Chapter 151 World Five [9]

To say that I don't care at all is definitely impossible.

But Jing Ke didn't think that he cared too much about it.

During the three days of rest, Jing Ke had actually almost figured out the reason why Chu Ci lost control at night.

One of the major factors was Jing Ke's eagerness to restore Chu Ci to normal.

At the beginning, Jing Ke was very restrained in the medication he gave Chu Ci, but as the dosage increased again and again, the dosage of the evolution potion in the last few days was actually very high.

Chu Ci's body was able to withstand it purely because she was constantly mutating. But whether human or monster, their brains were a fatal weakness, and strengthening them was extremely difficult.

Another major factor was that Jing Ke was a bit too indulgent towards Chu Ci. Self-blame, combined with her pre-existing partiality, gradually fueled Chu Ci's ambition.

If the person who mutated after being injected with the drug was not Chu Ci, Jing Ke would definitely appear in front of the other party as an extremely professional researcher and take measures against him.

If the potion is ineffective, increase the dosage; if the ability is manipulated recklessly, ban it; if it is truly hopeless, slice it up and use it as research material.

Jing Ke would never allow the other party to get closer to her step by step and finally completely possess her.

Back to the topic, Jing Ke would not blame all the mistakes on Chu Ci, but she also did not intend to let it go so easily.

Seeing Chu Ci lowering his head and looking like he was letting himself be dealt with, Jing Ke couldn't help but have some strange thoughts in his mind.

For example, he doubled everything that happened to him and imposed it on Chu Ci, who looked so upright.

If I did this, how would Chu Ci react once he had returned to normal? Would he blush? Or would he get angry and refuse to admit his mistake?

Jing Ke couldn't help but touch his chin and started calculating in his mind.

"No matter what it is, do you accept it?" Jing Ke asked slowly.

"Yes, Chu Ci will leave it to the director to deal with." Chu Ci said, clenching his fists and waiting for Jing Ke's judgment.

"I want you to be my research subject forever, until I... don't need you anymore." Jing Ke spoke slowly, making sure every word she spoke was clear enough for Chu Ci to hear.

Such a request made Chu Ci stunned for a moment, but when she regained her senses, she naturally understood what such a request meant.

Researchers can manipulate research objects at will, and they can do anything with them as long as the process and purpose are for the purpose of conducting a certain research.

"Okay, I promise you." Chu Ci agreed without hesitation. Her life was saved by Jing Ke, and she had done such a cruel thing to Jing Ke, so she should repay him in this way.

Jing Ke nodded, and after checking Chu Ci's physical condition, she moved the instrument away.

"All physical indicators are good. He is a very powerful evolver. Even if he is directly injected with a high concentration of alien virus mutants, he will only be out of control for a short time and will return to normal in half an hour at most." Jing Ke gave his conclusion.

"Thank you, Director." Chu Ci asked dryly, "How can I cooperate with your research?"

"Cooperate, but you don't need to today. Adjutant Xiao Ma is looking for you. Doesn't she have something important to discuss with you? Go find her first. Once the matter is settled, come back to me." Jing Ke said.

After putting the instruments back in place, Jing Ke continued to work on his research as before.

The task of further purifying the evolution potion would not end with Chu Ci's recovery. After all, the evolution potion was not intended for Chu Ci from the beginning, but for mutants who were not evolutionaries and children born after the apocalypse.

Should we change our thinking and try starting with a safe but less effective vaccine?

The success rate will be greatly compressed, but there will be no consequences for failure.

After seeing Jing Ke looking up information with her back to him, Chu Ci didn't know what to do. He could only say dryly, "Director, I'll go take a look outside first."

"Well, go ahead." Jing Ke said without any reluctance.

Base No. 1 really needs Chu Ci to take charge of the overall situation. If nothing unexpected happens, Chu Ci will probably have to start working overtime for a long time after returning to normal.

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Jing Ke was not wrong. When Adjutant Xiao Ma and others saw that their general had returned to normal, they all rushed over with a cry, like little chicks needing their mother's protection.

