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Chapter 195: I'm Not the One That Lost the Gene Essence

Ning Shu felt mixed feelings as she listened to the school doctor uncle spew nonsense with a completely serious expression. As the only one that knew the truth, she really wanted to scream, he freaking is Psycho, how the h.e.l.l did he kill Psycho!?

By committing suicide?

The school doctor uncle lifted his eyebrows as he looked at Ning Shu. When he saw that she was choking so much her eyes were starting to roll back, he reached out and slapped her back. Then he asked mildly, "That's a strong reaction. What? You have objections?"

Ning Shu waved her hand and said, "I don't have any objections." What objections could she have?

With the school doctor uncle's cold indifferent face in front of her, she wouldn't dare to voice objections even if she had them.

"After losing the gene essence, you still have the face to stay here? You sure have thick skin! Could it be that you don't feel any guilt at all?" Phoenix shouted in irritation, "Countless people have ended up killed and infected because of you!"

Ning Shu: (⊙ｏ⊙)

When Ning Shu heard Phoenix's accusation, she reflexively glanced towards the school doctor uncle. This sentence should probably be for the school doctor uncle right? The person that created these zombie-like monsters should be the one feeling guilty.

When the school doctor uncle saw that Ning Shu was staring at him, he shrugged and said, "It's not like I was the one that lost the gene essence, there's no use looking at me."

Ning Shu: Pfff…

Her understanding of the school doctor uncle has been updated once again. The school doctor uncle no doubt has the thickest skin in the world.

"Daisy, I'm talking to you! Where exactly did you lose the gene essence? Don't you know how important the gene essence is!?" Phoenix questioned Ning Shu with a dark expression.

Ning Shu rolled her eyes. "I don't know where I lost it. There were so many zombies back then. It took all my strength just to fend off the zombies, how could I have the presence of mind to care about some gene essence?"

"You should have protected the gene essence even if it costed you your life!" Phoenix critized Ning Shu.

The f.u.c.k? This was seriously endless. Ning Shu slapped the table and instantly caused the old table to fall apart. "Phoenix, are you trying to pick a fight with me?"

In the past, although Phoenix disliked her, she would maintain a lofty and elegant manner. However, now, she would pick a fight with her about everything to try and humiliate her.

Ning Shu glanced towards the school doctor uncle who seemed unconcerned. Could it be that the female lead-sama was jealous of how close she was to the uncle?

"Daisy, the reason I don't argue with you is because I'm taking into consideration the fact that you're younger. However, what's with you? Do you think you can be as unreasonable as you like just because there's someone to support you now?" said Phoenix coldly. She then glanced towards the school doctor uncle with some silent complaints in her eyes.

Daisy didn't have a good figure or any outstanding looks. Compared to her, Daisy was just an ugly clown. However, why was this man more willing to approach Daisy than her?

When Phoenix's thoughts arrived here, her expression became even more sulky.

Wolf noticed Phoenix's expression and his facial color immediately turned dark as he shouted, "What are you guys arguing for? Right now we should be deciding on where to go next rather than bickering over these trifles!"

Phoenix replied, "Without the gene essence, any further plans are useless."

Wolf glanced at the school doctor uncle with a complicated expression before finally saying, "Since Psycho is already dead and the gene essence has been destroyed, let's head back."

Wolf's meaning was clear: there was no point continuing the mission anymore, they should prepare to head back.

Ning Shu didn't have any objections. In any case, she had the gene essence, so if they went back, she could hand it to the senior commander and count her task as done. Afterwards, she could just spend her time pondering the meaning of life.

However, she couldn't let them discover that she wanted to go back, so she stammered, "How can we go back like this without any results? We'll be punished."

Phoenix rolled her eyes at Ning Shu. "Who do you think is responsible?"

Definitely not her, Ning Shu silently replied.

In the end, the group unanimously agreed to go back. Since they didn't get their hands on the gene essence, Wolf and Phoenix weren't able to awaken their special powers and still had to rely on the nation's protection. Due to that, the thought of betraying the country didn't occur to them yet.

The atmosphere sank again. Wolf gave a cold humph and got up to leave. Before he left, he glanced at Ning Shu with annoyance and murderous intent.

Ning Shu scooted closer to the school doctor uncle. The school doctor uncle met Wolf's gaze coldly. Wolf gave another humph, then turned and left.

"Boot-licker," sneered Spider.

The school doctor uncle turned around and also jeered at Ning Shu, "For better or for worse, you guys are teammates. Why do you have so little integrity?"

Ning Shu: Ha. Ha. Who knows?

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Chapter 196: Origin of Gene Essence

"You're pretty strong. Were you born with that strength?" The school doctor uncle adjusted his gla.s.ses, then turned to ask Ning Shu this question. His gla.s.ses shone with white light in a way that gave off a dangerous feeling.

How should she answer this question? Why did it feel like the school doctor uncle had bad intentions? This uncle loved dissecting people with special capabilities to study them.

Ning Shu replied with a forced grin, "Yeah, I was born like this."

The school doctor uncle said 'oh' in reply then beckoned Ning Shu with his hand. Ning Shu immediately shuffled right up to the school doctor uncle.

"Don't come get so close," said the school doctor uncle. Ning Shu curled her lips but complied and took a few steps back. When would this uncle fix his unreasonable personality?

"You have the gene essence. Have you never thought about trying to awaken your special ability?" asked the school doctor.

Ning Shu almost jumped from the shock. When she saw the indifference on the school doctor uncle's face, she gave up trying to argue and replied honestly while shaking her head, "I don't want to."

"Why? All your teammates want to get the gene essence to awaken their special abilities, why don't you?" The school doctor uncle lifted his brows as he looked at Ning Shu. "You're scared of turning into a zombie?"

In all honesty, this fifty percent success rate was such a troll. A person would either get instant success and gain special abilities, or become a zombie that did nothing but eat human flesh.

Ning Shu nodded hastily. "I'm afraid of becoming a zombie."

The school doctor uncle's face filled with disdain. "You're scared of trying even with a fifty percent success rate? How weak."

What use was a trash like you!?

Ning Shu could hear the clear disdain in his voice. However, she expressed that he was welcomed to laugh at her. In any case, she wouldn't be using it. She still needed this gene essence to complete the task.

"Uncle…" Ning Shu sat down next to the school doctor uncle, then leaned in to ask, "Uncle, say, where did this gene essence come from?"

Ning Shu had been wondering for a while how this gene essence had been created.

The school doctor uncle swept a mild glance over her and said, "If you're going to talk, just talk. Why are you leaning in so close?"

Tsk, he was so unreasonable. Ning Shu s.h.i.+fted back a little.

She didn't really expect the school doctor uncle to answer her. After all, he was always so willful and did whatever he wanted.

The school doctor uncle adjusted his gla.s.ses, then said, "In reality, all the special abilities contain attributes like the cultivation attributes in folklore. The so-called spirit root is just a high cla.s.s gene. Psycho had produced this gene essence through experiments on a woman. He had made it by extracting a fragment of the high cla.s.s gene in her body. The reason why some people failed to activate their powers is because their genes weren't a good match with the genes in the gene essence, which caused their genes to be messed up and so they turn into monsters. However, some people are able to successfully integrate the gene and activate the high cla.s.s genes hidden in their bodies."

Ning Shu: (⊙ｏ⊙)

Uncle, did the people in your family know how crazy you were?

The woman the uncle was talking about was the school campus world's female lead-sama. The fact that she had encountered such a treatment definitely made her the most pitiful female lead in history. She was now probably dead as a doornail.