Mike shrugged to indicate that he did not know either.
Truthfully, if it were not for Lily, he would not have been directly involved in the experiment. Although he came here many times, he mostly played the supervisor role and hardly knew about the detailed procedures and what these things were.
The “boss” probably did not put too many restrictions on Mike because he was a layperson. The boss knew Mike would not create trouble since he took Nick hostage. The boss also needed a Hylander, like Mike, to help with the project.
At the same time, the organization needed Mike’s money as an investment and cooperation, so they registered his iris and fingerprints into the system so that he could access the facilities. However, if one were to ask Mike about the plants or their purpose, he would not know how to answer.
Since Lily did not get her desired answer, she strolled over and carefully observed the abnormally huge poisonous plant behind the glass enclosure. She reached out despite herself when—
“Be careful!” Mike pulled her hand back and said in shock, “That’s highly poisonous. You can’t touch it!”
Although he did not know what poisonous plant it was, he knew it was toxic as the organization had extracted the substance they were experimenting with.
Even though Mike pulled Lily back a few steps, she remained calm. She gazed at the plant and said casually, “Of course, I knew it’s highly poisonous.”
‘It’s the wilfordi root, but not entirely so. More accurately, it’s a mutated version of the plant. I wonder where they got this or what they’ve done to the plant to make it grow so big and grotesque. Whatever it is, I imagine the mutation has enhanced its toxicity levels.’
Suddenly, she realized why the viruses they created were so hard to tackle and why there were so many mysterious and unknown viruses.
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