Undead

Chapter 55

Chen Yajing was true to her word, and on the third day, they received news.

The patrol team had found an abandoned coast guard ship near the coast, which had been towed to the port and cleaned up, awaiting the transfer of supplies, freshwater, and equipment so they could set sail.

The whole tube of pale red serum was pushed to the bottom, and Ning Yu withdrew the needle. Chen Yajing took a deep breath.

The office was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Wan Biao and other trusted subordinates stood guard nearby. After an unknown period of time, suddenly, Chen Yajing's face changed. She seemed to be in great pain and grabbed the armrests of her wheelchair.

"Ah..."

"Yajing!"

"Miss Chen!"

"Ah..." Chen Yajing gasped violently, her body shaking continuously, and the veins on the back of her hand bulging.

The blanket on her legs slipped down, and to everyone's astonishment, the relaxed leg muscles, due to paralysis, began to gradually tense. After a few seconds, she managed to stand slightly, holding onto the wheelchair's armrests!

Wan Biao exclaimed with joy, "Is it working?!"

However, Ning Yu firmly said, "Wait!"

After moving a few centimeters away from the wheelchair, Chen Yajing's face turned blue and red, and her arms began to tremble. Then, much to everyone's anxiety, she suddenly lost her strength and sat back heavily in the wheelchair!

With a thud, her subordinates rushed forward to help, but Ning Yu stopped them with a raised hand.

The extreme pain contorted Chen Yajing's face. Her left cheek scar twisted, and cold sweat trickled down her pale cheeks, making her look somewhat ugly and terrifying. However, no one in the vicinity showed any judgmental expressions. On the contrary, everyone's expressions were grave, and Wan Biao closed his eyes heavily.

Several minutes later, the waves of pain, like the ebb and flow of the tide, gradually subsided. Chen Yajing, still trembling, breathed a sigh of relief and slumped back in her wheelchair.

"Another failure," Ning Yu said hoarsely, putting down the empty syringe.

Wan Biao's disappointment was almost impossible to hide. "Why is this happening, Dr. Ning? Didn't you say the vaccine research had made a breakthrough and was close to success?"

Ning Yu wanted to explain, but Chen Yajing stopped him, saying, "Don't blame him, Wan Biao. It's not Dr. Ning's fault."

With a bit of effort, she grabbed the wheelchair's armrest, sat up, and looked around the office, her gaze passing over the solemn faces. She smiled with a touch of sadness.

"We've known from the moment we accepted the virus injection that anything can happen. And for me to still be sitting here is already a very good result, isn't it? At least we still have hope of success."

"No, Yajing," Ning Yu interjected. He finished packing his medical kit, stood up, and said slowly, "Your immune system can no longer endure further alterations and experiments. Even if we fail one more time, it could be fatal. You could die from immune disruption or something even worse..."

"You could turn into a zombie completely," he finally said this sentence with great difficulty, amid the shocked gazes of those around.

"Wan Biao!" He exclaimed.

Chen Yajing lowered her eyelids slightly.

"I'm sure the research direction of the vaccine is right," Ning Yu continued. "But it's a virus more powerful and deadly than anything seen in the history of primate evolution. So much so that the fragile human immune system can't generate strong enough antibodies to counteract it. I once thought that the serum in Romuel's hands could perfect the vaccine, but Romuel is already..."