In this era where mutant animals and plants are rampant, bullets are becoming less and less, and military factories are basically unable to produce ammunition, mutant beasts with high intelligence and strong physiques are almost at the top of the food chain.
Especially those who were once the overlords of the earth, such as tigers and lions, live a free and easy life.
These animals have become a new intelligent race born on the planet.
Under such circumstances, the black-haired young man and others who treated them as slaves have become synonymous with evil people in Xia Ruanruan's eyes.
Not to mention Xia Ruanruan had also heard from several members of the Longquan Survival Base's vanguard that the neighboring Mingchang Survival Base had been destroyed, with all the high-ranking military personnel captured and killed. They had also heard about an unprovoked attack on the Animal City base, resulting in the deaths of the residents there.
The disgust in Xia Runrun's eyes grew stronger and stronger, almost turning into a solid dark cloud and condensing.
"Where are those drugs you used before that could easily control mutant beasts? Does anyone else know about their existence? How do they mix and prepare them?"
Xia Ruanruan walked out from behind Huang Haichao and stood in front of the iron cage, staring at the black-haired young man in front of her without blinking. "As long as you confess these people without leaving out a word... I can consider letting you go."
"After handing it over, you'll consider giving me a chance to live? Do you think I'm a fool?"
The black-haired young man sneered, "I don't know how many times I've used this tactic of yours before... Whenever someone says they'll consider it, I'll just go for it in the end. Talking about a way out is just fooling ordinary people!"
Xia Runrun's eyes were cold, without a trace of warmth, and she stared at the other person with icy eyes.
"It doesn't matter if you don't confess. I have so many subordinates, there will always be someone willing to confess." Chu Hang loosened the collar of his shirt. His tone was cold and calm, but there was a strong threat in his words.
"Hehehe! Do you think I'm a fool? How could I hand over such an important thing to other people casually?" The black-haired young man sneered, and the sarcasm and mockery in his eyes could hardly be concealed.
"Really? Indeed, how can such an important thing be handed over to others casually?" Chu Hang nodded, looked down at Xia Ruanruan and said, "Base Commander, your wound has only been lightly bandaged and not properly treated. Leave the interrogation to me. You should go back and rest and heal your wound as soon as possible."
Xia Runrun glanced at Chu Hang without saying a word, nodded, turned around and left the cell.
She wasn't good at interrogation, so she decided to go and treat the wound first. The place where the mutant shrike had scratched her was bleeding profusely. Even after being tightly bound with white cloth, the blood still seeped out. The doctor, who had already brought a medical kit, immediately came forward, and the others followed Xia Ruanruan out of the cell.
In the dark cell, no one's shadows soon disappeared, and only the dim light illuminated the black-haired young man and Chu Hang.
"What? You're staying here hoping to force a confession and torture me?" The black-haired young man curled his lips and leaned nonchalantly against the cell bars. "That's all you have. But if you're willing to accept defeat, kill me if you dare!"
"I don't know how you managed to wake up those controlled mutant animals." The black-haired young man snorted defiantly, his eyes filled with malicious sarcasm. "But I know you won't let go of the Beast Taming Perfume. As long as you have the Beast Taming Perfume, you can drive all the mutant animals, and your survival base will be invincible in the world. Who wouldn't want such a good thing? Don't you think so?"
“Knock, knock, knock…”
Chu Hang tapped lightly on the cell bars with his fingertips and looked at the other party with cold eyes. There was no anger after being provoked in his ophthalmoscope, nor any other ripples.
Seeing the black-haired young man looking at him with doubtful eyes, Chu Hang said in a cold and unhurried voice, "You're right. How can you just give such an important thing to other people?"
"What do you mean?" The black-haired young man's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and a hint of imperceptible anxiety appeared on his brow. He felt as if something was happening right in front of him.
"It's nothing..." Chu Hang raised his eyelids slightly.
"Since you're the only one who knows about this thing, then as long as you're gone... no one else in this world will know about this potion anymore."
