Chapter 280: I Still Like Your Unruly Appearance

Ye Bai

You must be dreaming, this is a classic case of returning evil for good.

Ye Bai did not pay any attention to Jiang Dongsheng, instead organizing the experimental materials.

Just as Jiang Dongsheng wanted to say something, the Paper Puppet had already sent him back to the hospital room.

At this moment, a nurse arrived here with a group of doctors.

Everyone looked extremely exhausted.

They had been looking for Chief Jiang for so long that they were almost about to report it to the Security Officer.

As it turned out, Chief Jiang had returned again, which really had them running in circles.

It was simply something that even an uncle could endure, but an aunt could not.

The nurse's fists silently tightened.

"(⊙o⊙)... Why did you suddenly come back again?"

"We have been looking for you for who knows how long; you nearly worried me to death."

The nurse and the doctors widened their eyes.

Jiang Dongsheng wiped his nose; he really did not know how to explain this matter.

At this time, the Paper Puppet appeared eerily behind Ye Bai.

"Ye Bai, Jiang Dashi wants to see you; it is likely about that Spore."

Ye Bai raised an eyebrow.

Jiang Dashi knows about the Abyss Spore?

Ye Bai then followed the Paper Puppet to the place where Jiang Dashi was in seclusion.

As a result, Ye Bai saw the image of a handsome and graceful young man.

Damn, this man who looked like Pan An and was unrestrained was actually Jiang Dashi.

However, the moment he saw Ye Bai, Jiang Dashi changed back into his original, senile appearance.

This phenomenon changed way too fast.

Moreover, an irresistible, massive pressure was radiating from Jiang Dashi's body.

It was only when Ye Bai arrived that Jiang Dashi retracted this pressure.

"Ye Bai, you have come."

"I heard you solved the difficult problem of the Abyss Spore."

Jiang Dashi looked up at Ye Bai.

"I finally neutralized the curse of the Heaven Gate. This curse devoured a large amount of my origin; the moment it was neutralized, the origin returned, pushing me directly to a higher realm."

"Give me the potion you made; I will show it to those old fossils."

"We at the Heaven Gate discovered the Abyss Spore a long time ago."

"We tried every possible method, but could not solve it."

"This Dragon Abyss Sword is a reward left behind by the sect."

"Its artifact spirit has already perished, but it can allow your True Dragon Spirit to reside within it, letting it become the true spirit of the Dragon Abyss Sword."

Jiang Dashi waved his hand, and a precious sword engraved with the sun, moon, and stars appeared.

Ye Bai released the True Dragon Spirit, and he saw the blade of the Dragon Abyss Sword trembling incessantly.

The True Dragon Spirit lunged forward directly, and countless metallic auras submerged into the body of the True Dragon Spirit.

And this Dragon Abyss Sword, as if it had experienced thousands upon thousands of years, became rotten and decayed, finally turning into black ash and dissipating in the air.

This sword was swallowed directly by the True Dragon Spirit, becoming a part of the True Dragon Spirit.

"The True Dragon Spirit is incomparably domineering. It seems it has found a more suitable carrier; it will devour a hundred weapons to forge the most suitable weapon to carry it."

"I did not expect your True Dragon Spirit to have taken the final step."

Jiang Dashi sighed with a little emotion.

Ye Bai gave the potion for eliminating the Spore to Jiang Dashi.

"By the way, according to your great-grandson's account."

"After injecting this potion, there will be intense pain throughout the body."

"Ordinary people cannot endure it."

"I need to continue researching."

"To see if I can find a way to weaken the pain."

"But it can be used as a means of interrogation; you can decide whether or not to use it."

Ye Bai currently lacks many experimental subjects.

So he also does not have many other options.

"I understand, wait for my news."

Jiang Dashi left here in a hurry.

When Ye Bai returned to the Laboratory, Lan Fa pointed at the cultivated Mighty Iron Armor Ant King with an arrogant look and said to Ye Bai.

"The Mighty Iron Armor Ant King, I have already cultivated it."

He was practically looking down his nose.

"Not bad."

Ye Bai gave a simple compliment.

The Mighty Iron Armor Ant King was a Pet Beast born simply for battle.

Its large pincers were like a giant guillotine, emitting wisps of chilling cold under the lights of the Laboratory.

Its entire body is covered in bronze-colored Iron Armor.

On its back are two pairs of wings as thin as cicada wings.

However, this Mighty Iron Armor Ant King is firmly sealed by countless iron chains.

It seems Lan Fa was afraid the Mighty Iron Armor Ant King would suddenly go mad, so he specifically sealed the Mighty Iron Armor Ant King up.

