Chapter 84 Back to Earth "Sixteen years ago, my brother and I..."
"Sixteen years ago, my brother and I were captured and taken to the Dark Duke's laboratory. We went through... we went through a lot of drug experiments." The gray voice was hoarse.
"Later, my brothers and I were separated. I had no choice but to become the Dark Duke's dog and do dirty work." As he spoke, tears fell to the ground.
"...You've been passing messages to them?" Touhuang was silent for a moment before managing to utter a few words.
Upon hearing this, Tou Hui immediately looked up at him and shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, I didn't, I didn't."
The woman in yellow looked at him and asked, "So... when did it start?"
Touhui closed his eyes, sighed, and said, "From the moment we entered the Floating Mirror Lake..."
Touhuang didn't say anything more, only sighed deeply: "Alright, I understand."
Although everyone seemed to be busy with their own things, they were all listening intently to their conversation.
They subconsciously glanced at the translucent blue, then at the translucent gray, their expressions complex.
Tou Lan stared intently at the control panel without saying a word.
The cabin fell silent for a moment.
After a long silence, Tou Lan finally spoke, "I can't trust you for now."
Tou Hui's face turned deathly pale, and after a long while, he nodded with a bitter smile: "If it were me, I would make the same choice."
“However…” Tou Lan sighed deeply, “I forgive you.”
His ashen complexion improved somewhat. He nodded and silently walked to a spot to pack his things.
The others didn't say anything, but their expressions relaxed considerably.
"Where are we going now?" Sang Zhitao asked, looking at the navigation map.
Sang Zhitao's words broke the strangely oppressive atmosphere, and everyone visibly became happy.
"Touqing, help me get something."
"Translucent yellow, take a look at this one."
"It's a blend of purple and green; lend a hand here."
"Translucent gray..."
"Translucent Gray, this is what you excel at, come and take a look." Translucent Yellow's words silenced the scene for a moment, then returned to normal.
With tears welling in her eyes, Touhui looked at Touhuang and nodded vigorously: "Yes, I'm coming."
“We’re heading to Garbage City now.” Tou Lan glanced at her companions, who seemed completely unaffected, and smiled. “That’s the closest place to the Royal Palace.”
Sang Zhitao nodded, then said hesitantly, "I'm wondering if we should go check out the Dark Duke's laboratory first."
As soon as she finished speaking, Sang Zhitao glanced sideways at Touhui.
Tou Lan glanced at Tou Hui, then lowered her head for a while before saying, "It's not that it's impossible, it's just the moonlight ritual..."
"Anyway, the ceremony isn't until a month later, so there's plenty of time," Sang Zhitao said after considering it for a moment.
After hearing this, Tou Lan didn't say anything more, nodded, and quickly adjusted the flight path on the control panel.
The Mirror Clan's spaceships sacrifice some speed for stealth capabilities, so they are not very fast. It would take them at least one or two days to travel from their departure point to the Dark Duke's mansion.
As evening fell, Sang Zhitao yawned and was about to find a place to sleep when she felt a burning sensation in her chest. She immediately realized that it was time to go home.
After thinking for a moment, she simply told Toulan not to worry about when she woke up, and then found a place to sleep.
Sure enough, after a familiar ringtone, Sang Zhitao returned to the Earth base.
"Wow! Are you a gem person now? What kind of gem is it?" Lin Jing happened to be here collecting data today. Looking at the sparkling, transparent Sang Zhi Tao, she circled around it several times in amazement.
"Snap." Sang Zhitao broke off a finger from her hand.
"Ah! What are you doing?!" Lin Jing was startled by her action.
Her exclamation drew everyone's attention to this side. Those in the middle who saw Sang Zhitao missing a finger on her left hand and holding the severed finger in her right hand all changed their expressions drastically.
The alarms blared continuously, and Zhang Su's medical team jumped directly from the mobile aircraft and started running quickly.
Seeing her running over, covered in sweat, carrying a suitcase, and looking pale, Sang Zhitao was startled and quickly said, "It's okay, it's okay."
"It doesn't hurt at all. In the Gem Kingdom, we eat the corpses of our companions."
Sang Zhitao's explanation startled everyone.
"(⊙_⊙) Huh?" Ling Ping, a biology expert, asked in disbelief, "You...eat each other?"
Sang Zhitao nodded before recounting her experiences in the Gem Kingdom.
"Isn't this a children's fairy tale you wrote? Why is the background so dark!" Lin Jing stared at her, her eyes wide with disbelief.
"The dark and cruel side of a pink girl..." He Lei couldn't help but mutter from the side.
The young people nodded in agreement when they heard him say that.
Sang Zhitao couldn't help but roll her eyes at them before explaining to Zhang Su and Professor Ling Ping, who looked worried, "It seems to be an automatically corrected world background."
Then he recounted the world background restoration he had discovered.
"So what will you do about food when you get back? Will you only be able to eat the corpse of your companion? Will our Earth Gem work?" Professor Ling Ping asked, taking notes as he went.
Sang Zhitao thought for a moment before saying, "I'm not sure, but we can try the gems here."
"What about the fingers you kept breaking off?" Lin Jing asked curiously.
Sang Zhitao smiled and explained, "I am royalty and possess the power of regeneration, so this will grow tomorrow."
"Then you could eat yourself and grow back?" He Lei raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but tease, "A human perpetual motion machine."
