Chapter 4: Conflicting Closeness (2-in-1)

Looking at this bloody light that covered all sight,

Jing Chen wasn't too nervous, this was not the first time this had happened.

These two months, especially in the last one, have been seen several times when concentrating, trying to peek into the future.

At first, Jing Chen thought that he had used the ability to see the future too often, touching the upper limit of the ability to use it for a period of time, and the side effects it produced.

But later it was discovered that the appearance of this red light and blood light was almost irregular, and it had nothing to do with the number of times he used his ability over a period of time.

It's just that sometimes, it just appears out of nowhere.

After a pause, somewhat calmly,

Jing Chen slowly turned his head and looked around,

At this moment, the whole world was flooded with this blood red in his eyes,

It's like a viscous sea of blood, drowning everything far and near, tall buildings, shops.

In the distance, Jing Chen can only see some outlines in the blood light,

The nearby river was also blood-red, with a faintly flowing silhouette, like a blood mist floating in blood.

Moving slightly, Jing Chen could even feel a trace of the viscosity that drowned the sea of blood in this world.

Jing Chen couldn't help but open his palm, feeling the viscous sea of blood.

It felt like a hand had reached into someone's open chest, and the thick blood bursting out of the heart wrapped around the palm of the hand and flowed past the palm of the hand.

It's like, the hand is in the stream, and the gurgling stream caresses the palm of the hand, but the gurgling stream is also sticky blood.

Inexplicably, Jing Chen seemed to still feel the surging vitality in this sea of blood.

He didn't have any disgust with the sticky sea of blood in front of him, and even felt a little close.

But he was a little resistant to this closeness he had and frowned slightly.

It's like a person with a normal education who can't help but get excited and fanatical when he sees a mangled body that has been killed on the ground.

But his perception told him that this excitement was not right, and he was a little suppressed and resisted his excitement.

“…… Guru? ”

Just when Jing Chen resisted his closeness,

The blood in front of him finally faded, and the old man Hong in front of the stall looked a little nervous in front of Jing Chen.

Old man Hong sat on a low stool, his hands on his knees, leaned forward, and looked at Jing Chen tightly, really nervous.

This capable young master looked at him for a long time without speaking, and then frowned.

He couldn't help but start worrying.

"It's fine. Hold on. ”

Jing Chen paused and closed his open palm.

Then he looked at the nervous old man Hong and refocused his attention.

Soon, this time, the sea of blood did not resurface,

It's a normal picture.

But looking at this picture, Jing Chen stopped his movements again.

……

"Gollum ......"

In the picture, there is a quiet kitchen.

The kitchen was lit with dim incandescent lights, and porridge was boiling in an aluminum pot on the gas stove on the stove.

The porridge was already boiling, gurgling and bubbling, and the lid on the aluminum pot kept open, and the rice soup mixed with rice grains kept overflowing from the pot and poured on the fire of the gas stove under the pot.

There was a sizzling sound, but no one cared.

In the kitchen, the only person was lying on his back on the ground at the moment, and the soup spoon in his hand fell to the side.

The eyes are still open, but the pupils on the bulging eyeballs have completely diverged and lost their brilliance.

The back of the head, which was clinging to the wet ground, was sunken down, and blood flowed from the back of the head.

And as the blood gradually flowed all over the ground, the blood on the back of the person's face gradually faded and turned white.

"Knock...... Knock ......"

Finally, the porridge that was boiling on the stove was boiling and the lid was lifted again.

The lid of the pot slid down the stove and fell to the ground, smashing on the head of the corpse on the ground.

The rice soup, mixed with some rice grains, also dripped down the stove and splashed on the corpse's hands.

The picture gradually began to dissipate.

The corpse in the picture is exactly what the old fortune teller looks like in front of him.

……

"Master, what's wrong? When will I get rich. ”

"I made a hexagram yesterday and calculated that I was going to get rich this month. Ha ......"

The fortune teller said again, and then looked at Jing Chen looking at him and frowned, smiling and laughing.

A little nervous and looked at Jing Chen again,

"Master?"

