Volume 1: The Choice of Fate Chapter 14. Mysterious, bloody midnight
"From today onwards, this suite belongs to you, we share a living room, you can rest, and I will tell you the rules of this base later, I am your roommate and your supervisor, so you can communicate with me if you have any questions!" At this moment, Mu Xiaoxiao stood in front of the door, pushed open the door of Zhang He's suite, and introduced softly with a smile.
Looking at Mu Xiaoxiao's friendly smile, Zhang He smiled politely at her, but the smile seemed to be carved from the expressionless coldness, which made people always look extremely rigid.
Mu Xiaoxiao stared at Zhang He, who was slightly taller than himself, and his smile that was not much better than crying, and said softly: "I know you can't let go of hatred during this time, but I hope you can see the facts, maybe you need hatred as a driving force in your life at this moment, but your life shouldn't be only hatred!" ”
Just as the words fell, Mu Xiaoxiao actually regretted it, because she knew that these words were just a useless comforting words, and she knew very well that Zhang He in front of her wanted no comfort at all.
But I don't know why, every time she sees Zhang He's look and coldness that doesn't match her age, she always wants to say something to explain him, at least deep down she doesn't want Zhang He to live in his current state.
Hearing Mu Xiaoxiao's words, Zhang He fell into silence, and he stared at the woman in front of him silently with a half-face mask, silent for a long time.
Even if he knew that what the other party said was right, Zhang He also wanted to be more fair to the people around him, after all, his enemies were not them, but Lin Haotian and Yaksha's mother and son, even if he couldn't treat others as friends, but at least he could be friendly.
However, Zhang He found that deep in his heart, he always felt an indescribable heaviness, is this feeling hatred? In fact, Zhang He didn't know it himself, and he even asked himself more than once.
But Zhang He didn't have any answer to this question, it seems that after all this, Zhang He closed his heart, and in that closed heart, it was a boulder shackle that could not be shaken.
Whenever Zhang He thought of everything that happened to him, a strong pain would be born in the depths of Zhang He's heart, which was an invisible wound, and Zhang He didn't even know what way to heal it.
Perhaps, as Mu Xiaoxiao said, that is hatred! Maybe only the day when the great revenge is avenged, the wound in the depths of his heart can heal, right?
Gently tapping the virtual button on his mask, Zhang He's half-face mask folded and put away, and then Zhang He tried to pull a smile at the corner of his mouth again, but even he felt a little stiff.
In the next second, Mu Xiaoxiao's eyes suddenly widened and froze in place, because just when Zhang He couldn't show that natural smile, he actually took the initiative to step forward and hugged her into his arms.
Feeling Zhang He's warm embrace and strong arms, Mu Xiaoxiao found that his heartbeat began to accelerate at this moment, and even his whole body was tense, and the usual conditioned reflexes or fighting and resisting seemed to be forgotten at this moment, and his body became extremely stiff.
"It's just a thank you hug, I don't know how to show you a friendly smile, so I just thought of this method, thank you for your kindness to me, thank you for everything you have done for my family, and even more thank you for helping my sister Zhang Luoyi, I owe you a lot, a lot!" After speaking, Zhang He took a deep breath and let go of Mu Xiaoxiao, not even daring to look at her, but turned around very quickly and walked into his own room, and closed the door.
It's just that Mu Xiaoxiao, who stayed outside the door at the moment, was stiff and stunned in place, and after more than ten seconds, Mu Xiaoxiao reacted, raised his hand and wanted to slap Zhang He's door, but before slapping, his palm hovered in front of the door, and he didn't shoot it for a long time.
Then Mu Xiaoxiao quickly turned around and went into his room and closed the door.
And just after the door closed, Mu Xiaoxiao leaned against the door, staring at the front with dull eyes, and breathed deeply, but there was a faint confusion in her eyes, and there was a trace of panic under the confusion.
Mu Xiaoxiao knew very well that he was not angry with Zhang He's surprise hug, and he didn't even have any disgust, but he didn't know what kind of way to deal with this kind of thankful hug.
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At the same time, inside the laboratory of the Devourer base.
Mu Chen put the blood taken from Zhang He's body into an unknown detection container, and then turned his head to stare at Chi Jiufeng behind him, with an indescribably serious expression.
"You called me over to see you put this tube of blood in the instrument? Do you have nothing to do? When Chi Jiufeng faced Mu Chen alone, he never seemed to have a good tone in his speech.
However, this time Mu Chen was unusual, he did not immediately refute the attack, but looked left and right, and after confirming that there were only two of them in the laboratory, he raised his wrist, opened his own virtual watch, and began to operate for a while.
Immediately, the transparent glass wall around the laboratory suddenly lowered the metal panels, sealing it and plunging the bright laboratory into darkness.
With the emergency lights in the laboratory lit up, Mu Chen stopped and stared at Chi Jiufeng, and said in a serious voice: "I have now manually isolated this laboratory, unless it is operated manually, it will not be controlled by the central system!" ”
Seeing Mu Chen who was so solemn, Chi Jiufeng's brows also wrinkled, and a serious expression appeared on his expression.
