Excessive ferocity due to caution

Before them lay a giant jar filled with a transparent green liquid.

Inside the jar is a human-shaped network of nerves and blood vessels.

Densely packed.

At the very top of the nerves, there is a connection between the brain and many needles!

The impact of this scene was enormous!

It is far more horrifying than dripping blood and flesh!

"This is……"

Yang Linlin stared wide-eyed at the giant jar, speechless!

Zhao Yi stroked his chin, his gaze filled with admiration, and said:

"This thing is truly a work of art!"

"The bones and most of the flesh of the body were removed, leaving only the most important blood vessels and nerves. Nutrient solutions and a suitable environment were used to maintain their cellular activity, and external stimuli were used to replace the heart to complete the circulation, delivering all the energy to the brain."

"Of all the patients I've known before, only one person was capable of performing this type of total nerve stripping surgery."

Live stream chat:

Seriously? What kind of people are Zhao Yi's patients?!

Is he exaggerating? How could such a surgery possibly be performed in real life?

I graduated from Sichuan University, and I can tell you all with absolute certainty that this kind of surgery is indeed possible in reality. It's just that the university uses cadavers as donors and has never conducted experiments on living people...

Indeed, I am also a surgeon with 23 years of experience. For this level of nerve dissection, anesthesia is completely ineffective. The procedure is almost entirely performed while the patient is awake, which is extremely cruel!

This is so inhumane!

……

Yang Linlin cautiously approached the culture tank and couldn't help but shiver.

"Zhao Yi...you mean...it's still alive?"

Zhao nodded.

"right."

"These nutrient solutions and machines are extremely expensive; those crazy researchers don't need to waste so much effort on a dead person!"

Yang Linlin turned her face away, her expression stiff.

The thing inside the jar... is actually... still alive?

How does it feel right now?

Cold?

pain?

despair?

Zhao Yi went to the other experimental table, where a notebook was placed, recording the relevant experimental process. He glanced at it and saw that it was nothing more than how to use all kinds of inhuman methods to torture the experimental subject, to bring him endless pain, but not to let him die.

The first page of the notebook reads:

The Supreme God said—

Focus is an essential quality for concentrating one's energy.

Kindness is the lock that seals away power.

Anger and fear are the keys that unlock the door.

It appears to be a quote from some theology or philosophy.

"Zhao Yi, come quick!"

Yang Linlin, who was at the other end of the culture tank, exclaimed in surprise. Zhao Yi walked over and saw the back of the culture tank in the direction Yang Linlin was pointing.

It has an electronic label attached to it.

...

【X-2】

[Original Body: Chen Qiong (16 years old)]

Adaptability: 96%

[Activity: High]

[EEG compatibility: 92%]

[Level of mental cohesion: Excellent]

...

The names displayed above startled the two of them.

Chen Qiong?

That top student who was expelled from school for having a relationship in school actually... turned into this mess of nerve endings and blood vessels in front of me?

Yang Linlin suddenly felt nauseous, and after gagging a few times, her face turned ashen!

"Interesting... Chen Qiong was actually used to create X-2."

Zhao Yi stroked his chin, his gaze deep and unsettling.

As I turned around, I glanced at the list of participants in the experiment and suddenly noticed that there were a few familiar names on it!

"Zhang Ya...Pang Xiao...Li Sheng?"

Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow.

My brain started working at lightning speed!

"I see... I understand now!"

"Pang Xiao isn't the mayor's son at all, and Zhang Ya isn't the goddess of Class 8, Grade 11!"

"They were all lab technicians disguised as students, helping to find test subjects within the school!"

"These two deliberately approached Chen Qiong one after the other, their purpose being to unravel Chen Qiong's kindness and unleash the demons within him, just as recorded in the notes!"

Generally speaking, students with better grades are naturally more focused, and those who are easily distracted will find it difficult to achieve academic success!

"This best school in the city... its purpose is actually to select experimental subjects with extremely high levels of focus!"

"No wonder their names weren't on that roster."

"Those two bastards... they probably ran away long before the curse even happened!"

As soon as Zhao finished speaking, a cold voice suddenly came from behind him.

"You're basically right."

"But those two bastards didn't run away; they also became victims."

The two quickly turned around and found Li Sheng covered in blood and missing an arm. He pulled out an MP5 and pointed it at them with a ferocious expression!

There was actually a secret passage under the table behind him!

