air purifier
"What a shame," Lu Tingxiao said, unable to suppress the corners of his mouth. "I never knew where they were hiding before~"
Ling Shi raised his eyebrows: "Have you known about this device for a long time?"
Lu Tingxiao nodded. "Long before the Corruption Man erupted, I received a secret letter from my superiors asking me to contact the Prime Minister of Ohio, who was visiting Country M at the time."
"What's the matter?" Ling Shi asked, "Is it because of that device?"
"Yes." Lu Tingxiao curled his lips. "According to reports from agents lurking in Ohio, they have successfully developed a device for processing dragon horn cells. This can increase the probability of human evolution and even... control the direction of evolution."
Ling Shi's eyes lit up: "Really?"
Lu Tingxiao spread his hands and said, "Baby, you know, before I even had the chance to contact the Prime Minister of Ohio, I was tricked by those crazy people from the Dragon Horn Research Institute in Country M."
“So, I don’t know whether it’s true or not.”
Ling Shi was not disappointed at all and said excitedly: "It doesn't matter. Once we find the device, we'll know."
"Hey, hey, hey," Lu Tingxiao warned, "Please, hide that light in your eyes. We were forced to go here by Pushkin and Sidorov. Act like a little wife who has been wronged, and don't be so excited."
Ling Shi chuckled: "Okay, okay, I will try my best."
The next morning, Smirnov received orders to lead the White Eagle Team to the research base.
This was considered a breach of promise on Sergei's part, so Smirnov was extremely polite, providing them with sufficient supplies and saying many nice things before he led them out.
The group boarded a military bus and headed to a research base more than a hundred kilometers away.
The bus drove out of the base gate and headed west along the desolate desert.
There was rolling dust along the way, the grass and trees were desolate, and occasionally one or two corpses lay on the side of the road, and it was impossible to tell whether they were human or decayed people.
It was very quiet on the bus.
With Smirnov and an Ohio driver present, everyone kept their mouths shut.
About thirty kilometers away from the research base, the driver stopped on an empty road.
Smirnov bowed to Lu Tingxiao and said, "Sorry, from now on, you'll have to rely on yourselves."
"What do you mean?" Zuo Hao shouted, "Are you leaving?"
Smirnov nodded: "If we go any further, the air concentration will be too high and too dangerous."
Lu Tingxiao was very calm: "Okay, go ahead."
Smirnov bowed to him again, called the driver, and got out of the car together.
Without waiting for anyone's instructions, Makino very consciously ran to act as the driver.
The bus started again.
Ling Shi took out the air index measuring instrument he had obtained from Su Liangzhe and carefully looked at the scale on it.
The measuring instrument is divided into several scale ranges, marked with different colors: below 3%, it is safe; 3%-5% is blue warning; 5%-7% is orange warning; 7%-10% is red warning; above 10%, it is black and red.
Today, the needle of the measuring instrument is pointing to around 6%.
Ling Shi asked loudly: "How do you feel?"
Everyone answered sparsely: "It's okay." "It's not a big problem."
"Where is Yi Yan?" Ling Shi asked.
Yi Yan said in a crisp voice, "It's okay for me too."
Ling Shi felt relieved.
The bus continued to move towards its destination.
After driving for about 20 minutes, they were only ten kilometers away from their destination.
Suddenly, Ling Shi heard a "thump." He turned his head and saw Yi Yan lying on the back seat of the car, his eyes tightly closed, his teeth chattering, and sweat on his forehead.
Peng Gaoxuan picked him up and called out anxiously, "Yi Yan!"
Ling Shi immediately ran to Yi Yan, grabbed his arm, and extracted a small amount of cells.
After waiting for a while, Yi Yan slowly opened his eyes.
His face was pale, and he tried to sit up: "I'm sorry, I'm holding everyone back. Otherwise, I'll stay in the base from now on..."
Peng Gaoxuan didn't say anything, just frowned tightly.
"Next time there's a mission, I'll give you an evaluation." Ling Shi said, "If you're not suitable, you'd better stay at the base."
Yi Yan lowered his head, his eyes red.
If you don't go on missions with the White Eagle Team for a long time, you naturally can't just occupy a team member's spot for nothing.
Next time, maybe it will be time for him to leave the White Eagles.
Ling Shi returned to his seat and took out the air measuring instrument to take a look.
The figure has reached 9%.
"Muye, stop the car." Ling Shi shouted to the driver's seat, "Open the window and observe the situation outside the car."
More than a dozen car windows dropped at the same time, and the air outside rushed in all at once. Many gray-black particles visible to the naked eye were suspended in the air, drifting with the wind.
