Xia Shizhao, with a cold expression, took a clean tissue and wiped the blood from his fingertips.
Looking at Number 15, who was crying uncontrollably, he said in a harsh tone, "If you don't say it now, Number 16 will die, and your alpha will be separated from you forever."
Beside him lay the tail of the Cold-Snake, one-third of which had been cut off. Xia Shizhao watched quietly as Number 15 wept.
"I've already said I meant no harm, so why are you doing this?"
With a hoarse voice, Number 15 gave in, "I said, but you have to stop the bleeding for him first."
Xia Shizhao splashed some hemostatic powder on the tail of number 16. After a while, number 15 questioned, "Are you sure you're really a student at Xingda University?"
“If I weren’t, I would kill you right now.”
How many years has it been since 9134?
"Sixty years."
Xia Shizhao's eyes widened slightly after he finished speaking, "60? It's been that long?!"
She clenched her fist tightly, causing the wound on her wrist to reopen and bleed again. She looked at Xia Shizhao and said with a half-smile, "We were once students at Xingda University too."
Xia Shizhao remained silent.
Number 15 then spoke:
"We are in the top ten of the points leaderboard. He and I are first and second place, so we often team up to carry out missions. Once, we received a mission from the principal privately."
The mission requirements weren't difficult; it was simply to deliver the medicine to this laboratory on the desert planet.
But this was only the beginning of the disaster. When he and I took on this mission, we were already plunged into darkness.
The medicine arrived, and the lab staff suddenly panicked, telling us that the experimental animals inside had suddenly escaped and that we two needed to subdue them. But once we went, we became the experimental animals ourselves.
Her gaze swept over her own fishtail, a hint of disgust flashing in her eyes. "They're researching how to become stronger and achieve immortality."
This experiment was built upon countless lives.
No matter how talented someone is, they will be captured and experimented on by them, simply because they have no better test subjects.
Over the decades, I don't know how many people have died in this place. Many of the test subjects, like me, had very high tolerance for infection. Initially, they all wore the uniform of Star University.
Xia Shizhao felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this.
If that's the case, then the points leaderboard is truly a death list.
Xia Shizhao originally wanted to report it, but now she was uncertain because she didn't know how many people had tacitly approved of the experiment. Moreover, human nature is unpredictable, and reporting it would alert the others. Other undiscovered laboratories would only hide better. The only way was to cultivate her own power to investigate and then bring out those bad apples one by one.
However, this process takes too long, and many more innocent people will perish during the process.
Did their experiment succeed?
Xia Shizhao asked.
Number 15 nodded and then shook his head: "Success is not quite success, because to achieve immortality, one must merge with the blood of the beastmen and become a monster. I am already 80 years old, can you tell?"
Xia Shizhao shook his head honestly.
"But I can no longer walk like a human being."
Number 15 looked sorrowful.
"By the way, the sound coming from the communicator just now was them ordering people to bomb this place, right?"
Question #15.
"Um."
“Then they’re dead,” Number 15 said coldly. “There’s a timed-release anesthetic in the interlayer of this lab, as well as many poisonous creatures. Once it explodes, no one can escape. The poisonous creatures will instantly pounce on the fresh food, and there’s no chance of survival within a kilometer.”
Xia Shizhao nodded, but it was a pity for those two sisters.
"How many more experimental subjects like you are there here?"
"They've already taken the first five successful ones with them; the rest are the ones they abandoned."
Number 15 spoke in a flat tone.
What does "relatively successful" mean?
"It blends well with the blood of animals, can retract on its own, and has successfully implanted chips in their brains to control them."
I don't know when they became test subjects, but they were definitely older than me, though I couldn't tell exactly how old they were.
Furthermore, they possess extremely high control over their abilities, heal wounds incredibly quickly, and experience minimal pain; they are essentially five humanoid weapons, and their mental strength is also quite high.
Xia Shizhao understood. "So they achieved the goals of increased strength and extended lifespan?"
"That's right. The downside is that their mental energy is prone to going out of control. They may look like humans, but once their mental energy goes out of control, they will revert to a half-beast, half-human form, which is quite frightening."
As he spoke, Number 15 let out a sneer, "The bodies that have been forcibly fused and modified are not stable at all. They are even using the Zerg to conduct experiments. How ridiculous."
After learning all this, Xia Shizhao remained silent.
Number 15 closed his eyes, too lazy to look at Xia Shizhao, and said, "You can leave now. Be careful at Xingda University. There aren't many good people among those in the upper echelons."
Xia Shizhao stood to the side, watching the little bald tiger who had recovered enough to walk. He gently held him in his arms, turned his head, and wanted to leave, no longer wanting to have anything to do with them.
As a result, the little white tiger struggled desperately and refused to leave.
Fearing that its violent struggles would reopen its wounds, Xia Shizhao ignored the two released test subjects and turned to walk further inside.
Let's see.
Number 15 is here, and there are also numbers 6-14.
Will they know more?
Xia Shizhao walked inside, and seven or eight huge circular water columns appeared before her eyes.
One of the things, which I couldn't identify as meat, was floating in the water droplets.
Xia Shizhao leaned over and took a look: Number 8, beta, Zerg.
Forehead……
Xia Shizhao looked at the 'person' more closely and found that he had been completely transformed into an insect.
There wasn't a trace of human presence in it.
I've been peering through the glass for ages and finally spotted a pair of human ears.
Taking a deep breath, Xia Shizhao clasped his hands together. "Sorry, this is a bit too disgusting."
Finally, she realized that the further she went in, the less important it was whether she was a beta, omega, or alpha. As long as she could tell that she was in human form, that was already quite good.
Walking to the very back, I saw an unknown number and glanced at the label.
Mermaids.
The word "experimental subject" is not mentioned. Is this a donor?
Xia Shizhao looked at the pale gold fish tail that shimmered with light, both dreamy and sharp, and inexplicably pressed his hand against the glass.
The merman slowly opened her eyes, her amber pupils meeting her gaze. Light gold scales covered the sides of her face, making her appear sacred and noble.
Xia Shizhao felt a strange sense of familiarity.
The merman's hand met Xia Shizhao's hand, her black nails sharp and eye-catching.
Two similar pairs of eyes gazed at each other.
Xia Shizhao paused slightly and took a step back.
Why does she feel like she looks a bit like her?
However, having learned from their mistakes, they will not be released for the time being.
He turned his head and looked at the other three unknown numbers.
They are all merfolk.
However, it appears to be dead.
The beautiful fish tail had lost its luster, and the nails had turned grayish-white.
Floating helplessly in the water.
Next, we went to the laboratory on the next floor.
Xia Shizhao searched for a long time before finally finding the button for the next level.
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