Chapter 61
When the little monkey appeared on the awning, A Yan also raised his head as if he had sensed something.
The little monkey, which was only the size of a one or two-year-old human baby, lay on the awning, poked out its furry round head, and looked at them with a pair of black grape-like eyes with a little curiosity.
A Yan couldn't help but look at the keeper, and found that the young man was also looking at the little monkey, so he retracted his gaze.
At this time, he noticed something again, and couldn't help but look down at the ground.
The afternoon sun was not very hot, and it shone down obliquely from the top of the awning, casting a large shadow on the ground. However, the top of this shadow did not reflect the figure of the little monkey poking its head out.
A Yan was slightly stunned, and then he realized something -
this little monkey, like him, has no shadow! So is this little monkey also a spirit? Why hasn't he seen it in the base before?
Su Ci naturally saw at a glance what A Yan had just discovered. He looked at the young monkey with a little more interest in his eyes.
Contrary to A Yan's guess, this little monkey was not a spirit.
Su Ci looked at the little monkey and gently stretched out his hand to it.
The little monkey tilted its head, and its golden hair looked even more brilliant under the sunlight.
It seemed to be observing Su Ci. After a while, it retracted its head, and then very faint footsteps were heard on the awning.
Following the direction of the footsteps, A Yan soon saw that a small tip of the tail was exposed from the edge of the awning, and the little monkey climbed up the pillars of the awning and nimbly climbed down from the top of the awning.
It jumped on the ground, half squatting, with its two furry little hands tucked in front of its body, and its big round eyes looked around with some vigilance.
After making sure there was no danger, the little monkey hopped step by step, approached them nimbly, and finally stopped one step away.
A Yan looked at the little monkey curiously.
Its ears and tail were very similar to those of No. 6, but its temperament was much gentler and more well-behaved than No. 6. At least he had never seen No. 6 so quiet.
No. 6 was a monkey, so was this little guy also a monkey? How did it appear here? Was it raised by someone else in the base? But it had no shadow...
A Yan was confused, but it didn't stop him from thinking that this little monkey was cute.
It was the first time he saw a cub that was smaller than him! It looked so cute! However, if it was a spirit... could it see him?
Thinking of this, A Yan also imitated the keeper and reached out his hand to the little monkey.
The little monkey squatting one meter away tilted its head slightly, then it moved forward and placed its furry little hand on A Yan's palm.
A Yan couldn't help but blink and subconsciously looked back at Su Ci.
The child's black and red eyes shone slightly, flashing with a little surprise, and he immediately shared his joy with Su Ci.
This little monkey can see him!
Su Ci felt A Yan's pure joy, and also slightly curled the corners of his lips, reaching out to touch his head.
And the little monkey pulled A Yan's hand and looked at it, and found nothing, so he quickly let go and turned his gaze to Su Ci again.
It didn't call out, but its round black eyes sparkled with a little light, and it looked pitiful, as if to say: Do you have anything to eat?
Su Ci crossed his arms, thought for a while, and took out a star chain fruit from the fruit box on the space button and handed it to it.
The little monkey took the fruit with both hands.
The bright red fruit was almost as big as its head. It cried happily, then somersaulted onto the bench on the platform while holding the fruit.
Then it squatted on one side of the bench, curled up its two furry little feet, and just held the star chain fruit, opened its mouth to bite off the peel, sucked a mouthful of the full and sweet juice, and then ate it in small sips.
Seeing the little monkey eating the star chain fruit seriously, A Yan couldn't help it in the end, and approached lightly.
Facing his approach, although the little monkey noticed it, it did not run away, but just held the fruit and ate it. It ate it very politely, not even a drop of juice dripped on the ground.
It ate the fruit seriously, looking at A Yan from time to time.
Noticing its gaze, A Yan was a little curious. This was the third creature to notice him besides the keeper and the book spirit... Oh no, if it was just noticed, then number two was the third.
A Yan came to the bench and felt that the chair was a bit high, so he dodged and appeared on the other side of the chair.
The little monkey was obviously stunned for a moment, but was not scared. It looked at A Yan, then continued to lower its head, holding the fruit and eating it sweetly.
A Yan looked at it. When it squatted, it was not as tall as he was when he sat down. For the first time, he felt a sense of cuteness.
He turned his head to look at Su Ci, with a questioning look in his eyes.
Su Ci understood what he meant and nodded, "If it agrees to you touching it, of course you can."
After getting the nod, A Yan looked at the little monkey. He couldn't speak, so he could only stretch out his hand and approach it carefully while observing the little monkey's reaction.