"Hmm."

Jing Chen looked at the old man and frowned.

I'm already wondering if it's bad for me to go out today.

I met three fortune-tellers one after another, and as a result, I met three who were going to die.

Is this normal?

Feeling the feeling of the contents of his right palm again, Jing Chen's brows furrowed even more.

“…… What does your kitchen look like? ”

"Huh? It's normal. ”

"There's an old range hood, and there's an aluminum pot that you use to cook porridge?"

"Huh? Right! ”

Old man Hong was stunned for a moment, then nodded with some excitement and even fanatical enthusiasm.

"What do the tiles on the floor look like?"

Jing Chen asked again.

"Huh?"

Old man Hong was stunned again, he looked at his house every day, but suddenly asked what the tiles looked like, and he really couldn't react.

"Yes...... The kitchen is not tiled, so it is plastered with cement. ”

"Master, is there a problem with Feng Shui in my family? Why don't you take a look? ”

Old man Hong responded again, and asked a little anxiously.

Jing Chen glanced at him,

"You live alone?"

"Yes, my wife died a long time ago, and my son and daughter-in-law are not here, so I live alone."

"Where to stay?"

"Jinglin Community, Liu'an Lane, Beicheng, although the location is a bit biased, but the environment is good. When you go out, you can see the north mountain of our Wang'an City. In the early years, my son told me to change houses, but I didn't move. ”

Old man Hong was a little puzzled, but he still told Jing Chen truthfully.

"Kitayama?"

"Huh? What's wrong, Master? ”

Old man Hong felt that the master's reaction seemed to be a little wrong, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.

“…… Don't go home these days. Stay safe and find a place to stay outside for at least a month. ”

Jing Chen said a word to Old Man Hong again, and then signaled that he could leave.

Old man Hong sat on the stool, opened his mouth, and didn't say anything for a while, a little stunned.

He understood what Jing Chen meant, and a really powerful gentleman suddenly said this kind of thing to him......

His first reaction was not nervous and scared, but enlightened.

Then he looked at Jing Chen, opened his face, and wanted to ask something more, but seeing that Jing Chen had already turned sideways, he still didn't ask in the end.

Just paused, supported his legs, and stood up,

“…… I see, Master. ”

"Master, how do you pay for your hexagram?"

After moving two steps slightly, Old Man Hong stopped talking, and finally just asked.

"You can give it as you please."

Jing Chen really didn't have the heart to think about any hexagram matters, so he said casually.

Old man Hong looked at the words on the long banner in front of Jing Chen's stall,

And then he groped around himself,

"Master...... This is what I earned by divination today...... That's all there is to cash......"

Old man Hong fumbled, about a hundred yuan, and handed it to Jing Chen.

Jing Chen paused, raised his head, and looked at the old man Hong.

“…… Remember, don't go home for a month. The money is right here. ”

"I remember, Master."

Old man Hong followed Jing Chen's words, lowered his body and put the money on the stall.

Then he straightened up, turned his head and looked around, and the man walked back to his stall in a trance.

Hands up and down consciously tidy up the things on their stalls,

Then he subconsciously got up and walked in the direction of his home.

But I only took two steps and woke up.

Then he turned around, quickened his pace again, and walked in another completely opposite direction.

With his head down, he followed the road, his mind full of what Jing Chen had just said to him.

After walking forward for a while, he paused again, raised his head, and looked at the tall buildings on the street in the distance.

“…… Since I can't go home this month...... My home is in the north city, so I will live in the south of the city! ”

Old man Hong came back to his senses and muttered, but at the same time he was a little hesitant,

"Or ...... I'll also give myself a hexagram......"

"Forget it."

Old man Hong quickened his pace a little more and headed towards the south of the city.

……

Looking at the figure of the old man Hong walking away,

Jing Chen retracted his gaze, lowered his head again, and opened the right hand he had been holding.

The right hand was spread out, and there was a bead of blood lying quietly in the hand.

Looking at this drop of blood, Jing Chen fell silent.

