Chapter 153

Star 877 is a small planet located deep in the Southern Star Region.

The Southern Star Region is very vast, with six large planets, thirty-three medium-sized planets, and one hundred and eighty-nine small planets.

Mu Ling's hometown, Star 877, doesn't even have a name, it's just a rural planet named by a code name.

Such a small planet doesn't even have a complete starship center. Mu Ling and his team must first reach a medium-sized planet called Guangshi Star in the Southern Star Region, and then turn around the ring starship to reach Star 877.

Not only Star 877, but also more than 20 small planets nearby are connected by this ring ship.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, at the 877 Starship Station, Mu Ling walked out with Xiang Bie with a smile on her face: "In fact, our 877 Star is just a little off the beaten track. It has everything it should have, and the educational resources are also good. The School of Life Sciences has a branch here, and I graduated from the School of Life Sciences."

They walked and talked until they walked outside the Starship Station. Mu Ling looked at the familiar city streets in front of him and suddenly felt a little disappointed.

It has only been less than half a year since I left, but it seems like I have been away for a long time.

Taking a deep breath and retracting his emotions, Mu Ling pointed to the other side of the road and said: "There are no buses at this time, let's take a taxi back."

The two got in a taxi, and half an hour later, the car stopped in an old city area. The

old city area at 11:30 was not quiet. There was a street of food stalls outside the street, and many night snack stalls were opened here.

As soon as Mu Ling and Xiang Bie walked over, someone recognized Mu Ling immediately: "Is it Xiaoling?"

Mu Ling was stunned, looked at the other person, and smiled: "Uncle Wang, long time no see."

"Oh, it's really Xiaoling."

Other people next to them also looked over, and were surprised to see Mu Ling: "Xiaoling, I heard that you opened a zoo?"

"Mu girl, my grandson said that you opened a zoo on the God King Planet, is it true?"

"Xiaoling, I remember that you studied medicine, how come you also studied veterinary medicine."

"Xiaoling Xiaoling, can you take a photo with me? I want to post it on WeChat Moments."

Mu Ling has been very popular recently, and some people in her hometown know about it. Mu Ling has lived here for twenty years. Some neighbors even watched her grow up. She did not refuse when they wanted to take photos. Anyway, she was often asked by tourists to take photos with her in the zoo.

After taking photos with everyone, someone noticed Xiang Bie and asked, "Xiao Ling, are you bringing your boyfriend back to pay respects to your grandfather?"

Mu Ling was stunned and looked at Brother Xiang. She was about to deny it, but she saw that Brother Xiang had already nodded to the fellow villager who was talking, looking very polite.

Mu Ling: "..."

His nod was like a tacit agreement, and the people around him suddenly became more excited.

"She's so pretty." "

Xiao Ling has good taste."

"What do you do, young man?"

Seeing that the topic was getting off topic, Mu Ling hurriedly said that she had to go back to put her things away, and ran away with Xiang Bie.

But they left in such a hurry that they didn't notice that the owner of a fried skewers stall on the street was looking at them, turned on his computer, and made a call.

"Hey, Xiao Ling is back."

-Mu

Ling led Xiang Bie all the way to the alley, Mu Ling pointed to the front and said: "That's my home."

They walked to a locked iron gate, Mu Ling took out the key, opened the iron gate first, and then opened the security door inside.

On the first floor, two doors are installed, just in case.

Because no one has lived there for a long time, as soon as the door was opened, a moldy smell came out.

Mu Ling frowned and turned on the light, then closed the iron gate, but left the security door open, and went to open all the windows so that the house could be ventilated.

Xiang Bie followed her in and stood in the middle of the room.

This is a narrow but neat one-bedroom and one-living room. Everything inside is well tidied. Because the owner will be away for a while, many furniture are now covered with white cloth.

Mu Ling went to lift up all the cloths, and Xiang Bie also came forward to help her. After all the furnishings in the room were exposed, Xiang Bie suddenly walked to a big bed and looked at a group photo on the bedside table.

That should be a photo from several years ago. Mu Ling in the photo looked very young, and next to her, a kind old man with white hair was standing there. They faced the camera with bright smiles on their faces.

Mu Ling walked over at this time, looked at the photo, and pointed it to Xiang Bie: "This is my grandpa. It was taken at the school gate on the day I graduated from high school."

Xiang Bie said nothing, just turned his head to look at the girl beside him.

