Chapter Seventy-One: The excuse of cowardice is that the calamity is not a one-way trick

Early the next morning, Bao Jingzhi took three people, including Mu Qian, to choose a route and began to march towards the basin. They had to climb over a two-hundred-meter-high mountain and then descend into the basin at the foot of the mountain.

When they climbed the 200-meter-high mountain in the morning sun, through the tall and steep eucalyptus trees, they were immediately shocked by the scene in front of them. In the basin at the bottom of the mountain, a thick miasma shrouded in a large area of flat-headed crow garlic, which bloomed in colorful neon under the sunlight.

At this moment, in their eyes, the basin below is like a slow-moving, gorgeous brocade, which makes their group feel refreshed in the flow of colors and the brilliant rhyme of light and wind.

"It seems that the toxins of the flat-headed crow garlic are indeed formed in the general environment, and they are the result of the mutation of a variety of toxic substances blending with each other. Mu Qian said. Based on the colorful miasma in front of him, he could make a judgment based on his rich jungle experience: there must be other poisonous plants in the basin, and they may even be highly poisonous, and there are also some other poisonous insects, ants, and beasts.

"This is also a good indication that the value of this native land will increase greatly. XX Pharmaceutical does not have the environmental data here, and the simple study of duck toxin may not be able to have results, and we have gained a lot from this trip. Bao Jingzhi's thinking changed quickly, and he realized that an unprecedented opportunity was truly in front of him.

"When can we go down?" someone asked, this question was also what Bao Jingzhi was most concerned about, so he also looked at Mu Qian.

"Given the topography here, the miasma doesn't dissipate until noon, but we have to go now. Mu Qian said.

Bao Jingzhi naturally understood what this meant, and the miasma must be related to the toxicity of the flat-headed crow garlic. In the lab, they can fully understand the properties of a toxic substance, but they don't know how the toxin evolved in nature, or how it mutated. And now, the big miasma in front of me is a great opportunity:

"Lao Mu and I will go down first, and you two will stay here and set up a temporary camp on the top of the mountain first. And keep an eye on the weather and let us know as soon as anything happens. Bao Jingzhi assigned the task. This time, he also had to go down himself, so what Mu Qian said earlier about the rainy season and floods made him very concerned, and when he left, he told the people left behind on the mountain several times.

Bao Jingzhi and Mu Qian, who were wearing protective clothing and gas masks, took more than an hour to reach the foot of the mountain, and suddenly there was a cloud in front of them, and the two of them seemed to fall into the clouds. However, they all have a lot of experience in this area, and they got to work without a moment's delay, using the devices they carry with them to start collecting relevant data.

"Lao Mu, in recent years, more and more viruses have mutated, making people reluctant to stay on the surface of the earth. How sure are you about this crow toxin?" Bao Jingzhi had plans to do live experiments in private, so he wanted to ask Mu Qian's opinion first.

"The crow toxin is definitely mutated, but in general, the mutation of plant viruses is far less intense than that of animal mutations, and the time period required is longer. So, if you are well prepared, you can give it a try. Mu Qian finally said. It is against the rules to conduct live experiments in private without approval. But Mu Qian already knew at this moment that if he wanted to change his life, he had to break certain rules.

"Very good, I will arrange for the institute to make preparations for this immediately. Bao Jingzhi's emotions were uncontrollably excited, as if he had seen a bright and dazzling future waiting for him.

At more than ten o'clock, the miasma finally began to gradually dissipate, and this large piece of flat-headed crow garlic also revealed the true face of Lushan. Although there are no flowers, this green and straight crow leaf has another strange style of arrogance.

Bao Jingzhi and Mu Qian also collected some preliminary data, and judging from the current situation, Bao Jingzhi does have sufficient reasons to be complacent, because everything is going well, and a glorious road is under his feet.

After detecting that the outside air was suitable for human breathing, they removed their gas masks and sat down on a high ground to rest. Mu Qian's eyes inadvertently swept over the safety box that Bao Jingzhi put aside, logically speaking, there should be ten antibodies to the crow toxin in it.

