The man was about twenty years old and looked about the same age as Li Xiaohui. With a harmless smile on his face, at first glance, he seems to be an extremely friendly person. But if you look closely, you can see that he seems to be smiling a little fakely.

Wei Yi looked at the man's smile, and a cold breath appeared in his heart for no reason. He felt as if he was being targeted by some beast, and he felt uncomfortable.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he was about to open his mouth to ask, but he was secretly pulled by Li Xiaohui, so he had to be silent for the time being.

The man didn't seem to notice the small movements of Wei Yi and the others, and still asked extremely enthusiastically, "Huh? Researcher Li, who is this? I have such a close relationship with you, why don't you give an introduction? ”

"Wei Yi, my boyfriend. Gongsun Jiu, my former colleague. Li Xiaohui made a brief introduction for both parties.

"It turns out that your name is Wei Yi, fortunately, fortunately." Gongsun Jiu took a few steps forward and took the initiative to reach out to shake Wei Yi's hand.

Wei Yi was about to stretch out his hand, but was stopped by Li Xiaohui quietly. Li Xiaohui walked in front of Wei Wei and slightly blocked Wei Wei's body. She smiled lightly and said calmly, "We still have something very important that we must do immediately." If you have the chance, the two of you can get to know each other another day. Let's go first. ”

As she spoke, she took Wei Yu and walked a few steps, quickly past Gongsun Jiu, and walked towards the depths of the corridor.

Gongsun Jiu seems to have long been accustomed to Li Xiaohui's attitude towards him. He raised his voice to Li Xiaohui and said loudly, "Xiaohui, you have time to say hello to your brother for me." It's been a long time since I've seen him, so I'll invite you to dinner another day. ”

After Li Xiaohui heard it, she suddenly stopped. She suddenly remembered her cousin. The corners of Gongsun Jiu's mouth curled up slightly, glanced at Wei Yi, and snorted disdainfully in his heart.

Of course, Wei Yi knew Li Xiaohui's thoughts. The relationship between the two of them had progressed too quickly before, and they forgot about Li Mingyu for a while. He clenched Li Xiaohui's hand tightly and said softly, "I was negligent." You should contact him now. Don't worry, he doesn't look like a short-lived man. ”

Li Xiaohui smiled knowingly, turned to Gongsun Jiu and said, "Gongsun Jiu, can you please do me a favor?" ”

Gongsun Jiu responded: "Yes, you can just say it." ”

Li Xiaohui said briefly: "My cousin may be in danger, please help me contact him, and then ask the high-level to send reinforcements to him as soon as possible, okay?" ”

Gongsun Jiu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there danger?" What dangers? Tell me about it, what the hell is going on? ”

Li Xiaohui shook her head, obviously not wanting to reveal too much, she said again with a straight knife: "I can't explain it to you now. Can you help me do it as soon as possible? ”

Gongsun Jiu thought about it for a while, nodded and agreed. Li Xiaohui thanked him, pulled Wei Yi and left quickly.

Gongsun Gu must have stared at the figures of the two of them without moving, until they completely disappeared at the end of the corridor. He gritted his teeth, squinted slightly, and quietly turned away.

Along the way, Wei Yi asked about this Gongsun Gu from time to time, but Li Xiaohui was silent and was very reluctant to talk about everything about Gongsun Jiu. Wei Yi knew that there must be something abnormal, but he didn't want to embarrass Li Xiaohui, so he simply diverted the topic and talked about other things.

As soon as he changed the topic, Li Xiaohui's words gradually increased. They were still playing and laughing, and walked to the door of the deep research room. Li Xiaohui opened the door of the research room and walked in with Wei Yi.

It is a large and extremely large room. The temperature in the room is moderate, neither hot nor cold. The room is full of plant specimens, as well as many instruments and equipment. Obviously, these plants are under extremely close surveillance.

Among them, there are some strange plants that Wei Yu has seen, some vine branches that he has personally experienced, and some novel plants that he has never seen before. He looked at the rainforest-like laboratory in front of him and said with a little surprise, "This is a big deal." You must have spent a lot of time. ”

Li Xiaohui casually returned: "It has been built here for many years. By the time I came, it was pretty much the same. Go, I'll take you inside. ”

As she spoke, she took Wei Mi's hand and walked into the large rainforest without saying a word. She took Wei Yi through the various plants, reminding him of various precautions from time to time.

"Be careful, don't touch its flowers, those pollen have a psychedelic effect and will hallucinate you. Not fatal, but dangerous. Li Xiaohui pointed to a crooked-necked tree not far from Wei Yi's side and said.

Wei Yi looked at it and saw that there were indeed many tiny flowers growing on the tree. If you don't look closely, you may think that it is a small locust flower growing from a locust tree.

"Is it that powerful?" He asked.

