"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. I'll buy you some snacks when we get back."

Xia Shizhao picked up the little white tiger and stuffed it into his bag. He then checked the bandages wrapped in his clothes again and found no problems.

Only then did I feel at ease going down the passage.

Bang--

The door to the secret passage closed automatically.

Xia Shizhao paused slightly, glanced back, and then steeled himself and continued on.

After walking for about ten minutes through the dark passage, Xia Shizhao finally saw the lights.

I cautiously peeked out, but there was no one there.

The pungent smell of formalin solution rushed into their nasal cavities, and Xia Shizhao quickly took out odor-blocking devices and put them on himself and Xiaohu respectively.

Upon closer inspection, one can see the tissues of various animals.

There are other similar organizations.

Xia Shizhao:…………

Looking pale and sickly, he walked inside and came to a cylinder with a diameter of two meters. There, a living creature was gnawing on a lump of meat from some unknown animal.

Xia Shizhao picked up the energy sword and tapped the round glass with his other hand. The creature that was eating raised its head. Its face was covered with fish scales, its eyes seemed to bulge out of their sockets, its lower body had legs similar to a frog but were purplish-black, and its hands that were grabbing the meat were human.

It had a mouthful of fangs, with scarlet bits of flesh clinging to its teeth.

A huge wave surged in his stomach, and Xia Shizhao felt nauseous and dry heaved.

She hasn't touched meat for the past six months.

Bang, bang, bang

The unidentified creature was ramming against the glass like a madman. Xia Shizhao frowned and took a step back, suppressing his instincts to minimize the visual impact. "Can it understand human speech?"

"Ah! Ah!" it cried out in anger, in despair and collapse.

When it opened its mouth, Xia Shizhao discovered that it had no tongue, and its vocal cords seemed to have been poisoned and rendered mute.

I walked around the glass.

"Experimental subject No. 1029, a C-grade omega, a poison frog and a piranha."

Xia Shizhao remained silent for a long time after seeing the tag.

A hint of helplessness flashed in her eyes as she looked at the omega who no longer resembled a human.

What to do? If I save him in this state, no one will accept him, but if I kill him...

Xia Shizhao closed his eyes, stopped looking at him, and continued walking inside.

As a result, they discovered quite a few others like that omega, with their levels increasing as they progressed.

Xia Shizhao even discovered 2S-level omega and alpha.

Standing in front of the two pillars, Xia Shizhao looked at the labels in disbelief at the fish-tailed omega and the snake-tailed alpha.

"Number 15, SS-class omega, mermaid."

"16th SS-level Alpha, Picking Cold Serpent."

She suddenly looked up at the two people in front of her and took a step back.

Both test subjects opened their eyes simultaneously.

Seeing the two react, Xia Shizhao felt a chill run down his spine. The two beast-like eyes were fixed on Xia Shizhao.

The little white tiger stood in front of Xia Shizhao, looking at them with hostility.

"Can you... speak?"

Xia Shizhao hesitated for a moment.

When number 15 placed her hand on the glass, the light blue, subtle webbing on her hand looked quite beautiful.

Xia Shizhao, wary of the two test subjects inside and unaware of what was about to happen, thought: "I don't understand."

Number 15 opened its mouth and emitted a piercing and sharp high-pitched sound.

Xia Shizhao was shocked by the loud noise, and the little white tiger suddenly grew larger, encircling Xia Shizhao in its arms and using its massive body to shield her from the piercing sound.

A sharp pain shot through my head. "Stop! I'm not a staff member here! I'm here to investigate human experimentation!"

Number 15 ignored it and continued to open its mouth wide, emitting sound waves.

Red blood vessels appeared on the white tiger's ears. Xia Shizhao glanced at the control panel on the side, ran over and looked at the hundreds of buttons, found the number 15, and found colorful buttons below it.

Are you crazy? Would it kill you to give me a word if I made the button? Are you trying to defuse a bomb?!

Xia Shizhao, desperate as a last resort, applied the red light, prioritizing his life.

As for how the experiment went, Xia Shizhao didn't care; his own life was more important.

On the 15th, he successfully muted himself and went into a coma.

Electric.

After feeding Xiao Hu the medicine, Xia Shizhao's lips twitched slightly, and he walked towards Number 16, who had a murderous look on his face.

"Calm down, I don't want to hurt you, let's talk this out." After saying that, Xia Shizhao reached into her pocket, took out the identity card belonging to the planet under her jurisdiction, and inserted it into her personal terminal.

Then Xia Shizhao laughed in exasperation.

There is a signal jammer.

He could only show his student ID and say, "We're from Xinglian Military University. We came here specifically to check things out because we noticed something was wrong. Can you talk to us?"

Number 16, with his snake-like vertical pupils, looked at Xia Shizhao, pointed to the black ring around his neck, and then shook his head.

