Chapter 72

Nidos Continent, Holy Spirit Medicine Society, Laboratory

Ever since Cross's big fuss, the atmosphere in the laboratory has become increasingly tense. Research on the mysterious spores and the "holy medicine" that increases their transmission rate has been mostly completed, leaving only the most difficult step - how to preserve the subject's sanity while greatly enhancing their strength after inhaling the spores.

Jeff himself knew that this experiment would not be tolerated by the world until this last step was overcome. Therefore, even if the number of researchers decreased, he was not prepared to absorb new blood.

Since most of the students in the Warlock Academy are descendants of powerful nobles, Pus, who works with him, cannot deceive them and can only use his position to send those civilian warlocks to the laboratory. Therefore, Jeff focuses on the wandering warlocks and the children who have just been detected with bleeding talent.

"How dare you arrest those children? Don't you know that this will cause chaos?! There are several talented people who were scheduled to come to our academy, but in the end, they went to pick them up, and when we asked them, we found out that they were gone!"

"Are you deliberately trying to cause trouble for me? There are rumors about the missing gifted person. Several relatives of students who sent their letters to you have been asking me why I haven't received any replies from their children."

From the empty room with the door closed, a middle-aged man's roar was heard.

Pus stood facing Jeff. Compared to his calmness when facing Rael, he looked irritable now. The dark circles under his eyes and the dark stubble on his chin showed that he had been going through a lot of hardship recently.

Jeff still had that smiling face, and except for the time when Cross made a scene in the laboratory, his expression never changed no matter what happened.

In the past, Pus admired this quality of his, and thought that he was an excellent leader because he did not show his emotions on his face. But now, he realized how irritating he was.

"Laugh, laugh, laugh! It's already this hour and you're still laughing! If our deal is discovered, let alone our great cause, I'm afraid even our lives will be in danger! You've got to clean up this mess for me! I haven't even figured out how to explain Leir's death to that family, and now his brother is dead too. You know how difficult that family is!"

Jeff patted his shoulder and said slowly, "Oh, my old friend, don't be so angry. I'm doing this for your own good, right?"

"Humph, for my own good? How could I not know..."

"Don't be anxious, listen to me. The experiment is only one step away from success, that is, how to keep the experimental subject sane. To break through this point, we will definitely need many experimental subjects for comparison. I know that most of the students in the Warlock Academy are either rich or noble. You have tried to get me those without backgrounds."

"Didn't I target them just to avoid putting you in a difficult position?"

Pus was indifferent: "Haha, that sounds nice. I don't care how you get your experimental subjects, but you can't do that to those children! It's not like there are no wandering warlocks. If it really doesn't work, just catch ordinary people. No one cares where they go anyway."

Jeff paused and replied, "I understand the principle, but for ordinary people... the effect may not be good."

"Haha, don't forget, not all of those above are sorcerers! Have you forgotten the original intention of this experiment after so many years? Our great cause was originally to allow ordinary people to master power. How come you are only working on sorcerers now?"

Jeff was silent for a while, then nodded: "I understand... Don't worry, I won't attack them again."

After getting his assurance, Puss hummed and left.

Behind him, Jeff's expression changed several times, and finally, it froze on that stiff smiling mask again, and he let out a long sigh.

"Alas, I have gone too far in the pursuit of great achievements. If it weren't for my old friend's reminder, I would have almost lost my original intention. Next, I should capture wandering warlocks and ordinary people at the same time..."

After leaving the room, Jeff asked the two men, one deaf and one dumb, guarding the door, "Did anyone pass by here just now?"

The mute one made two "ah-ah" sounds and shook his head. The deaf one, although he could not hear what they were saying, shook his head when he saw the mute one shaking his head.

Seeing this, Jeff nodded with satisfaction.

"Next, it's time to go see my babies. My babies, you are so lucky..."

Jeff walked slowly into the place where the children of the would-be sorcerers were imprisoned. There were still a dozen survivors who had not yet been used for experiments.

They huddled together, trembling, and looked at Jeff with fear and hatred.

"Hahahaha, yes, that's the look in your eyes! Angry, right? Hate me, right? Do you hate me so much that you want to kill me?"

Jeff slapped everyone's face at once, making a loud slapping sound, with a contemptuous and disdainful movement that was extremely insulting.

He grabbed the twins' hair, which was attached to their scalps, and forced them to stand up. "Hate me, hate me. Keep hating me and being afraid of me. This way, you can better withstand the transformation of the holy medicine, hehe..."

One of the twins that was lifted up swung his legs and tried to attack him, but Jeff dodged it swiftly. He roared unwillingly, "Damn pervert, you and your perverted experiment, go to hell! A person like you still wants to succeed? Bah!"

Jeff did not get angry but laughed, and his smile deepened. He grinned, and the corners of his lips almost stretched to his ears, making his face look even more terrifying, like a wax figure that was about to melt.

"You ignorant little thing, this is not some perverted experiment, this is the greatest experiment in the entire continent, enough to subvert the current power system! You should be happy that you were chosen to be the glorious experimental subject. A hundred years later, your name will be engraved on a monument for people to admire."

"Opportunities like this are not often available to children from ordinary families like you. You should be grateful."

Jeff thought to himself for a while, ignored the child's angry scolding, and dragged the two struggling people to the laboratory.

"I heard that twins have a special telepathic connection. I wonder if a miracle will happen during the experiment?"

Although he was smiling, his eyes were so cold, looking at the frightened child as if he were a dead object.

The heavy cyan stone door opened and closed, blocking out the child's distorted wails.

"Lan Nuo, and Lan Nuo's little followers, please go clean the experimental subject's room today."

Another round of experiments ended, and the person who was moving his stiff neck naturally threw this task to Jiang Zhulang and Luo Xia.

After the Cross incident, although Jeff knew that it had "nothing to do" with Jiang Zhulang, he still couldn't help being angry and tacitly allowed his subordinates to exclude them. Every day, he had to clean the experimental room while finishing his work in the laboratory.

The floor, walls, and even the ceiling of the room where the experimental subjects were imprisoned were all spurted with a large amount of yellow-green pus and foul-smelling blood. Originally, the task of cleaning the room fell on the hands of the group of deaf-mute people that Jeff had found, but in order to punish Jiang Zhulang and Luo Xiya, Jeff distributed this task to each researcher.

Thanks to Jiang Zhulang's deeply rooted character of "being obsessed with experiments" in the laboratory, Jeff believes that not allowing him to participate in leading the experiment is an insult to him.

But for Jiang Zhulang——

It's so funny. I don't feel humiliated or angry at all!

There was a layer of transparent air covering the two people's heads, isolating them from the smell.

Jiang Zhulang and Luo Xia chatted idly.

"I have an idea for an enhanced version of the photo bead that can display images and sounds simultaneously, but I'm still missing one material that I don't have in my storage ring collection."

Jiang Zhulang: "I'll be back in the room soon. I asked Cross to buy it and put it in the ring and use the spider to carry it in. It just so happens that he said he has taken over all the assets of the Tiard family and now has plenty of money."

Luo Xiya chuckled: "If he takes over the family, the Tiade family will be finished. The century-old reputation will be destroyed in his hands."

Jiang Zhulang laughed out loud: "You, if he doesn't take over, it will fall into the hands of his annoying brother, which will be even more terrible."

"...Yes, at least he can help transport the materials, so he's not completely useless. Once the materials arrive, I'll be able to refine the completed form in less than two days. Then, I'll just have to wait for the celebration..."