Physics professor Lan Hu happened to come by and couldn't resist tapping him.
Seeing the teacher approach, He Lei quickly shrank back and hid to the side. He was struggling with his experiment these past two days and dared not show off in front of the teacher now, or he would be in big trouble if the teacher remembered him.
Professor Lan Hu came because of a special discovery. Seeing that Sang Zhi Tao was a bit free, he quickly asked, "Tao Tao, do you have any special feelings about coming back this time?"
Sang Zhitao thought for a moment before replying, "I feel like I can know in advance whether I'll be back or not."
"Did you make any discoveries, Professor Lan?" Sang Zhitao asked curiously.
Professor Blue Lake smiled slightly and explained, "We detected a special particle, which we suspect is related to your time travel."
"Then when I go back this time, you guys can try again? If so, that would be great." Sang Zhitao looked at the other party with some surprise.
“Okay, I’ll test the data in a bit.” Professor Lan Hu nodded in agreement, then turned to He Lei and said, “Put your experiment aside for now and come over to record the data.”
He Lei was about to sneak away when he heard what the teacher said, so he quickly came back and nodded.
"I brought all the leftover gems from last time, Tao Tao, give them to me." Lin Jing handed a bag of gems to Sang Zhi Tao.
Sang Zhitao looked at the gemstone, picked up a Padparadscha, and took a bite.
"How is she?" Everyone looked at her with concern.
“…It’s alright.” Sang Zhitao tasted it for a moment, then picked up other gemstones and nibbled on them a few times.
Finally, she bent down and picked out the diamonds from the bag, then popped them into her mouth one by one, like eating candy.
"Oh, aren't you going to eat the rest?" Lin Jing asked curiously as she turned around after finishing her work.
Those who noticed this couldn't help but ask, "Yeah, last time you ate all sorts of gems, why are you only eating diamonds this time?"
Sang Zhitao thought for a moment before hesitatingly saying, "I don't know. Diamonds have a strong attraction for me, like a favorite fruit or an ordinary apple."
"I wouldn't eat that unless absolutely necessary..."
"I see..." Lin Jing nodded thoughtfully, then turned to Professor Ling Ping, "Professor Ling, is it possible that it's a matter of physical constitution?"
Professor Ling was flipping through Sang Zhitao's physical records when he thought for a moment before saying, "Judging from the data, it should be because they are of the same species."
"Huh?" Sang Zhitao tilted her head, looking at her with a blank expression.
Professor Ling Ping tucked a stray hair behind his ear and said with a smile, "Based on the material analysis, Tao Tao's body is made of diamond, so similar diamonds are more attractive to him."
"So, for blue gem people like Touka, sapphires on Earth are more attractive?" Sang Zhitao asked curiously after thinking for a moment.
Professor Ling Ping smiled and nodded.
"Speaking of which..." Lin Jing asked curiously, "Did Tao Tao bring any local specialties this time?"
Sang Zhitao slapped her forehead and suddenly realized, "I knew I forgot what I was doing."
After saying that, he took out a rather large cloth bag from his pocket and handed it to them.
Professor Ling Ping took the bag, pulled out a handful of gem fragments the size of melon seeds, and stared blankly at them.
"These are edible gems I dug up there, which are actually fragments of the Gem Man's corpse. I think they contain a special kind of energy. I wonder if we can make use of them," Sang Zhitao said simply.
Everyone turned their attention to the cloth bag.
"Professor Ling, I heard you're working on a new project. You must be quite busy. Could you let us try this out first?" Professor Lanhu smiled and reached for the bag.
Professor Ling Ping's expression changed. He picked up the bag, glared at the other person, and then said with a smile, "I won't trouble Professor Lan. Our group can still spare some time."
“We’ve finally captured a new particle, and this is exactly what we need.” As he spoke, Professor Blue Lake reached for the bag again.
Professor Ling Ping wrapped the bag around himself, held it to his chest, and moved it aside, saying, "Our biology group is important too. This is an edible gemstone, so it should definitely be given to our biology group."
Professor Lan Hu was touching a woman all over, and all he could do was watch as Professor Ling Ping hugged the things to his arms and tried to run away.
"Oh dear, I heard Tao Tao brought some good stuff?" But then she bumped into Professor Zeng, who was researching wheat.
Professor Zeng raised an eyebrow at Professor Ling, smiling kindly but speaking bluntly: "Little Ling, our agronomy is also part of the biology group, so it's mutually beneficial."
Professor Ling was naturally unwilling to hand over the items, but Professor Zeng was a senior agricultural scientist who was dedicated to the country's livelihood. She felt embarrassed to play tricks on such a senior, so she could only say awkwardly, "Professor Zeng, there's quite a lot of stuff. Let's split it 20/80, 20/80."
Professor Zeng raised an eyebrow, glanced at the other group leaders who were walking quickly towards him, and said directly to Professor Ling, "Easy, easy, let's go."
Professor Ling naturally saw the person who came and, without hesitation, quickly walked out.
The others were too busy worrying to notice that the bag was in Professor Ling's hands and didn't realize that he was leaving with the bag in his arms.
It wasn't until they saw Professor Lan Hu's speechless expression that they realized it was too late to catch up. They could only mutter a few curses about Professor Ling's cunning behind their backs and immediately call Li Mingguo to complain.
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