"Cough cough cough..."

Xia Shizhao turned to the side and coughed violently, his mouth filled with the taste of medicine.

What a disgusting medicine! What's stuffed in it? It tastes both bitter and sweet, just like the Chinese medicine I used to drink. And then I think there's even feces in the medicine.

yue.

She glanced weakly at the woman in the white coat, who looked at her with smiling eyes and said:

"Hey, you're awake. You've been asleep for four days. I thought you were going to die."

"You sound like you'd love for me to die."

Xia Shizhao sat up against the bed, his voice mocking.

"That won't do. The boss wants me to keep you alive. I'll be punished if you die."

After saying that, the woman took the syringe and walked towards Xia Shizhao. "Don't move around. I'm giving you some nutritional supplements. I'll have someone bring you something light later."

Where is she?

"Is this the boss? He's gone to take care of some trash."

"I didn't expect it to be so busy."

Xia Shizhao gave a slight sneer.

"Yeah, so it's pretty strange that she still has time to mess with you. What did you do to provoke her like this? Tell me, I'm quite interested."

The woman rested her chin on her hand, her eyes sparkling like autumn water, looking like a gentle and harmless rabbit. Xia Shizhao sneered, "You and Ye Qiuling are cut from the same cloth. If you knew, I'd probably be in an even worse situation. Or are you already thinking of ways to deal with me?"

The woman was taken aback at first, then clapped her hands appreciatively, "Oh wow, you're quite clever. I really like your personality, but unfortunately you've offended the boss, so there's nothing I can do about it."

Then she turned and went to the lab table to find something. Xia Shizhao saw the scar on the back of her neck, which was the location of the gland. She used to be an omega.

Removing the gland is painful, and since the gland is inside the neck, surgery is very dangerous. Judging from her condition, it doesn't look like a normal surgical procedure.

"I haven't experimented on any S-class omega yet, so I'll try it on you. Maybe you'll even benefit from it."

The woman took out a small syringe containing a clear liquid.

Xia Shizhao's face was pale as he stared at the syringe, his throat tightening, and he spoke in a dry voice, "What is this? What are you going to do to me?"

"Don't worry, this won't kill you. If there are any problems or aftereffects, the best you'll get is some discomfort or disorder during the fever period."

"I asked you what this is?"

Xia Shizhao screamed.

"Ouch, my ears, you omegas kept by nobles are so noisy."

The woman's face looked a little pale. She rubbed her aching ears, pressed down on the frantically struggling Xia Shizhao, and inserted the cold needle into the back of Xia Shizhao's neck, injecting liquid into her glands.

What is this?

Xia Shizhao looked at her weakly, tears welling in his eyes, his whole body trembling.

"A potion to enhance mental strength, but it's never worked. I tested it on an omega who committed a crime before, and it all failed," the woman paused, then whispered in her ear, "The best-case scenario is that you feel slightly uncomfortable, and the worst-case scenario is that your mental body collapses and you become a piece of trash."

"You...ah..."

His vision was distorted, and his brain felt like it was being pricked with needles. Xia Shizhao curled up in pain, his head throbbing so badly it felt like it was going to explode.

The woman stood to the side, coldly watching Xia Shizhao roll around, then turned her head to carefully observe the fluctuating data on the machine, recording the changes in her notebook.

An hour later, the pain subsided, and Xia Shizhao, covered in cold sweat, felt as if he had been pulled out of the water. The wound on his palm was torn open again, and the sweat made it ache. There was a metallic taste in his mouth, and his beautiful lips were now marred by a hideous wound.

Completely exhausted, she collapsed limply on the bed, motionless.

"Okay, I made it through one time. My mental strength, which was about to drop to A, improved by two points. I guess I succeeded. Thank you for your hard work."

"Thank you for your hard work, old man."

Xia Shizhao spoke weakly.

"Sorry, I don't have an uncle or an aunt."

The woman in the white coat answered with a smile and left the room. A moment later, she came in with a bowl of white porridge. "Let me feed you, as a way of making up for it, haha."

"I won't eat it."

After Xia Shizhao finished speaking, he closed his eyes and refused to talk to anyone.

"You can't skip this, there's another test coming up later, I need to check your daily limit."

Xia Shizhao, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and glared at her fiercely, "I hope you die a violent death soon."

"I don't know how long I can live, but you will definitely die within half a month."

