Chapter 47 - Desperate Consumption!

Jia Yan flew at the entrance of the door, first trying to minimize his flight noise.

Then he ascended to a height that humans could not easily attack and took a quick peek inside as he flew closer.

In the room, there were some simple experimental tools, microscope, petri dishes, and some animal corpses etc.

Utensils were scattered everywhere, and on the desk was a huge creature’s body, sliced into several pieces and laid there.

One flicker of Jia Yan’s compound eyes, and he found that on the room floor there were dozens of cages containing huge mutated creatures!

Inside them were either insects or arthropods crawling on the ground, a diverse and plentiful population.

Some were wildly rampaging, constantly battering their cages, while others were feeble and powerless, with even some that had starved to death!

If a biologist were to witness the sight of these animals, they would surely be incredibly surprised.

After all, among these mutated creatures, there was a centipede that had grown to over seven hundred and sixty millimeters, coiling there like a large serpent, its form terrifying!

A nearly meter-long centipede, isn’t that terrifying?

Jia Yan glanced these over with a hint of surprise but as a zoology enthusiast, he could naturally discern some of these species.

But he never thought that, after consuming the potion, so many would break biological constraints and mutate to such a fearful degree!

However, he himself had also mutated, and with the previous encounters with mutated creatures as a precursor, the sense of surprise from seeing so many mutated ones now only lasted for a moment…

Not long after observing the animals, he once again turned his gaze to the table in the room…

Then, he saw that in the petri dish that attracted him most, there was a steady flow of a purple-red liquid!

This purple-red color may appear slightly flamboyant to normal humans, but to Jia Yan it was an extremely alluring and bewitching color.

This bewitching purple-red color mixed with beauty and infused with a tantalizing aroma was making Jia Yan yearn for it irresistibly!

So there are potions here after all.

Jia Yan, his heart brimming with joy, stared at the purple liquid in the dish.

There really wasn’t anyone in the room.

And the door that was closed only served to guard against humans, even a cat, let alone Jia Yan, could easily squeeze through the crevice!

But he could not lower his guard, for all he knew this could be a trick set up by the owner of the room.

After all, he’d captured so many mutated creatures and kept them in cages, it wouldn’t be surprising if he’d used traps to catch them.

Jia Yan examined the crack in the door, ensuring that there weren’t things like electric nets before carefully flying inside!

In the process of the flight, Jia Yan suddenly realized that he’d overlooked a very important point!

That is, among all the cages of mutated creatures, there wasn’t a single diptera insect!

The cockroach just now was from Blattodea, and centipedes and others are arthropods.

No matter how you look at it, none of these mutated species included a diptera!

Jia Yan thought for a moment, suddenly enlightened.

The creatures that mosquitoes belong to, the Diptera, are basically flying creatures.

It seemed they were inherently fragile, even the supposedly invulnerable fly might not be able to resist the potency of the purple-red liquid.

As for himself, Jia Yan had undergone rigorous training as soon as he was born.

Alongside the tenacity of a human soul, he barely managed to endure the potency of the potion, making him an exceptional case.

Although he was thinking about all this, he didn’t neglect his caution.

After flying into the room from near the ceiling, he immediately surveyed his surroundings!

There weren’t any signs of human presence; of this Jia Yan could be certain from the door.

After all, he was a mosquito and he could perceive from outside if there was any human heat signature inside along with the carbon dioxide characters from breathing.

Although there were no humans, he feared there would be some type of insecticide.

Fortunately, it seemed none of these were present!

Jia Yan drew his gaze from the mutated animals and placed it back on the table, atop the utensil filled with purple-red liquid…

He felt his viscera churn and it was almost impossible to hold back his strong urge to consume, but did he need to hold back right now?!

He had not felt any danger at all.

There was absolutely no need for restraint!

Buzz buzz buzz!

Jia Yan virtually flew at his fastest speed toward the purple-red potion lying in the petri dish.

Squeak, squeak—

There was a piercing screech from a creature in a cage, as if Jia Yan were robbing them of their most appetizing food!

“Apologies, but this purple-red potion…It belongs to me now!”

Jia Yan plunged into the petri dish!

His feet treaded on the shallow purple-red liquid.

The potion was barely two millimeters deep.

The petri dish only had a diameter of about three centimeters, and not too much purple-red liquid was inside.

A pleasing aroma rushed to meet him.

Jia Yan’s antennae flickered, he thoroughly enjoyed this smell.

But just as he was enjoying the aroma…

A click sound was extremely clear in the deep quiet of the night.

Outside the iron door, the door that was associated with the Northeast Tiger’s Office, suddenly swung open!

“Alright, sorry for disturbing you for so long.

