New Ability Every Ten Days: Becoming a Vampire Made Me Too OP

Gong Qian looked at Yu Xian. ”However much we lose, I’ll make up the difference.”

She was taking full responsibility for the matter. This was her first mission since she joined the Wickedness Purging Squad. Even if it meant taking a loss, she wanted to do it properly and leave no regrets.

Besides, she genuinely wasn’t short on merit points. The Blood of Pangu that she had received had been a compensation for her father’s sacrifice. Her spatial ring was a keepsake left behind by her mother. Even the clothes she was wearing had been awarded to her years ago for distinguished service. At this point, there was little she actually needed. Keeping her many merit points sitting unused felt pointless. She would rather spend them solving a case.

Bluebird smiled, calming the two who were becoming a little too impatient. ”Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The drug analysis report will be ready this afternoon. Maybe it’ll give us a new lead.”

Zhang Shou nodded. ”Exactly. We still have the drug as a lead. There’s no need to rush.”

Gong Qian conceded. ”Alright, let’s wait for the report.”

The meeting was adjourned.

Yu Xian left the branch office and returned home. He walked out onto the balcony and sat down. Basking in the sunlight, he reviewed everything they knew about the case. Several tiny bubbles spun around his fingertips. Compared to when he had first obtained the ability, he could now skillfully control multiple bubbles at once, making them simultaneously rotate and spin on different axes.

These bubbles actually consisted of an outer layer and an inner layer. The outer layer was formed from a membrane of spatial energy, while the interior space was composed of the spatial energy of the universe itself. Though both possessed spatial properties, the former belonged absolutely to Yu Xian, whereas the latter did not.

Yu Xian could clearly sense the difference between them. The outer layer’s spatial energy was easy to manipulate, but he couldn’t directly control the inner spatial energy. At best, he could influence it indirectly through the outer layer.

It wasn’t easy. But through relentless practice, Yu Xian had gradually made progress. At first, the interior of his bubbles was completely weightless. Later on, he learned how to add gravity to it and eventually reverse it as well. By the end, he had even unlocked the ability to manipulate physical objects within the bubble’s internal space.

His ultimate goal was to achieve absolute control over everything inside a bubble. At the moment, the practical applications of a feat like this were limited. However, if one day he could create a colossal bubble large enough to swallow the entire Blue Planet, then the planet itself would fall under his control. That was the true value of training this ability.

At noon, Zhang Shou called Yu Xian back to the branch office. When Yu Xian stepped inside, he found not only Gong Qian, Bluebird, and Zhang Shou inside but also a young man wearing a white lab coat.

The researcher spoke neither arrogantly nor timidly. ”Officers, I am Lin Yun, a Level-3 researcher. I will be presenting the results of the drug analysis. If there are any shortcomings in my report, please feel free to point them out.”

Gong Qian nodded. ”Good. Everyone’s here. Let’s begin.”

Lin Yun glanced at the report in his hands. ”First, we detected a highly concentrated nutrient solution in the unidentified drug. Under normal circumstances, it would need to be diluted a hundredfold before one can safely absorb it.”

Zhang Shou interjected. ”What happens if it isn’t diluted?”

Lin Yun was not offended by the interruption. ”The vast majority of living organisms would burst apart from nutrition overload.”

Zhang Shou frowned. ”That doesn’t make sense. Sun Youhu and the others injected it last night, and nobody exploded.”

Yu Xian calmly said, ”Zhang Shou, let Researcher Lin finish his report first.”

After receiving Yu Xian’s signal to continue, Lin Yun continued with his report. ”In addition, the drug contains three unidentified elements. Since this is the first time they’ve been discovered, we’ve temporarily designated them as Q1, Q2, and Q3. We’ve also found that approximately ten percent of the drug consists of Aberrant Parasite Fluid.”

Yu Xian was surprised. ”Aberrant Parasite Fluid? What is that?”

Lin Yun replied. ”Aberrant Parasite Fluid is the fluid that exists inside Aberrant Parasite eggs. It’s an extremely unusual substance. Professors in Yanjing are still studying it, and its exact properties remain unknown.”

