"What are you thinking about?" Dr. Ji walked behind Lu Xun. Lu Xun stood in front of the laboratory window, in front of him was the brightly lit Garden of Eden and the Twin Towers.
As he approached, he realized that the president was not wandering aimlessly - he was playing with the communicator, and the screen was still on the contact interface. He caught a glimpse of an unfamiliar name.
"Who is this?" Dr. Ji stood beside him and raised his eyebrows: "Do you have any friends you don't know?"
Lu Xun did not answer, and Dr. Ji did not get to the bottom of it - in front of this president, it is normal to ask questions without getting answers.
As he said this, the snow-white spore came out from Lu Xuan's collar, seemed to look at him carefully, and then quickly went back to hide.
"It's really small." Dr. Ji said with a smile.
Lu Xuan pulled it out. The spore, which had grown to the size of a palm, was now only as small as a date seed. It tried its best to hide itself in Lu Xuan's hand, as if it was very afraid of Dr. Ji.
"I won't cut you today." Dr. Ji said, "You have become too small, be good, grow a little longer before cutting."
Lu Xuan looked at Dr. Ji coldly.
Dr. Ji crossed his arms and said leisurely: "I can't cut you, so why are you so fierce?"
Over the past few days, the base has realized that it is completely impossible to analyze the reason why this spore is inert using existing biotechnology. After the extract is obtained and diluted, they plan to pour it on the surface of heavy equipment - using this simple method, they hope that the inert spores will produce inert extract, and the inert extract will form a protective layer, or simply transfer inertness to the equipment, so that the equipment will no longer be afraid of infection. After all, after the distortion begins, even glass and wood can infect each other. In this case, the extract can infect other substances.
——They even decided to immediately send 10 liters of dilution to the underground base by plane.
In response, the top management of the lighthouse laughed at themselves, saying that science has failed and they are actually planning to use incomprehensible witchcraft.
Dr. Ji stretched out his hand: "Let me play with it."
Of course, he got nothing, and Lu Xun didn't even look at him.
But Dr. Ji still stared at the white hyphae exposed by the spores and said: "Tomorrow, another liter of extract can be made."
Lu Xun raised his finger, and the spores could not even reveal a bit of hyphae.
"Don't be like this." Dr. Ji said, "Although you have a good relationship, you don't have to treat each other like your own son. Captain Lu, have you noticed that since you came back from the wild, your feelings are not so lacking."
Lu Xun still said nothing. Only Dr. Ji was chattering in the room. He always became talkative when he was nervous. In the past month, the amount of his words has been increasing linearly.
Three minutes later, he spoke: "When will we start using the extract?"
"The Lighthouse is still discussing it, because we can't rule out a possibility - after the distortion begins, all matter will begin to fuse equally. At that time, it may pass on inertia to us. It is possible that it will turn all our equipment into a bunch of mushrooms that have lost any function."
Lu Xun's cold voice finally sounded, like a layer of frost covering it: "If there is such a possibility, why do we still use it?"
"You inquisition likes to kill all bad possibilities, but the situation is different now. You know, the situation can't be worse than it is now. Another meeting, and the lighthouse can decide whether to use it or not."
"What exactly is inertness?" Lu Xun asked.
"Not infected."
The spores drilled out of Lu Xun's hand, swishing along the fabric of the uniform to the shoulder badge on the side away from the doctor.
Lu Xun leaned slightly, and this slight movement revealed the shadow of something on the windowsill.
A small vial with a label on it that reads "MIX-III" in handwriting. Next to the vial is a blank syringe.
Dr. Ji's eyes paused.
"Mixed alien extract, what are you going to do with it?" He said, "Don't mess around in the lab, it's dangerous."
Lu Xun looked at him and said something that was indeed irrelevant to their current topic: "When we were in the underground city base, there was no magnetic field, and contactless infection and distortion were happening."
The doctor didn't follow his thoughts for a moment, just nodded.
"Many soldiers who entered the underground city with you to provide assistance were infected, but you didn't." Lu Xun said.
The doctor seemed to understand what he wanted to say, he didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly.
"If the spores are inert, then Anzhe will be inert." Lu Xun said.
Dr. Ji nodded.
"But he can transform between mushroom and human form, and in human form, genetic testing shows no abnormalities." He said calmly: "If you have been infected by him and become inert, you can't see it from any aspect." "
Yes, I admit. We thought about this at the beginning." Dr. Ji said, "But what's the point? It is precisely because we can't detect this infection at all that we decide to spray the extract over a large area. We won't know until the day of full deformation that we will know whether the extract can protect humans." "
But there is a risk of everyone turning into fungi." Lu Xun said.
"So?" The doctor looked at him, as if he had some unpredictable premonition, and his tone became aggressive.
"Use monster extract to infect you. If you are still human after ten hours, it proves that Anzhe has infected you with inertia and there are no adverse reactions. The extract can be used."
The doctor looked at him, and he didn't look surprised at all, as if he had guessed that this person would say such a thing. He looked at Lu Xun, shook his head, and said, "Why you?"
"I have been with him for a long time. I have been with him during the time when the underground city base was indiscriminately infected and distorted." Lu Xun said lightly: "If he can infect others, then you are the most likely to be infected."
"Yes." Dr. Ji sneered, he looked directly at Lu Xun, approached him, and raised his voice: "After the underground city, you only stayed with him for a while before leaving, but you stayed with him all the time, and you slept in the same room. He was as obedient as a kitten, and you were inseparable from him. You had many close contacts with him that you would not want to know - if you can be infected by him, why can't you?"
"You still have a lot of tasks," Lu Xun was not aroused by any emotions because of his words, he said: "Can't take the risk."
"You know this is an adventure, right?" The doctor was furious and gasped for a few breaths. He said to him loudly, "You can't take this risk, can you take the risk? Is sacrificing yourself such a memorable thing for you?"
Lu Xun didn't say anything. Dr. Ji grabbed the liquid bottle from the windowsill. The bottle mouth had been opened. He inserted the needle tip with a fierce movement, lifted the injection handle forward, and quickly filled the syringe.
"If you must do the experiment, then you can only do it now." He held the syringe, his blue eyes were full of ice, and he spoke very quickly: "You have done too many things, you have to stay alive."
Lu Xun did not stop him from doing anything, he just watched quietly, his cold green eyes were like a lake without waves.
He reached out and lifted his sleeve.
There was a blood spot on the wrist vein, indicating that something had been injected.
"After ten hours, if nothing happened, you can use the extract."
The doctor stood there, his chest rising and falling rapidly, and he stared at Lu Xun.
"You...you..." His eyes turned red with anger, and his voice was hoarse and sharp like glass rubbing against each other: "You are a hopeless...suicidal patient."