The garrison troops of Stronghold 74 stood quietly on the walls and waited for Old Li's news.
Everyone wanted to know what the Experimentals wanted to talk about. It was always a little unbelievable that a ferocious beast would propose a negotiation.
When Old Li appeared in everyone's field of vision, all the garrison troops on the walls heaved a sigh of relief. At least Old Li had returned safely.
Some people even started cheering at the top of the walls as though they were welcoming a lone hero. They were not stingy with their praise and enthusiasm. It was as though they had won a battle and had completely forgotten they were still surrounded by the Experimentals.
However, the hero, Old Li, was not that happy. Instead, he was conflicted and confused by what he had just learned, and his heart felt a little heavy.
The people on the walls were about to lower the gondola to receive Old Li when he climbed up from below with his bare hands.
From afar, the stronghold looked very smooth. But up close, there were still some fine cracks on it. When everyone saw Old Li climbing up the walls so skillfully, it was obvious this was not his first time scaling a stronghold.
Zhou Xingwen walked up to Old Li and asked, "What does the Experimentals want? How did you communicate with them?"
"It can speak in human language." Old Li glanced at the Pyro Company members next to him before telling the others the truth, "These Experimentals are all from the Pyro Company's Lab 39. That place was originally used to treat cancer patients, but an accident happened and caused them to end up like this. They're negotiating now because they want us to help them find a person who escaped from that lab. They say the person's secret can help them cure them and turn them back into normal humans. "
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned. The amount of information contained in this short sentence was too much.
Old Li looked at everyone's dumbfounded expressions and thought back to how he had probably looked just now as well.
Everyone looked at the Pyro Company members, whether intentionally or unintentionally. They thought to themselves, 'So they were the ones who created this thing. Now it's confirmed that the Pyro Company was creating monsters.'
But now that they were helping to defend the stronghold, the officers of Zhou's Army could not say much about it. They could only go back and discuss it in private.
Meanwhile, the Pyro Company members remained expressionless throughout. In fact, it was no secret that the Experimentals were created by the Pyro Company.
At the very least, the Kyung Clan knew about it. It was just that the Kyung Clan did not deliberately create public opinion to disgust the Pyro Company.
At this moment, Old Li sighed. "If we don't find this person, the Experimentals will come to destroy the city in seven days."
Zhou Xingwen suddenly said, "We definitely can't hand this person over to the Experimentals. First of all, we can't fully believe what they say. We still need to verify the veracity of their words. Secondly, we're not sure if this person can cure the Experimentals. These Experimentals are so cunning and vicious, so even if they're cured, will you still be able to get along with them?"
Next to them, there were also people who agreed that this person should not be handed over to the Experimentals.
Only Qin Sheng was puzzled and said, "You're talking as if we've already found this person. Why do I feel like we might not be able to find him?"
Zhou Xingwen: "…"
Old Li said, "There are indeed no clues. We don't even know his appearance, and we can't determine his age. The only information we know is that he came out of Lab No. 39."
Qin Sheng got to the crux of the matter. They had to find this person first before discussing whether they should hand him over to the Experimentals.
Everyone split up. The Pyro Company contacted their headquarters to report back on the situation here. However, the Pyro Company made it clear that Lab No. 39 had been completely destroyed. After the earthquake in the Jing Mountains, the magma from that volcano had completely covered the area. Moreover, there was an extremely powerful unknown creature lurking there.
Even if that creature was nesting in the volcano and not moving at all, the laboratory's data had already been burned away by the magma. It was impossible to find any clues.
There might be some relevant information in the laboratory in Stronghold 73. After all, based on some of the information they had found, that laboratory's research direction was the same as that of Lab No. 39. Both parties should have been in contact, and they might have left something behind.
But all of that information had been snatched away by Wang Congyang!
At this point, the Pyro Company suddenly issued an order to raise Wang Congyang's bounty.
Zhou's Army contacted the Kyung Clan directly. They even had the Zhou Clan's leader, Zhou Shiji, contact Qing Zhen directly on the phone in hopes that the Kyung Clan could provide them with this information.
However, the Kyung Clan said they knew nothing about this. They had only guessed that these Experimentals had been transformed from cancer patients, and it had now been confirmed.
As for the person the Experimentals were looking for, they were not sure. It was very likely that he had been destroyed along with Stronghold 113 and 112.
Back then, the earthquake had directly destroyed two strongholds. Even if there were any clues, they would probably have been buried together with them.
Zhou Xingwen felt helpless. They were still discussing whether they should hand over the person. How were they supposed to hand him over if they could not even find him?!
At this moment, they were guessing that the patient who had been successfully cured of cancer was probably hiding among normal humans. Unless they tested his cells, they would not be able to find him.
Even the Experimentals had said that he was probably the same as a normal person.
In the end, this matter was still published in Hope Media's newspaper. Zhou's Army made the matter public and accepted an interview with the media. They also wanted to appeal to the Experimentals hiding among the humans to come forward on their own. They did not have to face the Experimentals and only needed to tell them what they knew.
When Ren Xiaosu received the newspaper, he was bewildered. "Lab 39?"
This matched the information he had transported away on the train. There was also a document in the information that stated that a patient had been perfectly cured of cancer in Lab 39. However, it was very difficult to replicate because the treatment conditions were rather special.
So those Experimentals were probably the guinea pigs who had failed to replicate the treatment method.
When Ren Xiaosu saw the time stated in the newspaper, he was stunned. At some point, the image of the unconscious little boy in the snow flashed across his mind.
He had carried the boy out of the snow on his back. From then on, he had a younger brother.
Based on the time and location, Yan Liuyuan seemed to fit the description very well.
Although the time and location were extremely vague, and the Experimentals claimed that it was difficult to calculate the time when they were locked up in the dark laboratory, a simple deduction suggested that Yan Liuyuan might really be the Experimentals.
But Yan Liuyuan did not have a strong physique. In fact, he was weak and sickly because of the wish he had made.
"I don't think so," Ren Xiaosu muttered to himself.
But regardless of whether Yan Liuyuan was the No. 001 Experimental or not, Ren Xiaosu would never reveal this to anyone. He had seen too many evil things and knew very well what kind of things such a special human would encounter in society.
No matter how kind you were, others would still treat you as an anomaly in their hearts.
Even heroes were like that, let alone others.
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