In the eyes of outsiders, Chi Jiufeng and Mu Chen are a pair of enemies who will pinch each other when they meet, and even regard each other as rivals in life, but in fact, in the eyes of both parties, in addition to fighting with each other, the two even surpass themselves in terms of mutual understanding.
"In addition to today, I collected a total of 5 blood samples from Zhang He, except for the previous two experimental analyses that could not be counted, today's third time will be the decisive result!"
"What happened to his blood sample?"
Hearing Chi Jiufeng's question, Mu Chen closed his eyes and took a deep breath before exhaling, and after a few seconds of silence: "In Zhang He's DNA chromosome, I sent abnormal parameters!" ”
"Abnormal parameters? Such an outcome shouldn't make you so serious, right? After all, he had injected 60% of the alien source liquid, so it shouldn't be surprising that there was any change! The corners of Chi Jiufeng's mouth pulled out a light smile, and he said with a slight sarcasm about Mu Chen's current reaction.
However, Mu Chen still did not refute this time, but took out a purely handwritten paper record from behind him and handed it to Chi Jiufeng......
With a puzzled look, Chi Jiufeng took it over and looked at it.
But at first, it was only a few superficial comparisons, and then the expression on Chi Jiufeng's face became as serious as Mu Chen's, and he even muttered 'impossible' softly in his mouth, and his little thumb was used as a measuring stick to constantly pause and look at the parameters of the paper record.
"Chromosomes are related to the field of biological genetics, and in Zhang He's chromosomes, there are ......"
It's just that before Mu Chen finished speaking, Chi Jiufeng reached out to cover his mouth, shook his head at the same time, and said in a very soft voice: "Who else knows about this?" ”
Nodding in response, Mu Chen pushed away Chi Jiufeng's palm: "Only you and me!" ”
After hearing Mu Chen's words, Chi Jiufeng let out a sigh of relaxation: "I think, you need to adjust the parameters of this record, don't delve into Zhang He's DNA, at least don't conduct your research on the surface, anyway, Zhang He's body, there are still many places worthy of your research, and any piece of progress is enough to report to the top, isn't it?" ”
"That's what I said, but this thing ...... Shouldn't it be reported upwards? Mu Chen really didn't know how to describe it, so he had to summarize it with this incident.
But his words made Chi Jiufeng silent, and then Chi Jiufeng stared at Mu Chen, his face expressionless, and even his voice was a little cold: "If you don't want your Mu family to be erased, don't discuss this matter anymore, I can only tell you that this parameter in your hand is related to 'Scarlet Midnight'!" ”
Just as Chi Jiufeng's words fell, Mu Chen's eyes suddenly widened: "Bloody midnight? It's just that after Mu Chen finished speaking, the palms hanging on both sides of his body trembled slightly, which was a tremor from his bones, and he didn't even notice it.
"Isn't it clear to you what this Venus on my neckline represents, apart from my powerful Devourer strength?" However, just as Chi Jiufeng's words fell, the metal wall of the originally closed laboratory suddenly rose automatically.
Subconsciously, Chi Jiufeng glanced at Mu Chen, but Mu Chen shook his head gently, then took a deep breath, and put on that lazy but handsome smile on his face again, and at the same time put his left hand around Chi Jiufeng's neck, and his right hand touched his waist.
"Honestly, where did you get that kind of aging last time? I looked at the list of points exchange, there is no such thing at all, you lie to me! ”
It's just that as soon as Mu Chen finished speaking, a devourer in a black and red military uniform with two silver five-pointed stars on his neckline walked in, his arms crossed in front of his chest, but his face facing Chi Jiufeng was expressionless: "Major Chi, Minister Li is looking for you!" ”
Following the words, Mu Chen let go of the palm that was holding Chi Jiufeng's neck, and a gloating smile appeared on his face: "Minister Li, you kid won't cause trouble again, right?" Hurry up and go, I'll settle accounts with you when I get back! After speaking, he nodded to the young officer next to him and took the lead towards the outside of the laboratory.
Looking at Mu Chen, who was leaving, Chi Jiufeng regained his poker face again, and lightly skimmed the officer who came over to inform him, but there was a cold gaze in his eyes, and then he also walked towards the outside of the laboratory.
It's just that just after Chi Jiufeng and Mu Chen left, the officer flipped the desk near the position where the two of them were standing just now, picked up each folder and looked at it carefully, then tapped his right ear and said: "No abnormality was found, the interruption of the monitoring seems to be just the two of them discussing the matter of drinking, but the control of the closed central system is too strange, it is recommended to strengthen the monitoring!" ”
With that, the mysterious young officer turned and walked out of the laboratory.
However, what he didn't notice was that just above his head, an ice crystal was laid flat and solidified on the roof, and in the transparent and twisted ice crystal, it was the paper record that Chi Jiufeng and Mu Chen looked through......