A week passed in the blink of an eye.
Liu Yingying carried an insulated food container filled with dishes she had cooked herself to a biological research center in the southern outskirts of Mande City.
There was a guard post every ten steps and a sentry every five. Security was extraordinarily tight, with hidden sentries and teams of soldiers patrolling alongside police dogs visible everywhere.
There was also comprehensive, blind-spot-free surveillance, and everyone entering or leaving had to undergo multiple rounds of meticulous inspection.
Liu Yingying arrived at one of the experimental buildings in the center and pressed the elevator button.
The elevator did not go up. Instead, it began descending.
When the elevator opened again, Liu Yingying had already arrived more than a hundred meters underground.
This place was a grotto-heaven of its own, artificially transformed into a large-scale research center. The spotless walls, countless sophisticated instruments, and researchers in white coats hurrying back and forth all testified to how unusual it was.
This was not Liu Yingying's first visit. After going through the disinfection procedures as smoothly as a familiar road, she arrived before a room arranged with thick metal pillars. It looked more like an iron cage.
Several researchers in white coats were there, and Su Jie was among them.
"Time to eat."
Liu Yingying tiptoed up behind Su Jie and raised the insulated container in her hand.
"Wait a moment. The experiment is about to begin."
Su Jie shook his head and pointed into the room.
Liu Yingying followed his finger and saw a deformed monster lying on the ground inside a cage built from metal pillars.
It was nearly four meters tall. Its skin was withered and pale, its limbs twisted grotesquely, and extra knobby growths sprouted from its joints. Its fingers were long and