Life Dungeon Game

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The content on the car screen switched several times, all of it advertisements. Ryan, sitting in the driver's seat, glanced back at He Ao with some embarrassment.

"Mr. Jess, should I turn off this car smart screen?"

"Need not."

He Ao smiled and shook his head.

His gaze swept across the surrounding buildings, and in almost every place he could see with a public screen, more than 70 percent of them were broadcasting news reports about Ned's scandal.

Of the remaining 30%, 10% is playing a video.

The advertisement featured a slender, well-proportioned man named Walker, a senator candidate.

Walker was the third-ranked Senate candidate after DeSantis in terms of approval ratings, and he was also a Senate candidate supported by Star Pharmaceuticals.

The final 20% consisted of the news media that originally supported Ned, most of whom had murky ties with the Huierme Medical Foundation and could not be bribed.

In a large city like Witland, a single conglomerate cannot exert absolute control. Moreover, the Huiermei Medical Conglomerate is not the largest conglomerate in Witland, which gave Qunxing Pharmaceuticals an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

However, the price required to buy those advertising slots and news programs that are unrelated to the Huiermei Medical Consortium is also astronomical, and it seems that Qunxing Pharmaceutical has invested a lot this time.

“When we left home this morning, these screens were still showing Ned’s campaign ads, and the TV programs were full of praise for him,”

Ryan followed Heo's gaze and glanced around, a hint of confusion in his eyes. "It's only been an afternoon, it seems like just a moment, and everyone's already cursing Ned."

"Later on, these screens will be displaying opposing views, with one side criticizing Ned and the other supporting him."

He Ao chuckled.

Right now, Qunxing Pharmaceuticals has caught Huierme Medical Consortium off guard, instantly winning over most of the city's gossip. After a while, Huierme Medical Consortium will realize what's happening and reclaim its lost ground, and then the two sides will start a war of words.

But this surprise attack has already spread the news of Ned's scandal, making the remaining operational difficulties much easier.

He Ao turned his gaze away from the screen outside and looked down at the incomplete research data on the B-grade gene drug on his wristband.

He opened the text input box and sent Eve a message.

[Eve, please help me find the cause of death information for the five core researchers who died previously.]

He paused, then added, "[and the B-grade gene therapy research data of these people at the time of their deaths.]"

"We are filtering relevant data for you."

Eve's voice rang in Heo's ears.

"Mr. Jess, we've arrived at the South Gate."

At that moment, Ryan said something in a low voice, then slowly pulled the car over to the side of the road.

This is a secluded path, near a hidden alley.

Ryan glanced at the bracelet, opened the car door, and asked, "Mr. Jess, shall we go see the wilderness hunters the boss arranged?"

"Ah."

He nodded slightly and got out of the car with Ryan.

The electric cars they drive now can't get into the wilderness; they need to switch to off-road vehicles that run on liquid fuels.

Hai Xi has already taken care of his customs clearance procedures, giving him the identity of a normal wilderness hunter who goes hunting in the wilderness, and a wilderness hunter will take him out.

At that moment, He's bracelet vibrated, and a new message popped up.

I'm almost there.

The source is DeSanchez.

I'll be waiting for you at the destination.

He Ao quickly replied with a message.

He wasn't alone when he left the city this time.

Ryan led Heo across the path and into the alley.

He switched the bracelet back to the research data display interface; Eve had already filtered the data He had just requested.

come out.

Because there are many gaps in the research data on B-grade gene drugs, and it cannot be determined which research data are definitely from the corresponding time, Eve listed all the suspected data, marked the probability, and presented them to He'ao.

"No information was found to record the specific cause of death of the five researchers. Based on the analysis of the surveillance data left in the elevator, there is a greater than 75% chance that the five researchers died in the laboratory, and the location of their deaths was the control room on the bottom floor."

Eve's voice rang in Heo's ears at the same time.

In other words, it is highly likely that these five researchers died during their research on the Class B gene-editing agent.

He Ao's gaze shifted to the research records that Eve had selected. These records were so damaged that they were unrecognizable, with only some garbled data remaining. Many crucial pieces of information were missing, and even Eve couldn't find them when she was recovering the data.

The storage chips that hold this content have likely been physically destroyed.

He Ao carefully studied the materials. With the knowledge that Jess had developed about gene-based drugs, even with these incomplete data, he could roughly tell what some of the data did and what steps the researchers had modified when preparing the B-grade gene-based drugs.

