Chapter 465

Night had fallen, and the view from the lab was actually pretty nice. Through the small glass window tucked in the corner, you could see the vineyard in the distance. It was already past the usual grape season, but on this estate, the vines produced year-round, so even now, everything looked lush and vibrant. But in the dead of winter, with flowers blooming like it was spring and colors everywhere, the beauty started to feel... off. Fiona Flynn stood in front of that tiny round window for a moment, then quietly shook her head and pulled the curtain shut. She was Professor Quimby’s only female protégé. Ever since she started her combined master’s and PhD program three years ago, she’d been working by his side, practically living in the lab at the Human Science Research Institute. Of course, the whole project was strictly confidential—no publishing papers, no public recognition for anything they did. Even so, she was completely hooked on it. This was something no one in human history had