The important figures behind the observation window watched Li Wei expectantly. The experiment's success or failure would determine whether they could truly obtain a way to extend their lives.
Whether they wore military uniforms, suits, or lab coats, everyone held their breath and silently watched Li Wei below.
Li Wei had no way to scream. His throat could barely move from the pain, and his lungs had already been dissolved by the virus, now restructuring themselves into entirely new organs.
Strange fluids continuously seeped from his body, quickly soaking the hospital bed. The process lasted a full twenty minutes.
During those twenty minutes, Li Wei went from agony to pleasure, then finally comfort. It was like working overtime at the office one second, then suddenly arriving at a hotel to lay a foundation the next.
From one extreme to the other!
Li Wei's bewilderment lasted a full quarter of an hour. It only ended when the bloody haze before his eyes dissipated and he could see his surroundings clearly again.
But in the next second, his expression froze for a moment, because a Key appeared before his eyes.
The Key looked like an exquisite toy, and it was incredibly familiar. It was the very Key he had used to open his front door before crossing over to this place.
A progress bar appeared beside the Key, but it had not risen even the slightest bit!
Li Wei instinctively reached for it, wanting to grab the Key. Suddenly, he felt resistance, followed by several loud pops as the straps securing his arms snapped one after another.
Only then did he remember that he seemed to be strapped to a metal bed...
Seeing his freed hands, then looking at the Key he could see but not touch, Li Wei slowly began to sense the changes in his body.
After carefully feeling them out, Li Wei tensed his entire body. The straps and metal restraints securing him began to burst apart one by one.
The people behind the observation window were not worried by this. Instead, they became even more excited.
The virus could grant immense strength. That was what they wanted to see most. As for whether it might be dangerous?
They had not considered that at all. The glass was America's finest bulletproof glass, a full twenty centimeters thick. It would not be easily breached. Under normal circumstances, glass of such strength was enough to withstand every attack from infected.
Breaking free of his restraints, Li Wei planted his feet on the ground again. His body had never felt better. He even had the illusion that he had become Superman.
There was a sticky sensation whenever he moved his hands. Standing where he was, he swung an arm, then grabbed the mechanical arm attached to the hospital bed. With a slight exertion of force, the machinery visibly warped.
"I got stronger... and I didn't go bald."
As Li Wei experienced the changes in his body, Raymond's excited voice came through the loudspeaker.
"Let us witness the power of Redlight!"
Li Wei raised his head and narrowed his eyes at the triumphant Raymond.
Raymond did not flinch or look away under Li Wei's gaze. He merely smiled arrogantly, his eyes seeming to look upon Li Wei as if he were his possession.
Heh.
Li Wei sneered inwardly. He would make Raymond, along with everyone up there, experience the pain he had endured.
Revenge was a wonderful thing, not nearly as ugly as certain works made it out to be~!
Beep!
The red alarm lights inside the Octagon Laboratory lit up. The unsettling iron doors around the room slowly rose, and the roars of beasts gradually reached Li Wei's ears.
Those howls were faint beneath the clanging of the iron doors, but Li Wei could now isolate them from the noise. The sensation was remarkably strange.
Three iron doors rose, and more than a dozen naked figures emerged from behind them. There were men and women among them, their bodies displaying varying degrees of mutation.
One hand had swollen into a claw, two legs had become thick and long, bodies were bloated with fat, dark red patterns covered their faces, and their teeth protruded.
Infected!
Li Wei clenched his fists, then quickly relaxed them.
Because he could control these infected!
It was a miraculous feeling, like a mental link. He could clearly sense the condition of every infected and control them as well.
"These are failed products created by the Redlight Virus."
The considerate Raymond cleared up Li Wei's confusion. These were failed products made by cultivating viruses with tissue from his body?
Am I your father?
...I'm the Zombie King!
The eighteen infected who had emerged from the iron doors failed to attack Li Wei as the important figures above had expected. Their questioning gazes made Raymond feel as though his face were burning.
Li Wei looked at these Redlight infected, whose appearances were clearly less ferocious than the infected he had first encountered, and nodded in satisfaction. Then he controlled them into a square formation. They raised their intact hands and collectively gave the people behind the observation window the middle finger.
In an instant, most of the people behind the observation window scrunched up their faces and began questioning Raymond, asking whether this had also been part of his plan.
Amid the barrage of questioning, several high-ranking military officers began whispering among themselves. A moment later, they came to Raymond's rescue as sweat poured down his face.
"Now we have seen another advantage of the Redlight Virus, haven't we? If infected cannot test the power of the Redlight Virus, then let soldiers do it." Panther, a brigadier general with a single star on his shoulder, stepped forward. Pointing at the orderly infected below, he highlighted their advantage.
The military representatives all nodded. Although modern warfare primarily relied on aircraft and artillery, having a fearless biochemical army would undoubtedly be a major breakthrough in military strength.
Upon hearing this, the politicians understood the crux of the matter, and their denunciation of Raymond temporarily came to an end.
Having gained a moment to breathe under the pressure from the big shots, Raymond pressed the control button again and opened every iron door.
Li Wei's ears twitched as he heard an unusually violent sound, like that of a ferocious beast.
Without another word, he grabbed the metal hospital bed beside him, tore it free from where it was anchored to the floor, and raised it above his head.
The officers and politicians who had been calm moments earlier instantly turned pale. Especially when they saw the teasing expression on Li Wei's face, their moods worsened even further.
Cold sweat immediately streamed down Raymond's forehead. Without even saying a word, he turned and ran for the exit.
The officers and laboratory staff were not slow to react either. One group possessed keen battlefield instincts, while the other dealt with infected every day. The slow-witted ones had basically all been bitten to death.
Li Wei hurled the raised metal bed with all his strength. The metal hospital bed, nearly a ton in weight, shot forward in a straight line and smashed through the thick bulletproof glass of the observation window.
The iron doors behind him also opened completely. More than a dozen infected, even more grotesque than the Redlight infected, rushed out. In the final iron cage stood an enormous infected over two meters tall, its muscles powerfully developed.
Its thick arms ended in five fingers transformed into claws that gleamed with a metallic sheen. The moment it emerged, it leaped at Li Wei like a tiger pouncing on prey.
Li Wei had no intention of tangling with this big fellow. After discovering that he could not control the grotesque monster, he sprang onto the shattered observation window.
This kind of monster had a particularly distinctive name: Hunter.
The Hunter leaped over where Li Wei had been standing and slammed headfirst into the alloy wall. Its skull colliding with metal produced a deafening crash.
"Roar!" The Hunter grew enraged. It jumped more than ten meters into the air, swatted aside the Redlight infected trying to stop it, and leaped out after Li Wei.
After entering the area behind the observation window, Li Wei saw several politicians who had been knocked down by the hospital bed he had thrown. He gave each of them a kick and sent them to meet God.
Hearing the hard-headed crashing below, his vigilance flared. He sprinted toward the half-open door ahead.
In the short distance of just over ten meters, he had already felt how much his current body's speed had increased.
And he felt none of the weakness or weightlessness he had expected. Every step was powerful and solid, even leaving small dents in the concrete floor. He could also feel an invisible pressure fixing his shoulders in place, preventing him from flying away with a single step.
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