# Chapter 114: Dr. Wu's S-Version Evolution Agent
[Stingy Suitcase: As a unique suitcase, it can only hold items it likes, such as small and cute things or objects full of wisdom. However, it can be stored as a whole in the item slot, and no one can detect the contents inside before opening the suitcase.]
"So it's a password suitcase," Xu Huo mused. The evolution agents given to players by the game were the defective inferior versions written in the notebook. The true completed version of the agent had not been widely distributed. Regardless of the reason, like Master Nise, he didn't want anyone to know this secret, including the game itself.
This password suitcase would come in handy.
Carrying the suitcase, he crawled back out of the tunnel the same way he came. As soon as he touched the sunlight, a completely different world seemed to unfold before him.
This evolution wasn't just about increased physical ability. Besides gaining night vision in his eyes, subtle changes in hearing, perception, and other senses were also very noticeable. If before his awareness of everything external was rough and coarse, now it was like going from a rough leaf to combing its veins and texture—every small existence had been magnified.
For example, just now in the tunnel, when the alien creature was violently slamming against the iron window, he could tell through the faint sounds that the window screws were gradually coming loose, and stone fragments were falling. The echoes from the collision sounds allowed him to more accurately estimate the size of the tunnel where the alien creature was, and even discern which direction the sound turned, thereby determining the tunnel's path and branches.
And now standing outside, the speed at which the grass and trees rustled, the faint mechanical ticking of a clock that was completely inaudible before, the thinness and density of floating dust in the air, the 3D spatial structure simulated through building heights and airflow... Perception made the world more detailed, and the combination of these details solidified the world into a more complete whole, as if completing a process from micro to macro, and back from macro to micro.
Xu Huo had experienced this feeling yesterday when the poison first took effect.
He found a nearby room, took out the notebook, and carefully flipped through it.
The notebook was undoubtedly Master Nise's. Besides some data, it also contained some of his diary entries.
The first half mostly discussed the different characteristics after alien creature transformation. Besides photophobia and eye degeneration, there were many other manifestations. For instance, some alien creatures were actually very sensitive to light; in the absence of light sources, they would enter a sleep state. Some would become extremely strong in jumping and strength, while others would have their limbs degenerate and eventually starve to death.
In short, the characteristics of alien creatures were diverse and unstable. In some aspects, their evolution far surpassed that of Evolvers, reaching the level of perfect evolution. But at the same time, other abilities would degenerate. And they all shared one common trait: intellectual degeneration and a return to bestial nature.
The data Master Nise found showed that this was because the inhibitors in the evolution agents were insufficient. The energy required for evolution would amplify bestial instincts, and neither the first-generation evolution agent nor the enhanced T-version and A-version agents could control this instinct. Evolution itself acted as a catalyst for instinct. The uncontrollable consequence was that bestial nature overwhelmed human nature, turning humans from highly intelligent beings into beasts. Compared to this, other issues like limb or functional degeneration were insignificant.
However, if the agent was taken regularly and on time, most people would not develop alien creature transformation or illness before old age. But some Evolvers would still experience individual mutation. Master Nise's granddaughter was such a case. At this point, aside from waiting for the final result, the only thing that could be done was to use antidotes to slow down the process.
Xu Huo looked at the remaining few syringes in the suitcase. Besides the two blue S-version syringes he had used, there were also two green P0T-version syringes—the same as the one he got from the clock puzzle—and two light green P1A-version syringes, plus three antidotes.
Putting down the syringes, he continued reading.
What came next was what he cared about most.
But after finishing, his mood sank slightly.
Because the S-version agent that Master Nise had found wasn't an evolution agent developed and released to the world; it was an urban legend.
It was first discovered from an Evolver who had stopped using evolution agents but showed no symptoms. Later, this Evolver was taken away by the Stellar Pharmaceuticals Research Group, and his whereabouts became unknown. However, information leaked from within the group, saying that this Evolver had discovered the completed version of the evolution agent, the S-version evolution agent.
This evolution agent was not developed by any official or unofficial organization of the game. It came from a medical scientist named Dr. Wu. His identity information and whether he was alive or dead remained a mystery. But in places where perfect evolution agents were occasionally found, fragments of his words would appear, recorded by different people, most of whom were already dead.
"...The S-version evolution agent occasionally appears in game instances. Perhaps Dr. Wu is also a medical scientist opposed to the Stellar Group. He released the completed version of the agent into the game, not only to leave a path of hope for Evolvers but also to strike at the Stellar Group—the perfect evolution agent will break the Stellar Group's monopoly."
Master Nise held Dr. Wu in high regard, but there was no more information, not even clues for finding the P1S agent.
Xu Huo tapped the table, his mindset already recovering.
Master Nise speculated that each stage of the S-version agent only required one dose, but it was best to space them three months apart to adapt to the evolution process. This process should be extended or shortened depending on individual differences.
He had already begun the perfect evolution process. Even if he didn't enter the next stage for a long time, there would be no side effects. The biggest worry was resolved. As long as the S-version agent could be found in the game, there would be no problem.
Before putting the suitcase into his item slot, he checked his personal information again. Starting from the first instance, he hadn't taken any more evolution agents, and his evolution rate had stayed at 10%. After using two S-version syringes yesterday, his evolution rate had soared to 20%.
Compared to the agents given by the game, this was like heaven and earth. When he got off the preliminary trial train, he drank two bottles of P0 evolution agent, and his evolution rate only increased by 1%. Even if he continued taking P1 evolution agents later, his evolution rate would never increase this fast.
"This is the difference between the completed version and the experimental version."
Feeling relieved, Xu Huo closed his personal panel, stretched, and slowly walked back to the main street, heading toward the town mayor's office building.
The east gate couldn't leave the town, so the west gate should be a safe path.
"Special time, special prop, only hidden where Master Nise might find it; unique shape, unique position, the only key to leave the town."
This was the riddle on the note that Lin Pei had said.
Special time—the gem watch given by the clock had special time. And the only time in the town that matched it was the big clock on the town mayor's office building, which was also Master Nise's workplace.
Moreover, the big clock was unique among all the clocks in the town. Unique in shape, unique in position. Every night at midnight, the second hand would reflect light onto the west gate, indicating the opening time and position.
Lin Pei was too clever for his own good. He thought the prop mentioned in the riddle referred to a game prop, so he went to Master Nise's residence to find the key.
But there really was a prop; it just had nothing to do with opening the door.
Standing below the office building, Xu Huo looked up at the rotating second hand on the big clock, listening to its rhythmic ticking, and couldn't help but think of something else.