Chapter 147 World Five [5]

When the guard at the door saw Chu Ci, who was obviously not human, coming out of the laboratory with his director, he immediately became nervous. If he hadn't remembered that the monster in front of him was Chu Ci, he would have pointed his gun at her.

"Captain, are you okay?"

"Director, are you volunteering?"

The two guards asked at the same time, holding their hot weapons tightly in their hands, staring at Jing Ke and Chu Ci without blinking.

"It's okay, it's voluntary." Jing Ke answered their questions. "Tell the others not to provoke Chu Ci."

"Okay, Chief, I'll send a message to the group right away." Guard No. 1 responded, quickly took out his cell phone, and quietly took a photo of the two of them.

"Captain, can you send the photos directly?" Guard No. 2 stopped his companion and chose to ask Jing Ke's opinion first.

"Okay, just don't spread it around." Jing Ke didn't object. Since she had already brought Chu Ci out with her, it was inevitable that someone would see her.

Furthermore, if someone saw with their own eyes that Chu Ci did not like to chase and bite people like a zombie, and spread the news, it would not be a bad thing for the current Base No. 1.

Thus, with the photos as a precaution, the guards and researchers at the institute remained calm.

Except Jing Pingping.

After seeing her child's arms tied up by vines, Jing Pingping's supernatural powers began to stir.

If Chu Ci hadn't tilted his head and looked at her with a look that was inexplicably 70% similar to her own child's, she would probably have taken action.

"Sister Pingping, Chuci is fine, everything is fine." Jing Ke said, trying her best to sound less guilty.

"I understand. I will follow you." With outsiders present, Jing Pingping didn't want to say too much, but just followed the two of them closely.

After successfully arriving at the conference room on the first floor, the adjutant was still trying hard to review his speech, trying to find a suitable reason to check on the status of his general.

After hearing the conference room door open, the adjutant sat up immediately, a standard smile flashing across his scarred face. "Director, you're here. I came here today..."

Before the adjutant could finish his prepared speech, she saw the frail director followed by the person she had been thinking about.

"General!" The adjutant widened his eyes, fearing that he was hallucinating, and immediately rubbed his eyes with his hands.

After making sure he wasn't mistaken, the adjutant's standard smile turned into a wide grin, and he quickened his pace and ran to the door.

"Shh, Chu Ci, like quietness." Jing Ke reminded.

Jing Ke was not sure about Chu Ci's tolerance outside the laboratory, so in order to avoid accidents, it was necessary not to make loud noises.

The adjutant immediately fell silent and took the initiative to step forward and pull out chairs for the two of them. After noticing Jing Pingping was also behind them, he quickly pulled out a third chair.

"What's the matter?" Jing Ke and Chu Ci sat down shoulder to shoulder.

There was no other way, their arms were still tied together. Before Chu Ci retracted the vines, they had to keep walking side by side.

He didn't know if his arm would feel numb after he let go. Theoretically, the vines would affect the blood circulation in his arm. Jing Ke couldn't help but think distractedly.

"I came here this time to ask if you have any supplies that are in short supply. Thanks to the cost-price evolution potion you provided, Base No. 1 has completed its first expansion. We found a lot of useful things during the cleanup." The adjutant said, his eyes unable to help but drift towards his general.

The general's complexion looks much better now. His lips are not as dark anymore, and there is a radiance in his eyes. The general is getting better day by day! It's really great!

"Yes, I'll give you the list later." Jing Ke said, "Supplies, the more the better."

"Okay, Chief, don't worry. Your needs are our top priority." The adjutant assured, licked his lips, and then asked the question that concerned him most.

"Captain, how is our general doing now? Will he be able to recover soon?" asked the adjutant.

Jing Ke subconsciously turned around to glance at Chu Ci beside him, and when he saw her tilt her head to look at him, he quickly looked away.

