in conclusion
Ling Shi gently pushed away the blade on his chest and gave up as if accepting his fate.
It seems that death threats are something that cannot be faked. Even if you know in your head that they are not real, your adrenaline won't surge at all.
How can I recreate the tension of being surrounded by corrupt people?
Ling Shi paced back and forth beside the examination bed.
False threats don't work, so are we going to make a real one?
Clang——
The tied-up rotten man struggled hard, and the rope pulled the examination bed, causing it to collide with the edge of the laboratory table, making a loud noise.
Ling Shi looked up.
Wow! How could you be so stupid? Isn't there a ready-made death threat right in front of you?!
Ling Shi: "Ning Fu, take Lu Tingxiao out of the lab. I..."
"Do you want to untie this rotten guy?" Ning Fu interrupted him.
He looked very serious, with the corners of his mouth drooping slightly, and looked at Ling Shi coldly.
Um?
I didn't understand what he said for a long time just now, and now you guessed it so quickly?
It was so fast that he didn't even have time to make up a lie.
Ling Shi sighed inwardly and nodded: "Don't worry, there will be no danger. Even if something happens, don't I still have you?"
Seeing that Ning Fu was about to shake his head, Ling Shi grabbed his arm and, without even caring about basic courtesy, dragged him towards the door, not forgetting to pull up the examination bed with his other hand.
Fortunately, it has wheels, so it is effortless to pull it up with one hand.
"Hey! Ling Shi!" Ning Fu resisted forcefully, his face flushed red, but he was just a thin doctor, how could he be Ling Shi's opponent: "Don't mess around!"
Without waiting for Ning Fu to continue nagging, Ling Shi pushed the car and the person... oh, yes, there was also a corrupt person... out of the laboratory door and ordered the guard on duty outside: "Dr. Jin, please take care of them."
Don't let anyone in.
After saying that, Ling Shi untied the rope, pulled Fu Ren back into the laboratory door, and closed it with a bang.
Ning Fu was left outside knocking on the door desperately.
After entering the house, Ling Shi untied the ropes that bound the corrupted man, took two steps back, and waited for it with his hands on his hips.
The rotten man Mumu was dazed. After being dragged inside and out and then untied, he seemed even more stupid.
Ling Shi didn't want to waste his time waiting. He kicked forward, hitting the corrupted man squarely in the chest.
The corrupt man took two steps back and was immediately enraged. He roared, raised his hands, and rushed towards Ling Shi like a bear.
With a visible cell index of 49%, this corrupt person almost surpassed all the corrupt people Ling Shi had encountered in the past and was very difficult to deal with.
Just as the corrupt man rushed in front of him, Ling Shi turned sideways and felt a gust of wind blowing past his cheek.
Just one centimeter away, the corrupt man's claws would have scratched his face.
His heart was pounding. This was the right reaction when facing real danger.
When the corrupt man pounced on him again, Ling Shi aimed at the right angle and grabbed its arm.
The familiar coolness in the palm of my hand surged in again.
The rotten man let out a strange cry, his arms sank as if all his strength was suddenly taken away, and then his legs went limp and he fell to his knees with a thud.
It was still whimpering and was not as easy to deal with as the corrupt man before.
Ling Shi held its arm tightly, not daring to let go for a moment, and had to be on guard against its counterattack at any time.
The stalemate lasted for a full half minute before Fu Renren was completely exhausted and fell to the ground.
Ling Shi breathed a sigh of relief and without delay, he immediately re-measured the data for Fu Ren and himself.
The results showed that he himself accounted for 34%, while the corrupt officials' rate dropped to 6%.
Sure enough, he sucked out all the corrupted man's visible cells.
He can purify the corrupt.
At this moment, the door opened with a "click".
Ning Fu rushed in, his face looking murderous. Behind him was Jin Bo, looking embarrassed, his hands and feet raised helplessly: "Dr. Ling, this..."
Ling Shi waved at him: "It's okay."
Anyway, everything that needs to be done has been done.
Ning Fu quickly rushed to him, looked at the rotten man lying on the ground, and then looked at him.
The look of cannibalism gradually softened, and turned into a curse...
Ling Shi pretended to be relaxed and spread his hands: "I told you it's okay."
See if you can soften that scolding expression and turn it into something like a compliment...
He said excitedly: "I have experimented and found that I can purify..."
Ning Fu punched the wall beside him, and a clear sound came from between the bones of his fist: "You fucking..."
He cursed halfway and then suddenly fell silent. His face, originally flushed with anger, gradually turned cold and calm, returning to its pale color. However, he lowered his head slightly, and the fleeting look in his eyes contained a sadness and powerlessness that Ling Shi could not understand.
Ling Shi suddenly felt something was wrong.
