Unsurprisingly, the stubbornly defiant Yu Zhengqing was completely powerless against Xia Xu and soon answered his questions obediently.
He had indeed lost the New-Type Modification Serum he had stolen that day, but it was not entirely an accident. He had actually noticed when the Modified Serum fell.
But his pursuers were close behind, all of them bat beastmen like him. Stopping to pick something up during a high-speed chase would have been courting death. Besides, he was not sure he could escape this time, so he had simply gone along with the mishap and left the serum in that inconspicuous corner of the dark alley.
That serum was the latest breakthrough by "Dr. Z," the head researcher at his base. It was the most perfect specimen in the latest batch of research samples, and there had not yet been time to study and analyze it in detail. In a sense, it was one of a kind.
The research institute would not kill him without finding the serum. If he really was caught and taken back, he could use it to keep himself alive. Failing that, he could return for it after shaking off his pursuers. Hardly anyone went into that dark alley anyway, and the people chasing him could hardly stop suddenly to examine their surroundings.
Unfortunately, despite all his calculations, he had not anticipated that someone would actually enter that deserted alley after he left. By the time he returned to look for the Modified Serum, it was already gone.
"So there really was a third party. After Yu Zhengqing left that day, Yao Fu must have arrived first, accidentally fallen onto the Modified Serum, and injected himself with the drug."
*"But the plot synopsis made it very clear that Yao Fu didn't take the syringe. That means someone