"According to the various indicators tested so far, Chu Ci's body temperature, heart rate, and other data are approaching normal human values. Some of his vision, hearing, touch, smell, and taste indicators are higher than those of normal humans, and are relatively closer to those of an Evolved Person."

"The evolution potion has been improved to its ninth version. So far, the effect is quite noticeable. It can already allow your general to understand relatively simple words. With any luck, she'll even respond."

"As long as the laboratories and research institutes have sufficient supplies, it's only a matter of time before your general is cured by me." Jing Ke said in one go.

To verify his words, Jing Ke looked at Chu Ci again and asked, "Chu Ci, are you hungry?"

"Hungry." Chu Ci answered with a blink.

"What do you want to eat?" Jing Ke continued to ask.

"Meat, sweet, you." Chu Ci responded very politely. Although her voice was a little hoarse, it was enough for people with normal hearing to recognize what she said.

Jing Ke ignored the last word "you" and turned to look at the adjutant, "This is your general's current situation. You can go out for a while."

The adjutant could hardly contain his smile, and asked with a trembling voice, "Director, can I talk to the general and see if she still remembers me?"

"I don't know, you try it." Jing Ke did not refuse.

The adjutant swallowed hard, thinking for a long time before speaking nervously, "General, do you still recognize me? I'm your adjutant, you like to call me Xiao Ma."

Chu Ci did not respond to this, still tilting his head slightly to stare at Jing Ke's profile.

"Simple sentences are easier to understand in Chuci." Jing Ke reminded her, "Call her name, she knows who she is."

The adjutant nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, cleared his throat and spoke again, "Chu Ci, I am your adjutant, your assistant and subordinate."

The adjutant pointed to her head as she spoke. When she saw Chu Ci turned to look at her, her tone became excited. "Chu Ci, you are the general, our general, our captain, and we are your subordinates."

"General?" Chu Ci uttered a word slowly, revealing a puzzled look.

"You are the general, and I am your adjutant." The adjutant repeated it tirelessly. It took almost five minutes for Chu Ci to react to the title of general.

"You are mine, adjutant." Chu Ci said.

"Yes, General, I am your adjutant!" The adjutant's eyes began to turn red, and he almost showed what it meant to shed tears.

"Do you listen to me?" Chu Ci continued to ask.

"Yes, I will follow your orders, General." The adjutant nodded immediately.

"Okay, I'm hungry, I'll eat meat." Chu Ci said.

"Okay, General. No problem, General. What kind of meat do you like to eat? I will have someone prepare it right away and send it to you!" The adjutant agreed without thinking.

"What meat?" Chu Ci tilted his head and looked at Jing Ke.

Jing Ke fell into thought and said uncertainly, "Chu Ci isn't picky about food. As long as it's meat, anything's fine with him."

After saying that, Jing Ke tilted his head and looked at Jing Pingping. The meals for the three of them were taken care of by his sister Pingping.

Seeing two people with very similar expressions looking at her at the same time, Jing Pingping was silent for three seconds. "Mainly pork and chicken, occasionally fish and beef."

"Yes, that's right." Jing Ke replied.

"Yes, that's right." Chu Ci imitated him.

The adjutant nodded frantically and wrote down every word Chu Ci said in the notebook he carried with him.

After caring about his general's situation, the adjutant gradually calmed down and thought of another important matter, and his expression became serious.

"General, Chief, I have something else to report to you two." The adjutant said seriously.

Jing Ke: "Speak."

Chu Ci followed a beat later: "Speak."

"Base No. 1 has completed its first round of expansion. The area under its control has increased by approximately one-tenth, and approximately 50,000 people have been recruited in the past month. The total population of the base is currently around 2.3 million. Food reserves are sufficient, the number of firearms is steadily increasing, and the defensive fortifications are completely complete."

The adjutant entered the reporting state, treating the three people in front of him as senior members of the base and not concealing any information.

"According to the intelligence we've gathered, the total population of the Glorious Base is currently 1.5 million, a decrease of approximately 30,000 from the initial population. As time passes, doubts have arisen within the Glorious Base regarding the lack of new potions."