Yu Xian turned to the others. ”What do you all think?”

Bluebird immediately sensed the anger hidden beneath Yu Xian’s calm expression. She quickly guessed what he was thinking. ”Salted Fish, are you suggesting that the Aberrant Parasites’ infiltration into Silver City wasn’t natural, that someone was breeding and releasing them?”

Yu Xian replied, ”Otherwise, where would they have gotten so much Aberrant Parasite Fluid?”

Aberrant Parasite eggs were extraordinarily tiny, each one smaller than a grain of rice. Yet ten percent of the drug was made up of Aberrant Parasite Fluid. It didn’t take much thought for them to realize that an absolute mountain of eggs would be required to produce enough of the Aberrant Parasite Fluid.

Everyone in the room understood the gravity of the situation. If someone had engineered the Aberrant Parasites incident, that person deserved nothing less than death.

Memories of his classmates’ deaths flashed through Zhang Shou’s mind, and his anger immediately flared. ”Damn it! If that’s really what happened, I’m going to kill those bastards myself!”

Yu Xian looked at Lin Yun. ”Is it possible to synthesize Aberrant Parasite Fluid artificially?”

Lin Yun shook his head. ”The probability of that happening is extremely low. Embryonic fluids, amniotic fluid, and similar biological components are products of extremely complex biological processes. Artificially synthesizing them is generally considered impossible.”

However, after glancing down at the data in his report, he hesitated. ”That said, Officers, I don’t believe the Aberrant Parasites incident was the result of deliberate breeding and release.”

Gong Qian looked at him. ”Why do you say that?”

Lin Yun explained, ”Aberrant Parasites don’t infect only humans. They can infest almost any animal. So, why use humans when insects offer a far more cost-effective alternative?”

He continued, ”Insects reproduce quickly and have short life cycles. The eggs they produce also contain Aberrant Parasite Fluid. Theoretically, one can obtain enormous quantities of eggs in a very short period of time. Compared to using humans as hosts, it’s both cheaper and far more efficient.”

Zhang Shou nodded. ”That’s actually a good point.”

Bluebird was solemn. ”Then let us put this topic aside for now. No matter if it was intentional or unintentional, we will know when we find the mastermind. Attacking the Public Security Bureau is itself a great crime.”

Gong Qian said, ”Since the drug analysis didn’t provide any additional leads, let’s apply for the River Diagram and Luo Script.”

Zhang Shou nodded. ”This time, I agree. I have a feeling this case is much bigger than it looks. If we can find whoever created the drug, it’ll be a major achievement.”

Bluebird added, ”I agree as well.”

Yu Xian turned to Lin Yun. ”Researcher Lin, is concentrated nutrient solution expensive? And are there many ways to obtain it?”

Lin Yun answered, ”Officer Yu, many alchemists are capable of producing concentrated nutrient solution. The market price is roughly 300,000 yuan per milliliter, and there are numerous purchasing channels. Tracking the source of the nutrient solution found in the mysterious drug would be extremely difficult.”

Yu Xian looked at Gong Qian. ”Then I agree with applying for the River Diagram and Luo Script as well.”

Lin Yun smiled. ”Since my work here is finished, I’ll take my leave.”

After he departed, Gong Qian immediately took out her phone and submitted a request to use the River Diagram and Luo Script. However, before the request could even be approved, Director Yu Lie personally called to ask why they were requesting access to such a valuable artifact. After all, Gong Qian had joined the Wickedness Purging Squad only two days earlier.

She explained how they had started by catching a group of thieves, then followed the trail step by step until they uncovered evidence suggesting that someone could have been secretly breeding Aberrant Parasites and using their eggs to develop a mysterious drug.

Yu Lie was stunned. His first thought was the same as everyone else’s, that someone was deliberately breeding and releasing Aberrant Parasites. However, after listening to Gong Qian’s full explanation, he began to see things differently. The likelihood of intentional breeding seemed rather low, but the possibility of an accidental leak or containment breach was significantly higher.

Regardless of the cause, if the Aberrant Parasite incident in Silver City was a man-made disaster rather than a natural one, it was more than enough to warrant Yu Lie’s utmost attention.