Chapter 086 Sorry, I'm late
[Jifeng had been inside Blue Silver Manor. Last time, when I opened the passage to collect the Man-Eating Plant and the male Iron-Eating Ant into the manor, he ran out.]
Xiao A's voice sounded apologetic, but Jiang He's focus was different. She stared at Ji Feng in front of her and asked Xiao A in her mind, "Does Ji Feng really exist?"
Xiao A had once explained to her the operating principles of Blue Silver Manor. Everything she and everyone else experienced in Blue Silver Manor was simulated by the system based on data captured from past events in the real world.
So much so that Jiang He always thought that Ji Feng and other creatures in the simulated environment were virtual existences.
She even thought about bringing Jifeng out of the Blue Silver Manor and giving him to Lan Hu under some pretext. Oh well, she was overthinking it. Jifeng was actually Lan Hu's biological child...
From Jiang He's surprised tone, Little A guessed why she asked this.
[The Gale isn't simulated data; it truly exists. As a bug egg, it has been living within Blue Tiger's body. When Blue Tiger attempted to leave Planet A62, his spaceship exploded, and the bug egg hatched just as he was dying. It was the Zerg's powerful healing abilities that saved his life. Blue Tiger's arrival at Blue Silver Manor to reunite with the Queen must have been because the bug egg sensed the Blue Silver Manor's suitable environment for its development.]
Although Xiao A's analysis was very straightforward, Jiang He was still frightened.
"How could a tiny Zerg egg be so powerful?"
[Jifeng is different from ordinary insect eggs. It is the king of the Zerg race and is born as a higher life form.]
Higher life forms...
As expected, the distance between humans and insects is determined from birth.
Although Jiang He was confused when he heard it, he was sure of one thing: Ji Feng was not a virtual being. The child probably ran out to find his mother, but he didn't find his mother and ended up in prison.
She comforted Ji Feng who was squatting in the darkness: "Wait, I will rescue you."
Ji Feng's blue eyes were exceptionally clear in the darkness, like two sapphires emitting a faint glow in the darkness.
There was no emotion in its eyes, neither joy nor anger, and it didn't react at all to Jiang He's words.
Whenever it saw Jiang He in private before, it would treat him as a competitor and would grit its teeth and make aggressive moves. Now, this dull look made Jiang He feel extremely uncomfortable.
Jiang He punched the glass wall.
Fortunately, I had never taken off my insulating clothes.
But to her surprise, the glass walls in Mr. Chen's laboratory were exceptionally thick.
No matter how hard she punched, the glass didn't move at all, not even a crack.
Ji Feng's dull expression finally changed.
It looked at Jiang He as if he were an idiot.
A look of "What is this idiot doing?"
Jiang He smashed the door a few more times. After confirming that he couldn't break it open, he didn't waste any more time and said to Ji Feng, "Just bear with me for a while. I'll find something to smash the door with."
Ji Feng slowly retreated into the darkness, putting some distance between himself and Jiang He.
"Sister, go ahead." It made a low humming sound in its throat, "Go save Mama, take Mama away from this place, Mama will be yours from now on."
At the end of the words, the tone was resentful and angry, as if saying: Mommy is yours alone, are you going to die of happiness?
Jiang He didn't expect that the language conversion function would also work on Ji Feng.
He didn't expect that his guess was so accurate. Ji Feng really treated Lan Hu as his mother and treated her as an annoying sister who was competing for his mother's love.
Jiang He was demoted to a lower generation for no reason and was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"I'm not your sister. You should call me aunt." Jiang He said to Ji Feng seriously, "You should save your own mother yourself. I only save my cute and beautiful little niece. I don't care about her mother."
Hayate: ???
What is an aunt?
What is a niece?
What is my niece's mother?
What a mess!
My sister's brain has really reached a new level of stupidity.
With a sister like this, I don’t feel comfortable leaving my mother in her care.
Mr. Chen's laboratory is more complicated than other researchers' laboratories. Jiang He turned around and grabbed another security guard and threw it against the glass wall.
Little A said, "Your Majesty, there is a more dangerous way to open the glass door."
Jiang He: "Speak."
This dangerous method is that Jiang He places his palm on the electronic screen on the glass door, and Xiao A uses this opportunity to invade the electronic lock system and unlock it.
