Lily ran towards the exit of the storage room. Ryan, who was outside the storage room, immediately opened the door from the outside. Max had already told him how to open the storage room door if they did the locking procedure from the outside.
As soon as Lily came out of the storage room, Ryan closed the door again. He and Lily then fell silent as they watched Matthew act like a hungry beast. Matthew moved in a swift motion.
Matthew's body hit the glass walls that surrounded the storage room. The locked door creaked as soon as Matthew's body hit it. Ryan and Lily even had time to gasp when Matthew banged his body against the exit.
"What I have done?" mumbled Lily.
Ryan glanced briefly at Lily. But he didn't respond to the mutter that came out of Lily's mouth. After seeing Matthew's power to make the storage room door shudder, Ryan was at a loss for words.
Lily then approached the panel on the edge of the storage room exit. She then spoke through the board. "Don't do anything. I want to see how long he can stay like that."
"Lily!" Shouted Ryan.
Lily immediately turned to Ryan. "What?"
"You want to make him destroy this place? Look! He's already broken some cryonic tubes in the storage room," Ryan replied.
"I have to know the limits of his strength. Besides, I also want to know if Matthew can control himself," Lily said.
"What do you mean?" Ryan asked.
"You've seen it before. Matthew even told me to get out before he turned into that. That means he still has the awareness to control himself," said Lily.
Ryan took a deep breath. "But it's too risky, Lily. I don't want both of us and everyone else in here to get hurt."
"You can leave me if you want," Lily said.
"I was worried about you," Ryan said.
Lily looked at Ryan with a half pleading look. "Then, accompany me. Matthew became like that is all my fault. I made him like that. I am also the one who might be able to return the situation to the way he was."
Ryan took a deep breath. He massaged his neck, which suddenly felt very sore. Ryan then looked at Lily for a while. "Fine, if that's what you want."
"Thank you," said Lily.
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Matthew stood panting in the middle of the storage room. He felt himself to be very different from his previous self. The urge of thirst is so strong that it can destroy anything in its proximity. He did not hesitate to suck someone's blood to quench his thirst.
Slowly Matthew regained control of his thirst. As his consciousness began to surface, Matthew was shocked by what was happening around him. Matthew fell silent when he saw the storage room that was falling apart.
Several cryonic tubes containing preserved bodies were damaged, and the bodies in the boxes were lying in the storage room. The smell wafting from the rotting body suddenly made Matthew feel nauseous.
Matthew immediately covered his nose and walked away from the bodies that instantly decomposed as soon as they came out of the cryonic tubes. He walked over to the storage room door and immediately knocked on it.
Once again, Matthew couldn't believe what he had just seen. He only meant to knock on the storage room door. But the door cracked as soon as his hand touched the door.
"Unbelievable," Matthew muttered.
Matthew stared at his hands in half disbelief. He nearly died of rare cancer he had twenty years ago. Now he became so strong that he could crack a thick glass door.
"Open the door," said Matthew.
Lily, who had been outside the storage room, immediately approached the room's door. Matthew was standing straight behind the storeroom door and was staring intently at Lily. Lily walked to the side of the storage room door and opened the door.
Matthew took a deep breath as soon as the storage room door opened. Although the smell of blood still made him tingle to suck it, he tried to hold it in because he couldn't stand the smell of rotting flesh emanating from his rotting body.
"Are you able to control it already?" Lily asked.
"A little," replied Matthew.
Matthew then looked at Lily while chuckling softly. "It doesn't seem too bad. I feel much better. Even though I have to suppress my urge to drink blood a little, I immediately close the door. The smell of the corpse makes me sick."
Lily nodded slowly. She then immediately closed the storage room door. The room doesn't look like it will be usable shortly due to its severe damage.
"I have to evaluate you," Lily said to Matthew after she closed the locker room door.
Matthew nodded his head. "Of course. But before that, I think you should provide some blood bags. I can't hold it in for long."
Lily glanced at Matthew for a moment. "I'll work on it. Follow me. We're going to the observation room. I hope you won't destroy the place."
"I'll try," said Matthew.
Lily took a deep breath and immediately turned around. She was about to walk toward the observation room when Matthew's hand suddenly grabbed her. Ryan, leaning against the wall while watching the two, immediately straightened up. He had been prepared for Matthew to attack Lily suddenly.
Lily turned back to Matthew. "What is it?"
"Forgive me. I didn't mean to make you lose a father," replied Matthew.
Lily was silent as she lowered her head.
"I heard it when they locked me in that tube," Matthew said.
Matthew then looked at Lily while still holding her hand. "Again, I'm sorry."
Lily let go of Matthew's hand and immediately walked toward the observation room. Ryan, who saw Lily walking quickly, left the storage room and immediately followed her. Meanwhile, Matthew was still silent while staring at the two people who left him in front of the storage room.
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Max, who also witnessed what Matthew had just done in the storage room, seemed fascinated by Matthew's new power. He didn't expect the storage room to be so severely damaged by the impact of Matthew's body.
A smile crossed Max's face. He then asked all the research assistants in the control room to leave him alone. "You guys go home. You must be tired after this incident. Don't talk about this to anyone until there's official news."
The four research assistants who were with Max nodded their heads. They then immediately rushed out of the control room and left Max alone.
As soon as all the Research Assistants had gone, Max immediately took out his cell phone and called someone. "Hello, General. Prof. Graff's research is doing very well. You will be amazed when you see the results. He not only managed to bring Matthew back. But he also made her stronger. I'll send you the proof."
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