Chapter 274 Xiao Qidi encountered someone looking for trouble
Several nurses were carefully cleaning Ning Yao's festering wounds, completely unaware that something was wrong.
The person in charge and all the doctors in the research institute went to the monitoring room, their eyes fixed on the monitor screen with expectant expressions.
Inside the operating room, Ning Yao opened her eyes and suddenly sat up.
The nurses were startled, but they calmed themselves down and continued with their work while comforting her.
A bloodthirsty glint appeared in Ning Yao's eyes. Suddenly, she grabbed a nurse and bit down hard on her neck.
Fresh blood gushed out, and Ning Yao greedily sucked it up.
Some nurses screamed in fright, while others scrambled to escape, only to find the operating room door locked when they tried to open it.
Fear and despair instantly overwhelmed the nurses.
The nurse, whose neck had been bitten by Ning Yao, struggled desperately, but Ning Yao seemed to possess immense strength, managing to break the nurse's arm.
The nurse's face visibly turned deathly pale, and a few seconds later, even her lips lost all color, eventually turning into a cold corpse drained of blood.
After Ning Yao drank the blood, the wound on her leg began to heal rapidly.
Not yet satisfied, she licked her bright red lips and pounced on her next target.
The operating room became a living hell.
Several nurses were no match for her; one after another, they were drained of their blood.
Only after Ning Yao's injuries had fully healed did she slowly exhale a breath of foul-smelling air filled with the smell of blood, and the red light in her eyes faded, allowing her to gradually regain her senses.
"What...what's going on?"
Ning Yao was also startled by the scene before her. She squatted down, grabbed the nurse's shoulders, and shook her, "Hey! What's wrong with you?!"
She had no recollection of what had just happened and had no idea what she had done.
The operating room doors opened at that moment.
The person in charge led several doctors in quickly.
Ning Yao exclaimed in panic, "What happened here? Why are they all dead?!"
The person in charge smiled and reassured her, "Ms. Ning, don't be afraid. It was just a little accident. How are you feeling now?"
Ning Yao held her forehead, "I feel... dizzy, my mind is a mess..."
The person in charge gave a wink to the doctor next to him.
A doctor, holding a syringe that was already in place, gave Ning Yao an injection.
Ning Yao trusted them completely and offered no resistance, only asking, "What did they give me?"
The person in charge said, "Ms. Ning, you have been cured by our medicine that can help you calm down. Please rest assured."
Before she could finish speaking, Ning Yao's body went limp and she collapsed to the ground, falling into a deep sleep.
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When Ning Yao woke up again, it was the next morning.
She opened her eyes, stared blankly for a few seconds, then quickly sat up and looked around.
She is now in a private hospital room.
The layout of the ward was nothing special; judging from the view outside the window, it was still inside the medical research institute.
"You're awake? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Lu Xingfeng, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, opened his eyes, got up, and came to the bedside.
Ning Yao touched her stomach, "I'm a little hungry..."
Lu Xingfeng's face showed a relieved expression. "It seems you are really alright. Those doctors didn't lie to me. I'll get you something to eat right away."
After Lu Xingfeng left the ward, Ning Yao pulled up her trouser leg and took a look.
My calf, which I remembered as a bloody mess, now showed no trace of injury, as if it had never been hurt at all.
Ning Yao was not surprised by this situation.
In this special research institute, the medical experts arranged by Country M possessed cutting-edge medical technology, so it's not surprising that the injuries healed so well.
But she vaguely felt something was strange: terrifying images kept appearing in her mind.
It's very blurry; I don't remember clearly.
The scene was blood red, and it vaguely looked like several nurses screaming in terror.
Ning Yao tried hard to recall, but her head started to ache, so she had to give up.
A short while later, Lu Xingfeng brought over a nutritious meal prepared by the research institute's chef.
While eating, Ning Yao asked him if anything strange had happened after she fell into a coma.
Lu Xingfeng shook his head. "No, you've been in the operating room since you fainted. After the surgery, the doctors took you to your ward, and I've been staying here with you ever since. What's wrong? Why are you asking this question?"
Ning Yao said, "Then I must have had a nightmare... The nightmare felt too real, I thought..."
Lu Xingfeng laughed and said, "You were probably frightened by that monster, Ning Yao. You shouldn't play with such dangerous things in the future."
Ning Yao pouted and said nonchalantly, "Danger is what makes things interesting, otherwise it's all boring. But as long as Uncle Lu is there to protect me, I'll be fine no matter how dangerous it is, right, Uncle Lu?"
