The next morning, members of the Nirvana team gathered in the restaurant on the second floor of the hotel to have breakfast. Lin Dan followed Xiao Qiu and walked in slowly. The two psychics who had abused her yesterday glared at Xiao Qiu fiercely, then gave her a sinister smile.
Lin Dan lowered her head, pretending to be frightened, but her eyes were terrifyingly cold. She knew that although these people were stopped by Xiao Qiu yesterday, they did not suffer any great loss, and they must still have some dirty thoughts towards her. Once Xiao Qiu is gone, they will continue to abuse her. Things that cannot be eaten are often the most missed. She can't always pin her hopes on others. What should she do if Xiao Qiu and the doctor are not around?
Glancing at a few ordinary women who had been abused the entire night and looked extremely haggard, Lin Dan's already hard heart was now wrapped in layer upon layer of ice. She looked around and found Dr. Xiao standing in the cleanest corner, looking at the members of the Nirvana team with an expressionless face. Nie Ting walked over to him from time to time and asked him what he wanted to eat, but he always shook his head and refused. The researchers under his command were eating at a table, but they seemed very uneasy and would look at his face every few minutes, as if they were afraid that he would make trouble. From this we can see that he is also a tyrant in the institute, the kind of person who has the final say.
The restaurant had been abandoned for a long time and was covered with dust. The white cloth on the dining table had turned gray, and the knives, forks, bowls and chopsticks were all covered in dirt. But these filthy scenes are nothing in the eyes of people in the last days. They just lift the tablecloth, wipe the table and chairs casually, and then sit down to have a good meal.
But Xiao Junlin couldn't do that. If he wasn't waiting for Lin Dan, he would never have stepped into this place.
Lin Dan looked at him and understood what he meant without any communication. She took away a tablecloth, a napkin, a set of bowls and chopsticks, and asked Xiao Qiu to move a stool, and returned to her original room. After entering the bathroom, she asked Xiao Qiu to call out two large buckets of water, washed the tablecloths, napkins and tableware at a very fast speed, boiled them to disinfect them, and then wrapped the stool in a film of water, heated it to 100 degrees after high-frequency oscillation. After doing all this, the originally dirty tablecloth and napkins became as white as new, and the stools were also shiny and very clean.
Xiao Qiu stood straight outside the bathroom door, showing no interest in Lin Dan's every move. If you don't look closely, no one would notice that her eyes are actually a little dull.
After bringing the things back to the restaurant, Lin Dan found a rag, wiped a table in the corner clean, put a tablecloth on it, put a napkin on it, and set the tableware. Then he pulled away the stool and said respectfully, "Doctor, you can eat now."
The way she and Xiao Qiu cleaned the table was so grand that other members looked at them sideways. People who don’t know might think that a member of the royal family has arrived and is enjoying the treatment of a state guest.
Xiao Junlin's cold aura slowly subsided. He walked over slowly, sat down, and used a knife and fork to cut a piece of dry bread sprinkled with jam that Xiao Qiu offered. Xiao Qiu nodded slightly and went to Liu Ye's table and made a pack of instant noodles. Lin Dan took out a pack of biscuits and nibbled on them while standing behind the doctor.
Liu Ye was quite dissatisfied with Xiao Qiu's behavior of trying to please Dr. Xiao. She reprimanded her with a stern face, but her eyes were full of sneer when she looked at Lin Dan. So what if you have a golden leg to cling to? If you can’t even sit at the table for meals, aren’t you still living like a rat in a gutter?
Lin Dan could feel Liu Ye's malicious gaze, but he was too lazy to even raise his head and just kept eating. In order to take good care of Dr. Xiao, she wasted a lot of time and had no time to eat instant noodles, so she could only eat some dry food. If she hesitated any longer, Liu Ye would definitely leave her alone.
Xiao Junlin, however, had no sense of time. He cut the bread into very small pieces, dipped it evenly in jam, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly with an elegant posture like a nobleman. The end of the world has come, but he still lives cleanly, leisurely and freely, because he has the strength. He flicked the transparent glass with his fingertips and said slowly, "Get me a glass of warm water."
Lin Dan quickly swallowed the biscuit in his mouth and wiped his fingers with a handkerchief. Then he summoned two hundred milliliters of water out of thin air, poured it into the glass, and controlled the high-frequency vibration of the water molecules to generate heat. She didn't have a thermometer and didn't know the exact temperature of the water, but she had an accurate estimate of her mental strength. After two minutes, she cut off the control. Some white steam had already come out of the water in the cup. It was not hot enough to burn the mouth, but it warmed the stomach and was just the right temperature to drink.
Xiao Junlin took a sip from the cup, and said with a slightly dissatisfied tone: "Why hasn't the redness and swelling on your face subsided? Don't you know how to apply some ice?"
