Fatal Shot

“Huh? Your blood…”

Aike had already put Feng Luo’s blood into the inspection container. Then he moved his eyes closer overtop of an observation scope and spoke, sounding a little bit suspicious.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s weird… I’ve never seen anything like this…” Aike’s brow furrowed.

“Hmm? Let me take a look!” At that moment, Lin pulled a silver thread out from the side of her black spectacles. Then she put the thinner end of the thread into the container, and a multitude of data and images appeared on the lenses of her glasses.

Indeed, no spectacles in War were ever just decorative items.

After approximately half a minute, Lin removed the silver thread and raised her head.

“How is it?” Feng Luo asked, looking at her.

“It is interesting, indeed!” A light flashed past Lin’s black spectacles as she showed interest. “Perhaps I should brief you guys about the Evolution Virus!”

“The Evolution Virus is one of the greatest inventions ever in the history of the Galaxy Empire,” she said. “In terms of value, it is at the same level as the biochip. The only difference is that compared to the biochip that is already widely used right now, due to the difficulty of controlling the mutation of the virus itself, this invention was not widely used on the citizens on a large scale. It was only used sparingly in the Empire’s army for a time.”

Lin’s gaze seemed deep and profound.

“Evolution Virus. It sounds really high-class! Pretty lady, what’s the use of this virus?” said Big Pineapple nervously, glancing at her breasts.

Lin raised her black spectacles and mentioned four points in succession. “To develop the potential of the human body and to increase the pace of human evolution. To change the human body from the most fundamental level through genetic restructuring!”

“The functions sound awfully similar to that of the biochip!” Big Pineapple said as he licked his lips.

“It’s not the same,” explained Lin. “What the biochip does is, it regulates the human body at the cellular level. However, the Evolution Virus can alter the human body on the most fundamental level. More than that, it can allow humans to possess the genes and abilities of other species!”

“Genetically Modified Beast Warriors!”

Everyone thought about the Beast Warriors of the rebel army almost at the same time.

F*ck! Old Feng won’t become like them, will he? wondered Big Pineapple, slightly shocked.

If players started to grow hair on their body or scales and started to look like beasts, then it might be better to just delete their accounts and start new ones. Most players probably couldn’t accept having an appearance like that.

Lin nodded. “There’s a certain probability. After all, the Evolution Virus he got came from the Giant Python. It’s possible that it already carries the gene of the Giant Python!”

“Then there should be a solution, right?” Feng Luo asked.

He remained calm. He didn’t believe that the system would allow players to turn into “monsters.” Moreover, he was pretty sure that this was certainly a hidden mission.

“There is!” As expected, Lin nodded. Then, she opened the silver box that she carried with and took out a syringe filled with a blue liquid solution. “Inject this gene agent into your body. It will give you more control over your body. It will prevent any drastic changes to your body while you are infected and let you remain in your human form. However, this gene agent and the Evolution Virus in your body will affect each other, and since the virus has already mutated significantly, the results are unpredictable. To inject or not to inject—that will be your own choice!”

“This… We aren’t waiting for Mr. Aike’s examination results?” asked Feng Luo as he glanced toward Aike, who still had his head lowered while observing the test.

“No, I can make the decision for this!” Lin’s tone and attitude did not seem like that of an assistant; she totally ignored Aike’s opinion.

Feng Luo felt a bit hesitant. The development of the story was a little different from what he had expected. Moreover, at that moment, he noticed that a system notification had just appeared in his field of vision.

You’ve triggered the mission: Lin’s Interest. Mission Requirements: Accept Lin’s Gene Agent. Mission Reward: Lin’s Approval.

“Mr. Feng!” At that moment, Red Queen’s voice suddenly came from the party’s communication channel. “I suggest you agree with her, because the identity of this NPC girl is not as simple as the assistant of Aike!”

That was all Red Queen said, but the meaning implied was already very apparent.

It was because of her words that Feng Luo suddenly remembered that ever since they had arrived on the island, Lin had never given off the feeling that she was only an assistant. More than that, the nagging feeling she gave off was that she was ranked higher than Aike, and her words clearly demonstrated that point.

It was clear that this was a time when a choice was to be made. So, should he continue waiting for Aike’s test results or simply accept Lin’s agent and inject himself?

“Inject it!” said Feng Luo as he took a deep breath.

His instincts told him that this would be the right choice!

“You made a wise decision!” Lin had a bright smile on her face as she injected the syringe needle into Feng Luo’s arm.

At that time, Aike called out to Lin after seeing noticing what she was doing and finally lifting his head away from the observation scope. “How odd! A rare change actually happened after his blood integrated with the virus. This is something I’ve never seen before. Ah… Lin, are you injecting him with the immunologic agent to fight against the Evolution Virus?”

“Yes… All done!”

Lin executed the shot smoothly. All the agents in the syringe she held had entered Feng Luo’s body.

“Old Feng, how do you feel?” Big Pineapple asked Feng Luo through the party communications channel. “It can’t be that this little girl tricked you, can it?”

Although Red Queen had allowed Feng Luo to receive the agent, he still thought he should have waited for Aike’s opinion. After all, a profession like this, which was similar to that of a Doctor, was more reliable the older they were. It was a cognitive habit that accumulated with years.

“Much better!” said Feng Luo.

His voice definitely sounded better. His burning-hot body temperature had also quickly dropped to normal. The effects of the gene agent were immediate. After that, he looked at his system logs expectantly.

Injected unknown Gene Agent. The agent interacted with the unknown virus. Interaction time remaining: two hours. Interaction result: unknown!

The system notifications were three unknowns!

Is this good, or is this bad? wondered Feng Luo.

By now, even he wasn’t sure anymore. He did not know whether his choice had been the correct path for the mission. Moreover, Aike had clearly said, “immunologic agent for the Evolution Virus,” but the system notification read, “unknown gene agent.” The system log was clearly not wrong, so this meant that Lin definitely had not injected him with the “immunologic agent for the Evolution Virus.”

Just what is this strange NPC girl doing?

Feng Luo scanned past Lin and found that her gaze was firmly fixed on him. A very familiar shine came from the eyes behind that black spectacle.

It couldn’t be that I was just used as a guinea pig, could it?

Feng Luo was slightly worried. However, as he shifted his focus, another system log stunned him.

You’ve completed the mission “Lin’s Interest.” Obtained Approval from Lin. You’ve received some information about Lin.

Lin. Level: 45. Geneticist Master. Chip Master. Virologist Specialist. A young female genius with over 300 IQ.

Not only did she have three life professions, but two of them were at the Master level. It was vital to know that the Master level was a higher level for life professions than the Expert level. At the moment, there was not even a single Master-level life profession among the players.

Even among NPCs, Master-level life profession characters were scarce.

The key was that she was only 17 years old. Moreover, she had an IQ of over 300! It looked like increasing the approval rating of a high-potential NPC like her was very valuable!

Since she already approved me, she wouldn’t… do anything stupid. Right!?

Red Queen was clearly more anxious about entering the base, so after she saw that the situation had almost been resolved, she urged everyone, “Since Mr. Feng is fine, we should continue. We should hurry up and obtain the target item after getting into the military base to avoid unnecessary problems caused by undue delays.”

No one objected as they continued with their journey.