Colorful Jade Waist (10)
When Number Nine woke up, the window of the room was half open. A gentle breeze lifted the curtains and quietly slipped into the room. The night sky was dotted with stars, and a half-moon was visible hanging high in the sky.
A pair of pointed ears appeared by the bed.
Number Nine's pupils dilated, and his body's instinctive defense mechanism caused him to reflexively claw forward with his five fingers.
His speed was definitely not slow, but he missed and even agitated the wound on his body. The pain made him gasp and gradually realized the situation he was facing.
Just at this moment, the door of the room opened.
Shi Jianxia picked up the flying Zouwu and let it climb up his arm and onto his shoulder. When it put its furry little head close to him and acted coquettishly, he touched it lovingly.
When Number Nine saw her, all his memories before he fell into a coma came back to him.
Thinking that he had fallen into her hands again, No. 9's face twisted with anger.
He gritted his teeth and sat up, raising his hand to use his mimicry talent to teach the person in front of him a lesson, but found that he could not gather ice at all.
The hands that once controlled the life and death of countless people seemed to have lost all their power.
Number Nine stared at his palm in disbelief. There wasn't even a shard of ice, let alone ice. But he quickly realized what was happening and checked his spiritual energy source, discovering the problem.
In his spiritual power fountain, the spiritual power that was originally like a surging river turned into a thin stream.
Number Nine had a bad premonition in his heart and tried to concentrate his mental power. The small stream of mental power gathered with difficulty under his control. A stream of water as thick as a chopstick shot out from his palm, spraying him in the face unexpectedly, and then quickly shrank and disappeared.
He was completely stunned and his expression was dazed for a moment.
Shi Jianxia suppressed the urge to burst out laughing, pretending to be calm as he glanced at the boy sitting on the bed, who was obviously bandaged but looked fierce. He gestured outwards and said, "The bathroom is outside."
Number Nine: “…”
Number Nine gritted his teeth and asked, "What did you do to me?"
His mental strength was cut into pieces and blocked by an invisible force, which made it impossible for him to freeze water into ice and use the power of extreme cold.
That small jet of water just now was an insult to his mimicry and rank.
"I gave you something good to eat." Shi Jianxia said slowly, and added: "After all, you are so fierce, I am really a little scared, so I have to use some tricks."
Number Nine's face turned ashen, and his pale lips moved, as if he was organizing words to insult Shi Jianxia, but he pursed his lips and gritted his teeth for a long time without squeezing out a single word.
"Okay, if you can still move, get up and inject the medicine by yourself. I don't want to be anyone's father or mother." Shi Jianxia pointed to the medicine on the bedside, waved to the little tiger whose teeth had been pulled out, and walked out of the room carrying Zuo Wu.
All of Nan Teng Star's interstellar ports have been blocked by the military, and interception checkpoints have been set up at various important transportation hubs. Patrol cars of the Zerg Investigation Bureau are everywhere. This guy is now an S-level wanted criminal being sought by both the military and the Zerg Investigation Bureau.
If Number Nine didn't really have nowhere to go, he probably wouldn't have come to see her.
But it is not ruled out that he felt that they were in the same boat. If he confessed, she would be in trouble too, so he came to cause trouble for her with peace of mind.
Number Nine stared at her disappearing figure, gritted his teeth, and tried to condense ice again. Another small stream of water came out and hit his nose accurately.
The young man, who had fallen hard on his first important mission, clenched his fists tightly, but found that he had very little strength left. He punched down, leaving only a small, inconspicuous dent on the bed.
Number Nine became even angrier.
He can't even knock down the bed now!
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Number Nine probably knew that he would be dead if he was caught, so he was very careful when he came over and deliberately used ice to freeze the blood in the wound, leaving no trace.
His injuries were severe, with a force piercing his right chest and several ribs broken. However, it seemed that he had drunk a potion with excellent recovery effects in advance, and his body cells repaired very quickly.
In order to prevent the situation of No. 9 from being leaked, Shi Jianxia turned off the home robot with recording function and stuffed it into the storage room.
So, the housework fell on the good kids.
Shi Jianxia asked the more mature and steady Tiandishan to draw up a duty roster, and spent a lot of money to buy ten children's smart bracelets, so that the children could learn in batches how to keep the house clean and tidy, and how to cook delicious meals.
