"Strange."
Meng Chao was one of the first people in Dragon City to come into contact with the Deification Capsule.
He remembered that when they analyzed the first Deification Capsule in the lab of Soaring Dragon Corporation's forward operating base, they did not manage to find any Illuminating Herb.
In truth, based on Meng Chao's understanding of the Illuminating Grass, it did not have the ability to stimulate the activity of cells, neutralize the domineering medicinal properties, or protect the organs.
Even if the Vortex modified the formula for the Deification Capsules, it was impossible for it to add a large amount of Illuminating Grass juice into them.
That's right, "a lot."
The temperature in the area continued rising as the burning flesh mountain's corpse burned. The medicinal liquid from the Deification Capsules that flowed all over the ground continued dissecting and evaporating, and the Illuminating Herb's scent grew stronger.
Meng Chao was certain that the amount of Illuminating Herb juice in the medicinal liquid was incredibly high, and it might be more than 50%.
"This doesn't make sense. Adding so much Illuminating Grass juice into the medicinal liquid, other than making it shine, there's no other use!
"Wait, on the other hand, if I don't add Illuminating Grass juice, the Deification Capsules won't shine, right?"
Meng Chao's pupils shrank swiftly.
He vaguely felt that he had found a blind spot.
It did not matter whether it was the Deification Capsules they found in the developing land in the depths of the fog.
And it was the Deification Capsule he obtained from the robbers.
Because it was mixed with a large amount of high-energy substances, spiritual energy was constantly escaping, and because it reacted with the impurities in the air, it would emit a faint fluorescent green color.
Coupled with its viscous nature, it was like green magma without any temperature.
And the batch of Deification Capsules in front of him might look the same, but they were different.
However, if it was not mixed with the Illuminating Grass juice, it would not emit light, which meant that it did not contain many high-energy substances, and there would not be any reaction between the spiritual energy and the air.
However, if they did not contain any high-energy substances, how could they bombard the cells, mitochondria, and even gene strands of human beings and release the primeval force that had been sleeping for billions of years?
Meng Chao's expression changed. He suddenly thought of a ridiculous and terrifying possibility.
He gulped, gritted his teeth, and dipped his finger into the Deification Capsule's medicinal liquid.
This was definitely against the rules in a regular pharmaceutical experiment.
But time was tight, and he could not care too much about it. Meng Chao relied on his powerful cell regeneration and organ repair abilities and used spirit energy to protect his mouth, throat, and stomach. Then, he carefully licked the medicinal liquid on his fingertip.
The green medicinal liquid turned into a warm current and slid down his throat along with his saliva.
Unexpectedly, it was not corrosive or irritating at all.
In addition to the faint scent of grass, there was even a hint of sweetness.
This result caused Meng Chao's expression to turn incredibly dark.
'My cells didn't sense any stimulation or increase in power. This isn't a Deification Capsule at all!'
With just two steps, Meng Chao returned in front of Ghost Eagle Song Yu. He dug his fingers into Song Yu's shoulder like pincers and crushed his shoulder blade. He gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me, what are these things? Where are the real Deification Capsules?!"
Song Yu had just been burned half to death, and now, he was in so much pain that he wanted to die. What came out of his mouth were balls of charred smoke. There was no way he could say a single word.
This guy was struggling on the edge of death.
Conventional interrogation methods were no longer effective against him.
Meng Chao's eyelids twitched, and he decided to grab an undamaged tube of Deification Capsules. He opened the lid and grabbed a whole string of about one hundred Deification Capsules. He stuffed them into Song Yu's mouth and forced him to swallow them.
Song Yu instantly widened his eyes.
The charred skin around his eye sockets was torn.
He ignored the pain and started struggling fiercely.
The Deification Capsules were stimulants for normal people and low-grade superhumans.
But aside from the dosage, the toxicity was just nonsense.
Even if a Heaven Realm superhuman took in a large amount of Deification Capsules in one go, such as one hundred of them, it would cause all the mitochondria in their bodies to go completely out of control. Their flesh and blood would turn into fuel, and they would be instantly burned to ashes.
But Meng Chao had clearly forced Song Yu to take at least forty Deification Capsules.
But this guy did not react at all.
He did not lose control of his power and spontaneously combust.
His muscles did not swell, his bones did not grow, and he did not change beyond recognition.
In the end, even Ghost Eagle Song Yu noticed that there was something strange. The despair on his face was gradually replaced by puzzlement, and he stared at Meng Chao.
'This guy … doesn't know that the Deification Capsules are fake?'
Meng Chao instantly came to this conclusion after reading his microexpressions.
This was an extremely likely possibility.
Lost people and abnormal beasts were just using each other. In fact, they were even scheming against each other.
It was impossible for the Vortex to completely trust these human scum who had betrayed its own race.