"Captain Ling," Junzi was the first to raise his hand, panting slightly, "This air... makes me feel uncomfortable."
Ling Shi felt it and found that indeed, the oxygen content in the air had decreased, giving people a very heavy, sticky feeling that made it difficult to breathe freely.
Plop.
Another teammate fell. This time it was Tang Wu.
Ling Shi took a step forward and immediately purified him.
"Captain Ling..." Sun San's voice was also very weak: "...I don't feel well..."
Ling Shi saw Tang Wu blink his eyes and his expression softened a little, so he immediately let him go, grabbed Sun San and started to purify.
"This won't work," Lu Tingxiao said, "You can't purify the entire team at once."
"Makino, close the window."
"Yes." Makino immediately closed the window.
Ling Shi glanced at everyone's faces and said, "I'll help you extract some of your cells to ensure that no one is at the critical point of decay."
"If you feel uncomfortable, please tell me immediately."
So he purified everyone one by one.
Since the number of draws was small, he was still able to cope with it.
After a round of purification, the team members looked much better.
But the atmosphere remained solemn.
Ten kilometers to go.
The air concentration inside will only be higher, and the cells will invade the human body faster.
How to move forward?
No wonder the Oklahoma authorities said that all dragon warriors who arrived here would lose consciousness without exception.
If Ling Shi hadn't been there, they would have suffered the same fate.
"How about..." Ling Shi thought for a moment, "I'll go alone. My cryptocyte count is high enough, so even if I'm exposed to high concentrations of air after getting off the bus, I'll be fine."
Lu Tingxiao snorted, "Right. If you go alone, you'll not only be immune to the air, but also to the overwhelming number of corrupt people outside the research base."
"You snap your fingers, and they line up obediently to make way for you."
For a moment, the atmosphere was a little awkward.
Ling Shi was already used to his sharp tongue and didn't care at all: "How about you accompany me?"
"Just snap your fingers, and those corrupted people will make way for me. When I get the equipment back, I'll kill you, the corrupted one, too."
"Oh." Lu Tingxiao raised his eyebrows: "The little hedgehog has turned into a little fox. He knows how to curse people in a roundabout way."
Ling Shi scolded: "You also know that this is considered an insult!"
The captain and the deputy captain were arguing in a roundabout way, and all the team members held their breath and didn't make any unnecessary noise.
Ling Shi sighed and sat down, leaning his head back on the seat and looking at the roof.
No one except him can enter the research base.
But he alone cannot eliminate the corrupt people outside the base.
No wonder the Ohio state couldn't retrieve that important equipment for so long.
But the state of Ohio can put this matter on hold, but they can't.
If they cannot retrieve the equipment, they will not have enough leverage to get the Ohio side to agree to study the dragon horn on their own.
Of course, studying dragon horns is just a cover.
Their real purpose is to take away the dragon horn.
Why.
Thinking of this, Ling Shi sighed inwardly again.
Even if everything goes well and they obtain the Dragon Horn, they will inevitably face the wrath of the Oklahoma State.
By that time, it is still unknown what level of conflict will break out between the two countries.
I hope Xiao Yang can hold on.
As for revealing the truth about the Dragon Horn and telling the Oklahoma authorities that only by burying it completely could the apocalypse end... Ling Shi had considered it, but Lu Tingxiao assured him that no country would be willing to hand over the Dragon Horn first, and some might even hide it completely...
In that case, the difficulty of this matter will increase exponentially.
He couldn't take the risk.
Just as he was looking up in a daze, Ning Fu, who was sitting in the seat behind him, suddenly spoke: "Captain Ling, take a look at the meter. The number seems to be... going down?"
Um?
Ling Shi grabbed the measuring instrument.
Sure enough, the original 9% above became 8%.
What happened? Why did the air quality drop so quickly?
Ling Shi calmed down and realized that a slight chill had seeped into his palms.
It's tiny, but it exists.
Is that so?!
With a thought, he began to absorb the visible cells in the air in a purification method.
really!
The coolness in the palm of my hand suddenly intensified, and cells rushed in quickly!
"7%!" Ning Fu shouted from behind.
Lu Tingxiao stood up and asked, "Can you purify the air?"
"Yes." Ling Shi smiled, his eyes fixed on the measuring instrument: "I can purify the air."
"Fuck!" Zuo Hao shouted from the back seat of the car, "Captain Ling, is there anything you can't purify?"
"Makino." Ling Shi excitedly patted the back of the front seat: "Drive! To the research base!"
Since it can purify the air, it can go directly to the destination. When it reaches a place where the concentration is too high, it can simply clean up the environment around them.