But becoming a good chef requires not only learning but also practice. Although the kids are well-behaved and smart, there is really no way to learn quickly in this kind of thing.
It just so happened that Shi Jianxia liked to do something else to clear her mind when she was thinking about a problem. The housework had already been done by the kids, so she decided to cook herself.
When Shi Jianxia and the kids came out of the kitchen carrying food, they saw Number Nine standing in front of the dining table with a gloomy face, barefoot, with his upper body tightly bandaged and only a pair of shorts on his lower body.
After he ended his mimicry and fusion combat, his knee-length silver hair turned back to pure black and only grew to his waist. Due to excessive blood loss, his originally fair skin had a weak and transparent feeling, which was very different from his arrogant appearance of gritting his teeth and making threats.
To be honest, this guy is not very old and looks really good. He is tall, has long legs and tight muscles. You can tell at first glance that he is a good kid who sticks to his daily training.
"Where is my space bracelet?" Number Nine stared at her and asked.
Shi Jianxia put the dishes on the table and answered without blushing or beating his heart: "How should I know?"
Number Nine chuckled twice, took two steps at a time, and came over to her. He pinched her left wrist, and pressed his index finger against her wrist bone, feeling a cool sensation. "Then tell me what this is?"
Shi Jianxia raised his eyebrows. "I found this on my balcony. It must have been dropped by some ungrateful thief when he sneaked in to steal something. He stole my things, and I picked up his space bracelet. We're even."
She withdrew her hand and gave Number Nine a look that said, "You lost your things yourself, what does it have to do with me?"
Number Nine: “…”
After holding it in for about half a minute, he finally managed to utter, "You are becoming more and more shameless."
"Thanks for the compliment." Shi Jianxia didn't feel attacked at all. He even shook his wrist and said piercingly, "This thief has quite a lot of good stuff, such as the Spiritual Energy Dissipation Potion, which is quite useful."
Number Nine: “…”
So this bastard not only took his space bracelet, but also used his mental energy dissipation potion to make him look like this?
Not only that, there are also many high-level insect crystals inside, all of which are above level six.
Shi Jianxia originally thought that he had made a fortune, so he took out one and wanted to feed it to the cubs with peace of mind. However, he found that the level of the insect crystal was too high and the cubs could not eat it at all. They could not swallow insect crystals that were more than two levels higher than their own.
In other words, even if the combat level of the phoenix and other cubs has been raised to level two, they can only eat level four insect crystals at most.
Number Nine angrily said, "Give me the clothes!"
Speaking of clothes, Shi Jianxia pointed and said, "What's your habit? All your clothes are white, and they all have white capes. Are you afraid that others won't recognize you if you wear them outside?"
"If you were dressed like that in my house and someone accidentally saw you, would I be buried with you?"
"Get naked first, and we'll talk later."
Number Nine's dark blue pupils widened slightly, "You——"
Shi Jianxia patted his chest, which was muscular even though it was tightly bandaged, and said, "Isn't there something covering it? Why are you being so pretentious?"
Number Nine: “…”
Shi Jianxia calmly sat down in the chair pulled out by the kids, and took the rice and chopsticks that the kids had diligently prepared for him.
Zhaoyaoshan flew over with Chenghuang holding a bottle of ordinary nutrient solution and stopped in front of Number Nine, who was grinding his teeth.
Little baby Huang tilted the small horns on his back that were as smooth and translucent as mutton-fat jade, and handed the nutrient solution to No. 9, looking at him curiously with his big watery eyes.
Shi Jianxia raised his chin slightly, "Hey, your dinner."
Number Nine was stared at by such a small thing, and he felt uncomfortable for a moment, but then he realized that this was Shi Jianxia's mimicry. His face quickly turned cold, and he took the nutrient solution in a bad mood and slammed it on the table.
He pulled out a chair and sat down with a swagger. When he snatched the spoon from Xia's hand, he took the rice bowl next to him, picked up the delicious dishes on the table and poured them into it, leaving no leaves behind.
He didn't care about Shi Jianxia's expression and scooped up a spoonful of rice and vegetables and put it into his mouth.
Unless necessary, he would only drink nutrient solution, but today he suffered a series of setbacks in front of No. 7, and was stripped naked. Even his space bracelet was snatched away by her. How could he swallow this?
Go drink your nutrient solution!
Shameless lunatic!
