Chapter 1458 - 1456: Countdown
"So what?" Yang Cao’s eyes were sharp, staring at him.
"So... we keep feeding him, giving him enough energy! Many times, he almost escaped. In the end, we could only create an airtight metal room and put him inside. We also discovered that this metal room has excellent sealing properties; the parasite cannot escape, so we’ve just kept feeding and monitoring..."
"Nonsense! Absolute nonsense!" Yang Cao cursed loudly, "Fuck! Fuck! You people... you people... are simply damned! Too damned! How could you do this! As long as you provide the parasite with enough energy, they can keep mutating, continuously evolving! In the end, who knows what kind of monstrosity they’ll become! This time you only managed to kill a few dozen of your people, it was mild! If they truly evolve to the extreme, your entire lab, even all of Beihai Country, could easily fall!"
"Yes... yes... we indeed were not thorough in our considerations!" Nagakami Ueno sincerely nodded and apologized.
Yang Cao thought for a moment and said to Nagakami Ueno, "Are you sure it’s killed?"
"It’s killed!" Nagakami Ueno nodded, "Burned to ashes by fire!"
"No!" Yang Cao said, "Send someone to search immediately! Do not miss the slightest bit! Not a single parasite should be spared! These things have undergone high-intensity genetic mutations. If infected, they’d be extremely terrifying! Absolutely cannot let them spread out!"
"Ah!" Nagakami Ueno was startled.
"So bring those who participated in the mission and survived to the lab for a thorough check immediately!" Yang Cao said in a deep voice.
"Ah! Yes! I’m on it right away!" Nagakami Ueno stood up, bowing in gratitude to Yang Cao, "Thank you so much, Dr. Byron! If it weren’t for you, we’d be facing a huge problem!"
Yang Cao waved his hand, urging Nagakami Ueno to hurry.
After Nagakami Ueno left, Yang Cao frowned and pondered for a while before getting up, leaving the room, and knocking on Ye Xin’s door.
Ye Xin opened the door, saw Yang Cao, and let him in.
"Miss, Nagakami Ueno came to me earlier, I’ve already understood the situation..."
Yang Cao recounted the previous events to Ye Xin.
After listening, Ye Xin also expressed frustration, "These damned guys! So outrageous! To mutate to such an extent is already extremely terrifying! And it absolutely shouldn’t be an isolated case! Record this, and report back to my father later, let’s study a countermeasure in the company! We’ll definitely encounter this kind of problem again in the future!"
"Yes!" Yang Cao nodded, got up, and left.
...
Nagakami Ueno hastily gathered everyone together and also summoned those who had contact with them, and thoroughly sanitized the places where these people entered and exited.
Everyone was tense.
They didn’t know what was happening, but knew it absolutely wasn’t a good thing.
After gathering everyone, Nagakami Ueno went to find Yang Cao, hoping Yang Cao could oversee the inspection work.
Before they knew it, Yang Cao began to take a leading role, with a group of people nervously watching Yang Cao, afraid he might announce they were infected or parasitized...
...
Outside.
In a remote and simple farmhouse.
Yang Chen, Imano Genso, and Night Fire, three people, sat on the sofa resting.
Night Fire was reporting information.
"Currently, the family factions in Rejing City are already in a highly tense mood! Many factions have even started closing their doors, refusing entry to any outsiders. In addition, quite a few people have prepared many hot weapons, seemingly all targeting you."
"The leader of the top faction in Rejing City, Ichigen-ryu, has made a wild statement, declaring that if you dare to visit their Ichigen-ryu, they will make sure you never return!"
Yang Chen laughed off this news.
Although Imano Genso couldn’t understand the conversation between Night Fire and Yang Chen, he could still understand the three words Ichigen-ryu.
Immediately, Imano Genso hurriedly said, "This Ichigen-ryu is very powerful! They are the top existence among all factions in Rejing City! Very formidable, even back when we were Four Spirits Hall, we didn’t dare to confront them."
Yang Chen nodded slowly, having some ideas about this Ichigen-ryu.
"Continue!" Yang Chen said to Night Fire.
Night Fire nodded slowly and continued, "According to the latest situation, it seems there was an explosion at the Fuyuan Mountain laboratory yesterday, causing quite a disturbance. Meanwhile, the alarm sounded for about an hour before the crisis was finally resolved."
Yang Chen raised an eyebrow, a flash of worry in his eyes, urgently asked, "What happened? What transpired? Was it investigated yet?"
This string of three questions left Night Fire a bit helpless.
He had never seen Yang Chen so nervous before.
Night Fire could only say, "Currently the situation is unclear, but according to our information, it is now safe. However, as for what actually happened, it’s roughly the same; all related personnel have been taken away, seemingly for an examination."
Yang Chen frowned and said, "Will this incident affect Ye Xin and the others?"
"Currently unclear, but it hasn’t been indicated as related to them. It should be fine, and next, we only need to wait for new information." Night Fire said.
Yang Chen wouldn’t be so easily reassured.
After thinking for a moment, Yang Chen directly said, "Let’s switch the next target!"
"To what?" Night Fire looked at Yang Chen.
"Switch it to Ichigen-ryu!" Yang Chen directly stated, "Since Ichigen-ryu wants to be the spiritual pillar of the factions in Beihai Country, I’ll show them how I shatter their confidence!"
Night Fire nodded, "That’s better! More direct, more violent! I like it!"
Saying this, Night Fire grinned, "Give me three hours; I’ll go gather information!"
"One hour!" Yang Chen held up one finger, "I’ll only give you one hour."
"Boss!" Night Fire glared, "No way! Previously, we never even targeted Ichigen-ryu! Now you want me to investigate without any data, how is one hour enough!"
Yang Chen shook his head, "I don’t care! One hour, I’ll only give you one hour, how you do it is your business, I just want results!"
Night Fire gritted his teeth, "I thought after all these years you might’ve changed, but now it seems you’ve changed nothing from back then! Just keep pressuring us to the dragon!"
Yang Chen grinned, "I trust your abilities, and believe you have even more potential!"
"Fooling ghosts!" Night Fire angrily got up, grabbed a backpack next to him, and ran out.
One hour, just one hour, the time was really tight; he had to hurry.
Watching Night Fire leave, Yang Chen pressed the timer button on his watch, starting the countdown.