The Ultimate Evolution

"Eight thousand dollars is better than not getting any at all . "

Sheyan made such a speech to begin the conversation .

The woman sitting in front of him seemed to be of Russian descent . She was called Josina and was very thin .

The woman had thin lips, pale cheeks, and a black hat with a translucent veil which tactfully covered most of her face . If you looked past the dense wrinkles in the corner of her eyes and the pale, flabby skin, she was actually quite the beauty . Sheyan had to admit that if this woman were 10 years younger, she indeed had the qualification to rely on her body to get a job .

On the whole, she gave Sheyan the vibe of a widow - a widow who, despite her financial difficulties, was still struggling to keep up appearances .

But the woman"s response to his sentence was very strange . She did not immediately answer him, but had started to eat instead . She looked like she had not eaten in days .

It was not until she ate the food of two people that she sigh comfortably and say, "Surprised? You"ve guessed right, I am in a terrible financial state . I"ve skipped two meals . And the reason is -- "

Josina raised her arm and pulled up the sleeve to reveal the needle marks .

" -- drugs . And the reason I"m taking drugs is to resist the pain from terminal cancer . "

Sheyan raised his eyebrows . He did not know what to say to that . But Josina flashed a smile that showed that she was unconcerned .

"So you can rest a.s.sured . A dying person will have no qualms about revealing the whole truth to you . "

Sheyan smiled .

"So what"s your price?"

"The doctor said I have six months left . I hope I can eat enough in these six months, and have enough money to buy the medicine to alleviate the severe pain . That will definitely take way more than $9,000, but don"t worry, it"s not an outrageous figure . $100,000 - that"s my bottom line . If you refuse me, I"ll just end my life and be done with it . I no longer want to be tortured by this d.a.m.n world," said Josina .

Sheyan had booked a private room for this meeting (TL: in a cafe?) . He simply fished out $50,000 from a suitcase beside him and threw it in front of her .

"This is the advance payment . After I confirm that you"re telling me the truth, I"ll give you the rest . "

Josina looked at the money that had been thrown onto the table indifferently . Instead of eagerly reaching for it, she asked Sheyan for a cigarette, took a deep puff, and began her story .

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It was a rainy day, cold enough for the chills to creep into the bones . That old pervert, Didi still asked to f*ck me in that kind of weather . We had just finished our business when someone knocked on the door of the diagnosis room .

The person who knocked was a middle-aged man with a hooked nose . He looked very sinister . As soon as he entered, he made me leave, then shut the door . It was the typical behaviour of a salesman . I was way too familiar with it .

Normally, Didi would receive an envelope with some cash inside, and the envelope usually had to go through me before he handed it to his old lady back home . So even though I appeared to have gone out and have closed the door as I was told to do, I was in fact closely monitoring the process in the adjacent diagnosis room .

The middle-aged man sat across from Didi at the desk, then reached into his briefcase and took out a stack of money .

A HUGE stack of money!

At first, I thought that the guy would request for an important transaction, but what he said overturned my a.s.sumption .

"Dr . Didi, I wish to see the list of patients who need cardiac surgery in this hospital . The more serious the condition, the better . "

For the sake of the cash, Didi was very cooperative . He immediately provided the list . I"m sure you can guess the ident.i.ty of the patient chosen by the middle-aged man . That"s right, it"s Nicholas .

The only reason Nicholas was chosen was that his condition is truly severe . But, he had a really strong desire to live . Even though he knew that the surgery had only a 30% chance of prolonging his life, he still insisted on doing it .

Because of this, even Nicholas himself believed that it would not be surprising to die on the operating table . Thus, the man convinced Didi to experiment on Nicholas - something about testing a new pacemaker developed by his company - so that even if something happened to Nicholas, others would not suspect anything .

For this, the guy paid a lot of money to Didi .

I"m sure you know what happened after that . A miracle was born . Nicholas recovered and Didi"s reputation soared, but an occasional miracle could not cover up his bad medical skills, and he eventually retired early .

The middle-aged man with a hooked nose never appeared again .

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Josina"s story came to an abrupt end . She finally provided a large piece of the jigsaw puzzle which made the whole incident much clearer .

