From picking up corpses to becoming a true god of America

Chapter 81 Could it be that he has also developed a reading addiction?

"You mean, your sister actually came to capture you?"

Rachel suddenly gripped Ye Xiao's shoulders, a hint of fear flashing in her eyes.

As the younger sister, Rachel has lived in Louise's shadow for so long that she knows her sister's terror better than almost anyone else.

She is like a dangerous snake, lurking in the shadows, disguised as a withered leaf or twig, ready to strike a fatal blow at any moment.

"Ye, why don't we run away together!"

Rachel exclaimed excitedly, "My sister is amazing! You might not be able to beat her. Why did you agree to stay by her side in the first place?"

Ye Xiao smiled and gently put his arm around Rachel's slender waist.

"If Louise is determined, she will definitely find some clues. If we run away, it will only arouse more suspicion and we will not be able to control the situation."

"But if we stay by her side and assist her in the investigation, we can guide those clues in the direction we want."

Rachel stared wide-eyed in surprise and delight, without uttering a sound, just staring straight at Ye Xiao.

"What's wrong?"

Ye Xiao asked, puzzled.

"Ye, where did you learn all this knowledge? It's even better than our journalism professors!"

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"Then let's hear it."

"No, my sister is still upstairs."

"Doesn't she already know about our relationship? What's there to be afraid of?"

"Hmm."

Rachel blushed and whispered something in Ye Xiao's ear.

The temperature inside the car gradually rose, and the atmosphere began to become strange.

A yellow taxi happened to drive by.

The Black female driver in the car happened to catch a glimpse of this scene and cursed.

"Fuck, young people these days have no self-respect whatsoever."

"Um?"

Ayase Haruka, sitting in the back row, subconsciously turned her head and froze.

In the car next door, a hot blonde Caucasian girl was pressed tightly against a tall Asian man.

Upon seeing the boy's profile, Ayase Haruka was shocked to realize that it was Ye Xiao, whom she had been worried about all night!

How could this happen?

Ayase Haruka instinctively tightened her grip on the handle.

Seeing the man she cared about being held by someone else, her heart ached as if it were being cut by a knife, but she couldn't take her eyes off him.

What's going on?

Was Ye Xiao lying to her before?

Was it just to use her to teach Ozeki Yusuke and his fellow Japanese compatriots a lesson?

Under Ye Xiao's pressure, Ayase Haruka is now considered a traitor by her fellow Japanese.

In Seattle, Ye Xiao was his only remaining support.

A deep-seated self-protection mechanism made Ayase Haruka instinctively resist failure and being deceived, subconsciously denying this option and constantly finding reasons for Ye Xiao.

Maybe he was forced?

Perhaps that girl is a powerful and influential person in Seattle.

Ye Xiao was simply powerless to resist; he had been given leverage over her and was forced to embrace her.

One night passed.

In high spirits, Ye Xiao arrived at school humming a song.

I heard that the samples that forensic pathologist Joel commissioned to Williams' laboratory for research have yielded preliminary results.

Ye Xiao came to the school today specifically to find out what strange thing Da Guan Youxiang used last night.

As soon as Ye Chi entered the laboratory, he saw his senior brother, William, slumped on the sofa, his eyes glazed over, as if he were possessed.

"Senior brother? What's wrong with you?"

"Um?"

Upon hearing Ye Xiao's voice, Williams suddenly reacted; his dull, gray-blue eyes twitched, revealing a surge of excitement.

Then, as if resurrected from the dead, Williams suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Ye Xiao, excitedly saying, "Ye, thank you so much!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Of course it's the sample you sent over last night! It's absolutely amazing; I've never seen such an outrageous substance before!"

Despite being extremely exhausted, Williams' voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"Can you believe it? We may have discovered Wolverine's cells, an extremely powerful healing factor!"

"No, wait a minute."

Ye Xiao looked confused, wondering if Williams had stayed up all night and was feeling a bit dizzy.

"Are you sure you found it in the sample the forensic doctor gave you last night?"

"certainly."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiao was taken aback.

What the heck? Has the United States already started its Weapon X program?

Are we preparing to mass-produce Wolverine and Deadpool?