Is it because of the black ring that you can't speak?

Do you know which button to press?

Number 16 was ranked third in the first row.

Black button.

Xia Shizhao stared at the button for a long time, hesitating whether to press it or not.

Number 16 inside the water column quietly watched Xia Shizhao.

"..."

Ten minutes passed silently. Xia Shizhao sighed and clicked the button.

Click—

Black Ring released his grip on Number 16's neck and smashed the glass that was holding her in place with a punch. The translucent blue water found its outlet and gushed out.

The moment Xia Shizhao met his gaze, his whole body tensed up.

He rushed toward Xia Shizhao's neck, but just as he got close, the enlarged white tiger pounced on him and knocked him to the ground. As the white tiger opened its mouth to bite down, Number 16 opened its mouth and bit the white tiger.

The white tiger let out a soft howl and tore off a piece of flesh from Number 16's body. Xia Shizhao's pupils shrank, and he smacked Number 16 on the head, knocking him unconscious. He immediately tied him up with restraints and stuffed two rags that hadn't been washed in who knows how long into his mouth.

Then I immediately checked the white tiger's paws. Its original size, which was as big as an adult tiger, had gradually shrunk to the size of an adult Burmese cat.

Seeing the two round holes on the back of the little white tiger's hand, everything went black.

what to do?

They did not bring the antidote for the cold snake.

Xia Shizhao immediately took off the pendant from his neck and tied it to its hand.

The little white tiger trembled slightly, its fur falling off bit by bit, and it nestled pitifully in Xia Shizhao's arms.

Xia Shizhao's eyes filled with tears. "Xiaohu, I'm sorry."

The little white tiger let out two weak howls.

What to do? The toxicity of the experimental subject was several times stronger than that of the raw snake, and the poisoning had progressed to the fourth day.

Strands of snow-white fur fell out, and the small body lay in the pool of blood, its breathing gradually weakening. Xia Shizhao's mind was a complete mess, and his gaze swept towards number 15 inside the water column.

Legend has it that mermaid blood has healing properties.

Gritting his teeth, regardless of whether it was true or not, Xia Shizhao said in his heart, "I'm being presumptuous."

They immediately activated the black ring number 15 and tied the person up tightly, then gagged them with clean paper.

They carried her down and bled her. The blood from her wrist flowed slowly, and they fed every last drop to Xiaohu.

The constantly tearing wound slowly healed, but it was still much better. Xia Shizhao immediately took out a blood-replenishing medicine and put it into Xiaohu's mouth.

"Waaaaah!!"

When Number 16 woke up from his coma, he saw Number 15, whose face was gradually turning pale, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked furious as if he were tearing Xia Shizhao apart.

Xia Shizhao wasn't in the mood to comfort anyone, so he kicked him so hard that his vision went white. "Behave yourself. If Xiaohu gets into trouble, I'll kill you all and feed you to the poisonous frogs outside."

The recording device on her chest was turned off when Xia Shizhao pressed the button.

If she wanted, whatever happened here would never be known outside this ruined city.

The little white tiger opened its eyes groggily, seemingly having regained some strength, and affectionately licked Xia Shizhao's fingertips.

Xia Shizhao looked at the little tiger with heartache, not daring to touch it.

"It hurts so much..."

A hoarse female voice came out, and Number 15 woke up.

She opened her eyes in confusion and saw Xia Shizhao's subconscious gaze turn fierce.

Seeing that the little white tiger was in much better condition, Xia Shizhao stood up and looked down at them, "You two better behave yourselves. I'm not in the mood to deal with you right now. I want to kill you both."

Her tone was sinister. The little white tiger had never seen her like this before, and it stumbled towards Xia Shizhao.

Xia Shizhao walked over to the white tiger cub, sat down cross-legged, and quietly waited for the cub's wounds to heal.

She'll go back once the bleeding stops; whether or not there's an investigation here is no longer important.

boom--

A loud bang came from outside, and the ground shook violently.

Xia Shizhao then remembered that Commander Qi and the others were planning to blow up the laboratory on the other side.

The communicator emitted a buzzing sound.

"Run!"

"Where did all these poisonous insects come from!"

Run!

"ah!!"

"Is Xiaoyou alright?"

"I got bitten by a scorpion, sis, run!"

...

Hearing the commotion on the other end, he asked, "Hey, Commander Qi? What's the situation over there?"

No one responded to her.

There were screams coming from over there.

Now it's all quiet.

He looked like he was dead.

Number 15 trembled on the ground as he heard the voice from the communicator, seemingly laughing.

Xia Shizhao glanced at her coldly, then walked directly towards her, his energy sword pressed against Number 15's neck.

"Tell me everything you know, or I won't hesitate to interrogate you using unconventional methods."