Not just Mark on the verge of madness!
Even Mountain Cat and the others were baffled!
Not listening? Was that even a thing?
Bai Qian Xun said in astonishment: “Aren’t we here precisely to find the base coordinates?”
Wang Zheng Yang: “Really not listening?”
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes: “How the hell would I know if he’s telling the truth or lying?”
“We don’t have any way to verify the info’s authenticity!”
“If the target is wrong, everyone’s lives go down the drain!”
“Better to play it safe!”
The group exchanged glances, their expressions grave, and all nodded solemnly!
Mountain Cat could sense it: after the hotel raid, Jiang Nan had become far more cautious!
If previous ops had been bold and sweeping, now it was meticulous and careful!
Jiang Nan couldn’t afford to lose!
Mountain Cat ruffled Jiang Nan’s hair: “Don’t put too much pressure on yourself, you’ve done brilliantly!”
Jiang Nan grinned: “But we can do even better!”
Just then, the lab door burst open!
The curly-haired researcher Wei Hua dashed out in a flurry: “Captain Jiang! Major discovery!”
Jiang Nan’s eyes lit up: “What happened?”
The group followed him into the lab!
Fang Liu spotted Jiang Nan at once, her teeth gritted, but her eyes darted away, not daring to speak!
Jiang Nan ignored her, only for Wei Hua to point at the petri dish on the table!
“Before, with just the second-gen serum and so little of it, we couldn’t run many tests!”
“Thanks to Captain Jiang bringing back so much third-gen serum, finally…”
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes: “What discovery!”
Wei Hua’s expression turned solemn: “I detected human cell components in the serum!”
At these words, a flicker of horror crossed everyone’s eyes!
“Human cells? You’re certain?”
Wei Hua said gravely: “I can confirm it!”
“Both second and third-gen serums have them! I tested 20 vials for comparison! It’s definite!”
“Human cells make up 65% of the serum!”
“The rest mainly helps the body integrate these cells!”
Jiang Nan said in shock: “How can it be human cells? This…”
Wei Hua: “In all my years of research, I’ve never heard of cells like these!”
“The human cell division limit is roughly 56 times, each division consuming telomerase in the cell!”
“After 56, telomerase depletes! Cells can’t divide further and die!”
“But these cells, after each division, regrow telomerase to initial levels! And they divide at extreme speed!”
“So these cells! They are immortal!”
By this point, Wei Hua’s face burned with unbridled fanaticism.
Jiang Nan said in horror: “Immortal?”
This was the dream of all humanity, endlessly pursued!
Yet it seemed like a fool’s errand!
But these cells shattered that norm!
Wei Hua: “And these human cells all have identical DNA sequences! All from the same person!”
Jiang Nan’s scalp crawled: “You mean, over half the undying serum’s raw material is human tissue!”
“And from one single person?”
Wei Hua nodded emphatically!
Bai Qian Xun said in terror: “Dracula Biotech can’t really be raising a vampire, can they?”
Jiang Nan stared at the undying serum, his eyes heavy with gravity!
Who knew how this serum was made!
“Looks like! We have to pay them a visit!”
“Crack!”
A sharp shatter of glass rang out!
One vial of undying serum hit the floor, its liquid spilling everywhere!
Fang Liu’s face paled slightly as she crouched to clean it up: “S… sorry!”
But in her sleeve, one vial of undying serum slipped away unseen…
Jiang Nan merely frowned, saying nothing: “Use it sparingly, we need to take some samples back!”
“Compile your findings into a report and send it to HQ!”
“Yes, Captain Jiang!”
Fang Liu, seeing Jiang Nan hadn’t noticed, secretly breathed a sigh of relief!
Meanwhile, Mark was nearly killed by the stench!
Jiang Nan figured it was about time!
So he stuffed tissue paper up his nose and stepped back into the room!
Mark, hearing the door, blurted out at once:
“The base is at 18 degrees 7 minutes 16 seconds north! 10 degrees 23 minutes 42 seconds west!”
“You sodding take this helmet off me!”
Jiang Nan sat on the stool, legs crossed, and scoffed: “How do I know you’re not lying?”