Seeing that the little monkey did not dodge, he finally put his hand on its furry ears.
A soft touch came, but unlike the warmth imagined, the little monkey's hair felt a little cold, not as soft and warm as the little wolf cub.
A Yan reached out and touched the little monkey's head again. He still felt the same way. He couldn't help but withdraw his hand and looked at the keeper in confusion.
"It's different from you and me. It's not a spirit."
Seeing that the floating bus hadn't arrived yet, Su Ci picked up the child and sat on the bench, while A Yan was held in his arms.
A Yan's face flushed slightly, but he still obediently served as a pillow for the keeper. 銥誮
The little monkey didn't react in any special way to Su Ci's approach. After just a few glances, he continued to eat the fruit.
A Yan couldn't help but have many questions in his mind. If
it's not a spirit, then what is this little monkey? Why can it see him? And... just now outside the greenhouse of the cultivation garden, it suddenly disappeared.
Ah Yan couldn't help but stretch out his finger and gently poked the little monkey's shoulder.
It felt soft and plush, but still without any temperature.
When he was about to poke it for the second time, the little monkey finally became unhappy. It held A Yan's finger and pushed him away. It glanced at A Yan with its smart round eyes, making A Yan feel ignorant for the first time.
Okay...
A Yan took back his hand and decided not to disturb the little monkey from eating the fruit.
And Su Ci did not give A Yan an answer immediately. He observed the little golden monkey and was a little unsure in his heart.
After waking up this time, there really were many new things that he had never seen before.
At this time, the driverless suspended bus finally arrived.
Su Ci got up and walked towards the bus with A Yan in his arms. A Yan shyly lay on his shoulder. When he looked at the little monkey again, he found that the little monkey was no longer on the bench.
Where did the little monkey go again?
Although curious, A Yan did not pay much attention to it. He glanced in the direction of the plantation and thought that the little monkey might have gone back to the plantation. They
quickly got on the bus, and after they were seated, the suspended bus started.
Su Ci raised his eyes to the top of the bus, flicked his fingertips, and a golden light flew out. The little monkey who was squatting on the top of the bus and still chewing the remaining half of the starship fruit was covered by a layer of light cage.
Until the light turned into a mark that appeared between its eyebrows, the little monkey was unaware and ate the fruit very seriously.
The quiet and docile look is really a completely different personality from No. 6.
The suspended bus left the area where the plantation was located and entered a route that was not quite the same as before.
The scenery along the way is similar.
Because planting is not allowed on Hell Planet, there is no greenery on both sides of the road. There are two rows of street lights and surveillance cameras that are constantly rotating and alert, constantly monitoring the situation inside the base and feeding the data back to the intelligent computer.
Su Ci, who was originally dozing with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and looked out the window.
What appeared in his field of vision were several buildings built within the high walls. The tall walls were made of the same material as the nursery, but were obviously taller.
The defense measures of these buildings are also very good. Judging from the number of patrolling guards and the level of equipment, this should be the most heavily guarded area of the entire nursery.
At this time, the suspended bus stopped at the station.
A gentle female mechanical voice announced: "We have arrived at the Research Institute. Passengers who have reached their destination, please get off in an orderly manner, first off then on. Thank you for your cooperation."
It turned out that this was the Research Institute.
Su Ci had a general impression of the Research Institute. This was a place where researchers produced sedatives. Judging from what Xia Jingming said before, it seemed that there were quite high requirements to get a job here.
In terms of defense level, the Research Institute does have a superior status in the 24th Base.
Su Ci noticed the Research Institute mainly because...
he heard Gu Qingchen's voice.
However, he was not interested in what Gu Qingchen was doing in the Research Institute. After a casual glance, Su Ci was ready to retract his gaze.
However, Gu Qingchen's next sentence still caught his attention.
"When can No. 4 return to the nursery?"
The amount of information in this sentence is a bit large.
At this time, the suspension bus's stop time came, and the bus started moving again, along the road outside the research institute, and gradually drove away.
Number 4...
Thinking of the little girl hiding in the room and crying, Su Ci sighed in his heart, and finally closed his eyes.
He did this, of course, not to sleep.
Su Ci's spirit floated up, he glanced at A Yan beside him, leaving a trace of consciousness in his body, and then looked at the research institute, and the illusory spirit disappeared on the spot.
When Su Ci's spirit solidified again, he had already arrived inside the research institute.
