(PS: This chapter is a two-in-one)

After three days of silent recuperation, Jiang Yan's injuries were a little better, and at least he was able to carry out his daily activities, and then he was forced to leave the hospital bed.

If he could, Jiang Yan really wanted to continue to recuperate for a while, but unfortunately, the time left for him by the institute was only three days, and as soon as the three days passed, he had to leave honestly and go to the military headquarters of the empire.

Because there is still a "mark" of restraint on his body, in the face of the arrangement of the institute and the empire, Jiang Yan can only obey honestly at this stage, otherwise it will only increase the pain.

After simply going back to his usual dormitory and bringing a few changes of clothes, Jiang Yan got into a very ordinary carriage and left the institute with a letter marked with the address of the dispatch order and the military department.

Originally, Jiang Yan thought that at least a few people would come over to say goodbye, but in fact, neither the adults nor the experimental subjects and children of the same period came.

Let Jiang Yan fully experience the indifference of the people in this institute again.

After getting into the carriage, Jiang Yan found a corner to lie down, raised his eyes and scanned the surroundings, and found that there were three other children in the carriage besides Jiang Yan, two boys and one girl.

Looking at the appearance, they are basically over ten years old, but the oldest is not more than thirteen years old.

By the way, their appearance is basically carved out of the same mold as if they were multiple births, but their characteristics are different from Jiang Yan's issue, which is dark blonde hair and blue pupils.

Several of the children were silent, and like Jiang Yan, they also had obvious traces of injuries, and they only glanced at Jiang Yan's arrival coldly and ignored them.

Jiang Yan shook his head secretly, didn't pay attention to them, and simply closed his eyes to recuperate.

He knew that the identity of these children was the same as his, they were all artificial elves cultivated by the institute, and they would be sent to this carriage that was about to go to the emperor's ** department, obviously these children were also considered by the research institute to have no value for further cultivation, and planned to carry out 'waste recycling' treatment.

Looking at their numb eyes that didn't have much anger, Jiang Yan knew that they were not the same kind of people, and they had no interest in communicating.

In the research institute, this situation actually happens very often, after all, there are still many imperfections in technology, and the elimination rate of artificial test subjects in each phase is very high. Jiang Yan's issue is already good, and the retention rate of being able to persist in growing up to the age of ten and summoning the initial elves to officially become elven envoys has reached more than 30%.

According to the information that Jiang Yan secretly inquired, the retention rate of experimental subjects in the past few issues of this institute basically did not exceed 20%.

Jiang Yan could faintly feel the fluctuations in the spiritual power on the other party's body, each of them was much stronger than himself, it was definitely not cultivated by himself, it was definitely the result of getting feedback from their respective contract elves.

It's just that the life breath of several people is obviously very poor, and the pale face is definitely not only a feature brought about by the injury, but there should also be a problem with the physical condition, which means that although the level of the elf of the other party's contract is higher than Jiang Yan's white slime, it is not much higher, and the power of feedback is not enough to repair their birth defects as artificial test subjects.

"Anyway, most of them will be sent to the front line battlefield and rush into the cannon fodder camp! Maybe life and death will be separated in a few days......

Silently occupied the most corner position and lay down, and after the carriage started, Jiang Yan's consciousness gradually fell into a drowsy.

The little white slime was ordered by him to form a soft cushion and put it behind his back, and also stretched out a few small but tough enough snow-white hands to fix Jiang Yan's body, preventing Jiang Yan from falling to the floor due to the bumps of the carriage in his sleep, and at the same time, it also made the hard carriage wall panel not bump and bum, causing Jiang Yan to be unable to sleep peacefully.

In the past, even if Jiang Yan was asleep, he would definitely keep a distraction to warn the outside world. Because one of the training courses in the institute is the vigilance mentality, even during the weekday break, if the test subjects really sleep too hard, the instructors who patrol the rest area will probably launch a sneak attack without saying hello when they see it.

Although the strength of the instructors' sneak attack will not really hurt the root, it will definitely make the sneak attacker very painful.

In this regard, Jiang Yan is talented, with the ability to be distracted and multi-purpose, he found that he can even sleep half of his mind while the other half of his mind remains sober and vigilant.