Chu Ci let these companions and subordinates hold him and cry for more than ten minutes, and then sat at the first seat in the conference room, listening to their reports on the situation of the past three months while browsing the paper documents in his hand.

Chu Ci was also aware that the original Base No. 1 was divided into Base No. 1 and Glorious Base. She retained all her memories of the time when she became a monster.

As for the matter of Potion No. 1, Jing Ke did not hide it from Chu Ci when communicating with Adjutant Xiao Ma. Chu Ci was very clear about the actual effect of Potion No. 1.

Chu Ci raised his head from the paper documents when he heard that many small bases wanted to be merged into Base No. 1.

"Base No. 1 has always opened its doors to compatriots. If there are other bases that really want to join, we welcome them very much." Chu Ci paused and swept her eyes over the thirty-two people in the conference room. These were all companions she could trust.

"But there is one condition that cannot be negotiated. That is, after joining Base One, all personnel must be arranged by us at Base One. Whether you are the base leader or an ordinary mutant, you must follow the rules of Base One and start from scratch."

"To put it simply, individual positions cannot be retained. If you want to form a team, you must follow the procedures and submit the relevant information to us. Only after it is reviewed and approved can you re-establish the team," Chu Ci said. She didn't deliberately raise her voice, but her words made the other thirty-two people obey unconditionally.

"Okay, General, I understand what you mean. But General, there are still some bases that are farther away and want us to send people to escort them to Base No. 1." One of them raised his hand and asked a question.

Chu Ci quickly gave an answer: "We can send someone to pick them up, and they will have to pay a corresponding reward. Base One is willing to help its compatriots to the best of its ability, but the price of doing so will definitely not be the lives of base members."

This has always been Chu Ci's idea. Saving people is okay, but the specific circumstances need to be discussed specifically.

If any member of the base is in trouble, Chu Ci will go to rescue them no matter what the cost.

However, if members of other bases were in trouble and asked Base No. 1 for help, Chu Ci would only nod his head if he was sure that it would not cause heavy casualties on their side.

As for those who try to use moral blackmail, Chu Ci will not pay any attention to them. Not firing shells at their location is already showing mercy to Chu Ci.

So, as soon as Chu Ci went out, he held a three-day meeting with his trusted subordinates.

After the meeting, the thirty-two people each returned to their respective duties and gave different replies based on their different attitudes towards joining the base.

In addition, Chu Ci and Adjutant Xiao Ma made a public appearance together in Base No. 1, directly shattering Adjutant Xiao Ma's claim that he killed Chu Ci and imprisoned Jing Ke in order to seize power.

As the rumors were shattered, the news that Bai Xiaohui, for his own selfish desires, stole the semi-finished experimental medicine without authorization, murdered Chu Ci and put the blame on Adjutant Xiao Ma, also spread at an extremely fast speed.

The first to hear the news was naturally the Glorious Base, which was only a few hundred meters away from Base No. 1.

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"What did you say? Chu Ci appeared? She didn't turn into a zombie? This is impossible!" Bai Xiaohui slammed the table and stood up immediately after hearing the news.

"Did you see clearly? Did the people from Base No. 1 find someone who looks similar to Chu Ci and claim it to be Chu Ci? Do you have any photos? Do you have any videos?" Bai Xiaohui asked his deputy.

The deputy didn't waste any time and directly took out the photos he had prepared long ago. "Aside from the skin color, we compared the facial features. The resemblance is 99%. Unless they are twins, they can't look so similar."

The deputy said: "Base Commander, if there is someone in the original No. 1 base who looks like Chu Ci, he can't be an unknown person."

"Since the skin color is different, this person is not Chu Ci. Three months is enough time for them to find someone with a similar appearance and then perform plastic surgery." Bai Xiaohui said, clearly not accepting this fact.

What a joke! He saw Chu Ci turn into a monster with his own eyes. After becoming a zombie, is there any chance for him to turn into a human?

If that's the case, then aren't they still killing zombies? Aren't they just their compatriots?