This is a laboratory, continuing the cold metal style of the base. Various sophisticated instruments are placed in the laboratory, and data are jumping on several electronic screens.
Su Ci couldn't understand these things, and no relevant knowledge emerged in his mind. Perhaps... these were not within the scope of common sense.
And number four, the child with lion ears and a lion tail, was lying in a glass container filled with solution, with discs connected to data cables attached to various parts of his body.
The child closed his eyes and floated unconsciously in the solution.
Gu Qingchen and another man in a white robe were standing outside the glass container. The man stared at the child in the container, and his gray-brown eyes were filled with joy and obsession.
Su Ci saw that the nameplate on the man's chest read "Ren Yufei".
As for Gu Qingchen, he looked not very well, and he called the man in a low voice: "Dr. Ren."
"Oh."
Dr. Ren seemed to have just come back to his senses, and he said with relief, "Qingchen, according to the test results, No. 4 really has a certain ability to manipulate objects."
"This is something that the blood of the red-tailed lion has never had!"
Ren Yufei said excitedly: "In other words, letting cubs with strong blood live on the Hell Star is indeed very likely to stimulate their potential and gain new superpowers before they reach adulthood!"
Just like Xia Jingming and Shi Yijiang said before, long-term exposure to pollutants will increase tolerance to pollutants, and there is a certain probability of gaining superpowers.
And this naturally became one of the reasons why the Star Alliance was unwilling to give up this planet.
Today's Star Alliance is composed of dozens of member countries, some strong and some weak, all of which were formed by the split of two major human kingdoms thousands of years ago.
Although there are different conflicts of interest among countries, political intrigues are common, and they all have top beast warriors with different abilities, all member countries recognize a historical fact, that is,
they are of the same blood and have the same ancestor.
This has become the premise and foundation for the establishment of the Star Alliance.
As for the original intention of the birth of the Star Alliance, it is to unite the various human countries to fight against the various alien creatures encountered by humans in the process of exploring the stars.
The member states of the Star Alliance need strong warriors. The more countries contribute in the war, the more resources they can get. This will not only contribute to the survival of mankind, but also gain better development for their own countries.
Therefore, the Hell Star, which can stimulate the potential of warriors and allow ordinary warriors to gain superpowers, is naturally impossible to be abandoned.
This point has been confirmed by the research institute in the past nearly 20 years of experiments -
those warriors with ordinary bloodlines have a much higher chance of gaining superpowers than warriors with special bloodlines and strong strength.
Because, when warriors with special bloodlines are polluted too much by the red mist, even if they have built up tolerance to pollutants, it is easy to cause the backlash of bloodline power and go out of control, and eventually become irrational beasts.
On the other hand, warriors with ordinary blood or weak blood power do not have to worry about the problems caused by the loss of control of blood power. Therefore, their probability of obtaining superpowers is also increased.
After the loss of a group of powerful beast blood warriors in Hell Star, the Star Alliance planned to reduce the proportion of beast blood warriors and chose to increase the number of ordinary warriors stationed in Hell Star.
Because they had to fight against the monsters in the red mist, the ability of ordinary warriors was not enough at the beginning, and there were certain sacrifices.
Fortunately, with the increase of warriors who obtained superpowers, this situation gradually improved. Although their comprehensive qualities are still lower than those of beast warriors, their combat effectiveness has undoubtedly improved a lot after awakening their superpowers.
Of course, the awakening of superpowers is random. Not all warriors can awaken, and not all awakened superpowers can play a role in combat.
To adapt to newly awakened superpowers, research and long-term adaptability training are still needed.
In long-term observation, the Hell Star Research Institute found that the younger the warrior, the easier it is to stimulate potential and gain superpowers.
Because of this, the Hell Star bases will recruit new soldiers every year, and at the same time, those veterans who have never been able to gain superpowers will be transferred to other planets or the front line. The member states of the Star Alliance are also willing to continuously send excellent recruits to the Hell Star base.
Once these recruits who have just graduated from the military academy awaken their superpowers, there will be more time to develop training plans for them, shortening the training cycle, and the cost-effectiveness is higher in every aspect.
After all, in the past twenty years, Hell Star has also established a mature system. As long as protective measures are taken in extreme weather, there will not be many casualties.
Some bases will even organize warriors to take the initiative to fight monsters as part of their daily training - after all, when they go to the battlefield in the future, they will also have to face all kinds of strange alien creatures with various abilities.
Of course, how to effectively increase the probability of blood warriors safely obtaining superpowers, the Hell Star Research Institute has never given up exploring this topic.