However, Mu Qian didn't think so, so he leaned over to Bao Jingzhi and asked:

"After you got the antibody provided by XX Pharmaceutical, you haven't asked anyone to try it?"

"I'm not going to hide it from you, I've already had people start researching antibodies, and if things go well, maybe the blueprint for antibodies will be in front of us when we get back to the institute. Bao Jingzhi looked proud, but soon he said to Mu Qian with a straight face:

"Antibodies don't matter, crow toxin is the key. Because antibodies should only be conventional drugs that enhance human immunity, they are not very targeted at crow toxin. However, the crow toxin is different, it seems to be poisonous but not poisonous, and it is even said that it has a certain compatibility with human cells, which may be an unprecedented mutation. ”

"That's right, antibodies can only be taken once, and if you take them multiple times, not only will they have no effect, but their side effects may be more harmful to the human body than crow toxin. Therefore, from an economic point of view, antibodies can only be sold once, and they are only worth once. And whoever really wants to use the crow toxin as an elixir, then he must buy and take it without interruption, which is the endless value and benefit. Mu Qian nodded and said, he finally understood what Bao Jingzhi was thinking in his heart.

"Brother, you finally figured it out, now you know why XX Pharmaceutical handed over the antibody to us so easily, right? Judging from the current situation, the initiative has been firmly in our hands, and you should know very well what to do next. Bao Jingzhi patted Mu Qian's shoulder vigorously, and in extreme excitement, every muscle on his face trembled.

Mu Qian nodded heavily: Let him go in the past, from now on, he must do his best to seize the opportunity in front of him, this is God's favor for him, and he must not let it down.

As for whether or not the heavens would send down the punishment he had been looking forward to for some time, it seemed that it was not so important at this moment. So, the heavens are actually very difficult, who knows what you capricious mortals are asking for?

It's just that the world is like smoke, and it is vain and changing. When anyone thinks what the heavens are going to do, or when he thinks he can put his will above the heavens, then there is often a dramatic turn of "woe is the place of blessing, and blessing is the source of woe".

If the heavens in the dark really exist, then playfully and unscrupulously playing with life must be his greatest hobby. Soon, Bao Jingzhi and Mu Qian encountered this dramatic turn, and God played with them fiercely.

When Bao Jingzhi and Mu Qian supported each other to return to the top of the mountain, Bao Jingzhi suddenly stumbled and almost fell to the ground. Mu Qian hurriedly helped him, he thought that Bao Jingzhi was acutely poisoned, in an environment like the rainforest, such a situation is very common. Any leaf, grass, ant, or drop of water can make human life uncomfortable, or even die directly.

Mu Qian immediately sent a distress signal to the people left behind on the top of the mountain, and when he raised his head, the dazzling gaze made him feel dizzy. In the fog, a huge black shadow on the top of the mountain rolled towards them.

Immediately, Mu Qian and Bao Jingzhi fell to the ground involuntarily, the ground trembled violently, and countless stones mixed with soil rolled down from the mountains on all sides to this basin.

"Earthquakes. Mu Qian suddenly woke up to the fact that South Asia is located on the edge of the earth's tectonic plate and belongs to the earthquake-prone zone. They have been paying close attention to the weather changes for the past few days, but who would have thought of an earthquake? Even if they did, they could not predict it, and the earthquake is one of the earth's secrets that human beings have not been able to crack so far.

This is a dramatic turn beyond human beings, a gift from nature to Mu Qian. When he regained his confidence and began to change his concept of life and wanted a new life, nature gave him such a heavy gift so abruptly.

"Run up the hill. Mu Qian yelled at Bao Jingzhi. In the basin at the foot of the mountain, they were certain to die, because there was no shelter that could protect them, and there were no big trees or large protruding rocks except for the half-meter-high crow garlic.

Bao Jingzhi is in the stage of great success in life, and the old duck toxin can make him take a big step forward, how can he be willing to give up his life at this moment? Without waiting for Mu Qian to finish speaking, he threw off Mu Qian and ran to the top of the mountain like crazy. Mu Qian followed him and rushed to the top of the mountain, and Mu Qian didn't want to die at this moment.

