The battle between the Sorcerer Supreme and the Outer Gods and Demons on the main battlefield was more or less over.
But Arthur was still busy. His expression changed only when Jiang Xiang appeared, but when Jiang Xiang refrained from interfering much with his actions, his face went blank again.
He continued busily dismantling and reconstructing the Virus King.
And the consciousness the Virus King had briefly regained soon faded again.
As Arthur worked, he could clearly sense the virus's virulence gradually weakening!
This matched Arthur's initial prediction perfectly. By his rough calculations, another twenty cycles or so would produce the desired result.
Some of the Mobile Task Force personnel nearby stopped working. They had discovered that the previously tenacious virus was now dying off on a massive scale. This contradicted the original data on the virus, as well as the whole point of collecting it.
One team member stepped forward and said, "Mr. Arthur, we'd like you to come out immediately and cooperate with our investigation..."
Whoosh-
A black spike shot straight toward the team member's head. Fortunately, Strange blocked the attack.
The team member who had spoken sat on the ground, his face full of relief at having survived.
But they no longer dared to provoke Arthur.
They feared he might do something dangerous again.
As time passed, everyone present began to feel a vague sense that something was wrong.
Although nothing terrifying had escaped, Arthur's mental state looked deeply concerning to everyone.
One moment, Arthur wore an absurd smile; the next, he burst into wild laughter. Nothing about him looked mentally sound!
This created another problem: everyone was on guard against any sudden change in Arthur. Of course, perhaps they were actually watching out for the one-headed, six-armed Strange.
Strange looked as though someone had given him