As the food entered his mouth, Number Nine paused.
He jumped up from his chair like a madman, picked up the soup that Xixi had just scooped out and put it into his mouth.
Next second.
Number Nine spat out both the soup and the rice.
Shi Jianxia immediately reached for the nutrient solution on the table and leaned back in her chair, successfully avoiding every grain of rice and drop of soup that he sprayed out.
Xixi, who was squatting on the table to scoop soup for Shi Jianxia, had not yet reacted that the soup in her hand was gone when her head was sprayed with soup and rice.
The little thing blinked its big round eyes, and after realizing what had happened to it, it instantly showed a tearful expression.
Number Nine was furious and asked Shi Jianxia, "Did you pour a packet of salt into the dish?"
Shi Jianxia blinked innocently as he sipped the nutrient solution. "If it weren't for hiding your whereabouts, would I have shut down the household robot and put it in the storage room to cook for myself?"
"It's all your fault!" she accused.
Number Nine was so angry that he fell backwards, slammed the door of the room, and went to starve.
Shi Jianxia heard the sound of the door slamming and his eyes flashed slightly.
She had originally thought that Number Nine was a cold-blooded executioner who killed countless people, but judging by his reaction after waking up, he wasn't that bad.
He has a very competitive personality. Apart from following orders, he acts spontaneously and doesn't even consider the consequences. His superiors should be able to see this. Why would they send him to arrest Wen Qiuqiu?
His position in the Red Spider Lily is more like that obtained through his outstanding mimicry talent and powerful fighting power. To the superiors, he is a sharp knife that can be used to cut through obstacles or discarded at any time.
Shi Jianxia asked Zuo Wu to deliver nutrient solution to No. 9 to prevent him from starving to death, and he returned to his room.
She gently rubbed the space bracelet on her left wrist.
One of the purposes of searching Number Nine clean was to prevent him from attacking him after he woke up, but more importantly, to prevent him from contacting Higanbana.
Shi Jianxia remembered clearly that when she and No. 9 were wandering around in the underground flower garden, she had heard him mention the word "Doctor".
Judging from Number Nine's tone at the time, she could almost guess that "Doctor" was their common superior, and the mission to capture Wen Qiuqiu was also issued by him.
Her main idea at the time was to get out of the predicament and avoid No. 9 noticing that her body had been replaced. As for what would happen next, she could only deal with it as it came.
Unexpectedly, No. 9 did not leave secretly, but had a fight with Gongye Jiwang and was seriously injured in the pursuit and blockade by the military and the Zerg Investigation Office, so he could only escape to her.
In this way, the initiative fell into her hands.
She could take this opportunity to find out more about the red spider lily and Number Seven from Number Nine.
Thinking of this, Shi Jianxia summoned Meng Ji and took out the jade plate engraved with seven words from its mouth.
The jade token is of great importance and cannot be discovered by the Zerg Investigation Department, otherwise she will be immediately captured as a member of the Higanbana. But it is not safe to carry it on her body, as it may be lost or discovered at any time.
So, Shi Jianxia tried to see if he could put the jade token into the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". He failed directly, but if he put it on the cubs, they could bring it into the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
After discovering this, she also tried to let her children bring other things back to "Classic of Mountains and Seas", but failed.
The jade pendant has become the only thing that can be brought into the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" besides the insect crystal.
Shi Jianxia was quite curious about the material of the jade pendant, but she couldn't tell and hadn't figured it out.
At this moment, she stroked the smooth jade face and her thoughts began to wander.
There are so many ways to verify identity in the world, especially in the interstellar age when technology is so advanced. Iris and DNA are both extremely safe verification methods, and there is no need to worry about whether they will be lost and cause the organization's secrets to be leaked.
However, Higanbana still uses the relatively primitive method of identity cards to classify and verify the identities of its members. Aren’t they afraid that the cards will fall into the hands of the Zerg Investigation Department and a large group of undercover agents can easily infiltrate?
Shi Jianxia felt that the ID card must have other uses besides being able to enter and exit the base of Higanbana and prove identity.
In other words, you can't pretend to be a member of Higanbana just by getting an ID card.
A safer way to verify identity than iris and genes is:
Mental power.
Shi Jianxia picked up the jade token and slowly infused his mental power into it.