After thinking about this, Bai Xiaohui quickly came up with a response plan. "Spread the word and say that the person who showed up today is Chu Ci's stand-in, and Chu Ci himself has turned into an irrational zombie."

"Also, get more people to spread the word. If Jing Ke really has developed a potion that can turn monsters back into humans, then why hasn't Base One announced it? What are they planning to do? Are they planning to continue killing zombies who might be their own kind?"

Bai Xiaohui was able to become the base commander of Base No. 1, half of the credit was due to his ability to make big promises.

So from a certain perspective, Bai Xiaohui has a very thorough understanding of human nature and is also very clear about what kind of public opinion can threaten Base No. 1.

It was no longer a secret that Chu Ci had turned into a monster. Three months was enough time for more than 90% of the survivors to get the news.

Now that Chu Ci, who has turned into a monster, has reappeared in the public eye, there are only two possibilities.

Either the Chu Ci who appeared in everyone's sight was fake, or Jing Ke had developed a potion that could turn zombies back into humans, but Chu Ci was unwilling to give up her position as the director of Base No. 1, so she refused to let Jing Ke make the potion public.

I have to say that Bai Xiaohui's move was really vicious and tricky.

When an alien virus sweeps the world, there is only a one percent chance of positive mutation, becoming a mutant and an evolver.

This means that almost everyone who survived has relatives who have turned into zombies and monsters.

Family ties are always the hardest to let go of. Smart people might be able to spot the unreliable parts of the rumors. But if someone is particularly stubborn and unwilling to accept the passing of a loved one, they might go to extremes because of the news.

Base No. 1 has a potion that can restore zombies to humans, but some people are unwilling to share it because of their selfish desires.

After this news spread, even if there was only one extreme person among a thousand people, it would be enough to shift the attention originally on Bai Xiaohui to Chu Ci.

Just ten days after Chu Ci made his public appearance, someone had already run to the gate of Base No. 1, clamoring for Chu Ci to hand over the potion.

Chu Ci knew exactly where this outrageous rumor came from, so she ignored those being used as pawns. She simply continued distributing Potion No. 1 as needed, gradually and steadily expanding the base's safe zone so that more people could find refuge in the apocalypse.

No one who still holds the position of base commander in the fourth year of the apocalypse is a fool. Therefore, the base commanders of more than a hundred bases all know that the so-called potion that can turn zombies into humans must be fake.

But knowing this doesn't mean they will help clarify the matter. No matter it is the ambitious base commander or those base commanders who once coveted Jing Ke but were defeated by Chu Ci, they are all happy to see Chu Ci getting into trouble.

Moreover, there were people behind the scenes who planned a mass suicide at the gate of Base No. 1, pushing public opinion to a climax.

This made Chu Ci, who had originally planned to deal with it coldly, frown. She could tolerate those people using the bigots to open the gate of the base to insult her, but Chu Ci could not tolerate those people using the lives of their compatriots as tools to discredit her.

Clarifying such rumors is far more troublesome than spreading them. It takes more than a hundred times the time and effort, and perhaps it will have some effect.

Chu Ci was very clear about this, so Chu Ci decided to get rid of the culprit Bai Xiaohui first, and then slowly clarify the matter.

As a result, Bai Xiaohui soon discovered that there were many small cards with promotional slogans in his base.

There is not much information on the small card. To sum it up, Chu Ci will bring people to the Guanghui Base to meet Bai Xiaohui in three days, so that Bai Xiaohui, his old friend, can confirm her authenticity.

If Bai Xiaohui cannot produce evidence that Chu Ci is fake, then Chu Ci will ask Bai Xiaohui to come up with a reasonable and acceptable explanation for the injection of semi-finished medicine into her.

Xiaoka only appeared in the Glorious Base, but the well-informed base saw the relevant photos on the same day and helped promote it.

Many people in power hope that Chu Ci and Bai Xiaohui will have a real fight, preferably with both sides suffering losses, so that they can reap the benefits.

