Chapter 229: Nano Swarm and Multipotent Stem Cells
"...That's basically what happened. I already sent the man to Santa Fe," the Great Serpent Valley overseer said, trembling.
When the White-Skinned Strongman returned to Santa Fe and pieced everything together, he discovered that not everyone in Great Serpent Valley had vanished. One person had actually come out!
He was a racehorse named Hua Ji, the sole survivor. Shortly after he emerged, the Super Sentinel Squad had gone in, only to find the Lizardmen missing.
Santa Fe was now treating Hua Ji as a guinea pig. Before that, he had mentioned that the Lizardmen were plotting something, but the overseers had paid him no mind.
The moment the overseer learned something serious had happened, he rushed to Santa Fe to report it.
"Damn it! Why didn't you say so earlier?"
The White-Skinned Strongman was furious.
"We didn't know the Lizardmen had escaped," the overseer said miserably. "I thought they were still in the caves. And afterward, you... you never told us what happened. You just took your troops and left."
"I thought you could wipe out the Lizardmen... I only just learned you hadn't caught them. That's when I remembered Hua Ji might have some clues."
The White-Skinned Strongman shot the overseer a fierce glare and immediately sent someone to bring Hua Ji in for questioning.
But when he reached the Interrogation Room, he saw a man sprawled in a chair, fast asleep.
"What's going on?" the White-Skinned Strongman asked.
"Uh... he hasn't woken up yet," the overseer said, lowering his head.
"Hasn't woken up?" The White-Skinned Strongman stared at him.
"Hua Ji is unusually sensitive to our anesthetic," the overseer explained. "He stays unconscious longer than most people."
"He was injected three hours ago, and I gave him two doses... We