A new era
Lu Tingxiao and Ling Shi stayed in the VIP ward for a week.
Not only did his energy fully recover, but even the lines of his abdominal muscles became a little more pronounced.
Ling Shi couldn't stay there any longer and shouted that he wanted to go back to the dormitory.
"Uncle Yu asked us to stay here just to show respect for you. It doesn't mean we really need to stay here for so long."
"Got it." Lu Tingxiao was browsing the report on his phone. "I'll have Guo Xiuqi tell them to move in tonight."
"Hey, why are you moving?" Li Bin just walked in from the doorway, holding a few bottles of fresh milk from the base farm. "It's a new variety, and it's said to taste good. Premier Yu asked me to bring it to you guys to try."
Ling Shi took it casually and opened the bottle cap: "Is milk ready for mass production now?"
"Yes," Li Bin said, "but there aren't many good varieties. The one Captain Ling has is the best, and he's always feeding it fresh feed."
"Hmm." Ling Shi just put his mouth to drink when Lu Tingxiao snatched it away.
"Let me smell it." Lu Tingxiao sniffed the bottle and glanced at Li Bin casually: "It does have the same smell as before."
He didn't touch the bottle, but poured a sip into his mouth, tasted it, and waited for a while before handing it back to Ling Shi.
Ling Shi took it and took a sip: "Now that the dragon horn problem has been solved, we can gradually expand the scope of the base."
"Agricultural production and industrial manufacturing can also keep pace."
"Prime Minister Yu has made all the arrangements." Li Bin said, "Don't worry, Captain Ling."
After a few casual chats about the daily life of the base, Li Bin said goodbye and left.
Ling Shi couldn't wait to pack a few simple items of clothing and planned to go back to the dormitory before it got dark.
Lu Tingxiao let him do what he wanted, helped carry the bag and clear the way, and they returned to the dormitory before dinner.
The dormitory has been cleaned and is as clean and tidy as usual.
On the desk, there are fresh fruits and supplements.
Knock knock.
There was a knock on the door.
Guo Xiuqi came in with a tray containing two bowls of bird's nest. "Commander, Premier Yu approved the quota. I cooked some."
Lu Tingxiao smelled the flavor, picked up a bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
After taking a sip, he asked, "Does it feel quite strong?"
Guo Xiuqi smiled and said, "Premier Yu said that we selected the best batch."
Ling Shi also came over, picked up the remaining bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
He sighed, "Now that the Dragon Horn mission is complete, I feel like I've lost my goal and don't know what to do."
Guo Xiuqi smiled and said, "Whatever you did before the apocalypse, you can continue doing it afterward. Life hasn't been put on hold, so you can keep moving forward."
"Oh," Lu Tingxiao also said with a smile, "You are quite artistic."
Ling Shi nodded: "Yes, I..."
Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain without any warning.
It was as if countless tiny, cold glass fragments exploded in the body instantly, cutting and tearing everything apart madly!
He suddenly curled up, his face turned pale in an instant, and cold sweat dripped down. He wanted to speak, but a strong taste of rust surged in his throat.
"puff--!"
A large amount of blood spurted out of his mouth, splashing onto the snow-white sheets, shocking to see.
"Ling Shi!" Lu Tingxiao was almost dumbfounded. He rushed to his side and supported him in time.
He shouted to Guo Xiuqi, who was almost stunned beside him, "Go call Ning Fu!"
Guo Xiuqi hurriedly put down the tray and turned around to call someone.
"Wait." Lu Tingxiao stopped him: "Those two bowls are important evidence, protect them well."
Guo Xiuqi reacted for a moment: "Yes."
He immediately called the soldier on duty outside, gave him a brief instruction, and left quickly.
"There's something wrong with the bird's nest!" Lu Tingxiao's voice was so cold it could freeze the air. "It can only be Yu Zhengping. It can only be Yu Zhengping."
Ling Shi felt as if his stomach was being cut by a knife, and his heart was beating violently.
"Don't be... impulsive."
Ning Fu ran in quickly.
Following behind was Guo Xiuqi.
"Let him see it quickly." Lu Tingxiao immediately gave up his seat.
Ning Fu stepped forward to check.
He frowned and checked quickly, listening to the heartbeat, checking the pupils, and using a simple instrument to test the respiratory gases and oral residues.
Lu Tingxiao, who was not idle at the side, immediately ordered Guo Xiuqi, "Bring your men to surround Yu Zhengping's office! Don't let a single fly out!"
"Except you, everyone who has come into contact with the bird's nest must be detained!"
"Yes." Guo Xiuqi immediately went to do it.
"I can't tell what the problem is." Ning Fu stopped checking. "Captain Ling's body is not toxic, but his cells are tearing apart rapidly."
"It's like..."
Lu Tingxiao picked up Ling Shi, whose body was convulsing violently, and strode towards Yu Zhengping's office.
His face was terribly gloomy, and the low pressure emanating from his body frightened everyone along the way, and they all tried to avoid him.
When they arrived at the corridor of Yu Zhengping's office, they found that the place had been surrounded by Guo Xiuqi's troops.
Li Bin stood at the door, his face showing astonishment and anger: "Lu Tingxiao! What are you doing?! This is..."
His words came to an abrupt end when he saw Ling Shi, who was dying in Lu Tingxiao's arms.
"What's in the bird's nest?" Lu Tingxiao walked past Li Bin and gently placed Ling Shi on the sofa inside the room. He turned his eyes to Yu Zhengping behind the desk and said sternly, "Isn't Ling Shi your nephew? How could you even harm him?"
