Chapter 14
Jiang Fei didn't know much about pollutants. For example, pollutants could actually sense each other's presence. Some pollutants were very stubborn and would fight each other every other day, while some pollutants were more easy-going.
A pitch-black kitten wandered around the base, walking silently and no one noticed its presence. When someone came towards it, it easily jumped into the pipe above its head and moved freely in the pipe like a pool of water. Its green eyes emitted a faint light in the dark.
It walked and stopped in the complex pipe system, and finally lay down above a vent, looking down with its green cat eyes. It was a room with extremely luxurious decoration. The floor was covered with rare animal fur as a carpet, and various insect specimens were hung on the walls. On the largest wall were many small grids, which contained human body parts soaked in preservatives, from a pair of hands with slender fingers to a strangely shaped heart, but not all the grids were filled.
There are several empty grids on the entire wall, which looks extremely abrupt.
There was a recliner placed in front of this wall. A blond boy was lazily lying on the recliner, supporting his head with his right hand, listening nonchalantly to a doctor-like man reporting the results of today's physical examination.
"We've discovered very delicate skin, almost like silk," the doctor said. The boy opened his eyes a crack. "Is that so? But my work is almost done. Hmm... never mind. How about using it to make lampshades? You've been busy all day, and this is all you've got?"
The boy said with a grin, "I didn't raise you for nothing."
"Of course there are other things. We also found a pair of very beautiful eyes," the doctor added hurriedly.
"Oh, really?" The young man raised his upper body and looked back at the entire wall. "I wasn't very satisfied with the eyes last time. Alas, it was all because you scared the person when you took them out. Look, there was fear in his eyes. So don't let us down this time."
The boy took the file from the doctor and flipped through the pictures of eyes. He rubbed the photos with his fingertips, imagining the touch of eyeballs. His eyes sparkled with childlike curiosity. "Really beautiful eyes," he couldn't help but laugh. "Well, I'm very satisfied. I'll give you another chance then."
"Where should I put such a beautiful collection..." the boy muttered to himself as he looked at the wall. "Oh, and as for those useless things, just throw them all away to feed the pollutants."
As he spoke, he knocked on the wall, and the black cat's eyes looked straight at the wall. It could feel the breath of its own kind behind the wall. If Jiang Fei was here, he would also realize that the young man in front of him was a complete lunatic. Not only did he collect human organs, but he was also using other people's flesh and blood to feed pollutants.
The cat flicked its tail and disappeared silently into the darkness.
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Jiang Fei felt a tightness in her chest while she was sleeping. She reached out and touched something furry. Her eyes opened quickly and she thought it was a mouse. When she met the black cat's dark green eyes, she breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not a mouse.
"Meow—mm." The black cat's cry was forced to stop. Jiang Fei quickly covered its mouth. She couldn't understand why the obedient black cat suddenly ran out. For fear of being discovered by others, she directly muted it physically.
"Didn't we agree that you'd hide first?" The black cat's intelligence was at level A, so she knew it understood. "If you're discovered, it'll be very difficult for me."
The cat tapped her belly with its tail, as if it wanted to tell her something. Before Jiang Fei let go of it, she said to it, "Just so you know, don't scream."
It rubbed its head against Jiang Fei's palm and behaved very well. Jiang Fei let go of her hand, and it jumped off the bed and led the way. Jiang Fei also carefully followed it out of the small compartment.
It is easy for a cat to crawl in a pipe, but the difficulty increases suddenly for a human, especially someone like Jiang Fei who is not good at sports. She stood in the aisle, always alert for someone to discover her. She looked up at the pipe hanging from the ceiling and exchanged glances with the black cat.
"I can't climb up," she said simply.
The cat looked at the pipe opening and then at Jiang Fei. It probably didn't expect her to be so useless. Jiang Fei tried to jump up on the spot, but her hands couldn't reach the pipe opening. After she landed, she said, "I've tried my best."
Just as the man and the cat were thinking about countermeasures, they heard the sound of other people talking not far away. Jiang Fei immediately hid around the corner. She recognized that the person who was talking was the doctor who examined her during the day. He was speaking in a weak position. The other person spoke more forcefully, "Young Master means to hand over the collection to him as soon as possible. Why are you still hesitating?"
