Chapter 388: Chapter 388

An Yan deliberated for a moment before saying, "He hasn’t replied yet! The director must be too busy. I’ll go report again now."

Having said that, An Yan turned around. She needed to find out what this thing was and why it was being used to feed the other test subjects.

A zealous colleague grabbed her. "Since it’s just hunger, it shouldn’t affect the results. Kirihara, you go get some medicine for me first."

An Yan was silent. She truly didn’t understand how to "get the medicine" as he had instructed.

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After thinking for a moment, An Yan nodded. "Okay."

The chatty man excitedly bowed to An Yan!

An Yan took the gloves he handed her. While at it, she gathered Spiritual Energy at her fingertips and drew a Binding Talisman. Then, suppressing her disgust, she reached in and pulled the worm out.

The enthusiastic colleague took out a knife. Starting from the middle of the worm’s body and avoiding the stomach, he cut all the way to the tail. He sliced off a long strip.

And just like that, it was done.

An Yan watched in shock as translucent liquid oozed from a large incision on the worm’s body. The worm seemed to lack pain perception. It was still opening its mouth, wanting something to eat!

But the most bizarre part was that the wound on the worm was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

An Yan immediately thought of Li Tianyao. His wounds could heal quickly after being injured.

So what exactly was the worm fed? Was it the same as what Li Tianyao used? Moreover, what kind of reaction would result from giving other test subjects the medicine extracted from this severed tissue?

An Yan followed the eager colleague. She had thought he would process this substance into medicine to feed to other test subjects. Instead, he just took the freshly removed tissues, packed them into capsules, and sent them off.

One capsule per person.

A few who still retained some sanity clearly didn’t want to take it. But the person administering the medicine pressed a button, and those who resisted immediately began to convulse. Only then did An Yan discover that they all had electronic components implanted in their bodies.

A long-haired woman convulsed and lunged forward. Her face and all her exposed skin were covered in scales. The scales were stained with a dark color that looked like congealed blood. She slammed her hands against the glass, screaming something hoarsely. Her body was beyond control due to the electric shock, and saliva dribbled from the corners of her mouth. She was in a state utterly devoid of dignity. But she didn’t care and continued to yell loudly! The desperate look in her wide eyes revealed pleading, longing, and fear.

The glass was soundproof, so An Yan couldn’t hear a word, but from the shape of her mouth, she seemed to be saying, "Kill me! Please, kill me!"

And then, what she got was an even more violent electric shock. The woman crumpled to the floor, trembling helplessly for a while. Eventually, she obediently picked up the medicine from the feeding slot and stuffed it into her mouth. Then, she helplessly leaned against the glass wall and slid to the floor.

The scaly parts must have been itchy. She kept scratching, reopening the crusted wounds. Fresh blood flowed out again, covering those scales...

There was also a boy who looked no older than ten. When it was his turn, he secretly hid the medicine in the palm of his hand. Then he was shocked until he foamed at the mouth and lost consciousness. A mechanical arm extended, picked up the medicine, and forcefully stuffed it into his mouth.

With her X-ray vision, An Yan watched the medicine slide into the boy’s stomach. There, it dissolved in the stomach acid and, through the circulatory system, was absorbed into his body.

The little boy’s skin cracked, as if something in the medicine was forcing it apart. In the blink of an eye, the boy was covered in blood...

Pain jolted him awake from unconsciousness. He watched, eyes wide open, as his skin split, healed, then split again...

"Kill me, please!" The little boy begged, pounding on the glass.

But those researchers showed not the slightest hint of sympathy. They coldly recorded the test subject’s reactions after taking the medicine. As if this test subject wasn’t one of their own kind!

So, why exactly couldn’t that monster be released?

An Yan pressed her lips tightly together in silence.

The great tree in her mind stood still, unmoved!

Several researchers ran over excitedly. An Yan turned her head to see their target. It was the scaled woman. After taking the medicine, she had grown new scales on the previously scratched and broken parts of her skin. She banged her head on the ground in pain, wishing only for a swift death. Sadly, they wouldn’t even give her the chance to die. A mechanical arm reached in and suspended her in the air.

The woman’s mouth opened wide, and she screamed in agony! But her voice was confined to the space she was in.

"She’s in too much pain!"

Just as An Yan was about to speak, one of the researchers beside her spoke up first, "It’s incredible! She has grown new scales again! It must be because today’s medicine was extracted while the worm was extremely starved..."

An Yan was speechless.

These people were all insane. They were all research fanatics, devoid of the compassion a human being should have. Their eyes only saw research! So, why exactly couldn’t that monster be released? An Yan questioned the great tree in her mind once more! But the great tree still did not move!

An Yan didn’t want to hear any more of their excited discussions, so she turned back to the worm. After being released, the worm had become agitated again. It moved around the box, its mouthparts THUDDING repeatedly against the glass. Perhaps because a piece of it had been cut off, it seemed even hungrier now!

An Yan summoned her Spiritual Energy, forming it into a sharp blade. She stabbed fiercely into its stomach, slicing upwards and opening a large gash.

The sensor device inside the glass box detected that the worm’s stomach had stopped moving and immediately sounded an alarm!

The researchers rushed over in a panic, "What happened?"

An Yan shook her head. "I’m not sure. It just stopped moving suddenly!"

"Could it have starved to death? That’s not right. Isn’t it called the Undying Worm?"

An Yan quickly turned to look at the worm. She then noticed that the spot in its stomach, pierced by her Spiritual Energy, was slowly starting to heal!

Having already taken action, how could she let it recover?

An Yan pondered for a few seconds and then spoke, "Everyone, I don’t know if something unexpected will happen. Can someone go find the director for me? Hurry."

"I’ll go! I’ll go!" The eager colleague immediately turned and ran off quickly.

In the instant he turned, An Yan suddenly realized he seemed to be wearing a human-skin mask. She had always seen him from the front, and since his facial expressions didn’t change much, it was hard to tell. But as he turned, an irrepressible smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, causing the mask to briefly separate from his skin. Could this person also be an enemy of Matsumoto Mina?