This is something that shouldn't have appeared, it appeared in his hands after he saw the sea of blood that flooded the world just now.

It's like a few drops of water that comes out of a hand that has reached into a stream.

But when I saw the sea of blood that flooded the world before, it was full of blood, and it should be just a picture in Jing Chen's eyes.

Can it be ......

Now he has such an extra drop of blood in his hand.

Looking at this drop of blood, Jing Chen paused for a long time.

The faint smell of blood irritated the nasal cavity, and the slight touch of blood beads in the palm of the hand,

are showing its truth to Jingchen.

Perhaps, it's not that there's something wrong with his abilities, it's that there's something wrong with the world.

Jing Chen raised his head again and looked at the tall buildings in the distance,

I can't help but think like this,

Maybe the world is starting to change?

And then

The moment this thought came to Jing Chen's mind,

The high-rise streets and rivers and cities he saw in front of him obviously had no actual changes.

But Jing Chen does have a very real feeling, feeling that the world is different.

He had a very strange feeling.

After a pause, this strange feeling did not change further,

Jing Chen lowered his head again and looked at the blood bead in his hand again.

He didn't know what to do with this blood droplet.

There's no way to just throw it here, the hell knows what's going to happen.

Then you have to take it away...... And in fact, Jing Chen did not feel any threat on this blood bead,

It's like the blood-colored eyes I just saw, with a sense of intimacy and vigorous vitality.

Closing his palm again, pinching the drop of blood, Jing Chen simply cleaned up the stall and got up to leave here.

He was so distracted that he didn't have the heart to play the fortune teller here again.

……

"Knock Knock ......"

Capital Institute of Life Sciences, in a laboratory.

Professor Qian Yixue was sitting on a stool, staring at the petri dish in front of him, the pink flesh-like substance the size of a fingernail.

There was a knock on the door next to him, pulling Qian Yi's mind back.

"Come in ......"

"Professor Money."

It was a young man in a white coat who was holding the experiment report in his hand, his face was flushed, and the whole person could be seen to be very excited.

"After the XR substance entered 05 and 06, the performance was also extremely good, and the AIDS in 05 and the terminal cancer in 06 were greatly suppressed."

"And their previous body organs were injured by diseases, and they are also recovering quickly, on the surface, 05 and 06 are completely healthy people, even more than ordinary people...... Maybe that's not quite right.

I think they showed strong vitality and tenacious vitality after receiving XR substances. ”

Professor Qian Yixue looked at the excited young man in front of him, but he didn't show the joy he should have.

"Hmm."

He just answered calmly.

“…… Professor Qian, we have defeated terminal cancer, not only to prolong the survival of patients, but also to truly cure. XR matter is simply the greatest discovery of this decade. ”

The excited young man didn't seem to care about Professor Qian Yixue's reaction, and he could see that he was really excited.

"It's just a pity...... We don't have a way to replicate XR at the moment, and the department that provides us with XR isn't willing to disclose the origin and preparation of XR material. ”

As he spoke, the young man still had regrets, and at the same time revealed some doubts,

“…… XR looks like flesh and blood, but traditional cloning methods don't work...... Moreover, the genetic series is so strange......"

"Well, don't think about the replication of flesh and blood tissue for the time being, first make preliminary analysis records, as well as clinical trial records...... Is that all there is to it? ”

Qian Yixue raised his head and looked at the excited young man, then turned his head and looked at the pink flesh and blood tissue in the petri dish, this is the XR in the young man's mouth, which is the pinyin abbreviation of flesh and blood.

"There's some more data...... Based on observations, XR also appears to have some effect on the nerves and brains of the subjects subjected. ”

"The subject's spirits exhibited some unusual euphoria and activity after receiving the XR substance. There are cases of nightmares, babbling and confusion. The frequency of brain wave activity is also far higher than that of normal people, and in the most severe cases, it can reach ten times. ”

"This is the specific data, Professor Qian."

Speaking of this, the excitement on the young man's face faded a little, and he handed the experimental data report to Professor Qian Yixue.

"Hmm."

Professor Qian Yixue took it and flipped through it.

