Chapter 120 Addiction
After much hesitation, Olev finally told Li Haisha what he had not said before when the race was nearing its end.
"Didn't I go to Skynet's medical center that day to sample the nutrient solution? I was passing by the storage room where they keep the Silak Condensate, which students use for emergency use during competitions, and I smelled something strange," Olef said hesitantly. "You know, I've had a sensitive nose since I was a kid. I'm very, very sensitive to specific smells..."
He hesitated a bit, dragging Li Haisha out of the arena to say this. Olev glanced around to make sure no one was around before continuing, "Didn't I previously lead a team of second- and third-year students in a special training session organized by the military? Their training location was Mulan Frontier-V. During that time, Ares asked me to help them test something."
"At that time, a group of interstellar pirates had just been wiped out. There were several children on the ship who were captured from a border planet and wanted to be sold as slaves. One of the children came back with a fruit on his body." Olev recalled the scene at that time.
Ares's men frightened him and dragged him into a white house where one of them was questioning the child.
Olev vaguely overheard the child say that the space pirate had captured him on a previous visit and kept him as a slave. The night before this raid, the pirate leader, drunk, pulled a blue fruit with dense black and white spots from his pocket, claiming he'd be rich if he completed this deal. He took one more fruit than the owner had requested, saying he wanted to taste it.
The child stole the fruit while he was drunk, and lied to him the next day that he had eaten it himself. When Xu Chengbi's troops wiped them out, the child returned to the empire. He wanted to try to make a fortune with this thing, so he listed the thing at an auction house on the border planet, and that's how Ares's people came.
The people of Ares called Oleff to come so that he could see what was wrong with the fruit.
Olev had never seen this kind of fruit before, he just thought it had a strange smell. He compared all the existing plant and fruit species in the empire but could not find any that were similar to it.
Finally, Ares's men let him go and told him to keep his mouth shut about what happened today, otherwise he would bear the consequences.
Of course, Olev didn't dare to disobey, and he had to pretend to be very happy and nothing unusual, for fear that Ares's people were still monitoring him.
"The strange smell I smelled at the Skynet Medical Center is consistent with this fruit." Olev said this to Li Haisha with all his courage, because he subconsciously felt that this was not a good thing, and its appearance among those condensed objects meant that it would have some adverse effects on his students.
Although Olev is a timid person who likes to eat, drink and have fun, he will never dare to neglect anything that concerns his students.
Li Haisha's expression grew increasingly grim as Orev continued his narration. After he finished, she slowly spoke, "The fruit you're talking about is most likely the Federation's Blue Crow Fruit, which is only produced on a planet in the Federation's B region. It's nothing special on its own, but you said you smelled it in the area where the students stored the Xilek Condensate..."
She shook her head. "The Xilek Condensate was jointly developed by the Imperial Physician and Skynet. Official research and development began only after the two Skynet staff members involved had become Imperial citizens. The first version of the Xilek Condensate was quickly developed, but its efficacy didn't meet our expectations, so it was set aside. One of the staff members secretly used it for various experiments. When he tried blue jay fruit powder and the first version of the Xilek Condensate, he discovered that it was highly addictive. The Imperial Physician quickly identified him, but by then he had already passed some of the information to the Federation. In the end, the Imperial Physician handed him over to Ares for disposal, and Skynet compensated the Imperial Physician with a large sum of money and promised not to assign any personnel to interfere with the research. Only then was the Xilek Condensate development allowed to continue until now, with the final version of the Xilek Condensate, which has no side effects and is no longer addictive with blue jay fruit."
The more Olev listened, the more frightened he became. The word "addictive" made his hands and feet turn cold. Only then did he realize how serious the matter he was involved in was.
"The Federation has always wanted the method for making Xilek Condensate, but it's useless because the raw material for Xilek Condensate is also a plant species unique to a planet in our Empire's Second System. It is now under strict military control. The Xilek Condensate provided by Skynet is actually given to them after we produce it." Li Haisha said coldly, "This means we have a spy in our midst. There may also be problems with Skynet's staff. Honestly, we're lucky to have you."
Only people with extremely sensitive sense of smell can detect the smell of blue jay fruit. If it weren't for Orev, they might have really been in trouble.
"We need to confirm now whether this time they are targeting all students, our Moxie students, or a specific student."
Li Haisha brought Olev to Skynet's medical center to request a test on the emergency backup Xilek condensate. The staff quickly agreed. This time, Olev was able to smell it carefully, and finally he stopped in front of Xu Lingqu's portion.
The two looked at each other, and Li Haisha picked it up and took a look. Only Xu Lingqu's was the first edition with the taste of blue crow fruit. They then checked every student of Moye, and all of them were normal, only Xu Lingqu's had a problem.
Li Haisha and Olev couldn't be more depressed. They thought of calling the police immediately, but the matter Olev mentioned involved many things, and even Ares was involved in the investigation. Simply calling the police would not solve anything.
"The Xilek Condensate is used to heal physical injuries, and Skynet's emergency backup was to prevent injuries from student fights. How could they be so sure Xu Lingqu was injured on the field? Could there be a traitor among the students? And a plan to injure Xu Lingqu on the spot?" Li Haisha became more and more frightened the more she thought about it. "Who on earth... would do this to her?"
When the two of them returned, they found out that Xu Lingqu was lying in the infirmary. They were shocked, fearing that something had happened to Xu Lingqu and that someone had harmed him. After returning, they found that Xu Lingqu was just asleep, and that Shen Shouli was guarding the door. Only then did they feel relieved.
After briefly asking Shen Shouli, he learned that he was afraid that someone coming in and out would make too much noise and disturb Xu Lingqu, so he was guarding there like the medical robot newly introduced by Li Haisha. Fortunately, no one came today, and after the two of them arrived, Shen Shouli left.
This matter must be told to Xu Lingqu himself first, and under safe circumstances, which is why the two of them behaved abnormally after Xu Lingqu woke up.
Xu Lingqu looked up at the two people and said, "If the smell of the blue crow fruit you are referring to is the strange smell that you all have now, I have smelled it on one of you."
Both of them had come into contact with the unusual Xilek condensate, and the common strange taste could only be that of blue jay fruit.
"Yuheng Military Base, Xu Chengbi."
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