Chapter 143: The truth is gradually approaching
Jiang Ran woke up in the evening of the next day.
The girl opened her eyes, let her mind go blank for a while, then closed her eyes again and continued to rest.
Si Xu brought dinner into the room and gently placed the tray on the table.
The girl with her eyes closed twitched her nostrils and her stomach made a series of protesting noises.
"Are you hungry?" Si Xu sat by the window and chuckled softly, "Do you want to eat something?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Jiang Ran opened his eyes and looked at him in surprise: "Si Xu, why... are you here?"
She thought it was Chu Yuan's men who rescued her.
"It's on my way, so I came here." Si Xu's eyes swept over her legs and he reached out to help her. "Get up and eat something."
He spoke so calmly that Jiang Ran suddenly remembered the first time they met. He saved her from the water and insisted that he had done it by chance when she mentioned it.
Not knowing what he meant by "on the way", Jiang Ran drank the porridge from his hand.
In my ears were the sounds of footsteps coming and going outside the room and voices of varying pitches.
Her mind was in a blank state. Occasionally she would think about the Xiling base, and suddenly her mind would jump to Qi Yao and Chu Yuan... She couldn't even taste the porridge.
She didn't say anything, and Si Xu didn't say anything either. It was surprisingly quiet.
After finishing a bowl of porridge, he helped her lie back on the bed.
"I have an injury on my leg. I can't move around for the next two days, lest I develop any underlying problems."
She nodded in response, staring at him with her black pupils, and asked the question that had been bothering her for a long time.
"Si Xu, is Qi Yao still alive?"
While in the incubation pool, she heard the screams of girls and the chaotic footsteps of zombies in the corridor upstairs.
She had the worst in mind.
Si Xu didn't look away.
He looked into the girl's bright eyes, which darkened, and shook his head slightly.
Jiang Ran took a breath, his eyes slowly turning red: "Dead?"
Si Xu was silent.
When he arrived, the woman had been eaten beyond recognition by zombies. He chopped off all the zombies and handed her body to Chu Yuan for disposal.
Jiang Ran raised her hands to cover her eyes and sniffed, not wanting him to see her tears.
"Jiang Ran." He sat down on the bed again, gently pulled down her hands that were covering her eyes, leaned close to her, and said softly, "You can cry, Jiang Ran."
His eyes were gentle, just like his voice, falling straight into the softest part of her heart.
Jiang Ran couldn't help but curl his lips, and his eyes became even redder.
His slender fingers touched the top of her head and entangled a strand of black hair. His voice became more gentle: "Jiang Ran, it's okay - everyone has the right to shed tears for others, and you are the same."
She is your friend, you have the right to shed tears for her, and no one will laugh at you, even in this unpredictable end times.
It was clearly something that didn't require permission, but Jiang Ran covered her face with her hands and choked with sobs, as if she had finally received permission.
It was her fault. She shouldn't have brought her along, let alone left her there alone.
Her fault.
…
Looking at the grave in front of him, Pei Xiao lowered his eyes, placed one hand on Chu Yuan's shoulder, and apologized in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry."
It was because of his carelessness that he fell into the trap of the giant python.
Qi Yao's death is his responsibility.
"It's none of your business." Chu Yuan gently stroked the silver pendant with his fingers and shook his head. "Don't blame yourself."
"you……"
"Captain Chu." A team member stopped far away, not daring to approach. "Professor Si wants you to come over."
Without asking what was going on, Chu Yuan stood up and brushed off the dust on his clothes: "I understand."
…
After knocking on the door and entering the room, Chu Yuan stood a few steps away and looked at the person sitting on the sofa.
"Seventh Brother, are you looking for me?"
"It's not me." Si Xu glanced at Jiang Ran, who was leaning against the headboard with red eyes, "She was looking for you."
"Ranran?" Knowing that the girl had just cried for her friend, Chu Yuan exhaled and softened his voice, "What's the matter?"
Jiang Ran didn't respond, but just stared at Chu Yuan. The cold look in his eyes made the man unconsciously tense up.
"Ranran girl?"
"Captain Chu." Jiang Ran raised his chin. "How do you feel? I heard from Si Xu that your supernatural powers have recovered?"
So it was because of this matter. Chu Yuan nodded: "Yes, the effect of the medicine must have worn off."
I thought the medicine would completely kill the mutated virus in his body, but now it seems that it only temporarily suppressed the activity of the virus and did not kill it completely.
The lost superpowers have been restored, this is what is right.
Jiang Ran's eyes became even colder.
In the original novel, it was with the help of this medicine that Luo Rui and her team were able to win the battle against Si Xu.
At that time, it was Luo Rui who risked her life to inject the reagent into Si Xu's body, so after the fight, she was recognized by Shen Lang and became Shen Lang's adopted daughter.
The reason why that battle was so dangerous was that until that time, the efficacy of the reagent was still unstable - this drug could not directly eliminate the mutated virus, but only suppressed them temporarily, causing the superpowers to weaken in a short period of time.
I think Chu Yuan’s ending, which is not mentioned in the novel, is also related to this potion.
Now that the potion has appeared, what will the Shen family do next?
Thinking of this, Jiang Ran raised his eyes and looked at Chu Yuan: "Captain Chu, you probably don't have any relatives at Xiling Base, right?"
Not knowing why she asked, Chu Yuan replied truthfully: "No more."
His relatives had passed away four years ago, and a day ago, the only old friend he cared about also left him.
"Okay then." Jiang Ran said, "I need you to follow Pei Xiao to the Dongchao base. Don't let anyone know your identity except Pei Xiao."
"Eastern Dynasty Base?"
"Yes." Jiang Ran said, "Go to the Dongchao base for me and investigate someone named Si Nian. I need to know all her information."
"Si Nian?"
"Well, she's probably a scholar related to genetics or heredity, or maybe a laboratory worker or director. Although I've never met that person, she's definitely not an unknown person. It's just that she might have changed her name or hidden her identity..."
Hearing Jiang Ran's mumbling, Chu Yuan asked, "Is it Brother Seven's relative?"
Si Nian, Si Xu, a normal person’s first reaction would be that they are relatives, otherwise why would Jiang Ran look for her.
"I don't know." Jiang Ran said, "My search for her has nothing to do with Si Xu. It's about my father and the virus, so you can start with Jiang Yize's information."
"Professor Jiang?" Chu Yuan glanced at Si Xu and frowned. "So, that person is also engaged in virus-related research?"
"possible."
“…”
"Well, I know it's difficult for you to investigate with just this one concept, but I still hope you can go to the Dongchao base for me." Jiang Ran looked into Chu Yuan's eyes and said word by word, "Captain Chu, when we return to the Xiling base, I will tell the Shen family that you are dead."
The Shen family wanted Chu Yuan's life, so she would just do as they wished.
"Hmm?" Finally understanding the girl's plan, Chu Yuan waved his hand nonchalantly, "Whatever you want, just die if you want."
It's really casual. Jiang Ran was silent for a moment, not expecting him to agree so easily.
"Is there anything else you want to explain about that person named Si Nian?"
"Oh, that's right. I asked Pei Xiao, and he said he had no impression of this person at all." Jiang Ran pondered, "So, if that person really had been at the Dongchao base, maybe he would have used some code name... like S or N? Uh, isn't that a bit childish?"
"No." Chu Yuan twitched his lips, "This is also a direction to start the investigation."
"Well, anyway, I'll leave this matter to you, Captain Chu." Jiang Ran clasped his hands together and said seriously, "I think, if nothing unexpected happens, we will go to the Dongchao base soon."
(End of this chapter)
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