"Only more powerful, not the most powerful. Every plant here is not a fuel-efficient lamp. If you're not careful, you'll die. Li Xiaohui said a little exaggeratedly.

Wei Yi shook his head, and didn't argue with her, just quietly followed her through it. Inadvertently, he saw a vine wrapped around the tree. The vine was yellow-green throughout, with sparse foliage and a slightly sickly feel, which seemed a little out of place with the surrounding plants.

Wei Yi took Li Xiaohui's hand and asked, "What is that vine?" How do you look sick? ”

Li Xiaohui followed Wei Yi's gaze and looked out. When she saw that it was the sick vine, she let out an "oh" and asked, "Do you remember the history I told you about the bloodthirsty vine?" ”

Wei Yi nodded and returned, "Remember." What's wrong? Could it be that this is also the case? ”

Li Xiaohui nodded and replied affirmatively: "That's right, this strain is too." ”

"What?" Wei Yi was taken aback, his eyes widened, and he said incredulously, "This one too?" Isn't that dangerous? How dare you plant such a dangerous thing? Don't die! ”

Li Xiaohui smiled and rubbed Wei Mi's chest with her hand, calming Wei Mi's excited emotions. She smiled and asked, "Are you worried about me?" ”

Wei Yi turned his face and said very seriously: "Don't make trouble, this is a very serious topic." It's too dangerous. You have to report it to your superiors and ask them to deal with this thing immediately. This is no joke. ”

Li Xiaohui hurriedly explained: "Listen to me. Here's the thing. She slowly explained the reason.

It turned out that when the bloodthirsty vine was discovered, it was already dying, and time was running out. Since it was buried in the ground, it has not been exposed to sunlight for many years, and it has to withstand strong nuclear radiation all the time, coupled with the change of geological landforms, it has not been replenished with enough water for a long time. If it hadn't been discovered in time, it would have been dead in a few months.

By the time people dug it out of the ground, its body had already undergone a mutation. But it didn't go unnoticed at the time. Out of the need to excavate the secrets of the ancient world, researchers decided to make great efforts to cultivate it.

At that time, some researchers, after inquiring into the classified archives in detail, strongly demanded that it be completely destroyed. But due to heavy resistance, they had to give up this request.

But some of them, out of some kind of safety concerns, ended up taking the risk and setting fire to the research room where the bloodthirsty vines were cultivated. But surprisingly, this plant actually understands the art of geckos' tail cutting. It survived by amputating part of its branches, using these branches to form a protective layer on its periphery, protecting the main rhizome.

When people cleaned up the burned research room, they were surprised to find that it was still alive. A greasy layer of dead branches held it firmly, forming a large hollow ball outside its body.

But it was also badly injured in this fire. Its surviving main rhizomes are covered in burn marks. If it weren't for a few sporadic leaves, it would be hard to believe that it was still alive.

In order to prevent a similar thing from happening again, and also to prevent it from dying completely, the researchers soon cut off many small branches from its body and distributed them to various laboratories across the country for individual cultivation.

Unfortunately, most of the severed shoots died. Only a handful of plants survived. But most of them are also half-dead, like the one they see now.

Wei Yi listened with great curiosity and asked, "Then what?" What happened to the others? ”

Li Xiaohui replied regretfully: "It's dead, and the other plants are all dead." Now only this one is barely alive. But looking at its situation, alas, it may not live long either. ”

Wei Yi further asked, "You have been researching for so long, have you come up with anything?" ”

Li Xiaohui shook her head and replied with some regret: "There is some data, but in the process of evacuation, most of it was lost." You'll have to wait until you've collected all of those things to find out. ”

Wei Yi thought for a moment and asked again, "What about this one?" Aren't you guys worried that it's going to be aggressive? ”

"You can rest assured of this." Li Xiaohui pointed ahead and said as she walked with Wei Yi, "We have tested it many times, and we have not found any aggressive tendencies in these vines that have been cultivated later. As long as you don't provoke it, it is generally very docile. ”

Wei Yi relieved his heart a little. He glanced back at the vine and saw that it was still sickly, very different from the things he remembered. He smiled self-deprecatingly, feeling as if he was worrying too much.

Li Xiaohui pulled him and slowly walked towards the depths, little by little. Soon, I walked through the rainforest and came to a small house.

"This is it. Let's go inside. Li Xiaohui opened the door and beckoned Wei Yi to walk in.

Not long after Wei Yi entered, he was shocked by the various precision instruments in the room. The house is divided into two floors, with a basement underneath. In this small room, there are dozens of advanced instruments in a neat and orderly manner.

What surprised him even more was that the instruments were operated by highly intelligent robots, which did not require manual operation at all. This amazed him. What made him feel even more incredible was that those robots seemed to have the ability to think independently.

"Oh my God, that's kind of sci-fi." He looked incredulously at the robots that greeted him in a friendly manner, muttering to himself. Everything here is beyond his imagination.

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