Chapter 1007
Chapter 1007:
“Ellen, calm down p>
Yelena’s scalpel remained embedded in the narrow seam of the brick wall, a single droplet of condensation clinging to its edge. Austin’s face had darkened, his expression unreadable.
Without missing a beat, he tightened his grip around Ellen’s wrist, his voice eerily calm, as if reciting lab protocols. “Domenic, inject her with a sedative p>
Something was different about Ellen today. Her bloodshot eyes gleamed with a feverish intensity, and upon closer inspection, the veins on her neck bulged unnaturally, winding beneath her skin like coiled ropes.
“You wouldn’t dare!” With a sudden burst of strength, Ellen yanked free from Austin’s grasp. At that moment, a flicker of red light caught Yelena’s sharp gaze—the hidden miniature camera in Ellen’s pearl earring had switched on.
Yelena’s pupils constricted. That was the latest model from DY Group, released just last month. Nearly impossible to detect without close inspection.
Her eyes darted to Austin, and in an instant, the two of them exchanged a silent understanding.
Without hesitation, Yelena snatched a toothpick from the floor and flicked it with pinpoint precision, striking the earring and knocking it loose.
Ellen let out a sharp gasp as it fell, the tiny device clattering against the floor.
Wasting no time, Yelena seized the broken tablet. The screen froze on a grotesque image—Flynn’s festering neck, his skin peeling away in ragged layers, revealing the faint web of blue blood vessels underneath.
“It’s a chelate compound,” Yelena muttered, handing the tablet to Austin. “Nexogenix’s gene-splicing tech—banned three years ago p>
Austin’s eyes locked onto the twisted, unnatural patterns of the infected veins. His brow furrowed.
“The symptoms are identical to Aitana’s… only worse,” Yelena added. Whoever was behind this had likely taken Aitana’s age into account, sparing her from the worst of it. But the others were in very bad shape.
The sudden blare of an alarm cut through the tense silence.
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The airtight doors burst open, revealing the X-0927 sample locked in the -1120F cryo chamber. Yet, inexplicably, the eerie blue liquid inside was boiling at room temperature.
The centrifuge tube trembled, the unnatural glow illuminating the entire lab with an unholy light. As the liquid churned violently, the Nexogenix serpent emblem slowly emerged on the tube’s surface.
Yelena’s breath hitched. Her mind raced.
“92.7… It’s not a frequency. It’s a coordinate p>
Snatching the tablet from Domenic’s hands, she overlaid the soundprint from the surveillance footage. “90 27’N. That’s the exact location of Barker Medical City p>
Austin’s watch flickered to life, projecting a 3D holographic map.
Seven red dots formed an ominous hexagram across the Seuqend seas. Frustrated, he ripped off his tie. “Alert our team. Prepare—” The explosion swallowed the rest of his sentence.
Smoke filled the room, thick and suffocating. Yelena felt Austin’s body slump against her, his head bleeding. Her fingers skimmed his wound, but instead of just blood, she felt something chilling beneath her touch. Metal. Embedded deep within his skull. Her whole body went rigid.
A horrifying memory surged to the forefront of her mind—five years ago, in Malayah’s lab, she had seen something similar. The corpses of white mice, each implanted with chips, labeled under a single designation: the X-series.
Could all of this lead back to Malayah?