"Don't come any closer!"
"Get us out of here! What the hell is this thing?!"
As more and more people fell, the number of red spores in the space increased. Those who had not yet been poisoned became increasingly panicked. They were all afraid of the toxin and wanted to escape, but every time they tried to run out, they were immediately teleported back. They couldn't escape at all, and their psychological defenses gradually collapsed.
One by one, superpowers were thrown into the air, attempting to destroy all the red spores.
These red spores in the air are completely unaffected; they cannot be burned out by fire or buried by soil. Only the wind can move them, but it only blows them to other places, thus alleviating their own poisoning.
There's no other way; many superhumans can only erect protective shields to protect themselves, and it's good if they can hold out for a little longer.
On the contrary, these spores multiplied faster and faster, spreading wildly in this space like a red mist.
Even the level-five ability users who were desperately maintaining the protective shields were showing signs of poisoning, and their shields could no longer hold up.
More and more people fell into pools of blood. Within minutes, the sealed-off space around them had turned completely red, but the red spores could not disperse at all and could only swirl around in this area.
Merkel, held high in the air by Lin Ruo, looked at the scene below with increasingly burning eyes, even a hint of madness. This thing, in terms of both transmissibility and toxicity, was far superior to the viruses he had previously studied.
Lin Ruo was not surprised by this person's reaction at all. Even if Merkel was far away, it wouldn't affect the spread of these red spores to him.
Although Merkel is a virus expert, she does not have any superpowers. That is why she goes to great lengths to develop a method that can turn ordinary people into superpowered individuals, even at the cost of one person for one.
Desire drove him ever forward, harming more and more people in the process.
As the spores spread around him, he naturally felt something was wrong with his body, and the pain coming from his body brought him back to his senses from that frenzied state.
He turned to look at Lin Ruo, the fanaticism in his eyes fading, "I've been poisoned."
His eyes even carried a certain pride and smugness, as if he was certain that Lin Ruo would save him.
But in reality, Lin Ruo didn't even glance at him, only quietly enjoying the human tragedy below. These people usually enjoyed experimenting on living people, and now they were experiencing it themselves. I wonder if they felt any regret.
But it's too late for regrets now; she has no intention of letting them off the hook.
When Merkel saw that Lin Ruo was completely ignoring him, and the pain in his body was getting more and more intense, a certain guess in his heart was shattered, his expression cracked, and he began to panic.
Although he was passionate about drug research, he didn't want to die, especially after encountering such a peculiar drug. He was even more determined to understand it, so how could he possibly die?!
When Lin Ruo first pulled him up from below, he thought she wanted to protect him. After all, he was so useful. Even if the B City base conquered and occupied this territory, they would definitely need someone like him.
But now that he's poisoned, Lin Ruo doesn't care about his life or death at all, as if he were an ant she doesn't care about at all. How can this not make him panic? He has seen the miserable state of the people below who have been poisoned by this kind of poison.
Watching others get poisoned is a kind of enjoyment, but if the toxin appears on your own body, who can remain calm? That would be deadly!
"What do you want in return for saving me? Name your price." Blood was already trickling from the corner of Merkel's mouth. He could feel his life force draining away. If he didn't speak up soon, he would truly die.
A mocking glint appeared in Lin Ruo's eyes. She had thought this man was willing to risk his life for research, even using herself as a test subject. Now it seemed he was afraid of death after all.
She turned to look at him and asked only one question, "Are all the high-ranking officials at the Three Kingdoms Base involved in your experimental base project in Country Z?"
Despite the increasingly intense pain, Merkel was still taken aback when he heard her question. He thought she would ask about the formula for these virus-fighting drugs, given their value, but he didn't expect her to ask such an irrelevant question.
The reason it is said to be insignificant is naturally because of the war outside. The area where the light bombs exploded at the B City base was very wide. Apart from their area, explosions could be heard in almost every other area.
With such a large explosion area and so much time having passed, the two countries would probably already be at war. With Lin Ruo as a cheat code, these high-ranking officials would definitely be dead. There's no need to ask anymore.
But despite her thoughts, Merkel nodded honestly, "All the top leaders agreed at the time, but the strongest supporter was Itef."
Lin Ruo nodded. She had already thought of this before. For such a big matter, without the approval of these high-level officials, they would not have been able to mobilize so many resources to send to Country Z.
So she hadn't planned to ask from the start; it was Merkel who insisted that she ask, so she reluctantly did.
Seeing that Lin Ruo stopped speaking, Merkel, in a state of mental turmoil, spat out a mouthful of blood and said weakly, "I have told you what you want to know, so why are you still not saving me?"
Lin Ruo chuckled softly and finally glanced at him. "I didn't agree to it. You're the one who insisted on telling me."
Merkel's eyes widened as the toxins of the red mushroom spread throughout his body. He struggled a few times, and finally, a round hole was corroded in his stomach, from which blood flowed and dripped into the air.
He was just an ordinary person after all, and couldn't withstand such torment. He died unwillingly after only a few minutes, his eyes wide open as he stared at Lin Ruo, as if he wanted to devour her whole.
With a thought from Lin Ruo, Merkel's body plummeted from the sky, scattering a cloud of red spore particles.
At this concentration of spores, the toxins in the bodies of those level-five ability users were becoming increasingly severe, and blood was already appearing at the corners of their mouths.
Only after the last life in this area disappeared did Lin Ruo make a move. Her mental power surged out wildly, and the surrounding spatial energy quickly enveloped and compressed all the red spores. Even those still in the corpses were washed out by Lin Ruo's water-based ability, leaving nothing behind.
These things are too harmful and cannot be left behind.
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