Chapter 072 Mad Scientist 4
"But before you say anything, let me confirm one thing with you." Shen Ke changed the subject, his eyes revealing a scrutinizing look, "Do you really know me?"
Jian Ziyan was obviously already very fragile. When he heard this question, he bent his arms and barely supported his upper body, causing the chains all over his body to rattle.
He did not answer immediately, but moved closer to Shen Ke's face and looked into his eyes seriously.
He was like a bird with its wings bound. He raised his head and approached Chen Ke in the dripping blood, with his neck raised in a beautiful arc.
"Yes." Jian Ziyan said, "We know each other."
Shen Ke's pupils shrank, and he subconsciously asked: "What is the relationship?"
"What's the relationship?" Jian Ziyan suddenly smiled very lightly, "We just know each other."
This was the first time that Chen Ke saw any other expression on his face. The smile was fleeting and disappeared quickly before it even had time to unfold, but it was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, exploding with ripples in his heart.
Chen Ke didn't speak for a few seconds. He stared at Jian Ziyan's face, which had returned to normal. "Is what you want to tell me my identity?"
"I told you last time that if you don't trust me, you can ask Xu Guanglei. He knows your identity very well." Jian Ziyan turned back into the calm and indifferent Jian Ziyan, as if nothing in the world could make him waver. "What I want to tell you is something he doesn't know."
For some reason, Chen Ke suddenly didn't want to see the indifference on this face. This indifference made him feel uncomfortable all over, and even mixed with the anxiety of wanting to destroy everything.
He was very unfamiliar with this sudden and violent emotion, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Jian Ziyan became dangerous.
Just knowing each other? I'm afraid you're lying.
But if Jian Ziyan was really very close to him in the past, why did he never try to play the emotional card?
Jian Ziyan was like a huge mystery, and Shen Ke couldn't grasp the clue, but the only thing that was certain was that he was now able to interfere with his emotions, which was a very dangerous thing.
He doesn't need these emotions, and people who can survive in the end times don't need emotions either.
"Chen Ke."
Just as Shen Ke was deep in thought, Jian Ziyan suddenly called out his name clearly.
The flickering light in Chen Ke's eyes startled him, and he subconsciously looked up into Jian Ziyan's eyes, looking so familiar with it as if he had done the same action thousands of times.
The next sentence shocked him.
“You’ve been infected.”
"What did you say?" Chen Ke stood up suddenly, wanting to scold the absurdity of lying without thinking, but he ended up laughing out of anger.
He sneered: "Say it again, what's wrong with me?"
"You have been infected with the zombie virus. You heard it right." Jian Ziyan repeated calmly, "The reason why there are no signs of transformation is because... you were accidentally injected with an antidote before. That drug is still in the research stage. There is only one tube, but it has not yet been completed. Therefore, it can only suppress the virus but not kill it. So from a medical point of view, you are indeed infected. The so-called natural antibodies are only because the zombie virus cannot infect you a second time."
Shen Ke listened coldly, seemingly not shaken in the slightest by this incredible "truth".
"This is not a good idea," he said. "If you want others to be wary and repulsive to me because of this, so that they can relax their vigilance against you, then you shouldn't let me destroy the camera."
Jian Ziyan was not surprised that he didn't want to believe it, and just said, "In all this time, have you ever given anyone a blood transfusion? Have you ever kissed anyone? Have you ever had sex?"
Shen Ke was stunned, and couldn't believe what he heard.
"The most effective way for the zombie virus to spread is through body/fluid transmission. I don't think you would do something as low-probability as scratching someone with your fingernails, so I'm asking about the possibility that is more likely to happen." Jian Ziyan didn't even blink, as if he was having a rigorous academic discussion. He looked up and asked, "Have you ever done that?"
Shen Ke met his gaze, and a feeling of absurdity surged into his heart. He pursed his lips and said nothing.
"It seems that you haven't, otherwise you wouldn't be unaware of this." Jian Ziyan retracted his gaze, "There is a strong virus component in your body fluids. If you have done these things, you will find that the other person will soon become a zombie."
"What was our relationship like before?" Chen Ke asked suddenly, "I want to hear the truth."
"We are colleagues who know each other." Jian Ziyan said calmly, "We are both researchers at a national first-level research institute. Xu Guanglei was not the only survivor that day. You and I are both."
"I used to be a researcher?" Shen Ke spoke each word with an incredible look in his eyes.
He did guess what he had done in the past, but he had never associated himself with the word "researcher".
First of all, he is tall, with broad shoulders and long legs, and his aura carries a strong sense of oppression. If you don't know him, you might even think that because he is a soldier, no matter from which angle you look at him, you can't associate him with the gentle researcher.
