Chapter 63 Their Purpose

After resonating with Gao Pingyue, Qi An felt exhausted.

However, this fatigue is still far from the limit of no further purification.

As soon as Qi An finished speaking, his consciousness invaded Wang Zhuoran's memories.

This great scientist, who regarded Qi An as "a precious asset of the North 1 Base," suddenly felt his legs go weak and swayed uncontrollably. He was only able to stay upright by being supported by the young man in the white coat next to him.

When Qi An finished resonating, he gripped her hand tightly, his swollen eyes shining with surprise, doubt, inquiry, and longing!

He wouldn't let go, but Qi An twisted his arm and grabbed Wang Zhuoran's wrist. With a flick of his wrist, Wang Zhuoran and the white coat behind him staggered backward.

After staggering a few steps to regain his balance, Wang Zhuoran raised his eyebrows, but refrained from scolding him, and just kept staring at Qi An.

Qi An stared at him, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Wang Zhuoran is one of the heads of the research project related to Gao Pingle.

The experiment in which Gao Pingle's lower body was immersed in the blood of the fallen insects while his upper body was tightly bound with the tentacles of the White Priest to test his resistance to contamination was designed and supervised by this very person.

Gao Pingle is afraid of pollution, and this test from three years ago has made him even more afraid and worsened his mental state.

However, in Wang Zhuoran's memory, they did not conduct many harmful experiments on Gao Pingle, nor did they imprison her.

They only observed him over a long period, tested him regularly, and experimented on him occasionally.

Gao Pingle has parents who do their best to protect him, which is a secondary reason.

The main reason lies with Gao Pingle himself—although he has extraordinary mental strength, he also has too many flaws.

He has rickets, short limbs, and extremely poor motor skills.

He can sense pollution, but he is extremely afraid of and repulsed by it.

The shadows in his subconscious caused him nightmares at night and hallucinations during the day.

He was like a person with a mental disability; even though he lived in the love of his parents, he was always fearful and tense.

Is it really possible that the new base has placed great hopes on such a disabled individual with limited abilities?

Qi An's mind echoed with Wang Zhuoran's words during the meeting: "If you are in the same situation as Gao Pingle, your extraordinary mental strength cannot be replicated through genes."

The new base had already begun researching Gaopingle.

As early as May of last year, Qi An, with his god-level "Fallen Insect Sense" ability, fought alongside the people at the new base, and in June he received the "Protector" medal.

Afterwards, the people who participated in the Mother Nest War at the new base returned one after another, and in July, Wang Zhuoran had her name in his mind.

At that time, Wang Zhuoran wasn't thinking of a special enhanced user; he naturally connected Qi An with Gao Pingle.

"If your situation is the same as Gao Pingle's, your mental strength cannot be replicated through genes."

Qi An was worried that once the new recruit base obtained her blood sample, her various abilities, which were not obtained through enhancement, would be exposed.

But in reality, she was exposed from the very beginning. The new recruit base needed blood samples not for cloning, but simply for verification!

In Wang Zhuoran's memory, there was also a row of glass rooms on a certain floor of the main building of the biotechnology institute.

Inside the glass house, the pregnant girls looked like eggs in a beehive.

Those were really just young girls, because the oldest among them was only the same age as Lin Jiaran, and the youngest was only 16 years old!

The initial executors of the reproductive task were very few in number, including some pregnant women who had accidentally undergone Level 2 mutations and were placed under observation.

Later, there were more and more of them.

The new student base never took its eyes off Qi An.

Qi An was extremely vigilant, having ingrained in his DNA the habit of checking his hair every time he sat down and always checking his blood after a battle.

But the new base still obtained her blood sample.

Even after the battle in the mutated forest, there were still people from the new base who went to the river to collect blood.

The blood sample we received at that time was mixed with the blood of many people, making it impure and undetectable.

But this year, the people that the new base had placed in the North 1 base received blood after the Qi An "Star Fortress" battle!

However, the importance attached to the task of reproduction had already increased before this, because the newborn base was also investigating Qi An's background at the same time.

Their breakthrough in the investigation turned out to be Qi An's childhood "playmate," who had escaped to Southeast Base No. 1.

According to his playmates, one day when Qi An was 7 years old, he suddenly stopped going to the nursery.

