midnight.
Suddenly it started to drizzle, and the condensed water droplets dripped against the window sill, waking Zhao Kaiyuan up with the sound.
"It's raining? No, I have to go check on the beast fruit tree. I can't let my 'ancestors' get wet!"
He got up, put on his raincoat, grabbed a flashlight and went out.
The drizzle was so dense that it formed thin threads diagonally. The sound of the rain was like spring silkworms chewing mulberry leaves in his ears.
There was a shallow layer of water on the ground, and as Zhao Kaiyuan stepped on it, the sound of "pattering" footsteps was heard.
The sound of footsteps and rain intertwined to form a unique melody.
A beam of light appeared in the rain, swaying as Zhao Kaiyuan walked.
Because Cheng Xiaoxiao's cultivation had improved, the scene clearly appeared before her eyes when she opened the window. She was slightly surprised, "Mianmian, what do you think he's doing? Isn't he going to look at those beast fruits?"
Cheng Mianmian appeared in front of her, nodding her little head, obviously having just been woken up from her sleep.
Cheng Mianmian yawned and glanced out the window. "Ah~ I think so, Master."
Seeing her like this, Cheng Xiaoxiao hurriedly urged her to go back to bed, "Go back to bed quickly! Children, don't stay up late. It's not good for your health!"
Cheng Mianmian: “…”
Who am I showing up for now?
Cheng Xiaoxiao closed the window, turned off the lights and went to sleep.
Zhao Kaiyuan came to the beast fruit tree and shone the flashlight on the beast fruit. Seeing that the fruit was intact, he felt relieved.
"Luckily, it didn't fall off. It would have been such a shame if it had. It's not ripe yet."
He made a decision that after the rain stopped, he would set up a tent nearby and live here from then on.
early morning.
Cheng Xiaoxiao and a few others were sitting in the cafeteria eating when a special forces soldier placed an apple in front of Cheng Xiaoxiao's table.
"I heard from our captain that you brought the Beast Transformation Fruit back with great difficulty, just so that we could sacrifice fewer people."
Yes, today the higher-ups specifically pointed out Cheng Xiaoxiao's identity, fearing that Zhao Kaiyuan would neglect her.
The man pointed to the apple in front of Cheng Xiaoxiao and said, "This is for you, even though it's not something precious."
Cheng Xiaoxiao picked up the apple on the table and raised it with a smile, "Thank you!"
The man smiled and said, "We should thank you."
It was as if a switch was turned on. People kept giving apples to Cheng Xiaoxiao. The special forces soldier who was a little slower looked at the apple in front of her, then looked at the apple in his hand, and gave the apple to others to express his gratitude.
In the end, the table in front of Cheng Xiaoxiao and the others was filled with apples, and only the space in front of Lan Wangyou was empty. The last special forces soldier who came to deliver apples saw that there was an empty space in front of him, so he quickly put the apples on the table and ran away.
Lan Wangyou: Is this disturbing the apple tree?
Cheng Xiaoxiao smiled happily as she looked at the apples. There is nothing more pleasing than having others remember your kindness.
When passing through the valley, Cheng Xiaoxiao felt that calling it "valley" was not enough to express the name clearly, so she named the valley "Beast Orchard".
At the edge of the "Beast Orchard", Cheng Xiaoxiao saw Zhao Kaiyuan setting up a tent. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Captain Zhao, what are you doing?"
Zhao Kaiyuan turned around and said, "Well, I'm worried about the harm done to these ancestors, so I decided to live next to them."
Cheng Xiaoxiao gave him a thumbs up and said, "You are so dedicated."
Zhao Kaiyuan scratched his head, "They deserve this treatment~"
A laboratory.
Zhou Tinghai, who was concentrating on his experiment, suddenly heard a phone ring. He turned and glared at the young researcher who had just started his internship. "Whose phone is this? Didn't I say to turn off my phone before entering the lab?"
The young researchers looked at each other and shook their heads. It wasn't their cell phone!
At this time, a researcher pointed to the phone in the storage bag and said hesitantly, "Um...Mr. Zhou...it seems like your phone is ringing."
Zhou Tinghai paused, then quickly walked to the storage aisle, picked up his phone, and said to the researchers in the laboratory, "Sorry, I wrongly blamed you. It was my phone that was ringing."
After he finished speaking, he quickly took his cell phone and walked out of the laboratory. Normally he didn't answer calls in the laboratory, but he just glanced at the screen quickly and found that it was a call from the Second Elder, so he thought there must be something going on.
The young researchers in the laboratory felt better at this point. Anyone would be unhappy if they were accused for no reason like this.
Zhou Tinghai answered the phone. "What's the matter? I'm telling you, if it's nothing important, you have to treat me to a good meal. I just blamed those young people. If I dampen their passion for this, you'll be held responsible."
He knew that the second elder was holding the phone far away. Every time he called this "old friend", he would be scolded all the time. The second elder touched his nose and said that he was used to it.
"Old friend, come to the First Military Region General Hospital. This time your life can be saved."
"I just want to dedicate the last moments of my life to my country. The results of the experiment will be out soon. Please wait until I finish this last bit. I will actively cooperate with the treatment.
I've been working on this experiment for so many years, and now that I finally see a glimmer of hope, there's no way I'm giving up."
"Old friend, some patriots have obtained a batch of pills through special channels. Just take them and you will be fine."
Elder Zhou smiled and said, "Pills? Could it be an elixir? Well, I have to go back to the lab. Next time, next time I will definitely cooperate with the treatment."
The Second Elder stared at the beeping phone and flew into a rage, "This stubborn ox, this time he really is the elixir!"
The second elder had no choice but to call two people to tie up Old Zhou.
He stared at the list on the table. The next one was... Lao Wang...
Zhou Tinghai returned to the laboratory and nodded secretly at the well-organized researchers. "It seems that their emotions haven't been affected."
Zhou Tinghai returned to the experimental equipment and continued to watch the experiment.
On the other side, two special forces soldiers rushed towards the laboratory where the Second Elder was, holding his access card...
Zhou Tinghai didn't know what was waiting for him. He looked at the recorded experimental data and smiled. Almost there... Almost there...
This is the second elder's side.
"Hey, Lao Wang, Lao Zhou is in the hospital, come and see him!
Yes, yes, it's the First Military Region General Hospital. Please come quickly, the doctor said he's not in good condition." The person on the other end of the phone said "OK" and hung up.
After hanging up the phone, Lao Wang quickly left the laboratory. He took off his lab coat and drove away in a hurry.
The second elder breathed a sigh of relief. None of these stubborn people could be persuaded. Only by using their sympathetic opponents could he "trick" them into coming. He was afraid that he would be exposed just now.
Second Elder: "Next..."
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