R-17 Original Blood Agent

R-17 Original Blood Agent

But before Hong Mo could make any move, a faint whistling sound came from above.

"What was that sound?" Hong Mo muttered in confusion.

Suddenly, Hong Mo's face changed dramatically. Electricity surged out—Instant Activation! Accelerated by both the current and gravity, Hong Mo plummeted downward.

Damn it, those guys up there were absolute lunatics. That whistling was clearly the sound of a heavy object falling through the air. Hong Mo had no idea what it was, but that did not matter. Even a single screw, after being accelerated by gravity over such a great distance, would carry tremendous force. Not to mention that from the sound alone, it was obviously something huge.

You bastards were ruthless!

Hong Mo fell at high speed, his eyes locked firmly on the brightly lit entrance to the shaft. As he neared it, he pushed off the elevator shaft with both hands and feet, changing direction as he lunged out through the opening.

The instant Hong Mo leaped out of the elevator shaft, a deafening boom erupted behind him, and countless parts scattered in all directions.

Ha... ha... ha!

Hong Mo lay facedown on the floor, gasping for breath as he looked back fearfully at the laboratory equipment twisted into a mangled heap. Under that massive impact, he could no longer hold onto Luo Meiyue. The woman had been flung from his arms, rolling several times across the floor before crashing into a metal cabinet and coming to a stop.

With loud clatters, heavy objects continued to fall, piling up and smashing into the elevator shaft entrance. Hong Mo climbed to his feet, rubbed his aching wrist, and walked toward Luo Meiyue.

This woman could not die yet. She was the deputy director here, and she understood this research institute far better than he did.

Hong Mo patted Luo Meiyue and found that she had long since passed out, sprawled on the ground like a lump of dead flesh. Hong Mo was no doctor and had no idea what to do in such a situation. Still, judging from her breathing, she was at least not dead yet.

After lifting Luo Meiyue and placing her in a chair, Hong Mo fell silent in thought.

Judging from Luo Meiyue's reaction, she had not known about this trap. Then who had planned this attack? Luo Meiyue was the deputy director here. Clearly, those people had not arrived before she came down, or else there was no way she would not have known.

There was another possibility: Luo Meiyue had been pretending all along. If that was the case, then this woman was truly terrifying. Besides, Hong Mo had no idea what he possessed that was worth her going this far.

Damn it, whoever they were, kill them all! Unable to figure it out, a flash of red passed through Hong Mo's eyes, and a violent urge rose in his mind. After facing danger again and again, Hong Mo was starting to lose control.

At that moment, Hong Mo's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the floor against his will. He braced himself against a table in a miserable state, panic flashing through his heart. What was going on?

The only thing Hong Mo could rely on now was his ability. If something had gone wrong with his body, then things would be terrible.

"You overexerted yourself." At that moment, a weak voice came from behind him. Hong Mo turned around and saw Luo Meiyue slowly sitting up as she spoke softly.

"You're damn hard to kill." Hong Mo looked at Luo Meiyue.

Traces of blood still slowly ran from the corner of Luo Meiyue's mouth. Waking up did not mean she was out of danger.

"Thank you." Luo Meiyue thanked Hong Mo first.

"No need. Maybe you can explain what you mean by overexertion."

"My guess is that although you came back to life, your body has not fully recovered. On the surface, you may look fine, but I can say for certain that your body has already reached its limit. What you need most right now is careful recuperation. But those repeated battles and struggles between life and death have undoubtedly been draining what little potential your body had left." Luo Meiyue supported herself on the chair as she stood.

Hong Mo frowned, believing Luo Meiyue's explanation. Even ordinary people needed careful recuperation after recovering from serious injuries, let alone someone who had returned from the dead. But from the look of things, he did not have time to rest.

"Where are you going?" Hong Mo asked. Luo Meiyue had left the chair and was staggering in one direction.

"To save myself. I don't know what happened upstairs, but the most important thing now is to keep my injuries under control. I don't want to die here for no reason." Luo Meiyue spoke calmly.

"Didn't you say the recovery fluid was upstairs?"

"Yes, it is upstairs. But as a laboratory, there are bound to be some special things here. They may not be standard medicine, but in certain situations, they are definitely not bad choices for saving a life." Luo Meiyue beckoned to Hong Mo.

Hong Mo walked over, and Luo Meiyue immediately slumped against him.

"Support me. You don't want to die here, do you?" Luo Meiyue tilted her head up and spoke to Hong Mo. The scent of a mature woman wafted from her body, and Hong Mo felt an unexpected impulse stir within him.

"Lead the way. Preferably quickly." Hong Mo turned his head away and said it as if to hide his reaction.