Mark said urgently: “I’m not fooling you! Urp! Urp blegh~”
Jiang Nan grinned slyly: “Alright! I won’t bully you!”
“I’ll ask you questions! If you get it right! I’ll take off the helmet!”
“Wrong or can’t answer! I add extra!”
Mark ground his teeth in hatred!
But he had to play along! Otherwise, he’d definitely die from the smell!
He had roamed over 30 countries after all!
Seen all sorts of things!
Mark had some confidence in this!
Jiang Nan: “Ready?”
“Ask away!”
Jiang Nan cleared his throat: “Cucumbers are green! Why call them cucumbers?”
Mark: ???
What the fuck?
You sodding, what sort of question is this?
Shouldn’t it be about the base and serum?
Who the hell knows why cucumbers are called cucumbers!
Bugger!
“Be… because…”
“Can’t answer, eh?”
“Hey! Don’t! Don’t! Give me a sec to think!”
Jiang Nan pulled out a golden durian and burst it open!
It smoked Mark to tears on the spot!
[Resentment value from Mark. Brand +1000!]
He had never hated cucumbers so much in his life!
Outside the door, Bai Qian Xun looked utterly lost: “Yeah! Cucumbers are green! Why call them cucumbers? Should be green melons!”
Mountain Cat shook her head!
Wang Zheng Yang and Tang Shi both sank into thought!
Jiang Nan grinned: “Lobsters are seafood! Why aren’t crayfish seafood?”
Mark was baffled: “Huh?”
Lobster… crayfish!
This… this…
“Thwack!”
[Resentment value from Mark +1000!]
“What did the pangolin say?”
Mark stared: “What pangolin?”
What the hell are these questions!
“Thwack!”
Mark pleaded: “Don’t! Please!”
Jiang Nan: “Who is the father of the Calabash Brothers?”
Mark was losing it: “How the fuck should I know who his dad is?”
I don’t even know who the Calabash Brothers or the pangolin are!
“Thwack!”
[Resentment value from Mark +1000!]
Jiang Nan: “Before glasses were invented! What was the king cobra called?”
Mark: “Pfft…”
A mouthful of old blood sprayed out!
Why not ask the bloody king cobra!
“Thwack!”
“Why is a freezer a box? Why is a fridge a cabinet!”
Mark raged: “Can you sodding ask about the base and serum?”
“Ask! I know it all! Come on, ask!”
“Thwack!”
[Resentment value from Mark. Brand +1000!]
Jiang Nan glared: “The first person in the world to know milk is drinkable! What exactly did they do to the cow!”
Mark flipped: “Come on! Sodding kill me! Kill me now!”
“I don’t want to live anymore!”
He was questioning his entire existence!
How could he not answer a single one of these!
At this moment, outside the door!
Bai Qian Xun sat on the floor in a daze, counting on her fingers: “Cucumber? King cobra? Crayfish?”
She was nearly in tears from frustration: “What on earth did the pangolin say?”
She had a doctorate, for god’s sake!
But Jiang Nan’s questions, she couldn’t answer a single one?
All those years of study, had she really learned anything?
No! Bai Qian Xun felt she had studied herself stupid!
This… this!
At this moment, Mountain Cat looked at Bai Qian Xun like she was gazing at an idiot.
Tang Shi covered her mouth and giggled: “These are all timeless riddles!”
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes: on the milk cow one, Qin Shou should know!
“Where is the base?”
Mark’s eyes lit up: this one I know!
“21 degrees 07 minutes 21.94 seconds north! 11 degrees 23 minutes 54.92 seconds west!”
“It’s right at the Eye of the Sahara!”
Jiang Nan curled his lip, grabbed a golden durian, and smashed it down!
“Σ_(꒪ཀ꒪」∠) Urp!”
“It’s true! That’s the real one! I really didn’t lie! Why smash?”
Jiang Nan: “I don’t believe it!”
Mark: !!!
“Aaaah! Just finish me off! I don’t want to live! I don’t want to live anymore!”
[Resentment value from Mark. Brand +1000!]
[From Mark…]
At this moment, his eyes brimmed with utter despair!
