter at will," Nate said.

"Now that is too good to be true... What machine could do that?" Zee said in doubt.

Nate not wanting to dive deep into the explanation just decided to show the two something.

Rico was called. He was a small boy in his early teens.

Honestly, Tigger and Zee knew who Rico was it's just that they no longer recognize him as what he used to be.

After Lyon told him what to do, Rico right in front of the two started to transform. His transformation was fast and in a matter of one second, he was through with it.

Both Tigger and Zee took a step back in shock.

"Pig...?!" the two said in unison.

Almost instantly, the ground beneath them starts to get soft and muddy as their legs sink into it. Zee was able to jump out of it but Tigger was still lost that he couldn't react.

"That's no longer my name... I am Rico and that's what you share call me," Rico said.

Rico's form was a pig-like beast and he has some special power. The ability to transform the soil into mud. The power might seem useless but it was great when trying to slow down your opponent and gives you more opportunities to strike.

Finally, Tigger seems not to be doubting it anymore. They all knew who Rico was but they knew him as Pig. It was strong that he suddenly disappeared.

Normally, they won't go out to look for him because once someone disappears, either they have decided to switch sides or they have been killed by the humans who despise halflings.

It won't make any sense if they were to gather some people in looking for one person only to be killed also. However, what they didn't know was that Pig was still a kid.

"How is the process being done?" Tigger asked with interest.

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Meanwhile, somewhere else in the sea, a cargo ship carrying a large purple glowing rock could be seen. This time though, it was daytime and there was no storm in sight.

Things couldn't have been going more southern for the matrix. Ever since they arrived into this world, they haven't for once have the test of victory in their mouth.

Starting from the first attack they unleash on Nate down to the last, it has been them all defeated. This progress though has been annoying the skull head man but the position he was in at the moment wasn't like before he could voice out anymore.

The five matrix have grown up to fight back at him and he couldn't do anything about it, not like he would kill could kill them. Even if he could, he wouldn't be trying such things because they are his last hope of getting revenge.

Just now, they have finished yet another long meeting decision about their next cause of action.

Taking over the ship was far easier than before. And not only that, they have discovered a few helpful things on the ship.

One was that majority of the ship is some sort of research lab where the matrix was shocked to see different gadgets on. So many things that they couldn't explain.

However, with time, Green has been studying the types of equipment on the ship while learning a few things.

He learned that the meteorite outside of the ship was currently being used by the labs to run an experiment and together, the five matrix are going to look at the experiment.

Everyone on the ship was now under their command, an in among them were a lot of superhumans and altered humans as well.

Right now, a man was currently leading them into a particle room and for them to reach there, they have to pass through a few hallways in the road.

Inside the ship was incredibly big and it might even take someone an entire day to walk through the ship. On the way, Green would spot a few things and will ask questions about them which the person leading them will answer truthfully...

They have eventually passed through a large glass container with humans trapped inside. It was a strong sight to see because not only are they humans but some parts of them seem inhuman.

"What are those things?" Mia was the one that asked this time. Although Green know what it was that was the reason he didn't even ask, he still allowed the man to answer the question.

"They are called halflings... It's a crossbreed experiment we have been working on for a long time. We have been trying to create some altered humans of our own but not all of the process was a success with the majority of them ending up like this. A half human half beast," The man explained.

"Are they dead?" Mia asked.

"No...they have been forced to a hibernation state to prevent them from raking havoc on the ship. We still hope to re-experiment on them to try to correct the mistakes," the man continues to explain.

Eventually, they have arrived at their destination. It was an oval-shaped room that was quite wide and had a lot of space in it that was as if the strange container that has so many human figures in each.

The containers were filled with green liquid. Looking at it closely, Mia and the others noticed that they were zombies.

"So...what is it in here?" Kai asked looking around, but it was then their eyes fall onto a particular container that stood out the most. This was because, inside the container, it has a metal nets barricade.

On the inside also was a zombie and it has so many wires attached to its body while some green liquid was being drained out of its body.

The zombie's head twisted back as his face was looking directly at them.

"Ohhh... A strange face...I thought the boss will visit today," the zombie said as he looked at the matrix with a smile.

"It...it can talk...!!!" Kai shouted stepping back and so did the others. Seeing a talking zombie was bring the memoirs of a particular person to them.