After seeing the true nature of the woman he had been pursuing, the CEO's wife cried and begged

Chapter 484 The Cellar Cage

"She's still alive." Xu Zirui's voice trembled slightly as he looked at the monitor on the glass jar, which showed Su Qing's faint heartbeat and breathing.

“Liu Jinya treated her as a mother, constantly extracting genes from her.” Xu Zirui’s mind conjured up Liu Jinya’s crazed expression.

Su Qing's snake tail suddenly opened its eyes, blinked at Xu Zirui, and then turned its head towards the ventilation vent in the corner.

Xu Zirui took the snake repellent powder and sprinkled it under the ventilation vent. The number 19830725 immediately appeared on the vent's grille.

“This is Zhou Ming’s birthday.” Jiang Xin’s voice came through the earpiece. She had obviously checked Zhou Ming’s household registration file, which showed that his date of birth was July 25, 1983.

Just then, as Xu Zirui was about to enter the password, the glass jar under the vent began to shake violently, and Su Qing's snake tail slapped against the jar wall, making a cry for help.

“She’s warning us.” Xu Zirui took out snake repellent powder from his pocket and sprinkled it under the ventilation vent. “There’s definitely danger on the third floor.”

Suddenly, gunshots rang out in the earpiece, followed by Li Gang's shout: "Zhang Lei led his men out through the secret passage! They're heading towards the cellar!"

Xu Zirui didn't have time to think about anything else and hurriedly entered the password. The gate under the vent slowly opened, revealing complete darkness inside, with only the sound of crying—it was Liu Ya's.

Xu Zirui crawled into the ventilation shaft, which was very cramped and could only be crawled through. After crawling for about ten meters, a glimmer of light appeared ahead, and the crying grew louder and louder.

"Don't touch my painting...that's Mom..."

Xu Zirui quickened his pace and crawled forward. Suddenly, his hand touched something sticky. He held it up to the light and saw that it was the corpse of a small snake, with scales just like Su Qing's.

The ventilation shaft ended at a grille, which Xu Zirui pried open with a scalpel. The moment he jumped down, he was stunned: the third cellar was actually a laboratory. Liu Ya was tied to an operating table, Zhou Ming stood beside her with a scalpel, and Liu Jinya stood guard at the door with a gun.

“You’ve come at the perfect time.” Zhou Ming turned around, his gold-rimmed glasses reflecting a cold light under the lamp. “Let me show you the final form of memory transplantation.”

The final form of memory transplantation? On the screen next to the operating table, Liu Ya's and her mentor's gene sequences are merging.

"Why did you do this?" Xu Zirui gripped the picture frame tightly. "Just for that research?"

"Evolution!" Zhou Ming suddenly exclaimed excitedly. "Humans are too fragile! Only by fusing with the genes of snakes can one truly achieve immortality! Your mentor refused, which is why he was eliminated!"

Chapter 486 The Crying from the Third Floor

Liu Jinya suddenly fired a shot. A bullet grazed Xu Zirui's shoulder and hit the picture frame, shattering the glass on the ground.

"Give me the USB drive!" he roared, the muzzle of the gun trembling like a snake in the wind. "Or I'll kill her!"

Xu Zirui's shoulder was bleeding, and the blood dripped onto the ground, attracting several small snakes. They all retreated when they smelled the snake repellent powder.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Xu Zirui sprinkled some snake repellent powder on the ground, and soon, smoke filled the air.

Zhou Ming's scalpel fell to the ground, and he coughed while covering his nose: "What is that thing you're talking about!"

"Something that can reveal the true form of your so-called 'evolvers'." Xu Zirui pounced on Liu Ya and untied her restraints; scales had already appeared on her arms.

Liu Jinya's gun fired again, this time hitting the glass jar. Su Qing's snake tail suddenly sprang out and wrapped around his neck.

"Mom!" Liu Ya suddenly called out, her voice hissing.

Green tears streamed from Su Qing's eyes, the snake's tail tightened more and more, Liu Jinya's face almost turned purple, and the gun in his hand fell to the ground.