Chapter 112: Chapter 23: Experiment
Bang!
A rock python lunged directly at Yan Luo. Remaining calm, Yan Luo gauged the deflective shield range by the size of the demon and stepped through the shield, facing the rock python. He raised his long-barreled shotgun and pulled the trigger.
The python’s head was blasted back, and before it could recover, Yan Luo fired a second, third, and fourth shot.
With each shot, the scales on the python’s head shattered a bit more.
Yan Luo pressed his assault, getting close enough to press the gun muzzle right up against the python’s head.
With the final blast, the python’s brain matter splattered.
Since becoming a Hunter, Yan Luo was rarely disturbed by demons during rest. After every battle with a demon, he had to change his campsite.
The sound of gunfire would attract other demons to investigate. If he were part of a Hunter team, this wouldn’t be much of a worry as they would have someone keep watch. However, Yan Luo, being a solo Hunter, needed to be more vigilant than most.
Gathering up the python’s dropped materials, Yan Luo quickly packed up his camping gear and rode off on his motorcycle to find the next campsite.
This marked the fifth day since he arrived at the Rust Iron Hills. The materials he had collected so far were worth over four million, but he was slightly behind schedule.
Fortunately, some demon drops in the Rust Iron Hills are particularly valuable. If Yan Luo could acquire one of them, like the three million worth source metal, he could quickly catch up on his schedule.
By his calculations, the experimental animals should have arrived at Crimson No.2 by now. He wondered how Sasa’s experiments were going...
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In a basement modified as a sterile room, Sasa used simple partitions to divide the blood analyzer and the laboratory into two rooms.
Sitting in the lab, Sasa quietly observed the rats in the incubator. Next to it, a few mice and a rhesus monkey were caged.
Without Yan Luo’s sponsorship, Sasa wouldn’t have been able to afford this many experimental animals.
The animals’ food was custom, and besides purchasing the animals themselves, he also had to buy their feed. Otherwise, the experiments could be affected.
Sasa had implanted Yan Luo’s gut microbiota into these rats and fed them food imbued with Magic Power.
The forthcoming results would ascertain whether there’s a significant link between Yan Luo’s gut microbiota and his Magic Power absorption capability.
Most of the lab equipment was second-hand items Sasa had acquired from the black market. Thankfully, after inspection, she found them well-maintained, ensuring no discrepancies in the experiments.
After setting the feeding and data recording timers for the incubators, Sasa left the basement.
With Yan Luo now in the Abyss, Sasa had no reason to remain there. Lingering too long might arouse suspicion from others.
Sasa couldn’t go there daily, so she instructed Keke to enter the lab daily, back up the experiment records, and send encrypted copies to her.
— Before entering the Abyss, Yan Luo had transferred partial control rights of Keke to Sasa, allowing her to give instructions to Keke.
Sasa, still a student, had commitments assisting professors in various research projects and writing papers. Withdrawal from studies wasn’t an option as frequent outings would spark curiosity.
Time often flows unnoticed. Soon came the day for Keke to transmit the encrypted information.
Sasa was listening to a lecture when she suddenly received a message from Keke.
Feigning composure, she pressed away her inner tension, focused on the topic at hand, and continued her diligent learning.
As a sophomore accompanying Professor Li Jiongming to conduct research at Crimson No.2, Sasa was deemed a prodigy.
Nonetheless, she needed to persist in her studies.
However, her current course load was already comparable to that of a first-year graduate student.
After class, Sasa swiftly returned to her dorm, opened the encrypted message from Keke, and decrypted it using her custom software, yielding an experiment data set.
Sasa was in no rush; she patiently read through the entire experiment data thoroughly from top to bottom.
The data indicated no significant functional improvement in the bodily functions of the rats, mice, or rhesus monkey. Still, their physical strength had marginally improved due to good nutrition intake during this period.
Meanwhile, their internal Magic Power slightly decreased, but Sasa couldn’t be sure if this was due to absorption or dissipation.
Dammit, she desperately wanted to check out Yan Luo’s basement!
Taking a deep breath, Sasa suppressed her budding desire.
She couldn’t frequently visit Yan Luo’s house, especially with Yan Luo being in the Abyss. There was no justified reason for her to visit the villa.
Luckily, after calculating the time, Sasa realized that Yan Luo’s return from the Abyss was imminent—just two or three days away.
She just needed to be patient. It was only two or three days, and she could bear the wait.
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With roughly two days until supplies reached critical levels, the materials on hand were valued at just eight million.
Counting the materials in the Space Box once more, Yan Luo felt a bit crestfallen.
Making money in the Rust Iron Hills wasn’t as easy as on the Bone-Eroding Plain. Yan Luo wouldn’t have had to worry about making the last two million there.
Making profits in the Rust Iron Hills demanded good luck, and recently, Yan Luo hadn’t been fortunate enough to encounter target demons on his hunt more than twice.
Could he earn the ten million before heading back?
After pondering, Yan Luo steeled his resolve.
Let the slaughter begin!
Acting immediately, Yan Luo started his motorcycle and began scouring the hills for demons.
No matter the demon type or material value, as long as he could defeat it, Yan Luo mercilessly slaughtered it.
Like his previous frenzied 22-hour spree of demon slaughter where he earned millions.
Back then, Yan Luo had neither the Tenglong II model nor the thermal axe, so his combat efficiency was low.
But with new equipment and weapons at his disposal now, he was poised for more efficient slaughters.
The Rust Iron Hills were vast but sparsely populated by demons, so while culling demons, Yan Luo moved toward the Dark Forest.
The Dark Forest ranked as the second-highest demon density area in the Crimson Abyss, first being the Bone-Eroding Plain.
With hordes of demons in the Dark Forest, Yan Luo was set on mass slaughter, ignoring demon drops—making it the ideal spot for his campaign.
"Truly, he’s the ’Yama.’"
A short distance away, an off-road vehicle parked on a hillside with several hunters inside watching Yan Luo’s rampant demon carnage.
In a friendly gesture, they even sent a message to Yan Luo.
Previously, hunters’ nickname for Yan Luo as ’Yama’ was often jest, but now they all witnessed firsthand—Yan Luo was truly a ’Yama.’
Dangerous-level demons fell to Yan Luo like sheep to slaughter, and deadly-level ones fared little better, seldom even striking Yan Luo, appearing as mere toys in a dance starring Yan Luo.
Perched atop the hill with clear views, the telescope-fitted SUV allowed them to see from afar.
Thus, the hunters watched Yan Luo carve a path to the Dark Forest, leaving no demon behind, as if in madness.
They knew this tale would become their topic of conversation and were certain ’Yama’ would become Yan Luo’s official moniker from then on.
Hey, an ordinary guy earning a title craved by even some Sequence Three hunters—how rare is that?
Perhaps, it was precisely Yan Luo’s ordinary status that added such an undeniable luster to his record.
Yan Luo carved his way into the Dark Forest, and even upon entering, pressed forward toward the entrance.
The gains along the journey slightly exceeded his expectations. By the time he reached the entrance, he believed he might finally make the ten million.