You can continue with your experiment, aim to get a certain analysis result by tomorrow.

Thank you for your hard work,” Northeast Tiger’s familiar voice also reached Jia Yan from outside the room.

“I’ll do my best boss.

Don’t tire yourself too much, go get some rest.”

The closing sound of the room door rang out once more, then Jia Yan heard a human’s footsteps gradually approaching!

It was that man with glasses!

This place could actually be his so-called lab!

Jia Yan was anxious, bothered not to enjoy the fragrant aroma of the purple-red potion anymore.

His slender proboscis thrust into the liquid.

He activated his strongest sucking power and crazily started consuming the purple-red potion!

Unfortunately, Jia Yan didn’t get a chance to fully taste the purple-red liquid medicine last time, and this time was no different.

Compared to when he first siphoned the potion, Jia Yan had grown significantly larger and could consume far more liquid!

He was frenziedly siphoning the potion from the petri dish, taking in as much as he possibly could!

From the previous encounter, he’s realized that every drop of this purple-red potion was a stepping stone to his future mutation.

He couldn’t afford to waste a single drop!

Click!

Jia Yan abruptly heard footsteps approaching his room, followed by the distinct sound of the iron door unlocking!

“No!

I’m not full yet!

I can’t stop now!”

“Please don’t discover me just yet!”

Jia Yan shouted inwardly, but his mouthparts were still frantically siphoning the potion.

Unfortunately, as soon as the bespectacled man entered the room, he immediately headed towards the table full of test samples.

“Huh?”

As he neared the table, he caught sight of a large black mosquito greedily siphoning the potion he had spilled in the petri dish and failed to clean up when the Northeast Wild Tiger called him away!

“Not a single Diptera has survived after siphoning the potion.

You, on the other hand, are so greedy, consuming so much!”

Behind the thick lenses of his glasses, the man’s eyes focused on the black mosquito in the petri dish as he reached for a pad on the table.

He planned to slam the petri dish shut and then dictate the fate of the big mosquito inside.

Meanwhile, Jia Yan’s heart was racing and he was on high alert!

Despite the bespectacled man inching ever closer, Jia Yan remained still!

He was still not satiated!

He wouldn’t be satisfied until he was saturated!

It was all or nothing!

When the man finally got his hands on the pad…

Jia Yan suddenly felt completely full!

“I’m absolutely stuffed!” He rejoiced internally.

The bespectacled man had already picked up the pad.

At that instant, Jia Yan gave his wings a mighty flap!

He exerted all his strength!

Even if it injured his wings, he had to take off as quickly as possible!

The potion had at least doubled his body weight.

A slower takeoff could result in him being squashed by the pad!

“Fly, fly, fly!”

Jia Yan yelled inwardly.

Buzz—

Buzz, buzz, buzz!!!

Under Jia Yan’s full exertion, his wings, which normally flap over 500 times per second, hit an astonishing speed of over 600 flaps per second!

Jia Yan shot up from the dish as if he had suddenly been fitted with engines!

Meanwhile, the man, taken aback, slapped the pad down!

Unable to capture a potentially mutated specimen alive, he would naturally choose to kill it.

“Wait!

It’s a Chinese Anopheles Mosquito!

Could such a large Chinese Anopheles Mosquito have already mutated?

I must catch it!” The moment Jia Yan took off, the bespectacled man realized who he truly was!

There are countless species of mosquitoes worldwide, but none are as big as Jia Yan and blood-sucking.

However, the Chinese Anopheles Mosquito is a known blood-sucking mosquito species in Huaxia, and this man, a biology expert, could easily recognize it!

A Chinese Anopheles Mosquito should not be this big!

Seeing such a large Chinese Anopheles Mosquito in the ‘factory’, the man naturally assumed it had snuck in and consumed their ‘antimicrobial peptide’ potion.

Then it somehow survived and even underwent a mutation!

Not a single Diptera insect had ever successfully mutated before.

This drove him to try and capture this creature for research!

But if he couldn’t catch it, he would get nothing.

Though his guess wasn’t entirely accurate, Jia Yan had indeed mutated because of the potion from their factory!

The man violently swatted down with the pad in his hand.

He would deal with whether the creature was alive or dead later!

Seeing the pad swinging down, Jia Yan could sense its force.

It made his skin crawl!

Compared to human strength, the forces he had previously met – the Aquatic Chafer, bats, sparrows – were nothing!

His body weight had increased after consuming the potion.

If the pad hit him in mid-air, he’d be dead for sure!

“Wings!

Flap faster!” Jia Yan screamed in his mind!

Jia Yan was giving absolutely everything he had.

His wings felt like they were on the verge of falling apart!

But he had to fly!

Otherwise, it was certain death!

To be continued.

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