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Chapter 392
chapter 0200 part 1
Chapter 199: Serum Zero
Late at night, moonlight scattered upon the Gourd-Shaped Artificial Lake.
The calm lake water was like a mirror, reflecting the full moon from the sky.
The cool moonlight shone through the lake water into the Lakebed Quiet Room below.
In the northeast corner of the Meditation Room, a purple gold candlestick as thick as an adult's arm stood quietly.
The exquisite candlestick had no wick, yet its firelight illuminated more than half of the Meditation Room.
Within the candlelight, the figure of a blood-colored palace-dressed beauty was faintly visible, wailing silently in the candle flame! The viscous blood light on her body, under the burning of the candle flame, transformed into wisps of red mist that permeated the air…
The entire Lakebed Quiet Room was filled with a refreshing fragrance…
As the candle flame burned, the blood light on the palace-dressed beauty's body became increasingly pure, like a crystal-clear humanoid blood red gemstone.
In the center of the Meditation Room, Tang Song formed the Zi Wu Seal with his hands, sitting naked on a green jade cushion.
From various parts of his naked body came the sound of flowing water, like great rivers surging endlessly.
With the Sha Condensation Technique successfully cultivated, Tang Song could now practice some magic arts from the Sha Condensation stage.
Tang Song was not lacking in magic arts; he had a large library deep within his memory.
He had inscribed countless magic arts from the Yanfu World Source…
However, because he had condensed the Yin Yang Life-Death Sha, the most suitable magic arts for him were those of the Yin Yang type.
Yin Thunder, Yang Thunder, Yin Yang Male-Female Sword Art, Nine Cauldrons Yin Yang Void Displacement Great Method…
Tang Song did not choose the powerful thunder magic arts, nor did he practice the sword art. Instead, he condensed the Yin Yang Qi into an Innate Tai Chi True Form Diagram.
Black and white qi flow rose behind Tang Song, dispersing like two flying immortal ribbons, and combining into a Yin Yang Tai Chi Fish diagram.
Within the Tai Chi Yin Yang Fish, several lotus pedestal phantoms flickered in the Yang Fish. When the lotus petals opened, the phantoms of various magic tools like the Great Desolation Bell, Sword Pill, and Cane Sword Implement were faintly visible.
The Yin Fish was pitch black like ink, looking like a soul-capturing black hole…
Every thirty-six cycles of rotation, the Yin Yang Fish would disperse and transform into two distinct black and white ribbons around Tang Song…
At the moment the Yin Yang Fish merged, the phantoms of several small banners appeared within the pitch black Yin Fish.
The next morning, Tang Song emerged from the Lakebed Quiet Room. He was sitting under the grape trellis in the Manor's Courtyard, on a bamboo woven rattan chair, drinking white congee served by a Maid while reading a newspaper.
The Cantonese Cuisine Master, specially hired from domestic with a high salary, had cooked the congee well. It was thick and sticky, with the fresh richness of rice paste and the satisfying chewiness of rice grains.
Paired with the appetizing Lu Wei side dishes, it had a unique flavor.
"Yesterday, the Federal Minister of Defense submitted his resignation to the White House Office, suspected to be due to the Mutant Laboratory scandal. The White House has not yet officially responded!"
"Regarding the Mutant persecution incident, so far, five generals and colonels from the Federal Department of Defense are implicated, the highest-ranking being a three-star Lieutenant General.
There are reports that Minister of Defense Raman is also involved, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has not yet launched an investigation into this Minister of Defense!"
"Affected by the Mutant persecution incident, President Francis's approval rating has dropped by eight percentage points. According to analysis by the former White House Secretary-General, this successor President has slim chances of winning the upcoming election!"
"Wall Street News: Due to the Mutant persecution incident, the stock prices of all biological sectors on Wall Street, including Oscorp, have experienced varying degrees of decline…"
"According to the White House, to resolve the situation of Mutant persecution, the White House has formally submitted a bill regarding Mutant protection to Congress…"
"Large-scale protests and demonstrations have occurred in multiple areas across eleven states of the Federation. At 3 PM local time, a demonstration involving ten thousand people in Ohio escalated into physical conflict between demonstrators and the Police! The Police used tear gas and other non-lethal weapons. This conflict resulted in twenty-three deaths and hundreds of injuries of varying degrees!
Dozens of local businesses were looted by rioting demonstrators!"