Ghost Eagle Song Yu was not a herbalist, and Illuminating Grass was a very obscure material. Many superhumans might not have even heard of it before, much less understood its scent and the difference between it and the other etherealized plants' scents.
Even if the Vortex created a batch of fake Deification Capsules right in front of Song Yu, he might not know about it.
Then, was this a case of using fake Deification Capsules to attract the veteran hunters' attention so that the real Deification Capsules could be safely transferred away?
Or were there no real Deification Capsules at all?
Meng Chao's mind raced. He placed himself in the Vortex's shoes and tried to figure out its mentality as well as its trap.
At the same time, he used the neural data tactical chain to scan the entire battlefield from the perspective of different hunters and biochemical rats.
Right now, the veteran hunters had already taken control of five floors in the Deification Capsule pharmacy.
The green tunnel leading from the balcony to the pharmacy through the stairwell and ventilation pipes had also been opened.
Aside from the Heaven Realm superhumans, there were also a large number of fighters belonging to the gangs in the lair. They wore nano fighting suits and motorized armor. They held light and heavy firepower and charged into the building from the air. Gradually, they took control of most of the floors.
This was a textbook attack that was carried out in a surgical manner.
It was fast, fierce, and precise. It also limited the battlefield to the building and did not affect the buildings around it.
Leprosy Village did not like dealing with the outside world and hated outsiders invading their final home.
But most of the villagers were normal people who were struggling to survive. Aside from their different appearances, they were no different from normal citizens.
They were caught off guard and did not know what was going on. It was also impossible for them to use the weapons and gene medicine that could be found everywhere in Leprosy Village to fight against the outsiders.
As long as they quickly controlled the situation, they would naturally be able to explain to the villagers that this was not a military operation targeting them. It was to capture abnormal beasts and robbers to protect Leprosy Village's safety and the order of the lair.
Everything seemed to be under their control.
But the more it was so, the more Meng Chao felt his heart pound.
If the mastermind was really the Vortex …
It would definitely not surrender so easily.
Suddenly, a terrifying thought shone in the depths of his mind like a demonic star dyed in blood.
A chill ran down his spine from his cerebral cortex to his central nervous system, and it instantly surged through his entire body.
"Senior Zhou —"
Meng Chao used a tone that was close to absolute zero to warn Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong through the communication channel. "Retreat! I suggest that everyone immediately retreat!"
Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong had already rushed into the Deification Capsule pharmacy with a few veteran hunters. They were about to destroy all the bottles inside, so when he heard Meng Chao's words, he was naturally stunned. "What did you say?"
"The Deification Capsules are fake," Meng Chao said through gritted teeth.
Meng Chao gritted his teeth. "Just now, we saw nearly ten thousand Deification Capsules through the cameras on the biochemical rats' backs, but they were all fake. The other party added a lot of Illuminating Grass into some normal medicine to imitate the sticky and green characteristics of the Deification Capsules. They did it on purpose so that we would be fooled!
Zhou Chong instantly understood what Meng Chao meant. "Are you saying that the other party created a batch of fake Deification Capsules to attract our attention while secretly transferring the real Deification Capsules?"
"No, I suspect that the other party's trap is one hundred times more terrifying than this. There are no real Deification Capsules!"
"Or rather, the scattered Deification Capsules the robbers brought with them were real, and the liquid they poured into the sewers was also real. They might have created a small batch of Deification Capsules, but they definitely didn't create more than ten thousand Deification Capsules on such a large scale!"
"But …" Zhou Chong frowned.
"The other party went through a lot of trouble and enticed a large group of robbers to steal a lot of cultivation resources rich in spirit energy from the outside world. After a lot of trouble, they finally managed to transport them into the lair. If they don't create Deification Capsules from them, wouldn't they have done all that for nothing?"
"They wouldn't have done all that for nothing."
Meng Chao sucked in a deep breath and cooled down his burning brain. He made the terrifying scene slowly appear in his mind. "You said it yourself. The people snatched cultivation resources that are rich in spirit energy, and there's a lot of them. Even if we don't use them to create Deification Capsules, these cultivation resources can still be used in a lot of ways, such as creating a large crystal bomb."
This time, even Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong's voice froze. "W-What did you say?"
"The proof is right in front of you," Meng Chao said.
"It has been less than three days since the first robbery, and a lot of the stolen cultivation resources had to bypass the layers of interception set up by the secret police and the abnormal beast research department to transport them into the lair. They had to spend a lot of effort to do so.
"Regardless of whether the mastermind is an abnormal beast or some other even more terrifying existence, it's impossible for them to move freely in Dragon City and do whatever they want.
"After going through a lot of trouble, most of the cultivation resources would have reached the pharmacy in less than twenty-four hours.
"The Deification Capsule is a rather complicated super gene medicine. With the underground workshop's equipment and scale, it's impossible for them to create a large batch within a short twenty-four hours!"
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