Chapter 118 The Origins of Zerg and Assimilates? A Strange Assistant! ...
The door slammed shut, and Pei Qing returned to her room dejectedly.
Damn it, isn't it said that Omiga becomes addictive after deep marking? Ling Rui doesn't seem to be like that at all.
Pei Qing scratched her head. Could it be because he was an Alpha turned Omega? Doesn't that make him a pure Omega? Oh well, whatever, it doesn't matter anyway.
She rinsed the foam off her hair, feeling tired for the first time in a long time. After tidying herself up briefly, she hugged her pillow and fell asleep.
Feeling refreshed after a good night's sleep, Pei Qing went to the classroom with her nutrient solution in her mouth. She heard whispers all around her, but unfazed, she went to the last row.
In the corner, Yu Ming stroked his chin and talked to his younger sister, "Hey, how can she have no sense of shame at all? The rumors about her being gay and getting into university through connections have been circulating for days, and she acts like she hasn't heard a thing. It's so strange."
"Boss, I feel like this guy is shameless and his methods are too mild. Should we just use violence instead? Ah! Boss, why did you hit me?" The little sister covered her head in grievance.
“That’s what I’m going to do! Can’t you think of anything else in your head all day? All you do is violence. Even if we’re military academy students, we can’t do this…” Yu Ming was saying when he suddenly thought of something.
"By the way, the practical training class is about to start. The transfer student has never had any advance training, right? Since we're going to fight, let's fight fair and square! Hehe, I'll definitely show the transfer student what it means to be the number one martial arts master of the new generation!" Yu Ming squinted her eyes, seemingly already imagining Pei Qing kneeling under her fists and crying her eyes out, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
As they were talking, the teacher walked up to the podium.
"Ahem, sit down quickly, we'll talk after class."
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The class ended quickly, and the students left the classroom one after another.
"Phew—!" Pei Qing stood up and stretched, her bones making a crisp creaking sound. After stretching for a while, she felt refreshed all over.
"I think I should go to the research institute today..." Pei Qing touched her lips, casually stuffed the book into her pocket, and walked towards the school gate.
"I'm here."
A white hovercar slowly drove up, and Pei Qing waved.
The car door closed, Pei Qing turned on the seat massage, adjusted to a comfortable position, and nodded to the driver.
The driver was a handsome and gentle young man. I didn't detect any pheromones in him, so he must be a beta.
The man turned around, his lips curving into a perfectly shaped smile, as if they were mass-produced. A small, light brown mole on his lip moved slightly as he spoke. "Hello, Ms. Pei, I am Chief Researcher Shen's assistant. You can call me Xiao Lin."
"Mm." Pei Qing nodded slightly, and the car started.
For some reason, looking at that smile, she suddenly felt a strange sense of unease.
The assistant in front of her, Xiao Lin, spoke with perfect manners and without a single fault, but she always felt that the man was like a puppet being manipulated, a shadow puppet behind a screen, exuding an indescribable eeriness and falseness.
Pei Qing closed her eyes and enjoyed the massage, trying to suppress the strange feeling.
A dozen minutes later, the hovercar stopped at the side gate of the research institute.
Assistant Kobayashi pressed the control button, and the car door slowly rose. He quickly walked to Pei Qing's side and gestured for her to join him.
Pei Qing got out of the car, glanced at the raised hand but ignored it, and walked into the side door on her own. Xiao Lin wasn't embarrassed, obediently withdrew her hand, and followed behind Ms. A, as if she had done it a thousand times before.
Feeling a strong, sticky sense of being watched from behind, Pei Qing quietly cast her gaze. However, the assistant, Lin, kept his head down, his posture docile and polite, but the feeling of being watched did not disappear; on the contrary, it became even stronger.
Could it be him?
Just as Pei Qing was about to say something, she suddenly noticed a cold gaze fixed on her.
She looked up, following the direction of her gaze. On the second-floor corridor, a researcher in a white lab coat, with a cold expression, was staring straight at her without flinching.
Tsk, who is this? She's new to the capital planet, she shouldn't have made any enemies yet, right? She doesn't seem like an old flame either. Pei Qing was puzzled when a gentle voice suddenly rang in her ear.