Furthermore, when he faced those experimental instruments, he did not sense any familiarity. They felt as if he had never used them before.
In fact, the last time Jian Ziyan said that he and Xu Guanglei both knew him, he even thought that he was a bodyguard of that research institute.
"Yes," Jian Ziyan looked at him seriously, a faint smile flashed in his eyes like broken stars, "Although I don't know what went wrong to make you a little different from the past, you are indeed."
How could he possibly mistake this person? Even if he changed his skin or his face, he couldn't make a mistake.
Shen Ke fell into a long silence.
This truth was somewhat unexpected to him. He did not completely trust Jian Ziyan, but at this point, Jian Ziyan really had no reason to deceive him.
I said that just now just to put psychological pressure on Jian Ziyan so that he would not dare to lie.
Chen Ke's gaze fell on Jian Ziyan's face, which was covered with veins after he turned into a corpse, and suddenly an ambiguous look flashed in his eyes.
"Since we are just colleagues, why did you go through so much trouble to tell me this? If I remember correctly, you were not completely powerless to resist on the day you were arrested. Although you were arrested anyway, you did not even try to resist. You would rather be arrested just to tell me the so-called truth." He said, "This is obviously inconsistent with your character. Don't tell me that you suddenly became virginal and would rather sacrifice yourself to save me?"
Jian Ziyan raised his head and looked at him with a cold yet inquiring gaze.
"My personality?" he asked softly, "How can you know what my personality is, since you don't even remember meeting me?"
"I don't know you, but naturally someone else knows you." Chen Ke said, "After your name spread, there must be people around the world who know you. Everyone says that you have always been a gloomy and vicious person with a natural antisocial personality. It is not difficult to find out these things."
"Do you believe it just because other people say so?" Jian Ziyan said ambiguously, "I didn't realize that you
It’s so easy to trust others.”
"What do you mean?" Chen Ke narrowed his eyes. "When everyone says so, what else can you do to defend yourself?"
"You're right." Jian Ziyan said, "If even you don't believe me, who else in this world will believe me?"
His tone was so calm, without a trace of negative emotion, but Shen Ke inexplicably felt a kind of desolate loneliness from him, as if he had broken free from the shackles of the world and nothing could hold him back.
Shen Ke's heart tightened, and an inexplicable feeling of anxiety surged up, causing his fingertips to tremble and reveal a strange look.
Jian Ziyan noticed something was wrong with him: "...you?"
Before he could finish his words, his figure was enveloped by a large shadow, completely covering it.
The hot fingertips slowly traced his eyebrows and then suddenly pinched his jaw, forcing him to look up at the handsome yet evil face that was so close to him, and the deep desire flowing in those eyes.
Jian Ziyan was speechless for a moment, then he endured the discomfort on his chin and said, "What are you going to..."
Before the real question was asked, a kiss as hot as a finger was placed under the hood.
My lips and tongue were sticky, my body temperature rose, and my whole body felt as if it was wrapped in a ball of fire. That was the temperature coming from Chen Ke.
Jian Ziyan stared at Chen Ke in a daze, feeling the caress of fingers on his chin, and for the first time, cracks appeared on his face.
"You are..." He paused for a rare moment, "What are you doing?"
"Can't Dr. Jian see it?" Chen Ke's voice was very low and hoarse, "I'm doing an experiment."
He stared at Jian Ziyan. Another expression appeared on this face, which was strange because of the totem but still extremely beautiful. It was like digging out the fire under the glacier. The glacier was not burned out, but the person digging it was almost burned to death.
Shen Ke thought he might be crazy.
Otherwise, how could he not be able to control such crazy thoughts, not only wanting to kiss a zombie, but even wanting to do something more dangerous and immoral.
"What kind of experiment are you doing?" Jian Ziyan fell silent and regained his composure. "You won't be infected a second time. Even if you use me as an experiment, you won't get any results."
It is indeed easier to give him a kiss than to go out and get caught by zombies on purpose, Jian Ziyan sorted out the logic, and there was even a hint of indulgence in his tone.
Chen Ke's eyes were gloomy, and although he stopped kissing him, he was reluctant to take his fingers off his face.
As the hot fingers stroked the cold skin, a fierce struggle emerged in Shen Ke's heart.
He knew that this was just an excuse. He knew it was not allowed and impossible, so why did he still do this and make his already uncontrollable emotions even deeper?
He can be unorthodox and ignore the opinions of the world. Even if he falls in love with a zombie, he will openly declare that this is his lover.
But this is Jian Ziyan!
Anyone, any zombie will do, except Jian Ziyan.