"After the discontinuation of XR, the spirits of these experimenters gradually improved...... I think that as a drug that can treat terminal cancer, this side effect is completely acceptable. ”

The young man said out loud when Professor Qian Yixue flipped through the experiment report.

Professor Qian Yixue raised his head, glanced at him, and didn't speak,

Then he lowered his head and carefully read the experiment report before asking,

"How's the situation with 03?"

“…… After the genetic collapse of 03, according to your request, Professor Qian, the experimental observation of 03 was suspended, and he was temporarily locked up in an independent laboratory. ”

"This morning, people from the relevant departments have come over and taken 03 away for processing. No one from our lab was allowed to enter when they were taken away, and we don't know exactly what happened to 03. ”

The young man spoke, a little hesitant,

Professor Qian ...... In fact, we may observe the process of genetic collapse among the subjects who receive the experiment...... Otherwise, for a long time, we won't be able to understand why 03 suddenly had a genetic collapse, obviously 03's illness and physical fitness are basically the same as 05, but why 05 is alive, but 03 has a genetic collapse. ”

“…… Even if it might be a bit dangerous for us...... But we're all willing to take some risks. ”

The young man finally plucked up the courage to speak to him.

Qian Yixue looked at the young man and was a little silent,

"You guessed?"

"Well, Professor Qian, you have been repeatedly telling us to experiment safety, we are strictly forbidden to come into direct contact with XR substances, and you must be present every time XR substances are used. Experiments are to be terminated immediately after a genetic breakdown of a subject, and further observation is strictly forbidden...... We haven't left the lab building for more than two months. ”

"If it's this kind of experimental observation, it will also make you collapse with your genes, do you still insist?"

Qian Yixue asked calmly again,

“……”

The young man hesitated a little, and then his eyes gradually became firmer, and he was about to nod,

Qian Yixue interrupted him again,

"Don't worry, I'm not done yet. You just said that subjects receiving XR experience mental abnormalities such as nightmares and nightmares, but what about you...... Have you ever had nightmares lately? ”

“…… Professor Chin. ”

The young man listened to Qian Yixue's words, paused, his face changed suddenly, and he couldn't help shouting.

“…… All right. Let's go. There are some things not to say to others. After doing the experiments and recording some more data, we ended the study. ”

Qian Yixue spoke, turned his head again, and looked at the flesh and blood in the petri dish on the table in a daze.

He is the only one in the entire experimental research team who knows exactly what XR is.

What a disgusting monster shredded body tissue.

"Good...... Teacher ......"

The young man answered, and when he was about to leave, he hesitated again.

"Why don't you leave? Anything else? ”

Professor Qian ...... I have a nephew who has cancer, can I ...... it?"

"Did you leak information about the experiments we're doing now?"

Professor Qian stood up suddenly, his eyes sharpened, and he frowned and asked the young man,

"I didn't ...... No...... It's just that my nephew has cancer...... It is terminal lymphoma, and there is no way to treat it with normal medical treatment. I'm trying to find a better hospital......"

"I want to ...... Can you get him to join us in the experiment...... He was only thirteen or fourteen years old...... A very sensible child. ”

The young man hurriedly shook his head, the secrecy of this experimental research was very demanding, how dare he divulge it.

And then he continued to plead.

“…… Remember the confidentiality rules...... I can tell you clearly that the external communications of our experimental group are now monitored......"

Professor Qian glanced at the young man, who was his student, from his master's degree to his doctorate.

"I know...... Teacher, can you ......?"

"Did you know that the test subjects we use now are all death row prisoners?"

“…… I know. My nephew he ...... Even with conventional treatment, I won't live for a month......"

“……”

Professor Qian Yixue paused and was silent for a long time.

I don't know which last sentence touched him, but he said to the young man who was a little nervous that he would be angry,

"Tell them to come, don't say much."

"Besides, even after they recover, they won't be able to leave here for the time being."

"I know, thank you, teacher."

“…… Don't call me a teacher......"

"That's right. What's the child's name? ”

"It's called Yan Hao."