Chapter 82: Frozen Zone Insect Swarm (XVIII)
"I heard someone is causing trouble today?"
At the dining table, Lin Heng picked up a piece of pizza and placed it on Xie Mian's plate.
The golden mango on the pizza exudes a strong fruity aroma.
Xie Mian couldn't help but take a bite of pizza: "Hmm, boring person."
Hearing Xie Mian say this, Lin Heng knew that his brother didn't take this matter to heart at all.
“You!”
"Thank you, I need you to go to the research institute tomorrow." Fu Ze said.
Xie Mian chewed his pizza without looking up, quickly finished the pizza on his plate, and took the only remaining piece on the table away with a fork.
The pizza my brother made is not fit for a dog to eat.
"What are you going to do at the institute?"
Lin Heng frowned and put down the bowl in his hand.
The small white porcelain bowl and the plate collided, making a crisp sound.
"The research institute needs some blood samples."
"Come with me."
Lin Heng stood up and motioned Fu Ze to go to the study.
The door of the study was closed, blocking out all sounds.
"Fu Ze, when Mianmian joined the medical team, we had an agreed-upon condition: she would never be a guinea pig or participate in any experiments."
"Heng, the conditions haven't changed. The research institute just needs a tube of blood."
"I need a tube of blood today, and I need to cut off some flesh tomorrow. Mianmian is my brother, I don't agree."
"Heng, so far, only one insect-communicated person has been found who can heal insect monster bites: Xie Mian. He is so special, and so precious. But Xie Mian's power alone is limited. If we can find the cause of the insect poison in Xie Mian, it will be the hope of mankind."
"Humanity needs to be excused."
Fu Ze walked to Lin Heng and wanted to hold his face, but Lin Heng dodged him.
"Don't give me that saintly rhetoric, Fu Ze. Aren't there enough test subjects?"
Lin Heng didn't finish his words, he believed Fu Ze understood what he meant.
"So you know everything."
Fu Ze's hand froze in mid-air, and his eyes gradually darkened.
"Aze," Lin Heng's fingertips trembled slightly, and his voice was hoarse, "I love you, but freedom is my bottom line!"
After Lin Heng finished his last sentence, he turned around, opened the study door and strode out.
The door slammed behind him, knocking several books off the shelf.
Fu Ze stood still, his right hand still in the position of wanting to touch Lin Heng. He slowly withdrew his hand, his knuckles turning white from the force.
The light stretched his shadow long, casting a lonely shadow on the wooden floor of the study.
"The bottom line..."
Fu Ze repeated the word in a low voice, his eyes dark and difficult to read.
He took out a pack of cigarettes from the inside pocket of his suit, took out one and put it in his mouth. The flame of the lighter jumped, and was particularly dazzling under the pale light.
The taste of nicotine swirled in his lungs. Fu Ze walked to the window and watched Lin Heng walk quickly towards the garden.
Xie Mian was squatting in the garden, not knowing what he was doing. Lin Heng walked over and ruffled Xie Mian's hair with gentle movements and a smile on his face. He was completely different from the person who had just argued with him in the study.
"Oh…"
Fu Ze blew out a puff of smoke, took out his communicator and dialed a number.
The call was answered almost immediately: "Sir."
"Are there any clues in the lab?"
Fu Ze lowered his voice, his eyes still fixed on Lin Heng, not looking away.
"Not yet. The scene was completely destroyed. All samples and equipment were destroyed, including the monitoring equipment."
Fu Ze's brows knitted into a knot: "Are you sure no one survived?"
"No."
Cigarette ash fell on the carpet. Fu Ze was silent for a few seconds, his voice as cold as ice: "Keep investigating, we must find the person who destroyed the laboratory."
"Also, notify Xuanwu Base not to send any test subjects here for the time being."
"yes!"
*
Xie Mian squatted in the garden, dug a hole in the ground with a shovel, and was about to bury Goose Shifang in it.
"If you don't come out, I'll really bury you!"
Xie Mian threatened.
Goose Shifang shook his round body from side to side, wanting to cry but having no tears. Forefather, he also wanted to break out of the shell. Damn it, he was just a puddle of water now!
Hearing the footsteps coming from behind him, E Shifang suddenly felt that his savior had arrived.
