Chapter 122: The Mutated Man (1/2)

Chapter 122: The Mutated Man

Translator:Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After making sure that Wang Xiaguang was alright, Luo Yuan picked up his sword and walked out of the room.

The five people that had arrived looked pretty old. The oldest one was 67 years old while the youngest was 34. Compared to normal people, the five of them looked considerably more mature. As they watched Luo Yuan come out, the men maintained their composure, although they still looked kind of uneasy.

None of them had wanted to come and face the cold-blooded killer. They had been forced to. Originally, the murder of Wang Xiaguang’s family had been approved by all parties, but now they would have to pay the price for it.

”You and Wang Hongbiao are from East Lake City, right?” one of the old men asked, trying to force a warm smile.

Luo Yuan sneered, ”Cut the crap. Have you come here to die?”

Maintaining the same expression, the old man exhaled a sigh of relief. As long as there was no violence, everything would be alright. The scariest ones were those who killed like madmen without saying anything. With a smile, he took a short, respectful bow and carefully said, ”We only hoped that you would not kill innocent people. There must be some kind of misunderstanding!’

”Misunderstanding?” Luo Yuan snorted. He scanned the crowd. This group of people had to be the investors of the base.

Although he had a few guesses about their secrets, the truth about to be revealed would still shock him.

“Yes, a misunderstanding!” the old man sighed, his eyes flashing with a trace of fear. ”Wang Hongbiao is our friend. Although some of us only met recently, most of us have known each other very long and have done business together before. We all know each other. Even though our friendship may not be a deep one, we still consider each other as a friend.”

“This small base had been in the works for a long time. It had been designed to act as an escape route for our people. We thought it was going to be a while before we truly needed it. We had not expected it to be this soon.”

“When we first moved here, everything was normal. However, gradually, we started to notice some weird changes in Wang Hongbiao. He fed on raw meat; at first he was discreet, but then he started to feed in front of people. His appetite grew enormous, and soon he was consuming up to several pounds of meat a day. He looked unstable, sometimes even crazy. The way he looked at people had also changed. Come to think of it, he was looking at them like they were food.”

“Although we felt strange, we didn’t put much thought into it. We had heard the rumors about evolution, and we thought he was one of those people. As time passed, people in the base started to go missing. Their number increased as the days went by.

“One of them was the father of the man you just killed, Shen Shao Chong. People started to get worried, afraid that they would be next. When we finally performed a thorough investigation and set up surveillance cameras in every corner, we found him in a bloodied bathroom, tearing apart a corpse and eating it like a crazy beast.”

“He had become so strong, that even bullets did not have much of an effect on him. Only when one of the dying victims accidentally tore through his clothes, did we see that a part of his body was covered in scales. Even though we eventually had him killed, seven to eight lives had already been lost.”

It wasn’t a bad story.

When Luo Yuan heard that Wang Hongbiao had grown scales on his body, his expression changed and became doubtful. Was this a failed evolution? The idea flashed across his mind as he coldly asked, ”Is that your explanation?’

The old man sighed, but didn’t speak.

Even though he said nothing, Luo Yuan could guess that the hatred of the people had led them to take revenge on Wang Hongbiao’s wife and daughter. Luo Yuan never underestimated the evil of human nature. Looking at the group of people, his hands tightened on his sword, ready to kill.

The crowd held their breath as their faces turned pale and their hearts began to beat fast. A few of them had quietly reached into pockets for their handguns. Out of the corner of his eye, Luo Yuan saw several men with guns emerge, preparing for the worst.

”How did Wang Xiaguang's mother die?” Luo Yuan suddenly said. The room went silent for a while.

“Maybe she had heard the news and didn’t want to wait for us to take action. She committed suicide on that very night,” the old man said, swallowing hard.

‘Wang Xiaguang?”

”We didn’t touch her either. Shen Shao Chong wanted her to kneel before him, but she stubbornly refused. We had cleared the issue, so we didn’t think that Shen Shao Chong would go to such extremes.” As a man he naturally understood what Luo Yuan had meant earlier.

A dead person could hardly ever defend themselves. Luo Yuan knew that there had to be others involved too. They could not be as innocent as they claimed to be. But what was the point in insisting on learning the truth? Killing more people? Or killing everyone in the base?

At least Wang Xiaguang was still alive. He had never met her parents nor did their deaths cause him any sad feelings. There was nothing he could do about it. Feeling exhausted, he waved his hand. “Leave now, before I kill you all.”

The crowd quickly dispersed with a sigh of relief, only to realize their backs had been sweating profusely all this time.

”Wait!” Luo Yuan suddenly called out.

The people were surprised. Some of them nearly took off, but in the end they all remained still. Fighting back his fear, the old man, turned around and said respectfully, “Young brother, if there’s anything you want, please tell us. As long as we have it, it’s yours. Money, gold, diamonds, food... Resources are not a problem.”

Perhaps these things held great appeal for normal people, but for Luo Yuan, who was about to leave East Lake City, such useless items would only be a burden.

All along the journey, Luo Yuan had not intended to bring much, not even food. If anything, it would not fit into his vehicle. Plus, even though they were in the city, most roads had been closed down, thus most of the things would have to be thrown away.

”I’m not interested in anything like that. Is Wang Hongbiao's body still here?” Luo Yuan asked.

The changes on Wang Hongbiao’s body had piqued his curiosity.

The old man hesitated for a moment, glancing at the crowd reluctantly. Even if he didn’t speak, one of them would. Finally, he admitted, ”Yes, it’s inside the freezer in the laboratory.”

”The laboratory?” Luo Yuan said.

Most of the people living in this affluent district, apart from the few wealthy families, were intelligent elite from Donghu City. Apart from the few famous people sent to work in the government underground base, there were several unknown, highly-paid staff that had stayed on. Some of them were departmental staff involved in innovative experiments.

“Show me,” Luo Yuan said, indifferent to the crowd’s fear.