Chapter 180: The authorities are confused

"Is this the plant?" Qiao Yu raised his eyebrows, holding the plant in his hand. "Do you have any evidence?"

"The two mercenaries said that in the end, only one of the four of them survived the killing spree. But not long after that person stopped, he stabbed himself to death."

Qiao Yu's expression froze, "Suicide?!"

"Yes." Yu Qingchuan nodded. "The two mercenaries found it really strange, so they waited for a while and only approached after confirming that those people were all dead."

"One of the two mercenaries had an enhanced sense of smell. He said he actually smelled a very faint fragrance at the beginning of their fight, but he was too far away to hear it clearly."

"It was only when they got closer to the body that he realized the fragrance was already very strong. It was a scent he had never smelled before."

"He found the plant based on the scent, so he brought it back."

Qiao Yu looked down at the plant in his palm again, frowning slightly. "They suspect that this plant is controlling the four mercenaries?"

"Yeah." Yu Qingchuan nodded again, "Because they checked for a long time and found nothing unusual around. The only strange thing was the fragrance emitted by this plant."

Qiao Yu's frown deepened. "But if that's the case, why are all the others fine, but only the mercenaries from the 331st Legion got infected?"

If it's a constitutional issue, it can't be such a coincidence, right? Could it be that all those with a constitution that reacts to this plant are in the 331st Legion?

Jiang Zhan, who had been silent, suddenly said, "It might be a drug reaction."

"Yeah. That's my guess." Yu Qingchuan continued to nod. "If it were just one or two people, it could be attributed to physical problems, but four of them are like this, and the previous teams that died also had mercenaries from the 331st Legion mixed in... There can't be so many coincidences."

Qiao Yu suddenly realized, "You mean... someone drugged all the mercenaries in the 331st Legion?"

"Yes, judging by the current situation, the probability of this happening is very high." Yu Qingchuan took another sip of water. "I deliberately left the remaining mercenaries from the 331st Legion in the camp today and only assigned four to my team."

"I just did some statistics. Aside from the team I led being completely wiped out, with only the two mercenaries who were observing returning, most of the other teams returned intact."

"Although one team is missing a mercenary, the captain said they encountered a swarm of alien species while on their search and rescue route. The mercenary accidentally fell while retreating and died among the alien species."

"The most important thing is that none of the mercenaries from the 331st Legion who remained in the camp were harmed. So I suspect someone must have drugged the mercenaries from the 331st Legion, and this drug only reacts to the scent of this plant, which is why the mercenaries are killing each other."

Qiao Yu touched his chin. "I originally suspected this was aimed at Professor Kang, but now it seems... this might be aimed at Commander Xie."

Jiang Zhan played with Qiao Yu's fingers and whispered, "Struggle for power and profit is common at all times."

Yu Qingchuan thought for a moment, then asked carefully, "Should we... remind Commander Xie?"

Although he was not familiar with Commander Xie, everyone in the research institute respected Commander Xie very much, and Commander Xie also had a good personal relationship with Professor Kang. But from this point of view, Yu Qingchuan had some filters for Commander Xie.

Qiao Yu thought for a moment after hearing this and said, "Let's tell Professor Kang about this first and see what he thinks."

Qiao Yu was left with a huge psychological trauma by Han Ming in his previous life, and he instinctively resisted the military personnel in the base.

So compared to Commander Xie, whom she had never met, she was obviously more willing to trust Professor Kang.

"Okay. I'll go down and let Professor Kang know." Yu Qingchuan nodded, and then seemed to suddenly remember something, "Oh, by the way, Qiao Yu, there's something I'd like to ask for your opinion on."

"What's up?"

"I plan to hand over my father's research results to Professor Kang. What do you think?"

Qiao Yu tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Of course it is possible... but Professor Kang's research doesn't seem to be related to mutant plants, right?"

Yu Qingchuan pursed his lips and said, "Indeed. But as for the research institute, I really don't know who to hand it over to."

"The food and water shortages are clearly severe. Even Professor Kang is eating tree bark, so the ordinary survivors must be suffering terribly."

"If my father were still alive, he would definitely not want to see this situation..."

Although the working meals provided by the institute usually consisted of instant food, bread, and sometimes even rice, steamed buns, and pickles, since Professor Kang blurted out that he wanted to eat tree bark after waking up, it was obvious that he had eaten it before and was very familiar with it.

It is hard to imagine that even a backbone of the research institute like Professor Kang knows that tree bark is edible, so what kind of life do the survivors at the bottom of society live?

If my father were still alive, he would be very sad...

Qiao Yu looked at Yu Qingchuan's depressed mood, was silent for a while, and nodded, "Then do as you think."

"Okay." Yu Qingchuan nodded, his face showing no joy or other emotions. He just smiled and said, "Then I'll go find Professor Kang first. I can tell him about these two things at the same time."

"Yeah." Qiao Yu nodded and watched Yu Qingchuan get out of the car and walk into the tent.

In fact, Qiao Yu never thought that Yu Qingchuan could become a person like Dr. Yu, and judging from Dr. Yu’s suicide note, Dr. Yu obviously didn’t think so either.

It’s not that Yu Qingchuan isn’t good enough, but that he is indifferent in nature.

But he couldn't accept his own indifference and was always very resistant to his true self.

Qiao Yu could feel that he seemed to want to be someone like Dr. Yu.

So he always imitates Dr. Yu.

Whether it is behavior or thought.

Dr. Yu's influence on him was so great that he himself was completely unaware of it. Before doing anything, he would subconsciously put Dr. Yu into his situation and then think about what Dr. Yu would do in this situation.

But by doing this, can you really become Dr. Yu?

Qiao Yu actually wanted to enlighten Yu Qingchuan, but she really didn't know how to do it.

Because those who are involved are often confused, while those who are on the sidelines can see things more clearly.

Some things are not useful just because others say them.

And judging from Yu Qingchuan's appearance, he has obviously been imitating Dr. Yu for more than a year or two.

If his long-established way of thinking or doing things is forcibly broken, it will easily destroy all the world views and values ​​he has built up in the first half of his life, causing him to fall into a misunderstanding of self-doubt or even self-denial.

So she won't say it, and can't say it.

It can only be guided in the form of hints.

I hope that one day, Yu Qingchuan can truly understand the true meaning of the words in Dr. Yu’s suicide note, and then truly be himself.