Why did it have to be Jian Ziyan?
As a human being, can he really forgive Jian Ziyan for what he did before? Can the trauma suffered by the whole world really be erased with just one word of love?
Can you really do this for Jian Ziyan?
Unless...Unless...
Chen Ke's eyes became gloomy. He straightened Jian Ziyan's head and looked straight into his eyes.
"Xu Guanglei said that you developed a potion that can give people superpowers for no reason. Is this true?"
He didn't trust Jian Ziyan, nor did he trust Xu Guanglei. It should be said that he didn't trust anyone in this world.
However, Jian Ziyan looked at him calmly and asked, "Did the higher-ups ask you to come and confirm this with me?"
This time it was Shen Ke's turn to be stunned.
"Because Xu Guanglei couldn't make it, they doubted whether such a medicine really existed." Jian Ziyan's gorgeous eyes were filled with the purest and clearest light in the world. "You can just ask me directly, there's no need to do these...tests."
"I'm not--" Shen Ke subconsciously wanted to refute, but swallowed it back temporarily.
There was no need to explain. What Jian Ziyan thought had nothing to do with him.
"Xu Guanglei is not capable enough, he can't replicate it." Jian Ziyan said, "This is the medicine I developed. I used something that other people don't know. Besides me, there is only one person in the world who can make it successfully."
Shen Ke's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Before Jian Ziyan opened his mouth, he had already guessed who he was going to talk about.
"That was you before you lost your memory." Jian Ziyan stared at him. "Only you and I can make this kind of potion. No one else can do it. This is my confidence."
Shen Ke seemed to be struck by something. After a long silence, he asked with certainty, "Even now, you can still do it, right?"
Jian Ziyan gave him an affirmative answer: "Yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the room was slammed open!
Xu Guanglei was standing at the door, and he was looking inside with resentment and viciousness on his faces along with several base leaders.
Jian Ziyan and Shen Ke stopped at the same time and looked towards the door.
"Boss, I'm not wrong, am I?" Xu Guanglei said, "It's because Jian Ziyan used so many inhumane materials that I can't replicate it. This is not my problem. I have always only used legal materials within the scope of regulations."
"We know. After all, this is Jian Ziyan. How can others imagine what he will use?" The man who appeared in the meeting before showed excitement and greed in his eyes, but he tried his best to maintain a sanctimonious expression. He didn't even dare to step in, but pretended to be gentle and said, "Since this has been confirmed, Dr. Xu, I agree with your previous proposal. You can use any method to interrogate Jian Ziyan until he tells you the real production method."
"I understand." Xu Guanglei's eyes lit up, showing an impatience.
"Wait a minute." Chen Ke narrowed his eyes and said in a bad tone, "When did you come here to guard?"
"It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. Of course, it's when I heard the key point." The man smiled, "Chen Ke, you did a good job this time. Don't worry, since you are so committed to the base and the welfare of mankind, the base will naturally not treat you unfairly."
Shen Ke's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously looked down at Jian Ziyan.
Jian Ziyan was half lying on the ground, looking at the people coming in calmly, as if he was unmoved by anything they said. Feeling the gazes falling on him, he raised his head, his eyes still bright and clear.
"It's not me." Shen Ke said in a low voice, but he himself knew how unreliable this sentence was at this time.
Jian Ziyan said nothing and let two fully armed men come in, grab his chains, and forcibly pull him up from the ground. His face became even paler.
Shen Ke subconsciously wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Xu Guanglei.
"Brother Chen Ke, I know you have tried your best. Just leave it to me from now on." Xu Guanglei smiled and blinked, signaling those people to leave quickly.
Chen Ke was frozen in place, watching Jian Ziyan stagger as he was dragged, and glanced at him as he passed by.
Even at this time, there was no resentment in his eyes. That glance passed so quickly that Chen Ke didn't even have time to tell whether there was a hint of disappointment in it.
Shen Ke's whole body was stiff, and he could only hear Jian Ziyan's hoarse voice floating past his ears.
"I told you that you don't have to bother with this."
As long as he asks, he will answer, so why bother with these meaningless deceptions.
Shen Ke understood the implication of his words, and clenched his fists suddenly. A strong wave of energy surged up from his body, almost knocking Xu Guanglei over.
"Chen Ke!" Xu Guanglei screamed in horror, "What are you doing! Are you planning to rebel for the villain Jian Ziyan?"
Chen Ke said nothing, just stared at Jian Ziyan's back. He was being led out the door little by little and was about to disappear from his world.
"Chen Ke, what do you mean by this?" The man frowned unhappily, "Young people should not be too impulsive. If you can't control your strength, go and practice well. What if you hurt others in the base?"