He rolled over and tried to hide to the side, but Xie Mian held him down with a small shovel.
"What are you doing?" Lin Heng asked.
"Plant goose eggs!"
"Puff..." Lin Heng laughed out loud, "Don't scare him. If he doesn't come out, you can steam him, stir-fry him, or make tomato and goose egg soup."
Goose Shifang was trembling.
Okay, let’s do something more sinister.
"Tomato and goose egg soup, this is good. I'll think about when to make it, or tomorrow morning."
Xie Mian knocked the goose eggs with a shovel, and Goose Shifang felt dizzy.
"Mianmian, take E Shifang and leave here."
Lin Heng spoke softly, holding a freshly picked rose in his arms. The rose was so beautiful that it made Lin Heng's face look as radiant as the morning glow.
"Brother, do you want to go with me?" Xie Mian raised his head and looked directly into Lin Heng's eyes.
"Mianmian, I want to stay here, I..."
"If you don't leave, I won't leave either."
Xie Mian interrupted Lin Heng, stood up, and pushed Lin Heng into the house: "Hey, brother, don't worry, don't you know my strength? Don't worry!"
"Brother, go back and rest."
After pushing Lin Heng into the house, Xie Mian immediately retracted the smile on his face, his eyes becoming cold and sharp.
The next day.
Xie Mian went to the base hospital for his medical consultation as usual.
Due to yesterday's acid attack, the hospital has more than doubled its security.
Looking at the insect followers guarding various places in the hospital, Xie Mian sneered in his heart, is it protection or surveillance?
Outside the clinic, two nurses were whispering.
"Did you hear? Doctor Wang and Doctor Li were put in sacks and beaten yesterday!"
"Doctor Wang and Doctor Li are insect-involved. How dare someone hit them? Are they trying to kill themselves?"
"Who knows, huh..."
The two nurses were also ordinary people. They had long been fed up with the behavior of Wang and Li, and were very happy at this moment.
"I heard that it was because they were saying bad things about Dr. Xie behind his back..."
"Shh, keep your voice down..."
Xie Mian turned a deaf ear and focused on treating the patients in the clinic.
The patient is a soldier who was bitten by an insect monster while patrolling in a frozen area early this morning.
The number of insect monsters in the frozen zone has suddenly increased dramatically in the past two days, and yesterday more than a hundred low-level insect monsters appeared on the ice.
It was so dense that it almost crushed the ice surface.
The insect monster that bit the soldier was of very low level, and Xie Mian completed the treatment in less than a minute.
After this period of treatment, Xie Mian gradually discovered a pattern - there is an absolute level of suppression between the insect followers and the insect monsters.
When faced with wounds caused by low-level insect monsters, he can complete the treatment with almost no effort; and when encountering high-level insect monsters, not only does the treatment process become simpler, but the consumption of insect energy in the body increases exponentially.
"Thank you, Doctor. Thank you so much!"
The soldier excitedly took out a bug stone from his inner pocket and wanted to hand it to Xie Mian.
It was a dark blue insect stone, about the size of a quail egg, and of a low grade. However, for ordinary people without insect energy, it was extremely difficult to obtain.
"Thank you, I don't need it."
Xie Mian shook his head calmly, his voice was light, but it carried a tone that could not be refused.
The soldier was a little anxious and said quickly: "Thank you, Doctor! This insect stone is very precious! You saved my life. I really don't know how to repay you..."
Xie Mian frowned slightly and was about to refuse again, but the soldier had already placed the insect stone on the table and turned to leave.
"Wait, take it back."
Xie Mian reached out to push the insect stone, but before his fingertips touched it, the insect stone rolled down due to the shaking of the table and fell into his arms.
“Pah—”
The insect stone and the goose egg touch each other.
In an instant, the dark blue insect stone quickly faded, the luster on the surface disappeared, and it turned into an ordinary gray stone.
It all happened in the blink of an eye.
Xie Mian turned sideways so that the soldiers would not notice the changes in the insect stone.
At this moment, Xie Mian's heart was beating very fast.
"Thank you. I'll take the insect stone."
The soldier saw that Xie Mian's subordinate Chongshi was happy to leave and go to the general clinic for bandaging.
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