Chapter 70 Mad Scientist 2
When Jian Ziyan woke up, he found himself locked in a research room used for studying animals, with heavy chains wrapped around his body. If it weren't for his special physique at the moment, the chains alone would have been enough to crush him.
He felt the seal on his lips and did not try to speak. There was a domineering flame flowing around in his body. It came from the most domineering supernatural power in the world: Chen Ke's Hellfire.
The hellfire is not an ordinary fire-related ability, but a tyrannical existence that can burn everything in the world. No matter whether it is an ordinary zombie or an ordinary person, they will be reduced to ashes once they encounter it.
If he hadn't protected his heart in advance and hadn't taken Chen Ke's blow like that, he probably wouldn't have had a chance to stand here.
When thinking of this, Jian Ziyan did not feel any resentment or blame in his heart. Instead, a hint of relief flashed across his eyes.
This relief was fleeting and no one saw it.
Suddenly, a bright white light came on, and Jian Ziyan reflexively narrowed his eyes and looked at the person who was walking in.
The place where he was imprisoned was used to observe some ferocious and aggressive experimental subjects. When people came in, they would be separated by a layer of special transparent protective cover, so they could observe what was inside.
The person who walked in was Shen Ke.
There was no anger and hatred on his face that he had when he arrested Jian Ziyan that day. He just stood in front of the protective shield with an expressionless face, observing Jian Ziyan inside.
Jian Ziyan's mouth was blocked. Even if he wanted to say something, he couldn't. He could only look at him in silence.
He has now lost his corpse state, and his pair of black eyes are like an eternal cold pond, icy and deep, making it impossible to see any emotion that should belong to a human.
Shen Ke looked at it for a while, then suddenly clicked a few times on the operating table to open the door of the protective cover.
He stepped in nonchalantly, not caring at all about what a monster Jian Ziyan was.
Shen Ke stood in front of Jian Ziyan and said calmly, "I will be responsible for guarding you now."
Jian Ziyan blinked slowly to indicate that he heard it.
Chen Ke looked at him, a strange look in his eyes: "You are indeed worth studying. You obviously don't have any supernatural power fluctuations, but you can survive after being hit by my fire. You obviously turned into a zombie but you can still recover your human appearance. Jian Ziyan, you are not simple."
Jian Ziyan couldn't say anything and could only continue looking at him.
Chen Ke obviously also realized this problem. He raised his hand and touched the side of Jian Ziyan's face. He pressed something, and the mouth seal automatically shrank and fell into Chen Ke's hand.
Jian Ziyan's pale face was revealed, with red marks left by the seal on his mouth.
"If you want these, I can tell you." When Shen Ke's eyebrow raised high in surprise, Jian Ziyan added calmly, "But you don't believe me."
"Yes, I really don't believe you. I trust the researchers at the base more than what you say." Shen Ke said.
Jian Ziyan nodded. This was within his expectations.
His indifference made Shen Ke's eyes more inquiring.
"You are so smart. Now that you are in our hands, you should be able to guess what will happen, right?" Chen Ke said, "But I don't see any panic in you."
Even if Jian Ziyan was a bad guy, he could have such a mentality, and Shen Ke couldn't help but feel a bit of complicated admiration in his heart.
It’s a pity that the sins he committed are unforgivable, otherwise, facing someone with such a character, Shen Ke might want to make friends with him.
"I won't panic." Jian Ziyan said as if he was stating a fact. "I came here because I want to tell you something. After I finish telling you, I will leave. I still have research to complete."
Shen Ke's eyes flashed, and he didn't bother to sneer at his last words: "Before you were arrested, you said you wanted to tell me something. Now you can tell me."
Jian Ziyan raised his eyes to look at him: "Are you willing to believe me?"
"I don't believe it, but you can tell me." Chen Ke raised his eyebrows again, with a teasing look on his handsome face, "Tell me about it."
He obviously didn't take Jian Ziyan's words to heart. Anyway, there was no way this man could escape now. He acted frivolously, as if he was teasing a disobedient little pet.
