"Alright, I'm leaving. Xiaoxue, don't be too arrogant. Fortune changes every thirty years, so don't underestimate a young man's potential."
Don't let my current situation fool you; I've just arrived with nothing. With my own abilities, I'll be able to establish myself in this base and thrive. Just you wait and see.
Zhang Xiaoqiang never expected that Cao Xue would look down on him completely now.
He couldn't lift his head at all, his face was being rubbed against the ground by her. He had already apologized to her so humbly. It seemed that this woman couldn't be spoiled. If you gave her a little leeway, she would take advantage of you.
He wanted to see who would survive better in the base; he refused to believe that someone couldn't even compare to a woman who couldn't even kill a chicken.
He just works in a research lab, what's so special about that? He's quite capable too.
Back in the day, he was a top student. He was the kind of "other people's child" that classmates' parents always talked about.
When it comes to academic research, he's absolutely fearless. Just you wait, Cao Xue, see how I get into your research lab, then kick you out, and see how you come begging to me then!
Zhang Xiaoqiang imagined the scene of kicking Cao Xue out of the laboratory in the future, and couldn't help but feel happy. He held his head high and strode out of the research institute.
"How did the talk with Cao Xue go? Do you know any of her classmates here?"
Seeing Zhang Xiaoqiang's triumphant appearance, Miao Xin thought he and Cao Xue had gotten back together, so she quickly came over to ask.
"Given her stubbornness, what kind of nice things can you say to her? Sister Xin, I've just decided that I'll check with the research institute here later to see if they're hiring. I need to come and work here."
I refuse to believe it. I'll make Cao Xue beg me for forgiveness if I don't trample her underfoot.
"Who gave you your confidence? We don't even have a proper place to live, and you're still daydreaming. I think Cao Xue making the right choice by leaving you is truly the right one."
Even Li Mingxuan, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it anymore. He actually disliked all the men around Miao Xin, including his former classmate Zhang Xiaoqiang.
"Whose group are you? Can't you speak properly?"
Zhang Xiaoqiang glared at Li Mingxuan. Then he said to Miao Xin, "I heard from Cao Xue that she came to this base with Jian Ning. It seems she didn't come over the mountain with the troops like we did."
You mean they traveled by water? That's really impressive; there must be some really skilled people in the group.
However, Cao Xue also said that it was thanks to Jian Ning protecting her all the way that she could have awakened her superpowers as well.
Do you have connections in the military? That's the only possibility; we saw it with our own eyes.
Those people with superpowers who have been injected with gene serums are incredibly powerful; they can unleash wind, fire, thunder, and lightning with a mere wave of their hand.
"She's outside the realm of ordinary people, how about we go find Jian Ning and have a chat? I reckon she lives in the villa area. She should be easy to find."
To be fair, Zhang Xiaoqiang is quite clever; this guess is pretty close to the truth.
"Let's go back first today, and think about it carefully later."
As you know, my relationship with Mingxuan and Jianning has never been very harmonious.
She won't help us. We'll be lucky if we don't become enemies; don't expect her to offer any assistance.
Although that's what they said, they did receive news about Jian Ning.
The villa area shouldn't be too big, just a few dozen buildings. If all else fails, she'll search them one by one. She refuses to believe she can't find Jian Ning's real location.
But what Zhang Xiaoqiang just said—that Jian Ning awakened a special ability—is quite troublesome. If she really did protect Cao Xue all the way here, then it proves her abilities are very powerful. However, it's also possible that Cao Xue is just bragging.
Regardless, if I don't improve quickly, it will be difficult to snatch the jade pendant from her. It seems I have no choice but to take the last risky step: injecting myself with gene serum.
She currently possesses three vials of gene-enhancing drugs, which she obtained through special channels using considerable resources, and has kept them hidden close to her body ever since.
She hadn't been willing to use it, but now it's time; she can't keep falling behind Jian Ning forever.
She was clearly so much better than Jian Ning. But Jian Ning was like an unkillable cockroach, always popping up in front of her. It was impossible for her to forget her.
Having made up their minds, they, along with Li Mingxuan and Zhang Xiaoqiang, braved the wind and snow to return to the Taoist temple.
To find a suitable place for her to inject the gene serum, she took out a pack of cigarettes from her bag.
They went to the abbot of the Taoist temple and, after much pleading, managed to negotiate that he would give up his own room for three nights so she could stay there.
Miao Xin wasn't entirely at ease with any of the people she was leading.
Including Li Mingxuan, whom I abandoned for a period of time before, who might still hold a grudge? You can't see into someone's heart, so you have to be careful.
Don't be fooled by his submissive demeanor and seemingly obedience to her every day. He might suddenly lash out and bite her at any moment, and Miao Xin definitely needs to be on guard against that.
After thinking it over, I decided it was best to keep each other in check. So I went back to the communal sleeping area and told the people I had brought with me that I had borrowed a room.
They could stay for three days, and everyone would go together, but they would all have to sleep on the floor in the outer room. She herself would stay in the abbot's small bedroom.
No one had any objections. Being able to escape the cramped conditions and unpleasant smells in this room was a welcome relief. So, they quickly followed Miao Xin and moved their luggage out.
The room where the abbot lived wasn't actually very big. It was only about forty square meters in the outer room, and there was a separate small bedroom inside, with a door and a window.
Miao Xin had already thought it through. When she injected the gene serum, she would lock the bedroom door from the inside, creating a separate space. As long as she didn't make too much noise, she wouldn't disturb Li Mingxuan and the others who lived in the outer room.
These people can also act as her bodyguards.
"There's a stove here, so we can finally have a hot meal. I'll cook some dumpling soup in a bit; it'll be hot and filling."
Liu Yu was tired of eating biscuits these days, so he was finally able to have a place to cook.
I quickly went over and picked up the small pot next to the stove to take a look. It was quite clean. There was snow all over the outside, so I brought some back and put it on the stove to melt.
I took three packets of instant noodle seasoning and put them into boiling water.
Then, carefully, he took a small bag of flour out of his backpack, poured it into a large bowl, added some water, and then poured the mixed dough into a pot to cook for a while.
The whole room was filled with the overpowering aroma of instant noodle seasoning.
Zhang Xiaoqiang couldn't help but swallow hard. Instant noodle seasoning, which he used to disdain, now seemed like a delicacy!
And he couldn't eat it every day. He was truly fed up with this kind of life and was determined to change it. The first step was to gain the trust of the people at the base's research institute and try to get a job there.
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