Chapter Seventy-Five: A Round and Round
Peace achieved through deterrence is short-lived, lasting as little as half a day.
After returning home from the equipment depot, Qi An reassembled the sniper rifle and then went back to the small commercial street before curfew that night.
On Mr. Qian's way home after closing his shop, she gave him another purification treatment.
At dawn the next day, dressed in all black, she went to the outer staircase of a residential building with her bag.
Xiang Shiyang and Wang Ming, carrying small gas canisters, looked exhausted and dejected as they passed by on the small street downstairs, while Qi An carried a gun.
The dull thud of the person falling down did indeed startle pedestrians at the street corner.
The night is clear and the moonlight is very bright. Xiang Shiyang and his companion set off very late, and it is already 5:30.
But whether that person was also a night owl heading to the black market or not, he didn't make a sound and instead ran away.
Qi An used live ammunition directly. She hesitated for a moment, but before Xiang Shiyang died, she searched his memory, deleted all the email accounts and information on his phone, and then put the new phone that she had bought with her money back into her pocket.
Xiang Shiyang glared at her, and finally only managed to utter three words: "Little monster!"
Qi An smiled, thinking that before "different" and "experimental subject," there were three more words she hated even more.
She shot Xiang Shiyang in the heart.
After she finished, she wiped the foul-smelling, bright red blood splattered on her face and was somewhat dazed.
Actually, she didn't need to come here, because she had already reported Xiang Shiyang, and the Public Security Bureau would handle them.
It's far more painful to be a test subject and slowly tortured to death than to be shot dead!
However, Qi An sat in his small apartment from dawn till dusk, still unable to overcome the deep-seated fear within him.
When Xiang Shiyang and Wang Ming are arrested and on trial, they will surely shout "little monster" to the world.
Even if she were far away in the mountains or already dead, she would still feel anger and fear!
So she had no choice but to end the story of the "little monster" here.
......
It was 6 o'clock, and a faint light began to appear on the horizon.
Tang Xinying arrived at the research building at 6:30, just as Xiao Ye finished reading the report, which was over ten pages long.
"Professor Tang, the test results for this sample are quite interesting!" Xiao Ye woke up after reading them and was even a little excited:
"The fragments inserted by the Kuroshio virus into her genes are almost invisible, which indicates that her genes are very stable and that she has natural antibodies against the virus!"
Such individuals are rare and are ideally suited as a control group for susceptible individuals! Furthermore, their antigens can be extracted for research!
Xiao Ye was a little excited, but Tang Xinying was shocked! This result was completely opposite to her previous prediction!
The fact that the Kuroshio virus inserts very few DNA fragments indicates that the receptor gene is stable, but correspondingly, the enhancement value will be very low.
Then it's impossible for this person to have a mental enhancement value as high as 8, and still seem to have the potential to grow!
So, Tang Xinying wondered, where did Qi An's mental strength, and her ability to sense fallen insects and pollutants, come from?
......
At 6:30, almost everyone in the team had arrived.
Qi An changed into a brand new field uniform and carried a tactical backpack that was a bit bulkier than usual.
The accompanying researchers, carrying refrigerated boxes, arrived late. It wasn't until 7 a.m., when the first light of dawn appeared, that everyone got into their vehicles and set off.
Around the same time, Chen Yuezhou and Xu Le also set off, but they went through the North Gate while the team went through the South Gate.
As we drove out of the gate, the base had already awakened from its slumber, with people going to school or work.
Several messages kept popping up on Qi An and Zhao Bohan's phones, but they disconnected from the intranet as soon as they left the base. Starlink can only connect to military channels during military missions and cannot connect to private channels.
Several similar messages were sent out from upscale residential communities:
They set off, reporting their location and monitoring findings.
Outside the base, in a lush green pasture, someone glanced at the small red dot on the tablet and replied with a smile:
Everything is normal.
[Then proceed with the plan. Remember, if it fails, don't come back.]
The tall man on the ranch snorted, thinking to himself, "With such a meticulous plan, how could it possibly fail?" But since he was facing his boss, he still replied:
【receive! 】
In the upscale, spacious apartment of the complex, Zhou Yang lay back on the sofa, watching the woman's cold, aloof back as she looked out the window. He shrank back slightly and muttered to himself:
"I feel a little sorry for them. It's true that the most important thing for a person is to know their place!"
In the face of power, all resistance is utterly worthless!
But Liu Hui turned around and stared coldly at Zhou Yang, her gaze as if he were trash.
It all started with this good-for-nothing!
Zhou Yang froze, clenched his fists, and then lowered his head.
......