Before he could say anything, Ning Fu turned around and strode out the door.
The moment he turned around, Ling Shi seemed to see a flash of crystal light on his face.
Um?
Oh no.
Why does Ning Fu seem like...crying?
Could it be that he saw it wrong?
It was not right for Ling Shi to chase her, nor was it right not to chase her.
If he caught up with her, what would he say? Ning Fu didn't necessarily want to let her know that he was crying.
If I don’t pursue her... I don’t know why, but I always feel like I’m a bit of a scumbag.
At this time, Jin Bo pushed the examination bed in from outside the door. When he saw Ning Fu, he was also stunned.
Ning Fu sniffed, took the examination bed, and pushed it back to its original position.
Ling Shi walked over slowly and glanced at his face.
There is no clue anymore.
He sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry for making you worry."
I really didn’t expect Ning Fu to react so strongly.
Ning Fu waved his hand and stood there for a while before saying, "Nothing, I'll go back first."
His voice was low, muffled, and slightly nasal.
Ling Shi didn't know what to say and just said "hmm".
Ning Fu took two steps outside, then suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Ling Shi.
He seemed to be making a difficult decision and hesitated to speak.
Ling Shi looked at him: "Hmm?"
At this moment, a roar suddenly came from outside the door. The roar was like a human voice, but also like the roar of an animal.
Then, there was a thud, the sound of someone hitting the ground.
Ling Shi and Ning Fu immediately ran towards the door.
When he opened the door, he saw Jin Bo curled up, clenching his teeth, and trembling on the ground. His eyes were bloodshot, filled with great fear, as if he had anticipated the tragedy that was about to happen.
Ling Shi helped him up: "He's...about to become corrupt!"
He immediately pulled Jinbo up, helped him to the laboratory table, and pressed him into a chair.
Ning Fu, who followed in, took the scalpel beside him and looked him up and down. "He's suffering from natural decay. The cell concentration has basically stabilized. He may not be able to be saved."
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Try bleeding him. Tie him up first."
Ling Shi knew that bloodletting wouldn't reduce the concentration of dragon horn cells in the blood. Ning Fu's method was just a last-ditch effort. But they couldn't just sit there and watch the person before them decay.
Jin Bo was quickly tied up, and a long cut was made on his arm, with blood oozing out of it.
Ning Fu had no way of cutting off his rotten flesh, so he could only try his best to stimulate the heat flow in his palm to flow into the blood vessels.
Jin Bo was still struggling desperately. The veins on his forehead were becoming more and more prominent, and his struggles were getting stronger and stronger. The ropes were almost unable to bind him.
"Ling Shi," Ning Fushou continued, "You just said you can purify?"
Ling Shi had already been thinking of a solution.
Theoretically, if he can purify corrupt people, he should be able to purify humanity.
The ability to extract visible cells is the same.
But the key is that he is not able to use this ability independently.
The only corrupt person who could truly pose a death threat has lost his effectiveness.
"Let's try it together." Ling Shi grabbed Jin Bo's arm and tried hard to hypnotize himself, trying to deceive his brain.
But the threat of death was not so easy to simulate. Even Ning Fu stabbing him with a knife couldn't fool his brain, let alone just thinking about it.
In this emergency, the entire base couldn't find another corrupt person...
......
Half an hour passed.
Jinbo's struggle became weaker and weaker, with more exhalation than inhalation.
Ning Fu, like Ling Shi, had a pale face and a cold expression, with sweat dripping down his forehead.
"Don't try." Ling Shi's voice was hoarse. He let go of Jin Bo's arm and patted Ning Fu's shoulder: "It's useless."
Jin Bo's eyesight had begun to blur, and his sense of being human was gradually fading... He kept howling like a wild beast...
Ling Shi took out his cell phone, called Li Bin and told him about this.
Li Bin came quickly.
He was very surprised when he saw Jin Bo tied up: "This..."
The base was equipped with air filtration equipment, and compared to the outside world, the concentration of cells was not high. Logically, natural decay should not have occurred.
During the time Li Bin was here, Ling Shi had figured it out: "From now on, the laboratory guard shifts will be assigned to different people. It would be best if we could have dragon warriors or spiritualists."
"Could it be..." Li Bin also understood: "...the concentration of visible cells in the laboratory air is too high?"
Ling Shi nodded: "Once the dragon horn is taken out, it will emit cellular molecules anytime and anywhere."
He paused, then added, "Please also tell General Xiao that where corrupt people gather, the concentration of visible cells in the air must be unusual. The army must be careful when they go out on missions."
Li Bin nodded, looking at Jin Bo, who was completely unconscious and had turned blue in the chair. "I took him away, at least... so his parents could see him again."
