"How would we know you are not lying again?" Zerra narrowed her eyes. When Zerra expressed her intention to go after the rest of the ability users who had participated in the human experiment, her siblings expressed their desire to join. Kai and Arsen too. Arnold stayed behind, taking care of his wounded people. Derek looked like he wanted to follow her too, but he was still injured, so he could only reluctantly stay behind. On top of that, he was also helping with Amorric’s treatment. At night, when Amorric was unconscious and everyone was asleep, Zerra had snuck into his place and secretly tried to heal him. Even if Derek was better compared to her, he didn’t have a lot of energy left because of his injury. His current situation was also unconfirmed whether he could make it out. The monster that had injured him was a rather special one, so they needed to observe his condition further. After all, before this there had been no cases of others getting injured from such monsters before. "This time, I won’t lie. You can kill me if I do that." He winced. Zerra rolled her eyes. Cassias raised his eyebrows. "And giving you what you want?" "I promise..." he let out a groan and gasped, his face pale. "Just keep in mind that the longer you drag this, the more you will suffer." Nyra’s face hardened. She looked like she was itching to beat up the man’s companions, those who were immortal enough to torture innocent people. Zerra had her reasons too for insisting on searching for them. The conditions for these people, who had turned into monsters, were truly unusual. It was something used by unorthodox evil people in the celestial realm. They sometimes torture the souls of the living, refining them into weapons or chaining them to some kind of objects for fun. They did the latter just to enjoy people’s suffering. And this time their targets were ordinary humans. Once humans were dead, most of them would have their souls dissipate into the world. In a rare case, some would survive and gain a chance to reincarnate because their souls were strong enough. Humans’ souls were generally weak, and thus, once they died, the souls usually would scatter. The bits of soul from various creatures would form a new life. That was the cycle of life. As for ability users, they were heading to the former–beings with stronger souls. So, once Zerra could break out of this world, even if her family and friends’ lifespans ended, she could find them again. Of course, she would still prefer them to have a long lifespan. With the way things were working out now, the ability users might have a longer lifespan compared to ordinary people. She could see her dad’s body becoming younger somehow. It left one problem, which was her mom. She hadn’t awakened her ability yet. The rıghtful source is 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹•𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒•𝙣𝙚𝙩 This time the man, whose name they didn’t bother to ask, pointed them in the right direction. Once a while, they would find unfamiliar ability users who would run away as soon as they saw them. These ability users were definitely the people who had conducted the inhuman experiment. Nyra was ruthless enough to kill them all. She was always the first one to move. It reminded her of Daniel. For her to have such hatred, what did Daniel do to her in her previous life? "Hey," Zerra tilted her head. The man shot her a look, unimpressed. She cleared her throat after she got his attention. "Was it all of you who had been experimenting with the critters here?" "You could say so," he muttered unwillingly, but no matter how unwilling he was, he had to say it to the demon girl. Zerra nodded, putting her finger on her chin thoughtfully. "So, what is your purpose in doing that?" The man bit his lip and stayed silent. Cassias twisted his hand, making him hiss and yelp in pain. He snorted, and after the pain subsided a little, he opened his mouth. "The scientists want to find the perfect mutated animal." "He is looking for the ones that could have their DNA integrated into humans. You know that animals’ situations are more unique. They could control beings lower than them, even the mutated zombie animals." "He believes once he can integrate their DNA into humans, we can co-exist peacefully with the zombies, or better yet, we can solve the zombie virus and restore the sanity of those who had turned into zombies." Zerra closed her eyes, and she took a deep breath to calm herself down. Things were becoming weirder. If the so-called scientist behind all this was also someone from the celestial realm, would they not know that most zombies were basically soulless beings? Or maybe it wasn’t the scientists themselves who were behind all of this. The person from the celestial realm might have worked with him. The person could imprison souls, so it might still be their doing. She was just worried they might soon target ability users. After all, they had stronger souls. She suspected there was a time limit on how long the person could imprison the soul on the monster’s body. "You all also put those animal limbs on the experimental subject," Laziel rebuked unhappily, showing his disapproval. The man rolled his eyes. "So what?" Cassias twisted his other hand, making him wince in pain. He exhaled before he spoke again reluctantly. "The scientist believes they would be stronger once they have animal arms or legs, so most of the limbs are replaced with that of the animals." "Human limbs are too fragile," he added. "They are doing this for the sake of humanity, so why not make a minor sacrifice?" Zerra frowned. This man was deeply brainwashed. If that was the case, could the information he shared be credible? "Can you tell me about experiment subject 064?" She tried again. The man, in his little crazy mode again, couldn’t resist cracking another joke. He turned to Cassias with a teasing grin. "Look, dude. Your girl is so obsessed with another man." "Just tell whatever you know," Laziel’s voice raised in impatience. Zerra glanced in his direction. Her brother briefly met her eyes before looking away awkwardly. In the past, he couldn’t wait to have them break their engagement, but now he couldn’t accept it when people tried to sow discord between them. The man let out a dramatic sigh. "So impatient, huh?" When he got a few glares and saw Zerra taking out her bottle of salt water, he hurriedly relented, "Alright, alright. There’s no need to be so stiff. You all can’t take a joke." He grumbled a few more words and finally he told them about Daniel. "Experiment subject 064, huh?" "He was one of the few who still had their consciousness intact even after he was injected with the DNA of various animals. The scientist was quite satisfied with him. He didn’t die or explode, even absorbing the power." Zerra stole a glance at Nyra, whose jaw was clenched. Her lips curled up in distaste when she heard his words. The man continued, "So, the scientist tried to search for the kind of animal that has the best affinity with him." "What animal is it?" Nyra asked. The man glanced at her with an arrogant look on his face. He spat out, "A dog." Nyra’s expression changed, and she would have stabbed him if not for Laziel, who hurriedly stopped her. His gaze was filled with reproach for the man’s insult. Zerra’s pupils constricted. But it wasn’t surprising anymore when she recalled how every dog seemed to have tolerance for him. "How about the effect on his body so far?" She continued to ask. However, no matter how they tortured him, the man’s knowledge seemed to be limited for this question. They concluded he really didn’t know. The people they were after had been travelling ahead of them, perhaps around a day, so it was unknown whether they could catch up with them. "Did he become feral like other experimental subjects when your people moved him?" She knitted her eyebrows. "That thing is sometimes sober and sometimes feral," he muttered. His gaze turned strange. Zerra thought about it. She really hoped that Daniel was in her feral mode when these people were moving him away. If that was the case, it was harder for them to bring him. Unfortunately, her expectations didn’t come true. When they arrived at the edge of the forest, it was almost dark. There wasn’t any more sign of other ability users from the man’s side, but their party had grown from the base’s scattered ability users. She suspected they had moved him a few days before. The day she had just parted ways with Derek. She had underestimated his importance to the team. "Now, I am no longer useful to you." The man sighed. "How about you all release me?" Her eyes flickered. She took a deep breath. "What is the scientist’s name?" "Oh?" The man’s smile widened. "You all know him. His name is..."