Chapter 72 Who are you?
Li Heng was indeed pondering, but his expression seemed to differ from Qi An's.
Why is he still staring at her with that inquisitive look?
Or are they trying to read her mind, to see if she dares to reveal the secret and risk mutual destruction?
It's not a question of whether she dares or not; she's just strapped a bomb to herself. Whether or not to pull the cord is up to the other side.
The other party chose to... pull the string!
Li Heng said slowly, "With current technology, it is indeed possible to identify the mutation frequency band caused by viral insertion and restore a person's original gene sequence."
However, after so many years, who can say for sure whether that DN information was real or forged by you?
Qi An coldly said, "It's not that we have to prove you are Li Heng, but that you have to prove to everyone that you are not!"
Li Heng seemed to scoff: "I built the new student base myself. Among the many bases on the mainland, its strength is second only to the North 1 Base!"
I can prove I am no one, but have you considered whether this process of proof, this tug-of-war, might lead to a major upheaval within humanity, giving the corrupted insects an opportunity to exploit?
Before Qi An could answer, Li Heng shook his head: "You didn't think of that, and besides, this might be your purpose."
Qi An frowned deeply.
She had just turned her head and raised an eyebrow at the dark-faced guard behind her: "Shoot!"
The dark-faced guard seemed to notice Li Heng's silence and moved the gun barrel a little further away.
But at that moment, Li Heng lightly tapped the rim of his bowl with his chopsticks and uttered, "Fire."
Qi An's pupils contracted sharply, and he tilted his body to the side, narrowly avoiding the gun barrel.
But the dark-faced guard moved the gun barrel, seemingly just to make it easier to turn.
He didn't shoot Qi An in the neck; he shot Qi An in the calf!
Excruciating pain!
The chair overturned, the dishes fell to the ground, and Qi An crashed heavily to the ground, letting out a short, sharp, and distorted cry of pain!
After that cry of pain, there was some commotion outside!
But the only sound was Xiao Zhao's exclamation: "Holy crap! Captain Ding? Captain Ding, what's wrong with you guys?"
Ding Ze's guard squad: those on duty were all sprawled outside, fast asleep, while those off duty were in their respective rooms, making no sound.
Xiao Zhao heard gunshots from Qi An's room and instinctively looked towards the end of the corridor.
Only two lights were on in the entire corridor, and the light couldn't reach the end.
In the pitch-black hall at the end, the guards of the new student base stood motionless, like clay sculptures or wooden statues, like still ghosts.
Xiao Zhao looked at Qi An's tightly closed door again, and upon hearing the series of banging sounds, he felt a chill run through him and stood frozen in place.
He had just come out of his teacher's room.
The master and apprentice were discussing Qi An.
"Qi Zhongxiao said that exposure to pollution during fetal development can leave a shadow on the subconscious."
She also had a similar experience, but it was less severe than Gao Pingle's, and she overcame it gradually on her own.
She has higher mental strength and more experience, so she can help Gao Pingle.
Is this believable? I just have a feeling... intuitively, that this explanation doesn't seem very credible.
Watching Qi Zhongxiao purify Gao Pingle always gave me the feeling that Gao Pingle and Qi Zhongxiao were simply not on the same level!
Xiao Zhao knew that Qi An was next door, so he kept his voice very low.
Professor Shi clearly shared the same feeling as Xiao Zhao, but he scoffed, "Can we researchers make judgments based on 'feelings'?"
The biggest difference between Gao Pingle and Qi An is that Qi An's mother has natural spiritual power, while Zhou Wen's spiritual power is acquired through training.
I now suspect that Qi An also possesses innate spiritual power!
“I agree with you on that point,” Xiao Zhao said hastily. “But there’s another point, which we’ve discussed before.”
Gao Pingle's birth process is crystal clear.
Ms. Zhou Wen was working and living at the satellite base when she was pregnant with him. The satellite base was attacked, and shells landed not far from the hospital.
Ms. Zhou's pollution levels were elevated because she was startled.
The two learned from researchers at the newborn base that Zhou Wen had a cesarean section when she was nine months pregnant.
The women who gave birth at the same hospital as Zhou Wen all lost their babies.
Zhou Wen is a purifier; she saved the child.
The fetus in Zhou Wen's womb also showed signs of abnormality, but the reason it did not change was clearly because Zhou Wen suppressed it.
When it was time for her to give birth, the doctor dared not let her deliver naturally.
Pain would only exacerbate the mutation. How could Zhou Wen maintain her rationality and continue the purification amidst excruciating pain at level 12?
The doctor decided to perform a cesarean section.
There were two purifiers in the operating room at the time.
One of them was responsible for taking over from Zhou Wen after she fell into a coma under anesthesia, and using external force to suppress the contamination levels of her and the fetus.
