Chapter 199: Apocalypse: Saving the Ice‑Cold Beauty Doctor 17

Five days later, Xu An successfully researched a longer-lasting C5 potion.

Xu An came out of the lab in protective gear; days of high-intensity experiments had left his face pale, but the joy between his brows was genuine.

Using Yu Rongzhou's data report, he indeed succeeded in overcoming the obstacle that had long troubled him; molecular synthesis was highly successful, and there was no strong rejection reaction.

The test subject in the lab was pushed out, and Jiang Junshen happened to arrive just then.

He glanced at the test subject covered in white cloth, then looked at Xu An and asked, "How did the experiment go?"

"Very successful! The current C5 potion can now treat humans who have been infected with the zombie virus for six hours."

Xu An happily told him this good news.

"Six hours!" Jiang Junshen was genuinely startled; originally he and his father had expected, based on previous research progress, that four hours would be the limit.

Jiang Junshen's eyes instantly lit up with delight; even his usual cold face toward Xu An softened, and he personally helped him take off his protective gear.

"An'an, you're amazing, you're the hero of our base!"

"Come on, let's go tell our father this good news."

"Mm!" Xu An smiled and nodded.

——

Two hours later, the news of the successful research of a longer-lasting potion spread throughout the base.

Even though no specific time was given, the news was enough to make everyone happy.

Although living in the base guaranteed safety, to make a living they still had to complete the base's daily assigned tasks, which included going out to search for Crystal Cores.

Danger existed at all times, but with the emergence of the potion, they no longer had to be so anxious.

The populace caught up in the frenzy didn't think deeply; Jiang Luo was destined not to let everyone receive treatment.

Villa.

Zhao Rui, who had gone out to gather news, returned and immediately shared the matter with his teammates.

"Jin Team, Jiang Luo wants us to stay in the base but doesn't assign us tasks; instead, he's wildly accelerating the potion research—what exactly is he planning?"

Upon hearing the news, Xu Yue tapped his fingers on the table, really unable to fathom Jiang Luo's intentions.

Zhao Huan lounged on the sofa, hugging a cushion, and asked, "Is it possible that Jiang Luo wants to use the potion to control us into working for him?"

"There have been precedents like this in previous bases."

Jin Chen nodded, resting his chin on Yu Rongzhou's shoulder, and said, "Quite possible."

Xu Yue became even more puzzled: "We all know the reason—are we supposed to just sit and wait for death in the villa?"

Jin Chen shook his head again, brows furrowed, his handsome face full of regret: "There's nothing we can do, nothing we can do; since we've come, we should make the best of it..."

He sighed, collapsed onto the sofa, appearing resigned to fate, yet secretly lifted an eyelid to glance at Yu Rongzhou.

"... You're acting really fake." Yu Rongzhou remained expressionless.

"Oh," Jin Chen quickly clutched his chest, his expression exaggerated, "We're being threatened by someone, we can't resolve it, so we might as well resign ourselves to fate."

He reached out and grabbed Yu Rongzhou's arm, shaking it.

Zhao Rui and the two others: "......"

Was their conversation also part of these two lovebirds' flirtation?

"Alright, I have a plan."

Yu Rongzhou couldn't stand Jin Chen's coquettish act any longer; he pulled him up and said sternly, "Xu An's potion is a complete replication of the data report I deliberately gave him, but I altered the values in that report."

Zhao Huan asked, "Will the efficacy change after the alteration?"

He chuckled, his eyes devoid of any warmth.

"The potion he's made now should be able to cure those infected within six hours, but its effectiveness lasts only twelve hours."

Yu Rongzhou tapped a point on Jin Chen's arm with his fingertip, head slightly lowered, and said, "After twelve hours, there will be a double backlash, starting from the heart, organs corroding and melting, until only a human skin remains."

Zhao Rui and the two others: "Ah?!"

Gasps rose and fell in the living room.

My goodness…… Boss Yu is really that terrifying?!

Jin Chen instead hugged Yu Rongzhou affectionately, gently stroking his back, and said, "Not bad, Yu Xiaozhou, you've learned to plan ahead."

"If you had been this cautious earlier, the C4 potion wouldn't have been stolen by Xu An."

Yu Rongzhou's newly arisen gloom was instantly smoothed; he stared blankly and asked, "Don't you think I'm ruthless?"

"I think you're amazing."

Jin Chen tousled his soft black hair and asked, "So what's your next plan, and do you need me to join?"

After a brief shock, Zhao Huan also came to his senses.

"Exactly, Brother Yu, we're all on the same team now, and you're also trying to retrieve your own belongings—if you need any help, just say the word."

Zhao Rui and Xu Yue nodded in agreement.

"Brother Yu, rest assured—we've long disliked those high‑level lackeys at Long Jiang Base."

Yu Rongzhou curved his lips sincerely, shook his head, and spoke softly.

"For now, no need—once Xu An finishes the potion, he'll surely be eager to try it; we just need to wait for the first batch of test subjects to die."

Jin Chen added, "Following Jiang Luo's character, the first batch to undergo the experiment will surely be those arrogant guards; you don't need to feel too sorry for them."

——

As a matter of fact, it turned out exactly as the Red Blood Squad had predicted.

The day after Xu An researched the C5 potion, Jiang Luo selected three people from the guard squad to infect with the zombie virus, injected the potion at intervals of a few hours, and confined them in the lab for observation.

The observers needed to record each person's condition in order to obtain the most accurate data.

Twelve hours later, the first person injected with the potion began to vomit blood.

His hands and feet were tied to the bed, unable to move; his torso kept surging, and large mouthfuls of blood poured from his mouth.

Eyes, nose, ears, and lower body all oozed large amounts of blood, mixed with dark black clots.

The observer was frightened by this sudden scene, hurriedly called to contact Chiang Luo, stammering as they related what they had seen.

"What?! Bleeding all over the body nonstop?!"

Chiang Luo's angry voice came from the receiver, and after a few seconds he immediately ordered, "No one is allowed to enter or leave the laboratory now; wait for me to arrive."

"Yes, General!"

The observer hung up the phone, trembling hand closed the laboratory's main gate, hardly daring to look again at the scene inside the lab.

He wrote a sentence on the record sheet.

——"Experiment, twelfth hour and five minutes, experimental subject Number One began to hemorrhage profusely over the whole body; preliminarily suspect experiment failure."

And the people in the laboratory……still called them people for now, their bodies had collapsed, eyeballs protruded and fell below the eye sockets, the entire hospital bed was soaked with blood, dripping onto the floor, forming a pool of blood.

When Chiang Luo brought the panicked Xu An over, what he saw was already that person's corpse skin, sagging and wrinkled in the pool of blood, hair and nails all fallen off.