Chapter 101
It turns out that the gray egg is really Xiao Hei.
Wen Xin heaved a sigh of relief instantly, as if a huge rock hanging in his heart had finally fallen to the ground.
A'lu said that the current alien space was constructed by Xiao Hei based on his past memories, and it is very likely that the other party's thinking age is still at this stage.
No wonder there was no response when I asked Huidan several times before whether he was Xiaohei.
Wen Xin was lost in thought and didn't notice how eager his gaze was.
The gray egg lay there seemingly calmly, facing the fiery gaze that was enough to hatch it out directly.
Suddenly Wen Xin stood up. It shuddered, like a guilty rabbit whose tail was poked, and subconsciously pressed the tip of the eggshell down.
As a result, Wen Xin stood up just to fold up the folding bed.
Gray Egg: “…”
It turned over silently.
Warm footsteps could be heard from behind, along with the sound of a folding bed being moved, spreading all the way to the corner of the nursery.
After putting the folding bed away, Wen Xin turned and went to the independent bathroom. The sound of running water came clearly to him.
Gray Egg listened casually.
It doesn't know why it can sense the outside world.
In the eyes of the assistant researchers, they are pure embryos as they are not yet close to hatching.
You can't hear the sounds of the outside world, you can't smell the smell of the outside world, and you don't have your own thoughts.
It turned out to be just as they said. No matter how the gray egg knocked on the observation window, the eggs in other incubators did not respond.
But it didn't want to show Zhou Zhao its uniqueness. Its instinct told it that Zhou Zhao would do something bad to it after it was exposed.
So for a long time, Huidan felt like there was a piece missing in his heart, and it felt empty.
If it learned human vocabulary, it would understand this emotion called loneliness.
While Huidan was in a daze, Wen Xin had already finished washing up.
Hearing the footsteps, the gray egg moved again. It knew that the young man was leaving to complete the necessary eating behavior of humans - eating breakfast.
Zhou Zhao went out to have breakfast and would not be back until the evening, so Wen Xin should not be that long.
At most, if Zhou Zhao called me to work like I did yesterday at noon, I would only be away for four hours.
Just four hours.
With a click, the observation window was suddenly opened. Before Huidan could react, he was caressed several times with warmth and compassion.
The eggshell feels warm when the palm of your hand touches it with a thin web, and it feels even brighter than the heating tube underneath.
"I'm going to have breakfast, which will take about thirty minutes."
Thinking that Huidan might have no concept of time, Wen Xin pointed to the wall clock.
"See the second longest hand on the dial? It's the minute hand. When it jumps through six squares, which is half of the entire dial, I'm back."
Wen Xin touched the slightly dazed gray cub again.
If he wasn't afraid of affecting the hatching of the eggs, he would have wanted to put Xiao Hei in his pocket and watch over him all the time.
"Be good, I'm leaving now, take good care of the house."
Pop.
The door was closed, and silence returned to the nursery. The only sound that could be heard was the ticking of the instruments.
After a moment of silence, the gray egg raised the tip of its shell, as if staring at the time on the wall clock.
In order to save time, Wen Xin still bought bread and water.
During the meal, he stood in an inconspicuous place and observed the other interns who came to eat.
Every intern had varying degrees of sleepiness on their faces. In serious cases, there were dark circles under their eyes, as if they had not slept well at all.
There are many reasons for not getting a good night's sleep, including being attached to your bed, not adapting to the work environment, working overtime, etc.
There is another possibility, that those people are outsiders with concealed identities, and were pulled into the Dragon Skeleton Rift last night to fight against mutants.
Wen Xin took a quick look and found that there were at least five interns like this.
He memorized the faces roughly.
After waiting for a few more minutes, Zhou Zhao and other assistant researchers came to the cafeteria one after another.
Last night, Wen Xin focused on the movements outside the corridor. Even someone as irresponsible as Zhou Zhao stayed in the nursery until almost twelve o'clock before closing the door and going back to rest.
Today, these people woke up very early again. Needless to say, they were all worried about the mutant eggs in the A1 nursery.
