Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Standing on the high platform, she felt as if the sea breeze was about to blow her away.

She admired Xu Xingguang even more.

The members of the No. 23 Secret Group had long been informed that Xu Xingguang would be arriving, so they all stepped out of their labs and stood in the corridor waiting for Xu Xingguang.

Seeing Xu Xingguang emerge from the elevator, a few of them hurried over to surround her, reporting the progress of their respective research.

”Captain.” Researcher No. 5, Li Guangming, approached Xu Xingguang with a small box, unable to conceal his excitement, he said, ”Captain, I’ve recently made a new discovery.”

Hearing this, Xu Xingguang looked at the small box in Li Guangming’s arms.

Inside the box was a bunch of miniature sealed test tubes, containing many colorless liquids.

”What’s in here?” Li Guangming, excitedly pulling Xu Xingguang by the hand, led her towards his laboratory. Hua Junqiao and the others squeezed into the lab filled with various test tubes and equipment.

Li Guangming is the only direct disciple of the father of viruses, Mohansen. His nickname is the ’Virus Whisperer’ because he has a special sense for every kind of virus.

This was also the reason why the presidential order had Xu Xingguang select Li Guangming as a research team member.

Li Guangming opened the test tube and placed it under the super microscope, adjusted the microscope, then beckoned Xu Xingguang to look. ”Captain, take a look.”

Xu Xingguang leaned in close to the microscope and focused her gaze, only then seeing that within the transparent liquid, there was a faintly colored substance shaped like a bean sprout.

”What is this?” Xu Xingguang had never extracted such a substance from mutant specimens before.

Li Guangming explained, ”On the first underground floor, several children are kept, separated and observed according to the time they were vaccinated. I found that the batch of children who were vaccinated earliest have mostly shown varying degrees of mutation reactions.”

”But among them, there’s one child who hasn’t shown any abnormal reactions yet. To understand what makes this child different, I repeatedly extracted his specimen data and discovered that he has this strange substance in his body.”

Li Guangming tapped his finger on the table, saying, ”Captain, I think this thing might have an inhibitory effect on the mutant vaccine.”

Upon hearing this, the entire research group’s members beamed with joy.

”I tested this thing, and regrettably, it’s not made from any currently known medicinal material or synthetic drug.”

Hua Junqiao suggested, ”Is it possible this thing comes from the Divine Martial Realm?”

Xu Xingguang said, ”Give me two samples of this specimen.”

Li Guangming quickly took two or three samples from the box and handed them to Xu Xingguang.

Xu Xingguang patted Li Guangming on the shoulder, ”You did a great job.”

Li Guangming felt a sense of relief upon hearing this and smiled.

Suddenly, Xu Xingguang turned and looked at Researcher No. 9, Jin Yaoyang, standing in the back. Her gaze was particularly intriguing, leaving Jin Yaoyang puzzled.

”Captain.” Jin Yaoyang felt uneasy.

”Come with me.”

Jin Yaoyang, utterly confused, followed Xu Xingguang to her office.

”Close the door.”

Jin Yaoyang did as instructed.

As soon as he closed the door, he heard Xu Xingguang say, ”Your grandmother is that old woman from the Chuancheng Ying Family, right?”

Jin Yaoyang’s eyes widened in surprise.

He licked his lips, did not deny it, and just asked Xu Xingguang, ”How did you know, Captain?” Until then, no one had discovered his connection to the Ying Family.

The Ying Family wields enormous power; Old Madam Ying wanted to hide his background so thoroughly that even Jin Yunhai couldn’t investigate it.

Jin Yaoyang had no idea how Xu Xingguang found out.

Originally, Xu Xingguang didn’t know either. She chose Jin Yaoyang to join the No. 23 Secret Group entirely because of his unique constitution that was immune to all poisons.

”Last time, for Old Madam Ying’s 90th birthday, I went to Chuancheng to congratulate her and saw the old lady.” Xu Xingguang scrutinized Jin Yaoyang’s face for a moment before saying, ”You and Ying Jinqiao look quite alike.”

Ying Jinqiao is the eldest grandson of the Ying Family, Old Madam Ying’s direct grandson. The Ying family’s servants all say that Ying Jinqiao doesn’t resemble his parents and looks more like his aunt.

”Old Madam Ying had a beloved youngest daughter who, unfortunately, died in childbirth. After her death, the old lady fell gravely ill, and upon seeing her grandson, became even more distraught. Therefore, the Ying Family sent that child to be raised in an ordinary household.”

”Jin Yaoyang, you are Old Madam Ying’s grandson, aren’t you?”

Jin Yaoyang had various reasons to deny Xu Xingguang’s speculation, but his resemblance to Ying Jinqiao’s face served as undeniable evidence.

Taking a light breath, Jin Yaoyang nodded and told Xu Xingguang, ”I am indeed Old Madam Ying’s grandson, and I do have a good relationship with my grandmother. But my grandmother is the matriarch of the Ying Family. Her love for me doesn’t mean you can use me to threaten her.”

”The importance of me versus the Ying Family, Captain, you know better than anyone.” Jin Yaoyang mistakenly thought Xu Xingguang intended to coerce him to threaten Old Madam Ying.

Xu Xingguang raised an eyebrow, ”Threaten her? That old bat is clearly a ruthless person immune to threats. Using that tactic on her won’t work.”

Jin Yaoyang looked confused, ”Captain, what exactly do you want to do?”

Xu Xingguang said, ”I want your blood.”

”What?” Jin Yaoyang was bewildered.

”Tsk.” Xu Xingguang scoffed, ”Fool.” She explained to Jin Yaoyang, ”The Ying Family is the Divine Martial Realm’s supervisor placed in the Mortal World. The Ying Family doesn’t belong in the ’trash’ category. The Ying Family members are all holed up in their Chuancheng stronghold, rarely venturing out, and they don’t need to adhere to the decrees issued by the Xia Country Alliance.”

”Therefore, the Ying Family will never be injected with mutant drugs and won’t become beasts to be culled. But you’re different.” Xu Xingguang looked at Jin Yaoyang’s somewhat cute round face and said, ”You’re Old Madam Ying’s grandson, and coincidentally, you’re also immune to all poisons. Can you guess why?”

If Jin Yaoyang couldn’t figure out the answer with Xu Xingguang laying it out so clearly, then he truly would be beyond help.