But before I unlock it, you will be hit by an electric shock.
The duration of being struck by electric current is at least ten seconds. Previously, the security guard and the deformed creature fell to the ground with their eyes rolled back due to the strong electric current, which lasted less than three seconds when they touched the glass wall.
Staying awake while being electrocuted for ten seconds is difficult for a normal person to do. This is why Xiao A has only just revealed this method.
Jiang He: "How confident are you that you can hack into the door lock system?"
Ninety percent
The remaining 10% was due to Jiang He being unable to withstand the current and being electrocuted the moment he touched it. In other words, as long as Jiang He could withstand the electric shock for ten seconds, Xiao A would have a 100% chance of hacking into the door lock system.
Jiang He took off his insulating suit.
She stared at the wary and puzzled wind in the darkness, raised her lips and smiled at it, "Call me auntie when you come out. You are your mother's only child, the one and only."
After she finished speaking, she punched the screen hard.
Arcs of light instantly shot out from all directions on the glass wall, rushing towards Jiang He as if they had consciousness.
The gust of wind in the darkness suddenly rushed forward and roared at Jiang He.
The Zerg's sonic boom is different from that of humans. It looks extremely angry, but the sound it roars out is just a low "buzzing" sound.
This idiot! I am so mad at you!!
Jiang He's brain collapsed at this moment, and all his consciousness was turned into ashes by the electric shock.
The brief ten seconds felt like a lifetime, countless images flashing through his mind until Little A said: [Security system hacked successfully, door unlocked, Queen, are you alright?]
At the moment of successful intrusion, Xiao A immediately turned off the current, but Jiang He was already charred all over by the electric shock and was smoking.
She fell to the ground, her body shaking uncontrollably.
In the hazy vision, Ji Feng was still standing in the dark glass house.
It seemed to have become accustomed to such darkness and hesitated to step out to bathe in the light.
Jiang He opened his mouth and exhaled a puff of black smoke. Enduring the severe pain all over his body, he slowly stood up by holding the glass door.
She waved to Ji Feng in the glass room: "Good niece, come out and go find your mother quickly."
These words made Ji Feng move. He was very tempted by the suggestion, but after taking a few steps forward, he stopped. Jiang He coughed. Ji Feng's timid change struck her as odd, but she didn't think much of it at the time. Time was limited, so she continued, "If you don't save your mother now, she'll be transformed into a monster. Don't hesitate..."
As she spoke, Ji Feng slowly walked out of the darkness.
It was not until it stepped out of the glass door that Jiang He looked at its lower body and finally understood why Ji Feng was hiding in the darkness and unwilling to step out of the glass door.
Her gaze froze Ji Feng, and its head hit Jiang He's chest. It pushed Jiang He away and rushed out quickly.
Jiang He hurriedly got up and chased it.
The lower half of Jifeng's body was not two human-like legs, nor was it the multi-segmented sickle limbs of the Zerg. It was cut off completely below the waist and abdomen, and two colorful fish tails were connected to it. The forelimbs of its upper body were also cut off.
As a Zerg, Gale has many limbs, but now all of its limbs have been cut off, like a wooden stick with its branches cut off.
The scales on the fish's tail reflect a radiant glow under the light.
Such dazzling colors are extremely eye-catching to the Zerg aesthetic, which only likes dull colors.
Ji Feng had not yet adapted to the two fish tails. It tried hard to escape forward, wanting to get away from Jiang He and the dazzling lights, but it was soon caught up by Jiang He.
It turned its head and bared its teeth at Jiang He, making sharp cries of anger.
Jiang He picked it up horizontally.
Faced with the roaring threat of the wind, she did not dodge, allowing its sharp teeth to bite into her shoulder.
She placed one hand on Jifeng's head, pressing it tightly against her shoulder, letting its teeth dig into her flesh.
The sharp force of the wind was soon defeated. It was like a child who had suffered a lot of grievances and was finally able to vent his pain at this moment. A painful whimper came from his throat.
Jiang He lowered his eyelids and stared at Ji Feng's two protruding fish tails.
"I'm your aunt, your relative." Jiang He said in a deep and firm voice, "Ji Feng, you've been hurt, and I will help you get revenge on that guy. No matter what you become, you'll always be my beloved Ji Feng."