-

"Are you really going to the Glorious Base in three days?" Jing Ke asked while drawing blood from Chu Ci.

"Well, Bai Xiaohui has resorted to all means to discredit me. If we don't deal with him as soon as possible, it will bring a lot of trouble to Base No. 1." Chu Ci said. After seeing Jing Ke pull out the blood collection needle, he took the cotton ball and pressed it on the needle hole.

"How many people are you going to take with you?" Jing Ke asked.

"About ten people. The one I need to deal with is Bai Xiaohui. Other things can be dealt with slowly later." Chu Ci said.

"After the appearance of Potion No. 1, there have been disagreements within the Glorious Base, and fewer and fewer people support Bai Xiaohui. If possible, after getting rid of Bai Xiaohui, the former Base No. 1 might be able to return."

"They chose to trust others at the most critical moment. Do you mind?" Jing Ke asked with his head tilted while sitting on the chair.

"It is human nature to seek profit and avoid harm. Besides, many of them were deceived. I have no right to blame them." Chu Ci said seriously.

"Director, do I only need to provide three tubes of blood?" Chu Ci asked immediately.

"Well, for now, I only need your blood as a research sample." Jing Ke paused and said, "Once you deal with Bai Xiaohui, I may add some research projects."

Facing a powerful enemy, it is better not to give Chu Ci any weakening buffs, and let her do her job first.

"Don't worry, Director. I believe that most people have the ability to distinguish right from wrong. As long as Bai Xiaohui, who bewitched them, is dealt with, the truth of the matter will naturally become clear." Chu Ci said.

"Really? That's good." Jing Ke's tone was a little flat. She was really not interested in the struggles in the outside world.

If she hadn't heard Chu Ci was going to the Glorious Base next door, she wouldn't have bothered to ask while having her blood drawn.

"Director, don't worry. I will give you a detailed explanation about the medicine after dealing with Bai Xiaohui." Chu Ci thought that the rumors had affected Jing Ke, so she was in a bad mood.

"I'll tell them that I was injected with a half-finished potion, which is why I didn't turn into a complete monster. The fact that I had the chance to be cured by the director was partly due to my special physique, and partly due to chance and luck."

Chu Ci: "There is absolutely no potion in the world that can turn zombies back into humans. Those who have completely become zombies are no longer our compatriots."

"Yeah," Jing Ke nodded calmly, "If you're busy, go ahead."

Seeing this, Chu Ci silently swallowed back most of what he wanted to say, "Director, I'm sorry that you've been implicated because of my personal relationship. I will explain it as soon as possible and will not embarrass you."

"It's okay." Jing Ke glanced at Chu Ci, "You're going to negotiate, do you need me to come with you?"

"No, no, that's not necessary. Director, you just need to continue your research in the institute. I will handle the things outside." Chu Ci said quickly.

"Is that so?" Jing Ke's gaze fell on Chu Ci's wrist, and she couldn't help but think of the vine that had been particularly clingy before.

"Has there been any change in your ability?" Jing Ke asked.

Chu Ci was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "I have more special abilities, but the effects of those abilities are relatively limited. For example, the healing ability can only treat some flesh wounds. The one that can really be used in combat is..."

Chu Ci coughed lightly, "My ability to control vines is still stronger. I can kill enemies efficiently, and I can also defend and assist my companions."

"Director, do you need me to provide any research materials?" Chu Ci asked in a slow voice, his tone suddenly becoming weak for no reason.

This is also normal, because Chu Ci is very clear about what he did to Jing Ke with the vines in an irrational state.

Jing Ke also recalled some scenes and couldn't help but frowning, "After your vines are cut off, are they still alive?"

"It depends on the distance from me. If the distance is close, the vines will remain active and can also provide me with certain feedback information. But if the distance is more than one hundred meters, the vines will lose their activity and will dry up and rot like ordinary vines." Chu Ci said truthfully.

Jing Ke thought for three seconds and continued to ask: "If I cut off a vine, will it hurt you?"

"No, it doesn't hurt for me when the vines are cut." Chu Ci shook his head.

