In the "Bird's Nest" laboratory, three hundred meters underground, I smashed that jar of deep-sea-blue virus with my own hands.
The instant the glass shattered, I saw the wolfdog's eyes turn scarlet and heard a bestial growl rise from my colleague's throat. Only when green mist poured from the fire pipes did I understand: Radiance Technologies hadn't made medicine. They'd made a death sentence that could chew people into bloody pulp.
When I woke again, I was soaking in a villa bathtub, covered in wounds and unable to remember even my own name.
A sniper rifle was hidden beneath the vanity. The man in the wedding photo had an unfamiliar look in his eyes. A note on the coffee table read: "Your wish will come true today."
But they told me I was a security officer at Radiance, an undercover agent sent by Captain Long, and the "vessel" for an AI called "Princess."
The mutated wolfdogs could use feints to divert attention. Teammates bitten by them turned into monsters that devoured people. After we escaped the laboratory, the entire town fell into a loop...
Zhang An said he'd escaped with me, but Lin Mei only smiled and offered me a bloodstained cake. "Su Wang, what nonsense are you talking about?"
As the red moon rose, "Princess" laughed in my ear. "Big sister, you're finally waking up."
I touched the military stiletto that had appeared at my waist out of nowhere and watched the "smiling residents" sway before my eyes. Suddenly, I remembered:
Radiance's CEO once said that the ultimate form of the R virus was "regeneration."
And as I tore open a monster's throat, black blood seeped from beneath my fingernails, the same color as the virus in that jar.