Jian Ziyan seemed not to feel it. He looked at Shen Ke quietly for a few seconds and said, "Not yet. This is not an absolutely safe place. Someone is watching me."
"..." Chen Ke looked up at the camera that was functioning normally, "You can only tell me what you want to say?"
Jian Ziyan nodded seriously, and for the first time, some emotion flashed in his ink-black eyes.
"No one else can hear it," he said. "Take down the surveillance camera and I'll tell you."
A strange look appeared on Shen Ke's face, and his eyes turned cold.
"Jian Ziyan, I didn't expect you to be playing tricks at this time." He said, "If I take off the surveillance camera, wouldn't it be seen by others as your accomplice? You have made a good plan."
Jian Ziyan finally reacted, and he was stunned for a moment.
"Will people think so?" He thought for a moment, "Then I'll find another opportunity."
Shen Ke simply couldn't understand what this person was thinking.
As a cruel man who dragged the whole world into the end of the world, Jian Ziyan repeatedly acted as if he cared about him, which made him feel extremely ridiculous and annoyed.
He didn't think that Jian Ziyan was really doing this for his own good. Perhaps this was just a disguise. He knew how much of a threat Jian Ziyan could bring to him, so he was deliberately retreating in order to advance, hoping to alienate people from within?
"If you want the people in the base to be afraid of me and reject me, then your efforts are in vain," Chen Ke said with a frivolous smile, but his eyes were firm and fierce. "I don't care whether this base, or even all the humans, live or die. You want them to be alienated from me, but it poses no threat to me."
He wants the apocalypse to end, but that's just because of the trouble. He is a man without memory and past. What does other people's thoughts and life and death have to do with him?
Anyway, even if the human species died out one day, he would not die. In other words, if something appeared one day that could kill him, then humans would be close to extinction.
So he didn't care. The reason he stayed in this base was because other people begged him to stay, not because he relied on this base to survive.
If Jian Ziyan had this in mind, he would feel a little sorry for him.
Daydreaming, wishful thinking.
However, Jian Ziyan just said "oh".
He suddenly asked, "You've lost your memory for so long, have you ever met anyone you knew before?"
Shen Ke didn't know why he suddenly jumped to this question. He was silent for a few seconds and returned to his expressionless and indifferent look.
So what if he encounters it, so what if he doesn’t encounter it, he will not be shaken by anything anyone says.
Shen Ke did not answer this question. To be honest, now that he had calmed down, he was surprised why he came in and talked to Jian Ziyan.
He originally just came for a routine check on Jian Ziyan's condition.
Ever since he woke up with a blank mind, he had never been interested in talking to anyone. He could see through what they wanted at a glance and felt impatient with the vulgarity and shallowness of others from the bottom of his heart.
How come today...
Chen Ke subconsciously glanced at Jian Ziyan. His eyes, like a cold pond, were still so peaceful, just like a windless lake under the moonlight, without any desire or gloom. When he looked at people, he just looked at them, making him feel the long-lost clarity and tranquility.
It also gave rise to a violent and wanton thought in his heart, and gave rise to some dangerous ideas that should not have occurred.
Chen Ke's eyes darkened and he put the gag back on Jian Ziyan's face.
…
Since Shen Ke was in charge of looking after Jian Ziyan, it was impossible for him to avoid him completely, and because of Jian Ziyan's dangerousness and special nature, he was basically tied to Jian Ziyan and witnessed everything he went through.
The base went to so much trouble to capture Jian Ziyan, of course, it wasn't just to be a decoration.
Originally they wanted to detain Jian Ziyan, ostensibly to prevent him from doing anything that would harm the world again, but secretly for some unspeakable reasons.
Now that they have discovered that Jian Ziyan actually has great research value, they will not let him go easily even if they want to make good use of the waste.
So Chen Ke watched Jian Ziyan being pushed into the operating room again and again. Every time he came out, he had new scars on his body. He was not even allowed to stop the bleeding, let alone bandage it or use those extremely precious medicines in the end times.
That day, Chen Ke stood guard at the door, watching the unconscious Jian Ziyan being carried back and locked up again, his eyes slightly gloomy.