"Is there no pain, or do you not feel pain?" Jing Ke asked.

Chu Ci touched his nose and said, "It's because I don't feel any pain. After cutting it off, I can freely choose to discard the vine or retain my perception of it. If the director needs research materials, I can provide them immediately."

"I need active ones, so I'll wait for you to come back." After getting the answer he wanted, Jing Ke started to drive people away.

Chu Ci couldn't find a reason to stay, so he could only follow the example of Adjutant Xiao Ma and ask Jing Ke if he needed any research materials. Finally, he left with the list of requirements in his hand as if it were an imperial edict.

-

After the news that Chu Ci was going to confront Bai Xiaohui spread, Bai Xiaohui became the one who was in a difficult situation.

It was he who had previously claimed that Chu Ci had turned into a monster, and it was also he who had said that Chu Ci was a fake. Now he was being confronted face to face. If Bai Xiaohui refused, it would be no different from contradicting himself.

So Bai Xiaohui had no choice but to agree and set the meeting place on his own territory.

Bai Xiaohui knew very well what Chu Ci wanted to do this time. Chu Ci wanted to find a reason to kill him, and then win over the hearts of the people to merge the Guanghui Base into Base No. 1 again.

Sitting and waiting for death is not Bai Xiaohui's style. He is well aware that history is written by the victors, so he is ready to kill Chu Ci and let Base No. 1 be merged into the Glorious Base.

Just like that, the two sides, each with their own calculations, met in the conference room of the Glorious Base on a sunny day three days later.

With the intention of giving everyone an explanation, Bai Xiaohui also specially arranged for a photographer to carry a camera and point it at the conference room, saying that he wanted to record the entire confrontation process and let the truth come to light.

Chu Ci knew that Bai Xiaohui was collecting materials so that he could turn the tables on him after he dealt with him.

But it didn't matter. Chu Ci had a hidden card, and she had received information from a reliable source. The total number of Evolvers ambushed around the conference room was no more than fifty.

That means that if they want to kill Bai Xiaohui, each of them only needs to block five evolvers, no, maybe even less.

Fighting against many enemies alone is difficult for ordinary evolvers, but for Chu Ci's battle-hardened companions, it only requires a small price to pay.

"Before we begin our conversation, I want to ask you a question." Chu Ci spoke first.

"What question does General Chu want to ask?" The smile on Bai Xiaohui's face did not reach his eyes.

"What about Gu Hua? How is he now?" Chu Ci asked.

Bai Xiaohui burst out laughing after hearing this. "You're still obsessed with that traitor? Don't you know that he's the one who turned you into a monster?"

"I want to know where Gu Hua is and how he is doing now." Chu Ci repeated.

"He is a worthless person, so I will naturally abandon him. Your diehard fans cannot tolerate a traitor, and I am not interested in supporting a useless person." Bai Xiaohui took out a cigarette from his pocket and quickly lit it with his supernatural power.

Bai Xiaohui: "I threw him out. He must have been eaten by zombies a long time ago, right? If you look for him now, maybe you can find a skeleton?"

"Did he really betray me?" Chu Ci asked.

"Does that even matter? He's already dead anyway." Bai Xiaohui couldn't help but sigh. "You came here just to keep asking me these meaningless questions, right?"

"I just care about the answer to this question. After all, after this time, I won't be able to find anyone to ask this question." Chu Ci smiled.

While pulling out his hot weapons, Chu Ci released vines, directly blocking all entrances to the conference room.

Bai Xiaohui was a little surprised by Chu Ci's extra ability, but he was also prepared in advance. He took out a hot weapon from under the table and started shooting directly.

The battle was extremely chaotic, and within a minute the conference room was filled with the smell of blood.

A battle of eleven against twenty-one will not stop until all of one side is dead.

The reason is very simple. Those who followed Chu Ci to the Guanghui Base are her die-hard fans, and those who are willing to stay with Bai Xiaohui at this time are naturally his die-hard fans as well.