Lu Xingfeng was both amused and exasperated. He patted her hair and said softly, "Yes, I will protect you."
Unbeknownst to the two, the medical researchers at the institute were currently conducting a new round of gene modification experiments using blood samples taken from Ning Yao's body...
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Time flies.
Two months later.
Encircled from both sides by Da Xuan and You Guo, An Guo was completely unable to cope and was eventually destroyed.
According to the agreement between Da Xuan and You Kingdom, after they joined forces to destroy An Kingdom, An Kingdom's capital city would belong to Da Xuan, and the territory closer to You Kingdom would belong to You Kingdom, while the other part would belong to Da Xuan.
For Xiao Qidi, annexing Youguo was only a matter of time, but after taking half of Anguo's territory, it would still take a lot of time to manage it. It would be better to slow down for now, settle the people in the territory first, and let them recuperate.
Xiao Qidi incorporated half of the territory he had acquired from Anguo into the former territory of Huangguo, establishing it as Xingbei Province. Mu Cheng was appointed as the Governor-General of Xingbei, in charge of all affairs related to the province's people's livelihood, public security, and military affairs, and the cabinet supervised him.
Xiao Qidi unfolded a map and placed it on the table. Thinking that in less than a year, with Ning Jinli's help, he had already destroyed the Yu Kingdom, the Huang Kingdom, and the An Kingdom, he couldn't help but feel like he was dreaming.
The speed was too fast, so fast that it was almost dizzying.
Without Ning Jinli's strong support, even if he had the will, he wouldn't have the ability.
Limited by the productivity of the times, every war could deplete a nation's strength, and if not careful, even territory already captured could become a burden.
With each expansion of territory, the management effort, human resources, material resources, and financial resources required will increase exponentially.
Not to mention that as territory increases, transportation, information transmission, and so on will become increasingly difficult.
For example, given the transportation capabilities of this era, the straight-line distance from the northernmost to the southernmost part of the Great Xuan territory is over 1,200 kilometers. If calculated based on the actual accessible roads, it would probably take more than 3,000 kilometers of winding roads to reach the destination. Even if a letter were delivered lightly on horseback without any obstacles or accidents, under the most ideal circumstances, it would probably take at least half a year.
Fortunately, Ning Jinli brought with her the various technologies and advanced tools from her world.
It enabled Da Xuan's development to advance by leaps and bounds like an explosion, with productivity increasing at an incredible rate every day.
By now, Linxian City has achieved full electrification, which, in Ning Jinli's words, means that it has entered the early stages of the electrification era.
Therefore, Linxian City also became the vanguard development base of the entire Daxuan.
Everything new technology and ideas that Ning Jinli brought from her era were first tested in Linxian City. After finding a way to adapt them to the present, they were then promoted nationwide.
Heavy industry, light industry, modern agriculture, transportation, medical care, education, and so on, all took root, sprouted, grew into big trees, blossomed, and bore fruit in Linxian City.
Everything is proceeding rapidly and methodically.
The progress of annexing the vassal states of the Central Plains has been temporarily slowed down, leaving only the three vassal states of Ze, You, and Bo. The war has now stopped, and Da Xuan is focusing on internal development, which finally allows Xiao Qidi to catch his breath and rest for a while.
So he changed into modern clothes and, through the portal to time and space opened by Ning Jinli in the palace, arrived at the small warehouse of Ning Jinli's factory.
He came here without informing Ning Jinli beforehand, intending to give her a little surprise.
After all, he hadn't been here for two or three months.
However, Ning Jinli is not at the factory at the moment.
Xiao Qidi called Ning Jinli's godmother, Su Qinglan, to ask what was going on. He learned that Ning Jinli was going to a university reunion and had just left home a few minutes before he called.
Xiao Qidi then asked for the address and planned to go and take a look.
It was a little after 7 p.m.
Xiao Qidi came out of the subway station and walked straight to the entrance of a high-end hotel, which was where Ning Jinli was attending a party.
There were many luxury cars parked outside, each with a different model.
Xiao Qidi thought it was quite beautiful and couldn't help but walk over to admire it.
At that moment, a red supercar sped towards Xiao Qidi, heading straight for him. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been knocked flying on the spot.
With a sharp screech of brakes, the red supercar drifted and came to a steady stop where he had just been standing.
Xiao Qidi frowned slightly, staring coldly at the reckless sports car.
"Are you blind? Are you looking for death?" A slick-haired young man got out of the car and started cursing at Xiao Qidi.
Xiao Qidi said in a deep voice, "You almost hit me, and you're blaming me for not having eyes? I think you're the one who's asking for death."
