Chapter 268: Death?

Hearing this, the hands of the other white coats trembled.

"Triple the dosage?? Dr. Yi, that could kill him..."

"Do as I say."

Dr. Yi replied calmly. His voice was like a bright lamp in the darkness, guiding the many white coats to continue the experiment.

Without machine assistance, it meant Dr. Yi had to rely on his observation of the test subject and his own intuition to direct them. There were too many uncertainties, but they had no other choice...

As the triple dosage was injected into the black creature, the life force that had been gradually fading regained a glimmer of vitality. But the cost was that its body swelled like a balloon, turning into a mountain of black flesh within seconds.

The other white coats were dumbfounded. They had been doing experiments for so long and had never seen such a bizarre phenomenon. Just as everyone was at a loss, Dr. Yi's brows furrowed tightly.

"C-03 reagent, five times the dosage."

Everyone was numb. Without hesitation, they followed Dr. Yi's instructions. As tube after tube of unknown reagent was pushed into the body, the mountain of flesh began to tremble violently, its form began to shrink bit by bit, and dense black incantations seemed to come alive, crawling over its body.

"D-12 reagent, double the dosage."

“……”

"Forbidden Sea Calamity Cell S-09 serum, ten times the dosage."

“……”

"Containment serum B-04, ten times the dosage."

“……”

With one instruction after another, the white coats were already drenched in sweat. They looked at the mass of unknown substance on the experimental table and couldn't help but swallow hard.

"C-10 reagent..."

"Dr. Yi..."

"Shut up! Didn't you hear me talking??"

"No, Dr. Yi..." Everyone gathered around the experimental table. In the dim candlelight, one white coat raised his head stiffly. "He seems to be dead..."

Dr. Yi's body trembled slightly.

He looked at the mass of substance on the experimental table that had long since stopped moving. No matter how much serum the white coats injected, there was no reaction. The original wails had disappeared who knows how long ago... The air fell into a deathly silence.

"...Confirmed dead?" Dr. Yi asked hoarsely.

"There appear to be no vital signs... And he's in such a state that we don't even know where the heart or blood vessels are." The white coat swallowed. "However, based on the stress response, he should be dead."

Dr. Yi didn't speak again. He sat there for a long time, then picked up the wine bottle and slowly stood up.

"The wine is finished... I'm going to get a new bottle." Dr. Yi muttered to himself. "Dispose of him..."

Dr. Yi opened the door and walked out of the laboratory, only to see several law enforcers passing through the corridor. The dim base was in complete chaos. He frowned and walked straight toward the other side of the corridor.

At this time, the other white coats were standing still, but Dr. Yi walked among them as if nothing had happened, immediately attracting the attention of a group of law enforcers.

"Dr. Yi, this is an extraordinary period, please do not walk around freely." Qiong Xuan said in a deep voice. "The ritual artifact on the third floor has been artificially damaged; there may be enemies mixed into the base..."

"Get lost."

Dr. Yi held the empty wine bottle and backhanded away Qiong Xuan's arm that was blocking him. As he spoke, a strong smell of alcohol hit them in the face.

Qiong Xuan didn't know what was wrong with Dr. Yi, but due to the other party's status and scientific value, he didn't dare to use force. He could only say as peacefully as possible, "Dr. Yi, the base is currently without power. Walking around alone might be dangerous."

"Is that so? If you have the ability, let him kill me."

Dr. Yi had no intention of cooperating with Qiong Xuan's work and walked toward his room without looking back. The law enforcers looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Qiong Xuan struggled for a long time but still didn't use violence to restrain him, letting him leave instead.

"Did you find anything unusual?" He turned to ask the sixth-rank law enforcer beside him.

"...No, we've searched from the first to the third floor. No one is dead, no one is injured, no one is missing, and there are no signs of anything being stolen... Except for the power outage, there doesn't seem to be any other abnormality." The sixth-rank law enforcer said suspiciously.

"What about the cause of the power outage?"

"Still investigating."

"The [Eye of Truth] was destroyed; someone must have wanted to sneak into the lower levels... Since there's no change on the third floor, the problem must be on the fourth floor." Qiong Xuan's gaze fell on the passage leading to the fourth floor, his brows furrowing tighter. "But how is this possible? No one should be able to pass that person's checkpoint..."

Qiong Xuan thought for a moment and decided to go and find out for himself. He signaled the other law enforcers to stand by and walked straight into the passage.

After passing through several corners, a red-haired figure appeared before his eyes.

"Aurora base security captain Qiong Xuan, greetings to the Chief." Qiong Xuan said respectfully.

The red-haired woman sitting by the door turned a page of her book without haste, her cold gaze falling on him. "Speak."

"..." The moment he was stared at by those eyes, for some reason, Qiong Xuan felt the temperature of the entire passage begin to drop, and an unprecedented sense of oppression enveloped his heart.

What's going on? The Chief doesn't seem to be in a good mood today??

Qiong Xuan swallowed subconsciously and spoke carefully. "Because the base suddenly lost power just now, and the ritual artifact on the third floor was damaged... we suspect that an enemy has infiltrated the base. I just wanted to ask you, Chief... has anyone entered or left the fourth-floor checkpoint?"

The red-haired woman's eyes narrowed slightly.

As the veins on the back of her hand holding the book bulged, a cold, murderous intent flashed through the passage... Qiong Xuan's heart skipped a beat!

At that moment, he even suspected that she might strike him down on the spot. Qiong Xuan hadn't experienced that kind of life-or-death pressure in a long time.

"Ch... Chief?" Qiong Xuan said nervously.

The pressure in the passage dissipated suddenly. The red-haired woman turned another page of her book expressionlessly, as if everything that had just happened was a hallucination.

She was silent for a long time before answering:

"No... no one has been here."

Qiong Xuan was stunned. Although he had doubts in his heart, he nodded respectfully:

"Understood, then I will continue the search..."

"Qiong Xuan." The red-haired woman suddenly spoke.

"Does the Chief have any other instructions?"

"If you find that intruder, kill them on the spot... Understand?"

The doubts in Qiong Xuan's heart grew even stronger. Just as he was about to ask further, the red-haired woman looked up and glanced at him again... Qiong Xuan trembled all over and immediately replied:

"Understood, understood!"