Dr. Zhang

Dr. Zhang

"Impossible!" Luo Changren declared. "I witnessed the effects of the genetic Evolution Potion with my own eyes. It worked on people in other game Sub-districts!"

"So Dr. Zhang didn't just use the genetic samples you provided to make the Evolution Potion—he was conducting the same research in other game Sub-districts, too." Xu Huo paused. "What kind of person was he?"

"A very refined gentleman..." Luo Changren's faith had been shaken. He managed to answer, then pressed, "Did Gao Zhen tell you all this?"

Xu Huo produced the evidence on the spot and showed him the relevant excerpts.

Luo Changren's face had looked grim from the start. When Gao Zhen said, "You have to leave people a little hope," he finally spat out the blood he'd been holding back, leaning over his knees and repeating, "I don't believe it... I don't believe it... I don't believe it..."

In truth, he had only been the catalyst. The real culprit behind the SE virus outbreak was 01 Base City. Even if the Evolution Potion he brought back had gone into mass production, it could only have harmed a small number of Players; it could never have killed so many people. He'd taken the blame for what happened afterward, but his conscience wouldn't let him rest. He'd escaped to find a vaccine, endured every hardship, and planned to redeem himself. Now he was being told the vaccine might be fake, too. Anyone would find that impossible to accept.

Xu Huo glanced at the time and let him vent for now.

Luo Changren eventually managed to pull himself together a little. With a glimmer of hope, he asked, "The SE virus really won't damage the genes passed down to the next generation?"

"If Gao Zhen wasn't lying," Xu Huo said, reasoning it out,