They Loved Getting Down to Business
Half an hour later, Mu Xinxin brought back two captured live Night Demons and sent them to the laboratory, where Robert began injecting them with the virus vaccine to observe the virus's reversal.
In the original story, the female Night Demon that Robert captures has a leader-level biological father (godfather), which attracts an insurmountable enemy.
Now, Mu Xinxin has chosen to capture two male Night Demons to avoid the melodramatic plot of the original story, in order to prevent being harassed by a group of Night Demons later.
Apart from Robert and the dog, Russell and the other two knew very well that the main event was the battle between the Reincarnator, and that the Night Demon was no longer a threat the moment they arrived.
Nothing happened that night. Robert worked tirelessly in the lab all night, focusing intently for more than ten hours.
Clinical trials for any viral vaccine are not short-term endeavors. Robert spent three years on the project, and only a handful of trials actually met the standards for human trials.
But when luck comes, there's no stopping it!
The vaccine research made a breakthrough. Ying Yingying's 'casual' suggestion gave Robert an experimental idea: if the body temperature of the infected Night Demon could be lowered, the effectiveness of the vaccine could be greatly increased.
"The Night Demon's heart rate and body temperature have both returned to the normal range, a significant achievement that has never been obtained in any previous experiments..."
His mind oscillated between exhaustion and excitement. Robert was extremely excited. "The vaccine is working! We're just one step away from success. If they can recover within the next day or two, the vaccine will cure all Night Demons."
Russell shook his head slightly. "Robert, you're too excited. You need to rest and relax your tense mind."
"No, the experiment has reached its most critical stage, and I must record every single piece of data. I can't rest for the next two days!"
Just as Russell was about to try to persuade him again, Ying Yingying suddenly stepped forward, raised her the Snap and snapped her fingers in front of Robert. The latter immediately started yawning, swayed and leaned against the corner of the wall, and fell down. Within three seconds, he started snoring.
The two walked out of the laboratory side by side. Just as Robert had said, the experiment had reached its most critical moment, and they absolutely could not be disturbed for the next two days.
Russell said, "If I'm not mistaken, the Reincarnator who chose the Night Demon faction are definitely searching desperately for Robert's whereabouts. Although the air-raid shelter is in a remote location, it is still possible to be discovered. We cannot take the risk. It's time to leave."
"Evacuate outside of New York City, in any direction, and leave them as far behind as possible!"
Ying Yingying nodded, even though she looked down on the dozen or so Reincarnator who had entered this world with her, believing that their intelligence was not high enough and they were not ideal partners.
But three cobblers can outwit Zhuge Liang, let alone Reincarnator with their endless tricks up their sleeves. She couldn't guarantee that she could evade the enemy's two days of frantic sweeping and searching.
"No! We have to get to the Survivor Settlement!"
"Go there, why?"
Ying Yingying was puzzled. Taking Robert there would only make survival more difficult for the survivors in the settlement and would not help them complete their mission.
Russell gave Ying Yingying a deep look. "Last night, I analyzed your speculations about the standards for mission completion and realized that I had overlooked a very important detail."
"What details?"
"If you can think of this, there's no guarantee that some clever Reincarnator can too. If he's in the Night Demon faction, what do you think he would do?"
Upon hearing this, Ying Yingying's expression changed drastically. "They will go to the settlement and kill all the survivors, so that even if Robert develops a virus vaccine, it will be unable to be mass-produced."
"Yes, I'm worried about that too."
"Jason, why didn't you tell me sooner about something this important?"
Russell shrugged with a wry smile, "Because of the intervention of the Supreme God, I'm not sure if the virus vaccine is really effective. So, between the two, Robert is more important than the Survivor Settlement."
"Well..."
Ying Yingying looked somber. Although Russell's words were cold, they were indeed true.
Russell continued, "Now that the virus vaccine has been largely confirmed as successful, Robert's value has decreased, while the value of Survivor Settlement has increased, making the latter a priority for protection..."
Ying Yingying couldn't help but interrupt, "You mean, send Robert back to New York as bait to buy us two more days?"
"No!"
Russell grinned, his face shrouded in black mist, red lines of blood forming a sinister smile, "I've always believed that only the living can be called legends; the dead are heroes, tragedies."
Ying Yingying laughed upon hearing this, her eyes narrowing into crescent moons. "So, to fit the theme of 'I Am Legend,' you're planning to protect Robert as he goes to the Survivor Settlement?"
"No!"
Russell said, "It has nothing to do with the topic; I simply don't like heroes and tragedies!"
"Hehe, has anyone ever told you that your smug look is cute?"
"Arrogant and haughty! That's a term used to describe women, isn't it?"
"Do not you?"
Russell: (=.=)
"I, I'm four!"
Brooklyn Bridge, New York City!
Two groups of Reincarnator are facing off, and the cause is very real, and also very much Main God Space!
The Reincarnator arrived here with Ying Yingying and Mu Xinxin, under the influence of Lu Tongzhi, collectively chose the Night Demon faction.
Then, this morning, another group of Reincarnator arrived. After confirming their respective worlds and analyzing the pros and cons, most chose the human camp, while a small number chose the night demon camp.
The reason why most people chose the human camp is simple: Robert is still alive and must be under protection, and a vaccine for the virus is about to be successfully developed.
A small minority agrees with Lu Tongzhi's deduction that Robert was not being protected, but rather imprisoned. A small group of malicious Reincarnator are attempting to confuse the situation, causing subsequent Reincarnator entering this world to choose the human camp, and then earn Reward Points through killing.
If humans start to fill in the blanks with their imaginations, the world will become very dark!
The two groups of Reincarnator set up their camps, each occupying one side of the broken Brooklyn Bridge, facing each other across the vast river.
Robert's disappearance didn't matter; they were convinced their deduction was correct and had no worries. They started thinking about killing a few more enemies to earn Reward Points.
High in the sky, a Flying Carpet swept past rapidly. Russell nodded to Ying Yingying and, supported by Mu Xinxin's telekinesis, descended from the sky in a very pretentious manner.
The two groups of Reincarnator, facing off, were momentarily stunned to see Russell standing on the East River, New York. One of them couldn't wait and asked loudly, "Newcomer, which faction are you on?"
Luo, the troublemaker: I'll stand on whichever side has fewer people!
He looked around and saw that the number of Reincarnator in the human camp was relatively small, so he decided to join their camp first, and then switch to the opposing camp when their numbers increased.
"Stop babbling! My eyes are getting tired from watching you pose for so long. Let's get our weapons out!" Russell raised his Adamantium Blade and pointed it at the Night Demon camp.
Hearing Russell's arrogant provocation, the Reincarnator of the Night Demon camp cursed angrily. A figure jumped off the bridge, splashing water as he arrogantly said, "You blind fool, remember this: the one who killed you was Zheng Shi, a LV5 water-type Metahuman!"
Russell was taken aback by what he heard. He glanced at the Nenya, Ring of Water, then silently placed the trident on his lower back, tightened his belt, and said confidently, "Coincidentally, what I like to do most is to do serious business!"