Chapter 120 Shi Yan wakes up
The two of them didn't have much time to be intimate, as Qu Yanbai had to go out on a mission. He straightened Manman's messed up hair, looked back at her a few times, and finally ran to her, "Manman, you must wait for me to come back!"
"Yeah." In fact, Manman just wanted to shout in her heart, "Don't go, stay with me," but she couldn't be so selfish.
Looking at his receding back, she felt conflicted and reluctant, and had a vague sense of foreboding.
Qu Yanbai's mission this time is to go on an adventure to a mine with a team of superpowers. Not only is there a rare mineral there, but a meteorite also seems to have been discovered.
Therefore, the top management attached great importance to this matter and sent two teams with special abilities to go there, but this also meant that it would be very dangerous. Qu Yanbai had already been prepared in his heart, but he believed in his own strength.
It was a good thing that Manman didn't go with them, otherwise he would have been really scared.
The equipment distributed to them this time was also very complete, including weapons and helicopters, but for some reason he couldn't calm down and could only pray that the mission could be completed successfully.
There were a total of more than a dozen psychics in their two teams. After arriving at the destination mine in half a day, they split into two teams to search for ores and meteorites respectively.
When Qu Yanbai thought of this abandoned mine, he felt depressed.
This mine was once a mine rich in resources more than ten years ago. The miners supported their families with the hard-earned money working here.
The miners were paid very high wages, which meant it was very dangerous to go down there. After the last mining operation, a huge accident occurred and more than 20 miners were buried alive under the mine and could not be rescued.
In order to save compensation, the black-hearted boss concealed the incident, which resulted in the death of more than 20 miners in the mine. When they came to rescue them, it was ten days later. Most of them had starved to death, and the remaining survivors were dying. After being rescued from the mine, they all seemed to be insane and crazy. The mine was closed down.
Qu Yanbai took a deep breath and felt the cold air entering his lungs, making him want to cough. Everything here was covered with thick snow, and it was impossible to tell its original appearance, which gave people a feeling of depression.
Qu Yanbai led the team members on the mission of searching for rare minerals. "Let's go! The sooner we complete the task, the sooner we can go back!" After all, there are people that everyone cares about in the base.
"Then let's get going!"
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After seeing Qu Yanbai off, Manman felt a little absent-minded. This mission was so difficult, no matter whether it could be completed or not, she just hoped that he could come back safely.
Back at the apartment, Grandma Qu obviously didn't know the news. It seemed that Qu Yanbai didn't want her to worry, so Manman could only casually explain to Grandma Qu: "Yanbai is out on a mission. He won't be back for a few days. It's just a small mission."
"Then I'll have to trouble you to take care of our whole family."
"Grandma Qu, what are you talking about? We are a family."
"Yes, you are almost going to be my granddaughter-in-law, but it's unfair to our Manman. Now we can say that we have nothing, and this is not our home..." Thinking of this, Grandma Qu began to sigh again. The older generation always has a special feeling for their hometown, and they believe in returning to their roots. "It's such a pity. If Yan Bai's parents knew that he had such a beautiful daughter-in-law, they would definitely be very happy."
"Grandma, the most important thing is for us to live well in the present." She comforted him softly.
"I'm very happy to have you here. Come and have dinner. I just cooked and am waiting for you to come back to eat. Why, Xiao Qin hasn't come back yet?"
"I should be back soon..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Muxue came back exhausted. Manman had always been curious about what Qin Muxue was busy with recently. It was right next to her, separated by a wall, but the laboratory on the other side was very mysterious.
Qin Muxue didn't dare to reveal more about those things. "I'm just helping Professor Sheng. It's not very busy and it's quite easy."
Looking at the delicious food on the table, she couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks. Today she was eating braised prawns. The prawns were the ones she had placed in the space before, and they were still alive and kicking when she took them out in the morning. There was also fried squid, fried bacon with garlic, and the soup was dumpling soup.
Youyou was reciting the poems she had learned at school today, and Taotao was reciting along with her. Manman was smiling and said, "Okay, wash your hands and come to eat! Otherwise the food will get cold soon."
After eating and drinking, the radio in her bag rang again. Qin Muxue picked up the radio reluctantly. It was Sheng Xingyuan's anxious voice, "Come here quickly, there is a major discovery."
"Okay, okay, I'll be there right away." In fact, she was already cursing this guy in her heart. She was called to work overtime before she even had time to sit down.
