My health recovery is incredibly fast.

...In fact, the cyclone brooch was a gift from Beatrice.

The Fire Emblem Brooch was obtained by exchanging 2000 Academy Points.

Xia Zuo closed his trench coat, took the disinfection airbag from Lisa, and sprayed mist to clean the bloodstains on the deck.

Dunke then ran down to the deck and went to talk to the elite police officers on the shore.

These converters need to be transported using special vehicles.

First, cover it with an enchanted metal mesh, then lift it into a closed carriage made of heavy metal.

Police cars led the way, with the action team following behind, escorting them all the way back to the culture tanks on the fourth basement floor of the Bosing Building.

Four octahedral crystals projected beams of light, immobilizing the restless converter.

Lisa went to hand over the work to the researcher.

Xia Zuo stood outside the glass partition, staring blankly at the Transformer inside the jar, mentally reviewing the reward information from the cheat system.

As expected, aside from the experience gained from completing the quest and the rewards from [Spell Training], defeating the Converter didn't grant any experience or special skills.

“Xia Zuo.” Deng Ke read the secret message on the ring and walked to the side to say:

"Supervisor Vickers said he assigned you the night watch, right?"

Xia Zuo thought for a moment and said, "Yes, we need to patrol the sealed artifacts on the 6th underground floor every Thursday night, with a focus on Laboratory 13."

Today is Wednesday, and tomorrow will be Thursday.

Those who work the night shift do not need to come to the Bosing Building for work the next morning; the afternoon will be as usual.

After receiving the new work schedule yesterday, Xia Zuo went home and told An Ru'er about it.

She felt a little resentful when she heard that her lover was going to work the night shift, but she eventually calmed down by comforting him.

Dunk pulled a calendar from his pocket and circled Thursdays with a pencil.

He then approached the team members who were chatting idly at the door.

"Lanlot, how's the situation in the isolation room at the 15th Avenue Police Station?"

"team leader."

Lanlot straightened up and said:

"Officer Frank replied that several employees were seriously infected and asked us to send two more medical devices over. I'm about to do that."

“Okay, then you go now. Leonard, you go too,” Dunk said, waving his hand.

Lisa quickly completed the handover with the research team.

Xia Zuo followed Deng Ke out of the laboratory, glancing at the number on the door behind him: number 11.

This number does not mean there are 11 Converters on the 4th underground level.

The other numbered laboratories sealed other demons of the same level, but the observation windows on the doors were dark, so the scene inside could not be seen.

Chapter 51 [Control of Flesh and Blood]

The next morning.

Xia Zuo took a public carriage, said goodbye to Anruer in front of the Energy Research Institute, and then went to his office.

This morning's work involved developing an antidote for Blood Demon's No. 13 body.

In the afternoon, I took the detoxification to laboratory number 13 for verification.

Anna was the one who performed the verification work.

On the enclosed poison handling table, she placed the antidote prepared by Xia Zuo together with a small pinch of red sand.

A plume of black smoke billowed out, but nothing else changed.

"Has this been a failure?"

Xia Zuo stood to the side with his arms crossed.

He wasn't asking a question he already knew the answer to; he simply had some questions he wanted to ask the other person and needed an excuse to start.

Each research group has its own tasks, which are generally kept confidential…

"Well...it's not a complete failure yet."

Anna considered the current relationship between the other party and her research group, and decided to reveal some things.

She packaged the products on the workbench into individual metal boxes and labeled them with different colored tags, explaining as she did so:

"This product can be used for a second toxin separation to see which toxins reacted with the antidote. Once identified, we can know which antidotes are useful."

Xia Zuo realized that there might be a dozen researchers in a laboratory doing secondary separation of toxins and identification of their effects.

The research groups at different stages of the research process remain independent of each other, both for confidentiality and for security.

It's quite normal that I haven't met any of the researchers in the past few days.

"However... this research plan is a little different."

Anna sealed the metal box into a leather case, took off her thick gloves, and took out a file folder from her pocket, showing the front of the folder.

