Chapter 325: Purification Procedure

If Ying Duo could go in and take a look, even if just to transmit some information........

"Professor Luo De'an," Ying Duo added, his tone still flat, "don't you want to know how Luo Jinyou is doing now?"

Luo De'an slowly closed his eyes.

A few seconds later, he opened his eyes and looked at the receptionist.

Luo De'an pointed at Ying Duo, his voice weary and helpless, "Could you make some arrangements? No need to be with Guan together, but the Mutation Source on his head should still require isolation, right?"

The receptionist was stunned.

"Professor, this......."

"I know this violates the rules," Luo De'an gave a wry smile, "consider it my old face still being able to exchange some favors. If the higher-ups hold me accountable, I'll take full responsibility."

He turned toward Ying Duo, his gaze rather complicated.

Luo De'an said nothing more; he simply patted Ying Duo's shoulder and turned toward the stairwell.

Ying Duo watched his silhouette disappear at the stairwell, then turned his head toward the receptionist.

The receptionist's expression was equally mixed; after all, it was Professor Luo De'an. She had even seen Professor Luo De'an's heroic stance hunting Aberrant Species when she was a child, and just now she felt he had aged considerably.

"........ Come with me," she finally sighed, waving at a nearby guard.

The others watched the scene without objection.

To make such a highly respected professor lower himself to beg, it seems Professor Luo De'an was truly at his wits' end.

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The elevator descended slowly, the floor number jumping from -1 to -3; the doors opened, and the guard leading Ying Duo was a silent middle‑aged man in a special protective suit, with an energy gun and a bunch of equipment that Ying Duo couldn't recognize hanging from his waist.

He gave Ying Duo a glance, then looked at the registration form in his hand.

"Professor Luo De'an has already greeted you," his voice muffled behind the mask, "stay close to me and don't touch anything randomly."

Ying Duo nodded, his gaze already fixed on the corridor ahead.

On both sides of the corridor were isolation rooms separated by special transparent glass; each glass door had a display screen flashing real‑time monitoring data.

【ID 037: Mutation Value: 52, Stable.】

【ID 038: Mutation Value: 67, Fluctuating.】

【ID 039: Mutation Value: 89, High‑risk, Forced Purification Procedure on standby.】

Ying Duo's steps did not pause, but his gaze swept over the figures behind the glass one by one.

He saw an isolation room labeled 041; the small screen at the doorway showed numbers constantly jumping, Mutation Value: 91.

The humanoid inside was hard to recognize, its skin covered with bony overgrowth, resembling a twisted hedgehog.

It seemed to sense someone passing, lunged at the glass, and with a "Bang" a huge crash, the glass remained unscathed, but a blood‑stained handprint was left.

"Stop looking," the prison guard urged softly, "move quickly."

Ying Duo withdrew his gaze and continued forward.

Another room, the number outside the door was 97; inside, a person lay on the floor, body convulsing, something writhing beneath the skin, and Ying Duo hadn't had time to see clearly.

A metal arm descended from the ceiling, its tip a dark gun barrel, and a beam of energy precisely struck its head.

The convulsions stopped.

The numbers on the screen instantly dropped to zero, then turned red with 【Executed】.

Ying Duo's steps faltered briefly.

"When the Mutation Value reaches 100, the automatic purification procedure is triggered," the prison guard said evenly, clearly accustomed to such scenes, "that person is beyond rescue; for them it's a release."

Ying Duo nodded, his face still expressionless.

If Luo Jinyou's Mutation Value reaches 100, they'd be executed just as directly, right?

No wonder Professor Luo De'an was so worried; he's already resorting to some unscrupulous measures.

Finally, Ying Duo found himself in front of the isolation room marked 【047】 and couldn't help but stop.

The numbers flickering on the display made his gaze linger slightly:

【Luo Jinyou: Mutation Value: 81, High‑risk, Self‑awareness: Residual, Handling suggestion: Continuous monitoring, evaluate purification necessity after stabilization.】

Through the glass, Ying Duo saw Luo Jinyou.

He was curled up in the corner of the isolation room, his body immersed in holy water that emitted a faint glow; the entire room was almost a small pool, leaving only a tiny space for breathing.

Luo Jinyou's body had undergone astonishing changes.

Two horns sprouted from the sides of his head, their surface bearing a strange jade‑like texture; behind him a thick tail dangled in the holy water, its hooked tip occasionally twitching.

Dark markings covered his skin, spreading from his neck down to his limbs, resembling an ancient script.

Luo Jinyou kept his eyes closed, brows furrowed, as if trapped in an unending nightmare.

But the most striking feature was several clear cracks on the glass, as if something had struck it forcefully from inside.

"He struggled fiercely when first brought in," the prison guard explained from behind Ying Duo, "his strength was astonishing; those cracks are from his impact, and it took a long soak in holy water before he calmed down."

Ying Duo gave no reply; he just kept staring at Luo Jinyou behind the glass.

It seemed unimaginable that the slightly tsundere boy had turned into such a form.

"You live next door," the guard pointed to the adjacent 【048】 isolation room, similarly equipped with a holy water pool but with a much lower water level, "go in, don't cause trouble."

Ying Duo nodded and obediently entered the isolation room.

The glass door behind him closed slowly, emitting a faint "Sss" sound.

The guard stood in the corridor, glanced at him through the glass, then turned and left, walking slowly as if burdened with something on his mind.

The room was small, with a metal bed fixed to the floor, a simple toilet, and one‑way glass that was clear from the outside but blurry from the inside.

The prison guard shut the door, and the energy shield emitted a faint hum as it activated.

Footsteps receded farther away.

Ying Duo stood in the room and waited ten seconds.

Then Ying Duo extended a hand, pressed it against the wall, and the fingertip glow flickered faintly.

【Teleport】

The emerald-colored Data Stream instantly wrapped Ying Duo's whole body; his figure vanished from Isolation Chamber 【048】 the next second, and appeared inside Isolation Chamber 【047】.

The holy water rose up to his calves, icy and bone‑piercing.

Ying Duo stood beside Luo Jinyou, lowered his head and looked at this "roommate" whose original form was now completely unrecognizable.

Ying Duo had just steadied himself when a harsh alarm suddenly blared, and red warning lights flickered wildly in the room.

Drip—drip—drip—!

Ying Duo, expressionless, glanced at the rotating surveillance camera on the ceiling.