Chapter 40 Trigger 3

The system held its breath: […No.]

Qi He: "According to your logic, it should be like this."

[……] The system stiffened its neck, not hesitating to smear itself: [I have no logic.]

Qi He shook his head and walked back to the sofa and sat down.

The dim light was still on, casting a hazy shadow over the smooth table and him.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the night is quiet and dotted with tiny lights.

Qi He lowered his eyes and thought carefully: Why did Yan Chuanbai want to tease him? Because he was just like him, he would get aroused occasionally.

still……

He put his hand on the side of his neck. Did you feel anything when you kissed him in the training room?

The system's voice trembled and sounded: [What are you realizing? ]

"Nothing." Qi He withdrew his thoughts.

Given Yan Chuanbai's personality and their relationship, she shouldn't be in love with him. But the ambiguity that surged just now didn't seem fake.

His heartbeat unconsciously quickened a little, as if the opponent's subtle tactics had aroused a new curiosity and a desire to win.

Of course it's possible that he misunderstood.

What do you think now?

Qi He suppressed his slight trembling and calmed down: "Let's wait and see."

The system choked, its heart hanging in the balance: […Everything you say sounds like an experimental subject.]

"It's my job."

…

The next day, there was an S-level regular meeting.

Qi He packed up and went to the research institute.

When I pushed the door open and walked in, the other three had already arrived. You Tianxing had something to do in the lab and said he would be a few minutes late.

As soon as he entered the door, his eyes met Yan Chuanbai's.

Both of them looked normal.

Qi He pulled out a chair and sat down. Thinking about what happened last night, he looked at the people again, observing them carefully and openly.

The knuckles on the table seemed to bend.

Yan Chuanbai turned around and lowered his eyes: "What are you looking at?"

Qi He went straight to the point: "What did you mean last night?"

Yan Chuanbai held his breath for a moment, then curled his lips casually, his eyes not averting, "That's what you understand."

"You know how I understand that?"

"Oh, then let me hear what you think."

Qi He narrowed his eyes slightly.

Want to be ambiguous, right? He has never lost in this "wave"... Pausing for two seconds, he leaned slightly on the table, and moved closer to Yan Chuanbai's cheek.

Luo Lai's breathing was irregular.

Qi He whispered, "I thought it meant that I was making people's mouths water."

Then, there was a smile in my ears.

Yan Chuanbai tilted his head and said nothing: "That's it."

Qi He stared at him closely for two seconds, and it was hard to tell whether the expression on his face was a joke or sincerity. There was a hint of smile in his deep eyes, which was indeed attractive.

The door to the conference room clicked open.

You Tianxing came back, Qi He saw him from the corner of his eye, and stepped back from him again——

Failed to find out.

In the conference room, the others: "..."

When You Tianxing entered the room and saw this scene, he paused for a moment, then adjusted his mentality and walked over.

Yu Jiang sat opposite, her eyes wide open. She placed her hands on her lap, holding her breath:

You only did it once last night, you only did it once...

What what...how do you solve it? I'll listen to you...solve it.

The last words that Qi He said close to the person could not be heard at all, and only his lip movements could be faintly read: Index finger, move.

Her cheeks flushed: It's the end of the world, is it so open?

Xia Jiu, who was standing beside them, glanced at Qi He and the others with a hint of awareness. She turned around and was about to ask something when she saw Yu Jiang, stunned like a statue. She was silent for a moment, but couldn't help but:

"...What are you shocked about?"

Yu Jiang turned around slowly: "Didn't you hear it?"

She glanced over and saw that the two were talking to You Tianxing, so she quietly moved closer to Xia Jiu and blushed, summarizing, "They are not discussing how many times they did that last night..."

Xia Jiu, “????”

She finally turned her head in shock: No, sister, although the atmosphere between them is a bit ambiguous, it is not like this at all!

-

A regular meeting with everyone having their own thoughts has ended.