"Didn't expect that, did you?"

"Through countless hardships, I still made it in!"

"I'm not supposed to die yet, you two little bastards... this game ends here!"

Li Sheng's eyes were bloodshot, and he was somewhat hysterical.

But his bluish lips indicated that his current condition was extremely bad!

Pointing her hand at the dark muzzle of a gun, Yang Linlin immediately raised her hand, while Zhao Yi continued walking around as if nothing had happened.

"stop!"

"If you move again, I'll shoot you dead!"

Li Sheng was in terrible condition, but he still didn't forget to threaten Zhao Yi. However, Zhao Yi was not intimidated at all and just shrugged.

"Go ahead and shoot?"

"If you had bullets, you would have shot them long ago. I don't believe you can hold them in."

boom!

Li Sheng fired a shot, hitting Yang Linlin in the left leg!

Yang Linlin groaned and collapsed to the ground, clutching her leg, tears welling in her eyes.

"I didn't provoke you, why did you shoot me?!"

Li Sheng said somewhat flusteredly:

"Oh, I'm so sorry!"

He aimed at Zhao Yi again, his expression ferocious.

But due to blood loss, double vision has appeared before my eyes.

boom!

Another burst of blood erupted from Yang Linlin's leg!

"My legs!"

Yang Linlin screamed in agony.

Li Sheng: "..."

Zhao Yi: "..."

Live stream chat:

LOL, that marksmanship is definitely influenced by some personal grudges (doge).

Is this gun called "Woman's Sorrow"?

However, I admit I laughed so hard I snotted.

: A moment of silence for goddess Linlin... Hahahaha, sorry hahahahahaha.

...

"Alright, you schemed against us once, so we'll scheme against you once. Rounding it up, you now owe us a favor."

"Tell me, what can you do to help us?"

Zhao spoke eloquently, and his shamelessness almost suffocated Li Sheng.

God the hell, I practically owe you guys a favor!

If you weren't still somewhat useful, I would have loved to give you a whole magazine of bullets!

"Now that you've come here, it means you have a general understanding of what happened."

"That's right...we did it!"

"Including the curse on this school!"

"To leave this place, we must find a way to shut down the curse!"

Li Sheng dragged his gun to the jar.

The material of this canister is very special; even armor-piercing rounds cannot leave a mark on it!

He was about to operate the instrument when Zhao Yi stopped him!

"If you shut down the equipment, X-2 will lose its power supply, and those ghostly creatures in the fog outside will soon swarm into the experimental base. Do you think you can withstand their attack?"

Li Sheng's eyes were gloomy, and his face was ashen.

"Once X-2's life pod is shut down and Riot X-2 is dead, the remaining mutants pose virtually no threat. The organization will soon send people to deactivate the curse and eliminate them all!"

"I participated in this experiment and possess highly valuable, confidential data that they don't have. The organization won't easily abandon me!"

Zhao Yi replied:

"Self-deception."

"If you were truly important to them, they would have sent someone to rescue you long ago."

"You are under a curse, yet you are still able to contact them, and yet you remain alone."

"Instead of hoping your organization will come to your rescue, you'd be better off trusting us."

"At least for now... we're still in the same boat, albeit barely."

Enraged, Li Sheng pressed his MP5 player firmly against Zhao Yi's forehead, his eyes bloodshot and bulging, and gritted his teeth as he said:

"Shut up!"

"If you dare say another word, I'll shoot you!!!"

Zhao Yi showed no panic whatsoever; a slight smile played on his lips, revealing a chilling and eerie expression.

"It must feel terrible to be abandoned, right?"

"You were as loyal as a dog, and this is how you ended up!"

"They promise you the moon when they need you, but throw you away like trash when they want to... Don't be naive. If you want to live, just say one thing."

"Now, only we can help you... If you kill me, it's the same as committing suicide!"

Li Sheng's hand gripping the gun was trembling, and he was breathing heavily. This scene made Yang Linlin and the viewers in the live broadcast room extremely nervous, fearing that he might accidentally fire the gun and blow Zhao Yi's head off!

We're almost done clearing this dungeon, and many mysteries are about to surface. It would be such a shame to give up here!

Finally, Li Sheng closed his eyes in anguish.

He put down his gun.

Exhausted, Li Sheng collapsed to the ground, his ferocity turning into dejection.

He slowly pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and then took out a lighter to light it.