The main road outside the base had been worn smooth by the traffic over the past few days, and the team's two vehicles drove steadily and quickly, leaving the base's support area before 9 o'clock.
However, the ease of the journey did not make the atmosphere inside the car pleasant as well.
No one spoke; only Yu Shuang or Zhao Bohan's cold, calm commands came through the public channel.
Holding the cold chain box, Zhang Huaiqian thought to himself that these people had been forcing him to inspect the equipment like madmen in the equipment department yesterday, and today they were using passive-aggressive tactics on him!
This was his first time leaving the base, and he had been looking forward to experiencing some thrilling or exciting events so he could brag about them to his colleagues when he got back.
Is that all?
After driving for 4 hours, it was already 11 o'clock, and everyone was hungry. Zhang Huaiqian was both hungry and felt nauseous, so Yu Shuang ordered the car to stop and rest for 20 minutes.
Qi An was the driver of the car in front, Zhao Bohan sat in the passenger seat controlling the reconnaissance drone, and Yu Shuang and Zhang Huaiqian sat in the back seat.
Everyone got out of the car in silence. Qi An took the keys, got out and locked the car, and leaned against the car door to eat a piece of compressed rations.
The weather was perfect today; the sun was bright but not scorching, a gentle breeze was blowing, and the air was filled with the fragrance of grass, trees, and flowers.
Qi An squinted to sense that Yu Shuang and Zhao Bohan were studying the map in the shade.
Qi An looked at them for a moment, then called out to Tang Long:
"Give me the back car keys, I'll take my bag."
Tang Long was squatting in the grass looking for wild vegetables when he heard this, and he gave them to him without even turning his head.
The vehicle in front was newer, but the vehicle behind was a modified gasoline-powered truck. It was sturdy and durable, with a very powerful engine and a large interior space, which carried most of their supplies.
Qi An unlocks the door and starts the machine.
The start was so sudden that everyone was stunned when they saw the roaring car.
The break time isn't over yet, and everyone hasn't boarded the bus!
Yu Shuang was the first to react, exclaiming, "Xiao Qi?!"
The two cars were parked far apart, so there was no need to reverse. He could just turn out and then step on the gas. Qi An stepped on the gas.
It darted off like a wild off-road beast!
Zhao Bohan immediately called out on the walkie-talkie: "Xiao Qi? What are you doing?"
There was no response. Yu Shuang froze for a moment, then lunged at the car in front, only to find it locked! The key was in Qi An's hands!
Yu Shuang flew into a rage in an instant!
Love and trust are mutual! Just a moment ago, she believed that although Qi An had been hiding something from them, he would never harm them!
"I'll tie the key to the tree with a red rope in 15 minutes. There won't be any falling insects within a 3-kilometer radius. You can come and pick it up," Qi An said into the walkie-talkie.
Zhang Huaiqian was completely stunned. A soldier openly defected from the base during a mission.
It seems he really did encounter something big?!
The confusion and anger of the entire team could almost surge out through the car radio, overwhelming Qi An!
She gripped the steering wheel tightly.
Meanwhile, Tang Xinying had already found the office building where the Chengfeng Corps was located.
The Chengfeng Brigade is currently the only ones who know the whereabouts of the Qi'an Squad.
A few days ago, when she went to see Xiang Shiyang, Xiang Shiyang told her that Qi An was studying at the base, had a talent for purification, and was valued by teachers and even the research department.
Those people even went to Qi An's house to see her, which made Old Qi somewhat worried.
This made perfect sense and was consistent with Tang Xinying's prediction, but she noticed that Xiang Shiyang's expression was not quite right.
She took note of it, and when Qi An returned from his mission and they had dinner together, she brought up the matter, and Qi An's expression became even more strange!
Tang Xinying had always known that Qi An was special, but at that time she realized that Qi An's specialness might not be quite the same as she had expected.
That's why she picked up the two strands of Qi An's hair that had fallen on the seat.
Genes can speak; this is the language of biologists.
Exploring all the unknown, colliding the finite life with the boundless sea of knowledge—this is the belief of scientific researchers.
Researchers also carry the hope of humanity escaping the apocalypse.
Tang Xinying could imagine the crazy reaction Professor Huang, the head of the gene enhancement research team, would have if he knew that this gene sample belonged to Qi An!
On the farm outside the base, a man holding an old tablet exclaimed, "Why are the two cars separated?"
"It seems like they've had a falling out? One of them drove off in a car," the man with the protruding mouth who was listening in said uncertainly.
"Huh? These soldiers... Perfect! I told you this job wouldn't be difficult!" The man slapped his thigh and laughed loudly!
But Qi An suddenly braked.
She looked towards the trunk!
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