The woman forced a bottle of recovery potion down his throat, pinching his chin open. She looked down at Xia Shizhao and said, "And you don't seem to understand the situation. From the very first day you were captured, your life was no longer in your own hands."

After a brief standoff, Xia Shizhao relented. She lowered her eyes and spoke softly:

"Give me the food, I'll eat it myself."

"That's more like it."

The woman smiled with satisfaction, handed the white porridge to her, and ignored Xia Shizhao as she turned to the control panel to record data.

Suppressing his nausea, Xia Shizhao sipped the porridge, then sat on the bed watching the woman bustling around. "What's your name? I need to know the name of the person who killed me before I die, right?"

"Huh? So you'll turn into a ghost and haunt me? Just haunt the boss, don't haunt me, I'm just a poor researcher."

The woman said that, but handed her a postcard.

Fu Ziran.

Xia Shizhao suddenly looked up, "You're that SS-level omega who disappeared ten years ago? The genius pharmacist?"

"genius……"

Fu Ziran snorted coldly, "Disappeared? Is that their explanation?"

She took off her mask, revealing one side of her face as delicate and flawless as an angel, and the other side as ugly as a demon, with unevenness caused by the growth of wounds.

Xia Shizhao looked at her calmly, not intimidated by her appearance, and asked indifferently, "Is there something going on?"

I won't tell you.

Fu Ziran shrugged.

"I can heal your face."

Xia Shizhao looked into her eyes and said seriously.

"Pfft, so I won't betray my boss. Put away your little schemes. I don't care about my face right now. As long as my spirit recovers, I can heal myself."

"I didn't say I wanted you to betray Ye Qiuling. I just wanted to live a less painful life during this time."

Xia Shizhao walked barefoot to her side, his voice seductive, and said leisurely, "Or are you afraid that I will pose some kind of threat to you?"

"I have nothing to fear on my turf, but you're not capable enough to heal my face, kid."

Fu Ziran looked at Xia Shizhao with a mocking expression. "If you can make an SS-level repair potion at your age, I might beg the boss to spare your life. Of course, if you can make one that's close to S-level, I'll plead for you. Not for any other reason than that you're a genius, and I admire geniuses."

Xia Shizhao smiled slightly and looked at her confidently, saying, "SS is not possible now, but S is still no problem. It's about the same level of difficulty as the recovery potion. I can make it after a few more tries."

Snap, snap.

Applause came from the doorway. Ye Qiuling leaned against the door and looked at Xia Shizhao with a teasing expression. "When did you, a frail young lady, learn to make potions? You've become quite capable in the two years since I last saw you."

"You can improve, but I can't? You're quite hypocritical, sister."

Xia Shizhao retorted with a smile.

Ye Qiuling looked at her for a while, then looked at Fu Ziran, who looked flustered, and said, "Put away your looks-obsessed nature. I left her with you so you could treat her well."

"Understood, boss."

With his pupils dilated, Xia Shizhao clutched his neck and collapsed to the ground, feeling dizzy.

"It hurts so much," Xia Shizhao gasped for breath, tears streaming down his face.

Fu Ziran put away the syringe with a slight pang of reluctance, standing motionless as she watched Xia Shizhao bang his head against the wall and harm himself. Ye Qiuling watched coldly for a while before turning and leaving the room.

With a sigh, Fu Ziran helped Xia Shizhao to the bed and began a new round of torment.

"The duration is fifty minutes, and the mental state will rise by two points. Another injection will be given after half an hour."

"The duration is half an hour, and there is no change in the mental state. Another injection will be given after half an hour."

"······"

"The duration was ten minutes, and there was no change in the mental state. The drug has lost its effectiveness."

Seeing Xia Shizhao completely faint from the pain, Fu Ziran, covered in sweat, stopped and studied the six sets of data she had recorded for a while.

The first experiment was unexpected; the drug failed instead of the subject collapsing. This seemingly frail omega actually managed to survive until the sixth round of testing.

However, the medication needs to be refilled.

After an unknown amount of time, Xia Shizhao, who had been unconscious for a while, weakly called out, "...Hey, I want some water."

"Here we come, hold on!"

After drinking the water, Xia Shizhao, who was slightly dehydrated, cleared his throat. "The ingredients include Fire Spirit Grass, Wood Shu Flower... This time you can reduce the amount of Wood Shu Flower you use, just 5 milligrams will do."

After scrutinizing Xia Shizhao for a while with a look of inquiry in her eyes, Fu Ziran decided to re-prepare the medicine according to her instructions.