Two more months passed, and by the time a batch of mice had not mutated, Pink Rose had already begun to suffer from anemia.
Emperor Xiu brought a different rabbit, and Pink Rose couldn't help but gag as she took a bite, asking in confusion, "When did rabbit blood become so awful?"
No one could answer him, since neither Emperor Xiu nor 001 drank blood and didn't know what normal rabbit blood tasted like to vampires.
This time, he specifically chose a black-eyed rabbit, which was good; it hadn't mutated. Di Xiu casually gave it the carrots that came with the rabbit food he bought as an extra treat.
"Ugh—ugh—my ugh—clothes, let go—" Pink Rose stood straight, the blood she vomited all going onto her skirt.
001 looked at her sympathetically and asked Di Xiu, "Who are you planning to use for your experiments?"
Di Xiu looked at the remaining five vials of reagent and fell into deep thought.
Are all monkeys protected animals in this world?
"...some are, some are not."
Emperor Xiu went to catch monkeys.
Six hours later...
"Yue... What is this smell? Are you deliberately messing with me? This blood smells rotten. I would rather die than drink it."
An hour later, Pink Rose was vomiting and had diarrhea, as if she saw God beckoning to her.
Di Xiu didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
He mercifully granted the pink rose, who had been standing for half a year, a brief period of freedom, and then gave the listless monkey a big meal before locking it up to observe whether there would be any aftereffects.
Ten minutes later, 001 sat on Di Xiu's neck, howling and wailing, hugging his head, and kicking his short legs against his hands that were holding the syringe.
"Little Xiu Xiu, don't do anything rash. If you kill yourself, what will I do if something happens? What will happen to our mission? If you become a vampire, our mission will be over."
001, adhering to the principle of "better to kill the enemy than myself," loudly suggested in his ear, "Let's fight for the female lead."
Di Xiu: It seems... to be a good idea.
Seeing that he was softening, 001 pressed on while the iron was hot, saying, "Anyway, we're going to take revenge on the female lead, so what's one more shot? She's lived in human society for so long, it's good to let her make the most of her remaining time."
Let's get started, and it's still daylight.
Di Xiu caught the Pink Rose, who had failed to escape, and kept her there. He then checked the temporary accommodations for the experimental animals before driving off to take care of business.
One of the rules of the vampires is that they must not arbitrarily invade the territory of others. However, since they only respect the territory of their own kind, Emperor Xiu no longer needed to be polite in this regard and once again stepped onto the territory of the Albert family.
Locke's castle is located in an ancient and dense forest, with a barrier separating its boundaries. Ordinary humans who approach it will become dizzy and disoriented, and will then leave on their own. Over time, it has inevitably acquired a legendary aura.
Protected by the forest, the Albert family's vampires can hunt during the day, but the sweltering heat and the occasional slivers of light falling from the forest are always quite annoying. So even the blood servants who hunt for their masters only come out at dusk.
The story of vampires is always inseparable from roses. Locke's castle is planted with large swathes of red roses, which are fragrant and charming.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was blazing, and the castle was very quiet. Most of the vampires had already fallen asleep, leaving only a few blood slaves cleaning the castle so that the vampires could get their hands on it as soon as they woke up.
Blood slaves are a group of humans who voluntarily serve the vampires.
Emperor Xiu scanned the area with his divine sense and quickly found his target.
In the castle garden, a human girl in a white dress, like a pure white rose, walks among the blooming red roses.
Suddenly, she let out a soft cry, and a faint scent of blood dissipated. Fortunately, the vampires in the castle were still asleep, and she was safe for the time being.
Ariel was already aware of her own constitution. Since Locke fell into a deep sleep, she dared not bump or hurt herself. Upon discovering the wound, she quickly squatted down and carefully wiped away the blood.
Emperor Xiu appeared at this time.
He had applied an invisibility talisman, so even though he was standing right behind Ariel, she was completely unaware of his presence. She only suddenly felt a pain in her neck and then lost consciousness.
Di Xiu injected the tube of green liquid into her body. Seeing that the injury on her forehead was not too bad, he kicked her leg into the flower bushes.
While the vampires were asleep, he installed the surveillance cameras he had obtained from the Blood Hunter Alliance in several corners, and then went to visit Locke.
Vampires' beds are generally equivalent to coffins, but their luxury and comfort are unparalleled.
Locke's coffin was covered with beautiful vine and flower reliefs, and servants had specially picked fresh roses to decorate it.
Locke lay inside, his body, half of which had been blasted off by the Five Thunder Talisman, unable to recover for a long time, and he was also unable to wake up.
The vampires and vampire hunters have been fighting for hundreds of years and have some ways to deal with this kind of injury, at least to help it heal. However, they are unable to open the coffin because Locke's last blood relative, Layton, was killed by Emperor Xiu long ago.
Forcibly opening the coffin would harm both parties, be difficult, and cause a great disturbance; that's how Emperor Xiu was discovered last time.
The defenses this time were noticeably less stringent than they had been six months ago. The vampires guarding the room couldn't resist their biological instincts and started to doze off.
"What are you doing here?" 001 asked. "Didn't you say you weren't going to open the coffin and kill him?"
"I have an idea that I'd like to try out."
001 shrugged, thinking to herself that the male and female leads had finally shared joys and sorrows this time.
"So what do you plan to do through the coffin?"
"A gap is fine."
Di Xiu placed the array plate on Locke's coffin lid so that as long as he didn't make a big commotion, he wouldn't wake up the vampires next to him.
He reached out and pressed his hand on the black wooden board, extending his divine sense. Spiritual energy entered the coffin through the cracks, then seeped in from the top of Locke's head, slowly flowing through his entire body, as if tentatively searching for something.
001 watched his face gradually turn pale and was a little worried, but she didn't dare to make a sound for fear of disturbing him.
As the temperature gradually dropped, sounds began to echo within the castle. A thick, red liquid seeped from the cracks in the coffin, gathering into a blood sphere the size of a fist under the guidance of spiritual energy.
"What's this?"
"Bloodline".
001: (⊙_⊙)???
Holding a lump of blood in his hands, his departure inevitably caused a little commotion. Di Xiu shook off the vampires who had followed him by smell and drove away.
Back in the lab, 001 breathed a sigh of relief and pressed, "What did you do to the male lead?"
Ignoring Pink Rose's bewitching gaze, Di Xiu tossed the blood orb into a clean container before explaining to 001, "I did what he did to Catherine."
Catherine was the unfortunate third-generation pureblood who contributed her pureblood to Ariel.
However, at least Emperor Xiu left Locke a sliver of hope. If he were lucky enough to wake up early, he might be able to experience what it's like to become a Level E.
However, it seems he won't wake up anytime soon.
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