With a "bang", a large piece of earth above their heads broke away from the mountain and pressed towards them, mixed with a lot of stones. Bao Jingzhi immediately paused and stunned in place, he had never encountered such a situation. The route they continued to run up the hill was a dead end, and if they turned back, they would certainly not be able to outrun the falling clods of earth, and would eventually be buried.

"Turn around, what are you doing in a daze?" Mu Qian pushed Bao Jingzhi, and immediately turned around and rushed into the basin at the foot of the mountain, while also dodging the rocks rolling down on the top of the mountain. Bao Jingzhi also woke up to the fact that it was impossible for them to climb the mountain, and whether they could survive or not depended entirely on their creation. In the face of the power of nature, apart from resigning to fate, what can a small life itself do?

Fortunately, the earthquake passed quickly, and it seemed that the level was not very large, and Mu Qian and Bao Jingzhi were able to save their lives. But in just a minute, the rocks and dirt that rolled down from the mountains on all sides buried almost all the flat-headed crows, and the small basin was mostly covered.

As for Bao Jingzhi and Mu Qian, they were washed into the central area of this piece of flat-headed crow garlic by sand and gravel, and were surrounded by the surviving flat-headed crow garlic. Thankfully, the large rocks falling from the top of the hill didn't hit them, and they were just swept away by the torrent of dirt for some distance and almost buried alive.

The original thick green leaves of the flat-headed crow garlic were shattered under the impact of the sand and gravel, and the tender green juice flowed out of the leaves, penetrated into the soil, and even infiltrated into the blood of Bao Jingzhi and Mu Qian. They are now scarred all over their bodies, just like this messy basin.

"Ah......h The sharp pain in his body told him that he was still alive. Unexpectedly, after experiencing an earthquake in such a place, he would still be alive, Mu Qian's heart was filled with joy for the rest of his life after the robbery, and then he thought of Bao Jingzhi, so he shouted:

The voice of "Bao ......" stopped abruptly, it was not his voice. Mu Qian was stunned, stretched out a hand and wiped it on his face, which was full of juicy grass clippings.

Turning his head and looking around, Mu Qian knew that he had been poisoned by the flat-headed crow garlic, and he was still deeply poisoned. The pain was subsiding little by little, and Mu Qian knew that he was finished. Judging from his current state, the leaf juice containing the crow toxin may have entered the bloodstream directly from the wound on his body, which is fatal enough.

Not to mention how would he get out of here if he was incapacitated now? Without a gas mask, the miasma here would not disappear in the evening because of an earthquake. His whole body began to stiffen, and Mu Qian suddenly wanted to laugh, but no matter how hard he tried, his facial muscles could hardly move again:

"I thought that God had given me a great opportunity, but it turned out to be just a joke. Mu Qian thought this in his heart, and then he thought of Bao Jingzhi again, and his dislike for Bao Jingzhi suddenly broke out at this moment:

"Aren't you going to stand on top of billions? The elixir of Nima is even more stupid than a pig. This is the punishment, yes, this is the punishment of God, you stupid pig who only knows how to sell a piece of shit. ”

Mu Qian never thought that he would have such a vicious side, and what he was thinking in his heart at the moment actually surprised him. But soon he was relieved: he was about to die, what else did he have to worry about? From this point of view, there is a devil hidden in the heart of everyone, a vile and treacherous villain.

Mu Qian thought about it with hatred, but soon he thought of a key point: Bao Jingzhi had antibodies to the crow toxin by his side, and it was in a small safe box.

"Do I want to live?" Mu Qian began to hesitate, he was not sure what the point of his life would be. After this earthquake, his false belief in the elixir completely collapsed, and he never cared about the elixir. He was just confused, he just couldn't figure out a lot of things, he just lacked the motivation to live.

However, life is very tenacious, and Mu Qian finally decided to give it a try. He wasn't sure if the antibodies were still with Bao Jingzhi after the earthquake, whether they were still well preserved, and whether they would help him with his current poisoning.

