Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 597 - 594 Investigation

Chapter 597: Chapter 594 Investigation

Ninjas acted as janitors, indicating an unusually high status for this laboratory. Lin Tian noticed that these ninjas didn’t seem to have any spirit left in them, probably intimidated by the Gu Cultivators.

The two ninjas were cleaning up not human bodies, but rather what appeared to be animals, although they looked mummified to the extent that it was impossible to tell whether they were cats or dogs.

When the two ninjas saw Lin Tian and the others come in, they didn’t speak and simply kept their heads down and continued working.

"Come with me over here. There are two more bodies in the corner," Kikuchi Mika turned to glance at Lin Tian and pointed towards the glass cases in the farthest corner.

There were other things in the rest of the glass cases, but Kikuchi Mika specifically wanted to clear out the corner. At first, Lin Tian found it odd, but upon closer inspection, he understood why.

These were indeed bodies, but they had mostly dried up and looked significantly less disgusting than the others that were bloated with fluids.

"I’ve documented all the experiments here. This is already the third batch this month," Kikuchi Mika said somewhat sighingly, her emotions unclear.

Ning Luoxi surveyed the large room, which contained nine experiment stations, hence nine glass cases. If this was the third batch, it meant numerous experiments had already taken place.

She furrowed her brows slightly and asked, "Lady Kikuchi, we are new here and not very familiar with the laboratory. Who is conducting the experiments here?"

"Of course, it’s Lord Gu," Kikuchi Mika blinked, speaking as if it were odd that someone might not know Lord Gu.

"Is that so? Lord Gu conducts experiments so frequently, and if all are done on living people, wouldn’t many die? Aren’t you afraid the outside world will find out?" Ning Luoxi asked with feigned curiosity.

Lin Tian had wanted to ask this question earlier. Gu Cultivators required numerous experiments to create the Gu worms they desired, which meant that this Lord Gu must have taken many lives.

Kikuchi Mika shook her head and said, "Not necessarily. Sometimes it’s animals, sometimes it’s corpses. Live humans are typically used if they’re betrayers. Anyone who betrays the boss and gets caught has only one fate: to become a subject for Lord Gu’s experiments. If they are lucky, they’ll die during the first experiment. Those are the luckiest betrayers."

To die on the first try and be considered lucky? Lin Tian was taken aback, not fully comprehending.

Seeing the confused faces of Lin Tian and others, Kikuchi Mika explained, "You are new and unaware that becoming a subject for Lord Gu’s experiments is more painful than enduring the Eighteen Layers of Hell. They beg for life in vain, for death but cannot die. Dying quickly is the only wish of those betrayers."

So that’s how it is. Gu Cultivators’ methods for dealing with betrayers are indeed cruel and ruthless. Lin Tian suddenly understood why previously captured ninjas still acted so defiantly—the price of betrayal was simply too steep.

"Lady Kikuchi, although we have been constantly carrying out tasks outside, we are still quite acquainted with other people in the association. The association’s environment seems unsuitable for a woman like you. Why do you choose to stay?" Ning Luoxi inquired.

"Why are you asking so many questions? Could it be that you all...?" Kikuchi Mika looked at Lin Tian and the others, fearing they harbored thoughts of betrayal, and asked warily.

"You’ve misunderstood. We are newcomers and must ask questions to understand certain things clearly. Otherwise, we might unknowingly break a taboo and not even know how we died," Ning Luoxi said calmly.

The young nurse’s thoughts might not be as complex, she believed Ning Luoxi’s words and said softly, "In a place like this, it’s best to ask fewer questions. Today it was me, but if it had been someone else, they might have thought you had ulterior motives. Lord Gu cannot tolerate anyone with different ideas, and the end for them would be very tragic."

Lin Tian had been observing the young nurse all along, noticing she was not as indifferent as the others here and still, like a normal girl, retained her kindness. As for her being in this kind of place, she was probably raised here from a young age. Even if she didn’t agree with it in her heart, she didn’t harbor any rebellious thoughts.

For an orphan, no matter what the Sun Shadow Association did, it was the home where she had lived for ten or twenty years. Although this home was strange, if she left this place, she would have nowhere to go. And whether she could leave was another matter altogether.

Lin Tian was also an orphan, but he was lucky to be adopted by a kind old man, unlike Kikuchi Mika’s fate. Kikuchi Mika now seemed fine and was living a good life.

But Lin Tian could already foresee that one day she, like those two female spies, would be used as an undercover agent or a gift to be played with.

Or, like Youzi and Youmei, she could be transformed into a Half Zombie, or meet other tragic ends. This fate had been sealed since the day she had been adopted, unless the Sun Shadow Association ceased to exist.

"Hurry up, if we can’t finish the task, we’re going to suffer," Kikuchi Mika brought over rubber gloves and handed out a pair to each person.

Lin Tian took them and went to the wall to get a stretcher, moving the mummy-like corpse from the glass cabinet onto it. Now taking a closer look at this corpse, Lin Tian felt it was like it had been sucked dry by a Soul-devouring Gu.

Last time, he had Li Qingyun place the Soul-devouring Gu from Mr. Qi into that Japanese sniper. The Soul-devouring Gu grew and erupted, sucking the sniper dry, which was very similar to this situation.

Lin Tian glanced at Ning Luoxi, who had also been there at the time, and indeed, she too had a puzzled look in her eyes. Noticing this, Lin Tian blinked, signaling her to ask Kikuchi Mika.

"Lady Kikuchi, these two mummies are a bit strange. Why are they dried up like mummies?" Ning Luoxi asked curiously while carrying the stretcher out.

Of course, her curiosity was feigned; she simply wanted to investigate what kind of Gu the Gu Cultivator was developing.

"This condition is caused by being hit with Lord Gu’s Soul-devouring Gu, but several experiments in a row have failed to cultivate the Soul-devouring Gu," Kikuchi Mika answered, taking Ning Luoxi for a newcomer without suspicion, candidly revealing the experimental situation.

"I remember Lord Gu once used the Soul-devouring Gu on someone from Huaxia, and it seemed to have succeeded that time," Ning Luoxi asked intentionally.

This was also a question Lin Tian wanted to ask because when Mr. Qi was inflicted with the Soul-devouring Gu, he thought cultivating the Soul-devouring Gu was an easy task. He didn’t expect the Gu Cultivator to have failed several times and had not yet managed to cultivate it.

By that account, the Gu Cultivator must despise me to death, Lin Tian thought, his lips curling into a smile. Imagining the Gu Cultivator throwing a tantrum, he felt extremely refreshed, as if he’d drunk ice water on a scorching summer day.

"The thing you mentioned, I’ve heard of it too. But I heard it was thwarted by a young man from Huaxia. They say if it hadn’t been interrupted, the success rate could have reached one hundred percent," Kikuchi Mika said.

That young man, wasn’t it me? Lin Tian thought with amusement, surprised that his reputation had already spread in the lair of the Gu Cultivators. As for why Li Qingyun wasn’t mentioned, probably because as fellow Gu Cultivators, Lord Gu was too ashamed to admit defeat by the hand of another Gu Cultivator.