Chapter 2311

"Did Wyatt—that old coot—let out all the monsters in that underground research institute run by Jorland and Ebrea?" Perseus was stunned. Some of those abominations had pig heads with snake bodies; others looked like cows grafted onto serpents. Their mouths dripped with blood, wide open as if hungry for human flesh. And that wasn't just for show—they had been fed humans as they matured. According to Jolene, those creatures were the twisted results of advanced recombinant genetic engineering. They were monstrous but also brutally powerful and unnaturally aggressive. Jorland aimed to mass-produce these things and release them into the sea for ambush operations. The thought brought Perseus back to a Xancentian film he'd once seen, where Ebrea had unleashed a ridiculous-looking dragon that brought a rain of blood upon the land—a crime so vile that it stuck with him for years. Now that he reflected on it, maybe the wild stories in films, novels, and even folktales weren't as far-fet