The sound wasn't loud, but it was incredibly imposing.
In addition, his towering height and physique made him even more intimidating.
The young man with the slicked-back hair felt a sudden unease.
A sweet laugh came from inside the sports car, "Brother Kai, this is the first time I've ever seen anyone dare to talk back to you."
The young man with slicked-back hair brought a model he had just started dating to dinner today, but he encountered this situation as soon as he parked his car, and immediately felt that he had lost face.
With a dark expression, he strode up to Xiao Qidi and grabbed him by the collar. "What did you just say?"
“I don’t want to cause trouble,” Xiao Qidi said quietly, looking down into his eyes. “Let go of my hand.”
The slick-haired man, standing at 1.8 meters tall, was at a disadvantage next to Xiao Qidi. Even when he tried to act tough, he had to tilt his head back, making him look particularly unimpressive.
Feeling that Xiao Qidi didn't seem to take him seriously at all, he became even more furious, grabbed Xiao Qidi's collar with both hands, and suddenly exerted force.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, Xiao Qidi didn't budge.
Xiao Qidi sneered and slowly reached out to grab his collar.
Is this what you want?
The words fell.
The slick-haired man was lifted up by Xiao Qidi with one hand and easily slammed to the ground.
The curly-haired woman in the red supercar was startled and quickly came over to help the slick-haired man, whispering, "Brother Kai, it's alright, it's alright..."
"Fuck your mother!" The slick-haired man, enraged, shoved the woman aside and then stood up, raising his fist to charge at Xiao Qidi.
Xiao Qidi remained unmoved, but also threw a punch.
Bang!
A muffled thud.
The two men's fists collided.
Xiao Qidi's face remained expressionless.
The slick-haired man froze for two seconds, then clutched his fist and jumped up and down, yelling.
With this head-on collision, Xiao Qidi didn't even use his strength or internal energy, yet he still broke two of the slick-haired man's fingers, causing him excruciating pain.
"Brother Kai, are you alright?!" The curly-haired woman was terrified, but still mustered her courage to approach.
Seeing that the slick-haired man's fingers were deformed, she suggested taking him to the hospital.
The greasy-haired man was both in pain and angry. He raised his left hand and slapped the woman across the face. "Trying to make a fool of yourself, huh? Get the hell out of here!"
The woman covered her face, shocked and aggrieved, "I...I was just worried about your injuries..."
"Get out of my way!" The greasy-haired man kicked her in the stomach again.
The woman stumbled and fell, and even her elegant, form-fitting long dress couldn't hide her disheveled state.
Seeing this, Xiao Qidi's eyes grew even colder.
The slick-haired man wiped the sweat from his face, which was dripping with pain, and pulled a metal baseball bat from his sports car. With a ferocious look in his eyes, he walked toward Xiao Qidi and said, "I want to see if your bones are harder, or my baseball bat!"
Xiao Qidi gave him an expression as if he were looking at an idiot.
He really couldn't understand what was going on in this person's head, or why they were so unreasonable and domineering.
If this were in his world, this guy would be a corpse by now.
In the modern world, however, it's inconvenient for him to directly take someone's life.
Otherwise, being caught on camera by surrounding cameras could inevitably cause some unnecessary trouble.
As the slick-haired man approached with a baseball bat, Xiao Qidi suppressed his displeasure and stepped back, saying, "If you want compensation, I can give you medical expenses and compensation for emotional distress, and we can call it even, how about that?"
However, his retreat only emboldened the slick-haired man.
"Compensation?! Are you fucking insulting me? Do I look like someone who's short of money?" the slick-haired man roared. "I'll kill you!"
Whoosh—
The slick-haired man swung his baseball bat with all his might and smashed it hard towards Xiao Qidi's forehead.
What seemed like a rapid pace was as slow as a snail in Xiao Qidi's eyes.
Xiao Qidi calmly sidestepped the baseball bat.
The slick-haired man lost control of his strength and swung the stick at the luxury car next to him.
Bang!
The car window shattered instantly.
"You dare to hide?!" The slick-haired man was furious.
Xiao Qidi said helplessly, "Do you think you'd let me off the hook if I let you hit me with a stick?"
The slick-haired man's expression grew increasingly ferocious. "That's fine. You take a hit from my stick, and we'll be even."
Xiao Qidi stood with his hands behind his back. "Alright, I won't hide anymore."
"Go to hell!" The slick-haired man gritted his teeth and slammed the stick down hard on Xiao Qidi's temple again!
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