The other one immediately took over the purification of Gao Pingle after Gao Pingle left the mother body.
Xiao Zhao lowered his voice even further, muttering, "The purification of Gao Pingle lasted for two days, after which he stopped mutating."
This is easy to understand; it means that the baby has become a completely independent individual and has learned to use its own mental energy to fight against pollution.
But what happened to Lieutenant Qi back then?
There couldn't possibly be any other purifiers in the delivery room, right? Maybe the doctors all got infected with the virus and collapsed halfway through the surgery.
Given Ye Xiao's hellish circumstances, it's normal for her to undergo abnormal changes.
But Qi Zhongxiao's fate is either to suffocate in Ms. Ye's womb or to mutate into an infant worm.
How did she survive as a human being?
Following this line of thought, Xiao Zhao's thoughts kept drifting in some terrifying directions. He sat on the edge of the bed, blankly staring into space.
Professor Shi was also stunned.
The master and apprentice stared blankly for a while, then looked at each other again, but because of some horrifying speculation, they both quickly looked away.
"I'm going back now! I'll think about it some more!" Xiao Zhao hurriedly got up and walked out of the room.
As soon as he stepped outside, he heard gunshots, which startled him.
In that eerie and dark corridor, he couldn't help but tremble!
Qi An was also trembling, shaking from the excruciating pain!
Li Heng glanced at the bright red blood seeping onto the ground, then looked at Qi An's slightly split pupils.
"shot."
The table hadn't been overturned yet, and the dishes in front of him weren't even finished. He picked up a piece of stewed tomato that was already soft and mushy, and said...
Qi An gritted his teeth, something flashing through his mind, but the pain was too great, and he had no time to think.
She dodged away from the bed, instead lunging at the dark-faced guard!
She moved with lightning speed, turning her head and grabbing the guard's wrist holding the gun!
The wrist, however, was hard, like the feel of some kind of stone, and smooth!
Qi An tried to clench his fist, but failed to hit the opponent's weak point. Instead, the smooth surface caused the fist to slip from his grasp.
As Qi An approached, the dark-faced guard grabbed her neck with his other hand and held her tightly in his arms with enough force to strangle her!
As the black-faced guard moved, the white-faced guard standing behind Li Heng also fired his gun.
In the chaos, he still managed to shoot Qi An in his other leg.
The shot hit his thigh, but it also seemed to strike Qi An's head at the same time.
She was in so much pain that her mind went completely blank for a moment.
In the next instant, it was instinct! A survival instinct, an instinct of rage, caused her pupils to split open instantly, her entire eye sockets filled with a layer of dark blood mist tinged with crimson!
The dark-faced guard noticed the unusual situation in his arms and held her even tighter, the muzzle of his gun almost pressing a dent into her temple!
But a fleshy bud sprouted on Qi An's temple.
In an instant, the fleshy buds filled the barrel and then emerged from the gaps in the magazine, shooting towards the guard's eyes!
The dark-faced guard screamed in agony as his left eyeball was punctured and ruptured!
Li Heng stood up! The chair behind him made a screeching sound!
The sound wasn't completely drowned out by the guards' screams, which shows how quickly Li Heng got up!
"Just as I expected!" His pupils contracted slightly as he stared at the tiny tentacle that had pierced the dark-faced guard.
Ordinary worker insects retain some intelligence, while apprentice priests retain memories. White priests have clear and complete memories, and also retain some individual characteristics.
Ash Priests are also divided into different ranks. Can the higher-ranking Ash Priests retain a little bit of emotion?
'My mother has mutated into an Ash Priestess,' Qi An thought to himself.
Qi An's mother transformed into the Ash Priestess!
People at Base 1 in the North said that Qi An's mother was in extremely dangerous condition during childbirth.
Ye Xiao is most likely to undergo a mutation during childbirth.
At that time, she underwent a transformation, and Qi An either died or became an infant worm.
Even if Qi An lands, he will be able to mobilize his mental energy to resist the pollution.
But Ye Xiao, who has already mutated and become a fallen insect, has the instinct to corrupt all humans! Why doesn't she corrupt Qi An?
Is it impossible to corrupt? A Priestess of Ashes can't corrupt an infant?
Or is it that she can't bear to contaminate her own child? Or has this child already mutated?
Do higher-ranking Ash Priests retain emotions? Do they retain a part of their will as humans?
What about something even higher? Is it possible for it to consider itself a human being?
"You haven't thought about what to do if there is internal turmoil within humanity."
This may be your purpose.
"If I were to negotiate with you, with a mere fallen insect, wouldn't that be betraying the country and betraying humanity?" Li Heng said with a slight smile.
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