Lin Dan touched his red and swollen left face and whispered, "Doctor, I'm not an ice-type mutant, so I don't have any ice to use." Ice-type mutants are mutated water-type mutants. They are extremely rare, but their attack power is very strong. They are the kind of people at the top of the pyramid. There are many experts in the three major bases, but they have only recruited less than ten people with ice abilities. This shows how rare their number is.
The Nirvana team has not yet made a name for itself, so naturally it cannot attract such talents.
Xiao Junlin shook the water in the cup, his voice full of sarcasm: "Who told you that water-based mutants can't make ice cubes? I heard that you are also engaged in scientific research, but I don't think so."
Lin Dan took two steps closer, lowered his head, and said sincerely: "Please teach me, Doctor."
Xiao Junlin picked up his knife and fork and continued eating. His tone was quite nonchalant. "I once did an experiment. I put several carbon nanotubes with a diameter of only 105 nanometers into water and heated it to over 100 degrees Celsius. The water outside the nanotubes boiled, but the water inside the nanotubes froze into ice, presenting two completely different forms. Do you understand the principle?"
Lin Dan thought hard for a while and could only shake his head helplessly.
Xiao Junlin chuckled and said, "The principle is actually very simple. When water boils, the water molecules become very active, but the space inside the nanotubes is too narrow, which greatly restricts the movement of the water molecules and prevents them from spreading. Instead, they quickly compress and condense, thus turning into a solid. This is the so-called "extremes lead to opposites". You can try to make the water molecules oscillate at a high frequency to generate heat energy to reach the boiling point, and then try your best to control their diffusion, so that they can be compressed very quickly and freeze into ice."
Xiao Junlin drank up the water in the cup in one breath, and said slowly: "Even if a person with a bad brain has superpowers, the achievements he makes are just so-so." When he said this, his eyes swept over the so-called "masters" such as Liu Ye, Nie Ting, Qian Yifan, etc., with a half-smile on his lips, as if he was looking at a group of jumping clowns.
Lin Dan chewed over his words carefully and whispered, "I understand. I'll give it a try. Thank you for your advice, Doctor." If she could turn water into ice, it would be like having another way to save her life. But she also knew that although this sounded simple, it would be extremely difficult to do. It is necessary to vibrate the water molecules to stimulate their activity, and at the same time suppress their diffusion to induce them to condense. The mental energy required to perform these two diametrically opposite operations, namely, contraction and tightening, is by no means simple.
Xiao Junlin wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin and said nothing more.
Half an hour later, the convoy set off and passed a supermarket, and everyone prepared to go in to collect supplies. Liu Ye and Nie Ting worked out a battle plan and then assigned the tasks. All members had to participate, including ordinary people.
"You and a few others go to the warehouse on the underground first floor and take a look. Remember to bring the lock-picking tools." Liu Ye pointed at Lin Dan and said.
Xiao Junlin said expressionlessly: "Lin Dan will not participate in any operations today. She is only responsible for staying in the car to protect me."
"She has no ability, how can she protect you?" Liu Ye retorted subconsciously.
"I said, she will not participate in any action today." Xiao Junlin turned his head and stared at Liu Ye with deep eyes that did not reveal a trace of light.
Liu Ye shuddered for no reason and tried to argue again, but Nie Ting held her shoulders. He said gently, "Since Dr. Xiao wants Lin Dan to stay, then let her stay. You guys stay in the car and be careful. Remember to lock the doors and close the windows. We will be out in an hour at most."
Xiao Junlin turned his head and looked out the window without saying a word. Seeing his arrogant attitude, Liu Ye was so angry that she felt like smoke was coming out of her head, but she had to suppress it.
"Let's go in! You don't have to hand over all the supplies you collected today. You can keep 30% for yourselves. It all depends on your ability!" After making Lin Dan suffer a loss in disguise, Liu Ye's mood improved slightly, and she led a group of impatient people into the supermarket.
Lin Danping lost some supplies for no reason, but he was not annoyed. He just stared at the water cup in his hand intently.
Xiao Junlin held his chin with one hand and looked out the window bored.
About ten minutes later, Lin Dan's head suddenly hit his shoulder hard. He turned around and saw that she was bleeding from her nose. Her face turned extremely pale, as if her vitality was exhausted. But in her hand, she was holding a cup that was emitting cold air...
"Doctor, I did it." Lin Dan raised his head and smiled faintly.
Xiao Junlin pushed her head away and said with disdain, "It's dirty."
Lin Dan quickly leaned against the other door of the car, staring at the crystal clear ice in his hand, and laughed inaudibly. Although her head nearly exploded, the feeling of controlling the power was enough to make up for all the pain. She absorbed dozens of primary crystal cores before she recovered, then stared blankly at a trash can not far away. The barrel was filled with all kinds of dirt, including moldy food, drinks that were thrown away after a few sips, and some cardboard boxes.
Lin Dan stared at a plastic bottle filled with drink, his eyes flashing with cold light. About five minutes later, the plastic bottle exploded without any warning, making a very loud noise, and the drink inside turned into a cloud of steam and dissipated in all directions.
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