Watching Ada Wong's graceful figure fade into the distance, Asa was still savoring the intimate moment they had just shared.
Partings have always been painful for the sentimental.
The first minute without Auntie Wong, and I already miss her.
Ada Wong's departure left Asa feeling quite sorrowful.
What he had said earlier was indeed the truth; Asa first kiss had been taken by Ada Wong.
However, one look at Ada told him she wasn't the type of bad girl to pull up her skirt and deny everything. Asa believed that they would meet again someday.
Watching Ada Wong's figure successfully leave the Mansion, Asa set his mind at ease.
Next, it was time to resolve the matter regarding Lisa.
Asa gaze sharpened as he called up the system interface.
[2077, Activate!]
...
In the cheap apartment of the H6 skyscraper, Asa opened his eyes.
It had been quite a while since he last visited the 2077 World.
He opened his email, which he hadn't checked in a long time; it was still filled with boring advertisements.
Offers for cyberware replacements, solicitation services—the only thing better here than Night City was that there were fewer phone scams.
Asa logged into another anonymous account, one he had left behind when he sold green vegetables on the black market last time.
"Wolf Hunter: The vegetables from last time were in high demand. The quality and appearance were excellent, and they were fresh enough! My client loved them and wants to buy more. We can negotiate the price. If you have stock, contact me, brother."
The carrots sold last time had been well-received, and Asa was quite pleased.
Judging by the black market merchant's initiative to contact him, he couldn't sell in Atlanta for the time being. Biotechnology companies were strictly monitoring the entire green food market.
Sigh, free trade.
Switching back to his daily-use account, Asa began looking for a local biological laboratory for rent.
He would return to Atlanta, because the biological science and technology there were more advanced, and as long as he paid enough, Asa could rent biological laboratories from biotechnology companies at will.
In the end, Asa rented a small laboratory from a pharmaceutical company for 3,000 Euros per day.
With only Asa left in the laboratory, he put on a full set of protective gear. His 2077 World self did not have the ability to be immune to fused viruses, and Asa did not want to capsize in the gutter.
Using the hacking system to check the laboratory's programs and ensuring there were no strange backdoors or recording programs left behind, Asa took out Lisa's blood and spinal fluid.
Separation and cultivation began!
Come to think of it, if blood remains active after being stored in the system space and then taken out, doesn't that mean the system space can store living things?
Apparently not.
Separation, purification, targeted cultivation.
The biological equipment in the 2077 World was top-notch. Just three days later, Asa obtained the materials he wanted.
He burned all the experimental materials and waste generated during the process. Anything that couldn't be burned was shoved back into his own space.
In short, he could not leave a single trace in the 2077 World.
If it weren't for the time constraints, Asa wouldn't have wanted to bring the viruses to the 2077 World just to purify them.
After disinfecting everything three times and ensuring no omissions were left in any process, Asa returned to the apartment and went back to the resident evil World.
Three small test tubes lay in the palm of Asa hand. According to the available data, they were called:
Progenitor Virus Variant β Strain, G-Virus Primitive Type, and NE-alpha Parasite Larva.
Got them!
The corners of Asa mouth curled wider and wider. After extracting the viruses, clinical trials or compatibility tests were completely unnecessary. With his talent as a safety net, Asa started the injection directly.
The Progenitor Virus Variant β Strain was a pale yellowish-green. Only after Lisa fused with this virus could she survive the subsequent T-Virus and parasite experiments injected by William.
Then, let's start with the Progenitor Virus.
Asa didn't hesitate; he picked up the Progenitor Virus and began injecting it immediately.
After injecting it into his veins, Asa only felt a heat on his body. A warm current flowed from the injection site throughout his whole body, and in the end, his entire body began to heat up.
On the equipment bar, new entries were forming.
A full half-hour later, Asa finally exited the state of being feverish. He felt like he had run ten kilometers during the hottest days of summer, his entire body drenched in sweat.
His base attribute, Physique, had increased once again, and the intensity of the increase was higher than last time.
[Physique: 16] [Spirit: 14]
Physique had increased by five points, and Spirit had increased by 3 points.
Asa clenched his fists, feeling the power within his body, and revealed a satisfied smile.
Right now, he really wanted to find a punching bag to test his strength.
Unfortunately, there wasn't one.
Furthermore, he also felt that after Physique and Spirit had opened up a two-point gap, when his brain reacted quickly, his body would always be a beat slower.
It was very strange; he didn't have that feeling of his body being completely under his control, as if his arms and fingers were extensions of his will.
Was it really necessary to develop in a balanced way?
In addition to the increase in attribute points, the virus on the equipment bar also brought Asa new abilities, even evolving the [Regeneration] from the T-Virus into [Super-Speed Regeneration].
[Super-Speed Regeneration: Combining the regenerative abilities of the T-Virus and the Progenitor Virus β, it rewrites the host's cell division and repair mechanisms. In the event of being hit in vital parts (brain, heart), it slowly repairs body tissues. After being injured in other parts, cells will regenerate at high speed, regrowing severed limbs, repairing wounds, and compressing recovery time to within seconds.]
[Genetic Adjustment: After perfectly fusing with the Progenitor Virus, cell activity is activated, lifespan is extended to two hundred years, and it possesses a certain immunity to common diseases, toxins, and pathogens, with greatly enhanced tolerance to extreme environments.]
He had become stronger, but it was far from enough.
Asa looked at the second reagent, the G-Virus Primitive Type. William had researched and developed the G-Virus from the G-Virus Primitive Type extracted from Lisa's body.
In terms of targeted mutation performance, the G-Virus Primitive Type could only be considered a lower-tier substitute for the G-Virus, just like the difference between uranium ore and Uranium-235.
Once it left the chaotic yet balanced and stable environment inside Lisa's body, if the G-Virus Primitive Type were injected into any biological individual, that individual would not only fail to mutate but would instead die rapidly.
This was also the difference between the G-Virus Primitive Type and the G-Virus; the cell proliferation ability of the G-Virus was several times that of the G-Virus Primitive Type, and its stability far exceeded that of the G-Virus Primitive Type.
But it didn't matter. He would fuse with the G-Virus later; first, he would test the waters with the toxins of the G-Virus Primitive Type.
Asa injected the G-Virus Primitive Type and was just preparing to enjoy the process of fusing with the virus when his expression suddenly changed.
The increase in attribute values and the fusion of the Progenitor Virus and the T-Virus had greatly improved Asa physical fitness, so the level of immunity within his body was quite formidable.
Within a short period of time after the G-Virus Primitive Type was injected into his body, the G-Virus Primitive Type cells failed in their struggle against the Progenitor Virus.
The only reason Asa could feel this was because the gene fragments that were forming were dissipating at a rapid speed.
This wouldn't do.
Asa recalled the method he used to accelerate the T-Virus fusion the first time; he took an immunosuppressant from his backpack space.
A drug used to suppress cyberware overload had only one use in Asa hands: to accelerate the infection.