Chapter 20

Gu Qingchen's purification ability is naturally not unlimited.

For low and medium pollution with a pollution value of less than 50, he can purify about 20 to 30 people at a time. Before receiving Su Ci, he had handled less than ten orders, and only Xia Jingming's pollution value was a little higher.

So theoretically, after helping Su Ci purify, he can at least fight another ten or twenty orders.

However, until Gu Qingchen's face turned pale and the purification energy was about to reach the bottom, the pollutants on Su Ci's body seemed to have not been cleared away...

Gu Qingchen casually turned on the test instrument.

Looking at the display panel, Su Ci's pollution value dropped from 15 to 10, and then feeling the emptiness in his body, he couldn't help but fall into deep confusion and doubt.

Did he see it wrong, or was this test device broken?

Gu Qingchen was trying hard to output, his complexion was getting worse and worse, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, while No. 1, who was next to Su Ci, was in the exact opposite situation.

The child couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.

The purification power continuously came from the keeper's hand holding his, and merged into his body, removing the pollutants that had already invaded his internal organs bit by bit.

Although this level of purification cannot achieve the effect of eradication, it will at least make him feel more comfortable.

He has lived surrounded by pollutants for many years, enduring the erosion of pollutants day and night, and has long been numb to the pain, so that a little relief makes him feel extremely happy.

And this kind of happiness was brought to him by the keeper...

After a while, Su Ci saw that Gu Qingchen had been almost squeezed dry, so he calmly let go of the child's hand. After he let go of his hand, the pollution value belonging to him on the display panel changed from "10" to "0" in the blink of an eye.

Gu Qingchen was stunned when he saw the change in the panel.

Did he really see it wrong just now?

He couldn't help but point at the display panel and asked Su Ci: "This number is 0, right?"

Su Ci nodded, his expression looked very innocent, as if he didn't know what happened, and No. 1, who had been quietly staying beside him all the time, opened his eyes and looked at Gu Qingchen reluctantly.

The feeling just now was so comfortable... It was more comfortable than taking a bath, I really want to do it again.

"..."

Gu Qingchen took a deep breath, retracted his hand, and resisted the urge to rub his eyes, looking at Su Ci with slightly narrowed eyes.

The pollution value was so low, but it swallowed up so much of his energy. He had never encountered such a situation before... Was it that the testing equipment malfunctioned, or was the problem with this Su breeder?

However, his purification energy had reached the bottom, and he could not test it for the time being.

Gu Qingchen could only press the rest button.

After he pressed the button, messages popped up on the communicators of the people waiting for purification in the waiting area. Their numbers did not change, but were automatically postponed to the afternoon.

There was only one purification master, Gu Qingchen, at Base 24. When he took a break, there was no one left to purify. The people who received the message did not complain and began to leave in an orderly manner, preparing to come back in the afternoon.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see the two cubs."

Gu Qingchen wiped the sweat from his forehead, stood up, and took Su Ci to the exit on the other side of the purification room.

This exit was separated from the waiting area by a certain distance - after all, people who came for purification brought pollutants with them, and their emotions were generally not stable. This could effectively avoid conflicts between the purification masters and the people in the waiting area.

People who completed purification also left through this door.

Su Ci and No. 1 followed Gu Qingchen to the corridor, but they saw that Guan Zhishu, who had just finished the purification, had not left. When she saw them, she took the initiative to greet them.

"Zhishu, is there anything else?" Gu Qingchen took the initiative to greet her.

Guan Zhishu nodded, looked at Su Ci, and said, "I heard that you were injured too?"

"Ah?"

Su Ci blinked, but soon remembered something, and hummed again, saying, "It's just a little skin break."

"Can I take a look?" Guan Zhishu asked.

Su Ci hesitated for a moment, but still raised her finger to show her the bloody hole on the fingertip that was pierced by the spider silk. It has now scabbed over, and the broken skin has adhered together. It is estimated that it will heal automatically tomorrow.

Guan Zhishu stared at the bloody hole, "It looks like it was pierced by a sharp object. Can you tell me how you got hurt?"

Su Ci frowned slightly.

Guan Zhishu smiled and explained, "I'm just asking, don't be nervous."

Su Ci shook her head, indicating that she was not nervous, and then half-truthfully said, "I touched the spider silk and was injured by it."

Hearing this, Guan Zhishu's smile faded slightly, and she looked at Gu Qingchen, and Gu Qingchen's expression was a little more surprised.

"No wonder..." Gu Qingchen murmured, and then muttered again, "Is it because the wound is too small and the instrument can't detect it?"

"Doctor Gu, what's wrong? Did you find anything?" Guan Zhishu saw that Gu Qingchen was different and asked hurriedly.

Gu Qingchen glanced at Su Ci and explained what had just happened to her.

"The part attacked by the monster will be more contaminated. Maybe the wound is too small and the instrument can't detect it yet."

Su Ci stood by with No. 1, quietly without saying a word, looking very well-behaved.

Gu Qingchen continued, "But don't worry, I've purified him and he's healthy now."