However, thanks to this, the experience of relaxing and falling asleep wholeheartedly has never been enjoyed by Jiang Yan since he began to receive training from the institute.

Fortunately, there is no problem now, after having his own contract elf, Jiang Yan can ask the little white slime to help take care of him. This little guy may not be able to do anything else, but this kind of vigilance task, which is naturally very sensitive to danger, is definitely enough to do it.

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I don't know how long it has been, Jiang Yan in his sleep noticed that the breath of a stranger was within one meter of him, and at the same time, a cool feeling comparable to ice water suddenly came from the back of his neck, which made his body feel excited, and he immediately woke up.

'Who?!'

As soon as he opened his eyes, Jiang Yan saw that the coachman uncle of the carriage was looking at him with some surprise. Obviously, he was a little surprised by his performance just now.

Jiang Yan restrained the sharpness in his eyes, and replaced them with a cold and numb look that was no different from other experimental subjects.

This coachman uncle is not an ordinary person, as the person transporting their batch of test subjects, the other party is actually an elf envoy with a soldier-level contract elf, Jiang Yan has no doubt that if there is a fight, all the test subjects in the carriage may not be able to defeat the other party combined.

"Little ghost, the military headquarters building has arrived, get out of the car. Uncle Coachman didn't care too much about Jiang Yan's abnormality, anyway, he had already seen it, and the experimental subjects that came out of the research institute were not normal people.

Jiang Yan took back the little white slime spirit, and while getting up, he couldn't help but touch the back of his neck, where a piece of skin had been frozen to a layer of goosebumps.

Recalling the extremely cold thrill he suddenly experienced in his sleep just now, Jiang Yan couldn't help but secretly decide: "Next time, let's let this little idiot change his way." ’

This kind of wake-up method comparable to suddenly throwing ice cubes into his arms while others are asleep, Jiang Yan doesn't want to experience it anymore.

After getting out of the carriage, Jiang Yan found that he was in the backyard of an office building, and there were no other children around, as if he had already taken a step ahead, Jiang Yan didn't pay much attention to it, and walked towards the back door of the conspicuous building.

There was already a man in his twenties wearing a dark green slim military uniform waiting by the door, and when he saw Jiang Yan approaching, he helped his military hat, took out a photo and glanced at it, and raised his eyes to carefully confirm Jiang Yan's appearance, and then nodded and put the photo away, turned around and pushed open the back door and walked in.

"Little ghost, come with me!"

"Yes. Jiang Yan nodded in response.

A minute later.

An officer in his forties, with resolute features and traces of vicissitudes on his face, sat behind his desk, looked at the thin figure in front of him, and then picked up a stack of documents and looked at the information stated on it.

Jiang Yan could tell from the epaulettes on his military uniform that this was a high-ranking imperial officer at the rank of major.

The young soldier who led the way stood at the major's desk as an adjutant in his retinue.

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Name: Jiang Yan

Originally affiliated: Imperial Research Institute XI

No. 6-213

Age: 8 years old

Contract Elf: Slime (advanced variant), Rank: Mortal

Abilities: "Mimic", can freely change its color and shape, while hiding the aura of its own activities, can perfectly hide its tracks, can secrete highly corrosive digestive juices beyond the normal slime level, and is suspected to have no slime core

Falsified identity: An orphan, inadvertently taken in and raised by the Empire's large slave trader Grund, and sold to the Imperial Ministry as a conscription after he became independent.

Notes: Its personality is suspected to be anomalously uncontrollable, and has been subjected to a control "mark". If it is confirmed that it has a definite rebellious tendency, it is allowed to destroy it directly!

Staff Arrangement: Due to their ability to contract elves, it is recommended that they be incorporated into the Imperial Special Assassination Unit

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"Hmm...... Jiang Yan, right? I heard that you took this name yourself after taking the writing course?" The major put down the materials, then crossed his hands on the table, and stared at Jiang Yan with his eyes intense.

"Can you tell me why? It is said that normally your name should be decided after 'graduation', but you got the name you decided in advance in exchange for the first place in a training tournament?"

At the same time, he thought to himself, 'Is this also the 'anomaly' mentioned in the notes, and other test subjects from that research institute don't think like this......

