Although he had asked Yao Fu to scan the place, Xia Xu did not actually pin all his hopes on him. He also took a moment to check Yao Fu's attributes again.
Another segment of plot had appeared in his fate profile, and overall, it was indeed not far from what he had expected.
Simply put, Yao Fu had obtained a small vial of mysterious medicine from Gu Haiming, but because Gu Haiming rambled incoherently and was not quite mentally sound, he had put it away without giving it much thought.
That was where the new plot summary ended.
Still, Xia Xu could guess a little of what followed. This so-called mysterious medicine was clearly foreshadowing: an item given to the protagonist by a crazy old man, disregarded at first, then remembered at a critical moment and used to unleash a burst of power and turn the tables on a formidable enemy.
There might be slight differences and details to smooth things over, but the overall outline should be more or less right.
And if that was the case, since Gu Haiming could create a drug that helped the protagonist, he must still be conducting biological research during his lucid periods.
Perhaps, just as Xia Xu had previously suspected, Gu Haiming really was the "third party" who had picked up Yao Fu's syringe of Modified Serum.
"Consultant Xia, it looks like there really is something..."
Sure enough, a scan with Yao Fu's ultrasound revealed that the villa was not as simple as it appeared from the outside.
There was a basement beneath the villa, and it seemed to contain quite a lot of instruments and equipment, though Yao Fu could not identify them with his limited knowledge.
"All right, that's enough."
Xia Xu had no intention of barging into the