With the infusion of spiritual power, the translucent and delicate jade plate lit up with a faint white light, which disappeared in a flash. If Shi Jianxia hadn't been staring at it, he really wouldn't have noticed it.
After a few seconds, as if something had established a connection with her mental power, the red spider lily pattern on the jade token seemed to be injected with life, floating above the jade token and quietly stretching its petals.
Shi Jianxia held her breath, and what happened next was exactly what she had guessed.
A white virtual screen popped up from the jade token, and the secret that Shi Jianxia had never imagined was revealed to her without warning.
She suppressed her pounding heart and glanced at the main interface of the virtual screen. There was very little content on it, only contacts, task notes and a star map.
The notes for the contact list are simple and crude.
The first is the Doctor, the second is number one, and then number thirteen in order.
Apart from this, there is no identifying information about these fourteen people.
It seems that there are twelve other Jade Card holders like her, but they don’t know that the Doctor is not only their superior, but also the head of the Higanbana organization.
Shi Jianxia exited the contact list, resisted the urge to click on the task notes, and looked at the star map first.
The star map was projected from the scarlet jade plate, like a series of beautiful movie frames. The proportionally scaled galaxies and planets were magnificent and gorgeous, and being in it seemed as if being surrounded by countless stars.
This is a map of the Federation’s territory during its heyday, it is vast and boundless.
Some of the planets in the star map are gray-black, some are bright silver, and some are crimson. The various colors are mixed together, which makes it look magnificent and a little weird.
Shi Jianxia opened the virtual model of the bright silver planet, and some small crimson dots were visible.
The gray-black planets are likely those completely occupied by the Zerg. Do the bright silver and crimson represent planets controlled by the Federation and Higanbana, respectively?
Those bright silver planets with small crimson dots are most likely planets infiltrated by red spider lilies.
Thinking of this, Xia's eyes darkened slightly.
The influence of the Red Spider Lily is too large. If they have enough resources and weapons, they can completely split the federation if they directly rebel.
If this star map were to leak out, it would definitely deal a huge blow to the red spider lily.
Members who possess the Jade Card can view such a detailed power distribution map and must be core members of the organization.
Shi Jianxia realized more clearly how high-level this traitor was.
She tried to click on the planet model to view the stronghold in more detail, but was told that she could only view the stronghold information if she was on that planet.
There are restrictions. It seems that the red spider lily does not have absolute trust in the holder of the jade card.
Come to think of it, if a core member is caught by the Zerg Investigation Department and the star map is leaked out, the foundation of Higanbana will definitely be destroyed.
So, Shi Jianxia found Nan Tengxing and discovered that the only red dot in the model had turned gray.
The location of the red dot happens to be Qingteng Town, but on the star map, the red dot is only for positioning and does not provide detailed information about the base.
If Shi Jianxia had not learned from Zhuang Mingyue that only some of the shops in Qingteng Town were related to the black market, he would probably have regarded the entire Qingteng Town as the stronghold of the red spider lily.
No wonder Number Nine came to find her. It turned out that the only Higanbana base on Nan Teng Star had been destroyed. He was seriously injured and had nowhere to go. He was staying outside alone and there was a high possibility that he would be caught.
As for the function of the star map, Shi Jianxia was ready to explore it slowly and turned his attention to the task notes.
This should be related to the mission that No. 7 is carrying out, and may even involve the secret of No. 7's amnesia.
Shi Jianxia's heart beat uncontrollably. She took a deep breath, clicked on the note, and saw four short lines of text and three pictures.
[The first star core has been collected and is waiting to be sent back]
[It is confirmed that Nanteng Military Academy has a second star core, but its location is unknown]
[The sixth star core is related to Baipu Star, mission number five fails]
The whereabouts of the remaining star cores are unknown.
The star core in the three pictures below the first line of text was the red-glowing diamond-shaped crystal that Shi Jianxia had seen in the underground research institute before.
Star core.
The diamond-shaped crystals are called star cores.
No, it should be the first star core.
Shi Jianxia's forehead was covered with sweat uncontrollably.
The mission of No. 7 is to collect something called star cores. The mission notes mention three star cores, but it is impossible to infer how many there are.
And her "Classic of Mountains and Seas" absorbed the first star core.
Is this a coincidence or was it premeditated?
What is a star core? What is its purpose? Why is Higanbana searching for a star core? Does the Zerg Investigations Office, or rather, the Federation's top brass, know about this?