At the back, Xu Guanglei walked out slowly, taking off his gloves. When he saw that Shen Ke hadn't left yet, his eyes immediately lit up and he walked over with a smile.
"Brother Shen Ke..."
"Aren't you afraid that he will die soon if you treat him like this?"
Before Xu Guanglei could finish his words, he heard Shen Ke's question. His smile froze at the corners of his lips, and he lowered his eyes calmly, saying in a cheerful tone: "He has a special physique, and he won't die so easily. Besides, I didn't do anything. I just took some samples from him for research. He's not that fragile."
Chen Ke looked at him, and a trace of disgust flashed across his eyes very clearly, but Xu Guanglei did not see it.
How could this person do such a cruel thing with such an innocent and pure expression? This had nothing to do with whether Jian Ziyan was a sinner or not. If his crime was unforgivable, he could be killed directly. He did not agree with this kind of torture under the name of greatness.
But precisely because Jian Ziyan was a sinner, he said nothing. He just brought it upon himself.
"Don't worry, believe me." Xu Guanglei winked at him. "Besides, even if he really died, it can be regarded as redemption. He contributed his last bit of strength to this world. It's not a waste."
He stared at Shen Ke closely, waiting for his affirmative answer.
Speak up, he is now a sinner who is guilty of playing with death! Could it be that at this moment you will also subconsciously be merciful to him?
He had to do these cruel things for the fate of all mankind. Shouldn't he be comforted and affirmed?
His eyes were burning with obvious expectation, but Chen Ke said nothing. He just glanced at him and turned away. Judging from the path he took, he was obviously returning to where Guan Jian Ziyan was.
Behind him, Xu Guanglei had an expression as if he had eaten a fly. He wanted to call him unwillingly, but he had no reason. He could only grit his teeth and reveal a vicious look in an unknown place.
When Shen Ke returned, everyone else had already left, leaving Jian Ziyan alone, tied up in a pile of chains, as if his body was wrapped in a cruel spell.
Shen Ke opened the protective shield and walked in, stretched out his fingertips to probe under his nose, and felt an extremely weak breath. The inexplicable tension in his heart faded away.
As if to hide the fact that he was actually worried about Jian Ziyan, he was about to get up and leave, but at this moment Jian Ziyan opened his eyes and met his gaze accurately.
“…”
Chen Ke was speechless for a moment. He was just about to make up an excuse to cover up his seemingly worried behavior, but he was shocked by Jian Ziyan's eyes.
Even after all this extremely painful torture, Jian Ziyan's eyes were the same as the day he first saw him, as cold as a cold pond and as tranquil as the abyss.
There is no despair, no pain, nor any fear or expectation.
It was as if the real wounds on his body were just cosmetic effects, the physical pain and human hatred were just passing clouds to him.
How is this possible?
How could any human being not feel a trace of fear and despair after being treated like this?
Chen Ke looked down at him and said in a hoarse voice: "Could it be that you have really turned into a zombie and have lost even a single bit of human emotion?"
Jian Ziyan asked: "You really can't remember anything?"
His voice was soft, hoarse and weak, and his breathing was unstable, but his tone was still as calm as always, which seemed very strange against the backdrop of his own miserable condition.
Shen Ke's mind turned quickly, his eyes narrowed
Start: "Why do you ask this question? Did you know me before?"
His heartbeat couldn't help but quicken for a moment.
For so long, he has never met anyone who knew him before, but he is not surprised. The world is falling apart and people are scattered. He doesn't think he was the type who could make friends before he lost his memory, so it is normal that no one knows him now.
But when he actually meets someone who might know him, he finds that he is not as calm as he thought.
Under his intense gaze, Jian Ziyan coughed a few times and said, "I thought you would personally take on the role of studying me. After all, how could Xu Guanglei be better than you?"
Shen Ke was shocked, and his voice became low, with a strong sense of oppression: "What did you say?"
He has known Xu Guanglei for such a long time, but he has never heard him say that he knew him before!