【Name: Mighty Iron Armor Ant King】

【Gender: None】

【Level: Fourth Rank First Grade】

【Attribute: Insect/Metal】

【Skills: Brute Force (Proficient): Uses Brute Force to attack opponents; its tiny pincers can lift objects weighing over a thousand times its own body weight.

Steel Claw (Mastery): Waves silver-white claws to attack opponents.

Impact (Mastery): Walks rapidly on the ground to crash into opponents.

Guillotine (Mastery): Uses its own sharp, large pincers to clamp onto opponents, capable of easily.】

【Evolution Route 1: Mighty Steel Armor Ant King: Consume superalloy metal, comprehend the Steel Wall skill, and reach Fourth Rank Peak to complete evolution.】

【Evolution Route 2: Steel Armor Ant King: Consume alloy metal, comprehend the Gangzhua Lianji skill, and reach Fourth Rank Peak to complete evolution.】

【Evolution Route 3: Mighty Brute Ant King: Fifth Rank Insect Type core crystal, comprehend the Brute Force skill, and reach Fifth Rank Peak in strength.】

Oh, it's Fourth Rank already?

But with the endless supply of Heavenly Dew from the Sunflower Emperor, I reckon even a pig could advance to the Fourth Rank.

"Our Laboratory is too small; if only we had a Secret Realm."

Ye Bai said with a sigh.

At this moment, Lan Fa had a strange expression: "Ye Bai, don't you know that every Laboratory at Imperial Capital University has a Secret Realm inside?"

"Although the Secret Realm isn't large, it is completely sufficient for the Mighty Iron Armor Ant colony."

"I have already transferred the Mighty Iron Armor Ant Queen into the Secret Realm."

Ye Bai really did not know there was a Secret Realm in the Laboratory.

Imperial Capital University is truly extravagant.

Just at this moment, the Mighty Iron Armor Ant King let out a roar toward the sky.

The chains binding it pulled taut, making a rustling sound.

Then, only a 'Crack!' was heard, and the chains snapped instantly.

The Mighty Iron Armor Ant King smashed through the glass display case and clamped fiercely toward the direction where Ye Bai was.

"What a temperamental little fellow."

Ye Bai smiled.

"But I like your unruly appearance. Myriad-Change Silkworm."

The Myriad-Change Silkworm curled its body together, forming a Thunder Ball filled with Thunder Light, and charged heavily toward the Mighty Iron Armor Ant King.

The Thunder Ball crashed into the Mighty Iron Armor Ant King, knocking it back repeatedly, while golden Thunder Light spread across the Mighty Iron Armor Ant King's body.

The Thunder Light gradually intertwined, forming an electric net that firmly bound the Mighty Iron Armor Ant King.

After being taught a lesson by the Myriad-Change Silkworm, the Mighty Iron Armor Ant King immediately became obedient.

"Ye Bai, you are the only one who can suppress this Mighty Iron Armor Ant King."

Ye Bai waved his hand.

"Send the Mighty Iron Armor Ant King into the nest."

"We will just wait to see the results of the reproduction now."

"As for the Summer Grass Ants, I plan to apply to the school for another Secret Realm, specifically used to house this type of Pet Beast."

"The contagiousness of that Abyss Spore is too strong; once it comes into contact with humans, the Spore will penetrate into the human body, gradually controlling their consciousness and turning them into walking corpses."

"You should not participate in this experiment for the time being; I will leave the Mighty Iron Armor Ant experiment to you."

"I estimate that the Summer Grass Ant experiment will have to be moved elsewhere later; I really can't say for sure, as it is no longer something I can control."

"It depends on the higher-ups!"

Ye Bai pointed upward as he spoke.

He packed all the Summer Grass Ants into a Beast Card.

"By the way, this is the Flame Potion I researched."

"It can effectively clear the residue of Spores in the body."

"Spores cannot be felt during the incubation period; you will be safer if you inject this Flame Potion."

"Though it will hurt a tiny bit."

"Right, if you were to replicate the Flame Potion, how long would it take, and how many core crystals would it require?"

Ye Bai suddenly asked.

"Let me try."

Lan Fa opened his hand toward the Flame Potion, and a milky-white light appeared in his hand, completely enveloping the Flame Potion.

After the white light dissipated, a brand-new bottle of potion had appeared there.

The entire process took only the blink of an eye.

"Since my talent has improved, my replication efficiency has also increased; replicating this level of potion is easy, and it probably consumes one-hundredth of a First Rank core crystal."

Lan Fa said easily.

He then picked up the potion bottle he had replicated and inserted the needle directly into the blood vessel on his neck.

