Chapter 515 - 509: Experiment Subject Zero

With Xie Ning’s words, which felt like a guarantee, Xiao Huzi felt a surge of strength.

Even his courage to face his fears had unknowingly grown.

’The Boss is so gentle and beautiful, so kind and understanding. A truly peerless fairy.’

Xie Ning gently patted the silver case in her hands. "Do you know how to open this?"

Xiao Huzi shook his head, looking troubled.

"To be honest, Chen Zhaowei has always been on guard against me."

"Even though I’ve been acting like a sycophant, trying to kiss up to him since I started, I was never able to truly get into their inner circle."

"At the very least, Chen Zhaowei never let me ask about what was going on in the lab."

Xiao Huzi’s expression turned bitter. "I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not. At least I can stand before you now and say with a clear conscience that these hands are clean of any blood."

"But that’s also why I know so little about the lab. If the situation hadn’t been so urgent, Chen Zhaowei would never have entrusted Subject Zero to me."

"And I think it’s precisely because I don’t know the password for this case that Chen Zhaowei felt safe entrusting Subject Zero to me."

"Earlier, I pretended to have hastily left Subject Zero and some important files behind in the lab."

"Looking back, Chen Zhaowei had probably already grown suspicious of me. That’s why he didn’t come back with me at all. Instead, he used Mind Control on two masked men to serve as his scapegoats."

"I figure he didn’t dare to confront you directly, so he did it on purpose."

"He sent us small fry over, hoping we’d get lucky and bring back the subject and the important files. If we couldn’t, he probably intended to just get rid of me on the spot."

At this thought, Xiao Huzi couldn’t help but pat his chest. ’Thank goodness, thank goodness the Boss was so vigilant. That’s the only reason I’m still alive.’

"But I have heard that their cases can’t be forced open from the outside, or they might self-destruct. If that happens, Subject Zero probably won’t survive."

Xie Ning nodded, carrying the silver case as she headed back to the lab building.

Only then did Xiao Huzi see a group of bizarrely shaped toddlers sitting in a row on a metal plate tied to the stairwell entrance.

A little girl with an enormous head heard the noise and looked up. Her head was so large it looked as if it might fall right off her neck, a truly heart-stopping sight.

These must have been the mutated children who were locked in the experimental pods.

Ji Xiuming’s eyes were red with fury.

He’d truly never imagined that Chen Zhaowei, that monster, was actually capable of something so depraved.

They seemed to have completely lost their humanity.

’To use children as test subjects...’

Ji Xiuming felt that shameless scum like them had absolutely no reason to exist.

’Too bad I’m just a nobody with little power,’ he thought. ’Otherwise, I’d slice through Chen Zhaowei and his whole crew of bastards one by one.’

"These kids... can they still be saved?" Xiao Huzi asked, his eyes rimmed with red.

Xie Ning didn’t know if they could be saved.

It was clear that each of them had mutated to some degree. As for how much, she probably wouldn’t know until she met with Yu Tianfeng and the others for a more thorough examination.

Xie Ning shook her head, her spirits low. "I don’t know."

The only thing she could think of was to take this group of mutated children to Yu Tianfeng and see what he could do.

’Maybe he can find a way to suppress the mutated growth hormones in their bodies.’

’If he can, the children might be able to grow up into healthy adults.’

As for anything else, Xie Ning didn’t dare let her mind wander.

One person’s strength was limited. A thorny problem like this would require the strength of the whole group to solve.

As for this Subject Zero, there was currently no way to open the case.

All Xie Ning could do was carry it, thinking with a growing headache, ’I’ll figure this out when I meet up with Gu Chen and the others.’

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly echoed in her mind. "Mommy, Mommy, I know the password! Hurry up and open this, I’m hungry!"

Xie Ning turned to look at the big-headed child.

She had heard a voice say, ’Don’t go,’ right before she left. She’d assumed it was the big-headed child communicating with her via spiritual power, but now it seemed that wasn’t the case?

’This telepathic voice... it seems to be coming from?’

Xie Ning’s hand tightened around the silver case. She glanced down at the inert box and tentatively reached out with her spiritual power. ’Are you talking to me?’

"Uh-huh, it’s me, Mama... Mom! Hurry and open up! I’m hungry, I’m hungry!" The childlike voice entered her spirit world.

Xie Ning froze for a moment, then heard the voice rattle off several sets of numbers.

It recited the numbers with such confidence, it sounded completely legitimate!

In a daze, Xie Ning looked down and followed the instructions, her fingers pressing the numbers into the silver case.

After several repetitions, she realized the password they had set consisted of eight separate sets of numbers.

That raised a question: How did this Subject Zero inside the case know such a complex password?

And remember it perfectly, no less.

Xie Ning’s finger hovered over the final key, pausing before she pressed it.

The whiny, childlike voice from inside returned to her spirit world, sounding a little displeased.

"Mama, what are you doing? Why are you so slow?"

"Don’t you want to see your little baby right away?"

’He even called himself my "little baby"...’

Xie Ning froze, feeling as if she’d been struck by lightning.

’I’m not your mom!’ she retorted decisively.

"You are, you are! You totally are!" the small voice replied, soft and adorable. "You’re so pretty and I’m so cute, anyone can see we’re mother and child. Don’t even try to deny it. I know everything! I get it!"

"Those ugly white creatures told me that the first person I see is my mommy."

"But they’re all so ugly! There’s no way they could be my mommy!"

"Hmph! They must all think I’m stupid. Did they really think I would accept just any ugly creature I saw as my mom?"

"No! Way!" As Xie Ning listened to the child’s muttered complaints, she heard it practically grind its teeth as it spat out the last two words, and she couldn’t help but crack a smile.

’So this kid chooses its mother based on looks?’

’If you’re not pretty enough, you can’t be its mom...’

But that brought up another question. She was completely bundled up, not even showing her face. How on earth did this little brat know she was good-looking and therefore "very qualified" to be his mom?

"I can see everything, you know!" The child’s soft, sweet voice carried an unmistakable hint of pride.

"I have a special power. I can see the essence behind the appearance! I can see through the spirit world and into the very heart of a person!"

"No one, no matter who they are, can escape my sight."

"Did they really think I wouldn’t remember the password just because they made it so complicated?"