Chapter 465: Living Dead

"Are you sure she can be trusted?" Xu Jihan felt shiver ran all over his body as he stared at Lyca dissect the creature in front of her as if the poison around the body of the creature doesn't affect her at all. "How come she knew how to handle that creature? Or people couldn't even get close to it without the water."

"I told you… she is an expert." Pride can be seen swirling in Xu Ke's eyes. "She is the best of the best." Trained to poison people since she was young, Lyca was considered a queen of poisons in the previous world. She should know how to handle all poisonous creatures.

"But the questions still stands. Can she be trusted?"

"She can't. That's why I am keeping her at arm's length."

"An arm's length is still too close. I mean… why did she agree to work for you? She never showed that she cared about the Tang Family. But now, she immediately agreed because you use them to threaten her. Why is that? Why did she— "

"She values familial relationship too much." Xu Ke said. In the previous and the current world, family and emotion is just her weakness. Lyca was unlucky that Xu Ke knew her too well.

"But I still think— "

"It's not suspicious. I know her. She had been like this for a long time now. Now, let us stop talking about her and tell me about the explosion."

"Shen Qui indeed died in that explosion. The DNA found on the burnt body was his. There is no faking that. I mean… how could she easily fake death? We were watching her all the time."

"Good." This news was indeed very good. Right now, Xu Ke's suspicions about Lyca totally vanished as if it wasn't there in the first place. "And her father and mother?"

"Still no signs. Before coming in here, she already hid them away."

"Clever. But still not enough." Xu Ke said. "Alright, you can leave now. Don't show yourself in front of her. She will kill you."

Xu Jihan snorted before he left Xu Ke alone in the room to watch Lyca.

Lyca on the other hand was busy experimenting with the Cichar. "I told you not to disturb me when I am doing something," Lyca said when she noticed Xu Ke walk inside the lab. "And stop watching me. Are you a pervert or something?"

"I'm just surprised that you actually open the Cichar easily. My people can't even touch them."

She pursed her lips.

"I always knew that you are the right one for the job."

Lyca rolled her eyes inwardly. The real reason why she could touch the creature was that It was already dead, and she was using mercury to kill its poison. "Cichar's are considered an immortal creature." She said. "The fact that they die in this world is just part of natural law. It means, they cannot live in this world. Changing the laws of nature can be pretty dangerous."

"Who cares about the natural law? Once we rule this world, the natural law wouldn't apply to us."

Lyca snorted. It's crazy how Xu Ke had been thinking about ruling the world as if it was as easy as one, two, three.

"If you want to study about Cichar's immortality, then I think you are crazier than I originally thought," Lyca said as she lifted her gaze and stared at him.

"You— "

"I can guess," she smiled. "You wanted to take this opportunity to make me study the reason why it doesn't die in Yin Yang Nirvana Lake? Did you even think that it was because of the lake? Humans couldn't fathom something created by the nature."

"But what if I can?"

She lowered her gaze. Xu Ke is already delusional. "You don't need any immortality pill or something that could summon creatures." She smiled as she found the small beating heart of the creature. Even though the Cichar is already cut into smaller pieces, its heart was still beating, alive. "What you need is a psychiatric evaluation."

"What is that?" Xu Ke asked, his eyes were already on the beating heart. "A heart?"

"And the brain," Lyca said. "They only have one heart and it's attached to their brain and… sexual organs."

"Sexual…"

"They have sex, Mr. Xu. That's how they multiply."

"That— "

"This little one… can be planted on a dead animal. It would act as a parasite, before occupying the animal. Creating a zombie."

"Planting it to a dead animal?"

Lyca looked at the pea-sized heart. "Yes. You can also try to plant it to a dead person and create an army of zombies."

"Is that — " Almost immediately, Xu Ke's reaction changed. He stared at the heart, his eyes turning bright. "Is that really possible?"

"I'm joking." Lyca burst his bubble and laughed inwardly when she saw him frowned. If that craziness is possible then, the people in the previous world would have used that to make living deads. After all, most people in that world have the tendency to do stuff like that. "Look at your face…" Lyca clicked her tongue. "Did you really want to become immortal? An undying human?"

"Who wouldn't want to become immortal?"

"I don't." Lyca already felt tired of living her normal life. Why the hell would she live forever? Isn't that too boring? "Alright… you can leave now. I will finish this and submit a report."

"But that heart…"

"You can have it. The heart will explode once separated from the body for about… ten more minutes. Go ahead. I need to study if the poison inside would hurt humans. It would be good if you hold it near your face as it explodes."

"You— "

"That way, I will see if the poison is potent enough for your face." Lyca faked a smile and turned her attention to the creature, ignoring Xu Ke's dark face.

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