Chu Hang turned around and left the cell door without any regrets. Every footstep he made was like a hammer hitting the black-haired young man's heart. "At the Zootopia Survival Base, no chemicals are needed to control mutant animals."
"The base commander's goal from the beginning to the end has been only one - to eliminate the Beast Taming Perfume you mentioned from this world."
The black-haired young man's pupils shrank slightly, and he shouted at Chu Hang's departing back: "Stop right there! Stop, stop right there! Come back! Come back! ...Damn it!"
The black-haired young man's angry roar echoed in the empty dungeon, followed by the sound of the cell door being violently slammed. Chu Hang left the dungeon without even turning back. To prevent collusion during the interrogation, everyone was held in solitary confinement, especially the black-haired young man and the yellow-haired youth.
"From today on, there is no need to deliver any food or water to the prisoners in this cell. Just seal the door." Chu Hang straightened his sleeves and instructed the two guards.
"Okay, Secretary General of the base!" The two guards holding weapons immediately nodded in agreement.
Their base had only recently been established, and their criminal justice system was imperfect, with no precedent for execution by firing squad. Yet these men had the audacity to attack their base, harming residents, and even massacring Mingchang's leaders and troops. They deserved death a thousand times over. Execution would be too easy for him. It would be better to let him remain alone in a dark cell, where he would slowly die!
However, none of the three people noticed that the cell door was now closed in the dark basement.
A transparent light curtain, invisible to others but shimmering with a faint white halo, suddenly appeared in front of the black-haired young man...
"Tsk! I knew there would be only two options if I were caught by these people. Either I'd ask for the Beast Taming Perfume, or they'd just kill me to eliminate future trouble." The black-haired young man shook his head. "I've already got the limb regeneration potion under my tongue, just waiting for them to kill me, bite open the capsule, and the potency will automatically take effect, bringing me back to life. I didn't expect this guy to be so vicious, actually wanting to starve me to death!"
The limb regeneration potion was an interstellar product he'd purchased with his livestream tips. While it could restore his limbs, it couldn't prevent him from starving to death; at best, it only delayed his death. Imprisoned in such a small, dark basement cage, without even sunlight, it was impossible for any interstellar viewers to tip him in his livestream.
"It seems I can only use the remaining money to buy something suitable to escape..."
The black-haired young man slammed his fist into the metal bars of the cage, causing a violent vibration. "There aren't many things you can buy from the system. What you buy must be made of materials that already exist in this world, and must be made with technology that's no more than a century old. Whether it's a limb regeneration potion or a beast-taming perfume, as long as we find the right materials, it won't take long with current technology to create them... But high-tech weapons like spaceships and aircraft carriers either contain metal elements that don't belong to this world, or the technology is too advanced, far beyond what this world can achieve within a hundred years..."
"After much thought, it's probably best to just kill this inexplicable base commander. It seems he's the only one there. He possesses the ability to remove the Beast Taming Perfume's control."
"After I kill them, I can stay quiet for another year or two, and then I will have a powerful animal army."
The black-haired young man murmured a few words in a low voice, his fingers lightly slid across the light computer screen, and bought what he was looking for.
…
Xia Runrun sat in the room, and two doctors and nurses took turns helping her treat the wound on her hand, cleaning, treating and suturing it.
Huang Haichao couldn't sit still any longer. He shifted his hips and asked, "Base Commander, what happened to that white cat? When did such a large mutant appear in our survival base? And... it seemed to have shrunk in size immediately after the battle. It's very different from ordinary mutants..."
"You're asking so many questions, isn't it just to find out if the giant mutant white cat is Xiaobai?"
Xia Ruanruan immediately saw through the inquiry in Huang Haichao's and the others' eyes. She nodded and shrugged helplessly, "You guessed right, Xiaobai is the big cat. As for why Xiaobai can suddenly grow and shrink, I'm not sure. It may be related to the Hcp virus."
The HCP virus has eluded scientific discovery for years, still circulating unchecked within every human body. Like the human brain, it remains a mystery, unsolved by countless scientists.
