Chapter 148: Vermicular Splitting (VI)
Xuanwu Base, Area A, Material Distribution Office.
As soon as the sky was getting light, a long line had already stretched from the window of the distribution point to the end of the street.
The air was filled with anxiety and impatience.
"Hurry up! What is the person in front dawdling about?" A burly man in the middle of the team shouted impatiently, his voice full of a matter-of-fact urging.
"That's right, my wife is still waiting at home for me to bring back some meat for her to awaken her insect energy!" A tall and thin man next to him echoed.
At the front of the line, a woman had just received her portion from the window. It was a small, transparent, plastic-sealed box containing a small, pink, still-quivering piece of meat.
She carefully put the box into her arms. There was no gratitude on her face, but a hint of resentment. She muttered softly: "It's just such a small piece. Who can eat it? How stingy."
The man behind her heard it and immediately resonated with her, raising his voice: "Who said it wasn't true! Lin Heng is really something, why didn't he tell her about this good news earlier!"
This sentence is like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring up a thousand waves.
The entire team began to stir, and the suppressed discussions merged into a buzzing noise.
"Yes! If he had told us ordinary people earlier that his flesh could awaken the insect power, my brother would not have died in the last insect tide!" A young girl said with red eyes and a sharp voice.
"He's just selfish! Just because he's a double S-rank Insect Adept, he looks down on us ordinary people! If it weren't for Mr. Fu's wisdom in letting the Research Department discover this secret, would he have planned to keep it from us forever?"
"What savior? I think he just wants to see us die! He definitely had bad intentions when he built the underground palace! He's imprisoned us all here so he can watch over us from above!"
"I heard that the first person to discover this secret was Miss Si. Miss Si was dying and accidentally bit him. Not only did she recover from her illness, but she also awakened her insect power! She never even thought of helping us!"
"He owes us! If our base hadn't taken him in, he'd still be wandering around out there! What's wrong with using a little of his flesh now? This is the price he deserves!"
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At the same time.
Unlike the noisy and chaotic distribution area in Area A, the administrative hall on the top floor of the base is filled with elegantly dressed people.
Outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows was a bloody dusk.
Inside the window, an exquisite crystal chandelier casts soft and bright light.
The long white dining table was covered with a crisp white tablecloth and set with expensive silver tableware.
A dozen or so well-dressed and elegantly-mannered senior executives of the base sat together. They were the controllers of the Xuanwu base, the pinnacle of this underground kingdom.
The white bone china plates in front of them contained not delicacies from land and sea, but slices of bright red raw meat cut as thin as a cicada's wing.
The meat is delicate and the texture is clear, and you can even see tiny nerves twitching gently.
A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses picked up a piece with a silver fork, put it in his mouth, and chewed it carefully, his brows slightly furrowed.
"The insect activity in today's meat has decreased again." He put down his fork with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
"That's right." A delicately made-up woman across from him wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief. "Except for the first time you eat it, which awakens your insect energy, eating these after that is basically 'waste meat' and is of no use in raising your level."
"What a waste of such valuable insect energy." Another voice rang out, "It would be great if we could find a way to transfer the insect energy level in his body to us, instead of only receiving a little bit of it like now."
"Isn't Si Ruo doing research? I heard they've made some progress."
"Hmph, what's the point? I heard she cut off half of Lin Heng's tail a few days ago for an experiment, but she still didn't find anything." The man sneered, "I think she's just taking revenge on someone personally, using the name of an experiment to torture someone."
"Shh...be quiet, her sister is Mr. Fu's fiancée."
The people at the table looked at each other and tacitly changed the subject, starting to discuss how to distribute the "precious" meat more efficiently and how to appease the increasingly dissatisfied people below.
They complained that Lin Heng's meat could not make them stronger, and that Lin Heng's health was getting worse and worse, and the "resources" he could provide were getting less and less.
It was as if it was not a living person, but a mineral deposit that could be mined at will and was about to run out.
Fu Ze stood quietly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window not far away.
He had his back to the group, his tall figure casting a shadow on the smooth floor.
He held a glass of red wine in his hand, the scarlet liquid swaying gently in the glass, but he didn't take a sip.
Those filthy, greedy and disgusting discussions reached his ears without missing a word.
His hands were clenched into fists at his sides, veins bulging on the backs of his hands. His nails dug deep into his palms, causing a stinging pain that only allowed him to maintain a superficial composure.
He can't do anything.
He had to endure until he completely eradicated the power of his father and second uncle and took full control of this base.
Any concern for Lin Heng would become a fatal weakness for the enemy to attack him.
He had to watch, listen and endure.
*
Xuanwu Base, Scientific Research Department, Third Laboratory.
Under the glaring shadowless light, half of a huge, bloody insect tail was fixed on the cold metal laboratory table.
It was cut off from Lin Heng's body alive.
Even though it has been separated from the mother body, it still retains a strong vitality, and the flesh and blood at the broken end are still instinctively wriggling and trying to regenerate.
Si Ruo was wearing a white research coat, with an almost fanatical excitement on his face.
She held a sharp scalpel in her hand and was concentrating on peeling something off the insect tail.
"Recording data! Cell division rate 3.7, insect energy dissipation rate 12%!"
"The activity is starting to decline! Dr. Si Ruo, do you want to..." A young researcher felt a little reluctant.
"Shut up!" Si Ruo shouted without even turning his head. "Inject stimulant number three! I have to find out the limit of his splitting ability!"
"But……"
"No buts! Follow orders!" Si Ruo's voice was cold and unquestionable. "This is only half a tail. Lin Heng will be able to grow a new one soon. This is a necessary sacrifice for the future of the base!"
She gave high-sounding reasons, but her actions became more and more ruthless.
The sharp blade cut through the flesh, again and again.
*
Three thousand meters underground, the deepest part of the underground palace.
Lin Heng lay quietly on the wet and muddy ground.
The once beautiful, enormous tail was now reduced to a short stump, its new wound horrific, blood and flesh tumbling, with no sign of healing.
The intense pain had long since become numb, becoming an indelible part of the body.
Now, he didn't even have the strength to lift a finger.
He leaned slightly to the side, one hand still stubbornly and gently protecting his slightly bulging abdomen.
Feeling the faint fetal movement in the abdomen.
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