"You'll see when you come over."

Williams led Ye Xiao to the electron microscope, operated the computer, and photographed the samples in the petri dishes.

On the computer screen, black threads were constantly swirling together, resembling an eerie, dark planet.

Williams carefully operated the pipette and injected a small amount of special liquid.

As the liquid dripped in, the black threads immediately broke and shattered into tiny fragments.

But they did not perish. The fragments quickly regenerated at an astonishing speed, even consuming the dripped liquid, and their overall size increased slightly.

"I only used a small piece of agar to culture it."

Williams pointed to the screen and exclaimed in surprise, "And look, even after being injected with strong acid, this piece of agar not only didn't melt, but it recovered and even got a little bigger!"

This is indeed an outrageous scene.

It looked as if those black threads were alive, manipulating the agar and giving it a powerful regenerative ability.

However, this also explains why Osaka Yu-Hsiang was still full of energy last night despite being shot dozens of times.

But at this moment, Ye Xiao's doubts deepened.

He doesn't even have such great abilities, so where did Yoshitoshi Ogawa get them from?

Could it be that alchemists in America have already been able to develop such incredible things?

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Ye Xiao suddenly realized that the black threads seemed strangely familiar, and even had a vague spiritual connection to them.

It feels like it's a part of me.

Oh no, could this be...?

Thinking of this, Ye Xiao's expression suddenly turned extremely ugly. He subconsciously looked in the mirror to make sure he was wearing all his gear.

Even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance, Ye Xiao must be on high alert.

What if this thing really is the trait he recently acquired—a blessed virus?

Ye Xiao silently recalled the process of taking Klingen away, and basically did not reveal any of the items left behind.

Could it be that Klingan has woken up?

Thinking of this, Ye Xiao paused for a moment, then suddenly spoke.

"Senior brother, please listen to me first."

"What's wrong?"

Williams seemed to be still immersed in joy, but Ye Xiao's next sentence plunged him into extreme fear.

"The sample you have could very well be a very dangerous new virus with a fatality rate of over 90%."

"What?"

Williams was so startled that his hand trembled, and he almost crushed the petri dish.

Damn it!

His brain started racing, desperately trying to figure out if he had taken proper precautions last night.

"Ye, are you...are you sure?"

Williams, still shaken, asked, "How did you know that?"

"I heard from a lab before that they found a similar virus in Africa."

Ye Xiao could only start making things up: "This virus is very strange, with an extremely long incubation period and a very high mortality rate. It just hasn't spread because that African tribe is relatively remote."

"Researchers have conducted in-depth investigations and found that some people infected with these viruses gain extremely strong vitality and self-healing abilities, but about 90% of them will die during the infection process."

"The researcher ultimately failed to leave the tribe; only some information and pictures were leaked out. At first, I thought it was just a rumor, but I never expected it to actually appear in Seattle."

"Damn it!"

Williams hurriedly locked the petri dish and sample into the isolation cabinet and began frantically disinfecting himself and the laboratory.

He had just received Professor Ehrlich's approval not long ago and was about to graduate; he didn't want to die young so soon.

Seeing Williams' nervous expression, Ye Xiao didn't say anything.

Ye Xiao could sense that there were no remaining viruses in the entire laboratory.

But he was still worried, so after telling Williams, he drove from the school to the Seattle Medical Examiner’s Office.

Fortunately, Ye Xiao did not discover any spread of the virus along the way.

Perhaps it was because Yoshitomo Ozeki and his group of alchemist friends added all sorts of chemical agents that rendered the viruses inactive and prevented widespread infection.

However, when Ye Xiao arrived at the door of the forensic studio, he suddenly felt extremely uneasy.

The studio's tightly closed door seemed to be covered with countless black lines.

The lines seemed to come alive, filling the entire two-story building and almost bursting out of the front door.

Damn it.

This is no longer a situation that Ye Xiao alone can cover up.

If this door is opened, the entire city of Seattle will face a catastrophe.

Ye Xiao didn't care about those bureaucrats, including Louise, or those homeless people who were like walking corpses.

He had no liking for America and was too lazy to do anything for the country.