He wasn't sure of anything, but he didn't know where a force suddenly appeared to support him to work hard for his life. After struggling to turn himself over, Mu Qian finally saw Bao Jingzhi who was unconscious not far away, it seemed that he was also deeply poisoned, and now he was in a deep coma.

Then Mu Qian began to writhe on the ground like a maggot, and he wanted to move to Bao Jingzhi's side to find the antibodies to the duck toxin. "Whew...... ......"Mu Qian knows that all the activities of human life depend on the decomposition of oxygen in cells, and without oxygen, it only takes two or three minutes for people to die.

Therefore, Mu Qian breathed desperately, desperately inhaled oxygen, and it didn't matter if all the other organs in his body were dead at the moment, as long as his heart was still beating, as long as his blood was still transmitting, it was enough. Breathing, desperately breathing, this is actually a desire to survive.

After more than twenty minutes of hard work, Mu Qian finally moved to Bao Jingzhi's side. On Bao Jingzhi's waist, the small safety box that was originally hung was gone, and it must have been washed away by the sand and gravel somewhere else. And if it is buried somewhere, then Mu Qian has no hope.

"Ho-ho. Mu Qian's whole body stiffened, twisting on the ground, and at the same time making strange sounds in his mouth. After all his efforts, he suddenly wanted to live at this moment, and without antibodies, he couldn't even stand up, so why should he live?

After a few twists, Mu Qian didn't know where to roll, and then a thumb-thick glass tube suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, this is the antibody of duck toxin. Mu Qian was suddenly overjoyed, he even had a feeling of wanting to cry for a moment, after all, God had left him a chance.

After a few minutes, Mu Qian calmed down, and he bit the antibodies to the crow toxin with his mouth. However, before injecting it into his arm, Mu Qian hesitated again:

"Bao Jingzhi is more poisoned, it seems that he has gone into shock, he may need this antibody more, should I save him?"

Mu Qian began to slowly roll back to Bao Jingzhi's side, although the vitality was in front of him, he thought of more things:

"It looks like the safe box has been smashed and the antibodies are scattered, so there must be more than one nearby, as long as there are two antibodies, we can all live. The original place of the flat-headed crow garlic has been found, and I have a great chance to understand the mechanism of duck toxin acting on the human body. Therefore, the elixir, despite its shit, has a chance to succeed, and there is a great need for such a thing in society, and this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”

Rolling back in front of Bao Jingzhi, Mu Qian looked at Bao Jingzhi's face stained with blood and mud, and continued to think:

"I need this bastard in this matter, and I can use him like he's been using me all along. I'm going to die, and if I continue to live, I can't be like that before, otherwise why should I live?" Mu Qian finally made up his mind, he decided to play some games that he was not good at before, some games that could better adapt to society.

So, Mu Qian slowly injected this antibody into Bao Jingzhi's body, and he wanted to establish a more intimate relationship with Bao Jingzhi, after all, in this project, the person who directly owns the equity is Bao Jingzhi, not him.

As for his own life, he decided to gamble, he believed that after Bao Jingzhi regained his mobility, he would definitely be able to help him find a second antibody nearby, so he would become a great benefactor who sacrificed his life to save Bao Jingzhi. This kind of life-saving grace of sacrificing oneself to save others is far more than ordinary life-saving grace, and the relationship between two people is more intimate than this?

After Bao Jingzhi was injected with antibodies, he quickly came to his senses, and it didn't take long for his hands and feet to start moving, and finally he actually stood up as stiff as a zombie.

After pulling out the antibody empty tube on his arm, Bao Jingzhi understood what was going on, he never thought that Mu Qian would give up his life to save him. After some mixed feelings, Bao Jingzhi said to Mu Qian, who was lying on the ground and was completely unable to move:

"Hold on, brother, I'll go find you other antibodies right away. Then, Bao Jingzhi staggered around and searched around, but it was a mess, there were broken leaves and gravel everywhere, how to find something the size of a thumb? More than half an hour had passed, and Mu Qian was struggling to support it with his last bit of will, and he must not faint.