They chatted for a while while waiting in line. Wen Xin relied on his excellent hearing and hid behind the green plants to eavesdrop on what was going on.
"…be careful recently…don't be careless…"
After hearing the last part, Wen Xin was thoughtful.
No wonder Zhou Zhao and the others are so concerned about this. It turns out that in less than a week, these mutant eggs will start hatching.
At that time, the hatched mutants will be taken for level assessment, and several high-ranking researchers will come forward.
Whether we can seize the opportunity and gain the favor of researchers depends on the results of this incubation.
Afterwards, several assistant researchers talked about some professional matters, which was not useful information for Wen Xin.
Seeing that more and more people were coming to the cafeteria and the legendary researchers had not shown up, Wen Xin guessed that they would not eat here, so he finished his bread in a few bites and did not stay any longer.
Wen Xin quickly returned to the A3 nursery, and before he reached the door, he saw the open crack of the door and his pupils narrowed quickly.
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Ten minutes ago.
Not long after Wen Xin left, a strange young man suddenly appeared in the quiet corridor. He had a pockmarked face, short brown hair, and wore plain glasses.
He took out his key, opened the door of the A3 nursery, entered without looking around, and took out the gray egg from the incubator.
Gray Egg sensed danger and stood still.
The pockmarked man with glasses grinned and said nothing. He raised the temperature in the incubator to 70 degrees and put the eggs back.
In less than three minutes, the gray egg could no longer bear it and rolled wildly, and the burnt red eggshell slammed against the viewing window.
The pockmarked man with glasses finally picked it up again as if giving it alms.
The gray egg struggled desperately in his hand. Seeing that it was still so energetic after being destroyed by the high temperature, the man with glasses was not angry but happy. He sighed in a seemingly infatuated way: "You are so reluctant when I touch you? You know, once..."
Before he finished speaking, Wen Xin knocked on the door and walked in.
The pockmarked man with glasses didn't expect Wen Xin to suddenly turn back. He was stunned for a moment and subconsciously explained, "I passed by here and found the door was not closed."
Bang!
Before he finished speaking, Wen Xin's fist hit him directly in the face.
He did not hold back his strength. In an instant, the pockmarked man with glasses even heard the sound of his own jaw cracking. Before he could come to his senses, a loud scream of pain was heard first!
“Ahh—”
At this time, someone had just returned from breakfast. Upon hearing the noise, he hurried over.
"What's wrong?" "What happened?"
The gray egg fell from the palm of the pockmarked man with glasses, and Wen Xin quickly caught it.
As soon as the egg entered my hand, the scalding temperature was transmitted to my palm.
The little gray egg was shaking so much, and when he saw the temperature on the incubator screen showing 70 degrees, Wen Xin became so angry that it soared to the sky.
He looked down with a stern face, soothing Huidan gently with one hand, and clenched his other hand into a fist again, and hit the pockmarked man with glasses hard in the abdomen!
As soon as Zhou Zhaogang arrived at the crowded door, he heard a heart-wrenching scream.
He was dumbfounded. After seeing the situation clearly, he hurriedly shouted: "Stop it, what are you doing!"
Unexpectedly, when Wen Xin raised his head, his eyes turned red and he started to grumble aggrievedly.
"Brother Zhou, he wants to harm me!"
Wen Xin actually dared to fight and cause trouble here. Zhou Zhao didn't have time to vent his anger because he was interrupted by the young man's accusations.
"What?"
"I just went to have breakfast, and when I came back I saw him sneaking into the nursery and raising the temperature of the incubator to 70 degrees! The book says that if the mutant eggs are not specially resistant to high temperatures, they will become dead if the temperature exceeds 50 degrees!"
Wen Xin seemed to be swallowing his anger and said, "D55 is my research subject. If anything happens to it, I will be finished. This person just wants to harm me."
The interns around him understood the whole story.
Knowing the pros and cons of the matter, they all looked coldly at the pockmarked man with glasses on the ground.
If something happens to the selected mutant eggs, their assessment will be directly invalidated, which means that they will be kicked out of the experimental base in the end because of unsatisfactory performance!