But the problem now is...

Ye Xiao still has many people he can't let go of in Seattle.

Seth and Erin, Beryl, and Clifford —

Like many innocent people, they were just a group of kind-hearted, hardworking people struggling to survive in America, simply trying to live a better life. They hadn't done anything wrong and shouldn't have gone to hell with this disgusting country.

Ye Xiao thought about it carefully for a while, and finally dialed the number.

"Hello, is this Louise?"

"Oh?"

Louise sounded somewhat surprised, as if she hadn't expected Ye Xiao to be so rude today, not even calling her "Director" but simply addressing her by her first name.

However, just as she was about to reprimand Ye Xiao for his lack of manners, she heard Ye Xiao say in a low voice.

"The latest clue is that Yoshitoshi Ozeki did not take an enhancement agent, but a highly contagious and virulent virus. It is now very likely that the two forensic doctors are dead."

"What?!"

Louise was so frightened by this unexpected turn of events that she let out a sharp scream.

As an FBI agent, she has encountered many bizarre things and solved many outrageous cases.

For example, there's the Rain Night Butcher, the Taxi Serial Killer, and the Butcher Doctor with an eccentric personality.

But this was the first time Louise had encountered a case involving a highly virulent virus.

Are you serious?

"I can vouch for this with my status as a medical student."

Although Ye Xiao's grades were average, his voice was unusually firm at this moment, and Louise could even detect a faint fear in it.

"This virus is very dangerous; I even suspect that many people within the police department have already been infected."

"You must immediately take control of everyone in the police station, as well as those who were in contact with them last night, and contact the medical center for a thorough examination."

"In addition, a team from the Public Health Department will be sent to completely shut down the forensic laboratory."

Hearing this, Louise couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

Not only did they close the police station, but they also contacted the medical center and even sent a team from the Department of Public Health.

Has Ye Xiao gone mad? Has he forgotten that Louise is just the bureau chief, not the damn mayor of Seattle?

"are you serious?"

Louise's voice was cold; she was a little unaccustomed to being spoken to in such a commanding tone.

"If you want to see Seattle suffer a near-death experience, then go ahead."

"you!"

Louise was genuinely angry.

Even though Ye Xiao is Rachel's boyfriend, his behavior is really terrible.

Even if we take a step back and assume that Seattle has a high-risk infectious disease outbreak, what does that have to do with her?

The majority of those who died were immigrants without medical care and homeless people.

For Louise, this catastrophe might even become a stepping stone for her to take another step forward.

Ye Xiao actually threatened and offended me for the sake of those people?

"Ye Xiao! Show me some respect!"

Hearing Louise's angry shout, Ye Xiao shook his head.

He was right about those damned capitalists after all.

What is extremely important to Ye Xiao is nothing more than a trivial matter to them, and may even be a tool to attack their opponents or to gain fame for themselves.

After all, the more chaotic a place is, the easier it is to achieve political success.

Moreover, the pandemic also presents a unique opportunity for healthcare companies.

Those medical giants can take the opportunity to expand rapidly, earning funds from federal and state governments under various pretexts, and then holding the sickle to the necks of ordinary people to reap the wealth they have accumulated over a lifetime.

Nothing makes more money than disaster.

World War II created America's industrial giants, and several Middle East wars created terrifying arms conglomerates.

Those who are high and mighty don't actually care where the disaster happens.

In that case...

Ye Xiao calmed himself down and spoke coldly into the phone.

"I'll give you ten seconds to think it over. Once that time's up, I'll go in and set the place on fire, burning all the clues you want to ashes."

"you!"

Louise's eyes widened, never expecting Ye Xiao to dare threaten her like that.

The crucial clues from the forensic team have still not reached the police station.

If Ye Xiao really burned it all down, then she would have to start all over again.

"Time is running out, 10, 9, 8 —"

Just as Ye Xiao counted to 5, Louise could no longer hold back and angrily spoke into the phone.

"Okay, I'll trust you this once!"

"If you dare disappoint me, I'll skin you alive!"

Peeling?

Ye Xiao did not take Louise's threat seriously.

After all, in his mind, this should just be an adjective expressing his anger.

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