Chapter 18: Four Days Ago (Part 2)

Along the way, Lu Ming always kept a distance from the girl.

Upon reaching a door, Yang Xin stopped and said: "Chang'an ge, if you want, discuss with Doctor Lin and let him take medicine."

Lu Ming ignored her and gestured to open the door.

The door was slowly pushed open; various bright lights came into view, containers with bubbles rising. Lu Ming discovered that each container held an animal. Going further inside, after frowning, the animals had completed experiments, then underwent bodily experiments, just like himself, their bodies were all filled with tubes.

Similarly, Lu Ming's secondary body, and...

Lu Ming could feel something alive, able to break the container; if Doctor Lin let something out, it would be quite troublesome.

In the laboratory, Lin Ran stood before a container.

"." Lin Ran, with his back to the two, said in an extremely relaxed tone.

Yang Xin angrily: "Doctor Lin, why did Chang'an ge become like this?!"

"Say it." Lin Ran turned his head, his face full of wrinkles: "Everything definitely carries risk, right? The risk of losing control."

"Look around, compared to it, Ling Chang'an is quite fortunate; at least he still has the most basic sanity, unlike those monsters."

Having said that, he gave an extremely disgusted glance at those failed products called monsters.

"So-called rebirth just makes those corpses move again, turning them into puppets?" Lu Ming asked.

【Clue: Rebirth must come with certain side effects】

【Main Plot Progress: 20%】

"Doctor, it's obviously something you can do."

Lin Ran saw the gun in Lu Ming's hand and said: "Of course, relying on medical skill alone cannot achieve rebirth; therefore, the power granted by the Island God."

"The Island God has never abandoned his people; devout followers will surely receive his blessing, surely clearer than…? Traveler from another world?"

Lu Ming was somewhat surprised; the other seemed to know his identity.

It was quite troublesome.

"Too different, no time to argue." Lu Ming stepped back a few steps, aiming his gun at Lin Ran.

Knowing that taking Yang Xin hostage would force the other to yield, the other obviously cared about Yang Xin's life or death.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Lin Ran looked at Lu Ming.

The surrounding containers seemed to tremble for a moment, as if at Lin Ran's command they would immediately burst.

Miscalculated...

Lu Ming stared back expressionlessly.

Suddenly, he noticed a delicate figure's head peeking from the container behind Lin Ran, blinking eyes, seemingly curious about what was before it.

Its eyes, like those failed products.

Lu Ming instantly understood something and raised his gun toward the container behind Lin Ran.

"Useless, specially made glass…"

"Bang——"

A loud bang echoed, the laboratory reverberated; Yang Xin covered her ears, bending over in fear.

The glass showed visible bullet holes to the naked eye.

"Give up."

Lu Ming ignored it, firing two more shots; the Main God Space's three, Lu Ming had also slightly practiced marksmanship, though he could hit every shot, he still missed the target by much, and moreover, the Main God Space's gun was also just an ordinary gun.

The glass cracked with a fine fissure.

Lin Ran's facial expression changed slightly: "What do you want?"

Lu Ming shifted his gaze from the gun muzzle faintly emitting white smoke: "Give the antidote, let him go, now!"

"Traveler from another world, you defy the Island God's will!" Lin Ran's tone remained that calm.

【Interim Mission: Escape the Laboratory】

【Remaining Time: 310 minutes】

【Drug Effect Onset: 256 minutes】

The girl inside the container stared at the crack, reaching out curiously, her eyes filled with a curious gleam for everything.

"Alright, let him go."

Lu Ming guessed correctly; Lin Ran glanced at the girl behind him and operated the nearby machine.

"The laboratory route has already changed; from inside, just go straight and you'll leave." Lin Ran paused: "But, having produced the medicine without an antidote, even if you leave, you'll soon suffer poisoning, utterly pointless!"

"How can we be sure you're not lying?"

Lin Ran, somewhat furious: "Would I joke about the stream?"

Lu Ming glanced at the girl behind him; Xi could, the twisted-heart original kind would also protect.

"Chang'an ge, where?" Looking at Lu Ming's back, Yang Xin trembled as she spoke, her voice echoing in the laboratory, lonely and helpless.

All last fantasies seemed to have shattered.

After knowing how long, she slowly rose and walked toward the direction Lu Ming had gone.

"Still?" Lin Ran spoke slowly, his tone heavy.

"Chang'an ge, no matter what you become, even if you become a monster." Yang Xin's voice gradually faded away from the laboratory.

Lin Ran watched the girl's distant back, not stopping her.

Initially agreeing to transform Ling Chang'an was also because he saw the girl's resolve; no matter what she cherished becomes, even if a monster.

Such a theory, usually hard to accept, found a rare resonance in the girl.

"May the Island God bless…"

Turning to look at the girl in the container, the girl inside regarded him with a curious expression.

From the lab, Lu Ming relied on the original owner's vague memory to walk through the forest, and soon spotted a town in the distance.

【Temporary Mission: Escape the Lab】

【Completed!】

【Obtained: 20 points】

【Side quest will change the main line!】

Lu Ming walked the road to town; in the memory, the original owner seemed only able to return to Yang Xin's home, but now knowing the other party's problem, he certainly could return, so he could only look for places without an inn or similar.

He took money from the original owner's backpack; since it's a dungeon, the money question—just use as much as needed.

After trying to ask for directions several times, to avoid being found, Lu Ming found a remote inn, went inside; apparently because the island has few visitors, it seemed quite deserted.

At the cashier counter sat a girl, clutching her hair as if writing something.

"Okay, lodging."

The girl didn't lift her head, just impatiently pointed at the registration form beside her: "Fill in your ID information here, 100 per night, take the key yourself."

Lu Ming also didn't hesitate, fluently wrote the original owner's information, and placed the money on the table.

"How annoying, why write some essays, even studying is pointless..."

Lu Ming picked up the key, glanced at the girl with his peripheral vision, guessed she was also a player; there's no need to keep a mutual acquaintance, as anyone would drag the other down.

According to the room number on the key, Lu Ming went to the third floor.

He closed the door, locked it, drew the curtains; Lu Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, lay on the bed, and the negative buff's duration had only one left; he could only extend it by buying detox medicine to prolong the effect.