"This way. The eight sub-nests each serve different functions. Sub-nest Number Eight, where you were earlier, is specifically for storing all kinds of experimental materials. That place may look disgusting, but it is indispensable. Sub-nest Number Six is responsible for the development and research of new biological agents."

"You don't need to explain all that to me. I want to know whether you have anything that can help me recover quickly."

"No. Those medicines that let people recover rapidly generally drain the body's potential, and your condition is precisely that your potential has been overdrawn."

Tch! Hong Mo sneered inwardly.

One tightly sealed door after another was opened by Luo Meiyue. As the deputy director—and with the actual director being her father—Luo Meiyue possessed the highest authority here. After the last metal door opened, rows upon rows of shelves appeared, lined with neatly arranged test tubes. Each test tube contained ** of a different color.

"This way." Just as Hong Mo was staring blankly, Luo Meiyue called out to him.

"Are these all medicines?"

"Not all of them. Many are raw materials, the kind that do not easily change. In other words, they are highly stable." As Luo Meiyue spoke, she opened a small hidden door.

Three small cases sat in the middle of the hidden room.

Luo Meiyue picked up the case on the far left. After entering a long string of passwords, the case slowly opened on its own. A puff of white vapor rose from within, and Hong Mo felt a chill in the air.

"R-17 Original Blood Agent. It is a sample developed on the basis of Evolution Serum and has not yet been tested. Its optimal storage temperature is minus twenty-five degrees. Its predicted effect is to stimulate the body's potential, cause bodily mutation, and grant evolution comparable to that of the 'First Generation.'" Luo Meiyue said as she placed the case before Hong Mo.

"This should be classified, shouldn't it? Is it really okay to tell me? And can this heal you?" Hong Mo asked doubtfully.

Luo Meiyue took two breaths before slowly answering. "I'm not sure whether it can heal me. This agent was not developed for treatment in the first place, but I have no choice now. If I had time, I might be able to prepare some treatment agents immediately. But right now, what I lack most is time."

"Blergh!" As she spoke, Luo Meiyue suddenly vomited a mouthful of dark red blood.

This woman was right. Her injuries could not be delayed any longer; there was no time to waste. Although this agent was not meant to treat injuries, she had no other choice.

"Help me. Inject me with one dose of this agent."

"You can't do it yourself?" Hong Mo did not move.

"It's too... too cold. I don't dare touch it." Only after Luo Meiyue said this did Hong Mo notice that her body was trembling slightly. Already seriously injured, the stimulation of that icy aura made her seem even weaker.

"How much do you need?"

"One dose!"

There were only three portable injectors in the box. The dark crimson medicine within gave off a mysterious gleam. Hong Mo gently picked one up, and an ice-piercing chill passed from the injector into his hand. Even with Hong Mo's physique, he felt a faint sting.

Minus 25°C—so it really wasn't a joke. Still, he had no idea what the Original Blood serum was made of; at such a low temperature, it showed no sign of freezing at all.

"Inject it directly into the heart."

"Huh!?" Hong Mo looked at Luo Meiyue in shock.

Was she trying to kill herself? Injecting it straight into the heart sounded wrong no matter how he thought about it. But Luo Meiyue no longer had the energy to explain everything to him. Hong Mo frowned slightly. Since she had asked for it, he would do as she said.

He tore open Luo Meiyue's clothing, exposing a pair of full, milky-white breasts to the air. They were indeed ample, but right now they were a major obstacle. The needle on the portable injector was only about two centimeters long; directly reaching her heart was probably impossible.

Luo Meiyue's breathing was gradually weakening. There was truly no time to delay any longer.

Hong Mo supported Luo Meiyue and forcefully drove the needle into her chest with his right hand. Under the tremendous pressure, her full breasts were flattened.

The injection ended, and Luo Meiyue's entire body suddenly convulsed. Her pupils began to slowly lose focus.

Hey, hey!

Don't tell me you're going to die just like that. Hong Mo watched Luo Meiyue convulse without stop.

Fortunately, Luo Meiyue's spasms gradually ceased, and her unfocused pupils slowly regained their clarity. Then, all of a sudden, Luo Meiyue glanced at Hong Mo.

That glance sent a chill through Hong Mo's heart. What kind of gaze was that? Vertical pupils, cold and devoid of emotion. Those were absolutely not pupils a human could possess.

Fortunately, after looking at Hong Mo once, Luo Meiyue closed her eyes and fell into a quiet sleep. Even so, Hong Mo did not dare remain near this woman. That glance just now had been far too eerie.

Luo Meiyue slept quietly, and the entire room fell silent. Hong Mo turned his gaze toward the other two small boxes.

A secret chamber, three boxes. One contained the untested R-17 Original Blood serum. Then what could be inside the other two boxes?