The smell of cigarettes dispelled some of the tension in the air.

"Do I look pathetic right now?"

Li Sheng exhaled a puff of smoke and gave a bitter laugh.

Yang Linlin walked over, clutching her injured leg, and cursed through gritted teeth:

"How dare you say you're pathetic?"

"Those students you tortured and reformed, those families you destroyed, and this bunch of nerve endings in this jar...aren't they more pitiful than you?"

Li Sheng sighed, slowly resting his head on the cabinet, his eyes glazed over.

He finished one cigarette and lit another.

In just a short while, his face looked much more weathered.

"My daughter is in their hands."

"Seven years ago, my wife passed away from cancer. Before she died, she asked me to take good care of our daughter."

"I'm sorry to my wife."

"Now... I also have to apologize to my daughter."

At this point, he burst into laughter as if he had lost his mind.

Seeing his pitiful state, Yang Linlin's hatred lessened considerably. Suddenly remembering the letter they had found on the severed hand outside, addressed to his daughter, she asked:

"Your wives and children are all...controlled by that organization?"

Li Sheng closed his eyes, his breathing gradually weakened, and he threw the gun aside.

"Otherwise what?"

"Killing a pig is just a matter of one cut for a human, yet those young students outside are less than pigs here..."

"You think we're unforgivable, but what choice did we really have?"

"If you had to choose between your family member and a stranger dying, would you choose your family?"

Yang Linlin remained silent.

She looked down on Li Sheng, believing him to be a heinous villain.

But if she were in Li Sheng's shoes, she would probably make the same choice as him.

Humans are selfish.

"You guys must not be ordinary people to have managed to get into this school... If you're willing to do me a favor, I'll tell you how to shut down the curse."

Zhao Yi put his hands in his pockets and laughed:

"You're not asking us to help you save your daughter, are you?"

Li Sheng shook his head and said sarcastically:

"With just you guys?"

"You even saved my daughter... People like you will be discovered and dealt with as soon as you get close to the organization."

He paused, then glanced at Yang Linlin.

"Of course, if you didn't bring this silly woman along, with your shrewdness, you'd probably live a little longer."

Yang Linlin angrily said:

"You're the idiot!"

"Your whole family are idiots!"

Li Sheng ignored her.

Zhao stared into Li Sheng's eyes and hesitated for a moment.

"What do you want us to help you with?"

Li Sheng struggled to his feet and staggered to an inconspicuous corner of the laboratory, where he opened a cabinet.

He tore open a piece of wallpaper in the cabinet that was exactly the same color as the rest of the wallpaper.

There is a small hole in the back.

Inside was a metal safe.

Li Sheng opened the safe using fingerprint verification and handed a strange green reagent to Zhao Yi.

"What is this?"

"The other project's product, while still using immature methods, is no less dangerous than... X-2!"

When Li Sheng was handed over to Zhao Yi, his lips turned even more bluish-black.

"The organization won't let this go. It might take months, it might take years, but once this place is completely reduced to ruins, they will definitely send people to search for it!"

"If this kind of thing falls into the organization's hands..."

He didn't continue speaking.

The dizziness in front of me is getting worse due to excessive blood loss.

Li Sheng shook his head, trying to stay awake, and breathed heavily:

"Regarding the curse... it all originated from a Pandora's box."

"The curse will disappear as long as you close that box!"

"That box...is...in the center of that fog..."

"The ominous presence in the fog...it won't attack anything that appears inanimate. If you can minimize your emotional fluctuations, perhaps you can...get there!"

"They...have no eyes, no nose, and no ears...they determine whether a creature is a target by observing the brainwaves emitted from the emotional fluctuations of living beings..."

"Remember... whatever you see in that fog... don't be surprised... don't be afraid..."

"Once you experience significant emotional fluctuations... the nearby demons will... smell the aroma of flesh..."

Li Sheng was in a daze, but managed to finish his last sentence before collapsing into shock.

Yang Linlin, who was standing nearby, rushed forward and took out some bandages to try to stop the bleeding.

Zhao Yi shook his head and said:

"No need to waste your energy."

"Prolonged hunger has weakened his body to the extreme. During the escape just now, adrenaline has further drained his body... Now that he has lost so much blood, unless there is a large, reputable hospital nearby that can immediately give him a blood transfusion, even Hua Tuo himself would be helpless."

"Put away the bandages, they're useless now."