Chapter 709: Orc Experiment
In the steamy village, the houses that were once neatly arranged are now densely packed and randomly stacked, and some have collapsed, leaving only ruins.
The team that originally came with Zhou He was brought in. In order to demonstrate her own value, Mo Tiantian no longer mentioned the crystal core restrictions and forced herself to absorb the crystal cores over and over again to treat the wounded. In the end, they realized that the girl was in a bad condition and took the initiative to stop her from continuing.
Even so, most of the injured in the team have recovered and are now busy working in clear groups around the team.
All the S-level mutant animals that Lu Weiyi had hunted in the forest before were taken out - without crystal cores to replenish their superpowers, the energy contained in these high-level animals was better than nothing.
Compared to Lu Weiyi's casualness towards the supernatural powers in Panshui Base and Shanshen Base, these people were much more vigilant. Even though they seemed to have surrendered, they were still isolated several floors away from where Lu Weiyi was resting.
Fortunately, neither Fang Tang nor Zhao Gang and his group minded, and they took the initiative to help deal with the mutant animals attracted by the abyss mushrooms and control the people who were still under the influence of hallucinations.
The fragrant meat was either stewed or roasted, and the air was filled with a rich meaty aroma. Everyone was extremely happy to be able to eat this mutant animal that was usually difficult to catch. The tense atmosphere from just a moment ago was gone, and they were intoxicated by the idea of "drinking while the wine lasts".
At the center of the relaxed atmosphere, Lu Weiyi was resting with his eyes closed, Zhou He was still leading a few psychics to continuously sift out as many crystal cores as possible from the flying ashes, and Zhuang Mingxu had already gone to the next room to interrogate Qi Le.
Everything was settled for the time being, and Qi Le no longer had the desire to struggle, but he was still unwilling to speak.
"Let me say it," Bai Lu, who seldom speaks, took the initiative to speak.
The two said they were imprisoned separately, but they were not far apart and could see each other.
When Qi Le heard her say this, he moved his body, but finally lowered his head and said nothing.
"Aqi and I are childhood sweethearts who grew up together and have been together from birth to studying abroad."
Bai Lu's real name is Bai Xue. Before the end of the world, the two of them studied abroad in Yue's country, majoring in biotechnology.
After graduation, Bai Xue returned to China, while Qi Le stayed in Yue country with his then mentor to work on the project together.
When the apocalypse occurred, Bai Xue went to Yue's country to visit her lover, but the global zombie crisis left them stranded abroad.
"Neither of us has awakened any special powers, but fortunately the research institute has been preserved, and Aqi's mentor is willing to continue his research with him, but..." Bai Xue paused and continued, "the research direction has been changed."
The earliest movie about zombies in the world came from Yue country. Regarding the appearance of such things, the scientific researchers in Yue country were not as afraid as imagined. They showed unprecedented enthusiasm for research.
Like other research institutes, everyone's initial research direction was to suppress and confront zombie energy. However, as the experiments progressed, each researcher began to deviate from the original track.
"Aqi's mentor's research direction is gradually shifting towards animals." Afraid that Zhuang Mingxu would not understand, Bai Xue explained, "You should have also discovered that except for the appearance of zombie animals in the early days of the apocalypse, now even after the mutated animals from the outside world have attacked the zombies, there is still no zombie transformation."
Zhuang Mingxu suddenly thought of the direction he seemed to have missed on the plane when he followed the team to Laoshan - the mutant animals.
It’s not that the mutated animals don’t attack zombies, they also fight among themselves, but there has been no news of any more zombie animals appearing anywhere.
He remained calm and nodded, "Have they figured it out?"
"I guess so." Bai Xue wanted to smile, but the corners of her mouth twitched, and she was so stiff that she couldn't squeeze out a single smile. "They discovered that the heavy snow at the beginning of the apocalypse was the reason why animals would not turn into zombies. That heavy snow contained a substance that can change the original energy. This substance makes organisms more adaptable to the current situation. This is why there were a large number of mutants and mutated animals after the snow."
"There has been no progress in suppressing the energy of zombies, so they want to start from this direction." Bai Xue opened her mouth for a long time and didn't say a word.
Zhuang Mingxu could sense that it was not a very pleasant memory, so he gave her time to calm down.
"But the time is too long, and the substance can no longer be completely replicated. We can only extract it from existing animals and then conduct experiments."
The population of Yue is small to begin with, and it is even pitifully small after the baptism of zombies. It is even more difficult to find people who can serve as experimental subjects, especially ordinary people without special powers.
Qi Le was still useful in the research institute, so the instructor turned his attention to Bai Xue. Knowing that she was also a professional in biotechnology, he generously assigned her a research project. Under the banner of letting her shine, he secretly injected her with semi-finished drugs again and again.