"Because our purification potion is more effective than the inferior purification potion at the Glorious Base, not many people from the other side defected. The mutants and evolvers who rushed to the vicinity of the base all came to join us."

"In addition, Bai Xiaohui of the Guanghui Base issued two statements, repeatedly emphasizing that you, the director, were being held hostage by us, and then released..."

Having said this, the adjutant paused, glanced at his general, and then continued in a slower tone.

"They also told others that our general had turned into a monster, and that I was the one who started it all, in order to seize power and split Base No. 1," said the adjutant.

"Nonsense." Jing Ke frowned.

"Nonsense." Chu Ci repeated like a tape recorder. When he noticed that Jing Ke was frowning, he followed suit.

The adjutant was originally a little unhappy, but after seeing Chu Ci's reaction, he almost couldn't help laughing.

My general has become so cute now, completely different from the usual decisive and ruthless general. It would be great if I could just take out my phone and take a photo or video.

"Don't worry, I took the time to improve the purification agent. It is more effective and only needs to be injected within six hours. It can be stored for ten days in a non-refrigerated state." Jing Ke said slowly.

"That's great, Chief. How much does this improved version of the evolution potion cost? Can it be mass-produced?" asked the adjutant.

"The cost is 1.2 times higher than before. After some improvements, we can start mass production. We will mark up the price by 50% to the outside world, but still sell it at cost price internally," said Jing Ke.

Although Jing Ke was too lazy to interfere in the fight outside, it was absolutely impossible for her to let Bai Xiaohui go.

"Okay, Director. I'll try to get more raw materials," the adjutant promised. "Once we release the new drug, the truth will become clear as to whether you're willing to stay at Base One."

Jing Ke hummed, thought for a moment, and added, "Change the name of the potion. From now on, it will be called Potions No. 1."

"Okay, Director, I will tell everyone the news right away. Director, if we put it into production now, when will the first batch of finished products come out?" asked the adjutant.

"Seven days, 10,000 per day, a maximum of 70,000 can be provided." Jing Ke said.

"Then I'll spread the word. The first batch of medicine will be available for purchase in ten days." The adjutant said, considerately leaving a three-day buffer period.

The adjutant certainly did this not because he doubted Jing Ke's ability, but simply because he was worried that too many people would come to buy, so he left more time for preparation.

Jing Ke had no objection to the arrangement of the adjutant, and Chu Ci, whose IQ was still at the level of a child, naturally had no objection either.

When the meeting was about to end, the adjutant couldn't help but ask to take a photo, and said that he would never spread it to anyone else, and would only use his mobile phone to show it to the other 31 absolutely trustworthy colleagues.

Jing Ke nodded in agreement, then looked at Jing Pingping eagerly.

What else could Jing Pingping do? Of course, she could only compromise with her own child just like Jing Ke compromised with Chu Ci. She took the adjutant's phone and took a photo of the three of them.

After watching the adjutant happily leave the institute, Jing Ke took Chu Ci, who was still tied to her, back to the institute for dinner.

The good news is that Chu Ci has learned to eat by himself. Although he uses vines to control chopsticks, he can still be considered self-reliant.

The bad news is that the reason why Chu Ci used vines to eat was because after returning to the laboratory, she was still unwilling to let go of Jing Ke's hand, and still used vines to tie their arms tightly together.

Jing Ke could easily read Chu Ci's thoughts, and after finding out that she did this just to prevent her from leaving, she just let her go.

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"No, it's already dangerous to be together during the day, and you can't get up to sleep at night." After hearing that her child was going to take Chu Ci, who was unwilling to let go, back to the first floor to sleep together, Jing Pingping expressed her opposition very firmly.

"Sister Pingping, Chu Ci is very obedient. You have seen it. She is very well behaved. She just doesn't want to leave me." Jing Ke tried to persuade Jing Pingping.

