Free Web NovelChapter 421: Chapter 272: Wish Box
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Cao Daniu was dead.
The moment the fully armed researchers opened the door, Cao Daniu melted into a puddle of transparent liquid with a bloodcurdling scream.
Zhou Chen, watching from the observation room, was stunned. The lethality of the Apostle’s weakness far exceeded his expectations. The entire process took less than five seconds. Cao Daniu had died as fast as a member of the Blood Race standing under the sun—an instant, brutal death.
’The Blood Race dies from sunlight, so do Apostles die from luosifen?’
Zhou Chen left the observation room with a strange expression on his face and walked to the cell door. The air was thick with the smell of luosifen.
He guessed that some volatile substance in the aroma had a fatal effect on the Apostle, causing its body to break down and liquefy—this liquid was likely the so-called "Apostle Factor."
"What happened?!" Wang Miao, who had just left, heard the alarm and hurried back.
"Director, this Resurrectionist... he melted..."
"What?" Wang Miao frowned and looked into the cell. There was no sign of the Resurrectionist, only a puddle of liquid slowly spreading outwards. On the floor sat a steaming bowl of luosifen, its appearance alone enough to make one’s mouth water and swallow hard.
Zhou Chen stepped forward at the right moment to explain, "He asked for a bowl of luosifen just now. As he was about to eat, he suddenly collapsed and started convulsing, like an epileptic seizure. And then... he melted."
"How is that possible..." Wang Miao’s face was filled with disbelief.
"Maybe just like the Blood Race fears the sun, Resurrectionists fear luosifen?" Zhou Chen shrugged, joking.
Wang Miao twitched his nose, and as if he had suddenly figured something out, he immediately ordered, "Prepare another bowl of luosifen... No, take this one. Go to Cell 54 and conduct a gas experiment."
A researcher immediately picked up the bowl, and the group rushed to the observation room for Cell 54. The cell’s ventilation system was connected to the observation room, so all they had to do was place the luosifen in front of the air vent for a simple gas experiment.
The Resurrectionist held in Cell 54 was also a death row inmate. Bored out of his mind, he was lying on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Suddenly, the Resurrectionist caught a whiff of a foul odor. The next second, he let out a piercing scream and began to convulse violently, as if in immense pain.
In just three or four seconds, he melted into a puddle of transparent liquid with a final whimper, soaking into the mattress.
"No way..." Zhou Chen was ’stunned.’ "Resurrectionists are really afraid of luosifen?"
"It’s the volatile substances in the luosifen’s aroma... Begin the experiment at once!" Wang Miao commanded excitedly. After so many days, they had finally made a breakthrough in their research on the Resurrectionists, and this was an absolutely crucial discovery!
In just half an hour, the research department had identified the cause of the Resurrectionists’ bizarre deaths.
"A volatile substance in the aroma of the luosifen deals a devastating blow to Resurrectionists. It’s just like the Blood Race encountering the sun—they have no resistance whatsoever."
In the research office, Wang Miao excitedly explained to Zhou Chen, "After analyzing that unknown liquid, we discovered that the true nature of a Resurrectionist is a kind of ’mimic-human.’ While the genes and cells in their bodies are identical to the original, they are actually just simulated by a special Extraordinary Factor. And the volatile substance emitted by the luosifen is a lethal poison to those Extraordinary Factors. The slightest contact causes them to break down and die."
This was undoubtedly a major discovery, a direct method for dealing with Resurrectionists.
"That sounds so absurd..." Zhou Chen commented from the heart. He still couldn’t wrap his head around why something as high-concept as the Apostle Factor would be countered by luosifen.
"Is it absurd?"
But Wang Miao looked as if it was nothing out of the ordinary. "You know, many years ago, during the exploration of the Abyss, an expedition team discovered a powerful tribe of Demons on a certain level. They were called ’Ogres.’ They possessed immense strength, were invulnerable to blades and spears even as youths, and had a natural, formidable resistance to special attacks like Curses, potent poisons, and mind control. A few of their chieftains could even withstand a nuclear blast. The Ogres were numerous and difficult to kill, and for a time they caused severe losses to the Abyss exploration project."
"But they were wiped out later. It wasn’t the Crowned King who intervened, nor were any weapons of mass destruction used. It was because of something you see everywhere... Guess what it was."
"...What was it?"
"Latiao."
"What—?" Zhou Chen seriously suspected he had misheard.
Wang Miao spread his hands. "Latiao. We discovered that a few substances contained in latiao are a fatal poison to Ogres. Less than a week later, the Ogres were extinct. Now that level of the Abyss has been incorporated into the front lines."
"..."
Zhou Chen opened his mouth, then closed it, at a loss for words. Finally, he could only sigh with genuine emotion, "So this is the Extraordinary Era?"
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Now that they had found a solution and confirmed its effectiveness through numerous experiments, the next steps were simple.
Extract the corresponding substance, create the antidote, and release the Rain of Life—the usual three-step process.
"Speaking of which, what are those Extraordinary Factors?" Zhou Chen asked.
Wang Miao fell silent for a moment before shaking his head. "I’m not at liberty to tell you that. The security clearance is very high. Hmm... I can only reveal that it’s related to Fallen Paradise."
He knew Zhou Chen had killed members of Fallen Paradise, so telling him some basic information wasn’t a big deal. But he couldn’t reveal more classified information unless headquarters approved it.