Ling Shi nodded. He quietly walked away, no longer glancing at Jin Bo. Though they'd only known each other for a few days, the guard's slightly shy yet endearing personality was endearing. And his tragic end was essentially due to him...
Li Bin brought two other guards, one on each side, to help Jin Bo up.
Jimbo struggled and tried to bite, so they had to seal his mouth as well.
Li Bin walked to the door, turned around and asked, "Dr. Ling, how will this catastrophe brought about by the dragon horn end?"
This question has been lingering in Ling Shi's mind.
There have been many assumptions and many answers.
He never told anyone and kept it in his heart.
But he knew that there were countless people like him who, although they had never talked about it, always kept it in mind.
Ling Shi took a deep breath: "First of all, we must have enough strength to fight against the existing corrupt people."
Li Bin: "Yeah. But if ordinary humans continue to transform into corrupted people... can we kill them all?"
Ling Shi: "So, the second step, and the more important step, is to collect all the remaining dragon horn bones, gather them together, and return them to where they came from."
"Bury it deep underground until not even a single molecule can escape to the surface of the earth."
This answer was clearly beyond Li Bin's expectations. He was stunned for more than ten seconds before asking, "Why?"
"Because the dragon horn remains contain a high density of visible and hidden cells, what's leaking out now is just a drop in the bucket." Ling Shi replied, "If it's not buried deep, it will gradually change the air structure of the Earth's atmosphere."
Li Bin frowned: "Can't it be destroyed on the spot?"
Ling Shi shook his head: "No matter what method of destruction, cutting, crushing, or burning, even if it can be done, it will cause the cells contained therein to spread wildly."
"So far, we haven't found a way to directly destroy these cells. There's no other way except to bury them."
Ning Fu, who was listening attentively, suddenly said, "Isn't it possible for me to..."
The ability he evolved can accelerate cell growth and maturation, causing cells to die and fall off from wounds.
Ling Shi smiled bitterly. "I've observed this. Your healing ability, compared to the number of cells contained in a dragon horn, is like the tip of a needle compared to the ocean."
"Even if you work tirelessly for your entire life, until you die of old age, you still won't be able to get even half a dragon horn. What's more..."
What's more, there are more than just these two pieces of bones from China in this world.
Even before he finished speaking, everyone who heard it understood.
"Then what are we waiting for?" A familiar voice came from the examination bed. Lu Tingxiao supported himself on the bed and slowly sat up. His face was unusually serious and solemn. "We should set out to collect the remaining dragon horn bones."
*
"What?!" Yu Zhengping suddenly stood up from behind his desk: "You want to leave the base?"
"You just arrived, why are you leaving? It's so dangerous outside, how can I let you go..."
"Uncle Yu," Ling Shi explained, "This time we're going out, it's not like before. We'll bring enough weapons and won't engage in a head-on confrontation with the corrupt."
"No," Yu Zhengping interrupted forcefully. "I finally saw you return safely, and now you're leaving after just a few days. How can I be worthy of your father?"
"Stay at home in the base and study the dragon horns first. Once China's dragon warriors and spiritualists have sufficient strength, we can consider expanding outward."
"Prime Minister Yu," Lu Tingxiao explained, "when will we have enough strength?"
"What if we become stronger and stronger, and the corrupt people also become stronger and stronger, how can we ever have enough strength?"
Yu Zhengping glared at him: "Did you come up with the idea for Xiao Ling? I always thought you were a heretic..."
"Uncle Yu!" Ling Shi interrupted, "It has nothing to do with him. It was my own idea."
"Prime Minister Yu," Lu Tingxiao said in a higher voice, his tone not at all polite: "Ling Shi is an adult, not the child who lay on your lap when he was little. You can't decide his lifestyle for him..."
The more Ling Shi listened, the more he felt something was wrong, and his nerves were throbbing. Hearing the last half of the sentence, he quickly covered his mouth with his hand and said, "Stop talking!"
Seeing that Lu Tingxiao wanted to speak, he simply dragged him out of the office: "Uncle Yu, let's talk about this later. We're leaving first."
Oh, if I had known I wouldn't have brought this trouble along...
Ling Shi didn't let go of Lu Tingxiao until they were outside the office. He glared at Lu Tingxiao fiercely: "Uncle Yu is the Prime Minister after all, the highest commander of the base. What's your attitude?"
Lu Tingxiao said indifferently, "What are you afraid of? Your Uncle Yu is so gentle, could he really kill me?"
"If you don't act tough, he'll never give in. So you won't leave?"
Ling Shi sighed: "Forget it, I'll think of another way."
After he finished speaking, he pointed at Lu Tingxiao and said, "Next time, I'll go talk to him alone. Don't follow me."
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