Chapter 16 Escape 2
"Your memory has been tampered with." Su Wanqing suddenly said, "The institute will regularly clear the memory of the test subjects to prevent them from establishing contact and planning to escape."
Xiao Ran and Lin Che looked at her at the same time, their eyes full of questions.
"How did you know?" Xiao Ran asked vigilantly.
Su Wanqing did not answer, but slowly raised her wrist, the light on the jade bracelet flickered: "Because I was once a person in it."
Lin Che gasped and stepped back subconsciously. Su Wanqing is from the research institute?
Then why did she rescue him? Experiment? Surveillance? "Don't be nervous," Su Wanqing saw Lin Che's fear, "I said 'once'."
"Are you a traitor?" Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes, "Or a spy?"
"Neither." Su Wanqing looked at Xiao Ran coldly, "I am a scavenger."
The air froze. The Scavengers - the most mysterious department in the institute, responsible for cleaning up traces of failed experiments and dealing with escaped test subjects.
They are the shadow of the research institute and the devil in the eyes of the experimental subjects.
"You!" Xiao Ran pounced on Su Wanqing, his right arm bursting with dazzling red light, "How many people like my sister have you killed?"
Su Wanqing didn't move at all, just raised her wrist slightly. The jade bracelet emitted a green light, which fixed Xiao Ran in mid-air, making him unable to move.
"Calm down, muscleman," she said calmly, "If I wanted to kill you, you would have been dead by now."
Lin Che watched this scene in horror. Su Wanqing's ability was far beyond his imagination.
She easily subdued an SS-level power user, and it looked effortless.
"Let me go!" Xiao Ran struggled, but the green light bound him tightly.
"Listen to me." Su Wanqing let go of Xiao Ran's hand, and he fell heavily to the ground. "I am indeed a scavenger, but now I am hunting people from the research institute."
Xiao Ran got up panting, his eyes still full of hostility: "Why? Do you have a change of heart?"
"Because they slaughtered my family." Su Wanqing's voice was cold. "Just a month ago, because I refused to deal with a batch of 'failed products'."
Lin Che quietly approached Su Wanqing. For some reason, he felt a sense of closeness.
Perhaps it’s because they were both victims of the Institute, albeit in different ways.
“So you saved him,” Xiao Ran pointed at Lin Che, “to take revenge on the research institute?”
"It is to destroy it." Su Wanqing took out a chip and handed it to Xiao Ran. "This is the data I extracted from Lin Che's suppressor. The institute is currently conducting a special experiment, codenamed 'Blue Blood Project'."
Xiao Ran took the chip and frowned as he looked at the data on it: "What does this mean?"
"They are making super soldiers." Su Wanqing pointed at Lin Che, "He is the prototype."
Lin Che looked down at his palm, blue blood pulsating under his skin.
He had always known he was different, but he had never thought of himself as a weapon prototype.
"What about my sister?" Xiao Ran asked anxiously, "What experiment is she part of?"
"The Spark Project." Su Wanqing's voice was very low. "It is used to control the trigger of the blue-blood soldiers."
Xiao Ran's face turned pale in an instant: "What do you mean?"
“To put it simply,” Su Wanqing looked at Lin Che, then at Xiao Ran, “your sister is the key and he is the lock. Without her, Lin Che’s power can never be fully activated. Without him, your sister’s ability will also be out of control. They are a pair.”
Lin Che looked at Su Wanqing in shock: "This is impossible! I have never seen her before!"
"You have seen it." Su Wanqing said calmly, "Before your memories were erased. You are from the same batch of experimental subjects, with consecutive numbers, 0927 and 0928."
Xiao Ran punched the wall, leaving a deep dent. "So the institute transformed my sister into some kind of monster? Just to control him?"
"No," Su Wanqing shook her head, "Your sister was born with fire abilities, and the research institute just took advantage of this. They found that the energy frequency of fire-type abilities can stabilize the mutation of blue-blooded soldiers."
Lin Che listened quietly, his mind racing. No wonder he was always short of salt, no wonder his blood was blue, no wonder he could recognize Xiao Ran. Everything was explained.
But at the same time, more problems emerged.
"How are we going to find her?" Lin Che asked in a low voice.
Su Wanqing and Xiao Ran looked at him at the same time, surprise flashing in their eyes. This was the first time Lin Che took the initiative to ask about X-7.
"Are you willing to help find her?" Xiao Ran asked half-doubtfully.
Lin Che bit her lip and nodded: "If we are really a couple, then I should be able to sense her location."
"You can?" Su Wanqing asked in surprise.
"I don't know." Lin Che answered honestly, "But I can try. If the suppressor really fails."
Xiao Ran walked up to Lin Che and looked at him seriously: "If you can find her, I owe you my life."
Lin Che nodded at a loss. He didn't know if he could find X-7, but he was willing to try.
Maybe, in that deleted memory, he had some connection with the red-haired girl.
Maybe, by finding her, I can find the part of myself that I have lost.
"Then let's go." Su Wanqing stood up, "Before the research institute finds us."
The car drove into the suburbs and passed through the deserted streets. The accumulated water after the heavy rain formed large puddles on the road, and the SUV splashed water when it ran over.
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Su Wanqing drove the car attentively, observing Lin Che's condition from the rearview mirror from time to time.
"Where to?" Xiao Ran broke the silence, "They will send more people to find us."
"Safe house." Su Wanqing turned the steering wheel and drove into a muddy path. "You said you know someone who can solve the problem of the bracelet. Who is it?"
Xiao Ran hesitated for a moment, his eyes fixed on the passing scenery outside the car window: "A former technician from the research institute, now doing business underground."
“Is it reliable?”
“I’ve used it a few times, no problem.” Xiao Ran turned to look at Lin Che in the back seat, “Hey, are you okay?”
Lin Che did not answer, but hugged her knees tightly and pressed her forehead against the glass window.
The anxiety of not getting the salt and the fear that the inhibitor might be remotely activated at any time made him unable to calm down.
"He needs salt." Su Wanqing said calmly, her eyes fixed on the road ahead. "Let's get some salt first, and then go see your technician."
Xiao Ran raised an eyebrow: "Salt? What's going on?"
"Blue blood requires a high concentration of sodium ions to maintain stability." Su Wanqing explained, "He needs at least fifty grams every day."
"Fifty grams?" Xiao Ran whistled, "Ordinary people only eat six grams a day."
Lin Che secretly looked up at Xiao Ran. This former special forces soldier seemed to know the test subjects very well, much more than ordinary people.
“X-7, your sister,” Lin Che whispered, “Does she need anything special too?”
Xiao Ran's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Have you seen her?"
“No, I just…” Lin Che shook her head, not daring to look Xiao Ran in the eye, “I just heard someone mention it. Fire requires a lot of sugar.”
"She does like sweets." Xiao Ran's expression softened a little. "When she was little, she always ate ice cream secretly, and she wouldn't stop even when her teeth hurt."
There was a brief silence in the car. Su Wanqing observed the expressions of the two people through the rearview mirror, thinking.
"She should be fine now." Lin Che said suddenly, "If the institute wants her to be a key, they must ensure that she is in good condition."
Xiao Ran turned and stared at Lin Che: "How do you know she is the 'key'?"
Lin Che was stunned. He himself didn’t know why he said such a thing.
The word seemed to emerge naturally from my mind, like a fragment of deeply buried memory.
"I don't know."
Su Wanqing interrupted the awkward conversation: "There is a gas station ahead, they should be selling salt."
(End of this chapter)
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