"Yes, sir, I just thought the name was pleasing to the eye, so I used it for myself. Jiang Yan's waist straightened, and his tone replied calmly without any ups and downs.

"Is it ......" The major looked at Jiang Yan's eyes carefully, and did not find anything unusual, only saw a numb look that was unique to the experimental subjects that he had seen several times.

Shaking his head, the Major didn't continue to delve in, anyway, since the "mark" had already been applied, then there was nothing to worry about.

The major continued to ask: "Generally speaking, conscripts like you are basically directly integrated into the front-line battlefield after joining the army. But the higher-ups have suggested that you have the potential to be an assassin, and seeing is believing, so you can show me here, right?"

After a few seconds of silence.

"Yes!" Jiang Yan nodded: "That's rude." ”

Then, Jiang Yan didn't make any moves, and the two sides looked at each other quietly for a while.

Seeing that Jiang Yan had not acted for a long time, the major gradually became a little impatient, he raised his hand and knocked heavily on the table, and his eyes sank.

“...... What's wrong? Still not acting - huh?"

Halfway through his words, the major's face changed slightly.

Silently, a chill suddenly pressed towards his neck.

The Major took two steps back with his chair, and at the same time raised his hand, which was covered with a layer of aura, and grabbed at the place where the chill hit.

With a pop, the palm of the covered spiritual power collided with some kind of rapid attack as if it were wrapped in a layer of iron armor, making a soft impact sound.

"This is ......" The spiritual power on the Major's palm suddenly thickened a little, and as soon as he grasped it a little harder, some of the touch similar to gelatinous matter was fed back from the palm of his hand.

"Mi ......!!"

A strange scream came from his desk, and then he saw that as if the fog had been removed, a snow-white ball appeared on his desk from nothing, and a sharp horn protruded above its round body like an onion, and a straight spike nearly forty centimeters long extended out of it was aimed in the direction of the major, but it was held by a pair of large hands covered with spiritual power by the other party.

"Tsk...... This is the mutant slime mentioned in the report?" A look of amazement appeared in the Major's eyes, but a cold sweat broke out in his heart.

"It's such a powerful camouflage ability, even me, it wasn't until this little thing got close to a meter in front of me that I didn't notice that something was wrong! If its attack speed was a little faster and its strength was a little stronger, maybe I would really be hit...... Although, it is unlikely that he will be injured, but being attacked by a lowest-level slime is enough to be humiliating if it is passed out!'

The Major stood up, his eyes full of curiosity, and his palm clenched and picked up the small white ball on the desk, just about to take a closer look.

However, the little white slime seemed to dislike being treated like this, and twisted his body as if he was swinging, and then suddenly aimed in the direction of the Major's face, and a protruding nozzle like the spout of a teapot appeared on the surface of his body.

Poof! As if a toy water gun pulled the trigger, a finger-sized cloud of transparent liquid shot out of the nozzle.

The Major quickly covered the protective spiritual power with his other hand, and with a slap of his hand, the suspicious liquid flew to the wall next to him.

Sneer——!!

The wall suddenly made a violent corrosive sound, and after the puffs of unscented white smoke had cleared, the Major saw a oval-shaped gap the size of a bowl appear in the wall.

That seemingly inconspicuous liquid is obviously very corrosive!! If it weren't for the spiritual protection of the Major's hand that was used to pat away the liquid, maybe he would have been injured just now.

Even if the elven envoy's body is much stronger than that of ordinary humans, no matter how you say it, it is still flesh and blood, and if there is no spiritual protection, it will not be able to stop this corrosive attack.

"Bastard, you actually dare to attack the chief?!" The young adjutant next to him had already reacted at this time, and immediately shouted angrily, and rushed up with an arrow step, intending to use his grappling skills to arrest Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan's eyes fluctuated imperceptibly, and then he immediately regained his composure.

Without resistance, he allowed the other party to clasp his thin arm and press it against his back, and was forced to bend down, but he did not kneel down according to the adjutant's strength.

Seeing this, the adjutant became even more angry, and was about to increase his strength when he heard the commander's order: "Enough, let him go." ”

"But, Major, ...... this little ghost?"

"It's okay, it's me who let him demonstrate live, after all, this little ghost is just obeying orders. ”

The Major shook his head with a faint smile.