Sheyan stared at Josina coldly .

"You left out something important . "

Josina was very calm .

"I only got half the money . "

Sheyan broke into a smile and threw the rest of the sum on the table .

Josina held out her fingers that were so thin they looked like bamboos and deftly counted the money . Finally, she told Sheyan, "The hook-nosed guy introduced himself as Dolittle . He had a pale face, probably due to a coronary heart disease . His right foot was disabled so he walked with a limp, probably due to polio . "

The facial symptoms of coronary heart disease were very obvious, so it was not unusual for Josina to recognise them at a glance . As for the second point, anyone would be able to tell .

Sheyan stared into his palm and asked, "Anything else?"

A trace of fear flashed across Josina"s eyes, but she was someone who was about to die, so it did not matter to her anymore . She gritted her teeth and told Sheyan, "The man called Dolittle had a terrifying power . "

"Tell me about it," Sheyan was intrigued .

Josina asked for another cigarette . She took a few slow puffs and, after a while, finally said, "I a.s.sumed Dolittle was a very rich man, so I wanted to wait for him at the entrance of the hospital . "

At this point, Josina laughed bitterly at herself . Sheyan knew that this ambitious woman must have wanted to half-threaten and half-seduce her way to the rich Dolittle . It was nothing special . Everyone has their own way of life . Was it wrong for Josina to try to climb up?

"It was raining that day . I was stopped for a while when I was going downstairs, so I didn"t catch up to him when he left the hospital . I watched the guy get on a taxi . Another taxi happened to pa.s.s by soon afterwards . . . I"m a very stubborn person . What I wanted to say to Dolittle couldn"t be said in public anyway, so I got on the second taxi and followed him . "

"After travelling through half of Los Angeles, Dolittle finally got down from the taxi on a small street . He was 50 or 60 metres away from me, so I didn"t call out to him right away because he probably couldn"t hear me from that distance anyway . After he turned into an alley, I saw him being surrounded by a group of people . They were the FBI . . . . and those FBI agents died in only a few seconds! I saw some weird rays of light criss-crossing, weaving themselves into a scary-looking net . When the net sweep past, all the FBI agents were cut apart like they had been dissected by a bunch of knives!"

When he heard Josina"s words, Sheyan sprang to his feet despite himself . Cutting apart a group of FBI elites in a few seconds was absolutely beyond the capability of a Terminator . The only people who could do this were contestants .

A really powerful contestant!

How could Sheyan not feel surprised when he found out that this incident was related to a contestant? More importantly, if this mysterious, weird, but rewarding mission involved other contestants, it would be a HUGE problem!

But when Sheyan thought about it again, he realised that the incident Josina saw happened years ago . Obviously, the contestant by Dolittle"s side at that time would not be in this world anymore, so there was zero chance of a head-on conflict .

After thinking about it for a while, Sheyan took out another $50,000 and threw it in front of Josina, at the same time speaking to her slowly, "Where did Dolittle go? Answer this question, and the money is yours .

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Third Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles .

That was the location provided by Josina .

At this moment, Sheyan was on a car heading to that location . He lost himself in the scenery outside the window . Mogensha drove the car fast but steadily; the pa.s.sengers could not feel any shaking .

So far, the secret on Nicholas had pretty much been unraveled .

Since the mysterious Dolittle decided to experiment with Nicholas, and since Nicholas turned out to be a successful experiment, it was impossible for Dolittle not to contact Nicholas afterwards .

Dolittle had long been eyed by the FBI, which must have caused Nicholas trouble .

Nicholas was a timid guy, but the secret lay right inside his heart . If he did not say anything, the FBI were at most suspicious of him, but if he spilled the secret, he would die for sure . Under the strong desire to live, Nicholas naturally kept his mouth shut .

The metal nut engraved with the SOS distress signal was probably Nicholas" last resort to ask Dolittle for help, which showed that Nicholas knew a little of Dolittle"s power .

The death of Nicholas showed that Dolittle likely possessed an earth-shaking secret . The secret was so important that anyone who were remotely related to it would be killed as soon as they escaped from the government"s control . The government would rather kill 10 innocents than let 1 guilty person slip away!