With so many people present today, Xiaobai's sudden massive growth had clearly caught the attention of many. Hiding it was impossible, so Xia Ruanruan could only try to attribute the incident to the virus. In reality, Chu Hang's ability to separate his spirit from his body and modernize his physique was indeed related to the HCP virus. As for the true story behind this, perhaps only the deceased researchers would know.
Xia Ruanruan didn't want to say much about this topic, so she turned to another one. "Those mutant beast residents who died today, you must properly accommodate them. If their families are still alive, compensate them with points according to the regulations. Also, all residents who participated in the battle today will be rewarded with a certain number of points... This is written into the base's rules and regulations."
"Yes, Base Commander!"
"The new mutant beasts that joined today need to be properly registered. If any residents in the base reject them, I hope you can help mediate the conflict. They are also victims if they are controlled by others to attack the survival base."
The happy atmosphere after the victory of the battle gradually died down due to Xia Ruanruan's instructions. Although the victory of the battle was a good thing and the number of casualties among the residents in the base was very small, deaths did occur anyway, and this was not what everyone wanted to see.
In addition, many of the new mutant beast residents have them with them, so many people are very busy tonight.
For this reason, even though Xia Ruanruan saw that the total score of her base in the atlas increased by 10 to 59.341, and she was about to pass, she could not be happy.
However, at this moment.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door!
Wu Wenhua rushed into the room excitedly, holding a thick, dark green leaf that looked quite like a banana leaf in his hand, and rushed into the room quickly.
"Good news, good news! I have great news for you. Look what's in my hand?!" Wu Wenhua's saliva was flying with excitement!
"Hmm?" The people in the room subconsciously followed Wu Wenhua's words and focused their eyes on the leaf in his hand.
"I just found this in the mutant beasts' rations! I heard it's a new hybrid plant! It's incredibly high in protein! It tastes exactly like beef! Those attackers gave it to the carnivores as rations! From now on, our survival base won't have to worry about the meat needs of carnivores or the ordinary survivors!"
Wu Wenhua's excited words immediately made everyone in the room look stunned, and then they were filled with ecstasy.
"What did you say? Really?!" Huang Haichao was the first to step forward excitedly. He quickly tore off a large piece from the leaf and put it in his mouth to chew.
Huang Haichao's pupils were shocked: "!!!"
Huang Haichao: "Ugh!——"
This damn raw beef smell is so fishy and disgusting!
Everyone: “…”
Everyone was silent for a moment, but then everyone smiled happily again. This was the best news they had received since the enemy attacked their base!
"Send someone to ask these attackers how to grow this plant. Since they can feed it to so many carnivorous mutant animals, the yield of this plant should be quite high. Judging from the freshness of the leaves, the planting area may be nearby. Or perhaps the shelf life of this crop will be very long..." Xia Ruanruan carefully looked at this strange leaf that she had never seen before. The leaf was about the thickness of two adult palms, and you could tell by the look of it that the flesh was firm.
"What are you talking about? The discovery of new hybrid crops?"
Chu Hang walked into the room, his lips curled up. "I remember there are quite a few students and professors who graduated from agricultural universities in the base. We can give them this crop to grow."
"In that case, we can take a three-pronged approach. We can ask the attackers where the crops are planted, send people to search, and finally ask students and professors from the Agricultural University who specialize in plants to plant them. Although we only have leaves... I remember that methods like tissue culture can be used to regenerate plants." Xia Ruanruan nodded and said to Chu Hang, "For the time being, I'll trouble you to help assign them."
The silent atmosphere was blown away by the arrival of this new plant, and for a moment everyone in the room showed a rare smile at the same time.
To boost morale and to increase confidence among other residents in the base.
That night, the news of this incident spread to every street and alley through the base city radio, and even the issue of hiring agricultural professors and students was put on the agenda early.
The people in the farming group almost cried their eyes out.
Autumn planting is almost here. Wouldn't it be like asking for their lives to poach these experts now?!
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