Chapter 24
As Stanel said this, a scarlet night light rose outside the window.
"Any other methods?" Su Ran raised the flower bud and asked anxiously, "Can I still grow? Can I still have the nutrient beads?"
“It’s just that the risk is greater.”
"Given Tariel's character, what you see might not be the nutrient beads. It could be the product of something else," Stanel said, thinking. "He will definitely put the nutrient beads into the latest container—the one he borrowed from the Distortion Project and repeatedly experimented with."
"But..." Stanel added, "I've been in the research institute for too long and don't know what that is."
Su Ran fell into thought.
What is Dr. Tariel studying?
According to the previous logic, since the research institute wants to use this distortion to mutate all humans again, there may be only one thing that can be used now.
——Purple mist.
This is produced in the abyss and is blown by the wind, so it forms a foggy day.
Si Chengyan once told him that this kind of fog is generally not toxic and does not catalyze. At most, it is generated from some deep cracks under the new city and blows over.
Su Ran has become a thinker rose.
At this moment, he suddenly poked the ground with a leaf, not knowing what he was thinking. "Could it be..."
"Yes, that must be it!" Su Ran said, "Since Dr. Tariel wants to experiment with the nutrient beads, then he must have placed them in the most recently mutated... cave?"
After saying that, he turned to Little Mushroom and said, "That's where I tore the colonel's clothes!"
The little mushroom grunted and immediately covered its eyes with its tentacles.
Just like the last time I took a shower.
But Stanir laughed: "As expected of a freak creature raised by the military, it's really exciting to play with."
"If they were from our research institute, they would only make things that don't speak human language." He shook his head helplessly, "Including me... I'm almost becoming one of those things."
As soon as these words came out, the little mushroom immediately gurgled to express its protest.
"But..." Su Ran was still confused about the question he had just been thinking about, "Where did those three nutrient beads come from?"
Stan: “That’s okay.”
"What's the meaning?"
"Nutrient beads often grow in a native environment," Steiner said. "They have a catalytic effect, which can catalyze your growth and make the plant grow quickly."
Su Ran nodded. Elder Rose had told him this, and it was indeed true.
"Beads like these are often pure, and therefore have a strong growth-promoting effect." Stanel touched the sharp hook on his body. "I believe your boyfriend, the colonel, has already told you that although nutrient beads can make you grow, they can also catalyze your transformation into other forms."
Su Ran continued to light the flower buds.
He just wants to become another form.
He doesn't need those ugly octopus tentacles or those strange bird wings. He just needs to be a human being like the colonel.
Well, it would be better if there was a little bit of rose aesthetics.
"So, we were just talking about this..." Su Ran said, "I still don't understand."
"It's simple," Steiner said. "If you put the nutrient beads back in, they won't have the same catalytic effect. It's like plucking a flower; once you've plucked it, it can't return to the rootstock. In other words, when the nutrient beads are removed, they're already contaminated."
"And I also believe that these three beads that the military sent in unintentionally must have been tampered with." Stanel leaned against the wall, touching his shoulder which was still covered with human skin, and sighed.
Su Ran lowered her small leaves.
He hugged his roots and said, "It's all my fault."
If he had not asked for the nutrient beads, the Qualitative Change Research Institute would not have taken such a secret action this time.
Seeing this, the little mushroom stretched out its tentacles and wrapped them around Su Ran to express its comfort.
"It's not your fault." Stanel looked at the slender and thin rose. He was very surprised that even a man like him who was considered ruthless in the research institute would take the initiative to care about a deformed plant.
“Tariel would have done this even without your request,” he said. “It’s just a matter of time.”
Su Ran hugged her roots tightly: "What should I do now?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt his body lifted into the air and Stanler picked him up with a sharp hook.
"This method is very risky," Stanel reiterated. "There is no turning back."
"I'm not afraid." Su Ran said firmly.
He finished speaking softly, and Stan nodded: "Listen carefully, first you have to go back to that cave..."
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When Su Ran and Little Mushroom slipped out, the sky had turned completely purple.
According to Stanel, they had to go to the original rift abyss as soon as possible and choose an "uncontaminated nutrient bead" in the place covered with blood drops.
"We have to hurry, we have to get ahead of that bad doctor Tariel." Su Ran ran forward panting, staggering, "We still don't know what that big conspiracy is--"
Before he finished speaking, Su Ran paused.
For some reason, an indescribable feeling suddenly came over me.
He was clearly very close to the cave. Even though he was injured, he could only take a few minutes to move forward step by step.
but--
There seems to be a kind of power, or shock, or perhaps domination, it is a fear that cannot be materialized, a resonance engraved in ancient times, the collective will of all living things.
They vibrated together, and in a silent way, instantly plunged the entire earth into shadow.
"Gululu, hurry up." The little mushroom supported Su Ran's little leaf, "It's too late."
"You're right." Su Ran understood what he said for some reason, "We have to hurry..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire cave suddenly changed its appearance.
Originally, it was just a huge deep pit with a crack extending from one side, which allowed plants like Su Ran to enter. But at this moment, he seemed to feel that such a crack was slowly disappearing. At the same time, the entrance of the deep pit changed from its original irregular shape to a circle.
If he had to describe it, Su Ran felt that it looked more like a monster's mouthpart.
When this idea came out, even he was stunned.
——Mouthparts?
Will the land also turn into monsters?
Su Ran didn't have time to think about it. He couldn't bear to let the little mushroom take risks with him, so he let him stay outside the cave and used some black juice from his roots to write a few words on the leaves.
If you see the colonel, you must give this leaf to him. I believe he will know about the Qualitative Change Research Institute.
After explaining everything, Su Ran slid into the gap with determination.
Although he is alone, in order to see Si Chengyan again, he must quickly get the pollution-free nutrient beads.
Compared to before, the environment inside the gap is more humid.
There are water droplets everywhere, nourishing many unknown green grasses and mushroom caps, which are glowing faintly.
Su Ran climbed onto a small rock.
"Huh, huh..." He shook the small leaves and looked around, "Where is it...eh?"
Not far away, a bead emitted a faint red light.
Compared to before, it is a purer color, like water droplets dripping on leaves after rain, without any impurities.
But why are there human footprints nearby?
And they were military boot marks?
Su Ran couldn't think so much anymore.
He didn't know which military commander was here, and he was not allowed to speculate at this time.
After sliding down from the cliff beside him, Su Ran used up his last bit of strength to hook the nutrient bead with a leaf.
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