Red spider lily.
Fusion school.
The first star core.
Underground research institute.
Wen Qiuqiu!
Shi Jianxia suddenly opened his eyes wide.
Could it be that the star core can enable ordinary people to awaken mimicry?
No, that's not right. Wen Qiuqiu's mimicry is very special.
Zhuang Mingyue told her that there are three ways to awaken mimicry, one of which is parasitic awakening, but no pattern has been found for this awakening method so far.
However, for those who awaken the ability of mimicry through parasitism, the mimicry they possess must be related to the Zerg being parasitized.
Wen Qiuqiu has two mimicry forms: Purple Lantern and Colorful Jade Waist.
The Purple Jade Lantern can be said to have been obtained through experiments, but what about the Colorful Jade Waist?
The Colorful Jade Waist is a Zerg. Wen Qiuqiu only has the opportunity to awaken this mimicry after being parasitized by the Colorful Jade Waist.
Shi Jianxia's chaotic thoughts finally became relatively clear.
Because her brother turned into a semi-parasite, Wen Qiuqiu volunteered to become a test subject for Higanbana. The underground research institute tried to artificially awaken her, but it has not been successful in the past two years.
It was not until No. 7 obtained the first star core and used its power on Wen Qiuqiu that she successfully integrated the power of the seven-colored jade waist and awakened her mimicry.
It was precisely because of this that the core researchers at the underground research institute classified Wen Qiuqiu's awakened mimicry as top secret and sent her to a higher-level research institute, perhaps preparing to mass-produce such experimental subjects.
Number Seven, however, had other ideas. She secretly reached a consensus with Wen Qiuqiu to let her go, but she herself didn't know why she became who she is now.
The note in the locker of the original owner's part-time dessert shop was most likely left by Number Seven, in order to remind herself what to do next after she lost her memory. However, she was also afraid that her arrangements would be discovered, so the clues she left were pitifully few.
By coincidence, she entered the underground research institute and used the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" to absorb the first star core.
Perhaps the reason why Higanbana captured Wen Qiuqiu was not only because of her awakened special mimicry, but also because they believed that she had taken away the first star core.
Her thoughts flowed smoothly, and many things that she hadn't understood before were explained.
Shi Jianxia raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. After learning that he was most likely a high-level traitor of the red spider lily, he finally felt relieved.
Star cores can upgrade "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
She wants to find the star core and devour it before the red spider lily blooms, so as to increase the potential level of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and gain more bargaining chips for herself.
Nando Military Academy has star cores.
Shi Jianxia's heart gradually calmed down and he began to think about what he should do next.
First, she had to find a way to figure out the location of the star core.
Secondly, she wanted to know what a star core was and why it was at the Nandou Military Academy, looking for its special features so as to infer the location of other star cores.
Fortunately, there are clues about the sixth star core in the mission notes of No. 7. The failure of mission No. 5 means that Higanbana has not yet obtained the sixth star core.
Shi Jianxia asked Meng Ji to take the jade token back to "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and took out the jade token number nine from the space ring on his left wrist.
I don’t know how many clues are hidden in here, but unfortunately, to open it, I need to use No. 9’s mental power, which is a dead end.
Shi Jianxia had no choice but to put the number nine jade token back into the space bracelet.
Just at this moment, Zuo Wu, who went to deliver nutrient solution to No. 9, quietly opened the door. There was a hint of hesitation on his furry little face, as if he had encountered something difficult to decide.
Shi Jianxia's eyelids twitched, and he established a connection with Zou Wu. In his memory, he saw Number Nine turning his head away and refusing to take the nutrient solution, with an expression that said, "Even if I starve to death, die outside, or jump off here, I will never drink a single sip of your nutrient solution."
Not long after, he turned his head again, took the nutrient solution and gulped it down, then wiped his mouth, stood up angrily and walked into the living room, snatching the children's children's smart bracelets with confidence -
At the same time, a message popped up in Shi Jianxia's smart brain.
Your child, Xiaohong, pre-ordered a product worth 163,512 Star Coins from the StarNet Mall. Did the payment go through?
Shi Jianxia chose no with an expressionless face.
Half a minute later, the children's smart bracelet was smashed hard against Shi Jianxia's door, along with the exasperated voice of Number Nine.
"Number Seven! Get out here!"
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