Chapter 179
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This Fu Xuezhou was even more thoroughly turned into an anomaly than when he was in a frenzied state last time.
Lou Yan reached out to touch Fu Xuezhou’s face through the glass container. Despite the flashing red alarm, the monster remained asleep with its eyes closed, undisturbed.
His gaze roamed over the changes in Fu Xuezhou’s body. Suddenly, he asked, “You said he was captured by you a few days ago?”
“Yes,” Little He sighed, “Thinking back, it was three days ago. What a lucky day it was.”
Three days ago?
Fu Xuezhou had fallen into Paradise with him, so how could he have appeared three days earlier?
Reflected in the red light, Lou Yan slightly narrowed his eyes.
There were only two explanations for this situation: either the Fu Xuezhou before him and his parents were all fake, or there was a time discrepancy in the flow of time in Paradise.
Lou Yan could tell that the Fu Xuezhou before him was not fake, so the latter was the only answer.
Thinking back, the appearance time of the red-haired youth in the first workshop was also strange. Lou Yan definitely entered Paradise before the red-haired youth, but the red-haired youth was already caught in the pet processing factory this morning.
“Has he never opened his eyes in these three days?”
Lou Yan’s fingers traced Fu Xuezhou’s closed eyes through the glass container.
“It has never opened its eyes, but we have a way to forcibly awaken it. However, we can’t do it now,” Little He said mysteriously, with a proud tone, “This pet is too dangerous. We’ve calculated some of its body data, and the results we obtained forced us to treat it with caution. All the staff unanimously agreed to isolate it from other test subjects and observe it alone. So, we placed it on the fourth underground level. There’s nothing else in this level except for it. To keep it asleep, we’ve added many other drugs to the solution, which can keep it sleeping quietly until the day of the auction arrives.”
“The auction?”
Little He smirked, unable to contain his excitement. “The auction is scheduled for the night after tomorrow. At the auction, we will awaken this pet in front of everyone! I believe this auction will be the most lively scene ever witnessed! It will definitely fetch an astonishing price!”
Lou Yan asked thoughtfully, “There will be many important figures attending the auction, right?”
“Of course!” Little He exclaimed loudly, his body trembling with excitement. “With such a unique pet auction, many people will definitely come. Even the big boss of the Victory Factory will attend the auction the day after tomorrow.”
The big boss of the Victory Factory?
Lou Yan suddenly turned to look at Little He. “Are you serious?”
Under his intimidating gaze, Little He nodded nervously. “Yes, everything I said is true.”
Lou Yan’s eyes flashed, and he looked back at Fu Xuezhou in the container, a smile playing on his lips.
Originally, he had planned to rescue Fu Xuezhou first before dealing with other matters, but the arrangement of this auction made him consider changing his plan.
The big boss of the Victory Factory was likely the Anomaly Lord, so Fu Xuezhou needed to stay here and wait for the auction to reveal this big boss.
“Fu Xuezhou,” Lou Yan murmured almost inaudibly, “I’m sorry to have to keep you waiting here for two more days.”
Lou Yan was about to remove his hand from the container when he saw the creature inside slowly opening its eyes.
Its blood-red eyes stared directly at Lou Yan.
Seeing this scene, Little He’s eyes widened in disbelief, and he collapsed to the ground as if seeing a ghost. “It’s awake! How is it awake? The drugs in the solution shouldn’t have woken it up now!”
Lou Yan was also surprised to see Fu Xuezhou suddenly awaken.
When Fu Xuezhou was still asleep, he felt justified in leaving him here. But now that Fu Xuezhou was awake, Lou Yan suddenly felt a bit guilty, like a scumbag.
The creature inside the container pressed against the glass, its tentacles waving behind it. It reached out and tapped on the glass, its eyes fixed on Lou Yan alone.
The flashing red light shone through the green solution, casting a bizarre and surreal glow on the creature, making the scene look particularly sinister and unreal, like an unreal dream.
Lou Yan hesitantly raised his hand and gently touched Fu Xuezhou’s palm through the glass container.
A smile flashed in the silver-haired monster’s eyes, and its terrifying aura softened.
“Boom!”
The hidden door on the fourth underground level was broken through, and a group of people from the factory disciplinary committee rushed in, instantly surrounding Lou Yan and the monster container.
Little He, still trembling with fear, crawled up from the ground and hid behind the disciplinary committee. His gaze kept shifting between Lou Yan and the creature in the container. He couldn’t understand how the creature suddenly woke up and why it seemed to have a special affection for this intruder.
Could it be that this creature also had imprinting instincts and regarded the first intruder it saw as its mother?
Regardless, this intruder had gone too far and violated too many rules. Little He gritted his teeth and pointed at Lou Yan. “Seize him! Take this intruder away!”
The disciplinary committee members immediately moved in.
With renewed confidence, Little He regained the arrogance of a senior employee. He raised his chin and suddenly paused when he looked behind. “What’s this?”