No more worrying about everyone lining up and passing out.
"Got it." Makino stepped on the accelerator, and the bus accelerated like a push-back and rushed out suddenly.
The ten kilometers passed in a flash, and they soon arrived at the outskirts of the research base.
Although it is a base, there are not many houses here.
A skyscraper with a small house hidden behind it.
The style is exactly the same as the previous base.
According to Smirnov, the equipment was in that small house.
The small house has only one floor, with rough milky white walls and some stains, just like an ordinary building that can be seen everywhere in the slums.
Today, the building is almost "buried" by corrupt officials.
There were dense crowds of rotten people wandering around the house and on the roof.
Lu Tingxiao glanced at the corrupted people outside the car window: "The information from the Russian side is correct. They are all ordinary corrupted people of the first level. They can be charged with a bazooka."
Ma Minghong and three others have already picked up their rocket launchers.
Ling Shi instructed: "Don't leave more than three meters away from me."
Three people: "Yes."
Ling Shi opened the car door and got out first.
As soon as I stepped out of the car, a heavy air hit me in the face, with extremely obvious black and gray spots, as if someone had burned paper for the dead soul, and the air was lingering in the air for a long time.
Ling Shi imitated Lu Tingxiao's previous actions, with his palms facing up and spread flat on both sides of his body.
With his thought, the air flowed at a high speed and quickly drilled into his palm, forming a tiny gray vortex.
Ma Minghong and three others jumped out of the car behind him.
They walked forward closely beside Ling Shi.
Within a few meters, the air visibly cleared. The dark grey specks disappeared, and the thick fog dispersed, leaving the air much clearer.
At this moment, the corrupt man was alarmed.
They roared and rushed towards Ling Shi and his companions.
Ma Minghong and the other two picked up the rocket launchers and fired the bullets with a "biu" sound.
The scene before my eyes instantly turned into a sea of fire.
The sounds of explosions, burning flames, and the roars and screams of the decaying people were endless.
Ma Minghong and his team were used to this style of play and it was quite easy for them.
But Ling Shi was different.
This was the first time he used his purification ability with such intensity.
A large amount of polluted air continuously flowed into his body from his palm. After a long time, his body felt like it was blocked by a lot of garbage. His tendons and veins were blocked, his breathing was difficult, and his hands and feet felt like they were filled with lead. He became weaker and weaker, and it became increasingly difficult to lift them...
But he couldn't stop.
The air is flowing.
If he stopped, the polluted air outside would soon cover them.
Fortunately, Ma Minghong and his team were quite fast. In just ten minutes or so, all the corrupt people at the entrance of the institute were cleared out.
Lu Tingxiao got off the car with the rest of the people and ran all the way in the still clean air to meet up with them.
He glanced at Ling Shi, frowned, and asked, "How much longer can you hold on?"
Ling Shi took a deep breath and said, "It's okay, I can hold on."
Lu Tingxiao nodded and ordered everyone: "Enter the research institute and fight quickly and decisively."
Everyone: "Yes."
Peng Gaoxuan was the first to lead the way and kicked open the door of the institute.
The moment the door cracked open, a corrupted man rushed towards him.
Peng Gaoxuan reacted quickly and kicked out.
After reaching the second level, his leg strength was not weak, but when he kicked out, the corrupt man on the opposite side only took half a step back and rushed forward again with a roar.
"Fuck!" Peng Gaoxuan swore, a rare omission. "Everyone, be careful! The corrupted people here are second-level."
Looking around, there were more than a dozen corrupt people crammed into the not-so-big house.
If they were all second-level...
Xiang Chongyi flashed across the ground, his figure disappeared, and immediately appeared more than ten meters away.
He thrust a dagger in his hand straight into the corrupt man's eyeballs and twisted it hard. The corrupt man's screams stopped abruptly and he fell backwards with a bang.
But more corrupt people ran towards him.
Ling Shi felt that his limbs were swollen to the point of bursting, his skin was stretched to a point of transparency, and faint bloodstains appeared under his arms.
But he didn't care about all that and plunged into the group of more than a dozen second-level corrupt people.
He was like a man who had eaten so much that he felt like he was about to explode, but he still kept stuffing food into his body.
Purify, purify, purify non-stop...
A steady stream of cells flowed from his palm into his body, expanding him like a balloon...
Suddenly, Ling Shi felt a darkness in front of his eyes.
He lowered his head. He was clearly going to move this leg, so why was it still staying in the same place?
As soon as this thought came to mind, Ling Shi lost consciousness.
Just before he passed out completely, he heard Lu Tingxiao shouting his name.
The moment he fell, he fell into a soft, warm embrace.
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