But that was all he could do. He could clearly sense that the Grade B gene serum prepared by the second laboratory had undergone some kind of change when the five researchers died, but based on this data alone, he couldn't analyze what those changes were.

However, this does not mean that He Ao is completely helpless.

He slowed his pace, his thoughts gradually calming down, allowing the chaotic thoughts that existed deep within his mind—those that had tried to invade his will and had once driven Jess to madness—to take over.

The whole world unfolded before him like a worm stretching out its enormous body, and the twisted, chaotic, and insane sounds echoed in his ears.

In a sense, these crazy wills are Jess's innate 'skills'. When Heo was in the mental hospital, he also allowed these crazy wills to take over.

When his consciousness was consumed by madness, the truth of the entire world seemed to leap and appear before his eyes.

He Ao lowered his head and stared at the information on the bracelet.

Suddenly, those dry data began to dance like vibrant life, and incomprehensible lines of logic began to connect in He Ao's mind.

In that instant, he suddenly understood the significance of the data, the reasons for its changes, and what the researchers at that time were actually doing.

They are using the lives of their companions to activate the power within the gene serum, completing the incomplete ritual within the serum.

The madness emanating from the very essence of the world was eroding He Ao's soul. He Ao quickly glanced at the data and then suppressed the madness in his mind.

When reason returned to his body, He Ao gently touched his forehead.

A faint feeling of dizziness lingered in his mind.

This time, the rate at which the soul is consumed in the frenzy state is much higher than last time.

However, this is still within He Ao's tolerance range.

He rubbed his temples and glanced at the bracelet.

Those data.

In his madness, he could no longer comprehend those strange and twisted logics, but he still achieved the final result.

The five researchers who died earlier did not die accidentally, but were sacrificed by their companions.

These researchers appear to be some kind of special 'material' cultivated by the mysterious figure, whose flesh and soul can be combined with the purple liquid provided by the mysterious figure.

Experimental data showed that when a researcher's flesh and soul were added as materials, the purple liquid mixed into the gene serum exhibited properties that were closer to the blood of a real Class B superhuman, making the resulting gene serum closer to Class B.

However, this effect is time-limited, lasting for about three to five minutes, and the quality of the effect depends on the number of researchers involved.

Based on the analysis results obtained by He Ao in his frenzied state, assuming there are no other problems with the Grade B gene serum, the mysterious man would need the flesh and souls of at least 19 researchers to make the Grade B gene serum complete, with a duration of seven minutes.

The researchers who were taken away were the remaining 19 people.

At this point, He Ao also understood why the mysterious person had taken those researchers away.

He closed the data on the bracelet and rubbed his temples again.

Treating people as raw materials seems like the approach of a mysterious figure.

This guy's attitude towards humans is as if he himself does not belong to the human race.

"Mr. Jess? Is there a problem?"

Ryan looked at Heo, who was walking slower and slower, turned his head and asked with some doubt.

"fine."

He Ao shook his head and walked over quickly.

If that Grade B gene serum only has a seven-minute duration of effect, then the mysterious man will definitely use it at the most critical moment, before the situation is completely out of control.

He followed Ryan out of the alley and onto a rusty steel pedestrian overpass.

Standing on the overpass, he turned his head and glanced at the densely packed city.

He briefly activated his super memory, and his soul power spread out, reflecting the thoughts of countless ordinary people into his mind under the perception of super memory.

The invisible thoughts that permeated the void rose and fell like the tide.

Beneath that shadow, it seemed as if some terrifying behemoth was stirring the waves of thought.

He deactivated his hyper-memory, turned around, and went down the overpass.

After walking a few steps, they arrived at their destination: an abandoned old factory.

A dark-skinned, gaunt wilderness hunter had been waiting there for a long time.

This person was also someone that Hai Xi arranged for He Ao. He used to be a scavenger, but later, under Hai Xi's arrangement, he entered the wilderness and became a wilderness hunter. He was also someone that Hai Xi trusted.

After arriving here, Ryan said goodbye to Heo, as the wilderness was not his forte.

Not long after Heo arrived, DeSanke also rushed over.

"Jace, are we leaving the city?"

DeSanchez glanced at the SUV and asked with some confusion.

"I'm going out of town to see someone."