But Jing Pingping didn't fall for it and argued back, "If Chu Ci was really well behaved, she should have let go of your hand and rested here obediently instead of clinging to you and insisting on being with you."

"So, I firmly disagree with you taking Chu Ci back, let alone sleeping together." Jing Pingping reiterated her attitude.

Jing Ke touched his nose with his right hand, unable to think of any reason to refute for a moment.

Jing Ke knew very well that Jing Pingping might compromise with him in other aspects, but when it really threatened his life, he could not change Jing Pingping's mind.

After a brief silence, Jing Ke spoke first, "Sister Pingping, what if I inject the tranquilizer in advance? Can I take Chu Ci back to sleep?"

"That's too dangerous. What if the medicine loses its effect?" Jing Pingping frowned and still disagreed.

"But the medicine has been very effective so far, and there haven't been any accidents." Jing Ke said, "Sister Pingping, you know."

Jing Pingping frowned even more tightly, "That's too dangerous. It's better to be safe than sorry in this kind of situation."

"Then, Sister Pingping, sleep with us?" Jing Ke wanted to throw the jar into the air.

After the words fell, not only Jing Pingping frowned, but Chu Ci, who pretended not to understand, also frowned.

"I want to be with you, not with her." Chu Ci said with a frown.

Jing Pingping turned to look at Chu Ci, and when she saw that she was still grinning at her with her fangs bared, she became even more determined in her thoughts.

"No, not even if I sleep with you, not even if you inject her with the potion. If Chu Ci is unwilling to let go, I will find other ways to make her let go."

Jing Pingping said, and couldn't help but pull out the dagger tied to her leg, her eyes fixed on the two people's arms that were tied together.

"Sister Pingping, there's no need to do this. Let me persuade her again." Jing Ke quickly spoke out to stop her.

Chu Ci is a very important person to Jing Ke, but Jing Pingping is also her only relative, and she does not want any conflicts between the two.

"Director, I'll give you half an hour. After half an hour, I hope you can come back home and rest alone." Jing Pingping said, gave Chu Ci a warning look, and quickly left the laboratory.

There was no way. If she didn't act quickly, Jing Pingping felt that her blood pressure would rise, and then she might not be able to control her emotions and attack Chu Ci.

Jing Ke watched her sister Pingping leave, then turned to look at Chu Ci and adjusted the position of her chair so that she could face her.

"Chu Ci, I want to rest. Can you let me go?" Jing Ke tried to communicate with Chu Ci in a friendly manner.

Chu Ci tilted his head, looking like he was not a human being and he did not understand.

"It's getting dark, I need to rest, you need to rest too. We'll meet again when it's daybreak," Jing Ke said.

Chu Ci continued to tilt his head, as if he didn't understand what was dark and what was daylight.

"There is simulated sunlight in the laboratory, you should know it clearly." Jing Ke didn't fall for this trick, she knew Chu Ci was pretending to be ignorant.

After staring at each other for more than three minutes, Chu Ci finally responded, "Rest, together."

"No, because you are disobedient, so we can't rest together." Jing Ke said, stretching out his right hand to point at his left hand which had been tied.

If Jing Ke had not successfully coaxed Chu Ci to ease up on the force, Jing Ke's left hand would have been broken if he had been tied up like this for most of the day.

"Now that we're loosened up, can we rest together?" Chu Ci asked.

"Let go. We can't rest together today, but we can later." Jing Ke replied.

Chu Ci frowned slightly and thought, if they loosened up they couldn't rest together, then they could just keep tied up and rest together.

Bundle up = rest together.

After completing the equation on his own, a glimmer of enlightenment appeared in Chu Ci's eyes, a glimmer of light flashed in his dark red pupils, and he smiled at Jing Ke.

At this moment, Jing Ke, who had read Chu Ci's thoughts, was stunned for a moment, and rarely raised his voice, "No!"

But before he finished speaking, Chu Ci took action first, controlling the vines to bind Jing Ke's arms and then her upper body.