"That's great. As long as we found it." A trace of relief appeared on Lin Taichu's face. "Tang Hu, go fetch the medicine chest I brought. It contains the experimental tools I brought from the Tang Sect. I need to study the virus on this rat immediately."
Tang Hu acknowledged the order and soon returned with the medicine chest.
Lin Taichu opened it and took out the Silver Needles, medicine bottles, and several simple experimental tools. Though they were not as complete as those in the Tang Sect's medicine shed, they were more than enough for basic research.
He first carefully pierced the rat with a Silver Needle, extracted a little of its blood, and dripped it onto a prepared test strip.
As soon as the test strip came into contact with the rat's blood, it quickly turned dark red—the exact same color as the Dark Race Mutagen samples they had previously tested.
Next, Lin Taichu pricked his own finger with a Silver Needle, squeezed out a little blood, mixed it with the rat's blood, and observed the reaction.
Once his blood mixed with the rat's, it quickly began to clot. The clotting speed was more than twice as fast as normal, completely matching the blood reaction caused by the Dark Race Mutagen.
After half an hour of simple research, Lin Taichu finally confirmed that the virus in this rat had evolved from the Dark Race's Mutagen.
Once injected into an animal, this drug could not only make it violent and bloodthirsty, but also enhance its physical abilities, greatly increasing its speed and strength. The virus could even infect humans through bites.
What worried Lin Taichu even more was that, while studying the rat's blood, he discovered that this Mutagen was even more potent than the one they had seen