"There are reports that the White House urgently summoned the Mutant representative known as Beast Hank, attempting to quell the large-scale protests and riots in multiple parts of the Federation through the words of a Mutant!"
Tang Song flipped through the newspaper; most of the articles were about the Mutant persecution incident.
Human experimentation involving official Federal agencies was truly heinous in nature.
Moreover, it implicitly involved the Department of Defense.
Various news media naturally wouldn't miss this hot topic.
Most of the Federation's media were controlled by private hands, and these media magnates wouldn't give the White House face.
Tang Song read the newspaper news while drinking white congee, occasionally looking up at the Courtyard Open Space in the distance.
In an open area within the Manor, a ball net had been set up at some point.
Gu Zi Yun and Zheng Duo En, the two young girls wearing hot pants and showing off their fair legs, were on opposite sides, competing with tennis rackets.
Skye and Fox stood by, acting as referees.
The tennis ball spun rapidly in the air. The two young girls hit the tennis ball with the force of artillery shells. In the time it took Tang Song to drink half a bowl of congee, they had already gone through six tennis rackets.
The big cat was being bossed around by these two girls, running back and forth to fetch the tennis ball, showing no sign of its king-of-the-mountain aura.
………
The newspapers on the table in front of Tang Song were from multiple media outlets.
As he flipped to the third one, he saw an interesting piece of information in an obscure corner of a newspaper.
"An unidentified extraterrestrial meteorite, an extraterrestrial flying hammer, suspected to have been discovered in New Mexico! Residents of a local Small Town have spontaneously organized a rally race…"
"Boss! Professor Connors called, Serum Zero is a success!"
Just as Tang Song was reading the newspaper, Lane suddenly walked quickly through the Long Corridor of the Courtyard, came before Tang Song, and reported good news.
"Hmm?!" Tang Song heard this news and immediately placed the jade bowl with half a bowl of white congee left onto the table, slightly surprised: "Didn't Connors say that the research and development of Serum Zero would take at least another half a year?"
"Professor Connors said it's because of the Mutant samples and research data you brought back. I'm not entirely sure about the specifics. Do you want to go to The Hive?"
"Prepare the car, no, prepare the helicopter instead!"
Chapter 199: Serum Zero
Late at night, moonlight scattered upon the Gourd-Shaped Artificial Lake.
The calm lake water was like a mirror, reflecting the full moon from the sky.
The cool moonlight shone through the lake water into the Lakebed Quiet Room below.
In the northeast corner of the Meditation Room, a purple gold candlestick as thick as an adult's arm stood quietly.
The exquisite candlestick had no wick, yet its firelight illuminated more than half of the Meditation Room.
Within the candlelight, the figure of a blood-colored palace-dressed beauty was faintly visible, wailing silently in the candle flame! The viscous blood light on her body, under the burning of the candle flame, transformed into wisps of red mist that permeated the air…
The entire Lakebed Quiet Room was filled with a refreshing fragrance…
As the candle flame burned, the blood light on the palace-dressed beauty's body became increasingly pure, like a crystal-clear humanoid blood red gemstone.
In the center of the Meditation Room, Tang Song formed the Zi Wu Seal with his hands, sitting naked on a green jade cushion.
From various parts of his naked body came the sound of flowing water, like great rivers surging endlessly.
With the Sha Condensation Technique successfully cultivated, Tang Song could now practice some magic arts from the Sha Condensation stage.
Tang Song was not lacking in magic arts; he had a large library deep within his memory.
He had inscribed countless magic arts from the Yanfu World Source…
However, because he had condensed the Yin Yang Life-Death Sha, the most suitable magic arts for him were those of the Yin Yang type.
Yin Thunder, Yang Thunder, Yin Yang Male-Female Sword Art, Nine Cauldrons Yin Yang Void Displacement Great Method…
Tang Song did not choose the powerful thunder magic arts, nor did he practice the sword art. Instead, he condensed the Yin Yang Qi into an Innate Tai Chi True Form Diagram.
Black and white qi flow rose behind Tang Song, dispersing like two flying immortal ribbons, and combining into a Yin Yang Tai Chi Fish diagram.
Within the Tai Chi Yin Yang Fish, several lotus pedestal phantoms flickered in the Yang Fish. When the lotus petals opened, the phantoms of various magic tools like the Great Desolation Bell, Sword Pill, and Cane Sword Implement were faintly visible.
