In that moment, Eric was stunned. Although he was greedy and had no bottom line, he truly cared for his own son.
"Mr. Liam, spare me, spare me!" Eric fell to his knees with a thud, repeatedly begging for mercy.
At this point, Lucian and Susan were also stunned. Lucian lay on the ground, his pants wet with fear.
"Useless," Liam looked at Lucian with disgust and signaled the researchers to quickly inject the virus.
Lucian was almost terrified to death, but at this life-and-death moment, he suddenly had a brainwave and shouted, "Mr. Liam, Mr. Liam, my family has a terrible relationship with James. If I get infected with the virus, he would be delighted and definitely wouldn't save me."
Eric's eyes lit up upon hearing this and he quickly added, "Yes, yes, Mr. Liam, you also saw at James's house just now that he looked cold when he saw me."
Liam frowned upon hearing this.
Eric paused, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, and gritted his teeth, "James is very close to his uncle. If his uncle gets infected with the virus, even if he really gives away the medicine, he will definitely want to get it back to save his uncle."
"Oh?" Liam smiled upon hearing this. Honestly, he was quite surprised. The Eric family was truly ruthless and without hesitation when it came to harming others. He now held Eric in slightly higher regard and said, "Do you know James's uncle?"
Eric was stunned for a moment, then nodded emphatically.
Meanwhile, James had just finished eating braised pork in the villa courtyard. He let out a satisfied burp, feeling that his internal energy had concentrated in his abdomen, and a wave of heat was spreading throughout his body.
"Is it time to evolve?" James's eyes brightened as he recalled the scenes of evolution from his previous life.
Indeed, the internal heat flowed continuously, and after about ten minutes, there was a sudden powerful shock, as if countless barriers were broken, forming a cycle within his body.
Second-tier evolver!
After consuming well water for more than ten days and gorging on wild boar meat today, James finally evolved again, reaching the second tier.
"Quickly enter the mysterious space and check it out," James was extremely excited.
As soon as he entered the mysterious space, James felt that this space seemed to have gained some vitality. He thought to himself, "Could it really store living creatures?"
"Let's try with an animal." James left the mysterious space and drove eagerly into the dense fog.
"Find a mutated duck." James headed straight to the west side of the city to the breeding farm. After parking, he went into the fog with a steel pipe.
After more than five minutes, he didn't find a mutated duck, but James suddenly heard the sound of "cluck cluck cluck."
"It's a chicken!" James's eyes lit up, and he hurried towards the direction of the clucking sound.
Moments later, feathers flew, and James had a half-human-sized hen pinned to the ground with a kick. The hen was covered in wounds and was on the brink of death.
"Let's give it a try." James thought to himself, and with a mental command, the hen disappeared. James's consciousness appeared in the mysterious space.
As soon as he appeared, James saw the hen lying listlessly on the ground. Seeing James, it flapped its wings and tried to retreat as if it had seen a terrifying mutated beast.
"The mysterious space can indeed store living creatures!" James was ecstatic and thought, "In that case, I can engage in animal farming. I won't have to eat frozen meat anymore. Moreover, in a critical situation, I can even put my parents into the mysterious space."
Thinking about animal farming, James's gaze shifted to the mutated hen, and he smiled.
The mutated hen, seeing James's smile, looked as if it had seen the most terrifying thing in the world. It was so frightened it nearly wet itself, constantly retreating.
If the mutated hen could speak, it would probably be shouting, "Don't come any closer, or I'll call for help!"
"You're lucky. Seeing you're so badly injured, I'll save your life first." James took a small portion of well water and poured it into the hen.
As soon as the well water entered its stomach, the hen stopped resisting and became calm, looking at James with an exceptionally docile expression.
James felt a chill from the hen's gaze and suddenly had an idea. He thought, "If the well water can cure the X virus, does that mean this mutated hen's virus is gone?"
James released the hen, and it immediately lay quietly on the ground, extremely tame.
"I didn't expect the well water to also have the function of taming mutated beasts." James was delighted.
If the well water could tame mutated beasts, that would be fantastic. James was even considering whether to build a breeding farm specifically for mutated beasts.
With that thought, James was in a great mood and said to the mutated hen, "From now on, your name will be 'Aji.'"
Since "Aji" sounds somewhat like "lucky," James chose this name for the mutated hen hoping for good fortune.
When the mutated hen heard "Aji," it actually clucked happily, seeming to understand.
"Let's head back first." James prepared to leave the mysterious space and suddenly saw Aji's eyes shining with excitement as it looked at the grain growing in the field. James's expression darkened, thinking, "I need to get a cage, otherwise, Aji will definitely ruin the grain."
James immediately tied Aji up with an iron chain and fastened it to an apple tree, saying, "Stay put. If you touch the grain, I'll make you into soup!"
Aji seemed to understand James's words and protested with more clucking, showing a defiant attitude.
James didn't say anything further and kicked Aji in the rear, causing feathers to fly. Then, he left the mysterious space with Aji's resentful gaze and went to his pickup truck, preparing to head home.
Before he could reach home, James's phone buzzed incessantly with calls from his mother. He quickly answered and heard his mother's anxious voice, "James, your uncle has been infected with the X virus and has been brought to our doorstep. Hurry back!"
"What?" James was shocked and then narrowed his eyes.
Even if his uncle was infected with the virus, he would be taken to the hospital, not directly to James's doorstep.
"Is it Liam?" James turned the steering wheel and sped towards the Green Garden District.
As soon as he arrived home, James saw several luxury cars parked at the villa's entrance. They were Liam's cars.
However, this time Liam did not appear. Instead, a middle-aged man who seemed to be a butler walked up to James, bowing respectfully and saying, "Mr. James, hello. I am Mr. Liam's secretary. We encountered Mr. Li Guoping on the road. Unfortunately, he was infected with the X virus. But rest assured, he has received our best treatment."
James coldly looked at the middle-aged secretary and said, "Where is my uncle? I want to see him."
The middle-aged secretary shook his head and said, "Mr. James, please rest assured. Your uncle is currently in our ambulance. We have administered a sedative to him. He has not shown signs of madness. I believe that with the medicine for the X virus, Mr. Li Guoping will recover immediately."
James could easily detect the threat in the secretary's words. He glanced around and noticed an ambulance not far away, surrounded by seven or eight armed guards.