Bone Spur

The ambulance drove straight into the depths of the psychiatric hospital.

Then it vanished without a trace.

When the Cityfire Squad appeared again, they were already back at the C03 Containment Facility.

"Doctor! We're back!"

The doctor adjusted his monocle without speaking.

He had already seen every detail through the camera attached to a squad member.

"Thanks for your hard work. Go get some rest!"

With that, the doctor paid no further attention to Dart, who had come to report, and resumed studying Lu Xiao's hematopoietic stem cells.

Dart quietly left the doctor's office and returned to the squad's training room.

Seeing Dart return, Xiao Yu hurried over.

"Captain! The doctor didn't say anything, did he?"

Dart shook his head.

Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, inside Lu Xiao's containment chamber.

He was playing with the Bone Spur.

The Bone Spur felt heavy in his hand. As he held it, it seemed to pulse faintly, giving Lu Xiao the feeling that it was alive.

This made Lu Xiao a little curious.

"Ivan didn't say how to use this thing!"

Ivan had only said it was a work of art.

But clearly, it wasn't that simple.

Lu Xiao pondered for a moment, then recalled what he had read in cultivation novels: immortal artifacts recognized their masters through a drop of blood.

A grin spread across his face.

Shunk.

Lu Xiao plunged the entire Bone Spur into his thigh.

Just then, the Bone Spur began trembling violently.

Lu Xiao quickly pulled it out and held it before his eyes for a closer look.

The intricate patterns on the Bone Spur were now stained with blood, giving off a faint emerald glow.

The Azure Gem at its end emitted a halo of light.

Buzz!!!

At the same time, a powerful wave of dizziness struck Lu Xiao's brain.

Lu Xiao shook his head, dispelling the dizziness.

The dizzy spell went as quickly as it had come.

By the time Lu Xiao's eyes refocused, the Bone Spur had returned to its original appearance, without any change.

Lu Xiao curled his lips.

"This doesn't seem all that impressive!"

At that moment, countless staff members lay on the floor of the C03 Containment Facility, foaming at the mouth.

Those staff members had been busy with their work, only for their eyes to suddenly roll back as they lost consciousness.

Only a handful managed to stay on their feet.

The doctor was one of them.

Upon noticing this anomaly, the doctor immediately rushed to the surveillance monitors and activated the Emergency Plan.

In an instant, every passage was sealed by steel doors weighing over a thousand pounds.

Alarms rang throughout the Containment Facility.

In the area where the expendables lived, someone noticed something was wrong.

Since their living quarters were far from the containment chambers, they hadn't felt anything unusual.

But the alarms were ringing throughout the entire Containment Facility base.

One expendable's gaze was somber.

"The alarms have gone off three times in just one week!"

"Something must have happened!"

He muttered under his breath.

There were over a hundred expendables like him here.

They wore identical yellow vests and lived in rooms like prison cells.

Unlike a prison, they each had a room to themselves.

These people were called expendables, which meant they weren't treated as human beings here.

They all had two things in common.

First, they were all vicious criminals sentenced to death.

Second, a man in a black suit had said the same thing to each of them.

"Do you want to live?"

"I'll take you somewhere. As long as you can stay there for thirty days, you'll regain your freedom!"

These death-row inmates had all been close to execution by firing squad, living whatever days they had left.

Upon hearing that they could live another thirty days, every one of them agreed without hesitation.

As for whether they could regain their freedom, they didn't care.

But ever since arriving here, their thoughts had quietly begun to change.

After all, who wouldn't want to live a little longer?

But soon, someone realized that this was a complete and utter scam.

They had been brought here as expendables to provide research data for the researchers.

They would be forced to spend time alone with some terrifying Contained Anomalies to test the characteristics of those Contained Anomalies.

The slightest lapse could get them killed on the spot.

As for whether they really could regain their freedom after thirty days, who knew?

In any case, no one had yet managed to survive past the thirtieth day.

Several expendables exchanged glances through the bars.

Then their gazes all shifted toward the Special Operations Soldiers guarding the entrance.

"Hey, officer, what's happened this time?"

An expendable whistled and called out.

The doctor's voice came through one of the Special Operations Soldier's earpieces.

"Hold your positions!"

After receiving the doctor's order, they breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Then one soldier approached the expendable who had whistled.

He raised his rifle and struck the bars with its stock.

"Shut up!"

He said nothing more, because these people were only expendables.

Seeing the soldier's attitude, those expendables exchanged looks.

Meanwhile.

The doctor finally found the cause.

As he watched the surveillance replay of Lu Xiao, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

In the footage, after Lu Xiao plunged the entire Bone Spur into his thigh, the staff members began collapsing one after another.

It was as though their souls had been sucked out in an instant.

On the monitor, Lu Xiao looked as though he wanted to do it again.

The doctor hurriedly grabbed the microphone.

"292, stop!"

Inside the Containment Room, Lu Xiao froze at the sudden voice.

"Doctor?"

There was some confusion in his voice.

Soon, the doctor arrived at Lu Xiao's Containment Room.

After watching the surveillance footage, Lu Xiao hid the Bone Spur behind his back, looking a little embarrassed.

The doctor adjusted his monocle.

"S292, this item is too dangerous. It needs to be contained!"

Hearing this, Lu Xiao flatly refused.

"Doctor, this is my personal property!"

The doctor had no intention of taking it by force, either. He had his own set of principles when dealing with Contained Anomalies.

If he could avoid provoking them, he absolutely would.

Because he believed that provoking them could very well lead to many uncontrollable events.

"Then make sure you keep it safe. Don't let any blood get on it!"

The doctor was certain that Lu Xiao's blood had activated the Bone Spur.

As for whether someone else's blood would have the same effect, the doctor didn't care.

He simply didn't want Lu Xiao to do it again.

Lu Xiao grinned and put the Bone Spur away.

"Oh, right! Doctor, are there any missions lately? When can I go to the real world?"

The doctor was just about to shake his head when he suddenly remembered the mission the Cityfire Squad had failed.

"Oh! As it happens, there really is one!"

Hearing this, Lu Xiao immediately said excitedly.

"Then what are we waiting for? I can't wait!"