Chapter 993 The Chen Family
The internal energy that spread out did not cause any harm to Chen Yang and Wei Zhenru, but it shattered all the glass vats in the warehouse.
The martial artists within the glass vats awoke simultaneously.
Immediately, they heard a very familiar voice: "Kill those two, and you will receive ten doses of the serum!"
For those who wanted to survive, the serum was a lifesaver!
Ten doses of serum would not only enhance their strength but also allow them to live much longer.
Before Chen Yang and Wei Zhenru could react, a group of people charged forward as if their lives depended on it.
Chen Yang let out a cold laugh, and then his spiritual power surged into the sky.
It illuminated the surrounding sea like a lighthouse!
Upon seeing this, Chen Shu immediately ordered the ships to set sail.
To Chen Yang, these Grandmasters and peak Grandmasters who had been injected with serum were not particularly strong, but their sheer numbers and their suicidal charge were formidable.
In the initial stages, they even managed to suppress Chen Yang and Wei Zhenru.
The other martial artists of the Zhou family who remained at the location also rushed over immediately.
Just as they thought they could surround and kill Chen Yang, Chen Shu and his men charged in.
The Heavenly Doctor Hall's actions were swift, a testament to their usual training and the type of missions they undertook most frequently.
Like a killing machine, they swept through the Zhou family's research base.
Under Chen Yang's instructions, the researchers at the Zhou family's research base escaped unharmed.
After clearing out the Zhou family's martial artists, Chen Yang gathered the person in charge among the researchers.
After asking a few questions, Chen Yang's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the person and asked, "You were the one who initiated the research on the anti-cancer drug back then?"
The head of the Zhou family's research base had long white hair, and the heavy glasses had left deep marks on his nose.
Chen Yang had only found the person familiar at first, but after their exchange,
The person's identity and background gradually overlapped with the information that Vermilion Bird had previously investigated.
When the Chen family was researching gene serums back then, they had also hired many external personnel.
Many of these researchers had also disappeared.
Chen Yang had assumed that they were all dead, but he never expected to encounter them at the Zhou family's research base today.
"You... you kid are Chen Yang!" Song Jieshi said, looking at the young man in front of him with shock.
Upon closer inspection, this young man indeed had many similarities to Boss Chen.
"It's me, I am Chen Yang. If I remember correctly, you are Dr. Song!"
After they recognized each other, tears flowed from Song Jieshi's eyes.
Song Jieshi said, his voice choked with emotion, "After I was brought here by the Zhou family, I was never allowed to leave. They kept threatening me with my granddaughter!"
"What sins have I committed all these years!"
Song Jieshi was well aware of his research. Although it was initially focused on treatment, the Zhou family gradually began to interfere with the research direction.
Song Jieshi had no choice but to comply.
Watching the people in front of him inject the serum and die, Song Jieshi sometimes wished he could just inject himself with the serum and die.
But the people from the Zhou family seemed to know what he was thinking. They threatened him, saying that even if he died, his granddaughter would not be safe as long as the serum was not successfully developed.
Facing the Zhou family's threats, Song Jieshi was genuinely terrified.
These people were lunatics!
To develop the gene serum, they had done many crazy things, and adding one more person to their list was not a surprise.
"The Zhou family has been dealt with by me. Those people just now were the last of the Zhou family's martial artists!"
"We can go home now!"
Chen Yang did not immediately press for details about the past. On one hand, the Dr. Zhou before him was solely responsible for research and was purely a researcher.
On the other hand, Chen Yang would not easily trust someone he had never met before.
Chen Yang's understanding of Song Jieshi came entirely from Vermilion Bird's report.
Chen Yang planned to take him back and then investigate slowly.
"Do you want to take the research materials from here back with us?"
"Although we have been researching gene serums all these years, the foundation was laid by your father's leading anti-cancer drugs. Perhaps I can continue research in this area after I return!"
Although Song Jieshi harbored immense hatred, this was, after all, the culmination of his years of research.
If he could take it back and continue the research, his years would not have been in vain.
"Yes, you can. If you have detailed information about the remaining researchers, please give me a copy."
"After all, it concerns the Zhou family's gene serum!"
Chen Yang planned to screen the researchers, send back the innocent ones, and deal with the rest accordingly.
During the voyage, Chen Yang also learned some inside stories from Song Jieshi.
The anti-cancer drug did indeed start from the gene aspect.
And the Zhou family's most profitable business back then was this anti-cancer drug.
The Zhou family had only tried to disrupt the patents, but after the Chen family developed a drug that was not only potent but also enhanced the human body, they arranged for many commercial spies in the Chen family.
But all of this was merely a matter of business.
"Until one day, your father urgently found me, asking me to take a backup copy of the data and hide. I sensed something was wrong."
"But at that time, I had just broken through a technical difficulty, and by the time I left the laboratory, several days had passed."
"By then, even if I wanted to leave, I couldn't!"
"I've been on this island for over a decade. I really don't know how I survived!"
Song Jieshi said, looking at Chen Yang with some confusion: "Tell me, how did the Chen family survive that disaster back then? What have you been doing all these years? How were you able to gather so many martial artists?"
Although Song Jieshi was only a researcher and not a martial artist, nor had he practiced any cultivation techniques.
However, Song Jieshi's research on martial artists was extensive.
From spiritual power and internal energy to changes in bodily functions, Song Jieshi had dedicated over a decade to this.
He had even had several exchanges with the alchemists hired by the Zhou family.
Song Jieshi knew how difficult it was to reach the peak of Grandmaster, and it was very difficult for Chen Yang at his age!
Chen Yang briefly recounted his experiences over the years, but most of the important matters were glossed over.
Even though Song Jieshi had been confined to the island, his mind was still sharp, and he could sense the wariness in Chen Yang's words.