Seeing that the battle was becoming one-sided, Bai Xiaohui began to resort to any means necessary. He directly pressed the button hidden under the table, and the poisonous gas instantly spread throughout the conference room.

Those who were prepared immediately took out their gas masks and held a small oxygen cylinder in their mouths to ensure that they would not inhale the poisonous gas.

But Chu Ci was not unprepared either. He also took out a gas mask and put it on. He also took out the No. 1 medicine and gave himself an injection to avoid being infected by the mutant alien virus due to negligence.

Bai Xiaohui couldn't help but widen his eyes at this sudden change. A puzzled voice came through the gas mask, "How did you know I could use poison?"

"Haven't I reminded you many times?" Chu Ci held a red-hot sword in his hand. "You can incite my former subordinates to rebel, so why can't I incite your people to rebel?"

Chu Ci said with a cold face, controlling the vines to block Bai Xiaohui's attack, and then the red-hot blade stabbed directly into his body.

Along with the sizzling sound, a strange meaty aroma filled the air.

Bai Xiaohui's screams were extremely shrill. The door that was originally blocked by vines was forcibly broken open by a small bomb, and twenty or thirty people rushed in one after another.

But they came too late. During the few months when Chu Ci lost control, he had already learned how to control the vines in quantity.

And when she was awake, it was not difficult for Chu Ci to divide her attention and control the ten vines to do different things.

"Chu Ci, you are a monster, a monster in human skin!" Bai Xiaohui said with a pale face. He couldn't expect that he would lose even though his side had the advantage in numbers.

How could Chu Ci fight ten people at the same time? This is something only monsters can do. Chu Ci evolved into a monster, not recovered and became a human.

Bai Xiaohui wanted to speak out his discovery loudly, but Chu Ci was faster. The red-hot blade quickly cut off his neck and burned his body in the process.

The special abilities of the evolvers are bizarre and some even have their heads chopped off and reattached, so Chu Ci, who has learned to be cautious, chooses to burn them with fire to ensure that Bai Xiaohui will not come back to life.

"Kill them all, there's no need to leave any alive." Chu Ci said.

Chu Ci is willing to be open-hearted and even risk his life to rescue his companions.

But towards her enemies, Chu Ci is absolutely cold-blooded and ruthless. She will never show any sympathy when she shouldn't.

An hour later, eleven people came out of the conference room which was almost in ruins.

The leader was Chu Ci. Although the remaining ten people had hideous wounds on their bodies, the smiles on their faces were even more flamboyant and eye-catching.

"Bai Xiaohui didn't dare to confront me and chose to ambush me in the conference room. But he was too weak. He and his subordinates were all wiped out by us." Chu Ci said, looking at the man in front of him who was not a stranger.

"Bai Xiaohui split the original Base No. 1 into two for his own selfish gain. Now that the culprit has been dealt with, I think Base No. 1 should be reunited. What do you think?"

Chu Ci looked at the old acquaintance who was the second-in-command of the Glorious Base, and tried his best to keep his tone and expression calm.

The second-in-command closed his eyes in silence, sighed deeply, and then a hint of helplessness appeared in his eyes when he opened them.

"General Chu is right. I will hold an internal meeting to discuss when to remove the partition in the middle." The second-in-command chose to compromise.

Bai Xiaohui's death meant that public opinion was destined to swing towards Chu Ci. Even if he persevered, he probably wouldn't be able to keep the mutants within the base; they would definitely secretly defect to Base One.

"Okay, then I'll wait for the day when the partition is removed." Chu Ci nodded and continued, "By the way, before that, I have a small request. I hope we can reach a consensus."

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"Have you heard? Guanghui Base has officially released an announcement listing the ten major crimes of former base commander Bai Xiaohui. It also states that Bai Xiaohui has been brought to justice with the assistance of our General Chu."

"Where did you hear about this? Didn't our General Chu go to the Glorious Base this morning?"

"This guy is from a good friend of mine. He was assigned to the Glorious Base due to housing issues. I also heard that the potion that can turn zombies back into humans was also a lie fabricated by Bai Xiaohui for his own benefit."