Xia Jiu is going to report to the cultivation base today.

Qi He looked at the time. It was almost noon, and he also wanted to check on Meng Yan's research progress.

He said to Xia Jiu, "I'll go to the cafeteria with you. I called Meng Yan, so we can have a meal together."

"So he's someone you know." Xia Jiu put his hands in his pockets, "Okay, introduce him to us in advance."

You Tianxing was going to the laboratory, Yan Chuanbai was going to the military headquarters, and Yu Jiang was going back to his residence for dinner as usual.

Qi He and Xia Jiu went to the cafeteria.

…

The cafeteria was crowded at noon.

Meng Yan just came out of the cultivation base.

She was wearing a neat white shirt and had a report under her arm that she was going to give to Qi He. She walked through the crowd carrying a plate of food, her neat ponytail and clean clothes making her stand out.

Just as I was about to find a place to sit down, a familiar voice suddenly came from the side: "Hey, isn't this Meng Yan?"

She turned around and saw Ke Yuan and three former teammates sitting there.

This was the first time she had encountered this since she went to the cultivation base. Meng Yan didn't bother to pay attention to them. Just as she was about to turn back, Ke Yuan stared at the report under her arm and said sarcastically:

"You're eating with a report between your fingers. What are you pretending to be?"

She paused, then glared back sarcastically, "It's better than having your tail between your legs all the time."

Bang! With a drop of their plates, Ke Yuan and the others stood up angrily, "What did you say?!"

They had been forced to kneel every time during training, and they had already built up a grudge that they were eager to take out on Meng Yan. The base had a strict ban on violence... Ke Yuan stared at Meng Yan. He knew she resented them. If he could provoke her to strike first—

He just gave a mean laugh: "Meng Yan, what are you so arrogant about? You can be where you are today thanks to us for helping you activate your superpowers."

Meng Yan stared over with a cold expression.

Seeing this, Ke Yuan added fuel to the fire even more proudly: "Hurry up and kowtow..."

"What are you doing? Do you have something to do with her?"

A sharp voice came from the side, and Xia Jiu appeared beside Meng Yan, frowning and glaring at Ke Yuan and the others:

"What are you talking about?"

Ke Yuan was stunned by the unfamiliar face and was about to retort when his eyes suddenly fell on Xia Jiu's [S+] ID card. He choked and held his breath, not saying anything.

"Tsk, forget it..."

He turned around, ready to brush it off as if nothing had happened. The next second, Plop! Plop!!!

Several people knelt down together.

With a clang, the plate next to him was overturned and poured all over his head.

“I…fuck!”

Qi He came over with a plate of food and greeted him warmly, "I heard you calling me over there, and I rushed over without stopping. No need to thank me."

Several people: “…”

Qi He then called Meng Yan and Xia Jiu and said, "Let's go over there."

Wait until the three figures are far away.

Ke Yuan and his companions rose from the mess, all eyes fixed on them. His face flushed red, and he gritted his teeth as he angrily spread bad words:

"Climbing up a few S-ranks means someone has backing him up!"

"What are you bragging about? She just researched a nutrient supplement. She didn't come up with that achievement alone."

"I can also choose not to drink the things she studies!"

…

At the other end of the cafeteria, Qi He and the other two sat down.

He looked at Meng Yan's expression and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Meng Yan's expression remained normal. During her time in the lab, she had lost some weight, the baby fat on her face gone. She now looked taller and more graceful.

She didn't forgive him, but she didn't care anymore.

In the face of human survival and great research achievements, those people are like ants in her eyes.

She handed the report she brought to Qi He: "Take a look, this is the final stage."

Qi He took it and took a look at it. "I'll go to the lab with you guys later."

"Eh? If you had said you wanted to go earlier, I wouldn't have taken you."

-

After dinner, they went to the laboratory.

Meng Yan's office is next to the laboratory.