There was no sadness on Mu Ling's face. After so many years, she was used to it.

"My grandfather's relics are in my room. I'll get them."

She said, and went to the bedroom.

Xiang Bie followed her.

As the bedroom light was turned on, Xiang Bie saw... a room full of books.

There were really a lot of books. Mu Ling's bedroom was very small, but in addition to a bed, there were three bookcases and a desk. The bookcases were already full, and on the desk, there were two piles of books. On the wall, there were densely packed awards.

Xiang Bie glanced at one at random, which was the first prize in the Mathematical Olympiad.

Xiang·Sports Student·Bie: "..."

It was the world of academic masters, he didn't quite understand...

"Here." At this time, Mu Ling squatted beside the bed and pulled out a large cabinet under the bed. There was already a thin layer of dust on the cabinet. She unlocked the cabinet and opened it.

Xiang Bie walked over, squatted beside her, and looked at the box full of old things with her.

"These are all my grandpa's relics, some old books, some old photos, this is the pen that grandpa often uses, grandpa's watch, grandpa's reading glasses, and this is grandpa's old optical computer. Hey, what is this notebook?"

Picking up the hardcover notebook at the bottom, Mu Ling flipped through it with some surprise and frowned: "I don't remember my grandpa having this."

Xiang Bie looked at the notebook and said, "It's locked."

Yes, this is a very old-fashioned notebook that can be locked. This kind of notebook is rarely seen on the market now.

Xiang Bie searched in the box and said, "I didn't see the key."

Mu Ling paused, she suddenly touched her pocket and took out the key chain that she had used to open the door.

Because it was an old-style house, their house did not have fingerprint locks, but traditional locks.

Mu Ling had been carrying this key chain since she was very young. There were four keys on it, a key for the iron door, a key for the anti-theft door, a key for her own bookcase, and a small key.

Mu Ling didn't remember what this small key opened, but she remembered that she had this small key a long time ago. She asked her grandfather what this key was, and her grandfather said it was for opening a cabinet. She didn't know what cabinet it was, and there were many cabinets in the house, so she didn't care and kept hanging it there.

Stroking the small key, Mu Ling pursed her lips and inserted the key into the keyhole of the notebook.

"Click."

It opened.

Mu Ling was a little surprised and immediately turned to the first page of the notebook, and then suddenly, her expression was shocked for a moment.

In the middle of the first page, there was a line of familiar big characters - [Observation Record Book of Experimental Subject No. 0.]

No. 0?

Experimental subject?

What is that?

Mu Ling frowned, looked at the words that were obviously in the handwriting of her grandfather, pursed her lips slightly, and slowly turned to the second page.

[July 1, sunny, arrived at Star 877, No. 0 is weakened, and the scales are pale, suspected to be a rejection reaction.]

Mu Ling's fingers suddenly clenched the edge of the old notebook.

Scales...

Xiang Bie's expression was a little ugly when he saw this. He looked at Mu Ling's expression and called softly: "Mu Ling."

Mu Ling didn't say anything and turned to the next page silently.

[On July 2, No. 0 woke up, continued to be weak, had diarrhea, and the color of the scales was almost transparent. ]

[On July 3, after taking the medicine, No. 0 was in a stable condition. It was not rejection, but acclimatization. ]

[On July 4, the scales disappeared completely. Just like before, they merged. This was her third time to merge with the mutant cell body. It was right to take her away. This experiment was inhumane and should not happen. Experimental subjects like No. 0 should not exist! 】

【July 6, scales reappeared, the No. 0 status repeated...】

【July 19, today the community staff found me and said they wanted to do a population registration. They asked her name, she didn't have a name, and I didn't know how to name it. I said, Zero, and they registered it as "Ling". Now, her name has become Mu Ling... It's okay, this shouldn't affect anything...】

【July 21, the impact is too serious! With a name, I can't seem to look at her normally. Why does she always smile? I remember that kid Bai Su always cried, cried so much, and had a runny nose, but she was very clean. 】

【On July 29, she could crawl. The scales had not appeared for ten days. Her vital signs were normal. Such a young child had to be given metabolic fluids for two hours every day. It was so pitiful, but it was worth it. When the mutant cells in her body were completely metabolized, she should be able to return to a normal person. Aqiu has already found an adoptive family. After she was settled, I could leave. 】

【On August 2, the scales appeared again. The color was darker and the metabolic difficulty became greater. But it was so strange. She was injected with cells from the mutant tiger, the mutant leopard, and the mutant deer. Why did she always grow pink snake scales? 】