"Manager Vickers has classified this research project as S2."

Anna pointed to the text on the file folder and then put it away.

"S is defined as: conducting research within a specified time; after the time limit..."

Anna looked up at Xia Zuo standing to the side, "We'll proceed with the forced cracking."

"Forced crack..."

Xia Zuo muttered something.

It is indeed possible to forcibly remove the Blood Demon's husk, but the price... isn't it a bit too high?

"You mean use a universal antidote, right?"

He then added, "If not, there's no need to explain. I know it will put you in a difficult position."

Anna smiled and said, "Yes, it was indeed the universal antidote."

Xia Zuo thought for a moment, "Could you tell me the time limit set by Manager Vickers...?"

"Two months."

Anna held up two fingers and looked at the direction of the culture pot.

"Excuse me, Mr. Xia Zuo, I have to go and handle the knives."

"Thank you, Anna."

Xia Zuo smiled, walked back to his seat, activated [Toxin Sensing] to monitor Hong Sha, and his eyes emitted a bright green magical light.

That evening, Xia Zuo was having dinner at a restaurant.

The secret message ring on his left wrist clicked as Anru sent him a series of secret messages filled with longing, worry, and anticipation.

After finishing his meal, Xia Zuo sat down and spent some time comforting his wife, who was home alone. He promised that he would be at the door before she left the house the next morning, which finally calmed An Ru'er down.

"Time to go to the night shift."

Xia Zuo took out his pocket watch to check the time and then put away the secret message ring.

"Buzz."

The alchemical pouch fastened to the belt vibrated, a result of a secret message ring inside receiving a coded message.

Xia Zuo thought it was a message from Anruer, but when he took it out to look, he found that it was from Rexor, that bald guy, asking him to meet up on the fourth basement level.

Almost at the same time, news came from Supervisor Vickers, who instructed Shazo to follow the Demon Hunter's orders.

It has four underground floors; I visited it just yesterday.

Xia Zuo picked up his briefcase and walked briskly to his destination.

Rexor and his cold-faced companion Ceretus leaned against the wall in the elevator lobby, chatting idly.

Upon seeing the figure in the elevator, the bald man raised his chin and said:

"You'll have to step up your game tonight, Xia Zuo. We need to verify a hypothesis."

Xia Zuo looked completely honest and asked, "Is there anything I can do for you, Master?"

“You’ll find out when you come with us.” Serites pushed open the door.

The three of them went inside and walked through a corridor filled with armed elemental servants.

Rexol paused in front of laboratory number "08".

Through the glass opening of the door, one could see a transformed individual, cut into several pieces but still alive, being immobilized in an incubation tank.

Xia Zuo leaned closer to the door and peeked inside.

The scene wasn't as bloody as I had imagined.

The transformed being, divided into several segments, did not expose its organs.

Its outer layer of gray skin covered every part of its body.

This skin is clearly special; unless it is forcibly broken by magic, it will protect the inside of the body very well.

“Our team also captured one yesterday. Are there quite a few living Transformers on the fourth basement level?” Xia Zuo asked.

"Not a small number, maybe six or seven."

Serites stood to the side with his hands on his hips and said:

"Only those with research value will be captured. Otherwise, they will all be burned to ashes."

The cold-faced man pointed to the culture tank, his tone as if he were discussing cheap goods.

“Like this one. Last year, the 10th Operations Team went to hunt it in the suburbs and accidentally discovered that it could change its appearance. This is a characteristic of someone who is about to become a blood addict. So Vickers changed his mind and brought it back for research. The one you caught yesterday was the same.”

"The 10th Operations Team?" Xia Zuo was taken aback. "Why isn't it our 17th Operations Team that's going to make the arrest?"

Serites spread his hands. "You're in charge of the city. They're in charge of the suburbs. And the 10th Operations Team has far more people than you, and they're responsible for more than just blood mages among the different types of demons. That's it."