Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 971 The Original Truth

Chapter 971: Chapter 971 The Original Truth

"It’s impossible! Impossible!" Luo Changren searched through the case over and over, unwilling to trust his own hands or his eyes, and finally, with all his strength, he turned the case upside down and poured its contents onto the ground—as if doing so would make the nonexistent items appear.

But after several shakes, the result remained unchanged, and slowly he came to accept the reality; then, in a fit of rage, he threw the case away, "Who was it! Who took my potion!"

Xu Huo stepped on the case that rolled out, his expression indifferent, "Since the SE virus isn’t hereditary, does it really matter whether there is a vaccine potion or not?"

Luo Changren, as if he hadn’t heard his words, muttered a number of names under his breath, among which was Xiong Qing; he seemed to be filtering through these names, then crawled over to Gao Zhen not far away, "Was it you! Did you steal my potion!"

Traveling together, Shangguan Xi whispered to Xu Huo while looking at his behavior, "He hasn’t gone mad, has he? There’s nothing in the box..."

"I’m not crazy!" Luo Changren turned back and screamed almost maniacally, "I personally put the potion in there. How could it disappear? Someone definitely stole my potion... Was it you! Was it you!"

He first pointed at Shangguan Xi, then at Xu Huo.

Xu Huo looked at him coldly, "What you brought back, is it really a vaccine?"

Luo Changren was the first to propose the Gene Optimization Evolver during the SE virus incident. He was the one who went out to develop the potion, and he was the one who brought the evolution potion back. That is to say, from beginning to end, only he claimed that the evolution potion could improve the genetic quality of the people at W37 Base Station — This claim never had any official confirmation.

Although Base City 01 did announce their findings, given the trajectory of the SE virus, they had lost all credibility. The results published by other base cities after the incident couldn’t be verified either; rather, this outbreak at W37 indirectly confirmed one thing — the SE virus wasn’t hereditary.

From this perspective, the fact that Luo Changren successfully brought back the Gene Evolution Agent was in itself questionable.

Another doubt lay with the vaccine.

If Luo Changren had really gone through great trouble to bring back the vaccine as he claimed, why didn’t he hand it over to Gao Zhen right from the start but instead had his companions hide the vaccine under Bird Tower?

He might say he didn’t trust Gao Zhen, but with the prospect of infecting several more base cities unknown, whether Gao Zhen used the vaccine to save people or not was much better than hiding the vaccine, because at least at that time, Gao Zhen would save the people of Base W37 City. However, hiding the vaccine under Bird Tower wouldn’t save anyone.

As for saying the vaccine wasn’t an antitoxin, just a way to save the possibly corrupted genes of the next generation, that didn’t make sense — the SE virus outbreak was accidental, and Luo Changren couldn’t be certain of what effect the vaccine would have. Of course, it would be better to use it as soon as possible. If everyone died, where would the next generation come from?

Moreover, the SE virus was a product of Base City 01. After the incident, on what grounds did Luo Changren emphatically claim that the virus could destroy genes? It’s possible it was out of self-preservation, but the fact that he went directly to Doctor Zhang and brought back the vaccine confirmed one thing: the Gene Optimization Evolver was flawed from the start, and he was well aware of it.

Given that W37 has ruled out the hereditary nature of the SE virus, what Luo Changren brought back was definitely not a virus vaccine but a potion specifically for treating the defects of the Gene Optimization Evolver.

The fact that the Gene Optimization Evolver was flawed could actually prove the research results from other base cities after the incident were close to the truth — this kind of evolution potion required injection or ingestion, so the Healing Potion would naturally be one-to-one.

So, what Luo Changren went to retrieve was not a vaccine but a Healing Potion used by players.

"You’re so sure about the effects of the Gene Evolution Agent; it can’t be that you’ve only seen Doctor Zhang’s experimental results. If I’m not mistaken, you were the first to try the Gene Evolution Agent," Xu Huo looked down from a height at the emaciated man sitting next to Gao Zhen’s body, "You’re well aware of the flaws of the evolution potion, yet you still brought it back to your hometown."

"Gao Zhen might have let you go initially, but he must have realized afterwards. The SE virus isn’t hereditary, and the Gene Evolution Agent has major flaws. Thus, the vaccine you brought back must be fake."

That’s why Gao Zhen arranged for someone to keep an eye on Xiong Qing all the time — the vaccine might be fake, but it could still be dangerous.

But whether it’s handed over or not is beside the point — after all, she also needed to reduce the burden by at least half the people. And with Luo Changren showing up at W37 empty-handed, it indicated that the stuff was at W37; as long as the people couldn’t escape, it was only a matter of time before it would be found.

"Ha ha..." Luo Changren suddenly let out a low laugh, and after a moment, he said, "Yes, that’s true, it’s not a vaccine. It’s for solving the aftereffects of evolution."

He touched his atrophied legs, "When Doctor Zhang gave me the evolution potion, he said that although it could significantly increase the evolution rate in the short term, it had more significant side effects compared to the Ordinary Evolution Potion. The good thing is, these side effects can be delayed with medication."

"After all, every player will eventually suffer from side effects; either they die or they regress. Even a Super Player like Lawrence Lee ended up in a wheelchair. If it could make me stronger in advance, what did it matter, this kind of price?"

"You talk a good game. If it’s as good as you say, then why did so many people die?" Shangguan Xi said sarcastically.

"That wasn’t my doing," Luo Changren said with a cold expression, "It’s just that those people from Base City 01 were greedy and secretly stole the potions that were in mass production to conduct their research."

"Doctor Zhang once said that the potion might be hereditary, so I went to him to find a solution after the incident. As for whether the SE virus is hereditary, I really don’t know because I only managed to get two potions."

"Those two potions were for treating your side effects," Xu Huo said.

"Not entirely..." Luo Changren suddenly looked up at him, revealing a strange smile, "You never believed me from the start. Even after the confrontation with Gao Zhen, you didn’t believe the vaccine I brought back was real... Ha ha!"

"But I’ll tell you, besides the potion I needed, there was one more which was specially left by Doctor Zhang; it’s an Antitoxin, but I don’t know if it’s of any use to the deeply troubled Base W37 City now!"

"Oh?" Xu Huo raised an eyebrow, "Why would Doctor Zhang leave behind an Antitoxin?"

"Because there is essentially no difference between the Potion and Poison; misuse, arbitrary formula alterations could all result in unpredictable changes," Luo Changren said, moving closer to his feet, and after some effort, he finally reached the case again, plunging his hand inside, "No one stole the potion; neither Xiong Qing nor his group would, and if Gao Zhen got the potion, he wouldn’t be asking me for it... It’s you, isn’t it? You took my potion, Mental Interference, what I see might not be real, the potion is still inside, isn’t it?"

Xu Huo remained silent, and Luo Changren grabbed hold of his trouser leg, "Give me back my potion... I can tell you everything about Doctor Zhang!"