“Ms. Pei, that’s our institute’s chief researcher, Shen Tingchuan. Chief Researcher Shen is always meticulous and conscientious, and has a strong sense of time. I guess he’s been waiting a bit anxiously,” Assistant Lin explained.
"Am I late?" Pei Qing wondered. She rushed to the school gate as soon as class ended, her movements so swift. She wanted to take another look at the handsome chief student, but found that he had already disappeared.
"Yes, you're not late, it's just that the traffic is a bit bad."
Okay, I get it. So you're still late, right? Pei Qian smiled on the outside but cursed inwardly.
Damn it!!! It's not her fault! Why does this damn CEO give her the attitude she deserves?!
Pei Qian cursed inwardly for a while, then quickly composed herself. Anyway, coming to the research institute was Feng Lin's idea, so even if that Chief Shen was unhappy, she'd have to keep quiet.
"Ms. Pei, this way please."
Upon reaching the second floor, Assistant Lin led Pei Qing to a laboratory. The laboratory door was tightly closed, and the three large characters "Chen Tingchuan" on the doorplate were very conspicuous.
"This is Chief Shen's private laboratory. Please wait a moment." He said, then gently knocked on the door.
Five minutes passed, and the door remained closed. Pei Qing felt an urge to kick the door.
Assistant Xiaolin knocked on the door again, her face full of apology, "I'm sorry, Ms. Pei, the chief may need some time to prepare."
"Haha, really?"
Anger surged from the depths of her heart. Pei Qian quietly clenched her fists and began to take deep breaths. This damned chief, what kind of airs is he putting on? Does he think she wanted to come to this lousy research institute?! And what's with all this talk about preparing things? He has time to watch her walk in, but no time to prepare beforehand?!
Just as Pei Qing was about to kick the door open, the laboratory door slowly opened, and Shen Tingchuan appeared with his icy, deadpan face, saying in a cold tone, "Come in."
Seeing this, Assistant Kobayashi quickly held the door open and waved to Pei Qing, "Please come in."
Pei Qing took a deep breath, suppressing her anger, and forced an ugly smile. "Fine, you can go now."
The polite assistant stood behind the door with a slight smile, half of his face hidden in the shadows, a hint of crimson flashing in his eyes, but upon closer inspection, it seemed like an illusion.
The dim light and shadows twisted and shifted, as if countless sticky, chaotic, and indescribable things were dancing and changing behind him, constantly uttering damp and distorted murmurs. Suddenly, the man's left hand exploded open, and a cluster of entwined, gray-black tentacles eagerly stretched out.
The smile on Xiaolin's face faded, and large patches of gray-black substance writhed beneath his thin skin, seemingly about to burst through his handsome face at any moment.
The cluster of gray-black tendrils at the junction of the left arm and forearm rapidly intertwined, devouring and enveloping each other. Gradually, a beautiful face was revealed, covering the gray-black mass of flesh.
The beauty's eyes were tightly closed, and a beauty mark at the corner of her eye was captivating. Pale and gorgeous, she exuded a ghostly aura and radiated an endless, strange attraction.
Everyone who saw it couldn't help but imagine what a breathtaking sight it would be if those beautiful eyes were open! To catch a glimpse of such a beauty would be enough to make one willingly commit suicide on the spot!
As the strange human face's eyelashes trembled, about to open its beautiful eyes, 'Kobayashi's' expression changed slightly. Suddenly, she drew her sharp blade and ruthlessly cut the mutated mass of flesh in half!
The bizarre lump of flesh with a human face fell to the ground, trembled for a while, and then stopped moving, as if it had completely lost its life force.
At the bottom of the fleshy mass, a thin, sticky tentacle seized the opportunity to emerge and wriggle desperately toward the laboratory, seemingly trying to squeeze through the crack in the door to find something.
'Kobayashi' seemed oblivious. Grayish-black tendrils surged from the severed arm, and in no time, they formed a brand new left hand that was exactly the same as before, with no changes except that the skin was more delicate than before.
Just as the tiny tendril was about to slip into the crack in the door, a flash of cold light appeared, and the tendril was severed at the root, unable to wriggle.
Not far away, on the mass of flesh, the beautiful face suddenly opened her eyes, her beautiful eyes filled with resentment and hatred. Her lips parted, "You slut! You could have... *slut... pig &..." Countless filthy curses rained down like raindrops.
