Chapter 98: The signal from the Imperial Research Institute comes from underground
Nan Qi was startled by Bai's sudden burst of coldness, and then a sour feeling surged in his heart. He knew that Bai must have thought of the oppression of female insects by higher-level male insects, which was why he acted like this.
Mellon once told him that Bai had always suffered a lot. Considering that Bai was not of noble birth but had reached his current position, he must have suffered a lot of oppression and bullying.
It seems that there is a chance. He needs to understand Bai's experience and then formulate a strategy to appease Bai, so that Bai can fundamentally remove the shackles in his heart.
After making up his mind, Nan Qi patted Bai's hand again and said softly, "This world isn't completely ruined yet. There will always be male insects who won't go along with the corrupt. We will all stand by you."
"Well, don't worry, I'm fine." Bai lowered his eyebrows and eyes, realizing that he was a little out of control.
In the past, he would also be burdened by childhood memories, but he had long been able to hide his emotions. Today, he was like this because Nan Qi was by his side.
His dependence on Nan Qi made him release his emotions without reservation in front of Nan Qi. Another reason was probably because of his recent surge in mental strength.
After Carter condensed his spiritual body, his spiritual sea was opened up. He did not notice any signs of the spiritual sea being opened up for the time being, but his spiritual sea, which had shrunk due to insufficient comfort and the medication, has recovered a lot recently.
The spiritual sea has recovered, and the control of mental power has become more and more refined, but when emotions fluctuate, there is still slight instability due to the growth of mental power.
Melon and the others also noticed this, which is why they asked him to go to Pu Bo for a checkup.
Seeing that Bai had returned to normal, Nan Qi went to see Arnold again. Arnold shook his head to indicate that he was fine. Bai apologized softly, and Arnold waved his hands to indicate that he was fine and there was no need to apologize.
After a short delay, the three bugs continued on their way. In fact, ever since entering the campus, Nan Qi had been constantly sensing Carter's spirit, even when comforting Bai. With his exceptional mental power, he quickly located the location where Carter had disappeared.
It was in the woods next to the teaching building on the west side of the school. The woods were next to a high wall, and the teaching building next to the woods was where Carter's class was.
Apparently, Carter went to school normally, but when he entered the teaching building, he was attracted by something, or was called by some insect into the woods and was taken away.
With the evidence, Bai didn't hesitate and directly sent a message to the male insect they impersonated, asking him to come and check the surveillance and keep in touch at any time. He then followed Nan Qi to continue searching for the energy left by Carter's spirit body, hoping to find Carter as soon as possible.
After doing all this, Bai was the first to climb over the wall that was six or seven meters high and stretched out his hand to Nan Qi.
Nan Qi understood, grabbed Arnold's belt, who was still not in the right state and thinking about how to get through, and exerted force with his arms!
Arnold: "...Aaaaaaaah, it's flying and going to hit the wall!"
Arnold was suddenly thrown into the air with great force. His whole body was out of control, the wind was whistling in his ears, and if he tried to look up, he would hit the wall. He could only paddle in the air with his hands and feet like a little turtle.
He wanted to scream, but was afraid of disturbing other insects, so he didn't dare to shout loudly. The sound he made was like he was constipated. When Bai grabbed his belt and put him on the thick wall to sit, he looked terrified, perfectly illustrating the meaning of "I am flying in the sky, and my soul is chasing me below."
When he finally recovered, he found that Nan Qi, who was lying on the ground, had come up from nowhere. Seeing him looking at him, he smiled at him and waved his arm...
"Ahhhhhhh, I'm going to fall to death..."
He was thrown down by Nan Qi again, but was caught by Bai and landed perfectly.
After Nan Qi came down, Arnold's legs trembled and he said tremblingly: "Nan, Nan Qi, at least you should give me a warning in advance. I, I'm afraid of heights!"
"Sorry." Nan Qi smiled slightly. He said sorry but didn't look apologetic at all. "I'll be more careful next time. I'm not so anxious now, am I?"
Arnold was stunned for a moment before he understood what Nan Qi meant. It turned out that Nan Qi was using this method to help him manage his anxiety.
You know what, it’s really useful when you least expect it.
"Thank you, Nan Qi." Arnold thanked him sincerely.
Nan Qi patted Arnold's shoulder and said, "Just calm down. If you get sick, Carter will blame me."
"No, Carter admires you the most and he will never blame you," said Arnold.
"Okay, I get it. Let's continue. The aircraft is coming."
Just now, Bai called the aircraft here through positioning and automatic driving, and they will need the aircraft for transportation next.
After Nan Qi finished speaking, he took Bai in one hand and Arnold in the other and walked towards the aircraft.
After getting on the aircraft, Nan Qi closed his eyes, and the beautiful nine-tailed cat spirit appeared above his head. It had its eyes closed like him, and a layer of bright light emanated from its body.
Bai and Arnold watched this scene in shock, and no one dared to make a sound for fear of disturbing Nan Qi.
A minute later, Nan Qi opened his eyes, a smile on his face. "Bai, head east. Carter left behind enough spiritual energy. He must be frightened. We need to find him quickly."
Upon hearing this, Bai drove at full speed and headed east.
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In the dim room, Carter finally managed to break the rope that tied him up.
