Chapter 483: Unavoidable Sacrifice
Meanwhile, at Jiangning City, Pei Xun was looking at a pregnant woman who was tied to an operating table inside a room through the glass wall.
Standing beside him, an old man read the data and said, "This is the only experimental subject that has managed to survive the test so far."
"Make sure that there are no more mistakes like before. Tighten the security and keep a close eye on them. I don’t want to receive a report that our experimental subjects have escaped again," Pei Xun warned sternly.
Hearing the blame in his tone, Professor Wen glared at him and said, "You should tell your subordinates about this instead of me."
"If not because of their negligence, would someone be able to steal my data and experimental samples? If not because of your arrogance, would the subjects have escaped and created a ruckus at Lin’an City?"
"Now I have to do all of the tests again. Do you know how much time we have wasted because of this?" he asked angrily.
After he finished his words, Professor Wen turned and walked away in large strides. Whenever he thought about his lost data and samples, he felt the urge to beat someone.
Looking at his hunched back, Pei Xun narrowed his eyes and turned to a young man beside him. "Have you found out who stole the data?"
The young man lowered his head and replied, "We already interrogated the guards who were responsible for guarding the laboratory in the capital, but we couldn’t get anything out of them."
"Try to use the memory solution," Pei Xun said.
"Commander, we already injected five bottles of the memory solution, but we can’t find anything. It is as if someone had erased or blocked their memories," the young man replied.
"Increase the dose."
Hearing this, the young man was taken aback and said, "Commander, if we increase the dose, their brains will suffer heavy damage. They won’t survive."
Pei Xun glanced at the man and said with a smile, "Sacrifice is unavoidable to reach our ultimate goal."
When he heard this, the young man understood that those guards had no other choice but to die in the interrogation room. With his current position, he had no right to go against the Commander’s order.
So, he nodded and replied, "Understood."
Pei Xun reached out to pat the young man’s shoulder, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Ruiyue, if you want to climb high, you have to step on others. Don’t disappoint me."
Yuan Ruiyue clenched his fists tightly and replied, "Commander, my life is yours. I won’t let you down."
Finally hearing what he wanted to hear, Pei Xun smiled and said, "Good. I will leave this matter to you."
After he said these words, he turned and left. Standing there, Yuan Ruiyue stared at the pregnant woman inside the room with reddened eyes. If not because of his mission, he would make sure to kill Pei Xun and that psychopath, Wen Bo!
Thinking about his Captain’s order, he took several deep breaths to calm down. When he walked out of the laboratory, he had already returned to his cold expression and went to the underground prison to interrogate the guards personally.
At the same time, Pei Yijun and his team were outside the base.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The sound of explosions echoed in the area as lightning bolts struck the mutant wild boars.
"Be careful! Don’t face them head-on!" Pei Yijun warned his team while dodging a mutant wild boar’s attack.
Boom!
The mutant wild boars were ten times larger than a normal wild boar. Their tusks were sharp and strong, reaching almost two meters long with almost forty centimeters in diameter.
While they were not as agile as other mutant animals, their attack power was not to be underestimated. Several of Pei Yijun’s team members suffered heavy injuries after being pierced by the tusks and trampled by the mutant wild boars.
After letting out a high-pitched shriek, the biggest wild boar dashed toward Pei Yijun, aiming its sharp tusks at him.
With his right thigh wounded, his speed decreased, and he could not dodge the attack in time. Seeing the incoming tusks, he waved his hand and threw several lightning balls toward the mutant wild boar, hoping to slow it down.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Despite being hit directly by the attack, the wild boar did not slow down at all. Instead, it sped up and let out heavy snorts due to anger.
Seeing this, Li Yang rushed over while shouting, "Brother Pei!"
Boom!
The moment before the sharp tusks pierced Pei Yijun, Li Yang appeared in front of him and punched the wild boar’s jowl. Due to his attack, the wild boar’s tusks missed the target.
Noticing that the wild boar was stunned by his attack, Li Yang unsheathed his blade and swung it upward.
Crash! Crack!
Thanks to his superhuman strength, he managed to cut the mutant wild boar’s neck. Warm blood spurted out from the wound and drenched his body.
As the mutant wild boar let out a shriek, its body limped and fell to the ground with a loud sound.
Boom!
Dust and sand flew up due to the impact, creating a thick cloud that hindered their sight.
Just after he killed the mutant wild boar, the rest of their team members also managed to kill the remaining wild boars.
When the dust finally settled, Pei Yijun and his team heaved a sigh of relief. Looking around, he saw that although his members were injured, there were no casualties.
He wiped the blood trickling down from the corner of his lips and said, "Everyone, good job. We will take a rest and return to the base. Medic team, take care of the wounded. Logistics team, handle the mutant wild boars."
"Understood," the members replied in unison.
Pei Yijun walked to the roadside with Li Yang’s help. Soon after they sat down on the ground, Chu Zhimiao walked over with the first aid box.