Revenge After Death

Chapter 785

Stephanie was brought to the lower deck, where Andy was waiting for her.

"Do you want to see what's beneath here?" he asked, looking at her.

She looked at Andy indifferently and took a deep breath. "Are you finally planning to keep your promise, Mr. Lincoln?"

"As long as you hand over the reincarnation data to me." He walked over to Stephanie.

Behind him, several mercenaries were warily watching her.

Stephanie looked up at Andy and said, "If you're truly sincere about collaborating, you shouldn't be asking me for the data. I need a way to protect myself too, right? If we work together, we'll need to keep each other in check."

She looked at him right in the eye. "After all, you're someone who could kill Sarah just like that."

Andy smiled and nodded. "I understand your concerns."

He then turned to the mercenaries and said, "You guys can head out now."

The mercenary leader hesitated. "Boss-"

"It's alright. I believe Ms. Carlson is genuinely interested in collaborating," Andy said.

The mercenary leader finally nodded and holstered his gun. He then led his men out.Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

The lower deck fell silent with only Stephanie and Andy left. She looked at him and said, "Open the hatch, then, Mr. Lincoln."

Only Andy knew the password to the hatch, and they only had one chance to get it. The entire cargo ship would explode if the wrong password was keyed in, and everyone would die for sure.

Andy looked at the password panel on the smoke hatch. He coughed and asked, "Can you guess the password, Stephie?"

Stephanie stood frozen in place. Her tightly clenched fists slowly loosened up as tears flooded her eyes.

She stared right at Andy, trembling slightly as she parted her lips, but nothing came out.

He seemed to have noticed the changes in Stephanie's emotions and diffidently had his back against her, not daring to turn back.

"Steven?" she softly called out.

He remained quiet with his head lowered, not daring to move.

"Let me recall the password-"Steven softly mumbled.

Stephanie went over and pulled him back, giving him a slap. He cupped his cheek in an aggrieved manner, looking at her.

She took a deep breath and stared into Steven's eyes.

They did not need to say much, nor did they need any safeword—a simple glance was enough to reveal whose soul was within this body.

"You're pretty good at acting. Why didn't you become an actor instead?" Stephanie grumbled as she reached out to pinch Steven's ear.

He pitifully said, "I'm sorry, Stephie. I was worried about being exposed. Besides, if Andy's password isn't keyed in correctly, the entire ship will sink.

"Not only are the clone subjects here, but all of Genome Society's secrets, including years of their criminal records, are here. We have to take them with us."

Steven grabbed Stephanie's shoulders and stared at her intensely. "Would you dare to try it with me, Stephie?"

He was asking if she dared to try with the password he guessed. However, everyone would die if it was wrong. Stephanie said, "What are you afraid of? We were planning to eliminate Genome Society completely. Regardless if we succeed or not, we'll win as long as this ship sinks."

They'd win even if they ended up dying.

She held Steven's hands tightly. "Don't be afraid."

His eyes were red as he hugged Stephanie tight. "I love you so much, Stephie."

"I'll only settle scores with you if we manage to survive this," she said threateningly.

Steven felt chills running through his back. He softly asked, "Did you know that I'd be reincarnated, Stephie?" Stephanie had actually been taking a gamble.

In reality, the Reincarnation Project was filled with uncertainty.

Up until then, all the data couldn't accurately pinpoint the soul which needed to be reincarnated. It could only be said that whoever's soul was captured through the gene chain was the one that succeeded. It entirely depended on luck.

As such, when Andy also died, both Steven and Andy had a 50% chance of being reincarnated through the same gene chain that captured souls.

"I won," Steven said hoarsely.