Chapter 1002: The Last Piece of the Puzzle. Translator: Sean88888 Editor: Elka.s.sar1 Eight thousand dollars is better than not getting any at all . Sheyan made such a speech to begin the conversation . The woman sitting in front of him seemed to be of Russian descent . She was called Josina and was very thin . The woman had thin lips, pale cheeks, and a black hat with a translucent veil which tactfully covered most of her face . If you looked past the dense wrinkles in the corner of her eyes and the pale, flabby skin, she was actually quite the beauty . Sheyan had to admit that if this woman were 10 years younger, she indeed had the qualification to rely on her body to get a job . On the whole, she gave Sheyan the vibe of a widow - a widow who, despite her financial difficulties, was still struggling to keep up appearances . But the womans response to his sentence was very strange . She did not immediately answer him, but had started to eat instead . She looked like she had not eaten in days . It was not until she ate the food of two people that she sigh comfortably and say, Surprised? Youve guessed right, I am in a terrible financial state . Ive skipped two meals . And the reason is -- Josina raised her arm and pulled up the sleeve to reveal the needle marks . -- drugs . And the reason Im taking drugs is to resist the pain from terminal cancer . Sheyan raised his eyebrows . He did not know what to say to that . But Josina flashed a smile that showed that she was unconcerned . So you can rest a.s.sured . A dying person will have no qualms about revealing the whole truth to you . Sheyan smiled . So whats your price? The doctor said I have six months left . I hope I can eat enough in these six months, and have enough money to buy the medicine to alleviate the severe pain . That will definitely take way more than $9,000, but dont worry, its not an outrageous figure . $100,000 - thats my bottom line . If you refuse me, Ill just end my life and be done with it . I no longer want to be tortured by this d.a.m.n world, said Josina . Sheyan had booked a private room for this meeting (TL: in a cafe?) . He simply fished out $50,000 from a suitcase beside him and threw it in front of her . This is the advance payment . After I confirm that youre telling me the truth, Ill give you the rest . Josina looked at the money that had been thrown onto the table indifferently . Instead of eagerly reaching for it, she asked Sheyan for a cigarette, took a deep puff, and began her story . 　　************ It was a rainy day, cold enough for the chills to creep into the bones . That old pervert, Didi still asked to f*ck me in that kind of weather . We had just finished our business when someone knocked on the door of the diagnosis room . The person who knocked was a middle-aged man with a hooked nose . He looked very sinister . As soon as he entered, he made me leave, then shut the door . It was the typical behaviour of a salesman . I was way too familiar with it . Normally, Didi would receive an envelope with some cash inside, and the envelope usually had to go through me before he handed it to his old lady back home . So even though I appeared to have gone out and have closed the door as I was told to do, I was in fact closely monitoring the process in the adjacent diagnosis room . The middle-aged man sat across from Didi at the desk, then reached into his briefcase and took out a stack of money . A HUGE stack of money! At first, I thought that the guy would request for an important transaction, but what he said overturned my a.s.sumption . Dr . Didi, I wish to see the list of patients who need cardiac surgery in this hospital . The more serious the condition, the better . For the sake of the cash, Didi was very cooperative . He immediately provided the list . Im sure you can guess the ident.i.ty of the patient chosen by the middle-aged man . Thats right, its Nicholas . The only reason Nicholas was chosen was that his condition is truly severe . But, he had a really strong desire to live . Even though he knew that the surgery had only a 30% chance of prolonging his life, he still insisted on doing it . Because of this, even Nicholas himself believed that it would not be surprising to die on the operating table . Thus, the man convinced Didi to experiment on Nicholas - something about testing a new pacemaker developed by his company - so that even if something happened to Nicholas, others would not suspect anything . For this, the guy paid a lot of money to Didi . Im sure you know what happened after that . A miracle was born . Nicholas recovered and Didis reputation soared, but an occasional miracle could not cover up his bad medical skills, and he eventually retired early . The middle-aged man with a hooked nose never appeared again . 　　