The kick was powerful. John didn’t hold back his strength at all. At that moment, Dr. Perez pressed a hand against his chest because he was in so much pain that he couldn’t speak.
Seeing that, the young researcher rushed toward Dr. Perez, stood in front of him to stop John, and begged for mercy, “Mr. Stovall, please stop it. I’ll talk. I’ll tell you everything. Vomiting blood, dizziness, and prolonged sleep are the side effects of another poison that we injected into Ms. Stovall’s body to deceive the public. But shortly after Ms. Stovall lost her consciousness, she was given the antidote under someone’s supervision. As for the side effects of human genetic modification, we know nothing about that, so I don’t know how to explain it.”
“What the f*ck… Speak human language! I just want to know will Letty be alright!” John yelled as he grabbed onto the researcher’s collar angrily.
“I don’t know, I don’t…” The tall and well-built man who was wearing glasses was frightened to tears. “We extracted the gene fragment that was cultivated. Theoretically, Ms. Stovall will go blind shortly after the experiment. But it had been so long since we injected the medicine, and nothing had happened to Ms. Stovall, so we really don’t know if the gene fragment will undergo mutation or trigger any other pathological changes. Ms. Stovall is the first person involved in the human genetic modification experiment. We haven’t gathered the statistics for the analysis of experimental data yet, so we can’t even estimate the probability of the occurrence of gene mutation and the symptoms.”
At that, the young researcher broke down completely. He dared not look John in the eyes.
In the meantime, we were at a loss, too, when we heard that.
It turned out that I had to sacrifice my vision for Ashton’s eyesight.
God really did bless us that I didn’t encounter genetic mutation, but the medicine that remained in my body was like a ticking time bomb, ready to be activated at any moment.
At that time, I felt as if I was treading on thin ice. I was too familiar with this feeling that I broke into laughter and said, “It seems like God envies me for being too blissful.” I was talking to Ashton, but his expression was grim upon hearing that.
I knew that he felt extremely guilty toward me, but it wasn’t his fault at all.
Just as I was about to console him, an idea struck me. I turned to the young researcher and inquired, “You said I am the first person who involves in the experiment. Does this mean that you are still conducting the experiment now?”
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