The Yin Fish was pitch black like ink, looking like a soul-capturing black hole…
Every thirty-six cycles of rotation, the Yin Yang Fish would disperse and transform into two distinct black and white ribbons around Tang Song…
At the moment the Yin Yang Fish merged, the phantoms of several small banners appeared within the pitch black Yin Fish.
The next morning, Tang Song emerged from the Lakebed Quiet Room. He was sitting under the grape trellis in the Manor's Courtyard, on a bamboo woven rattan chair, drinking white congee served by a Maid while reading a newspaper.
The Cantonese Cuisine Master, specially hired from domestic with a high salary, had cooked the congee well. It was thick and sticky, with the fresh richness of rice paste and the satisfying chewiness of rice grains.
Paired with the appetizing Lu Wei side dishes, it had a unique flavor.
"Yesterday, the Federal Minister of Defense submitted his resignation to the White House Office, suspected to be due to the Mutant Laboratory scandal. The White House has not yet officially responded!"
"Regarding the Mutant persecution incident, so far, five generals and colonels from the Federal Department of Defense are implicated, the highest-ranking being a three-star Lieutenant General.
There are reports that Minister of Defense Raman is also involved, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has not yet launched an investigation into this Minister of Defense!"
"Affected by the Mutant persecution incident, President Francis's approval rating has dropped by eight percentage points. According to analysis by the former White House Secretary-General, this successor President has slim chances of winning the upcoming election!"
"Wall Street News: Due to the Mutant persecution incident, the stock prices of all biological sectors on Wall Street, including Oscorp, have experienced varying degrees of decline…"
"According to the White House, to resolve the situation of Mutant persecution, the White House has formally submitted a bill regarding Mutant protection to Congress…"
"Large-scale protests and demonstrations have occurred in multiple areas across eleven states of the Federation. At 3 PM local time, a demonstration involving ten thousand people in Ohio escalated into physical conflict between demonstrators and the Police! The Police used tear gas and other non-lethal weapons. This conflict resulted in twenty-three deaths and hundreds of injuries of varying degrees!
Dozens of local businesses were looted by rioting demonstrators!"
"There are reports that the White House urgently summoned the Mutant representative known as Beast Hank, attempting to quell the large-scale protests and riots in multiple parts of the Federation through the words of a Mutant!"
Tang Song flipped through the newspaper; most of the articles were about the Mutant persecution incident.
Human experimentation involving official Federal agencies was truly heinous in nature.
Moreover, it implicitly involved the Department of Defense.
Various news media naturally wouldn't miss this hot topic.
Most of the Federation's media were controlled by private hands, and these media magnates wouldn't give the White House face.
Tang Song read the newspaper news while drinking white congee, occasionally looking up at the Courtyard Open Space in the distance.
In an open area within the Manor, a ball net had been set up at some point.
Gu Zi Yun and Zheng Duo En, the two young girls wearing hot pants and showing off their fair legs, were on opposite sides, competing with tennis rackets.
Skye and Fox stood by, acting as referees.
The tennis ball spun rapidly in the air. The two young girls hit the tennis ball with the force of artillery shells. In the time it took Tang Song to drink half a bowl of congee, they had already gone through six tennis rackets.
The big cat was being bossed around by these two girls, running back and forth to fetch the tennis ball, showing no sign of its king-of-the-mountain aura.
………
The newspapers on the table in front of Tang Song were from multiple media outlets.
As he flipped to the third one, he saw an interesting piece of information in an obscure corner of a newspaper.
"An unidentified extraterrestrial meteorite, an extraterrestrial flying hammer, suspected to have been discovered in New Mexico! Residents of a local Small Town have spontaneously organized a rally race…"
"Boss! Professor Connors called, Serum Zero is a success!"
Just as Tang Song was reading the newspaper, Lane suddenly walked quickly through the Long Corridor of the Courtyard, came before Tang Song, and reported good news.
"Hmm?!" Tang Song heard this news and immediately placed the jade bowl with half a bowl of white congee left onto the table, slightly surprised: "Didn't Connors say that the research and development of Serum Zero would take at least another half a year?"
"Professor Connors said it's because of the Mutant samples and research data you brought back. I'm not entirely sure about the specifics. Do you want to go to The Hive?"
"Prepare the car, no, prepare the helicopter instead!"