"Xiaoxue, are you still going to Professor Sheng's place?"
"Yeah, there's nothing I can do." She smiled bitterly. Now she seemed to have become a worker.
Manman handed her a thermos box and said, "I wonder if Professor Sheng has time to eat since he is so busy. I have packed some food for him. You can take it to him!"
"No need..." Looking at Manman's gentle eyes, Qin Muxue didn't say anything to refuse, "Okay, okay, I'll take it over."
There were a lot of delicious snacks in that guy's laboratory, so there was no need to worry about him starving to death. As the radio's urging voice sounded again, Qin Muxue had to hurry to the laboratory with her lunch box.
"Professor Sheng, what have you discovered?"
Qin Muxue looked helpless and put the lunch box on the table in the laboratory. "I brought this for you. Eat it first and then talk!"
"You brought it for me?" Sheng Xingyuan curiously opened the lunch box and saw the home-cooked dishes and a bowl of yellow, mushy soup. "What is this?"
"This is dumpling soup. Haven't you tried it? It's made with tomatoes, eggs, and other vegetables, plus flour. It's a unique soup in the north, and it tastes delicious."
Sheng Xingyuan shook his head. He had only eaten home-cooked meals a few times in his life. "This is obviously Grandma Qu's cooking. It smells delicious."
"Since you haven't eaten yet, they asked me to bring some. Eat it while it's hot."
Sheng Xingyuan took a sip of the dumpling soup, which had a strong tomato flavor. It tasted a bit like tomato soup, but it also contained something like dumplings. No wonder it was called dumpling soup, it was sour and sweet and very appetizing.
He didn't hesitate to eat all the rice and food he brought. "It tastes good. Thank Grandma Qu for me."
"You're welcome. By the way, you asked me to come over at night. Is there something important?"
When Sheng Xingyuan mentioned this, he showed an excited expression on his face, "Of course, I have made a major discovery. I found a special substance in your blood sample."
Qin Muxue asked doubtfully: "What is it?"
She had done blood tests before, but didn't find anything abnormal. But when she came to Sheng Xingyuan, he easily found out the difference.
"It is a protein carrier that is not carried by ordinary people or naturally evolved superpowers. Because it is newly discovered, it has not yet been named." (The author is also talking nonsense, don't bring in any medical knowledge, this is not scientific)
"So what is the function of this carrier?"
"It can unlock the potential of the human body and produce unexpected effects, but the content in your blood is still relatively low. If you want to stimulate a person's superpowers, you need a lot of such carriers. Maybe the blood in your body is not enough. But for research, a few jars of blood are enough." Sheng Xingyuan explained seriously.
Qin Muxue nodded thoughtfully, "Did you ask me to come here just to tell me this?"
"This is already a very important discovery. If your secret is discovered, you will probably become a national treasure like the panda. Many people will want to capture you and do research on you. If you are discovered by foreign researchers... So your secret must not be leaked now. I will send a few bodyguards to protect you."
"It's up to you. Just don't affect my daily life." Qin Muxue didn't mind someone protecting her. "One thing is, they will never spy on the privacy of my life."
"Do you still have any privacy in your life? Isn't it just a straight line?"
"You sent someone to follow me?" Qin Muxue seemed to realize something. Even though she lived a revolving life, she had never revealed what her life was like to anyone else.
Sheng Xingyuan smiled awkwardly, "I hope you don't mind. I just wanted to observe your living conditions. Now it seems that you are no different from ordinary people."
Qin Muxue sighed. The contract between the two of them stated some conditions. Since the other party had complied with her conditions, she had to fulfill her obligations. Although she felt a little uncomfortable, she still endured it. At least for the time being, it was not appropriate for her to fall out with this guy.
"There are subtle differences between your protein carrier and the one in the body of a naturally evolved mutant. Oh, I remembered that if I use your protein carrier and fuse it into the body of Subject X, I don't know what will happen." An excited look suddenly appeared on his face. "Sorry, I may have to draw some more of your blood."
Qin Muxue stretched out her arm, Sheng Xingyuan drew a tube of blood, and plunged into the experimental instruments.
"I hope to see the effects." Sheng Xingyuan looked at Subject X expectantly.
At midnight, the entire laboratory was silent, except for the occasional flickering flashlight from the staff on duty. Suddenly, the glass of the laboratory's culture pool shattered, making a loud noise...
