Chapter 16
Inside the room, a young man who looked to be in his twenties was lying on the bed with his eyes closed.
One of his forearms was gone, but his body was clean and it was obvious that the person who took care of him was very attentive.
As soon as they entered the house, Gao Yun immediately brought a stool for Liu Huaizhao to sit on, then carefully described the situation. "We went to fight monsters that day, but we didn't know the monsters had evolved, so we just attacked them, and then..." He paused, took a deep breath, and continued, "My brother and I both lost half an arm. I don't know what happened, but my brother lost consciousness. I and the others dragged him to the car, and he saved his life."
Liu Huaizhao asked: "Were you and your friend hurt by the same monster?"
Gao Yun recalled and said, "It seems not..."
Liu Huaizhao said he understood, then reached out to touch the man's eyebrows.
"You've given him the Golden Elixir, haven't you?"
"Yes, I fed him one right after we got in the car."
Liu Huaizhao nodded, and then golden light emerged from his fingertips, and a puff of black smoke came out of the man's mouth.
"This! What is this?!" Gao Yun looked at the black smoke in shock.
Liu Huaizhao didn't explain, but just checked the man's pulse again and said, "He's fine now. Just wait until he wakes up."
Gao Yun thanked them profusely and sent them away. Then he watched Young Master Liu, who had just looked so ethereal, grab his robe and get on the back of the bicycle.
The corners of his mouth twitched. Qin Zunyue greeted him and rode away on his bike.
Liu Huaizhao grabbed his clothes and said, "Let's go to the headquarters first. I want to find Yan Ming."
"Is it about that person just now?"
"Yes, the man we met on Fir Mountain, although he didn't have spiritual power, he could use turbid energy. I guess he might be controlled by the turbid energy entering his body like the man just now."
Qin Zunyue pedaled his bike and said after listening to him, "Then ask him if he took the golden elixir... Is it because the pure energy in the golden elixir suppressed the turbid energy that he was not controlled and was just unconscious?"
"Yes!" Liu Huaizhao nodded vigorously.
The two chatted as they walked to the headquarters office building. After carefully locking the heirloom bicycle, they went to Yan Ming's office.
Yan Ming was very busy and there were people in the office reporting on their work. They waited outside the door for a while before the person inside came out.
Before entering the room and saying anything, Liu Huaizhao quietly checked on Yan Ming. When he found that she was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Without much greeting, Qin Zunyue told Yan Ming about Liu Huaizhao's discovery today.
"That turbid air...will it only enter the human body when the person is injured?" Yan Ming asked.
"I'm afraid not." Liu Huaizhao said, "If he hadn't happened to be injured and his companions hadn't fed him the golden elixir, that foul energy would have probably taken control of him."
Looking at their serious expressions, Yan Ming knew that they were worried about the same thing.
"The man in black came to Safe City not just to test me." Liu Huaizhao sighed.
Yan Ming was a little annoyed: "What is his purpose in doing this?"
Placing an undercover agent in the safe city couldn't be for fun, most likely he wanted to use it to break through the inner defense of the safe city. After all, he didn't bring many turbid monsters with him the last time he showed up. It's probably not that he didn't want to, but that he couldn't do it.
And if there is chaos in the safe city, just taking advantage of the opportunity when the city gate is unguarded will be enough for countless evil monsters to rush into the safe city, causing the tragedy of fifteen years ago to repeat itself.
In fact, Yan Ming could figure out all these things, but he just didn't dare to think too deeply about them.
"Fortunately, he didn't know what was going on inside the safe city, so no important people were harmed." Yan Ming sighed, "But how can we tell who has turbid energy? Do we have to check everyone one by one?"
Qin Zunyue smiled and said, "Actually, we are not completely without a way to tell. Gao Yun's brother was already unconscious before he took the golden elixir."
Yan Ming understood what he meant and nodded, saying, "I understand. I'll send someone to the hospital to get a list of the people who have been unconscious in the past few days."
"Find someone to go with me," Liu Huaizhao said, "We need to make sure that no one involved in this matter is controlled by the turbid energy."
So Yan Ming called her guard Xiao Chen, and after Liu Huaizhao checked that the man was fine, he took them to the hospital.
The hospital reviewed the medical records from a few days after the men in black entered the safe city. Many people were injured that day, and many fell into coma due to excessive blood loss. So they decided to check those who were not injured but were still unconscious first.
These people basically did not stay unconscious for too long, and there were not many of them. Moreover, the doctors and nurses in the hospital were all busy during those days, so no one noticed anything was wrong.
Based on the registered address, they went to a nearby house. In order not to alert the enemy, Liu Huaizhao used a sleight of hand to disguise himself as another guard beside Yan Ming. He and Xiao Chen met the man who had been hospitalized due to coma on the pretext of official business.
Xiao Chen was an excellent storyteller, making it seem as if it was just a simple visit, while Liu Huaizhao pretended to take notes, but actually used his spiritual power to investigate everyone.
Qin Zunyue was waiting outside, and the two came out after more than ten minutes.
After walking away, Liu Huaizhao put away his sleight of hand and looked a little solemn. Qin Zunyue and Xiao Chen immediately understood what was going on.
Unexpectedly, problems arose in the first household we investigated.
Xiao Chen smiled bitterly and said, "I'm going back to report on my work. Do you want to come with me?"
"Let's go together." Qin Zunyue glanced at Liu Huaizhao.
Liu Huaizhao also nodded and said, "Let's discuss what to do next."