On Hell Star, there are beast warriors who have acquired superpowers. Although their number is small, these warriors eventually became the best in the army and achieved great success in the war between humans and interstellar aliens.
They already have strong bloodline power, and after acquiring superpowers, they are naturally more powerful and their combat power is even higher.
The research institute calls such warriors "super warriors".
The birth of "super warriors" is not impossible, but it is extremely dangerous. They need to find a way to effectively reduce the risk of them losing control and increase the probability of them acquiring superpowers.
However, due to the damage that occurred before, the Star Alliance no longer allows the Institute to use the Blood Warriors for experiments - these warriors are the best elites of the Star Alliance, and some are even members of the royal families and noble families of various countries.
If they get into trouble again, it will greatly affect the harmony and stability of the interstellar society and cause unrest.
So, are the researchers in Hell Star helpless?
Of course not.
Hell Star is a place where interstellar criminals from various countries are imprisoned. If warriors cannot be used, can these serious criminals with serious crimes not be used? The answer...
of course not.
Although these interstellar criminals deserved to die, if the experiment succeeded and they gained superpowers, or if the experiment failed and they became beasts, their already powerful strength would be multiplied -
this would still pose a huge threat to the safety of Hell Planet and all mankind. Even if the Star Alliance was attracted by the "Super Warrior" plan, it would not support such an experiment.
Finally, the scientists of Hell Planet, unwilling to give up, turned their attention to the brooding house.
The original purpose of the brooding house plan was indeed to accommodate the descendants of criminals, but because red fog and monsters suddenly appeared on Hell Planet, the danger factor increased infinitely, so the plan was aborted halfway.
In order to give birth to "super warriors", the plan of the cub breeding center was finally restarted under the promotion of caring people.
At this time, the original intention of taking in cubs has completely changed.
The cubs who can be sent to the cub breeding center for shelter are those whose blood power has awakened and ordinary welfare institutions cannot handle them. They have strong blood power.
As the descendants of these criminals, their parents have basically been executed, and there are no direct relatives who can take them in. In this case, even if something happens to these cubs on the Hell Star, the impact can be infinitely reduced.
As cubs, they can only exert limited strength. Even if they really lose control and become completely beastly, they are easier to control than adults.
Moreover, as the previous data showed, the younger the age, the easier it is to acquire superpowers, and this has been proven.
No matter how you look at it, these cubs are the most suitable experimental subjects.
Of course, because of the Cub Protection Act, the institute did not dare to take too radical experimental methods. The application they submitted was only to restart the nursery plan and allow Hell Star to continue to accommodate cubs.
And what the institute did was to record and observe the cubs in daily life.
Although the living environment of Hell Star is depressing, the safety has been significantly improved, and there seems to be nothing wrong with restarting the nursery plan.
Therefore, under the promotion of all parties, this application was quickly approved.
And Ren Yufei is the direct person in charge of this project.
Since the admission of cub No. 2 seven years ago, more and more cubs have been sent to the Hell Star Nursery. However, these cubs have not developed as expected.
Not only did they not gain superpowers, but under the influence of the environment and pollutants, their mental state has become worse and worse, and they often cause trouble, making the personnel in charge of related matters at Base 24 overwhelmed.
Among them, No. 2 and No. 4 have even been unable to suppress the power of their blood vessels as they grow older, and are facing the danger of complete bestiality.
Originally, Ren Yufei had already despaired. However, when the plan was about to face its first failure, he unexpectedly ushered in a turning point at this time-
No. 4 gained the superpower to control objects!
How could Ren Yufei not be overjoyed?
Among these cubs, Ren Yufei was originally most optimistic about No. 3. Although this child is blind, he is emotionally indifferent and is the easiest to resist the erosion of pollutants.
Unexpectedly, it was No. 4, who was always not optimistic, who gave him a surprise! He looked at the young boy in the nutrient barn as if he had found a treasure.
"Our super warrior plan has hope of success!"
However, Gu Qingchen poured cold water on him: "Maybe No. 4 is not a pure red-tailed lion?"
Modern interstellar transportation is convenient, and people of all races can marry freely. Except for some ancient families that still pay attention to the purity of blood, there are very few completely pure-blooded races in the stars.
Hearing this, Ren Yufei nodded.
"You make a lot of sense, so the blood analysis of No. 4 is already underway, but even if he really has another powerful bloodline, it still has great significance."
Because powerful beast blood is generally exclusive.