As soon as he woke up, he possessed the most advanced superpowers. Even without his memories, he lived well in the apocalypse. However, because he remembered nothing, he didn't know what he was doing before the apocalypse.
And now someone was telling him that he might have been a researcher?
Even though he kept shouting in his heart that Jian Ziyan was a sinner, a liar who tried to deceive him, he had been trying to deceive him since the first day he was arrested, right? This was clearly his conspiracy.
But Shen Ke couldn't help but be attracted by his attention and couldn't control his desire to know more.
He squatted on one knee, pushed aside some of the hair that was blocking Jian Ziyan's eyes, and spoke faster.
"Did you know me before? Xu Guanglei also knew me? What are you hiding? I am also a researcher? Tell me!"
Jian Ziyan looked at him and sighed softly.
He originally thought that with Chen Ke's qualifications, he would definitely be the one responsible for him, so that he might be able to find an opportunity to be alone with him and tell him everything he wanted to say.
But he was wrong. He didn't expect that after losing his memory, Shen Ke even lost his instincts and didn't consider himself a researcher at all. His plan failed.
Now he could clearly feel that his life was leaving him and he could not hold on for much longer, but he had to let Chen Ke know about this, he had no other choice.
Jian Ziyan's breath was weak, and he used all his strength to speak: "I... told you to turn off the camera, really... they can't know about it."
It's not that he wanted to keep it a secret, but he didn't want Shen Ke to bear the consequences of leaking the secret.
Maybe this is the last thing he can do.
Shen Ke's aura was violent for a moment, but he suppressed it forcefully.
"You are really persistent." He said coldly, standing up, "Since you don't want to say it, then don't say it."
After saying that, he actually walked out of the protective shield without hesitation, turned off the lights and left.
Even though he really wanted to know what Jian Ziyan would say, he would not be passive. In front of a man like Jian Ziyan, as long as he took a step back, he would fall completely under his control.
Maybe he did know about his past, but it would certainly serve as a bait for his puppet, and he couldn't fall for it.
He'll see how long he can hold out.
…
In Shen Ke's opinion, if Jian Ziyan really wanted to use him to do something, he would definitely take action before his body could no longer hold on. However, before that day came, he heard a scream outside the operating room.
The scream came from Xu Guanglei. Shen Ke's eyes sharpened and he rushed in, only to see Xu Guanglei cowering in the corner with his head in his hands, looking at Jian Ziyan on the operating table with fear.
There was a cut in Jian Ziyan's lower abdomen, and blood gushed out continuously. However, the reason why Xu Guanglei screamed was not this, but because his whole body was a horrible bluish-white, and purple blood vessels quickly climbed up his neck and face, and his nails became black and sharp.
Jian Ziyan turned into a corpse again.
Shen Ke turned around and glared at Xu Guanglei: "What did you do to him?"
"I... I didn't do anything!" Xu Guanglei was obviously relieved when he saw Shen Ke coming in. After the fear, a strong sense of grievance surged up, and his eyes were filled with tears. "I just took some slices of his liver for research."
Shen Ke looked at him coldly. He didn't believe everything Jian Ziyan said before, but he took it to heart. Now looking at Xu Guanglei, his mood was very different.
However, he remained on the sidelines, wanting to see what these two people, who might know him, were planning to do.
Now is not the time to interrogate. If something happens to Jian Ziyan, someone will naturally ask him. Shen Ke rushed to the bedside and quickly locked Jian Ziyan with the chain beside him before he could finish his transformation.
After turning into a corpse, Jian Ziyan's strength was extraordinary, and Shen Ke had to use all his strength to suppress him.
He looked into Jian Ziyan's eyes, and those black pupils had indeed turned into the appearance of glass fragments again, but this time there was obvious pain in them, and his eyes were blank, as if he had no consciousness.
Shen Ke called him tentatively in a deep voice: "Jian Ziyan?"
Jian Ziyan did not react. After he had completed his transformation into a corpse, he suddenly lost all his strength and closed his eyes again.
He fainted again, in zombie state.