Yu Zhengping snorted coldly: "Lu Tingxiao, I'm not a doctor."
"If Ling Shi gets into trouble, we should look for the guy named Ning in your team."
Lu Tingxiao grabbed his collar and pulled him up, almost lifting Yu Zhengping up.
"What are you doing!" Yu Zhengping could no longer maintain his composure and shouted, "Don't be so unreasonable!"
"Someone come! Li Bin! Where's Li Bin?!"
Yu Zhengping's heart was pounding, partly because Lu Tingxiao's brutality was even beyond his imagination, and partly because... the plan was going as he expected!
Lu Tingxiao openly stormed the office and threatened the Prime Minister!
If only Ling Shi were to die...
There is no escape from the encirclement and suppression situation.
Suddenly, Ling Shi on the sofa spat out a mouthful of blood, and the bright red bloodstains spread across the ground, which was shocking.
His breathing became extremely weak and his face turned pale, as if he was about to stop breathing at any moment.
Lu Tingxiao's eyes turned blood red in an instant.
He threw Yu Zhengping aside like a piece of trash, walked back to the sofa in two or three steps, and carefully held Ling Shi in his arms.
Now is the time!
Yu Zhengping winked at Li Bin at the door.
Li Bin turned around quietly and was about to walk out when he was stopped by Guo Xiuqi.
Guo Xiuqi: "Are you going out to get someone?"
He waved his hand and his subordinates brought a soldier over with them.
The man had a smelly rag stuffed in his mouth. When he saw Li Bin, he kept making "wuwu" sounds.
Guo Xiuqi: "Looking for him?"
Li Bin widened his eyes and was speechless.
Guo Xiuqi waved his hand and the soldier was taken away again.
Not only Li Bin, but Yu Zhengping in the room was also dumbfounded.
It turned out that all the little tricks he had done were not enough for Lu Tingxiao to play with.
But at this moment, Lu Tingxiao did not look proud at all.
When he held Ling, his eyes were anxious and his breathing was heavy.
"Guo Xiuqi," Lu Tingxiao suddenly called out.
"Here." Guo Xiuqi said immediately.
Lu Tingxiao stroked Ling Shi's face and said softly, "Catch him and torture him."
“Be sure to ask what was used.”
"Yes." Guo Xiuqi strode towards Yu Zhengping.
There was no fear of the highest commander of the base at all.
Until this moment, Yu Zhengping really started to get scared.
He thought Lu Tingxiao would go crazy, but he never thought he would say the word "torture" in front of everyone.
"Don't." Suddenly, Ling Shi, who was breathing weakly, opened his eyes.
His eyes were a little dazed at first, but then they quickly focused and became clear...
Lu Tingxiao hugged him tightly, staring at him without blinking: "You..."
Ling Shi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his breathing slowly becoming longer and longer. He forced himself to sit up, his voice still a little hoarse: "It's an extremely high concentration of... Nether cells."
Hades cells!
In an instant, Lu Tingxiao understood everything.
Why did he drink the same thing but only felt that the bird's nest was stronger?
Why are the cells torn apart as soon as Ling Shi eats?
However, he was relieved for a moment.
Ling Shi had mother cells in his body, something no one knew except the two of them.
The Hades cells may be able to tear apart his body tissues for a short period of time, but they will eventually be digested, decomposed, and absorbed by the mother cells and become a part of him.
There is no life-threatening risk.
This side was relieved, but Yu Zhengping on the other side was dumbfounded.
The expression on his face was completely frozen, and he stared at Ling Shi blankly... He was getting better little by little, visibly.
"No... Impossible..." He muttered incoherently.
Lu Tingxiao asked Ling Shi in a low voice: "What do you want to do?"
Ling Shi glanced at Yu Zhengping, but this look no longer contained the respect he had in the past, but instead contained a coldness without any emotion.
"My father sacrificed his life for him and entrusted him with his care before his death."
"I didn't expect..."
Yu Zhengping was shocked: "You, you know everything..."
He never told anyone the real cause of Ling Shi's father's death, and he always disguised his care for Ling Shi as the favor he showed to the orphan of a comrade-in-arms.
Ling Shi closed his eyes: "You deal with it. Don't let me see."
Lu Tingxiao ordered coldly: "Lock him in the underground confinement room. No one is allowed to contact him without my order."
Yu Zhengping seemed to have lost all his bones, collapsing to the ground, his face ashen. He didn't even resist, because all his calculations became a ridiculous and futile struggle in the face of absolute strength and the unexpected truth.
Ling Shi watched Yu Zhengping being dragged out. A flash of complex pain flashed across his eyes, the man who once stroked his head and spoke tenderly, but ultimately gave way to a cold silence. He didn't utter a single word.
The dust has settled.
The power structure of the base was completely reshuffled on this day. Lu Tingxiao took over everything with absolute strength and ruthless means.
No one objected anymore.
The afterglow of the setting sun streamed through the window, illuminating Lu Tingxiao's form and lengthening his tall figure. Standing before the glass curtain wall on the top floor of Building No. 1, he surveyed the bustling and sprawling base, his gaze deep and unreflective.
Ling Shi walked behind him, his face still pale, but his eyes were different: "What are you looking at?"
Lu Tingxiao turned around, smiled and hugged him in his arms.
He pointed at the base, then raised his arm and pointed to a place farther outside the base: "Look at our future."
A new era has arrived.
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