Even if the bloodlines are mixed, when the power of one bloodline is manifested, the other bloodlines will be infinitely suppressed. As the power of one increases while the other decreases, they may even be absorbed and transformed into a single beast blood.
This phenomenon is usually called atavism.
And there has never been a person who can manifest two bloodlines at the same time, master the power of two bloodlines, and survive at the same time.
So far, there have been trillions of people in various countries in the universe, and there have only been dozens of cases recorded in history, and all of these cases died in their infancy due to the mutual exclusion of bloodline power.
As for No. 4, according to previous data records, he has already manifested the strength and speed of a red-tailed lion. At less than nine years old, he already has a physique that exceeds that of an ordinary warrior.
According to estimates, he will have at least two more rapid growth periods before adulthood, which is completely in line with the growth characteristics of the red-tailed lion's bloodline. The most important thing is that after No. 4 was transformed into a beast, he did have the beast ears and tail of a red-tailed lion.
Therefore, No. 4 is indeed a red-tailed lion cub. Not only has his bloodline been manifested, he has also mastered some of the power of his bloodline.
And now, he has shown a second special ability.
Whether it is the awakened new superpowers or this child who has mastered two bloodline powers at the same time, they are all very worth studying.
"I know what you are thinking."
Ren Yufei calmed down and patted Gu Qingchen on the shoulder. "Don't worry, all operations of the institute are in accordance with interstellar law, and I can't hurt this child."
He looked at No. 4 with a focused and tender look. "After waiting for so many years, the results are finally coming. How can I bear to let this child get hurt?"
Next, they will retrieve all the monitoring data of No. 4 in the past for analysis and comparison. Because of various constraints, it is impossible to control the variables. The conclusions drawn will definitely have errors, but they are also of reference value.
As for No. 4, the "experimental subject", observation is still the main focus.
After all, no one knows whether he will suddenly experience the phenomenon of blood force repulsion.
"We will give him a comprehensive physical examination, and after comprehensive consideration, we will decide whether to let him continue to live in the nursery."
Ren Yufei said, "After all, the next is his critical period. Blood force repulsion usually takes no more than half a month from the appearance to death."
"During this period, it is best to let him stay here. Once something really goes wrong, we can always take care of him, don't you think?"
Gu Qingchen wanted to say that you are talking nonsense. Blood force repulsion is a terminal illness. There is no medical method to treat it so far. At most, drugs can be used to relieve the patient's pain.
But this is the Hell Planet, and it is the extremely poor 24th Base. How could the Logistics Department prepare such expensive drugs?
As a doctor in the Medical Purification Department, he knows everything about this matter.
So, what kind of care can No. 4 get if he stays in the research institute? If the blood force repulsion really breaks out, it will only make it easier for them to collect and record data.
Gu Qingchen said with a dark face: "You should know the latest intelligence of yesterday's blood rain? The base building was destroyed by monsters in the red mist, and a maintenance worker who hid in the logistics building was preyed upon by a giant spider."
Hearing this, Ren Yufei restrained his expression
and stared at Gu Qingchen gloomily. Gu Qingchen looked at him without showing any weakness, and the eyes behind the lenses were as sharp as a knife, "Dr. Ren, you can't not know what this means, right?"
Ren Yufei said nothing, and even avoided Gu Qingchen's sight.
Gu Qingchen gave a direct answer, "The current Hell Planet no longer meets the most basic safety needs of the cubs!"
"Even if No. 4 really gets superpowers, or he really becomes the first cub to master two blood powers at the same time and survive, so what?"
"Hell Planet is no longer suitable for the minimum standard of cubs' lives. Research in this direction must stop here!"
Ren Yufei listened carefully to all of Gu Qingchen's remarks. Although his eyes were gloomy, he still looked very calm.
"It's too early to say these now." He said, "Maybe yesterday's incident was just an accident? And if it's true as you said, Hell Planet is very dangerous now, then No. 4 staying in the research institute will at least be safe."
Seeing him so stubborn, Gu Qingchen gritted his teeth.
"The cub's emotional stability is very important for suppressing and relieving the backlash of blood power. I hope you can consider it carefully. It is best to let him return to a familiar environment. This is good for his physical and mental health."
Ren Yufei took a deep breath and said, "I will consider your proposal. Now, please ask Dr. Gu to return to the purification department. You are more needed there."
Gu Qingchen stared at Ren Yufei, knowing that he could not convince him, and finally he could only leave.
Ren Yufei watched him leave, his expression was still gloomy, and at this moment - the boy floating in the transparent solution behind him suddenly opened his eyes.