"Eye removal surgery requires advance preparation. Performing surgery rashly in such a short time can easily damage the eyeball."
"Stop talking about these nonsense, he just wants a result."
"Okay, okay, then we will deliver the collection to the young master as soon as possible."
As he spoke, the doctor's footsteps approached where Jiang Fei was. Jiang Fei was so nervous that her heart was about to beat in her throat. She looked around, first hugged the black cat in her arms, and then backed away as if walking on thin ice.
The man suddenly stopped the doctor and said, "If all else fails, take some skin from the other one and use it as a lampshade. At least that will keep the young master from getting angry too quickly."
“…Yes, I understand.”
The doctor stopped a few meters away from Jiang Fei and then turned back. However, Jiang Fei did not feel relieved that she had escaped the disaster, because she understood who he was talking about when he said he would remove the skin to make a lampshade. Wasn't it Nona who was in the same cubicle with her!?
Nona was still sleeping at this time. Although she was very anxious, she waited there until the two left before going back to the isolation area from another route. She rushed back to her compartment in a hurry and saw Nona sleeping soundly on the bed. She woke Nona up in a hurry before she could even calm down.
"Wake up, Nona, wake up!" Jiang Fei didn't dare to speak too loudly, so she could only remind her in a low voice, "Nona, we are in trouble!"
Nona muttered, and she asked dazedly: "What's wrong?"
"Do you remember that doctor said your skin was in great condition?" Jiang Fei grabbed her shoulders and saw that she was gradually regaining consciousness. "They want to remove your skin to make lampshades, and they also want to remove my eyes and keep them as collection items!"
This time Nona was completely awake. She opened her eyes wide and asked, "What?"
"Great, you finally woke up. I meant that they took in homeless people just to satisfy the hobby of that body collector!" Jiang Fei said this in one breath. She took a deep breath and then she came to her senses.
Nona grabbed her hand and said, "Are you sure? But they took us in and gave us food. I heard them say that as long as the quarantine period is over, we can officially become residents of the North District." These were what other people told her. Everyone else thought they would never have to wander again, and they had satisfied smiles on their faces when they said this.
"Jiang Fei...did you hear it wrong? How did you know that?" Nona frowned, "Are they lying to you?"
Seeing that she couldn't explain it clearly and couldn't convince Nona, Jiang Fei forced herself to calm down. "If it's really that good, why are we the only ones who can reach the North District? Why are most of the people who stay behind women? There are indeed good people in the world, but isn't this too good?"
Nona was stunned by Jiang Fei's question. She recalled that there were some elderly people and men who went to the North District with them, but why were they rarely seen in the quarantine area?
"But the message my brother sent..." Nona found a basis to support her. She found the information in the light brain, but she didn't hold it firmly, and it fell to the ground and rolled around. The interface of the message also flashed.
The incomplete second half of the message finally emerged.
[Jason: Ours is in the North District. You must not come here. It's very dangerous!]
The air froze at this moment. Nona was speechless after seeing the news. She only uttered a few meaningless monosyllables from her throat.
"It seems your brother also knows that the North District is unsafe."
"Then, what should we do? We are not going to die here, are we?" She was about to cry.
"It won't be difficult to escape before they get suspicious." She was planning to leave from here and return to D-3 base, but besides that, she thought of something else.
"Let's run away quickly!" Tears flashed in Nona's eyes.
Jiang Fei's expression became hesitant. She wasn't particularly warm-hearted in modern society, and could even be considered cold due to the high pressure of work. However, that didn't mean she could just sit there and watch others die, especially at such a young age. "I know my thoughts may be naive, but I don't expect you to understand or help me. I hope others can be saved, too."
"You want to save other people?"
There are at least dozens of people left. Even if they are rescued, where can they go? Nona asked again: "But where can we go?"
"There is a place to go." Building a base also includes increasing the base's population, and Jiang Fei also thought of this.
Nona pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I'm willing to believe you."
At the same time, somewhere unknown, the man sitting in front of the computer suddenly discovered something. He turned to another man who looked very similar to himself and said, "I found Nona."
"Where?"
"North District." The man's face was serious. "I think that pervert is collecting collections again. We need to hurry over there."
On the same page, the facial information entered by Jiang Fei followed closely behind Nona.
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