Chapter 364: The Research Began a Long Time Ago

Chapter 364: Chapter 364: The Research Began a Long Time Ago

To Bai Rao, Shi Lan was like an angel sent from heaven, bringing her hope for survival.

Her pride and self-respect wouldn’t allow her to be trampled by those disgusting males.

Shi Lan helped her up and shook her head. "It’s nothing. We’re all females; it’s only right that we help each other. Besides, those men were breaking the law. Anyone with a conscience wouldn’t be able to stand by and watch."

The corners of Bai Rao’s mouth curved slightly. Then she glanced at the unconscious, masked males to the side and viciously stomped on each of them several times. She even said to the other females, "What are you still standing there for? You’ve been wronged. Now’s the time to get some payback."

The military tribunal would handle what came next.

But if they didn’t take this chance to get their revenge, they might not get another one.

With that thought, Bai Rao’s stomps became even more forceful. She couldn’t resist tearing the mask off one of them in particular—the one who had tried to drug her. He had an unfamiliar, refined-looking face. He was very young; you couldn’t tell at all that he was so depraved in private.

Bai Rao slapped his face until it was swollen, and even though her own hand turned red, she didn’t stop.

The other females, who had been oppressed by these males for so long, still held a lingering, instinctual fear of them. But now, seeing how satisfyingly Bai Rao was beating them, they finally mustered their courage and began stomping on the men one by one.

Ye Ming, Leo, and the other male subordinates covered their own faces and sucked in a sharp breath. When they saw some females stomping on the area below the men’s abdomens, they couldn’t help but clench their legs together. It didn’t take much imagination to know how painful those kicks were.

But still, they all felt a sense of satisfaction. Those males deserved it.

No one stopped them from venting.

After a while, many of the females finally realized they had truly been rescued. They hugged each other, weeping uncontrollably. Amid the crying, a few of them couldn’t hold back their morning sickness and vomited until their faces turned pale.

Ye Ming watched them, his gaze sweeping over their stomachs. He unconsciously tightened his grip on Shi Lan’s hand, his eyes filled with worry.

’Is pregnancy this hard for females?’

’Will Lanlan be like this too?’

Shi Lan guessed what he was thinking and silently squeezed his hand back. With so many pregnant women here, she couldn’t bring herself to say that her own pregnancy had been easy so far.

’Maybe the time just hasn’t come yet.’

She didn’t really know, either. After all, this was her first pregnancy.

Shi Lan collected her thoughts. Seeing how poorly everyone was doing, she said to Ye Ming, "I’ll take them to the hospital director first. There should still be a lot of cleanup work here, so you be careful."

"Oh, right, there was something I didn’t tell you. He Hanshi’s spiritual power collapse was also related to this organization. Be careful not to get any Insect Clan blood on you."

Ye Ming was shocked again. He nodded gravely and had Leo take a dozen males to escort Shi Lan and the other females to Zhenxin Hospital. He repeatedly stressed that Leo must stay by Shi Lan’s side at all times before he felt at ease letting them go.

After seeing Shi Lan and the group of females off, Ye Ming led the remaining men in a thorough search of the base.

Because they had arrived so suddenly, the base personnel hadn’t had time to retreat completely. Ye Ming and his subordinates rounded up everyone who was left, but one person escaped. He couldn’t catch him.

The person used an Instant Teleportation Talent Skill.

This reminded him of the person who killed Fang Yuan. That person had done the same thing. However, the mysterious person’s eyes were golden-yellow, while this one’s—he saw through the mask—were grayish-green.

Those eyes once again reminded him of Jiang Xia’s uncle, Wen Sen, a man he could also call uncle.

Not only that, but Wen Sen worked for his father. So, Lanlan’s guess was indeed correct.

The true person behind this organization was his father.

And Fang Yuan, who Wen Sen had sent before, had been tasked with killing them—especially him. This meant his father really did want him dead.

A bleak disappointment filled Ye Ming’s eyes. He gave up chasing the person who had fled and instead began meticulously searching the underground base again.

He saw a nursery, but the infants had all been moved and taken away in advance. Only empty incubators remained. Then he found the research labs. Many of the important documents and drugs in these labs had also been almost completely cleared out.

But one of his subordinates still managed to find a handwritten journal. Ye Ming recognized the handwriting as Dr. Ai’s, though it looked more immature, the strokes lighter and shallower.

Much of the content was from a very early period. Only then did Ye Ming realize that this base had existed since he was five or six years old.

It contained practical notes on how a low-level spiritual power could evolve into a High Level one. It also stated that there were confirmed cases of Beast-shaped Beastmen successfully achieving evolution by devouring the spiritual power of someone of a higher Level.

For example, an S-level Beastman could evolve into the 3S Level by devouring the spiritual power of a Level 3S Beastman. However, the drawback was that the spiritual power threshold would be forcibly raised, making them more susceptible to the Insect Clan’s toxins and Sound Waves—in other words, they would be at a higher risk of spiritual power collapse.

Ye Ming flipped further. The following pages also contained research related to Insect Clan modification, spiritual power enhancement, and treatment for spiritual power collapse. But the journal was very old, and many entries stopped abruptly after just a few lines. It seemed Dr. Ai had started recording his notes elsewhere.

Ye Ming closed the journal. Dr. Ai had started working for him when he was eleven or twelve, but he had been by his father’s side long before that.

’Perhaps Dr. Ai was the person his father sent to monitor him.’

A chill ran down Ye Ming’s spine.

And his father had been secretly conducting this kind of research for thirty years. Especially the research on devouring spiritual power—his father was already a top-tier 3S Spiritual Power Beastman, so why would he need to do this kind of research?

Confusion, sorrow, disappointment, and shock... A mix of complex emotions intertwined in Ye Ming’s heart, weighing down on his chest and making his gaze darken.

Just then, another subordinate reported, "Your Highness, we found a small box of medicine. It’s labeled ’fertility drugs’."

Ye Ming pushed his thoughts aside and took the box to examine it. Thinking of all the pregnant females here, he seemed to understand something. He frowned deeply, put the box away, and said in an icy voice, "Keep searching. Take all remaining medicine with us."

After searching all the labs, they arrived at the Insect Clan containment area. However, while the area was originally filled with cages holding the insects, they found that when they opened the door, the cages inside had already been opened long ago.

The creatures held here were all modified and evolved Chao Si. When the Insect Clan members smelled the fresh scent of humans, they immediately charged toward the open door, baring their fangs and drooling. The foul, fishy stench of the Insect Clan rushed toward them.

"This is bad! Spread out and stay alert! Watch out for the Insect Clan!"

As a 3S Spiritual Power Beastman, Ye Ming reacted quickly. He dodged the Chao Si’s attack in time, even managing to pull one of his subordinates out of the way. But these Chao Si were mostly close to S-level in strength, and many of his subordinates couldn’t evade them in time.