Alien in human skin (Chapter 104)
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Ye Sheng was stunned.
She had only been away for a few days, so why was the base moving so fast?
They had already started implementing the transformation potion!
Furthermore, just as the base officially launched the transformation potion, the black market struck a heavy blow by exposing its extremely high death rate.
Even worse, the black market was preparing to auction super-grade transformation potion.
What exactly was this black market? Was it the kind of place she was thinking of?
At this moment, Ye Sheng's face was full of question marks.
The news was too overwhelming, and she urgently needed Mo Lin to explain.
[Kindergarten Top Student]: Wait, tell me more.
[Wasteland Know-It-All]: Alas, Sister Ye, didn’t you told me before not to touch the transformation potion? I originally wanted to observe it secretly, but the base started promoting it very suddenly.
[Wasteland Know-It-All]: I inquired about it and found out that there’s no united front within the base officials. There are serious disagreements.
[Wasteland Know-It-All]: The decision to promote the transformation potion was issued by a high-level commander. It’s inconvenient to mention the name here, so I’ll refer to them as Commander W. Commander W is someone who thinks about the people, but unfortunately, others aren’t cooperating.
[Wasteland Know-It-All]: The grade of this promotion potion has been downgraded from medium to low, which is the result of internal power struggles within the base.
Wasteland Know-It-All]: However, if you have connections and capital, you can get high-grade transformation potions, which are exclusively for the rich... As a result, the news circulating on the black market has caused an uproar among ordinary people, who are now protesting and demanding that the base officially distribute high-grade transformation potions.
Reading Mo Lin’s messages, Ye Sheng suddenly sat up from her bed.
She frowned, remained silent for a moment, and then immediately sent a message.
[Kindergarten Top Student]: There’s a black market in the base?
[Wasteland Know-It-All]: Yes, the black market has all kinds of underground resources that can’t be exposed. As long as you have the points, you can buy anything. Of course, you can’t expect the sources of the goods to be legitimate, they might come from cheating, theft, or even killing and looting.
Mo Lin’s words confirmed Ye Sheng’s suspicions.
This black market was aptly named.
[Kindergarten Top Student]: Aren’t you afraid the base will crack down on the black market?
[Wasteland Know-It-All]: Sister, my dear sister, guess why there are super-grade transformation potions on the black market? This kind of highest-grade elixir isn’t something the base officials would release easily~
[Kindergarten Top Student]: ......
Alright then!
The internal relationships within the base were truly complicated.
In this case, the black market must have insiders from the base officials, which is why it operates so brazenly.
It’s just unclear whether the person backing the black market is Commander W or their opponent.
Or perhaps it’s just a smokescreen from the base...
After all, even the super-grade transformation potion has a terrifying side effect, those who inject it must continuously consume the flesh and blood of their own kind, as if addicted.
Otherwise, they will go insane, and their bodies will undergo horrifying changes.
Just like the two individuals from Sen Lan and Chen Yuan who escaped from the research institute.
Although they gained special abilities from the injection of the conversion drug, they also suffer from irreversible side effects... However, they’ve never consumed flesh and only need to be fed blood.
They can still be considered human, not complete cannibals.
But others who were injected with super-grade transformation potions might not have the same willpower.
In this regard, Sen Lan also added that after injecting the transformation potion, consuming the flesh and blood of one's own kind wouldn’t cause illness or death, but the eyes would turn red... Perhaps they were no longer of the same kind, aliens disguised in human skin.
Thinking of the two individuals she had encountered during her last assignment at the research institute, Ye Sheng glanced at her friends list.
The account belonging to Sen Lan was eerily quiet, with no messages sent during this period.
That was good.
It was better not to bother each other.
In truth, Ye Sheng wanted to delete these 'terrorists' from her friends list more than she wanted to have any connection with them.
However, considering that Sen Lan and the other had successfully escaped from the research institute and were now hiding somewhere in the base, deleting them might provoke their anger.
What if they tracked her down and decided to eliminate her offline?
Even with Gu Luoyu by her side for protection, the thought alone was terrifying!
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Well... It was better to keep them on the list and simply ignore them.
[Wasteland Know-It-All]: Sister Ye, do you want to come to black market and take a look?
Just as Ye Sheng was lost in thought about Sen Lan and the others, Mo Lin’s message piqued her curiosity.
In her previous life, she had been a rule-abiding student, and in this life, she was at the bottom of the wasteland world’s hierarchy.
Although she had managed to move into the outer city of the safe zone, she was still only scraping by with the basics.
A place like the black market, an 'underground world,' sparked both curiosity and a desire to explore... Of course, if Ye Sheng were alone, no matter how enticing the black market seemed, she wouldn’t dare to go.
Safety first.
However, with someone as powerful as Gu Luoyu by her side, it wouldn’t hurt to take a look!
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Although she didn’t have any points to spend, there was no compulsory consumption.
She’d just take a quick look. That’s all.
Since she knew that the little one she had picked up wasn’t weak but incredibly strong, Ye Sheng always felt like she could strut around like a crab~
Heh, heh, it’s better to make a fortune quietly and keep a low profile.
[Kindergarten Top Student]: Sure.
[Wasteland Know-It-All]: Then let’s make it the day after tomorrow. It just so happens that the auction for the transformation potion will be happening then, so the black market is bound to be lively... Sister Ye, remember to bring Sister Gu with you. The black market is quite chaotic, and you’ll need bodyguards.
Mo Lin was thrilled when he saw that Ye Sheng agreed.
He had invited her mainly so he could have company.
Although he knew people in the black market, the hearts of those who frequented that place were dark, and there was no sense of cooperation whatsoever.
However, with an Esper accompanying him, what was there to fear?
After that, Mo Lin made a request to go together, and Ye Sheng naturally agreed.
The two discussed the details for a while, finalized their plans, and set their itinerary for the day trip to the black market.
After chatting, Ye Sheng logged off. She tossed her watch aside and lay back down.
Her dark eyes blinked as she gazed out the window, where the pale red moonlight cast a psychedelic glow over the night.
She knew that Mo Lin’s purpose for entering the black market was the transformation potion, but she had already advised him not to touch the cursed thing... Whether he listened or not, however, was none of her business.
As the saying goes, you can’t save someone who’s determined to drown.
Being able to remind those around her was already the extent of Ye Sheng’s help. She wasn’t about to expose herself for others.
Just like the side effects of the super-grade transformation potion, the top families in the base must know about it.
But the lower-ranking families and ordinary people didn’t.
After all, the news leaking from the black market didn’t mention this, which showed how tightly the base officials were keeping it under wraps.
As for why... Ye Sheng couldn’t help but entertain some conspiracy theories, thinking that the base might be cultivating 'Enforcers.'
The low-grade potions were for cannon fodder, while the super-grade ones were for more advanced roles.
In other words, there were plenty of 'experimental subjects' to observe and record.
When the time came, the potion could be improved or upgraded, and one day, a version without side effects might be successfully developed.
A version that didn’t carry the risk of turning people into Espers.
Thinking of this, Ye Sheng’s head began to ache. She hugged the quilt and rolled over, deciding it was better to wait and see how things unfolded.
However, the base’s decision to promote the transformation potion was too sudden and rushed.
Why?
'Boom'
Just as Ye Sheng was forcing herself to sleep, a loud noise suddenly erupted from outside the window.
It was so piercing and explosive that even the glass began to tremble, causing Ye Sheng’s heart to clench in fear.
What had happened?