Chapter 379: Capturing Dr. Ai

Chapter 379: Chapter 379: Capturing Dr. Ai

Ye Ming and the others had been right. Worried that someone would harm Shi Lan, they had deliberately concealed her healing ability, delaying Ye Tianlin’s discovery of her.

In fact, ever since they had recovered from their spiritual power collapse and returned to the Capital Star, Ye Tianlin had been suspicious. He had specifically recalled their housekeeper robots to conduct surveillance in secret.

However, the memory chips of the housekeeper robots that usually monitored Ye Ming and his group in the prison had all been replaced, so Ye Tianlin didn’t find any useful information. Fortunately, they had missed the robot in the Prison Director’s office, allowing him to follow the faintest of clues and eventually notice Shi Lan.

The memory database of the housekeeper robot in the Prison Director’s office also had no footage of Shi Lan healing, nor did it reveal the nature of her spiritual power. But from the moment she summoned her spirit body, Ye Tianlin could guess she was definitely not an F-level female.

At that time, Ye Tianlin had already guessed that the sudden recovery of Ye Ming and his four companions from their spiritual power collapse was related to Shi Lan. ’Otherwise, why hadn’t they recovered after so many years, only for things to change shortly after Shi Lan’s arrival?’

Not to mention, females inherently possessed healing abilities. Even if no female in history had ever cured such a condition, that didn’t mean it was impossible.

It was just that he had no proof at the time and didn’t want to alert his prey. Later, he deliberately sent out an experimental member of the Insect Clan to test his theory, and only then did he truly confirm that Shi Lan possessed such an ability.

Originally, Ye Tianlin hadn’t been obsessed with capturing Shi Lan. He was a man who had always prioritized practical benefits. Even though he found this female, Shi Lan, interesting, that interest was predicated on her ability to cure spiritual power collapse.

Later, when Dr. Ai extracted Shi Lan’s blood and was full of confidence that he could solve the problem of spiritual power collapse, Ye Tianlin believed him.

But after all this time, the doctor hadn’t produced a single result.

And he could wait no longer. He had to capture Shi Lan.

Ye Tianlin’s current collapse value had already reached 48%. It had previously been stable at around 40%, but during his last escape, he had the misfortune of running into two Chao Si and getting into a fight, causing his collapse value to rocket up by 8 points.

This value was far too dangerous, just shy of the high-risk threshold. And given his condition from devouring power, reaching that high-risk state would absolutely trigger a spiritual power collapse violent enough to threaten his life.

’He had worked so hard to become this outstanding, this powerful. His grand ambitions were still unrealized—how could he bear to let his life end so meaninglessly?’

Ye Tianlin was filled with bitter resentment.

It was because he had been preoccupied with these worries recently that he failed to notice the informant and inadvertently revealed his location.

And so, when Ye Ming led his men to patrol the seabed, they actually discovered traces of an underwater research facility.

The research facility was a massive submarine. Upon detecting Ye Ming’s pursuit, it began to move and flee. Unfortunately for them, Ye Ming had brought a large force, and his own submarines eventually surrounded it.

After Ye Ming and his men went inside, they found all the infants who had been relocated earlier, as well as the remaining fugitives. Dr. Ai was among them.

Upon seeing Dr. Ai, Ye Ming was actually surprised and found it hard to believe. The Dr. Ai of the past, no matter how engrossed in his research, had always had eyes that sparkled with spirit, full of wisdom, hope, and determination. But now, his white lab coat was crumpled, his white hair was a mess, and his eyes were filled with a listless, vacant look, as if he’d suffered a terrible blow. There was a demented madness about him.

When Ye Ming grabbed him, the doctor’s eyes went wide as he latched onto his hand. "Eldest Prince, please give me a little more of your wife’s blood! A little, just a little. I can definitely develop a drug to cure spiritual power collapse."

Ye Ming’s brow furrowed. "Dr. Ai, you’re still hopelessly deluded."

’Honestly, if it had just been a matter of needing blood, Shi Lan might have agreed if Dr. Ai had only discussed it with her properly. But he, too, had never considered a female’s feelings, tacitly approving of Ye Tianlin’s methods of kidnapping and coercion.’

’But Dr. Ai surely didn’t know that the true source of the cure for spiritual power collapse was her Non-animal-shaped spiritual power. He thought some magical element in Shi Lan’s blood was responsible for the effect and arrogantly believed that by drawing her blood, he could achieve his dream. Unfortunately for him, his entire premise was wrong from the very beginning.’

Dr. Ai seemed to have become unhinged. He clutched Ye Ming’s sleeve, shaking his head repeatedly and muttering, "Impossible, impossible... I can’t fail. I will figure it out..."

Seeing Dr. Ai in this state, Ye Ming felt a bitter taste in his mouth. But from the moment the doctor had harmed his wife, he knew he could spare him no pity.

He raised his hand, and two soldiers dragged Dr. Ai away. He then had all the research data and chemical reagents in the lab confiscated.

Fortunately, there were no other members of the Insect Clan here, so the operation went smoothly. The only problem was that their most dangerous target, the former Monarch, was nowhere to be found.

Feeling uneasy, Ye Ming contacted Shi Lan again. He only breathed a small sigh of relief after confirming that Yan Huoshui and the other two were with her and that she was safe inside Zhenxin Hospital.

Still, worried that the situation might change, he had his people quickly secure the scene before taking the lead and departing in a submarine.

Ye Ming left the follow-up arrangements, including what to do with the infants, for Leo to handle.

Although these infants were the offspring of criminals, they were uninvolved in any crime, making it difficult to sentence them. Ultimately, the decision was made to follow legal precedent: first, locate their genetic mothers, and then allow those females to decide the infants’ right to life.

If a female was willing to raise her child, she could take the infant with her. If not, she would also decide its fate. Any remaining, unclaimed infants would be sent to a shelter to be raised collectively.

These infants had not yet been corrupted by the new curriculum. With a proper upbringing, they would pose no threat to the females.

Ye Ming had no intention of slaughtering them all.

After settling these matters, Ye Ming immediately went to find Shi Lan.

He arrived just in time. The former Monarch had indeed appeared. Knowing his last research base had been discovered and Dr. Ai had been captured, he had adopted a nothing-to-lose mentality. He was now determined to get his hands on Shi Lan, no matter the cost.

When Ye Ming arrived, Ye Tianlin was already locked in a fierce battle with Yan Huoshui, Jiang Xia, and Mu Tangfeng.

As a male with 3S Spiritual Power, Ye Tianlin was not finding it easy to handle the relentless assault from three Level 2S opponents.

And now, Ye Ming had arrived.

’As his biological father, Ye Tianlin knew better than anyone that his son’s talent was far greater than his own.’

’Over the years, despite having devoured his own brother’s spiritual power, he had never managed to awaken a Talent Skill. In contrast, even someone like Donald had awakened one.’

’So, Ye Tianlin had long ago realized that his own talent was lacking.’

’And now, these people before him had all awakened their Talent Skills. Trying to defeat them with brute force and escape with Shi Lan unscathed was completely impossible.’