The teeth biting her shoulder gradually lost their strength.
Jiang He lowered his head and met Gale's sapphire eyes.
It was not until this moment that she realized that Ji Feng's facial features were similar to those of humans. The vague outlines of the facial features were inexplicably familiar, and she could tell from this face that Ji Feng would become very beautiful in the future.
She asked Little A in her sea of consciousness: "Does Jifeng have human genes? Why does its face resemble a human's?"
Little A said: [Although the Zerg can evolve into human form, Jifeng is still in its juvenile stage. According to the Zerg's genetic process, its juvenile stage does not look like this. I guess it was injected with human genes to catalyze it.]
Jiang He's heart felt like a black hole had been opened, and cold wind rushed in, making her feel cold all over, and this coldness instantly turned into anger.
The choked sobs in Ji Feng's throat kept murmuring, "I can't run fast anymore, and I can't catch food anymore. Mom will hate me and won't like me anymore."
"No, aunt and mom love Jifeng so much. We only want to avenge Jifeng and tear the guy who hurt Jifeng into pieces. No matter what form Jifeng becomes, he is our favorite good baby!"
[My Queen, be careful]
Jiang He, who was walking out with Ji Feng in his arms, stopped in his tracks.
At the same time, Ji Feng's body changed rapidly, with countless spikes growing on the sides of his upper body and sword fins growing on his back.
Its colorful eyes stared straight at Jiang He, and it uttered a human voice, "Since you love it so much, then die for it."
A long tongue popped out of its mouth and rolled towards Jiang He's neck.
Although Xiao A reminded him in time, Jiang He was hugging Ji Feng and the distance between them was too close, so Jiang He's neck was instantly caught by Ji Feng's long tongue.
Jiang He was not far from the door. Shadow Hand and Blue Tiger, who had been waiting outside, noticed that something was wrong with her and rushed into the laboratory immediately. Blue Tiger jumped off Shadow Hand's fingers, and his claws instantly turned into sharp tiger claws, cutting off Ji Feng's long tongue.
The iron-eating ant's sickle legs also slashed towards Ji Feng's neck.
Jiang He's neck was wrapped by the tongue, and he uttered with difficulty: "Don't..."
Ji Feng let go of Jiang He in pain and rolled to the side. Lan Hu's claws cut off half of his fish tail. "What the hell is this thing?"
Jiang He hurriedly stopped him from continuing, "It's a gust of wind."
Lan Hu's body stiffened, Ji Feng escaped from his claws, and staggered upstairs.
Jiang He chased Ji Feng upstairs while quickly explaining to Lan Hu, "Ji Feng was captured when he came to save you. He was cut up and reassembled by those guys, but he still has self-awareness. Go after him."
Lan Hu's eyes swept over the blood remaining on his claws.
The blood was left when he just scratched Ji Feng's tongue.
The glaring sight of blood reminded him of the hazy dreams he had been having recently.
In his dream, a strong wind hit the glass wall and roared at him.
Its body was hit by the electric current and gradually turned black. A white flesh worm came out from nowhere, opened its big mouth and swallowed Jifeng's lower body.
“Crack, crack, crack…”
The harsh sound of the fleshworms gnawing on Ji Feng's lower body seemed to still echo in his ears.
He had always thought it was an illusion caused by his blurred consciousness, but at this moment, he was finally sure.
Ji Feng really came to find him, and Ji Feng became like that just now because he saved him.
Jiang He and Lan Hu rushed to the second floor together and found that there was no light on. It was pitch black and they couldn't see anything clearly.
The second floor is Mr. Chen's office. Lan Hu is worried about Ji Feng and suggests that they act separately.
Jiang He hesitated for a moment, then told the Iron-Eating Ant and Shadow Hand to protect Blue Tiger, and then he split up to explore the second floor.
The alarm was no longer ringing, and the surroundings were too quiet. While Jiang He was surveying his surroundings, he once again opened the "Extreme Evil Abyss" forum in his sea of consciousness.
This is the third time the forum has been opened today, and today's quota has been used up.
Fortunately, she got a lot of useful information in the forum this time.
[Blindly guessing whether Jifeng can fuse with human genes and become the first experimental subject for the evolution of mutants fusing with human genes]
[Don't make blind guesses above. The Zerg had already achieved this before Gale. Lao Chen's experiment is just a rehash of what others have said.]
