Revenge After Death ( Michael Ford )

Chapter 802

"Xan!" Ashton cried out.

Xan, who had been rehearsing a dance with her classmates in the dance studio, suddenly fainted.

It happened without any warning, and there were traces of dark blood coming from her nose.

"I'll send her to the hospital. Give my mom a call, Zachary!" Ashton asked his best friend, Zachary Cooke, to call Stephanie. He then hurriedly ran to the hospital with Xan in his arms.

Stephanie and Steven rushed over to Huma Hospital. They were anxiously waiting for the doctor's test results.

"There's nothing wrong with your daughter's health," the doctor said, perplexed.

Why did Xan suddenly taint when all her test results came back normal?

Stephanie held onto her hand worriedly in the hospital ward. She had long since bonded with both Ashton and Xan after all these years of living together.

"Don't worry, Mom. She's not ill, so she'll wake up soon," Ashton comforted her.

Stephanie nodded and replied, "You should head back to the campus for now. Your dad and I will watch over Xan." Ashton nodded and glanced at his watch. "I'll head back for now since I still have an afternoon class."

"That's weird." Stephanie sat by the hospital bed as she watched Xan. "If she's not ill, why would she suddenly faint and even have a nosebleed?"

Steven said nothing. He stood behind her and placed his hands around her shoulders.

Time hadn't left much of a mark on their faces. They only looked more mature and composed now.

"Mom..." Xan called out despite still being unconscious.

"I'm here," Stephanie replied as she gently wiped Xan's face.

Stephanie brought Xan back home the same night. Since the hospital said she wasn't ill, they decided to let her rest at home.

However, Xan remained unconscious. She showed no signs of regaining consciousness even until the next day. Stephanie started panicking and hurried out of her bedroom. She had a handful of hair in her clutch. "Something's wrong with Xan, Steven! She's losing so much hair!"

Xan was suddenly losing hair even when she was unconscious. She even had dark blood coming out of her nose. No one knew what was going on with her.

"Why is this happening? How about we bring her to a bigger hospital for a check-up instead?" Stephanie asked anxiously. As a mother, she was unable to calm herself down.

"I... received an email from No. 9. Both Ashton and Xan are experimental subjects from Genome Society's headquarters' experiment regarding evolution," Steven said after a long pause.

Stephanie tensed up and turned around abruptly. "When did you receive it?"

She did not even know when Steven received an email like that.

"Half a year ago..." He hung his head low, not daring to meet her eyes.

"So, you've been keeping it a secret from me since half a year ago?" Stephanie frowned as she stepped forward and looked at Steven. "You told me that you were bringing Xan out for a trip a while back. Did you bring her to your institution instead?"

Steven nervously comforted her, "Xan was the one who told me not to tell you guys. She didn't want to worry you." "What do you mean?" Stephanie frowned.

"Ashton's development is all normal, but Xan has some genetic mutation. New genes have appeared at multiple sites, replacing original ones. However, unlike other mutations, we still can't tell what kind of impact it would bring to Xan," Steven softly said.

"Genetic mutation usually occurs during DNA replication, which is an important factor in biological evolution. Genome Society has been experimenting on pairs of children..."

Stephanie stumbled backward, feeling weak in the knees.

She then asked, "Has No. 9 not completely taken over Genome Society yet?"

"It's not that easy. There's always someone better than him," Steven said, shaking his head.

The true Genome Society was a vast network of interests, with a coordinator above all regions. The mystery and power of that coordinator surpassed everyone's expectations and understanding.

"Genome Society's evolution experiment isn't new. We'll still need to keep Xan under further observation for now. Steven was trying to calm Stephanie down.

"How can I stay calm? Xan is considered a rare individual with a genetic mutation. You'd know best how rare that is among higher organisms! If Xan's mutation is defined as beneficial or aligns with someone's research interests, what do you think her future will look like?" She was already panicking.

Genome Society would never let Xan go. Her existence would be far more valuable and tempting to them than Stephanie, Steven, and Ashton combined.

Terms like "reincarnation", "immortality", "agelessness", and "evolution", which seemed to have only existed in science fiction in the past, were gradually becoming reality.

Such realization brought immense fear to people like Stephanie and Steven.