Chapter Seventy-Three Abnormal Memories

Qi An thought, "I want her purification, because her purification is more comfortable."

But her purification is also dangerous. Chen Yuezhou only saw her entanglement with Yang Yuning, but didn't see how she used purification to trap Wang Ming and Yang Yuning.

Qi An sat back down on the bench. "Chief Chen's pollution levels don't seem to be high."

"Doctor Qi only performs battlefield emergency purification now, and looks down on routine purification?" Chen Yuezhou said with a half-smile.

Qi An snorted: "Give me your hand."

Chen Yuezhou extended his long, handsome hand to Qi An, palm facing up, as if it were an invitation.

Qi An reached out and touched him, but Chen Yuezhou immediately grabbed his hand firmly.

The heavily fortified castle with its high walls and deep walls came into Qi An's view once again.

She was indeed quite interested in exploring Chen Yuezhou's past, because she could clearly sense that Chen Yuezhou was also exploring her past.

The heavy guard was merely a symbol of a strong sense of defensiveness, something Qi An deeply resonated with; to her, the guards were simply decorations that could be conjured up at any time.

She saw the young man sitting alone on the throne deep in the hall.

He really looks a lot like Chen Xi.

But this young man, wielding a sharp sword, appeared more composed and fierce than Chen Xi.

The boy also seemed to be ill. While fiercely guarding against the polluted torrent outside the castle, he was pale and weak, and sometimes looked confused.

Qi An was somewhat puzzled. She walked to the side of the throne, bent down and looked at the boy. The boy was equally puzzled, and looked at her with a mixture of wariness and curiosity.

The scene shifted, and Qi An found himself running.

It was Chen Yuezhou running, his limbs swaying as he ran were thin and slender—it was the body of a child.

The child, Chen Yuezhou, ran as fast as he could, as if a monster was chasing him.

But this memory of running is like a reflection in a mirror. When the mirror is reversed, Qi An finds himself being led around by someone!

The hand holding hers was small but strong, and Qi An couldn't tell for a moment whether it belonged to a child or an adult.

However, the child or the adult is not the key point. The key point is that the surrounding environment has not changed at all, but this person who can only be seen from behind, and whose back is not even clearly visible, has inexplicably appeared!

Qi An had no choice but to take the initiative to explore the origins and details of this memory.

Everything felt like being immersed in a dream, or submerged in water, with a layer separating us, making the sounds and images blurry.

Qi An vaguely learned that the virus had broken out and spread from a villa in the suburbs, and that Chen Yuezhou was on the run with someone.

They escaped from the wilderness onto the highway and flagged down a car.

However, the family driving the car quickly became infected and died at the tollbooth exit before exiting the highway.

These intersections were completely jammed with cars. While one family driving the car got infected, the place seemed to have been slashed by the scythe of death, with many people getting infected and many people crying out in despair!

Then......

And then that was it. Recalling this point, Qi An wanted to read on, but the scene returned to the castle's royal hall, where the boy was brandishing his sword at Qi An!

Qi An retreated quickly, and seeing the boy glaring at her fiercely with his sword like a small beast baring its fangs, she immediately realized that Chen Yuezhou had noticed the intrusion into searching her memories and was rejecting her!

The resonance ended abruptly here.

Qi An tried to pull her hand away immediately, but couldn't. She then noticed that Chen Yuezhou was looking at her with some surprise.

Qi An was still suspicious of him; this person's memory was clearly abnormal!

The two stared at each other for a moment.

Both sides had the intention of exploring each other during this purification process, but the result was that they only felt that they understood each other even less!

Chen Yuezhou let go after a long while. He felt confused and seemed to recall some distant memories.

He rarely recalls his childhood because he was abandoned, grew up in an orphanage, and then experienced the apocalypse, eventually fleeing to the newborn base.

He experienced the entire process of the establishment and growth of the new base. Although it was in a post-apocalyptic world with scarce resources and constant danger, the experience of growing up with the base is what he has the most memories of.

Until he discovered Chen Xi's existence...

The hazy and painful memories of the past surged uncontrollably, making Chen Yuezhou's gaze towards Qi An somewhat gloomy!