Wen Xin added fuel to the fire: "And this man is very suspicious. I have the habit of locking the door at all times, but I don't know where he got the key from."
"If he can get into the A3 nursery today and harm my eggs, he can get into the A2 and A1 nurseries tomorrow and harm other people's eggs!"
When the interns heard that the pockmarked man with glasses might harm them, they suddenly lost their composure.
"I have a question, where did he get the key from!?"
"This person is really suspicious. He turned the temperature up to 70 degrees. Oh my god, if the mutant eggs don't have high temperature resistance, they will be roasted on the spot, right?"
"Don't we need to call security in this situation?"
When Zhou Zhao saw that everyone was angry, he also became angry.
Originally, he was the main person in charge of the A3 nursery. If this person not only attacked the gray egg, but also harmed other eggs, he would definitely be implicated.
The pockmarked man with glasses was still lying on the ground, groaning. Zhou Zhao walked over and rudely pulled him up: "You..."
He saw the face of the man with pockmarks and glasses clearly and his expression suddenly changed.
Wen Xin glanced at Zhou Zhao's suddenly changed expression, frowned, and had a bad feeling in his heart.
As expected.
Zhou Zhao's face was full of anger one second, and in the next, his face was gloomy. Facing the angry crowd, he actually spoke up for the pockmarked man with glasses: "It's okay, it's a misunderstanding."
Someone in the crowd asked.
"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?"
"I gave him the key. I was afraid that Xiao Wen would be lazy, so I asked him to come over and take a look."
Wen Xin's heart sank.
He asked several questions in succession: "Take a look, do you need to adjust the temperature to 70?"
"It is clearly written on D55's incubator that it has no physical resistance. All of them entered the base through interviews with real talents. Could it be that he didn't know this? Or did he use a backdoor during the interview?"
Zhou Zhao heard Wen Xin's aggressive words and covered his forehead and said, "Okay, he may not be clear-headed and remember the classification of mutants wrongly, but didn't you beat him like this?"
"He is an intern like you. Now that he has become like this, I don't know how long it will take to treat him. By then, no one will be in charge of the projects under your charge. Isn't it your responsibility?"
The interns present were all shocked to hear this nonsense that turned black into white.
Wen Xin lowered her eyelashes to hide the coldness in her eyes.
Zhou Zhao's attitude was very strange. He clearly wanted to save the pockmarked man with glasses and get the matter over with.
But why?
Seeing Wen Xin lowering his head and not saying anything, Zhou Zhao waved his hand and said, "Okay, that's it. If there's a problem with your egg, come and I'll give you a replacement. It's effective until it hatches."
"Come here, two people, help move Ding Pingle to the medical department."
There had been a huge commotion just now, but after Zhou Zhaoyi's intervention, the crowd dispersed and the entrance to the A3 nursery became deserted again.
Wen Xin held the gray egg in his hand, staring at the direction where Ding Leping was going away, with no emotion visible on his expressionless face.
Rumors about other interns spread.
"I just saw that guy's chin was swollen, and I haven't reacted yet. Is he Ding Pingle from the A1 nursery? The only intern who can participate in the A1 room!"
"The mutant eggs in the A1 incubator are all managed by assistant researchers. There must be some backstage reason why he was able to get involved, right?"
"It's just hard for the intern named Wen Xin."
"I don't think so. He can't pick any good eggs in the A3 nursery. Didn't Senior Brother Zhou just say that he should be allowed to change one? Maybe if he asks for mercy, he can get some eggs from the A2 nursery to choose from."
"That's a blessing in disguise. If I were to choose, I wouldn't want A3 eggs. I heard that most of the eggs that hatch are only D-grade, no different from ordinary animals. The best they can get is C-grade."
Wen Xin closed the door, blocking out people's gossip.
He was still angry, but it didn't get to his head.
On the contrary, he remained absolutely calm from beginning to end, including when he punched Ding Pingle twice.
Ding Pingle was able to participate in the A1 nursery project, and even the arrogant Zhou Zhao would speak well of him. This person's identity is worth further investigation.
There is also that seemingly true sentence.
【You know, once upon a time...】
Wen Xin closed his eyes.