Guan Zhishu nodded, then smiled apologetically at Su Ci, "Keepkeeper Su, although the wound is small, you'd better spray it with spray to prevent infection."

As she spoke, she took out a can of medical spray from her waist bag and handed it to Su Ci, "This is for you as a gift for joining the company."

Watching this scene, Gu Qingchen joked, "Although the action team has a free quota for medical spray every month, it's not for you to use like this."

Guan Zhishu smiled shyly at him, then said goodbye and left neatly.

Gu Qingchen watched Su Ci spray the spray on his fingers, his eyes flickering slightly.

He guessed that someone had said something to Guan Zhishu, causing her to have a bad suspicion of Su Ci, which led to the interrogation just now. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, he sent a gift of apology...

Gu Qingchen looked at the young man's overly beautiful face and began to waver again. This should be the case, right?

Su Ci could feel the wound on his finger healing quickly. After confirming that the spray was a good thing, he put it into the space button and then looked at Gu Qingchen.

Gu Qingchen came back to his senses and continued to lead him to the elevator.

On the way, Su Ci thought of something and asked, "Doctor Gu, I didn't see any seeds on the material exchange list of the Logistics Department. Do you know where I can get them?"

From last night's conversation, Su Ci felt that Gu Qingchen should be more familiar with this aspect, otherwise he would not know that fertilizers could be exchanged at the Logistics Department.

Gu Qingchen was a little dumb, "You haven't given up yet."

"You have to try."

"Tsk."

Although Gu Qingchen was not optimistic about Su Ci's stubbornness, he also understood that this kind of thing would not turn back until he hit the south wall, just like he wasted a lot of points before he finally thought it through.

He was also a purifier, able to purify the soil and water quality, and the points he could get every month were enough for him to squander, but the flowers and plants he planted were still difficult to survive, not to mention the keepers of this nursery.

But considering that they were of the same interest, Gu Qingchen was kind enough to give him a guide.

"You can place an order with the logistics procurement team. Within the specified scope, points will be charged according to the difficulty and quantity of the purchase." Gu Qingchen said, "But the waiting time is relatively long, at least three months."

This is still good luck. There was a transport ship out just after the order was placed, otherwise it would take longer.

Su Ci silently took note and thanked Gu Qingchen.

Gu Qingchen shook his head and said jokingly: "If you can really succeed in planting on the Hell Star, then you don’t have to worry about not being able to pass the probation period. Even if you can’t stay in the nursery, the research institute will want you. That’s called a step to heaven."

Su Ci did not argue, but just stretched out his hand and pressed it on the head of the child who finally couldn’t help but get angry.

Number One glared at Gu Qingchen angrily.

He didn’t understand why these people wanted the breeders to leave the nursery?

So, will the keeper really leave? If the keeper is no longer a keeper, will he still feed him and clothe him and take care of him like he does now?

The child looked up at Su Ci, but didn't see anything, so he lowered his head again, his drooping eyelashes hiding the anxiety in his eyes.

"The brood house is pretty good."

Just then, he heard Su Ci speak.

Hope ignited in the child's eyes again, and he looked up again, but heard Gu Qingchen sneer: "That's because you just came, and you haven't had any deep experience yet."

Gu Qingchen came to a room and stopped, turned around and looked at Su Ci, and said: "If you see the next scene and still think the brood house is pretty good, then I can only..."

He gave Su Ci a thumbs up.

Then, after the identity verification was passed, the metal door slowly opened, revealing the scene inside -

two cubs, number two and number four, were tied tightly to the beds in the corner. In addition to their beast ears and tails, their faces also showed beastly features.

Their eyes were red and they howled angrily. The room was in a mess, and the equipment originally placed inside was smashed to pieces - including two expensive medical cabins.

Gu Qingchen stood at the door, looking at the remains of the two medical cabins, his face still unable to hide the pain.

These two cubs were sent here yesterday because they were crazy. Although their injuries were not serious, the medical cabins also have the function of calming emotions and improving the sequelae of frenzy.

So after the staff of the medical department cured the injuries of the two cubs, they continued to let them stay in the medical cabin.

According to the monitoring results, although it is unknown why they fell asleep in the middle of the frenzy, the conditions of the two cubs are very stable, which made the staff of the medical department feel so relieved for the first time.

As a result, something went wrong today.

When the bloody rain came, the two cubs who were originally sleeping in the medical cabin suddenly went crazy -

this was a situation that had never happened before, so the medical staff who were taking care of them did not respond in time, causing the crazy cubs to directly destroy the medical cabin from the inside.

By the time the guards defending the medical department arrived, it was too late.

Although these two medical capsules are not the latest models, they are also very advanced instruments -

almost 90% of external injuries can be treated, and most internal injuries and common diseases can be quickly cured by these two medical capsules. They are an important support for the medical department to ensure the health and life of the troops stationed at the base.

The entire 24th Base only has five, and now two of them have been scrapped at once.