"ha,"
'Xiao Lin' chuckled, strolled leisurely, picked up the lump of meat, held it in his hand, and said contemptuously, "We agreed that only one person could appear in front of her at a time, so why did you break your promise?"
"Promises? I never keep such things." The beautiful man's gorgeous red lips curled up, and he waited for that fool to get even closer.
"You—ah!"
Just as 'Xiao Lin' got close to the lump of flesh, intending to make a few sarcastic remarks, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a sinister and eerie look flashing across the beautiful face. He hurriedly dodged, but it was too late.
The beautiful woman's red lips were wide open, and countless tentacles attacked from inside her mouth, clinging tightly to 'Xiaolin's' face, the sound of flesh being corroded and devoured was continuous.
"No! No! You can't... never..." The hoarse growl gradually weakened, and 'Kobayashi's' original face was completely corroded away. Where there should have been facial features, there was now a large, empty hole, with countless sticky tentacles writhing inside.
His right hand, holding the lump of flesh, stiffly rose and pressed the beautiful face accurately into his skull.
The faces quickly merged, gradually transforming into the likeness of 'Kobayashi,' accompanied by a constant sizzling sound, like pressing a piece of raw meat covered in blood onto a scorching hot iron plate.
The left eyeball seemed to have fused improperly; after rolling around in its socket twice, it suddenly fell to the ground with a "gurgling" sound.
A fair hand picked up the eyeball that was still rolling on the ground and put it into the eye socket with a 'plop'.
Before long, a fresh 'Kobayashi' was created, showing no abnormalities except for the slime on his body. 'Kobayashi' stroked this handsome and gentle 'original face', revealing the same smile as before.
He thought, "Wait a little longer, it's not time to meet my sister yet." He smiled foolishly, but as he smiled, his eyes turned sinister and resentful.
It seems that old man Feng Lin has acquired some kind of identification method, and has actually sent all the consciousnesses he assimilated in the federal government away for various reasons. Now, the only usable 'body' left is the one in the research institute.
One, how could one be enough? He wanted to watch over her, surround her, and protect her at all times... 'Xiaolin's' expression became extremely fanatical, almost insane, and the gray-black tendrils within his body were restless.
No, I can't ruin this only usable shell anymore. 'Kobayashi' forcibly suppressed the urge to destroy.
Assimilating those foolish insects had weakened his body further, forcing him to hide and recuperate to recover his strength, which allowed these vile split consciousnesses to take over the dominant position.
This shouldn't be happening, because... because he is clearly the sole master! These lowly fragmented consciousnesses are unworthy! Sister has always been only his sister!
"Ah... Sister..."
On a remote planet, frenzied babbling echoed from inside a dark, damp underground cavern.
After a series of unbearable gasps, the cave returned to calm.
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Capital Star Research Institute, second-floor laboratory.
There was a constant rustling sound coming from outside the door. Pei Qing, who was sitting in the chair 'listening to the lecture', couldn't help but open the door out of curiosity.
The corridor was brightly lit and quiet, with nothing unusual in sight.
"Strange, did I hear wrong?" Pei Qing closed the door and scratched her ear. "Um, Chief Shen, what did you just say? Say it again."
Shen Tingchuan looked up, his slender white fingers gripping the test tube tightly, the tips turning red. Looking at that blank face, he felt even more frustrated, his thin chest heaving slightly, and finally he went along with her and repeated what she had said.
"In recent days, the number of Zerg has increased dramatically, and they are becoming increasingly rampant. The Marshal noticed something amiss and ordered several Zerg remains to be sent over."
He handed a test tube to Pei Qing and said, "This is an extract from the alien insect, which closely matches the sample you provided earlier."
"Uh, so?" Pei Qing observed for a while but couldn't figure anything out.
"Therefore, these alien insects are related to the assimilated ones. If we can break this connection, we might be able to restore them to normal."
“Okay, I see,” Pei Qing immediately understood. She didn’t believe the research results had only come out in the last few days. Feng Lin probably already knew, and his coercion and enticement of her to come to the capital star was probably for this reason. “Tell me, how do you need my cooperation?”
Shen Tingchuan took out a syringe, his demeanor calm and composed, and gently raised his eyes, "Go to the lab table."
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