The blood pool beneath the gradually chilling corpse of Rollins Wright expanded, slowly dyeing the metallic floor red.
As Fang Li looked at Rollins Wright, whose eyes were wide open and unwilling to close even in death, the cold indifference on Fang Li's face began to fade, replaced by a calm demeanor.
Regardless of how hateful Rollins Wright may have been in life, once dead, there was no longer any reason for Fang Li to pay attention to him. To Fang Li, the entity before him was no longer Rollins Wright; it was merely a lifeless corpse.
"You owed me a debt, and now you have repaid it."
The grievances of being manipulated and framed by Rollins Wright had come to an end.
"However, trouble has equally arisen."
With these words, Fang Li raised his head and looked at the pristine severed arm immersed in the liquid. There was one thing Rollins Wright had said that was indeed correct.
If Fang Li killed the only person who could control Eros, then the Russian Branch would truly have no chance of defeating the Aragami army outside.
Next, the Russian Branch would face an unprecedented catastrophe.
This catastrophe would be even greater than the Mission ten years ago when the Russian Branch waged war against Aphrodite and inadvertently gained the arm of Aphrodite, known as "Alpha," resulting in significant sacrifices.
Fortunately, there was still a chance to reverse the situation.
As long as Fang Li could take Eros out of the Russian Branch, Aphrodite would undoubtedly shift its focus and pursue its severed arm.
"If Aphrodite knows that Eros is here in the Russian Branch, it means it can sense the presence of its own severed arm."
After all, just like Aphrodite, Eros possessed hormones that could attract Aragami. As the actual bearer of these hormones, Aphrodite could follow the scent or sense them and find its way to Eros. It was not a strange phenomenon.
"Perhaps the reason Aphrodite didn't directly attack Russia over the past ten years was because the distance between them was too far, and the number of hormones this arm could release was too little."
However, after ten years, Aphrodite had finally found its severed arm.
What did that prove?
It proved that Eros could release more hormones now.
"In order to control a large number of Aragami, Rollins Wright must have discovered a method to increase the release of hormones within Eros, causing a significant increase in hormone levels. This is what alerted Aphrodite to the presence of Eros, leading to its entry into Russia and a full-scale assault on the Russian Branch."
And this was why Rollins Wright had the confidence to contend with Aphrodite's main body for control over the Aragami using just a pair of severed arms.
By increasing the number of hormones, control would inevitably fall to the side that released a greater quantity of hormones.
"Now, the method of controlling Eros has completely vanished. All that remains is to move this bomb to another place."
With this in mind, Fang Li walked in the direction of the pristine arm immersed in the liquid.
Just then, an unexpected occurrence took place.
"Gū Lū…"
The pristine arm immersed in the liquid suddenly trembled, releasing bubbles that emerged from the pores, creating a strange splashing sound underwater.
Fang Li's footsteps came to a sudden halt as he witnessed this scene, and his eyes narrowed.
"Gū lū…"
The arm trembled once again within the liquid.
"Gū lū, gū lū, gū lū…"
Before long, the arm started convulsing, continuously wriggling, causing a large number of bubbles to rise in the culture tank.
Witnessing this scene, an ominous premonition flashed through Fang Li's mind.
The next moment, Fang Li's premonition came true.
"Boom!"
With a thunderous explosion, one of the many small culture tanks connected to the massive culture tank suddenly burst open in the dimly lit room, causing the liquid inside to splash like water.
However, instead of falling to the ground, the splashed liquid suspended in mid-air and gathered together, gradually forming the outline of a wild beast before solidifying.
The next moment, a small Aragami with a demon-like face and a large tail appeared there, landing in the spot where the culture tank had exploded. It lifted its pair of eyes filled with hostility and stared in Fang Li's direction.
"What?" Fang Li couldn't help but be astonished.
Only at this moment did Fang Li finally understand something else. The containers held not medicine, but Oracle Cells.
"Boom Boom Boom!"
Explosions resounded one after another as the culture tanks exploded, giving birth to one Aragami after another. Among them were small Aragami like Ogretails, as well as medium-sized Aragami like Kongou, and even a large Aragami like Vajra.
Numerous Aragami fully took shape at this moment, roaring to the sky like wild beasts breaking free from their cages.
"Rooooooaaaaar!"
The resounding roar turned into sound waves, shaking the entire research lab.
As Fang Li looked at those Aragami, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Why?"
Why did the Oracle Cells in those culture tanks transform into Aragami?
Indeed, Aragami were a collective of Oracle Cells, but the Oracle Cells used in the research had undergone certain adjustments and should not have gathered to become Aragami.
"Could it be that…"
Fang Li suddenly turned his head and looked at the massive culture tank behind him, where the severed arm was submerged.
"Gū lū Gū lū Gū lū!"
The pristine arm kept twitching and squirming, releasing bubbles that filled the entire culture tank. The liquid inside the tank boiled and heated up like molten lava. That abnormal activity was undoubtedly the culprit behind the transformation of the Oracle Cells in the institute into Aragami.
"How could this happen?"
Fang Li didn't know that Rollins Wright had spent a full ten years not only maximizing the release of Eros' hormones but also developing a chip that could connect to Eros and use it to transmit commands to the manipulated Aragami. It was precisely with this chip that Rollins Wright could manipulate the Aragami army through Eros.
And that chip was implanted in Rollins Wright's own brain.
Now, by killing Rollins Wright, Fang Li had caused the commands transmitted to Eros to go completely awry.
In other words, Eros went on a rampage.
As a result of the disrupted commands, the Oracle Cells in the surroundings were directly transformed into Aragami, plunging them into a rampage as well.
"Rooooooaaaaar!"
In the next instant, the rebellious Aragami stomped on the floor and charged toward Fang Li.
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