The bug that caught him probably didn't consider that his body was in better shape than that of an ordinary adult F-class male bug because he helped his brother mine, so the rope that tied him up wasn't that strong. Or maybe they thought that even if he untied the rope, he wouldn't be able to escape.
Whatever the reason, after Carter's hands and feet were freed, he pulled off the black cloth covering his eyes and began to look around the room.
Thanks to the condensation of his spiritual body, his vision and hearing became much sharper. In the darkness, he could see that this was a room similar to a hospital ward.
There was a bed, a bedside table, a storage cabinet at the foot of the bed, hooks on the ceiling for hanging IV bottles, a bathroom of medium size, and the chair he sat on. He had been tied to this chair before.
There were no windows in this room, only one door. Carter didn't dare to turn on the light. He tiptoed to try to open the door, and sure enough, the door was locked from the outside.
He thought about it and tried to push the bed, bedside table and storage cabinet to the door to block it and prevent any insects from suddenly coming in and harming him.
After doing all this, Ka slumped in the chair, biting his nails until they bled, but he didn't even notice.
He didn't know where he was or how to get out.
He only remembered hearing his classmates mention his name in conversation, saying that he was a strange insect.
Originally he didn't want to pay attention to it, as he had no friends at school. But just as he turned to enter the teaching building, he heard the names of his brother Arnold and Nan Qi, and his sensitive little radar suddenly sounded.
He approached quietly, wanting to hear what they were saying up close, but he felt a pain in the back of his neck and became unconscious.
The moment he was knocked down, he tried hard to see the face of the bug that hit him, but he saw nothing. When he woke up again, he was in this room.
"What should I do, what should I do, what should I do..." Carter muttered nervously, as if he would know what to do this way.
Suddenly, Carter paused, froze for a second, and then hit his head hard.
The pain started again, that feeling like an electric drill drilling into my brain came back.
Pu Bo said that this was the pain caused by the opening of his spiritual sea, and prescribed him a special painkiller. One tablet of special painkiller can relieve the pain for 12 hours. Now he has a headache, which means that he has been captured for at least 12 hours.
"Has it been that long?" Carter took out the painkillers from his inside pocket with difficulty and swallowed them dryly.
Fortunately, after all the trouble, the medicine was not lost, otherwise he would probably have died from the pain.
After the pain subsided, Carter came out of his previous confused state, regained his senses and began to carefully observe the entire room.
The star brain on my wrist is still there, but there is no signal. This room blocks the signal.
There are no windows, and there's a metallic echo when you knock on the walls, as well as the floor. The ceiling is probably made of metal. Was he thrown into a metal cage?
Carter frowned. He didn't think he deserved to be treated so cautiously. He was probably arrested because of Brother Nan Qi or because of the braised food shop.
When we were still on Porter Star, my brother discussed with Brother Nanqi how to preserve the braised food shop.
Later, Brother Nan Qi married Admiral Smellide, and they had a backer on the Central Star. However, because Brother Nan Qi did not attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony, many bugs did not know that the braised food shop belonged to Nan Qi.
But the braised food store is affiliated with Xueais Company, and I believe everyone knows this. The overwhelming advertisements on the opening day have made everyone know that the braised food store has Xueais investment. If anyone wants to move the braised food store, it depends on whether Xueais agrees.
But now he has been arrested. If the problem was really with the braised food shop, then the one who arrested him must be a rival company of Xue Ais, or a senior executive of Xue Ais who wanted to use him to obtain the braised food recipe.
If it weren't for the braised food shop...
Carter didn't dare to think about that possibility. He would rather it was because of the braised food shop, because if that was the possibility, it would mean that both his brother and Brother Nan Qi would be in danger.
"No, I can't just sit there and wait for death. I have to find a way to escape."
Carter was anxious, but his actions became more careful. He touched the walls and floor inch by inch, hoping to find a place where he could hide or escape.
Unfortunately, Carter didn't find it. Just as he was about to lose his sanity again, he heard the sound of flushing water.
Carter's head snapped up and he ran towards the bathroom.
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More than ten kilometers away, Nan Qi frowned. Carter's spiritual energy was suddenly cut off here. It was very likely that Carter was completely unconscious and his mental power was no longer fluctuating.
He turned on the Star Brain, pulled up the nearby map and started to check it. Before he could see anything, Arnold in the back seat exclaimed.
Nan Qi and Bai looked back and saw Arnold pointing at his own Star Brain excitedly, saying incoherently: "Got it, got it, Carter..."
"Don't be impatient, Arnold. What's wrong? Tell me slowly."
As Nan Qi spoke, his mental power slowly drifted around Arnold, and his voice became gentle and slow, and soon Arnold calmed down.
He opened the Star Brain, which he had been operating for two years, and pointed to the small, flickering light on the map, saying excitedly, "Look, this is Carter's Star Brain location. It wasn't there just now, and then it suddenly appeared. Does that mean Carter is nearby?"
Nan Qi and Bai looked at each other and felt that it was very possible. Even if it was a trick to capture the bug that took Carter away, as long as they caught the bug that threw Carter's star brain, they would be able to know where Carter was.
Bai started the aircraft signal location and headed towards it, while Nan Qi began to draw the area where Carter might be hiding on the map, centered on the signal.
When he saw the sign of the Imperial Research Institute, he stopped. Coincidentally, Bai Ye was floating at the back door of the Imperial Research Institute. The source of the signal was right below them, and there was a manhole cover there.
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