The Chef Rules the Last Days
Chapter 199 - 197: Laboratory

Chapter 199: Chapter 197: Laboratory

Su Mo stopped in front of the first tank, inside which a gigantic python with gills and brown patterns soaked, its massive head featuring a pair of sharp fangs protruding from its mouth. She looked at the electronic screen next to her which displayed a description.

Artificially fused amphibious python, twenty meters long, highly venomous, carnivorous...

Su Mo touched the electronic screen and read softly, "Venom activates in just one second."

Upon detecting the touch of a fingerprint, the screen immediately switched to display various vital signs of the creature in the tank.

Nutrient solution remaining: 10%

Vital signs status: Stable

...

She looked up towards the tanks on either side, her face falling, "They’re all alive!"

The people who were leaning over the tanks to get a better look heard her and took several steps back.

Lu Chen also activated the interfaces on a few tanks, his fingers moving over them to retrieve information, "They’re all products of artificial genetic modifications."

Jianxiong suddenly shouted, "Boss, come quick! Isn’t this that bug we just saw?"

The sound of everyone around him gasping filled the air.

Next to Jianxiong’s feet was a biological curtain he had flung aside, and behind the glass in front of him was a wall-sized mass of white, soft-bodied worms, densely packed and soaked in nutrient solution.

Lu Chen heard him and strode over.

Su Mo hurried forward, opening the electronic screen next to her which displayed a description.

Artificially modified parasitic mutant species

Carnivorous, inhabits hosts’ bodies, possesses strong regenerative abilities...

Su Mo couldn’t help but cast her eyes on the sleeping mass of worms. They had no eyes or nose; their heads were just huge suckers filled with tiny, sharp, serrated teeth, resembling saw blades, which was utterly horrifying.

A soldier at the back couldn’t help but ask, "Is there really the data we are to retrieve at the risk of our lives here?"

The visual impact of the mutated species made them question their assigned mission for the first time.

But firing the shot had already left them no way back.

"Let’s move on."

Lu Chen led his team to the next door, which was labeled "biological laboratory." Compared to the well-preserved showcase room outside, the lights flickered inside this door, and the bullet-resistant, high-strength glass door was smeared with blood, obscuring the view inside. However, one could vaguely see tables flipped haphazardly on the floor, with instruments also shattered all around.

"Alert," Lu Chen signaled with his hand, and the men immediately split into two groups at either side of the door.

Once everyone was ready, he faced the iris scanner, and the door slowly slid open to both sides.

They didn’t rush inside. It was eerily quiet, with occasional sparks flying due to short-circuiting wires.

The visibility was very low, and soldiers without superpowers were left outside on guard. Lu Chen led the way in, his superpower ready at all times.

The inside was very large, roughly the size of a small soccer field, with tables chaotically strewn across the floor and rows of glass-doored laboratories on either side.

Fang Xia’s superpower completely malfunctioned inside. He shook his head gravely towards Lu Chen, "Still no go."

At that moment, he was completely blind.

Su Mo’s attention was highly focused, and her unease was magnified in this place. She whispered to the incoming person, "Be careful, don’t walk alone, there must be something here."

Although no one understood how Su Mo had predicted the Prophet, no one dared to question her words now, as the insects in front had proven her right.

As they ventured deeper, time gradually passed, and they moved further from the main entrance. The soldiers guarding outside felt a chill around them, and before noticing anything, the Space around them twisted strangely. A pair of fair, slender hands reached out from the torn Space and unhesitatingly twisted their necks.

There were no screams or warnings, just silent death.

They fell to the ground, their necks broken, yet conscious during those suffocating seconds. In front of them were a pair of black boots stained with mud, and a tall, slender figure walked past, followed by a dense amount of footsteps...

They had arrived.

Su Mo picked up a document at her feet, which was filled with lines of text she couldn’t understand. A few pictures and dates attached caught her attention.

"Lu Chen, take a look at this," she said, her hands trembling as she approached Lu Chen and handed him the document.

"Hmm?" He reached out to take it.

"The picture shows a cluster of meteorites floating in Space, observed two years ago. They knew the meteorites were coming long ago," Su Mo felt a chill run through her body. The phenomenon observed two years ago had been given no warning to humanity.

Lu Chen’s expression was opaque, and he almost crumpled the document in his hand. This implied that the leaders at a national and even global level were not uninformed but had intentionally done so.

"What can they gain by destroying us?" Su Mo was full of doubts.

It was the sound of leather boots on the ground, accompanied by a voice that was both unfamiliar and familiar, "Survival of the fittest."

Su Mo turned around and met Lu Jin’s dark, profound eyes, capturing the hostility within them.

His gaze was not directed at her, but at Lu Chen by her side.

"Lu Chen, you’ve set quite a few traps for me," he said.

"You’re pretty quick," Lu Chen moved Su Mo behind him, and the two groups faced off, creating a tense atmosphere.

"I think you guys should find the document before fighting. It’s not too late then," Li Chuan chimed in from the side, his excitement at watching the drama apparent, although his seductively handsome face bore a bruise as though he had been punched.

Su Mo pursed her lips in agreement, "I think so too."

Neither side was foolish. Fighting at that moment would result in mutual destruction. Who would benefit from their losses was still uncertain.

Lu Jin suppressed his urge to tear the opponent into pieces. He reined in his posture and focused his gaze on Su Mo, his thin, pink lips forming a curve, "Then let’s follow Miss Su’s suggestion."

That look made Su Mo uncomfortable, feeling like a piece of meat ready to be devoured, skin and bones included.

She avoided his aggressive gaze and resumed her search in the vast laboratory. With Lu Jin and his people joining, they had to find what they needed before he did.

While searching for valuable information on a central table, she accidentally stepped on soft human tissue. She looked down to find a highly decomposed corpse. Glancing around and seeing no one watching, she crouched down and searched the corpse.

There were no signs of mutation, only the neck twisted so tightly that it had bled dry. She pulled out an Identity Card from the corpse’s pocket.

It belonged to a senior researcher here, of no use to her. Just as she was about to stand, a document beneath the corpse caught her eye.

Su Mo pried open the corpse and retrieved the document, which was a duplicate noting a major breakthrough in human genetic research.