Chapter 156: The SS-Grade Anaconda KingāSenran
The Imperial National Academy of Sciences.
“I beg you, I beg you to save my son! Please save my son, alright?”
“I beg of you all! I’m down on my knees for you!”
“Madame Wuna, please get up quickly! We truly cannot accept this!”
“I beg you!”
“Begging us is useless. The medical potions have been completely exhausted; we are entirely powerless to help…”
“What happened?”
Su Miantang had just concluded an experiment. Taking off her protective suit and stepping out of the laboratory, her eyes landed on this exact scene.
A young female was kneeling on the ground, completely drenched in tears as she pleaded bitterly, cradling a child in her arms who looked barely five years old.
His entire body was swollen and flushed, his hands covered in blistering welts, and his lips and eyes had turned completely purple. His consciousness was entirely faded; he was clearly suffering from a severe toxic poisoning.
“Researcher Su, you’re here?”
“Researcher Su, quickly leave this chaotic area…”
Professor Mo Jin emerged from the crowd, just about to escort her away when the female mother spotted Su Miantang. As if laying eyes on her ultimate savior, she scrambled and crawled over frantically, gripping her leg tightly.
“You are the one who developed the new type of suppressantāthe only female in the National Academy of Sciences, right? You are so incredibly brilliant, you must have a way to save my son! I beg you, please save my son!”
“Please rise quickly.”
She bent down to help her up, but the woman remained completely rooted to the spot.
“No! If the Academy doesn’t save my child today, I will absolutely not get up!”
“What exactly is going on here?”
“A month ago, the government confiscated a batch of invasive venomous snake species at the stellar borders. Due to an administrator’s negligence, they escaped into the nearby water systems. This morning, a group of children playing nearby were bitten. According to current statistics, the total number of victims is around eighty.”
“Because those venomous snakes are an alien species, the hospitals do not possess the corresponding anti-venom serum for treatment. They could only turn to the Academy of Sciences for emergency medical potions. However, even after emptying our warehouses, the available life-saving potions only amounted to sixty. According to national law, resources are prioritized for females. The remaining twenty-plus male cubs can only… wait for death.”
“No, no, no!”
Hearing the word “death,” the female mother nearly blacked out and fainted on the spot.
“I beg you all, please find a way to save him! Look at him, he’s barely four years old and so adorable. How could he just die?”
She desperately pushed the child toward Su Miantang, refusing to let go no matter how hard the surrounding crowd tried to pull her away. Her mental state was already bordering on hysteria.
“Can we not ask external stars for help?”
“The smugglers have completely fled, and the origin of the venomous snakes remains unknown. Furthermore, the greatest characteristic of invasive species is their ability to rapidly mutate according to the environment. Even with state intervention to track them down, by the time a serum is located, transported here, and modified by the medical school, these children would have long since succumbed to the poison and died.”
“At most, they can only hold on for three days.”
Three days…
Wasn’t that just waiting to die?
Su Miantang furrowed her brows and picked up the child.
“Researcher Su, what are you trying to do?”
“Can I try using my pheromones?”
Pheromones?
That was indeed the most precious and rare panacea in the entire universe.
But…
“May we ask what your grade is?”
The female mother frantically interjected, “My child is an A-grade male!”
“Then your pheromone grade must be superior to his. Furthermore, this child appears deeply poisoned, and his breathing is exceptionally faint. If you fail to regulate the concentration of your pheromones perfectly, it is highly likely to cause the toxins to instantly invade his heart channels, resulting in instantaneous death.”
Upon hearing the latter half of the sentence, Su Miantang immediately withdrew her hands.
Although she possessed SSSS-grade pheromones, she still hadn’t fully mastered their precise regulation. She couldn’t afford to take such a reckless risk.
“Is there truly no other way?”
“Truly…”
The crowd shook their heads in utter despair one after another.
Within the Academy, nothing could be heard except the female mother’s agonizing wails.
After a long while, Professor Mo Jin suddenly snapped his head up as if something had crossed his mind, but a split second later, he let out a soft sigh and shook his head again.
“What’s wrong? Professor Mo Jin, did you think of a good solution?”
“Perhaps there is one person who could save him. But… never mind.”
“Never mind?”
“We can’t just leave it at that! Even if there’s only a ten-thousandth of a hope, even if I have to trade my own life for his, I am completely willing!”
Hearing this, the female mother gripped him fiercely as if a fresh spark of hope had been rekindled.
Su Miantang also looked toward him. “Professor Mo Jin, please speak.”
The one awaiting treatment right now wasn’t just this single child, but over twenty of them. As long as a sliver of hope existed, she would do everything in her power to pursue it.
“That person is the Lord of All Serpents in the interstellar realm, his animal form being a Senran. He has recently differentiated into an SS-grade combat male. The anti-venom serum synthesized from his blood can cure every single snake venom in existence. Regrettably… he belongs to the X star system.”
“Is he currently in the X star system?”
“No, he is currently inside Manchester-Neton Prison, the most heavily fortified penitentiary on the Central Planet, where the universe’s most dangerous maximum-security criminals are incarcerated.”
“Then could we perhaps request…”
“Absolutely not.”
Professor Mo Jin shook his head.
“He harbors an absolute hatred for citizens of the Central Planet. If he catches wind of this incident, it would be a miracle if he doesn’t gloat over our misfortune, let alone extend a helping hand. Don’t even dream about it.”
“A few years ago, someone from the adjacent medical school harbored the exact same idea, wanting to use his blood to manufacture a universal anti-venom serum. But after entering that prison… they emerged covered in horrific wounds and completely out of their mind. To this day, they haven’t recovered, constantly muttering his exact words over and over: ‘Next time, send a female inside, and maybe I’ll show her a gentler side.’ Ever since that day, no male has dared to lay eyes on him, and naturally, no female would ever dare to go either.”
“A female?”
Su Miantang murmured softly under her breath.
“Mnm.”
Professor Mo Jin nodded his head.
“Let it go, we have already done our absolute best. Researcher Su, you…”
He lifted his head and caught the contemplative expression on her face by pure chance. Freezing for a split second, he suddenly realized her intent, his eyes widening in alarm as he issued a stern warning.
“Researcher Su, you absolutely must not entertain that thought!”
“He is the number one most dangerous convict inside Manchester-Neton Prison, with an exceptionally savage and brutal temperament. He has taken countless lives of Central Planet citizens. His previous remark regarding a female was merely a deliberate attempt to mock the medical school, not a sincere statement at all. If you were to go…”
With her being so drop-dead gorgeous, he didn’t even dare to imagine what horrific things might transpire.
“In short, you absolutely cannot go! Otherwise… otherwise I will report this straight to the Dean!”
Su Miantang: “…” Ever since that livestream incident inside the aircraft, they’ve all started threatening me using the Dean.
“Rest assured, I am absolutely not going. Don’t tell him.”
She let out a soft smile and comforted the female mother for a brief moment before turning back into the laboratory to pack up her things.
“Group Leader, we still have another set of experiments scheduled for this afternoon. Why are you packing away the equipment?”
“The experiments are temporarily postponed. Alan, you’re coming with me to a certain place this afternoon.”
Translator’s Note: For context, “Senran” (ę£®čŗ) translates to an anaconda, specifically the green anacondaāthe absolute titan of the snake world. So our next target is a literal giant snake king locked up in a maximum-security prison. Miantang is terrified of snakes but she’s still going to walk right into the viper’s nest for those kids. Talk about a badass female lead! Buckle up, guys!
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