Chapter 39: S097 - The Corrupted Revolver

The driver stumbled, nearly falling to the ground.

Everything felt like a dream.

In just one day, he had experienced three life-and-death moments.

The first was being caught by Lu Xiao.

The second was riding in a car driven by Lu Xiao.

The last one was the closest brush with death.

Dante lit a cigarette.

“Mate, I’m going back to change my pants first!”

“Next time there’s a mission, I’ll apply to the Doctor to bring you along!”

Lu Xiao nodded, then seemed to remember something.

“Mr. Dante, are you really not considering having Mr Prison Doctor perform that minor surgery for you?”

Dante nearly choked on Lu Xiao’s words.

He turned and waved without looking back.

…………

Unsurprisingly, the driver passed the box experiment.

For seven days, no matter how the expendables outside provoked him, he never once stepped out of the first room.

On the day he passed the box experiment, Lu Xiao personally made him a badge.

The moment he received the badge, the driver hung it around his neck and never took it off.

Lu Xiao was also someone who couldn’t stay idle.

With no missions during this period, he often came to chat with the driver.

From the driver, he learned that the driver was a human from the same era as him.

As for the driver’s beautiful wife, she really did run off with her ex.

When asked how the driver fell into the Dark Prison, he hemmed and hawed, unable to explain clearly.

Similar to Lu Xiao, the driver also seemed to have lost his memory.

He remembered nothing about what happened in the intervening time.

He just woke up in the Dark Prison.

Of course, there were also differences between the two.

Lu Xiao was still human, while the driver had already become an anomalous life form.

This had been confirmed by the Doctor.

…………

“Lu! I’m glad to see you moving on so quickly!”

The prison doctor said, sitting on a chair carved from white bones.

Lu Xiao patted the driver’s shoulder beside him.

“Let me introduce you, this is my new friend, called Driver!”

The driver sat trembling in his chair, unable to stop shaking.

The figure wearing a bird-beak mask, standing over three meters tall, made him feel fear from the bottom of his heart.

The aura emanating from the other skeleton also made his body tremble uncontrollably.

Ivan’s voice came from within Lu Xiao.

“Lu! I heard from the prison doctor, congratulations on making the right choice!”

“You really are a kind human who knows how to appreciate art!”

Lu Xiao felt somewhat embarrassed by Ivan’s praise.

“No, no!”

“On the path to seeking the truth, it’s inevitable to stumble a bit!”

“Luckily, Dr. Prison guided me, otherwise I might have gone astray!”

The prison doctor nodded, very pleased.

Then he looked at the driver, who was sitting on pins and needles.

“This friend! You seem afraid?”

Hearing this, Lu Xiao hurriedly comforted him.

“Driver! Don’t be afraid, these two are my friends! They are both very kind... well... people?”

A sharp laugh rang out; it was the prison doctor’s voice.

“Ivan, it seems this friend is somewhat afraid of us!”

The soul fire in Ivan’s eye sockets flickered.

“Friend! Are you afraid of us?”

The driver didn’t dare answer, could only sit in the chair shaking his head incessantly, screaming internally,

“The present world is too dangerous! I want to go back to the Dark Prison!”

Lu Xiao found this scene quite a headache.

He said apologetically to the prison doctor and Ivan,

“Sorry, my friend might have caught a chill and isn’t feeling well.”

“I’ll take him back to rest first! I’ll visit you two another time!”

The bird beak on the prison doctor’s face opened and closed, a piercing voice emerging from it.

“Lu! Have you forgotten, I am an excellent doctor!”

“Let me give this friend a physical examination!”

Lu Xiao’s eyes lit up. He said to the driver,

“Driver, don’t worry, my friend is a doctor with abundant medical ethics and superb medical skills!”

“If you’re sick, just go to him!”

Finally, as if remembering something, Lu Xiao hastily added,

“Don’t worry! His consultations are free!”

Hearing this, the driver shook his head faster than a rattle-drum.

“N-No need!”

“I probably... just didn’t sleep well!”

He didn’t dare let this one diagnose him.

When Lu Xiao brought him to see the prison doctor, he had seen the prison doctor’s information on the small screen outside the door.

The prison doctor said with some regret,

“That’s a real pity!”

“Friend! If you feel unwell anywhere, remember to come find me!”

“Hmm! I’m free!”

The driver wished he would never see the prison doctor’s bird-masked face again.

Or that skeleton.

After Lu Xiao left with the driver,

Ivan’s voice came from within the prison doctor.

“Prison Doctor! Did you sense that aura?”

The prison doctor nodded.

“Hmm! I smell the scent from the depths of the Dark Prison!”

“It seems this new friend is not simple!”

Ivan’s voice came again.

“I’m worried about Lu, he...”

The prison doctor shook his head.

“No need to worry.”

…………

In the research lab.

An assistant carried a lead box into the Doctor’s office.

“Dr. Doctor! S097 - The Corrupted Revolver has been delivered!”

The Doctor, holding a tablet computer, nodded.

“Contain it for now.”

The information displayed on the tablet was for S097 - The Corrupted Revolver.

【Subject S097 - The Corrupted Revolver】

【Containment Level: S】

【Target Ability: Pierce, Destruction, Corruption, Curse】

【Containment Condition; Must be kept in a lead container. No physical contact.】

【Combat Capability: Non-combat anomalous entity】

【PS: A revolver unearthed from the Early Modern Era, possessing the ability to pierce, destroy, and corrupt everything!】

【PS: Those who come into contact with the gun will gradually have their flesh rot!】

【PS: The Corrupted Revolver extracts the flesh and blood of the wielder as bullets. Each shot causes the wielder to develop an extreme fear of a random thing. Duration unknown! Because so far, no one has survived long enough for the effect to wear off before turning into a pile of rotten flesh!】

【PS: Not recommended for combat!】

This containment item had been stored in Asylum U01, ignored, because its terrifying side effects made it unsuitable for combat.

After learning about Lu Xiao’s terrifying cell activity, the Doctor developed a strong interest in this containment item.

He was very curious whether Lu Xiao’s cell activity could counteract the side effects of the Corrupted Revolver.

Putting down the tablet, the Doctor looked at a large dish beside his desk.

Inside, Lu Xiao’s hematopoietic stem cells were being cultivated.

In the dish, cells that were originally just tiny dots had now grown to the size of a fist.

Those cells combined to form a bizarre meatball, still squirming incessantly.

Just then, the tablet's AI emitted a synthesized system voice.

“The Round Table Meeting will commence shortly. Please prepare for it.”

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