Death of the Live Specimen

Chapter 944: Death of the Live Specimen

Less than two hours had passed since Xu Huo was separated from the live specimen. When he entered the lounge just now, he discovered that the Alien locked in the cage was already dead. Even so, they could still hear its "heartbeat" and "breathing." Faking a state of being "alive" with an item wasn't difficult, so it had managed to fool Shangguan Xi and the others, who had kept it under constant watch.

Besides the five people with Shangguan Xi, the only others who could get close to the live specimen were the training base staff, including Gao Xiaoyan and the others, whom they had encountered after splitting up.

The live specimen had been brought here, only to be killed at the last moment. On the surface, it looked like an attempt to stop them from clearing the Dungeon. In truth, whoever had done it couldn't have had stopping them as their real goal. The question naturally returned to the live specimen itself.

Based on his earlier suspicions, it was more likely that the specimen carried an infectious virus than antibodies. And it hadn't been sent to W37 Base City for vaccine research; it was part of an attempt to poison W11 City.

That depended on one thing: whether W11 and W37 were cooperating.

If the two cities were working together, the Alien really could be a research specimen. The story behind its transport would be true, which meant it would be most valuable alive. And now that it had practically been delivered to W37's doorstep, the city's leadership shouldn't have remained indifferent.

Gao Xiaoyan held a high position at the training base and could contact the mayor directly, so she shouldn't have been kept in the dark. Judging by her attitude toward