Chapter 33
The information obtained from Ji Tao can roughly outline some situations.
First, the initial human experiments were initiated by Leviathan, but the project was stopped for unknown reasons.
Secondly, the person who restarted the human experiment was the Dungeon Lord Shen Wanren, and Ji Tao was just his executor. He didn't even know why he had mutated himself, so he took the risk to come to the Ninth District to look for the "RH-7 Neutralizer".
In other words, the real big trash at the moment is actually Shen Wanren.
The good news is that Liu Xia has achieved her goal of finding the next garbage, but the bad news is that Liu Xia knows very well that with her current abilities she may not be able to defeat the heavily guarded beehive.
"I've already checked the building the old man mentioned, and there's indeed a laboratory in the basement." He Tianlin swallowed the compressed biscuits he had stuffed in his mouth, then gulped down a mouthful of clean water and continued, "But I didn't find any potions or anything like that in there. I did see a lot of corpses rotting in the incubators, all jumbled together. It was horrible and disgusting. I couldn't tell if they were humans or mutated monsters."
Liu Xia swallowed the roasted homemade canned meat and clean water in big gulps, hoping to recover as soon as possible. In such a place, he didn't care whether the mutated meat tasted good or whether it would cause physical deformities.
She could feel the tearing pain inside her body because she suppressed her consciousness. Compared with the speed of her body's repair before, it could be said that the recovery was very slow now, as if her internal organs were torn apart by space.
The orange bonfire flickered slowly in the closed room. This was the safe place Ding Ruotong found across the bridge after Liu Xia fell into a coma. It was originally a massage parlor with private rooms one after another. Most of the beds and sofas inside had been moved out, leaving only a few shabby massage beds, which was enough for them to rest temporarily.
During this period, except for He Tianlin who went to explore the basement of the next building, they almost all waited here without moving.
Liu Xia said: "Maybe Shen Wanren gave Ji Tao the wrong information, but what is his purpose?"
Ding Ruotong stared blankly at the flames in the bonfire, recalling the changes in the one-eyed woman: "Shen Wanren seems to be very repulsive to people with abnormal bodies."
Just as Ding Ruotong said, all the people in the garbage dump of District 9 were abandoned by the underground city because of their physical mutations.
"Because of a physical mutation, he was abandoned." Liu Xia stopped swallowing and looked at Ding Ruotong. Her cold face remained expressionless, but her intuition was very sharp. She sighed and said, "Became an abandoned child?"
"Sister Xia, how about we go kill Shen Wanren?" He Tianlin's confidence had grown unprecedentedly after the series of battles. He even felt that as long as he stayed by Liu Xia's side, he would be invincible. He gritted his teeth and said, "That old guy is even more of a bastard."
"No." Liu Xia silently shook his head and said, "It's too dangerous. The beehive is not something that the three of us can break through."
If she had not been to the Hive, Liu Xia might have tried to "recover" the fallen Wanren, but after seeing the level of defense measures and weapons reserves, she had given up this reckless idea.
Even if she had the ability to go in and "recover" Shen Wanren, there was no guarantee that she could quickly leave the hive before her consciousness left her body, allowing herself and her companions to escape unscathed.
"Then what should we do? If we don't get rid of him, the human lab will never stop." He Tianlin stood up angrily and said with gritted teeth, "I can't stand these rubbish that use children for experiments!"
Ding Ruotong also looked at Liu Xia with some confusion. Liu Xia has always been the initiator of eliminating garbage. She advocated to eliminate the "Laotao Restaurant" because she heard that human flesh was being bought and sold there.
But Ding Ruotong, who had always been a follower, did not raise any questions and waited quietly for Liu Xia's next words.
Liu Xia looked at the two of them, his usually firm and sharp eyes now filled with tenderness.
After being together in this dangerous world for so long, He Tianlin and Ding Ruotong are no longer just two people Liu Xia brought out from the Colosseum, but companions she can trust with her life. She will not allow them to linger on the brink of death because of her.
"We can start with other human laboratories under Shen Wanren. This may be a relatively safe option." Liu Xia raised his hand to hold He Tianlin's shoulder to calm him down, and continued to explain, "Perhaps we can lure Shen Wanren out of the hive, which will be safer for us."
I don't want you to be in danger, Liu Xia didn't say this.
He Tianlin was slightly stunned, then sat down obediently, looking at Liu Xia with his round puppy eyes shining brightly. In his mind, Sister Xia has always been a tough, brave and hateful person, and it was rare to see her show such a gentle and worried expression.
He Tianlin subconsciously lowered his head and used the wood he picked up to stir the bonfire. He secretly glanced at Liu Xia's face, which was pale due to vomiting blood. His heart beat faster and his cheeks felt slightly hot.
No need to be so anxious. Liu Xia didn't notice the boy's changes and thought silently.
In this wasteland world where people eat each other, there is not only a tough big trash like Shen Wanren, but also lunatics and garbage scattered throughout the garbage area, and many guys who slaughter ordinary people at will waiting for her to recycle.
It won’t be too late to recycle this big garbage once you have accumulated enough power.
Ding Ruotong picked up the boiled clean water, poured it into a bowl and blew on it gently. When the water was no longer so hot, she handed it to Liu Xia who was lost in thought, and tilted her head to watch her drinking the water intermittently.
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After a while, Liu Xia was about to say something when he suddenly heard a rustling sound outside the massage parlor.
The voice seemed to know where they were and moved towards them with a clear purpose.
Ding Ruotong noticed Liu Xia's reaction and looked at her puzzledly: "What's wrong?"
"Someone!" Liu Xia put the two of them on alert, skillfully pulled his pistol out of its holster, released the safety, and pointed the muzzle toward the gate. "They're coming this way."
The two men immediately stood up alertly and picked up the weapons leaning against the wall. They found cover and listened carefully. There was indeed something approaching outside the house.
Liu Xia stepped lightly and leaned against the wall to enter the blind spot. He whispered, "It might be someone from District 9..."
Judging from the sound, it was obviously not the sound of a mutant lizard or a mutant cockroach. Apart from the natives of District 9 whom Liu Xia had previously encountered, he couldn't think of anyone else who would come here.
The closer they got, the more clearly they could hear the sound of human footsteps, until the sound came to the door of Liu Xia and others.
The world fell silent again.
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