Chapter 482

Giselle had insisted that Subject 1152 was simply a patient registered under C Lab, but Valerie was far from ignorant of the truth behind that claim. C Lab never accepted experimental subjects without research value. If Subject 1152 had been ordinary, he wouldn't even have been qualified to step through its doors. Valerie's certainty that Subject 1152 had once taken part in the Eternal Project stemmed from a branded code she had discovered on his ankle. Back then, a total of 140 human subjects had been involved in the project, each marked with an identifying brand at the ankle. The code always began with the letters "BS", followed by a serial number. Within C Lab, his designation was 1152. Within the Eternal Project, he was known as BS009. By any measure, Subject 1152's life had been a tragic one—spent from beginning to end in service of experimentation. Seeing the spark of excitement in Valerie's eyes, Lucius felt genuinely happy for her. "So, you're not going back to Azure Bay