Chapter 14: Borrowing Sequence 292
The doctor nodded.
“So, is it tasty?”
Lu Xiao counted on his fingers and shook his head.
“Not tasty at all!”
“The flavor is downright nauseating!”
“Like an old woman's foot wrap—sour and foul!”
The doctor’s mouth twitched.
“Your description really paints a vivid picture!”
“Do all bizarre creatures taste the same?”
Lu Xiao immediately corrected him.
“Let me clarify again, he’s not the kind of weird creature you’re talking about!”
“True bizarre creatures actually taste wonderful! I once had the privilege of trying them—the flavor was unforgettable!”
“But to survive, I mostly eat these low-level lifeforms.”
The doctor bent down, picked up a piece of flesh, and was about to put it in his mouth when the prison medic’s voice came from the side.
“Doctor, I don’t recommend you try that!”
The doctor paused and looked at the medic with curiosity.
“Why not?”
The medic kept working without looking up.
“Because you might not be able to digest it! Or you could get infected with some unknown curse!”
Hearing the word “curse,” the doctor finally put down the meat.
“That’s quite unfortunate.”
He wiped the blood from his fingers on his lab coat.
“Next time, will I have the chance to taste a strange creature’s flavor?”
Lu Xiao nodded, smiling.
“Of course, Doctor!”
The doctor then pointed to the neatly arranged chunks of meat on the ground.
“May I take these with me? They hold significant research value!”
Hearing this, Lu Xiao looked a bit troubled.
He rubbed his stomach.
“You can, but I’m really hungry right now!”
The doctor tilted his head, puzzled.
“Isn’t there plenty of food in the containment cell? Or are you just not interested in it?”
Lu Xiao suddenly remembered the button that would dispense food.
“Sorry! I was too hungry and forgot about that!”
He turned to leave and return to his containment cell.
At that moment, Huá Tóu weakly spoke up.
“There’s food here too!”
He pointed to the button on the wall.
Lu Xiao looked over and suddenly his eyes lit up.
“Then I’ll go enjoy a feast first!”
He walked over to the button on the wall.
***
His fingers pressed it frantically.
After a moment, seeing the mound of food pile up, the doctor adjusted his monocle.
“Eating so much—won’t that cause indigestion?”
He asked this to the prison medic.
Without looking up, the medic explained.
“He has an extremely strong digestive system. In other words, his body requires massive energy intake to function!”
The doctor immediately understood, recalling how rapidly Lu Xiao’s cells were active.
“Ah, that makes sense!”
Soon, the medic began stitching up the broken internal organs of Fei Biao bit by bit.
He beckoned to Lu Xiao, who was still eating.
“My friend, I need your help!”
Lu Xiao, chewing on a chicken bone, walked over.
“Gladly!”
The medic lightly sliced Lu Xiao’s arm with his fingertip.
A tiny cut appeared, and a drop of bright red blood welled out.
The medic caught the blood on his fingertip and then dropped it into Fei Biao’s abdominal cavity.
He then carefully sutured the abdomen closed.
The doctor watched silently.
Lu Xiao looked curious.
“Shouldn’t my blood contain curses?”
The medic stood up, straightened his black robe, and put his tools back into the medical box before speaking.
“One drop of blood contains only a limited amount of curse energy, but even that faint power is enough to heal him!”
Hearing this, the doctor had an idea.
“Medic, if what you say is true, then S292’s blood could heal any wound?”
The medic nodded, unfazed by the doctor’s interruption—perhaps this was the tacit understanding among researchers.
“Theoretically, yes.”
“But it depends on the patient’s clinical response later on.”
“After all, this is my first time trying this method.”
“His blood might cause uncontrollable mutations in the patient.”
He gestured toward Fei Biao lying on the ground.
“Let’s wish him luck.”
The doctor nodded, but his gaze toward Lu Xiao had changed.
It was like he was looking at a treasure.
Undoubtedly, Lu Xiao was now his treasure boy.
***
After returning to his office, the doctor first dismissed all staff.
Only then did he take out a communicator.
“Beep!”
The line connected instantly, as if the person on the other side had been waiting.
“Has the investigation team’s inquiry been completed?”
A stern male voice came through the communicator.
The doctor adjusted his monocle.
“The investigation is complete.”
The voice on the other end responded again.
“Good. This should buy us some time.”
The doctor spoke softly.
“Sir, there was an unexpected outcome from the investigation.”
After a few seconds of silence came the question.
“What kind of unexpected outcome?”
The doctor sent over a surveillance video recording.
It was the incident that happened in the training room.
There was a long pause on the other end.
“What’s your take?”
The doctor adjusted his monocle again.
“It starts with the characteristics of the Ghost-face Moth.”
“The larvae of the Ghost-face Moth hide in the human body, and after metamorphosing into adults, they live parasitically inside the host.”
“They lay eggs through the host’s bodily secretions.”
“In other words, if that unlucky prison guard hadn’t been discovered, after some time—”
“Our C03 Containment Facility might have been completely compromised!”
The communicator’s other end sounded out rhythmic finger taps on a table.
“So, you suspect this incident was a premeditated attack on the C03 facility?”
The doctor only smiled faintly, remaining silent.
“I understand your implication.”
“What do you think their purpose is in targeting C03?”
The doctor replied gravely.
“S09—the Corrupted Creator.”
“Their goal is probably to let C03 fall, then transfer S09.”
“Knock! Knock! Knock!”
The tapping sounded again.
The doctor continued.
“You can use the fact that a member of the investigation team is a vampire to make some leverage.”
The other side responded.
“Got it!”
“Is there any containment object you need from the U01 facility?”
Without hesitation, the doctor answered.
“I want S097—the Corrupted Revolver.”
“Alright, I’ll negotiate for that!”
The doctor nodded and added.
“I have another proposal.”
“Go ahead.”
The doctor removed his monocle and wiped it on his lab coat.
“I want to borrow S292’s abilities to complete the containment of some anomalies.”