However, no conclusion was reached in the end. Yan Ming first called in those senior executives who had participated in important meetings with other excuses. Liu Huaizhao secretly investigated nearby and fortunately did not detect any foul air.
"If you eliminate the foul air directly, will they be able to sense it?"
"Yes." Liu Huaizhao said: "The man in black was controlled by the heavy turbid energy. Now these turbid energy can be understood as its fragments. We can definitely sense it."
Qin Zunyue said: "But fortunately, the information about the formation has not been leaked."
It's a blessing in disguise.
"Can you take me to see Dean Xu?" Liu Huaizhao said.
"You want to..."
"Since the research institute can make a smoke gun, maybe they can also make something to eliminate the foul air in the body."
"good."
This time, Yan Ming also went to the research institute with them.
Dean Xu had been staying in the closed laboratory that day, so naturally nothing happened. So Yan Ming simply told him what happened.
Dean Xu thought for a while and said, "You can get a vaccine."
This is indeed a good idea.
If turbid air is regarded as a virus, then vaccination is the most appropriate method. Vaccination can quickly remove the turbid air in the body without any side effects.
More importantly, there are not many residents in the safe city now, and if the speed is fast, two days will be enough to complete the vaccination.
The prerequisite is that the research institute must develop such a vaccine.
"We still need Mr. Liu's cooperation to allow us to draw blood."
Liu Huaizhao nodded. He never cared about these things.
Then, Liu Huaizhao said to Yan Ming, "The formation must be kept secret. Before the turbid qi in those people's bodies is eliminated, the formation must not be leaked."
Yan Ming said, "I understand."
However, the matter of the formation must also be put on the agenda. After they discussed it, Liu Huaizhao came to the research institute every day to add fresh air to the black pill, and drew the formation when the vaccine was developed. The formation would be activated immediately after the vaccine was injected.
When he returned home, the sun was about to set. When Qin Zunyue opened the door, he was startled by A Jin who floated in front of him.
It's over.
He looked at Liu Huaizhao for help, but Liu Huaizhao didn't even look at him and pretended not to see anything before walking into the house.
Qin Zunyue resigned himself to his fate and carried A Jin onto the bicycle. "Hold on to my clothes, don't fall off, and don't float on the road, understand?"
A Jin said, "Let's go."
The bicycle was overloaded today, and Qin Zunyue was worried that it would fall apart while riding it, but Ajin seemed to like it very much. When she reached the slide, she still didn't get off, but just reached out and grabbed Qin Zunyue's clothes again.
So Qin Zunyue had no choice but to get on the car again and take Ajin for a ride in circles.
After the moon had hung high above the branches for a long time and there were few pedestrians on the road, Ah Jin sparingly uttered a single word: "Go back."
Fortunately, Qin Zunyue was in good physical condition and did not feel tired after riding the bicycle all night. He brought Ajin back home safely.
Everyone else had finished their meal and was chatting in the yard. After Qin Zunyue opened the door, everyone looked at him with sympathy.
Liu Huaizhao felt guilty and for the first time took the initiative to serve Qin Zunyue a bowl of rice.
"Thank you." Qin Zunyue picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into the bowl, then began to eat it voraciously.
Liu Huaizhao did not hide what happened today from others. After just a few months of getting along, Liu Huaizhao had already trusted them very much. The most important thing was that with Liu Huaizhao around, it was impossible for the foul air to enter their bodies without anyone noticing.
Tong Le folded his hands behind his head and said, "Then that person must have known about the existence of the smoke gun. He won't create any other monsters."
"That's inevitable," Liu Huaizhao said, "but the formation isn't aimed at the turbid monster. It can hide the entire safe city. So as long as the formation is completed, even if he creates other monsters, there's nothing to fear."
"That's good." Tong Le breathed a sigh of relief. "Once the formation is complete, we'll go kill him. I've had enough of this frustrating life."
Qiao Lang nodded in agreement: "When I catch him, I will cut him into pieces!"
Although the road ahead was still unknown, Liu Huaizhao discovered that the two men did not look afraid at all, and even revealed a hint of excitement.
In the evening, he asked Qin Zunyue, and Qin Zunyue told him: "The second-year syndrome has come back."
After Liu Huaizhao understood the meaning of Chuunibyou, he said, "You don't seem afraid either. Do you have Chuunibyou too?"
Qin Zunyue laughed again.
Liu Huaizhao discovered that Qin Zunyue really liked to laugh. Although he looked very fierce and ferocious when he was serious, he looked like a butcher who used to slaughter pigs at the foot of the mountain.
But he has a very good temper and is always smiling. Every time he smiles, people will notice his appearance which is usually ignored because he looks too fierce - he is very strong and handsome, making people unconsciously focus their eyes on him.
Just like Liu Huaizhao now.
It wasn't until Qin Zunyue spoke again that Liu Huaizhao's attention was regained.
"What did you just say?" Liu Huaizhao asked.
"I'll tell you." Qin Zunyue was still smiling, "Actually, I'm scared."
He looked at Liu Huaizhao seriously, his eyes were very focused and his tone was soft.
"What are you afraid of?" Liu Huaizhao also looked into his eyes, and his tone unconsciously softened.
"Well... I'm a little scared of death."
Liu Huaizhao didn't expect that this was what he was afraid of. After all, Qin Zunyue was always the one walking in front, and he was always the first to rush forward when something went wrong.
Such a person would actually tell himself that he is afraid of death.
For some reason, Liu Huaizhao's heart skipped a beat.
So he looked into Qin Zunyue's eyes and said softly, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
"Yeah." Qin Zunyue wanted to touch his hair, but held back, "You have to protect me."
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