"It really doesn't hurt much."

Lan Fa felt his body getting hotter and hotter; he touched his face with his hand, and it felt faintly scalding.

Subsequently, bone-piercing pain radiated from within his body.

He felt that the bones all over his body were radiating intense pain.

At this moment, Lan Fa was hunched over like a boiled shrimp; he dared not move even a little, fearing that if he moved a little more, he would suffer a little more.

Sweat instantly soaked Lan Fa's back.

Lan Fa felt that every second was like a year.

After the pain subsided, Lan Fa looked like someone who had been fished out of water, soaked through entirely.

"It seems you were still lurked by the Spore."

"This is a huge problem."

Ye Bai did not know how many people in the school had been lurked by the Spore now.

After all, since Chairman Jiang came down from the Yishou Zhanchang, he did not know how many people he had come into contact with.

Ye Bai found Chairman Jiang's phone number and called it directly.

After informing him of this discovery, Chairman Jiang immediately rushed over and brought along a burly person.

"Ye Bai, this is my partner, the Shield Warrior Zhang Tianliang; he recently felt that his mind had a problem, as if a little person had been nagging in his brain."

"I hope you can help him take a look; he participated in the Yishou Zhanchang with me, and he was the one who escorted me back."

"Although he wore a thick layer of protective clothing at the time."

"I think it is possible he was also infected by the Abyss Spore."

This was a very good living specimen.

Ye Bai needed to figure out what phenomena would occur when the Spore lurked in the body and how many stages it would be divided into.

Like Chairman Jiang at that time, it was estimated to be the most severe stage.

But Ye Bai was afraid that the Spore had developed consciousness and, after hollowing out a person's body, would disguise itself as a human.

Ye Bai had Zhang Tianliang lie on the operating table, and he had Lan Fa create thumb-thick chains to bind him firmly.

He began to draw blood from Zhang Tianliang's body and performed a full-body scan with X-rays and CT.

After a series of full examinations, Ye Bai discovered a layer of Shadow in the brainstem area of this Zhang Tianliang.

There were no abnormalities in other parts of the body.

Does this Spore consciously control the human brain? Ye Bai touched his chin and continued to think.

He picked up a bottle of Flame Potion and injected it directly into Zhang Tianliang's carotid artery.

The Flame Potion was injected, and Zhang Tianliang's dark face gradually turned red.

He suddenly opened his eyes and let out a roar like a wild beast.

His eyes were bloodshot, and the veins on the side of his temples were wriggling like earthworms.

The muscles on his body expanded, and he seemed to have entered a state of Berserk.

Only a bang was heard; one of the iron chains snapped, and the other chains also made a teeth-aching sound, appearing with cracks.

Lan Fa hurriedly brought new iron chains to firmly control Zhang Tianliang.

This caused Zhang Tianliang such pain that snot and tears flowed, and he wished he could just commit suicide.

The key was that Zhang Tianliang's brain was very clear at this time; he felt that fainting would be a kind of happiness.

"It seems the situation is not good."

"How many people will be infected by this."

"The key is that after the Spore lurks, how to distinguish who is an infected person is a massive project."

Ye Bai did not have enough living material on hand to allow Ye Bai to distinguish them.

"I will investigate as soon as possible who Zhang Tianliang has been in contact with since he returned."

"According to Zhang Tianliang, he feels from time to time that a little person in his mind is talking to him."

"We can investigate whose personality has changed drastically recently or who has appeared abnormal."

"Then just invite them to the Laboratory for investigation."

As the Chairman of the Imperial Capital University Student Union, Chairman Jiang still had this authority.

"Then I will trouble Chairman Jiang; please do not let Imperial Capital University become a joke."

As the Zhigaoxuefu of Yan Country, if such a thing broke out, it would definitely become a laughingstock for other countries.

"By the way, Ye Bai, I want to ask, how much Flame Potion can you produce within an hour."

"We can manufacture Flame Potion and store it first; in case a large-scale infection event occurs, we can also handle it in time."

"I can use the Student Union's funds to reserve a portion of the budget."

"If it doesn't break out, that's a happy ending for everyone; the Flame Potion can also be used to cultivate fire-type Pet Beasts."

Ye Bai nodded: "Regarding this point about the Flame Potion, you can completely put your mind at ease."

"I can mass-produce it; there will be no problems."

"The most important thing now is to find out where the infected people are."

"This is what we need to spend time and effort on."

"I will also report to my teacher; this is not a simple, small matter."

"The Spore reproduces very quickly; once it breaks out, it will be a very serious public safety incident."

"We must not take it lightly; I will study the detection standards as soon as possible."

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