The red moon returns

Chapter 529 The third stage
"At 7:12, the drug cycle waiting period has ended. After evaluating the status, samples , , and are stable. Samples , , , and are in good condition. Except for sample , which has been lost, no abnormalities have been found in the others. We can proceed to the next stage."

"Numbers six and eight will be injected with control drugs, and the rest will be injected with therapeutic drugs."

Following Ms. Nightingale's order, the nuns who had been observing the samples carefully and repeatedly began to get busy again.

The second cart was pushed out, and one could vaguely see bottles of liquids of various colors on it. The caps of these bottles had been opened, and some of them were emitting bursts of colorful mist, which was indescribably weird. Especially some of the bottles that looked similar, Lin Qi could feel a very special and familiar smell through the glass.

"Well, that's the finished product made with your tou... the human-faced fruit."

While the nuns were busy, Ms. Nightingale became leisurely and walked slowly to the glass wall. Although Lynch expressed strong dissatisfaction with her words, it seemed to be of no use. The old lady still smiled kindly and nodded to the invited audience:
"I'm sorry, I may have frightened everyone just now."

As he spoke, he drew a two-headed snake symbol on his chest through the glass in front of the people in the observation room.

"Your Excellency Saint." Someone in the observation room finally couldn't help but ask, "We don't really understand. What's the situation now? Can we succeed?"

"I can only say that it should be successful in theory, but I can't guarantee it. In fact, I invited everyone here today to let you witness the final testing process. You are all friends who have provided great support, and I have the obligation to give you a clear conclusion."

The old woman looked back at the nuns who were still busy, thought for a moment and then explained in detail:

"The final product is a bottle of potion. It will take effect after one dose. It won't be as troublesome as it is now. However, in order to ensure that the test results of each stage do not interfere with each other, the test needs to be divided into three stages. The previous stage was the enhancement stage. The purpose is to use drugs to enhance the soul resistance of the experimental samples. Because of the mysterious erosion, their resistance is rapidly declining. Some people have even been completely suppressed by filth. If the resistance is not improved, there is no point in injecting the drugs in the second stage."

"In other words, this was just a preparatory activity?"

Lynch felt his blood vessels throbbing. The first stage had almost given everyone a heart attack, and the second stage was about to kill several people.

"That's not the case. The second stage isn't that dangerous." Seeing everyone's expressions relax, the old woman said leisurely, "The dangerous part is the third stage."

Lynch looked at Diana's folding fan and wondered how many years of sentence he would receive for killing the saint.

"Now we have actually started the second stage, which is the treatment stage. It is very gentle. Several mysterious drugs are injected in sequence. Under the guidance of your human-faced fruit, a barrier is formed outside the soul of the sample." The old woman smiled at Lin Qi, "Since you are directly related to the outbreak of the three divine powers, your human-faced fruit is particularly effective against the plague. The barrier generated by it can effectively block the erosion of the three divine powers. Therefore, the second stage is the stage where you don't have to worry about accidents and deaths, because..."

"why?"

"Because the damn ones have all died, the treatment stage is now very stable." The old woman sighed, "The real danger is the final recovery stage. This is a new stage added after you retrieved the Human-Faced Fruit."

"Huh?" Lin Qi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized something, "Because of the news we brought back."

"That's right. According to our previous design, there is no third stage." The old woman raised her voice and said to everyone, "It was these young people who risked their lives to bring back the most valuable experience. They made us realize that the original drugs could not solve the limitations of people who have already fallen ill. If this problem is not solved, at least millions of people will die, and a global panic will be inevitable."

Everyone's eyes were focused on Lin Qi and the other two. Unlike the polite glances of gratitude in the past, these glances were full of sincerity and respect. Although it only lasted for a moment before the previous courtesy and etiquette were restored, this moment was enough to make Lin Qi's face turn red and he even felt a little embarrassed.

"Thanks to the tips you brought back, it's not too late. Otherwise, it would be too late to do anything when the plague breaks out. We have conducted an in-depth analysis and found that the inability of the infected to recover is similar to your guess."

"Can it be cured?"

Lin Qi was stunned. This was good news that he had never dared to think about. It seemed that rabies was not the same as he had imagined. "Of course, conventional methods won't work, but in the mysterious world, the boundary between possible and impossible is sometimes not that strict. It's just that time is too tight and the effect has not been tested, so as to the result, we can only say... May God bless this world."

“May God bless this world.”

Behind Ms. Nightingale, many nuns also recited prayers at the same time. The old woman smiled at the audience again, turned around and walked back to her seat.

"At 7:15, the drugs were injected one by one. At 7:18, the auxiliary treatment was completed and the observation period began. No abnormalities were found in all samples."

"At 7:20, the roar of specimen No. weakened, and specimen No. 's struggle intensified, showing signs of anxiety."

"At 7:22, except for samples and in the control group, all other samples showed signs of anxiety, with the frequency of roaring increasing by percent."

"At 7:23, the roar of sample number one weakened, but the frequency remained the same. At :, the roar of samples number two, four, and five weakened in turn."

The nuns stood one by one beside the experimental table, staring at the reactions of the samples almost intently. Listening to their clear voices reporting the status of the samples again and again, the moods of the people outside also rose and fell accordingly.

"After being mysteriously invaded, they no longer have any normal conscious reactions." Miss Diana explained quickly, "The anxious reaction means that human consciousness is recovering. They are anxious because they sense the pain in their bodies. This is a good sign. The weakening of the roar also means that their madness has decreased, which is also..."

"Ow~~~"

Sample No. 1 suddenly began to struggle frantically with astonishing strength, and his roar became extremely shrill, as if he had received some signal. The other four samples followed suit and began to pull the shackles vigorously. For a moment, the sound of metal colliding was almost continuous.

"Calm down, inject the sedative." Nightingale said calmly, "At 7:27, the sample showed a violent reaction. It was judged to be the empty reaction of the soul after the filth was expelled. It is planned to use a small dose of sedative to deal with it and wait for it to recover on its own."

"At 7:30, the cavitation reaction subsided, the samples recovered, and except for the control group, all entered a stable period."

"At 7:30, the third phase began. Samples one and two were injected with group A drugs, samples three and four were injected with group B, and sample five was injected with a blank control group."

"At 7:32, no changes were observed in the three groups. The medicine has not yet taken effect."

"7:34, no change, therapeutic workup initiated."

"7:35, therapeutic examination...hiss..."

The old woman, who had been calm and composed all the time, finally changed her expression at 7:35. She stared at the samples in silence for a long time, and suddenly turned around with a sullen face.

"Lynch, would you like to come in for a moment?" Ms. Nightingale's voice was even gloomier than her face. "I need your help with something. If you are willing to help, come in yourself."

Hiss, that’s not good.

Lynch's heart beat faster, but he still squeezed the two hands beside him and walked around to the other side of the glass wall.

(End of this chapter)