************ Josinas story came to an abrupt end . She finally provided a large piece of the jigsaw puzzle which made the whole incident much clearer . Sheyan stared at Josina coldly . You left out something important . Josina was very calm . I only got half the money . Sheyan broke into a smile and threw the rest of the sum on the table . Josina held out her fingers that were so thin they looked like bamboos and deftly counted the money . Finally, she told Sheyan, The hook-nosed guy introduced himself as Dolittle . He had a pale face, probably due to a coronary heart disease . His right foot was disabled so he walked with a limp, probably due to polio . The facial symptoms of coronary heart disease were very obvious, so it was not unusual for Josina to recognise them at a glance . As for the second point, anyone would be able to tell . Sheyan stared into his palm and asked, Anything else? A trace of fear flashed across Josinas eyes, but she was someone who was about to die, so it did not matter to her anymore . She gritted her teeth and told Sheyan, The man called Dolittle had a terrifying power . Tell me about it, Sheyan was intrigued . Josina asked for another cigarette . She took a few slow puffs and, after a while, finally said, I a.s.sumed Dolittle was a very rich man, so I wanted to wait for him at the entrance of the hospital . At this point, Josina laughed bitterly at herself . Sheyan knew that this ambitious woman must have wanted to half-threaten and half-seduce her way to the rich Dolittle . It was nothing special . Everyone has their own way of life . Was it wrong for Josina to try to climb up? It was raining that day . I was stopped for a while when I was going downstairs, so I didnt catch up to him when he left the hospital . I watched the guy get on a taxi . Another taxi happened to pa.s.s by soon afterwards . Im a very stubborn person . What I wanted to say to Dolittle couldnt be said in public anyway, so I got on the second taxi and followed him . After travelling through half of Los Angeles, Dolittle finally got down from the taxi on a small street . He was 50 or 60 metres away from me, so I didnt call out to him right away because he probably couldnt hear me from that distance anyway . After he turned into an alley, I saw him being surrounded by a group of people . They were the FBI and those FBI agents died in only a few seconds! I saw some weird rays of light criss-crossing, weaving themselves into a scary-looking net . When the net sweep past, all the FBI agents were cut apart like they had been dissected by a bunch of knives! When he heard Josinas words, Sheyan sprang to his feet despite himself . Cutting apart a group of FBI elites in a few seconds was absolutely beyond the capability of a Terminator . The only people who could do this were contestants . A really powerful contestant! How could Sheyan not feel surprised when he found out that this incident was related to a contestant? More importantly, if this mysterious, weird, but rewarding mission involved other contestants, it would be a HUGE problem! But when Sheyan thought about it again, he realised that the incident Josina saw happened years ago . Obviously, the contestant by Dolittles side at that time would not be in this world anymore, so there was zero chance of a head-on conflict . After thinking about it for a while, Sheyan took out another $50,000 and threw it in front of Josina, at the same time speaking to her slowly, Where did Dolittle go? Answer this question, and the money is yours . 　　********* Third Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles . That was the location provided by Josina . At this moment, Sheyan was on a car heading to that location . He lost himself in the scenery outside the window . Mogensha drove the car fast but steadily; the pa.s.sengers could not feel any shaking . So far, the secret on Nicholas had pretty much been unraveled . Since the mysterious Dolittle decided to experiment with Nicholas, and since Nicholas turned out to be a successful experiment, it was impossible for Dolittle not to contact Nicholas afterwards . Dolittle had long been eyed by the FBI, which must have caused Nicholas trouble . Nicholas was a timid guy, but the secret lay right inside his heart . If he did not say anything, the FBI were at most suspicious of him, but if he spilled the secret, he would die for sure . Under the strong desire to live, Nicholas naturally kept his mouth shut . The metal nut engraved with the SOS distress signal was probably Nicholas last resort to ask Dolittle for help, which showed that Nicholas knew a little of Dolittles power . The death of Nicholas showed that Dolittle likely possessed an earth-shaking secret . The secret was so important that anyone who were remotely related to it would be killed as soon as they escaped from the governments control . The government would rather kill 10 innocents than let 1 guilty person slip away!