When the staff on duty came, he discovered a black figure. Before he could call anyone over, he began to feel dizzy and then fell to the ground.
When Qin Muxue woke up early in the morning, she felt a strange atmosphere, as if the entire base was in a state of strict alert, with soldiers coming and going with solemn faces. Especially the closer she got to the laboratory, the more soldiers she found at the door.
She curiously asked a soldier, "What happened here?"
"This is confidential and cannot be disclosed at will. I'm sorry, I can't answer that."
Qin Muxue could only come to the door of the laboratory, only to see Sheng Xingyuan looking at the direction of the laboratory with a solemn expression. When he saw her coming, he pulled her aside and said, "It seems that your blood really has an effect. X woke up last night and is now missing."
"What?" Qin Muxue was shocked. Shi Yan actually woke up. She was a little excited for a moment. Even though she knew that this Shi Yan was not the one she had been thinking about, "Did you catch him?"
"You've also read the information. He's very powerful. How could he be easily caught by others?" Sheng Xingyuan said thankfully, "Fortunately, the laboratory did not suffer a major loss, and there were no casualties. It's just that the experimental subject escaped. I am more or less responsible. And he is very dangerous, so the base has activated the highest alert. If necessary, if he hurts someone, we can kill him on the spot."
"Can't!"
"Why are you so nervous?"
"No, I just think how can such an important experimental subject be destroyed?"
"I think so too. This is only possible if we find him first."
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After a day of searching, Qin Muxue was exhausted and it was already dark. Fortunately, there were no attacks in the residential area. The only thing that could be confirmed now was that he had not left here. Qin Muxue returned to the apartment.
At this moment she sensed a strange atmosphere in the room. She remembered that the water cups were not placed like this before she left, and some small broken glass could be found on the carpet. She immediately shouted vigilantly: "Who is it? If you don't want to die, come out. Otherwise, don't blame me for being cruel." Her mental strength was already surging in her body, waiting to attack as soon as she spotted that person.
A black shadow quickly swayed from in front of her eyes. Qin Muxue's ice had been released. After seeing who it was, she was slightly surprised, but she couldn't stop the attack because she was injured. Fortunately, the other party dodged it.
Qin Muxue shouted in surprise: "Shi Yan!"
Shi Yan hesitated for a moment, but did not stop his attack.
After all, they are not the same person. Qin Muxue also understands that the Shi Yan in front of her is the Shi Yan who wants to kill her, not the one who likes her.
Suddenly, Shi Yan squatted down, holding his head, his expression twisted in pain, "Who are you? Why do I feel like you look familiar? Why can't I remember anything at all?"
Qin Muxue seized the opportunity, knocked him out and dragged him onto the bed. If he hadn't suddenly fallen ill, she probably wouldn't have had the chance to knock him out.
Looking at Shi Yan's familiar face, she felt very sorry, "It would be great if you were that Shi Yan."
That was the person she had been thinking about day and night. Even though their faces looked exactly the same, one wanted to kill her while the other protected her. Their personalities must be different. And the one she liked was Shi Yan, who protected her wholeheartedly.
"Keeping you here can at least give Shi Yan one more chance, so I won't let you die for the time being." With trembling hands, Mi touched the familiar face, which slightly eased her lovesickness. The scene brought back memories of every moment she had spent with Shi Yan.
The subject opened his eyes in a trance, looking at the girl sitting in front of him. Tears fell on his cheeks. He touched it with his fingers and put it in his mouth. "It's salty."
"You, you are... you are Qin Muxue, why are you here?"
Qin Muxue quickly wiped the tears from her face and asked in surprise: "Do you know me?"
"Of course I know you, Xiaoxue, aren't we classmates? But where is this place and why am I here?" Shi Yan looked around. To him, this was a strange place.
Qin Muxue had doubts in her heart, but looking at his eyes, it didn't seem like he was pretending, "Do you remember what happened to you?"
"Am I in a mental hospital?" He suddenly became excited. "I'm not mentally ill. I don't have schizophrenia. Xiaoxue, are you here to see me? I really don't have a mental illness." He shouted excitedly. Qin Muxue already knew what condition he was in.
She held his hand and looked into his frightened eyes, "Listen, Shi Yan, this is not a mental hospital, and no one can hurt you."
