Meanwhile, across the ocean, somewhere in America.
Inside one of Beretta's secret laboratories.
The facility was clearly much smaller than his previous laboratory, but there was nothing to be done about that.
He had removed the Lotus's seal within the Human Dao River, obtaining his freedom. But in doing so, he had also completely broken ties with the Pioneer Group. Naturally, he could no longer remain in his old laboratory and had been forced to defect.
Fortunately, he had made preparations long ago, which was how he had secured his current base of operations.
Though the lab was smaller, it was fully equipped.
At that moment, Beretta stood in the cultivation room. In a pod at its center, the naked body of a man was submerged in a pale yellow nutrient fluid, his eyes shut tight.
The body was tall and powerfully built. Even from a distance, it exuded a predatory pressure, like a great tiger. Yet, it seemed to lack a certain spark of life, as if it were just an empty shell.