"That potion... can indeed make the zombie energy useless to me, but..." Bai Xue stared at her own hooves, "it also makes my body gradually show the characteristics of the extracted animals."
"When Aqi found out, my feet had already turned into hooves. After they let the zombie energy come into contact with me for the first time, I awakened my healing abilities. This allowed more experiments to be done on me later." Bai Xue saw Qi Le's trembling body with his head down, and tears welled up in her eyes. "After Aqi resisted, that mentor wanted to make him an experimental subject as well, but he let him go after I threatened him with death."
At Bai Xue's request, Qi Le became her experimenter, specifically responsible for her research. This ensured Qi Le's safety, but it also became a shackle between them.
As Snow White's body began to change into that of an animal, the experimenters felt that orcs might be the future development trend, which made their experiments more unscrupulous. Snow White, who possessed healing abilities, was a rare experimental subject.
She herself was a professional member, and working with Qi Le was even more powerful, especially with her willingness. Before long, the two of them replaced the original mentor and became the persons in charge of a major direction of the institute.
During this period, they had more and more orcs in their hands, some of whom even had superpowers. As Qi Le's status became higher and higher, he had access to more and more other research results.
"We originally thought that the two of us would stay in the research institute until his mentor became dissatisfied with Aqi's increasingly high status and secretly made moves on us. After Aqi found out, he simply took advantage of the situation and cooperated with the orcs under his command, stole a lot of scientific research results, and ran away."
The two knew that they might be hunted down, so they did not dare to stop or go to those bases, for fear of being taken out and traded for benefits. They could only flee all the way to Fulu Village, Bai Xue's hometown that she had not returned to for many years.
After studying the results of various departments along the way, the two decided to use these things to rebuild a base in an isolated place in the mountains as a place to settle down.
Five years is just half an hour in Bai Xue's mouth, but what it covers is enough to make people thrilling.
After sorting out all the information in his mind, Zhuang Mingxu asked first, "Where is the research institute?"
"Southeast, I'm not sure of the exact location, but I can be sure that Yue's country is bordering our country," Bai Xue confirmed, "Tell the people in each base to be careful, they..."
"They specifically targeted people from our country. All those who were captured to be used as experimental subjects were from our country. When we left, fierce beasts such as tigers and lions controlled by them had already appeared, and they all had superpowers."
Before the end of the world, that country's consciousness of aggression was deeply rooted in its bones. After the end of the world, it began to conduct research in this direction, and its purpose was even more unclear. It was especially difficult to feel at ease when one thought about the means that an ordinary person like Qi Le could use.
Before Zhuang Mingxu could figure out how to deal with these two people, he saw Lu Weiyi walking towards him.
"Why don't you get some more sleep after being busy all night?" Zhuang Mingxu asked suggestively.
"I'm not tired anymore. Let's study how to solve this thing first." Zhou He and his men swept up the ashes he brought back almost completely. At this time, there was no energy left in it. Even though the crystal core was broken into small pieces, the huge amount of energy that could be detected by instruments also restored a lot of Lu Weiyi's supernatural powers, which made him look much stronger.
"I should be able to dig out its crystal core directly," Lu Weiyi asked Zhuang Mingxu for his opinion.
"Don't worry," Zhuang Mingxu said, but the solemnity between his brows disappeared in an instant. "Qi Le spent a lot of effort to get this thing, it must be very useful. I'll go and find out if there is anything suitable for us to use."
Now that he has cultivated it to this point, isn't it just like they are picking the fruits directly?
After being schemed against by Qi Le for so long and then getting such a huge advantage, Zhuang Mingxu felt a slight joy rising in his heart, which made him feel comfortable all over.
Lu Weiyi didn't care how he implemented it. He was not good at psychological warfare during interrogation, and with Zhuang Mingxu around, he didn't even want to get involved. Seeing that everyone in the courtyard was doing their job and there was no sign of Zhao Gang and his group, he gestured to Zhong Ye in the distance, and waited for the other party to come over before asking in a low voice.
"Brother Zhao took them to hunt mutant animals. Before, there was a gust of wind that blew the mushroom spores towards the back mountain. Some of the animals attracted there were of higher levels, and our people had some difficulty dealing with them, so he led the team to deal with it." Zhong Ye said, handing all the crystal cores they obtained after hunting to Lu Weiyi.
"You guys should absorb some too. I've supplemented some." Lu Weiyi looked at their situation and knew that he couldn't bear to use it at all.
"It would be better if we eat more mutant animal meat later. The higher the level, the harder it is to replenish the energy. Base Captain, you just have to use it for now. After we finish dealing with this, we will go hunt mutant animals together." Zhong Ye was sincere and afraid that he would not accept it, so he stuffed the crystal core into his arms.
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