There is a transparent glass wall in the middle, from which you can see the sophisticated instruments and samples in the laboratory, as well as several researchers and assistants standing inside.

She asked the two to come to her office first.

A sample was handed over: "This is the final version at the moment."

Qi He took it, looked at it, and handed it to Xia Jiu, "How long will it take to get the results?"

Meng Yan said, "Because the ingredients and ratios need to be constantly adjusted, and we have to wait for the results of each clinical trial, the progress is very slow. Now that we have Xia Jiu——"

Snap! Xia Jiu snapped his fingers and stared at the test tube: "Two days."

Meng Yan opened her eyes wide in shock, "Can it be so fast?"

"My ability, 'Identification,' can directly provide data. As long as you can adjust it efficiently, we can finally put the 'final version' into clinical trials and verify the results."

Meng Yan excitedly grabbed her and said, "Why didn't you show up earlier?"

"I've only been at headquarters a few days."

Xia Jiu brushed his short hair and glanced at the two people in front of him: "Okay, don't look at me like that. It's human nature to be fascinated by me."

Qi He: “…”

Meng Yan: “…”

The system exclaimed: [She is even more shameless than you! ]

Qi He accepted it well: "Excellent people always have some common characteristics."

The system changed its tone: […You are still better.]

At this moment, the communicator beeped.

Qi He took it out and saw that it was a message from You Tianxing. The content was very concise:

"Come to the control room quickly. 』

He looked up, but Xia Jiu hadn't received any of it. That meant there was probably some battle going on again.

He said hello and rushed to the research institute.

…

Just arrived at the door of the main control room.

Just then, a group of military personnel came out hurriedly. The door opened and closed, and Qi He pushed it open and walked in.

When I entered the room, You Tianxing and Yan Chuanbai were both there.

He first focused his gaze on the screen behind him, which displayed a pre-apocalyptic landscape. Two technicians were also nearby, debugging the communication signal.

Qi He looked back: "What's going on?"

Both of them looked very serious.

You Tianxing looked at him and said, "Just now, a strange signal source suddenly came in. It came from F City, the northernmost city near the border. You can understand this as us discovering a source that has never been in contact with the outside world—"

"Hidden Base III."

Qi He held his breath for a moment, then exhaled slowly: "What's going on?"

You Tianxing explained, "The base in City F is built underground in a remote area with poor traffic. The people inside have never come out and have no access to communication channels, so they have never been discovered."

——Built underground.

Qi He looked over sharply, "Were they attacked?"

“…Yes.” You Tianxing.

City F is an underground city that was originally used to resist repeated zombie attacks. But after the mutants evolved, the entire city was almost exposed to the mutants.

"Just now, the technicians over there finally connected to the same frequency as us and sent a call for help."

You Tianxing took a deep breath: "City F is on the verge of falling."

Qi He pursed his lips and asked, "How does headquarters arrange it?"

Someone beside him said, "Each base will be provided with at least one S-class combat support officer." Yan Chuanbai looked at him and said, "I've already prepared the helicopter. I'll take the troops over."

Time was running out and Qi He was about to say "OK".

Suddenly she looked at him again and asked as usual, "Does it have to be you?"

Yan Chuanbai lowered his eyes and looked back: "Not necessarily."

After he finished speaking, there was silence for two seconds.

Qi He was about to relax when a sudden "beep!" sounded in his mind. It was as if the program had been stuck, and a sharp alarm popped up with the panel:

[Alert! Host detected...]

At the same time, another notification sounded, almost overlapping the panel: [Beep! System loading...]

[Affects the final plot, triggers——]

【■■■Loading successfully■■■】

[The key plot will begin in two days, please prepare in advance. ]

The overlapping panels were like a triggered pop-up program, filling Qi He's entire vision in an instant!

There was a sense of restless madness in his eyes.

He grabbed Yan Chuanbai's arm and looked straight at the panel in front of him: "Go for it."

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