Revenge After Death



"Tell me, Doctor, would you still be valuable to the lab after your eyesight is gone?" I asked with a smile, gradually increasing the pressure on my fingertips.

Alan started to feel afraid. The pain made him twitch.

"Open all the pods!" I looked at a staff member with an intimidating expression.

She was slightly afraid. With the doctor at my mercy, she couldn't do anything else but comply.

The rest of the experimental subjects slowly walked over. The one that was kneeling on the floor also got up.

"They only listen to you, you say?" I asked.

The doctor suddenly became afraid.

I shoved him outside toward the subjects. "It takes five minutes for the laboratory's mercenaries to get here through the corridor outside."

The male subject at the very front shot me a glance before reaching out to hold the doctor by the neck. With a small exertion of force, the doctor's neck snapped. He stopped breathing.

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Even after killing someone, his gaze remained fixated on me. It felt like... a predator looking for a mate in order to produce an offspring

Test subjects would naturally be genetically attracted to one another. They would want to pick the best within the gene pool and create offspring that were stronger than the current generation. That was how evolution traditionally worked.

I had a hard time imagining what it would be like if fully genetically modified people produced healthy children.

"I'm warning you, you'd better stay away from me." I backed up cautiously, but the three male subjects seemed to be drawn to me by my genetics.

Their gaze was hot. It felt like they wanted to eat me alive.

I slowly backed up and tried to stall for time.

Just as the three of them backed me up into a corner, the isolation door opened. Mercenaries in protective gear rushed into the room and put the subjects back to their isolated pods.

Nancy walked in after them wearing a suit.

She looked at Alan's dead body on the floor and narrowed her eyes. "I underestimated you, Stephany."

I eyed her cautiously and scoffed. "It's just a doctor... He's not nearly as valuable as I am, no?"

She shot me a glance and laughed. "The higher-ups only told us to keep you alive. They didn't say we couldn't punish you."

"If you want to punish me, I can choose to kill myself anytime. If I want to die... none of you can stop me." I threatened her with my life.

Nancy's eyes darkened. She gave in... as expected.

She scoffed before saying through gritted teeth, "The president of Crowdstar Group is investing billions

into the research of reincarnation and genetics. He also specifically named you to be part of it. Else, did you honestly think that you'd be alive?"

She continued, "Do you really think that making it through the lie detector test and the truth serum test means that you're Stephanie Carlson? With proper training, the mercenaries outside could do that too."

I was somewhat surprised. The mysterious president of Crowdstar Group actually took an interest in a subject like me. I would be able to figure out a way to get the answers I wanted from him, then.

"You so desperately hope that I'm not a reincarnation." I asked Nancy with a smile, "What are you afraid of? That even if souls can be reincarnated, the person you care about won't love you if they come back? It's so tragic to not be loved."

I tried to provoke her.

"Shut up!" Not to my surprise, she got worked up. "You're more tragic than I am, Stephany... Do you really think the attraction the subjects have toward you is love? That's just how natural selection works!

"It doesn't matter if it's Steven or the three subjects. They're only attracted to your genes. That's just how things naturally work! Do you think Steven loves you?

"Wait till someone with better genes appears next to him... Then, he'll abandon you without any hesitation and slowly fall in love with someone else."

Nancy looked at me and started laughing out loud again. "Did you think that the society can't see through that little act that you and Steven were putting on? You followed me here on purpose, but I'm afraid you won't be leaving...

"Steven, on the other hand... He's already attracted to the more genetically optimized 'Stephanie.' He didn't even show up to the test today. As the heir of the Lincoln Group, he has the right to attend even if he has sold all his shares to Crowdstar, so long as he forked out enough money...

"But he didn't come, Stephany. He doesn't want you anymore." She laughed maniacally. She was mocking me for being abandoned by Steven.

"Right... I forgot to tell you, Steven slept with the Stephanie I gave him yesterday night. They were attracted to each other's genetics, and he developed a desire for 'Stephanie.' The two of them will be together forever, and you... are destined to be forgotten."

She continued, "Michael Ford, on the other hand... He spent millions just to make sure you're not going through as much pain."