Chapter 53 A Successful Experiment

Three years later, in a well-hidden research lab, Lila wore a white lab coat. Her hair was tied neatly in a ponytail, revealing her bare, pretty face. She was looking into a microscope carefully, her slender fingers adjusting the dials slightly. Rhett was standing next to her, wearing the same white lab coat. He was flipping through a thick stack of lab notes as he frowned slightly. A long moment later, Lila finally stood up and turned to look at Rhett seriously. Her eyes were shining with uncontrollable excitement. "Our experiment was a success. We've extracted the X-Factor." Her voice trembled slightly with the joy of success. Rhett looked up from his notes abruptly with an expression of shock. He rushed forward and took her place in front of the microscope, looking into the lens himself. Under the microscope, in the dark blue petri dish, a small clump of peculiar-looking cells was slowly splitting apart as they glowed with life. It was the successfully extracted X-Factor. "