NABC Chapter 382 Getting Bolder
Chapter 382 Getting Bolder
"N— No, please don't leave me," the man begged, his voice shaking as he held onto the lifeless bodies of his beloved wife. Her face was pale and cold, and her once lively eyes now staring blankly.
A smear of dark blood stained her mouth, a sign of the sickness that had taken her last breath.
"You're a divergent, aren't you?" a tall figure asked, his red eyes glowing menacingly.
"You killed my family!" the man screamed in anger at the individual responsible for all his suffering.
"How unlucky for you," Reign sighed.
"If you were just a normal human, that virus would have killed you too, just like it did your wife. Now, you have to die alone," he added.
Before the man could respond, Reign quickly severed the man's head, ending another life in an instant.
After that, he looked out at the streets that were once lively. Now, everyone was dead.
The speed at which he had taken care of them was so fast that the alarms hadn't even been triggered.
That was the terrifying part of his virus ability—as long as he used it smartly, a city like this could fall without a single warning.
In his old world, there was a saying that biological weapons were the most powerful type of mass destruction. It was hard to believe compared to a nuclear bomb, but after using it himself, he had to admit there was some truth to it.
He started absorbing all the human corpses in the city, drawing in their vitality.
Following that, he used his usual method of planting corrupted creatures to buy himself some time.
[Ding!]
[Level Up +1]
'Finally level 88,' Reign muttered to himself.
He had been moving from one area to the next, and his boldness had grown to the point where he even destroyed a bonafide Tier 4 city to accelerate his growth.
'They'll start sending more powerful people soon,' he considered.
There might be delays in communication between cities, but eventually, the lack of response from the destroyed settlements would alert everyone.
Now, his priority was to reach level 100 as quickly as possible, and hope to break the Demon King Status.
With everything taken care of, he took flight and headed back toward Rosewood.
Her heels clicked sharply on the floor as she walked toward the basement, which had been converted into a high-tech laboratory.
The basement was filled with activity.
Bright lights filled the room, making everything look clean and shiny.
The walls were lined with shelves full of glass containers and vials, all neatly labeled.
In one corner, a large glass tank was filled with a black liquid where the new serum was being tested.
Machines and monitors nearby displayed numbers and graphs.
Along one wall, several tanks with different liquids were connected by a network of tubes.
Doctors and lab technicians worked diligently at their stations.
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They were dressed in white coats, moving quickly as they checked equipment and handled samples.
When Lilith entered, they straightened up and bowed their heads slightly in respect.
"Welcome, Miss Lilith," greeted the lead researcher, Doctor Jerry, a tall man with glasses. He had brown eyes and hair, but the most noticeable feature was his big round ears.
Lilith walked deeper into the lab, her eyes scanning the room carefully.
"How is the test going? Is the new serum working?" she asked firmly.
Doctor Jerry adjusted his glasses and turned to her.
"The test is going well," he said. "The serum is showing good results so far. The subject's response is as expected, but we need a few more days to be sure it did not have any major side effects ."
Lilith nodded, her expression serious. "Keep me updated. I want to be prepared for anything."
"Understood," he responded, his tone filled with respect.
He held her in high regard because he had once worked for BioGen but was kicked out for being too eccentric and unconventional.
Despite this, Lilith had given him all the resources he needed to continue his experiments.
"About the other thing I asked you about, have you finished researching it?" she inquired, her tone more serious this time.