"This...what's going on?" Xu Guanglei seemed to be in great confusion. His eyes were wild and he muttered to himself, "This can't be happening. It shouldn't be like this...wait, I get it!"
His eyes lit up and he rushed to the bed, as if he had forgotten how scared he was just now.
He stared at Jian Ziyan who had already fainted, his eyes revealing an extreme fanaticism.
"I see. I had this guess before, but I didn't expect it to be true... Brother Shen Ke, didn't you see Jian Ziyan injecting himself with a drug before? I have analyzed it, and coupled with his reaction... it is absolutely correct!"
Xu Guanglei's eyes changed when he looked at Jian Ziyan, like a poisonous snake seeing its prey, or a dragon seeing a rare treasure.
"Jian Ziyan...has developed a potion that can give people supernatural powers out of thin air!"
"What?" Shen Ke's pupils suddenly shrank.
Everyone knows that superpowers only appear randomly in a small number of humans on the day of the apocalypse. These people will then defy fate and become the real top of the pyramid in the apocalypse.
No one has ever acquired superpowers through acquired means, so one can imagine the scramble that would ensue if one actually possessed this potion.
It may even change the current world situation.
"It's not impossible." Xu Guanglei's voice trembled slightly. "Since he can develop the zombie virus, he can naturally research the superpower potion. The reason why it turned out like this must be because he injected himself with an immature potion... This may be retribution."
There was an extremely unwilling and sinister light in the depths of his eyes.
Why is it you again? You are the one who researched the supernatural potion. Are you really that amazing that everyone has to live under the shadow of your genius?
He lowered his head, and Shen Ke did not notice the change in his eyes, immersed in the shock brought by the news.
He looked at Jian Ziyan with a very complicated expression.
Even if one hates him for creating the end of the world, one has to admit that this man is incredibly talented.
Whether it is the zombie virus or the supernatural potion, as long as one of them is researched, it is enough to enter the academic hall of fame. These two things that can change the world were all created by Jian Ziyan alone.
Half of him is clad in holy robes and holding high hope, while the other half is immersed in darkness and horrible fangs. He is an extremely contradictory mixture.
What exactly does he want to do? Does he really want to become the god of the new world?
However, no matter what he wanted to do, Shen Ke knew that he would never succeed again.
…
After this transformation into a corpse, Jian Ziyan never changed back.
He still maintained his sanity as before, but his vocal cords were corroded and he could hardly speak. After transforming into a corpse, he had become a complete zombie in the eyes of others.
The originally disgusted look was mixed with fear and contempt. After all, zombies were just a group of lifeless animals.
If some people originally felt some psychological pressure about what Xu Guanglei had done, now they have turned to an even more crazy admiration for him.
As expected of Dr. Xu, who has done so many useful researches, he grasped the key of the problem in such a short time.
I believe that it only takes a little more time for him to replicate the superpower potion. Then everyone will have the opportunity to become a superpower and will no longer be afraid of zombies!
Shen Ke watched all this happen, just like watching a ridiculous drama, and he finally couldn't help but ask Jian Ziyan.
"Why didn't you resist?"
Even though Jian Ziyan was seriously injured and weak, he had the physique of a mutated zombie after transforming into a corpse. With a casual swipe of his claws, any researcher who got close to him would die.
But Shen Ke had followed him so many times, but he had never seen Jian Ziyan resist, or even try to attack.
Jian Ziyan just looked at him and couldn't answer him.
He was like a strange and gorgeous plant, withering quietly and slowly. The plant would not resent the treatment it received, and neither would he. This made Shen Ke feel as powerless as punching cotton.
At the same time, Xu Guanglei, who everyone expected to replicate the supernatural potion soon, was angrily sweeping everything on the table to the ground.
"It still doesn't work... Why not! Is it that only Jian Ziyan can do it?" He gritted his teeth and murmured, "I must do it, I must... Otherwise they will doubt me. I can't be inferior to Jian Ziyan and lose everything I have now."
Suddenly, he raised his head abruptly, and a faint light flashed in his eyes.
"If that's the case, then there's nothing we can do. Since Jian Ziyan can do it once, he can definitely do it a second time."
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