No matter what others said, Jian Ziyan did not look back.
It was as if he had already seen his own end and accepted it calmly. He was always so calm and composed, no matter he was facing boundless hatred or overwhelming abuse, no matter what kind of harm others did to him, he was always like this.
It's like it doesn't belong to this world.
Chen Ke's eyes turned red little by little.
He slowly moved his gaze to look at Xu Guanglei, who had a false and innocent face, and then to the leader of the base who was trying hard to hide the greed in his eyes.
A deep low laugh came out of his mouth.
Why is he here, why is he doing these things?
Is it just to see these people's faces?
He can risk his life for the so-called human life, and can make all kinds of plans to restore the world to normal.
He even thought just now that if Jian Ziyan could really make the supernatural potion again, it would be considered as him making amends to the world. As long as he did it, he would do everything to protect him from then on. ⑥
But at this moment, Chen Ke suddenly felt unprecedented confusion, and with it came unprecedented determination.
Who should be made amends for? Should they be made amends for people like these?
Are they worthy?
At this moment, Xu Guanglei approached Shen Ke, gritted his teeth and said in a very low voice: “I don’t know how much you know, but if you still want Jian Ziyan to live, you’d better not make trouble at this time.”
He felt that the situation was under his control. Even if Shen Ke had recovered his memory, it was not completely bad. At least he would compromise for Jian Ziyan's life.
It would be better if he didn't recover his memory. The leaders are all here. Would Shen Ke go against the whole world for Jian Ziyan?
There was no panic on his face, instead, he was filled with a kind of smugness as if a villain had succeeded. No matter when, he could play with Jian Ziyan and Shen Ke in the palm of his hand, which made his sense of satisfaction expand rapidly.
No matter how talented or powerful you are, you still have to obey my orders, right?
Now he still needs the help of others to achieve his goal, but as long as he makes the supernatural potion, he will definitely use it on himself first. By then, there will be nothing in the world that can suppress him, and he will be the one who can save and own the entire world!
Xu Guanglei didn't notice how ferocious his eyes were, but Shen Ke saw it all.
Chen Ke was very tall. He lightly scanned the various beings in the small room in front of him, and the smile on his lips disappeared.
Everyone thought he had accepted the current situation. Xu Guanglei said with satisfaction: "Send Jian Ziyan to me. Be careful of his claws, they are very powerful...ah!"
His words suddenly got stuck in his throat before he could finish speaking.
Because he was slapped in the face by Chen Ke, and he was directly slapped away.
Xu Guanglei hit the wall heavily, then fell down heavily, falling into a coma without even having time to make a sound.
This sudden accident shocked everyone.
Then Chen Ke suddenly jumped up, and with just a flash, he rushed to the side of Jian Ziyan. Seeing his eyes wide open in shock, Chen Ke pulled him into his arms and held him horizontally, quickly curling the corners of his mouth.
It was not a soothing smile. Instead, the arc was lonely and cruel, with a determination to risk everything.
He said: "I have never failed to save anyone I wanted to save."
"Chen Ke!" The leaders were all running away in panic, "Are you planning to rebel?"
"Rebellion?" Chen Ke sneered, "Who are you rebelling against? Yours? You are just a bunch of rabble, and you are worthy of being called a rebel."
"You...! Guards! Where are all the guards?!"
How could the leaders dare to confront Shen Ke head-on? Seeing Shen Ke holding Jian Ziyan and walking towards them step by step, they were so scared that they didn't even dare to call for help and could only try their best to shrink towards the wall.
"You, don't go too far!" Someone gnashed his teeth and said, "What do you want to do? If you have something to say, talk to us nicely. We can discuss it!"
"Discuss?" Chen Ke chewed on the word playfully, his eyes cold, "What qualifications do you have to discuss with me?"
Everyone was silent.
No one could refute him.
At this time, the guards outside heard the noise and finally rushed over, led by Yu Hui, who was in charge of today's patrol.
Seeing the scene in front of him, he was shocked on the spot: “Brother Shen, what are you doing!”
“I just figured it out.
"Shen Ke glanced at these leaders indifferently and looked at Yu Hui, "I won't kill them. If I kill them, the base will be in chaos. Those civilians are so innocent. "
In his arms, Jian Ziyan never took his eyes off him.
Shen Ke lowered his head and glanced at him. It was obvious that he had done such a shocking thing for this person, but the look he gave Jian Ziyan was still cold.
"I want to leave here." Chen Ke said, "If you dare to stop me, just follow me."
After saying this, he swaggered out of the door holding the person in his arms. No one dared to follow him.
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