When saying this, Ding Pingle's tone was familiar and his expression was very strange, as if Xiao Hei was the other person's favorite.
But that kind of love, which was full of a paranoid desire for control, disgusted him greatly.
Wen Xin looked down at the gray egg in his hand, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.
Is this something that Xiao Hei has experienced before?
The shivering Gray Egg gradually calmed down under the warm comfort.
Wen Xin adjusted the incubator to the appropriate temperature and wanted to put the eggs back.
Unexpectedly, the gray egg jumped on the spot and drilled into his pocket.
The pocket was not easy to drill, and the gray egg slipped on the fabric of the clothes and almost fell to the ground.
Wen Xin was startled at the moment, and hurriedly caught it, tapping the tip of the eggshell, unable to say anything serious, and helplessly said, "What are you doing?"
Huidan rubbed his fingers, silently, and jumped again.
Wen Xin couldn't stop it from jumping.
Snap!
The gray egg drew a smooth arc in the air and hit the cup heavily.
The porcelain cup was broken, but the egg was still intact!
After smashing the cup, the gray egg began to jump on the spot again, each jump higher than the last.
The highest one hit Wen Xin’s chest.
Wen Xin was very nervous at first, but later he felt relieved when he found that the egg would not be damaged.
He saw the gray egg jumping around and thought that the gray egg was venting its dissatisfaction at being persecuted in this way.
After a while, the egg was tired, but it was still jumping hard.
Wen Xin felt that it actually wanted to express something.
But since eggs can't speak, he really can't understand what the gray egg means.
Finally, the gray egg seemed to understand that the two of them could not overcome the language barrier for the time being, so it persevered and jumped to the door and knocked.
"You want to go out?"
After getting Gray Egg's affirmation, Winsington hesitated for a moment, but still picked it up and took it out with him.
There were few people in the corridor, everyone was busy taking care of their eggs.
Following the instructions of the eggshell tip, Wen Xin arrived at the door of the A2 nursery.
He was about to knock on the door when he saw Huidan start shaking violently.
It was like a child shaking his head madly.
The meaning of that action is, don't.
Don't want A2.
Wen Xin responded: "Did you hear that they said I would come to the A2 nursery to pick out new mutant eggs?"
Gray Egg was silent, or rather, he acquiesced.
"So you just..."
In a flash, Wen Xin's brain waves strangely overlapped with Huidan's, and he whispered in a complicated voice, "Were you showing me your abilities just now?"
Gray Egg was silent again.
After a long time, he finally touched the tip of the eggshell.
——It is strong enough, can jump high, and will not break when it lands. It will definitely hatch into a powerful mutant.
The gray egg fell down and lay flat and steadily on Wen Xin's palm, rubbing against it.
It has never exposed itself voluntarily, nor has it ever shown itself so seriously, so using it to retain something seems a bit clumsy.
Fortunately, Wen Xin understood.
so……
Don't want the eggs in A2's nursery, just me, okay?
After understanding what Huidan meant, Wen Xin's heart felt swollen, as if it was filled with a sour and warm current, and he was unable to speak for a moment.
After a long while, he reached out and touched the shell of the gray egg, then crooked his eyes and said, "Very stupid."
"I want you like this, no other eggs."
In the next few days, Wen Xinto helped buy bread and water, and took the time to take Huidan to the dormitory building to get some clean clothes.
He washed and brushed his teeth in the A3 nursery room, wiping his entire body with a towel soaked in water, and never left Huidan's side.
Ding Pingle's bones were broken and he is still in the medical department.
When Zhou Zhao saw Wen Xin, he didn't say much.
Everything seemed to have returned to calm.
But Wen Xin never let down his guard.
The night before the hatching period, he was lying on the folding bed, about to fall asleep, when he suddenly felt an unbearable palpitation in his chest.
The thick smell of gunpowder drifted in the air.
Wen Xin suddenly closed his eyes.
The blinding firelight shone through the crack in the door and onto the curtains.
【Author’s words】
Wen Xin: I want you.
Xiao Hei: Liar, there are still two in A3.
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