"That stuff is obviously fake. The director is willing to provide the No. 1 medicine at cost price, so why wouldn't he be willing to provide that miracle drug?"

"That's right, only people outside who don't know the situation would imagine such outrageous rumors."

"I also heard that the partition wall between our Base No. 1 and Glorious Base will be demolished, and in the end, only Base No. 1 will remain."

"Isn't this perfectly normal? Now that the culprit is dead, the misunderstanding between the two sides has been resolved, and it's only natural that we should return to the original Base Number One."

Before it gets dark, the announcement from the Glorious Base has already become the favorite topic of discussion among the local residents of Base No. 1 after dinner and tea.

Although Jing Ke did not leave the institute, he heard what happened from the guards and other researchers.

To sum up, Chuci won a great victory. With 0 casualties, they killed Bai Xiaohui and his fifty subordinates, and successfully brought the Guanghui Base back to Base No. 1.

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With concerted efforts, it only takes one day to demolish the partition wall between the two parties.

But merging the two bases into one is not something that can be solved by simply destroying the partition wall. It is more about how to deal with the people in the management.

For example, will the positions they originally obtained in the Glorious Base disappear when the two are merged into one?

Relatively grassroots positions do not actually need to be reallocated, only the scope of responsibility needs to be clarified. The real difficulty lies in how to accommodate the additional middle and senior management personnel.

After Base No. 1 was divided into two, in order to attract more people, Bai Xiaohui promised a lot of benefits and jobs when he was painting the rosy picture, which led to an outrageous number of middle and senior level personnel in the Guanghui Base.

Chu Ci originally planned to be responsible only for clarifying the announcement, and leave the rest of the trivial matters to Adjutant Xiao Ma and others to handle. She wanted to go to the research institute to apologize to Jing Ke as soon as possible.

But Adjutant Xiao Ma held her thigh tightly and refused to let go, saying that he couldn't handle things that were too complicated. Moreover, there were ten colleagues lying in the hospital receiving treatment, so he asked Chu Ci to supervise the work so that he could catch her mistakes in time.

Chu Ci, who was being held in the arms, had no choice but to nod and agree, and then started working diligently.

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"Well, that's probably the case, so I came to see the director a few days late." Chu Ci explained why he had not shown up for several days.

"I see. You are free now, right?" Jing Ke asked, with a hint of eagerness in his eyes.

"Well, in the next... three days, there will definitely be nothing important that comes to me." Chu Ci said. She originally wanted to say seven days, but worried about breaking her promise, she simply cut it to three days.

"Okay, I want to study your vines." Jing Ke said, pointing to Chu Ci's right hand, "I want one vine from your right hand."

"Do you need to cut it off?" Chu Ci asked, releasing a vine from his wrist and letting it lie obediently in Jing Ke's hand.

Jing Ke shook his head and gave an additional warning, "Don't cut it off. I want to do a little experiment on the perception of the vines."

Chu Ci nodded in confusion, and as Jing Ke left with the vine in her hand, Chu Ci stood up and followed behind.

"Sit back with your back to me and let the vines grow longer." Jing Ke commanded.

Seeing Chu Ci sitting with his back to her, Jing Ke pinched the tip of the vine and asked, "Chu Ci, what do you feel?"

"The director is pinching my vines?" Chu Ci was a little confused.

Jing Ke hummed softly, then dipped the tip of the vine into the special liquid, "How do you feel?"

"Fortunately, it was soaked in water. No, not water, but a special agent that has a corrosive effect on vines." Cong Chuci gave a serious answer with his back to Jing Ke.

Jing Ke quickly changed the position of the vine and continued asking questions.

Chu Ci: "It's a very mild liquid. I can't detect anything. It's just like water."

Jing Ke let out an "oh" and quickly picked up the vine and took a big bite.

hiss--

A gasp came from behind.

In order to carefully identify what the liquid was, Chu Ci focused all his attention on the tip of the vine.

Being bitten suddenly like this was a bit too stimulating for Chu Ci.