[Lao Chen is such a lunatic. His behavior is truly inhumane. I hate him so much. I hope Baba can find him and kill him quickly.]
[You are not a human being, are you? Any scientist will be misunderstood in the early stages and called a psychopath. Without their madness, there would be no progress for mankind. Mr. Chen is making contributions to all of humanity. It's ok for you not to respect him, but you actually treat him as an enemy. Ha, a bunch of ignorant idiots. If the fate of mankind was left to you, I'm afraid it would have been extinct long ago.]
[Ahhh my little cutie Jifeng, my mom is so heartbroken. Lan Hu and Baba must save Jifeng and don’t let it be controlled by Lao Chen.]
[I'm so anxious. Baba is walking towards Lao Chen's office. I don't feel like going to work anymore. I haven't done any of the work the manager assigned to me yet. I really don't want to see Baba get beaten up.]
Baba will die. From the moment Baba entered Lao Chen's lab, I couldn't help but cry. She can't get out at all. This place is a trap, a cage that imprisons her.
[The catalysis has begun. Ahhh my Baba, please let a thunderbolt strike Lao Chen to death. I am that ignorant and stupid human. I would rather the human race become extinct than see Baba being treated like this by Lao Chen.]
…
The fifteen minutes of browsing the forum every day was up, and Jiang He's consciousness was popped out of the forum.
She looked up and stared calmly at the door in front of her.
Mr. Chen's office.
Although I learned from the forum that the entire three-story glass house is a huge catalytic chamber, now the catalytic chamber not only closes the entrance and exit, but also turns on the catalytic mode.
Jiang He was injected with three doses of genetic fluid. In the catalytic mode, she would gradually become someone like Qiu Fei, but there was no panic or fear on her face.
The door slowly opened just as her hand was about to touch it.
In the darkness, it seemed as if a pair of eyes were silently watching her.
No, to be precise, there were countless pairs of eyes staring at her.
For her it's a matter of life and death, but for many people it's just a big game to kill time.
The moment the door opened, the lights in the room also came on.
Little A said: [My Queen, I can hack into a simple power system, but the security of the entire room is another system. You need to find the module where the security system is stored so that I can crack the security.]
Jiang He did not respond to Xiao A's words. Her eyes fell on the glass floor-to-ceiling wall. This huge wall was actually a glass cabinet filled with countless tentacles.
Jiang He finally understood why Zhang Yi thought these tentacles were specimens.
They are compressed against the glass wall, like insects trapped in amber.
As she stared at the tentacles, her heart beat inexplicably faster.
"Xiao A, do you have any information about tentacles?"
[My Queen, no.] Little A paused and continued, [My Queen, these tentacles look like part of your body.]
Jiang He seemed not to hear what Xiao A said. She walked closer to the glass wall and stared at the tentacles inside the glass in a daze.
These tentacles are like seaweed, suspended in the water in the glass cabinet.
Like water plants floating in the water, their tentacles were motionless, but she felt that they were calling her.
One cry after another, filled with despair and pain.
Jiang He placed her palm against the glass wall. In her palm, the giant tentacles, like her, hesitantly popped out their heads and pressed against the glass.
My heart is pounding.
The body is like a seed that has sprouted.
The next moment, the huge tentacles in the palm of his hand shot out, breaking the glass wall, and water gushed out from the glass wall, spraying Jiang He all over his body and face.
The water made Jiang He extremely uncomfortable.
She felt a deep-seated pungent aversion to the strange-smelling water.
She was so frightened that she even had the urge to run away.
At the same time, the tentacles in the water seemed to wake up from their slumber. One of them wrapped around the big tentacle in Jiang He's palm and entered the mouth of the big tentacle.
Jiang He took a step back, and the sticky water stains made her slip and fall to the ground.
The moment she closed her eyes, countless images flooded into her mind.
"Mr. Chen, you actually developed the first human evolutionary model of a genetic fusion of human and mutant? You are truly amazing! You are the senior I worship."
"Hey, Mr. Chen, is this little girl yours?"
Young Mr. Chen gently touched the little girl who was playing with an alien toy beside him and said, "She is my daughter."
"Your daughter is so beautiful. Her mother must have been a gentle and beautiful lady."
