Published: February 11, 2025
“I promised to update three times a week for the last week, but it seems I can only manage two. I owe everyone seven chapters, and I will repay it~~ I will work hard to repay~”
Ye Zhongming's method required a lot of people to cooperate. After he articulated it, he immediately arranged for personnel to start the process. However, before things were set up on this side, he received news that Red Hair had fallen into a coma.
He hurried back to Cloud Summit and saw Red Hair being escorted back by Little Tiger and Young Master Yun.
Also accompanying them was the spirit woman.
Sitting by the bed and listening to Little Tiger and Zhan Pingkang detail the events, Ye Zhongming fell silent for a long time.
Red Hair, as a life form created by him, had always maintained a strong spiritual connection with Ye Zhongming. Even after Red Hair was reborn this time, that connection had not been severed; it had only become more controllable.
As long as the two wanted, they could almost communicate as if they were twin sisters.
But now, no matter how Ye Zhongming tried to contact the Red Hair so close at hand, he received no response. It felt as if... Red Hair was angry.
Currently, Red Hair indeed resembled a corpse. If it weren’t for her body temperature, anyone would think she was dead due to her lack of breathing.
Park Soo-young and the other medical professionals had used their skills, but nothing worked.
“What about that undead fish dragon?” Ye Zhongming suddenly asked.
Little Tiger immediately responded, “It seems a bit weak. Aside from appearing to be in pain and struggling during the initial period, it looks like it is improving.”
The undead fish dragon was recovering, while Red Hair remained in a coma... This strange situation left Ye Zhongming perplexed.
“I’ll take a look.” A voice came in, and then Liu Zhenghong appeared in the room.
Approaching and briefly observing Red Hair's condition, Liu Zhenghong said directly, “Transfer her to my laboratory; it's more convenient there.”
Now, she was Ye Zhongming's only hope. Following her orders, he personally carried Red Hair to the Life Gene Laboratory and stayed a while to explain the situation to Sister Hong before leaving.
Red Hair's current condition had no conclusion yet, so Ye Zhongming could only wait.
After leaving the laboratory, he saw Xia Lei waiting outside for him.
“The Rat King has come. He can’t find Red Hair to send a message, and he’s a bit anxious.”
Since agreeing to Ye Zhongming's conditions, the Rat King had been much more at ease. As for the hundreds of thousands of apprentice rats, although it pained him, he didn’t care too much. As long as he had some time, he could make up for the losses through reproduction.
At the same time, the first generation of improved genes that Cloud Summit had provided made the Rat King very satisfied. The traits exhibited by the newborn rats reassured him that cooperating with Cloud Summit was indeed the right choice. He was already considering whether to let some of his partner's offspring go to see the effects.
However, despite his satisfaction with the cooperation, it did not quell the Rat King's wariness of Ye Zhongming. He still feared this King of Cloud Summit would take action against him, and if possible, he truly wished to avoid facing this man.
But this time, he was here to deliver, so he had no choice but to come.
In a massive cave near Cloud Summit, Ye Zhongming encountered the Rat King. This guy still appeared to bring along all his subordinates, seeming to need that entourage to feel secure.
In fact, it was the only way he could feel safe.
Because of Red Hair and the situation involving the secret realm, Ye Zhongming's mood was naturally not good. He had no favorable attitude towards the Rat King, which caused this timid creature to abandon its hundreds of thousands of subordinates and run away by itself.
The remaining hundreds of thousands of mutant rats cowered, half-prone on the ground, their eyes flickering as they looked at the King of Cloud Summit, awaiting their fate.