【On August 13, she grew very small pink horns on her forehead. Are they deer horns? 】

【August 14, the horns faded, but the scales still reappeared. I now have a bold guess. Is this not her first time to be experimented on? Maybe before coming to the X laboratory, she had already undergone other experiments. From the current data, there are no cells of the mutant tiger, leopard, or deer in her body. Her situation is more like her snake genes swallowed up the mutant cells behind. So, is this the reason why she does not reject? 】

【August 30, her snake genes are too stubborn. I can't even find what kind of snake genes they are. The data don't match at all. What did she experience before? 】

【September 19, Qiu urged me, but she can't be adopted now. She has a bigger secret. If I send her away now, she will be abandoned or even sent to other research institutions. What should I do? 】 【September

26, she can speak, she calls me grandpa...】

The data stops here and pauses for a while. On the next page, the date spans three months.

[December 18th, it’s very cold today, so cold that our Lingling’s hands are covered with scales. I have no choice but to buy a thermostat overnight. My savings are -3,000. A-Qiu won’t give me money anymore…] [

January 1st, Lingling seemed to know that today is New Year’s Day. She was very happy the whole day. I carried her out to watch the fireworks. She was so excited that scales appeared on her hands again. I ran home quickly, but sprained my foot because I ran too fast. The cost of medicine was -150. Oh. 】

【January 2, it rained today. Lingling was awakened by the thunder. Because of fear, in addition to her hands, her legs also began to grow scales. I held her and coaxed her all night. The next day, her lumbar muscles were strained. The muscle patch cost -410. After standing all night, her sprained foot worsened again. The medicine cost -600. I still couldn’t get through to Aqiu...】

【January 12, Lingling’s usual milk powder was out of stock. I bought other brands, but she refused to eat it. She cried so much that her neck was covered with scales. I had to ask someone to go to a farther place to buy her favorite milk powder. We were delayed for an hour on the way. She sent me a small bill of -2000 to scare me. In addition, the errand fee was -100, and the milk powder was -500. Aqiu, how can we live without you! 】

【January 24, It's so hard to find a job. People don't want a 56-year-old with a one-year-old granddaughter. Damn, he can't find a job with Mu Huai's identity. He is a waste! 】

【January 29, The milk powder is almost finished. The director of the neighborhood committee said that I can be arranged to watch the door first. I went back to the living room in vain. I can only be reduced to watching the door. I am so angry! But Lingling smiled at Grandpa again today. She is not so angry. Oh, I almost forgot that this is an experimental record. The scales still appear and disappear intermittently. There is no pattern and it cannot be controlled. 】

【February 8, When will Aqiu calm down and when will she give me money? Is she my biological sister? Is Lingling her biological grandniece! 】

The record stopped for a few months here, and it appeared again in May.

[May 10th, even if Lingling is really a mutant like Qiu said, she will not hurt me, she will not lose her mind, she is not like a monster, she is a human.]

The thick diary, page after page, seems to have no end.

And just when the lights in the Mu family were rarely on, showing a warm face in the middle of the night, a few buildings away, on the balcony of a high-rise building, an old woman with gray hair was sitting in a wheelchair, holding up a telescope, looking at the distant gate of the Mu family.

It came quite quickly.

The Night Shadow Bear had just been sent over less than two days ago, and it reacted immediately, which was quite sharp.

The old woman thought so in her heart, put down the binoculars again, and sighed.

She didn't know whether it was right or wrong to tell her the truth. In the past twenty years, Bai Huanting had digested all the secrets and dangers by himself. He took on everything, but left happiness and cheerfulness to her. This is the granddaughter he has cared for for twenty years, but she can't live in ignorance forever.

Bai Huanting also knew this, so he left the key to her.

However, he put the record book with her and let her decide when to tell her.

This damn old man, if he wasn't her brother, she really wouldn't want to care about him!

Turning the wheelchair, the old woman went into the room and planned to rest.

The wheelchair passed through the living room. On the coffee table, there was an old newspaper that had been there for who knows how long.

It was a newspaper from the beginning of last year. The headline of the newspaper was the news that Bai Huanqiu, chairman of the Bai Group, had passed away.

If there was another person in the room at that time, they would find that the elegant old woman in the newspaper looked exactly like the old woman holding the handle and operating the wheelchair at that moment.