Qi An moved back to the edge of the bench and asked warily, "After one purification, Captain Chen not only doesn't pay, but he also beats people up?"

Chen Yuezhou was taken aback and suppressed his somewhat out-of-control emotions.

"I'm sorry, just now..." he apologized, but he still felt extremely repulsed by the sudden panic and anxiety that had surged up during the purification process.

He confirmed Qi An's special purification ability, but this specialness was completely beyond his expectations!

Qi An regretted agreeing to the purification, and even more so, he regretted his excessive curiosity.

She felt that Chen Yuezhou was too guarded and too perceptive, and that she really couldn't stay here any longer. She stood up:

"If you feel uncomfortable, Chief Chen, please don't come to me for purification again next time. There are many purification masters in the world."

Qi An turned to leave, but after a few steps, he remembered Chen Yuezhou saying he was leaving tomorrow, and this might be the last time they ever saw each other...

She turned back and said, "...I wish Captain Chen a safe journey and a safe return home."

Although he turned back, he didn't stop and walked very fast.

This man could strangle her to death with one hand!

Chen Yuezhou was somewhat surprised, staring at Qi An's back for a long time, and then smiled.

......

Qi An had only been gone for 10 minutes when he received a text message from Yu Shuang:

"The mission orders have been issued. We're leaving tomorrow. Give the kids one hour to meet in the lounge for a meeting!"

Qi An was startled. A mission to depart tomorrow?

Could it be with Chen Yuezhou?

But when they arrived at the lounge, Yu Shuang said that wasn't the case.

"It's another supply escort mission, but the stuff we transported last time is completely different," Yu Shuang said.

"We need to transport ammunition?" Zhuang Xiao's eyes lit up immediately.

“No, we need to transport virus samples,” Zhao Bohan said, pouring cold water on his enthusiasm.

Qi An was slightly taken aback, and everyone else was also surprised.

"This time we're heading south to Southwest Base 5 to retrieve virus samples from the lab there, and then we'll return."

"The difficulties of the mission are twofold: first, the long distance; and second, the risk of an accident leading to a virus leak," Zhao Bohan explained.

This task seems much easier than the previous one; they only need to transport a small cold chain box.

However, the new strain of the Kuroshio virus that needs to be packed into cold chain boxes has evolved to the point that it can ignore the antibodies of the enhanced individuals and infect people again!

If they were attacked en route and the cold chain container broke during the battle, the consequences would be unimaginable!

This was the kind of thankless, arduous "suicide mission" they had worried about before.

"We'll go pick up the equipment this afternoon and check it, especially the cold chain boxes and protective suits."

"We'll meet at 7 a.m. tomorrow and set off!" Yu Shuang clapped her hands.

She never showed her worries on her face before a battle, lest it affect the morale of the squad; instead, she would simply smile and say to everyone:

"This mission is barely 'high-risk'. If you complete it, along with the previous insect oil escort mission and the second-class merit award before that, Zhuang Xiao, Xiao Su, Xiao Qi, and Lao Zhao, the four of you will be promoted in rank."

This promotion is a natural consequence of completing many challenging missions and accumulating a certain level of merit; it is a long-standing rule of the Army.

If Wu Zirui tries to stop her again, Yu Shuang can just throw the two pieces of video evidence in their faces!

In fact, Yu Shuang wanted to throw the evidence in their faces right now, but Zhao Bohan felt that the two pieces of evidence pointed to Team 1 and Liu Hui, mainly Team 1. Even Liu Hui might not be able to bring them down, so to be on the safe side, they should wait until before the battle, when they were under Chen Yuezhou's command and under the control of the North 1 Command, before submitting the evidence to the court and the military affairs department.

Yu Shuang wasn't a truly impulsive person, so she agreed.

She kept a backup of the evidence, and if anything happened to the team, the video would be sent directly to the court's email address.

So overall, she had concerns about this mission, but she was also looking forward to it!

There was only one thing. Yu Shuang glanced at Qi An, who was quietly listening to the lecture in the corner of the sofa, and then at Zhao Bohan, who was indeed observing Qi An. She thought that she still had to solve this problem before leaving.