In the end, Bao Jingzhi came to Mu Qian's side with a painful expression, his neck and spine were twisted obliquely, as if he couldn't straighten up, and it looked very weird. I only heard him say to Mu Qian slowly and hoarsely:

"There's no second antibody around here, I'm going to climb the mountain right now and go for help, you have to wait for me here." ”

"Where can I go?" Mu Qian thought to himself. He knew that he had really killed himself now, this was a tropical rainforest, and it would take at least a few days for outside rescue to come in, not to mention that their communication with the outside world had been cut off now, who knew what kind of impact this earthquake would have?

Mu Qian nodded slightly: Death is death, it's not a big deal.

But at the moment when Bao Jingzhi turned around to leave, Mu Qian's whole body suddenly shook like crazy, and a "woo" sound occurred in his mouth. Under the reflection of the sunlight, he clearly saw that in Bao Jingzhi's left hand, which had been hidden behind him, he held a brand new antibody.

Hearing Mu Qian's movements behind him, Bao Jingzhi turned around again. He stretched out his left hand and showed the contents in front of Mu Qian, and at this time, there was a slight regret in the cold smile on the corner of his mouth:

"I originally wanted you to die willingly, so that you could die more comfortably, why should you be so serious?"

"Why?" Mu Qian couldn't make any sound, but only these three words were revealed in his eyes full of hatred.

"As you know, we're out of communication at the moment, and the camp outside is probably pretty much destroyed, so I'll probably have to get out of the rainforest on my own, and it's not a matter of a day or two. Even if one antibody injection per person is enough, I think I need to take an extra one on the road just to be on the safe side, after all, we have a lot of poison in our body. ”

"Die, you ungrateful, opportunistic, bastard who only sells a piece of shit. Mu Qian's resentful and cursing eyes stared at Bao Jingzhi.

"You really can't blame me for this, if you want to blame this sudden earthquake, blame why there is no third antibody left in this vicinity. Bao Jingzhi said this, and then he took care of himself like a zombie in a movie, swinging his limbs stiffly and began to climb to the top of the mountain.

Mu Qian suddenly calmed down after a painful struggle. He remembered another sentence: If you want to blame, blame the world for too many temptations. Mu Qian's wife said this to him, and now Bao Jingzhi said the same thing.

"You vile, shameless, nasty and disgusting villains make such cowardly excuses for your cowardly actions. Will you believe such an excuse?" Mu Qian roared in his heart, his heart was dripping blood, he couldn't understand why such a thing happened.

In despair, Mu Qian let himself roll into the remaining piece of flat-headed crow garlic, and then his tears flowed freely. He didn't know where the strength came from, and he began to gulp down the leaves of the flat-headed crow's garlic in his mouth, and he wanted to poison himself thoroughly from the inside out.

In his heartbroken heart, he was filled with resentment towards everything, hatred against the world. Although he is extremely "hateful", "hate" does not allow him to live at the moment.

He had long forgotten a very old saying: Heaven is evil, it is permissible, and it is impossible to live if it is sinful in itself. Maybe he doesn't understand everything, just because he can't understand himself.

And he really shouldn't play games that he's not good at, because it has been proven that he can't even beat the first level of the game.

The sound of "squirming" came, and an animal resembling a mouse ran past Mu Qian, pulling Mu Qian's thoughts back to reality from his memories. He stood up and looked at the lush jungle in front of him: I am alive, and have lived for more than a thousand years.

It's just that this more than 1,000 years of time is like a dream, and it's not real at all. Therefore, what happened on the earth more than a thousand years ago is still as deeply imprinted in his mind as yesterday, tormenting him all the time.

"This is not the Earth, this is the Chaos Domain, the Barbarian Planet. Mu Qian reminded himself in his heart that his life was still going on for some reason.

"No one in this world is worth trusting. I can't trust anyone anymore, I can't trust Father Pu of the Djinn Clan, I'm going to live on my own in this new jungle, this is my home. Looking at the flourishing trees, weeds, and flowers in front of him, Mu Qian knew that this was a good natural ecosystem, and everything here was full of vitality.

He likes the jungle, he prefers this kind of jungle, after all, God still gave him a second chance, but can he seize this second chance?