Because of the long-term coma, Shi Yan's body is now skinny and his emotions are not very stable. Qin Muxue can only find a way to calm him down first. Judging from his current condition, his memory should be a little confused.
"Xiaoxue." The look in his eyes when he looked at her was still clear. Qin Muxue could see that he would not hurt her for the time being.
She gently stroked his back, "Don't get excited, this is where I live. Do you only remember that you are in a mental hospital now?"
"Is this where you live?" He looked at the dark little room. "Xiaoxue, why are you living here?"
"Many years have passed now. We are no longer in school and no one can hurt you. We are now at the base in White Tiger City. Do you remember what happened after you left the mental hospital?" She comforted him softly.
Shi Yan shook his head in confusion, "My head hurts so much, I can't remember anything."
Qin Muxue poured him a glass of water and said, "Drink some first and calm down. There is no one else here, only the two of us. I won't hurt you."
Shi Yan stared at the gentle Qin Muxue in a daze. Her unmade-up face had lost its original childishness and appeared very gentle under the dim light. "Xiaoxue, you seem to have changed. Why are you so nice to me?" He seemed a little flattered.
"Have I treated you badly before?"
"I... I didn't mean that. It's just that you don't wear makeup anymore, and, you, don't you like Yan Xu? Why, why are you so gentle to me?" His face flushed red and he hesitated to express his doubts.
His memory still stayed at the time when his biological mother and stepfather were sent to the mental hospital. No matter how he argued, this group of people always didn't believe him.
His memory would always be fragmented, and after that, some strange things would happen, and he couldn't explain the reasons. After being sent to the mental hospital, everything here made him feel terrified. The mental hospital was more terrible than the abuse by his stepfather, and it was more of a mental torture. Moreover, his studies were not completed yet. Fortunately, he could still see Xiaoxue now...
"What year and month is it now?" he asked excitedly.
“It’s January 2025.”
Shi Yan's pupils suddenly dilated, "2025? Obviously, it's still 2021..." His head started to hurt again, as if he couldn't remember many things, but once he tried to recall them, the pain became intense, not only his head hurt, even his body was in severe pain.
There were still needles left on his body from being trapped in the culture medium. Because he had not eaten for a long time, he was now extremely skinny, and there was a long scar on his chest, like a centipede.
"I was hurt?"
Qin Muxue was not clear about this. It should be the scar left when she was almost killed by another Shi Yan. It seemed that he was ruthless to her.
"Well, something unexpected happened, so you lost your memory, but you're awake now."
Shi Yan stretched out his hand. His fingers were slender, his skin was pale and almost transparent, and even his hair reached his shoulders. He probably hadn't had a haircut for a long time. He remembered that when he was in the mental hospital, he was indeed not in this state now, so everything Qin Muxue said might be true. Now it really is 2025.
"So much time has passed." Shi Yan struggled to stand up.
Qin Muxue didn't know how he dragged such a skinny body here and even managed to evade the soldiers' pursuit. Now he seems harmless, but what if he is pretending?
Thinking of this, she felt a little conflicted. When she looked at Shi Yan's innocent eyes, she smiled and asked, "Are you feeling hungry?"
“It seems to be a little bit.”
Qin Muxue cooked a light vegetable porridge. He hadn't eaten for a long time and could only eat some light liquid food at first.
Looking at Qin Muxue feeding him the gentle vegetable porridge, Shi Yan was still a little unbelievable, "Xiaoxue, you...feed me?"
"Well, drink it. Don't worry, it's not poisoned."
"I... I didn't mean that." He was so aggrieved that he was about to cry, which made Qin Muxue suddenly think of the eighteen-year-old Shi Yan.
"I was just kidding, try it and see how it tastes."
After eating a bowl of porridge, I immediately felt warm all over. "Thank you, Xiaoxue, the porridge is delicious. I can't remember many things. Can you tell me where we are now? What happened in these years?"
Qin Muxue told him roughly what had happened. Of course, she concealed the things about Shi Yan in another time and space. She just said that he had lost his memory and forgot some things. They met accidentally and are now friends and teammates.
Shi Yan listened carefully to everything she said, with a relieved expression on his face, "That's great, Xiaoxue, I had a dream, and it seemed that I did something that hurt you, but now that I wake up, we are still friends, it's really great."
The happiest thing is that Xiaoxue is by his side.
Thinking of this, he felt that his long-silent heart beat even faster.
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