When he learned the news, Gu Qingchen felt his heart bleeding. Now he still feels heartbroken when he sees the "remains". He can only hope that after the impact of this bloody rain has passed, the maintenance team can come to rescue.

In addition to the two medical cabins, the equipment in this treatment room was basically destroyed, even the walls and floors were pitted and there were traces of burns.

The guards said that the two cubs almost broke through the wall at that time, but fortunately they controlled them in time, so no big disaster happened.

"At that time, a monster happened to appear near the medical department." Gu Qingchen walked into the treatment room and said as he walked.

"It was probably attracted by the movements of the two cubs. It was originally heading somewhere else, but suddenly turned around and headed towards the medical building. Fortunately, the action team arrived and led the monster away."

This time, the monster was a little strange, and it seemed to attack buildings... Gu Qingchen also heard about it after the blood rain stopped. Now he thinks about it and feels scared.

If the two cubs broke through the wall and led the monster into the medical building, the consequences would be disastrous.

Su Ci remembered the explosion they heard on the suspended bus, which seemed to come from the direction of the medical purification department.

It seems that the action team must have spent a lot of effort to lead the monster away.

While Gu Qingchen was talking, No. 2 and No. 4, who were tied to the hospital beds, were still roaring angrily. They stared at Gu Qingchen and Su Ci, their eyes full of hatred.

The beastly features of the two children became more and more obvious, especially No. 2. In addition to two furry round ears, his cheeks grew brown fur with black and red stripes.

His fangs also became longer and sharper, and his facial features were becoming more like those of a tiger. His pair of reddish-brown eyes turned into slender vertical pupils under the light.

Apart from animality, there were no other human emotions in the children's eyes, and their roars were similar to tiger roars.

It really looks like a little monster, Su Ci thought.

Gu Qingchen looked at the situation of No. 2 and No. 4. The heartache on his face for the medical cabin had disappeared, replaced by solemnity and worry about the two cubs.

"Beastialization comes from one's own strong bloodline inheritance."

He said, "But if you can't keep your rationality during the process of beastialization, you will eventually become a real beast, losing all human emotions and only having beast instincts."

At that time, you can no longer be called human.

The stronger the bloodline, the higher the probability of frenzy in the cub period.

Cubs who grow up with their parents can easily stabilize even if they go frenzy because they have the company and guidance of their closest relatives and the assimilation inheritance of the same bloodline.

However, the cubs in the nursery do not have this condition.

If they can't overcome the beast in their blood, they will eventually face a more tragic fate.

"Crazy cubs are irrational. No matter what their nature is, they will eventually show strong aggressiveness." Gu Qingchen continued, "They are very likely to do something to hurt themselves or others."

He looked at Su Ci and said bluntly, "In the past, many breeders were beaten and sent here with serious injuries. Even if they were cured, they were left with a big psychological shadow."

"So, do you understand what I mean?"

To be honest, Su Ci didn't quite understand.

He looked at the two angry and roaring cubs and felt that they were noisy. In comparison, No. 1 beside him was more likable.

"The environment of Hell Star is not suitable for raising cubs." Su Ci said.

Gu Qingchen didn't expect Su Ci to say this. He nodded with a somewhat gloomy look on his face, "What can we do?"

The universe is so big, but only Hell Star can accommodate them. Moreover, even if they grow up successfully in the future, they can only stay in Hell Star for the rest of their lives and cannot leave.

At least for now, the status quo cannot be changed.

Gu Qingchen sighed and said to Su Ci, "These two cubs have to stay here for the time being. When their situation is completely stable, I will notify you to pick them up."

"You should go back to the nursery first. These two cubs went crazy after the blood rain. It is estimated that the other cubs have the same problem."

Although no alarm was received, this possibility was not ruled out.

"Oh."

Su Ci nodded. There was only one nanny robot, 4586, in the nursery. If the remaining five cubs went crazy at the same time...

I always felt that something bad would happen.

But before leaving, Su Ci glanced at Doctor Gu, then looked at the two cubs in a frenzy on the bed, and asked one more question: "Are you okay?"

Although he has the power of purification, his aura is not strong. Su Ci still has to ask Gu Qingchen for information about planting, so he doesn't want him to get into trouble.

Gu Qingchen blinked. He didn't expect that he would be cared for by this trainee keeper.

Although he is a doctor, he is better than him anyway, right?

"Don't worry, I have much more experience in dealing with crazy cubs than you do. You should think about the situation at the nursery and see if you need to ask the action team to accompany you back."

Seeing how confident he was, Su Ci nodded, "Okay."

Gu Qingchen watched him leave, then looked at the bed. Number Two was still meowing, but Number Four was gradually calming down, so he walked over to check on him.

However, at this moment, the child's slightly closed eyes opened and looked in his direction.

Number Four's eyes had turned green at some point.

A cold green light flashed through his eyes, and he saw that the parts of the tables and chairs scattered on the floor of the treatment room were suddenly suspended and all shot towards Gu Qingchen!

Su Ci, who had already walked into the corridor, stopped at this moment and looked back at the treatment room