He walked over and kicked the body of a person brought by the disciplinary committee, whose face was no longer recognizable except for the red hair, indicating that it was the pet from the cheapest pet workshop. Little He exclaimed in surprise, “Isn’t this the pet we caught today? How did you manage to kill it?”
Lou Yan, besieged, glanced in that direction and immediately recognized the body as the red-haired youth.
One of the disciplinary committee members replied, “We found this pet running out on its own while we were capturing the intruder. It violated the rules of the pet processing factory, so we punished it directly.”
“What a stupid pet,” Little He disdainfully kicked the body a few more times. “How dare it run away on its own? You did the right thing. Dealing with pets that don’t follow the rules requires making them understand the consequences of breaking the rules!”
Lou Yan’s eyes darkened, and he clenched his fists tightly.
He felt like he was responsible for killing the red-haired youth.
As if sensing his anger, the creature inside the container suddenly began to forcefully pound on the glass container. With each strike, the crisp sound of glass cracking made everyone pause and look at the container.
The massive and twisted creature raised its hand again, slamming heavily on the glass. The cracks on the glass spread at lightning speed, and with a loud noise, the green solution mixed with shattered glass splashed everywhere!
The creature emerged from the solution, reaching out to embrace the black-haired youth.
“Ah! My pet, my pet! Quickly, call more people over!!!” Little He screamed.
Lou Yan was taken aback by the sudden embrace. His body was covered in sticky liquid, a mixture of the green solution and the black liquid from Fu Xuezhou. The smell of these liquids was strange, definitely not pleasant, but faintly carrying Fu Xuezhou’s scent.
Terrifying, oppressive… yet somewhat reassuring.
Fu Xuezhou’s body was cold, how could it not be? The green solution was icy, not at room temperature or warm.
Lou Yan slowly raised his hand and embraced Fu Xuezhou’s neck. The silver-haired monster suddenly spread its wings, completely covering Lou Yan’s body. Countless black tentacles thrashed wildly around, smashing deep pits into the floor, walls, and ceiling, terrifying everyone.
Little He was trembling with fear, but his eyes grew brighter and brighter, drooling almost. “Too powerful, too amazing… Ah, these waving little arms are so beautiful! You absolutely can’t harm these valuable little arms!”
Lou Yan was tightly guarded, and he glanced outside through the gaps in the tentacles. Countless factory disciplinary committee members surrounded them, and many high-level employees wearing black clothes also appeared.
Father Lou was among them, his face cold as he looked at Lou Yan and the monster. His expression didn’t resemble that of a father looking at his “son,” but rather that of someone looking at a pig or sheep that had made a mistake and was waiting to be slaughtered.
It’s getting serious… but fortunately, it’s still under control.
Lou Yan sighed softly, but he felt calm. He didn’t know if Fu Xuezhou still had his senses, but he was willing to believe that Fu Xuezhou did, so he whispered softly in Fu Xuezhou’s ear, “I will come to the Victory Factory for an interview. You stay here and wait for the auction the day after tomorrow. The Anomaly Lord is likely to appear at the auction, so it’s not wise to act recklessly now. Remember what I said, I know you can remember.”
With that, Lou Yan took one last look at the red-haired corpse and silently prayed, “Reverse time.”
***
The security guard looked at the black-haired youth in front of him suspiciously. “Are you Chief Lou’s son?”
In the blink of an eye, without knowing what had happened, the temperature around the black-haired youth suddenly began to rise. His skin turned red, sweat instantly poured out, soaking his clothes in moments. Lou Yan bent over, panting, feeling as if he were being burned alive. From flesh to skin, everything began to sting. Drops of sweat the size of beans fell to the ground, his forehead was covered in strands of sweat, and his throat was so parched it felt like it was burning, as if he had just finished a vigorous run.
It’s a bit dangerous.
This time, he had traveled back too far, directly to before he forcefully entered the Victory Factory.
Lou Yan felt like his internal organs were on fire, and he exhaled several hot breaths in succession. He unbuttoned his collar, rolled up his sleeves, and after several minutes, he wiped the sweat off his face and stood up straight. He smiled at the security guard, “Yes, my father has just entered as the new director.”
The security guard couldn’t help but feel that this person was strange no matter how he looked at him. “What do you want to do? This is the Victory Factory. Even family members of employees are not allowed in!”
“I didn’t come here as a family member of an employee,” Lou Yan said, still feeling hot, almost wanting to take off all his clothes and jump into a bucket of ice to cool down. But dignity and manners prevented him from doing so. Unbuttoning one or two buttons, rolling up his sleeves to his elbows, was already his limit.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the discomfort in his body, and smiled with extreme elegance, showing the confidence and demeanor of a successful person. It was as if he wasn’t here to apply for a job, but to interview other people as a judge. “I just want to apply for a job.”
After a pause, Lou Yan said, “The Pet Processing Factory, I remember that the small factory still lacks workers, right?”
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