"Ling Ai is very clever. She has your great wisdom at such a young age."
"I heard that Mr. Chen has royal blood. With such a brilliant man like Mr. Chen around, our human race will surely prosper forever."
"By the way, Mr. Chen, where is the human who successfully fused the mutant's genes now?"
"He is very sensitive mentally, so I don't plan to let him out to see anyone for the time being. I hope everyone can understand."
"Mr. Chen is still not letting anyone out. Is there something hidden?"
"We really can't believe Mr. Chen is like this."
…
The lights were bright, the cups were clinking, and the crowd was bustling. In the blink of an eye, the lights went out, the tea was cold, and only a beautiful little girl was left, tied up by a hideous-looking man, with a long whip leaving mottled blood marks on her body.
"Where did you hide him? Tell me!"
"If you don't find him, you won't be able to eat."
"You lost my experiment, so I have no choice but to use you as my experiment."
"Don't blame Dad. You forced Dad. That child is Dad's lifeblood. If you let him run away, you will replace him in the future."
"Stop screaming. You can't bear this little pain. Otherwise, tell me where he is."
"My dear, I am sorry for you, but I can't help it. I love you and your mother, and I love you even more. My only wish in this life is for you to be well."
Another tentacle wrapped around Jiang He's big tentacle, and the scene in front of Jiang He's eyes changed, and everything around him was white.
White room, white bed, white floor, white clothes.
The little girl with a shaved head was so thin that her bones were visible, and her eye sockets were sunken. She sat on the bed tremblingly, hugging her knees, looking at everything around her in horror.
"Your identity must never be known to anyone. They've already killed your mother. If they knew you existed, they would definitely kill you too. Don't be afraid, Daddy will protect you. Daddy will take you to a place where no one can find you."
"This, this is the laboratory. From now on, this will be our home. Those bad guys will never be able to find us again."
"It's dangerous outside, you can't go out."
"If you dare to take another step outside, I will break your legs."
"These ugly aberrations are bad guys, use your little pink to kill them. Be good, kill them, so you can eat."
"The pinkie has grown too long. It needs to be cut off. Your body is special and you can't use anesthesia. It will be better if you bite the towel."
Another tentacle struggled out of the water on the ground and crawled to the side of the big tentacle, trying to crawl into the other's mouth.
The scene in front of Jiang He changed again.
"Dad, please, I don't want to be injected with genetic fluid again. I don't want another piece of my body to be cut off."
"You always say it's the last time, and there's always a next time. Are you really my father? What kind of father would turn his daughter into a monster and then cut off the monster's limbs?"
"It hurts, it hurts, help me... Kill me!"
The last thin tentacle in the glass cabinet also crawled into the big tentacle's mouth and was eaten.
Jiang He's body was twitching as if he was in a nightmare.
This time, she lay on a man's back, and the man carried her all the way, with blood flowing on the ground behind him.
"This is the Red Flame Bone. The flames are burning brightly. Isn't it beautiful?"
"Yes, it's prettier than my white room."
"These are star grasses. They twinkle in the sky, just like the stars in the sky, but the color of the stars is not blue."
"The star grass is so beautiful. Is the sky really that big? Are the stars as big as the star grass?"
"I'll take you out to look at the stars and the sky, and you can compare them."
"good."
"It's so cold, why is it so cold? Hey, what is this?"
"The temperature at the bottom of the mine drops sharply after midnight. Once it drops to zero degrees, ice flowers appear. This is an ice flower, and this is an ice cube."
"The ice flowers are so beautiful."
"The abyss is so dark! I hate darkness. I don't want to go down there."
"Don't be afraid, I'm here, I'll carry you."
"This is the Flowing Light River. As long as we reach the end, we can leave."
But at the end, a dagger was inserted into his chest.
She lay on his back and, expressionless, plunged the dagger into his heart.
"I know you killed my mother and want to kill me. I won't let you succeed."
She pulled out the dagger, licked the blood off it, raised her foot, kicked off the man's hand that was grabbing her trouser leg, and slowly stepped his hand into the sand.
She stared into his still-wide eyes, her voice devoid of emotion: "One day, sooner or later, I will kill you all."
His lips opened and closed, spitting out countless blood while he silently murmured, "I'm sorry."
Sorry I'm late.
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