When the friends went to Qi An's house to find her, the only answer they received was: Qi An is sick and needs to go to a very far place for treatment.

After that, his friends never saw Qi An again.

The new recruit base reasonably speculated that Qi An's abnormality was discovered by Southeast Base No. 4, and she was taken into the laboratory!

Another older researcher recognized that Qi An resembled a singer from before the apocalypse.

The new student base had been investigating her mother, Ye Xiao, even before she did. They knew that Ye Xiao had reduced her work and public appearances six months before the apocalypse, suggesting she might be pregnant.

There was a major pollution outbreak at that time, and many people were exposed to the pollution. Ye Xiao was also very likely exposed to the pollution during her pregnancy!

The new student base was indeed inextricably linked to Qi An.

Their eyes never left her!

Qi An participated in the great battle and made great contributions; Qi An killed the Ash Priest; Qi An revealed his abilities and presided over the "White Tower"...

Qi An moved forward step by step, climbing higher and higher, so high that a lieutenant colonel from the direct command pulled out a chair for her, so high that the new student base vacated an entire floor for her safety.

Correspondingly, cloned little girls were brought into the laboratory one by one, their bellies bulging.

Their numbers grew until the new base obtained Qi An's complete genome map and learned that as the commander of the "White Tower," she could reduce battlefield casualties by 80%!

Even Lin Jiaran, the strongest active purifier, was required to conceive.

This task of bearing children has only existed because of Qi An!

Qi An felt his stomach churning, and a chill ran down his back.

"Bringing her to the base to help Gao Pingle is secondary, and it's uncertain whether she can even help."

The North 1 Base should also be actively researching Qi'an. By proactively revealing that we have Gao Pingle, we can exchange more intelligence about Qi'an with the North 1 Base.

When she arrives, we can observe her in person.

We need to optimize the conditions of the reproductive experiment based on her results to improve the rate of high-quality offspring.

In Wang Zhuoran's memory, a man's back was in front, and his voice lingered behind.

This is the purpose of the new student training base bringing her here.

Qi An's cold gaze at Wang Zhuoran lasted only half a second before he covered it up.

Faced with Wang Zhuoran's urgent question once again, she only replied, "It's for the purpose of emotional comfort. Perhaps because we have similar experiences, we can empathize with each other, so the comforting effect is very good."

"But the resonance between you two was entirely your doing, wasn't it?"

"You were able to purify him, which means your spiritual power is definitely superior to his!"

Qi An didn't speak, but Wang Zhuoran, seeing Gao Pingle's expression, was already certain, and his eyes shone even brighter!

He did indeed ask about Qi An's background, leading her to recount the details of her mother's childbirth and her childhood experiences.

They also asked her in detail if she had any side effects and what other amazing abilities she had.

Qi An's attitude was indifferent; he only answered a few questions before saying he was tired and needed to rest.

Gao Pingle held tightly to the hem of her clothes the whole time.

The child's feeling might be that years of heavy dampness had been swept away in one fell swoop, and his soul felt light as if it were about to take flight.

He no longer just put his legs in the light; his whole body was bathed in sunlight, his head nodding slightly, extremely sleepy from the ease.

Zhou Wen knew he needed a good night's sleep, and that sleep might greatly help the child recover from his terrible mental state!

She was the only one who truly cared about Gao Pingle's safety.

She urged Wang Zhuoran: "If you want to talk to Lieutenant Colonel Qi, can't you wait until she's free?"

They all need rest!

Seeing that Gao Pingle had given him a half-hidden glare, Wang Zhuoran had no choice but to leave with his men.

After the door closed, the little boy couldn't stay awake any longer, so he tilted his head and fell asleep.

He clutched Qi An's clothes and leaned on his mother's shoulder.

The boy's eyelids did not tremble; his sleep was deep and dark, and the radiant sunlight settled peacefully on his eyelashes.

"Thank you." Zhou Wen's eyes welled up with tears again as she mouthed to Qi An.

Qi An smiled and gently patted the top of the little boy's head.

The area outside the door quickly became quiet, but Wang Zhuoran did not go far; he simply went into the house across the street.

As soon as the door opened, several figures, all wearing white coats, some standing and some sitting, flashed by.

The door closed, and only the gentle morning light remained in the corridor.