Chapter 72
Area A of the Hanging Island.
Countless researchers are moving ecological environments.
In their hands were various captured deformed objects, including benignly deformed mushrooms, intermediate-stage mushrooms, and dangerous aquatic octopuses.
The base has specially designated an area for them - the experimental site for the research of distorted objects, on the underground first and second floors, where distorted objects are stored.
At this time, the chief officer Duliman was standing in the medical camp not far away, watching the medical staff coming in and out, and finally his eyes fell on Si Chengyan and Anna.
"Colonel, do you need to rest?" Anna's tone was filled with worry. "You haven't slept for a whole day and night. I'll take care of Su Ran here."
"Need not."
"But you..."
Before he finished speaking, Si Chengyan shook his head again: "How is Su Ran?"
"It was just excessive fatigue," Anna said. "Maybe the physical exertion before was so great, and then there was the twisting incident. The emotions couldn't handle it, so she fainted."
"But don't worry, I've already provided basic nutritional supplements according to the treatment methods for Category III benign abnormalities," Anna said. "I'm sure the cub will wake up soon."
Si Chengyan nodded.
He didn't say anything else. When he stood up, he saw Anna hesitated to speak: "What's wrong?"
"Actually, there's one more thing I want to tell you, and it's also about Su Ran." Anna was still hesitant to speak when she said this. When she looked at Si Chengyan, a hint of sadness lingered in her dark eyes. Si Chengyan: "Well, go ahead."
Si Chengyan: "Well, go ahead."
"I hope you can understand. I didn't mean to hide anything." Anna said, "Actually, little one..."
She took a deep breath and shook her head: "Maybe it has lost its healing power."
"In this Hanging Island Project, there's a machine specifically designed to detect mutant abilities. It's currently being developed to the first level," Anna said. "The second level might have to wait a while, but for Su Ran, it's enough."
"The power of healing is the first supernatural power."
"Yes," Anna said, "It was Lurt who came over yesterday and tested his first ability... and also tested Su Ran's."
Si Chengyan: "Nothing?"
Anna shook her head.
"It seems like there's an endless absorber within him, taking away all his superpowers," Anna said. "This situation is rare. The only place in the Abyss that can do this is probably a mutated creature with this ability."
As she spoke, she seemed to recall something: "Could it be that...Su Ran encountered something..."
"I won't speculate on this," Anna said. "Anyway, the baby has lost his healing powers, so he must be very sad."
Si Chengyan didn't say anything.
He looked at Su Ran, his thin lips pressed into a straight line.
No one could see the emotions in his eyes, and at this moment, he just stood there, clenching his fingers until they turned slightly white.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door behind him: "Colonel Si."
"The laboratory here at the base has been built," Duliman said. "Siltu is already there, waiting for you to come and take a look."
"How many rooms are there in total?"
"Twenty-six rooms, connected by octagonal corridors, housing various creatures."
Si Chengyan nodded: "Understood."
Before leaving, he squatted down and gently touched Su Ran's hair. Looking at his peaceful sleeping face, he said in a very low voice, almost talking to himself: "Wait for me to come back."
Si Chengyan followed Duliman into the laboratory.
In keeping with the city's usual tone, the underground floors were all made of iron, with countless laboratories running smoothly. Many octopus tentacles and eyeballs were stored in the corridors, and in the laboratory near the innermost room, Sirtu was waiting for them.
Si Chengyan saw a very strange creature.
It was a completely deformed mushroom, its original appearance unrecognizable. Every inch of its folds was stretched open, covered in protrusions of varying sizes. Its dark purple skin fluttered, expanding and contracting bit by bit, struggling to survive.
For some reason, Si Chengyan felt that the person looked very familiar the first time he saw him, as if he had seen him somewhere.
"This is a mushroom we found in the wild. It seems to react differently to the mist," Duliman said. "We detected a very strange gas in it, and this gas has only been found at the Institute of Qualitative Change in New Town."
"Unfortunately, despite the inevitable inhalation of the gas, none of the creatures that entered escaped. Most were used as test subjects by that old man," he said. "But my colleagues in charge of monitoring reported that one night, two mutants escaped from the Transmutation Research Institute. They appeared to be a plant and a mushroom."
"when?"
"It should be two days before the cave acupoint mutation, after the buildings in Area B were attacked."
Before he finished speaking, Si Chengyan took out the walkie-talkie.
Before he could press the button to contact Anna, he heard an emergency call from the other party.
As soon as the call was connected, Anna's anxious tone was heard: "Su Ran's condition... doesn't seem to be very good."
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