The incident with Ye Jiu clearly served as a wake-up call for Sun Hang.
Ordinary people differ from him; to them, Deceitful Equipnt is essentially still a mysterious creature, and contact with them poses a risk of being corrupted.
Sun Hang decided to observe Ling Xiao for a while longer before deciding whether to use the red crystal to mass-produce Deceitful Equipnt for the troops.
Just as Sun Hang reached out to grab the door handle, his movents paused montarily.
There was soone in the office, soone he was familiar with.
Sun Hang exhaled deeply, adjusted his facial expression slightly, and then opened the door.
Yang Lian sat on the sofa wearing a skirt suit, holding a box of cold takeaway, her face pale and her eyes lifeless as she stared at a pot of fake flowers on the coffee table.
"You... back?" Hearing the sound of the door opening, Yang Lian shivered slightly like a startled animal, imdiately turned her head, and her lifeless eyes regained their luster.
"What's up? Here to bring food?" Sun Hang glanced at the food box in Yang Lian's hand, "You're spoiling , aren't you?"
"I originally wanted to find sothing I could do, but my sister told to rest for a while..." Yang Lian bit her lower lip, whispering softly, "I have nothing to do, so I'm just..."
Sun Hang looked Yang Lian up and down, her face looked terrible, with heavy dark circles under her eyes, obviously due to a lack of proper rest recently.
And on her legs, Sun Hang noticed several bruises—though covered by black stockings, they were striking against her fair skin through the thin nylon material.
Moreover, on her forehead, concealed by her hair, there seed to be a faint bruise.
"Are these bruises from the car crash?" Sun Hang pointed to Yang Lian's leg, asking.
Although Sun Hang had covered the entire car in a liquid tal protective film, the impact from collisions couldn't be absorbed by the protective film… Driving recklessly among mysterious creatures ans the driver is bound to collide with the car's interior—after all, it's just a private car's seatbelt, not the kind of "security constraint device" that binds the person in a tactical cha.
"Yes." Yang Lian nodded, handing over the food box, "I heard many people died in C Zone."
"Yes, there was a mysterious creature invasion, and the worst part was that the creature took on Ye Jiu's appearance." Sun Hang received the food box and took a glance inside, he had to admit Yang Lian's observation skills were pretty sharp; though Sun Hang rarely ntioned his favorite dishes, the box was filled with things he loved.
This girl must have been secretly observing him… Damned crush.
"And Ye Jiu..."
"I've put him in the underground ice storage," Sun Hang said, "It's a form of protection... Until the truth cos to light, freezing him is the best option for now."
Yang Lian nodded again, remaining silent, with a look of hesitation.
"Anything else?" Sun Hang couldn't help but ask.
Just as Sun Hang used mind reading on Yang Lian, Yang Lian spoke bashfully, "Behind your office is a rest area, there you can..."
Sun Hang wanted to interrupt his ability, but it was already too late.
In Yang Lian's mind, he saw a lot of inappropriate scenes.
Yang Lian's face turned red, the surface temperature of her facial skin was rapidly rising.
Fortunately, Yang Lian was not an infected person and could not sense her thoughts being spied on; otherwise, she might already be embarrassed to the point of wanting to jump off the floor.
"Bang!" The office door Sun Hang just closed was smashed open by a great force. Wang Xiyi, now in casual attire, burst in boldly, grinned at Sun Hang, and said, "I'm back, and I even took a shower, how's that for speed?"
"Hiss..." Sun Hang looked at Mr. Wang, then at Yang Lian who was frozen on the sofa, nearing a boiling point, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"You, you should talk… I should go." Yang Lian bit down on her molars, stood up, and headed for the door.
"Where are you going? You ca to see Sun Hang, didn't you?" Wang Xiyi grabbed Yang Lian's wrist, asking with confusion, "By the way, what did you want to talk to him about?"
"Nothing, nothing!" Yang Lian struggled to break free from Wang Xiyi. However, the disparity in strength between a normal person and a human-shaped black dragon was too imnse; Wang Xiyi's fingers were like wrought tal handcuffs, shackled tightly around Yang Lian's slender wrist.
"But I heard outside not long ago, you planned to with Sun Hang…" Wang Xiyi stopped halfway.
Because Yang Lian froze as if struck by lightning, and half a second later she went limp, kneeling on the ground, with one arm raised by Wang Xiyi.
Yang Lian's mind went blank.
She knew, with Wang Xiyi's hearing, everything he said was true.
How did it co to this…
Yang Lian regretted letting her impulsive mind take her here… Had she known she'd run into Wang Xiyi, she should've just handled it herself…
Anyway… Anyway…
"I don't mind, you know." Wang Xiyi suddenly said, "I'm even sowhat eager to try… Just wondering if you'd mind?"
"Huh?" Yang Lian's head moved slowly like gears, raising slowly to look at Wang Xiyi's bright smile, feeling as if a bomb had gone off in her mind.
"Try… Try what?"
"The difference between the limits of human physiological endurance and the infected." Wang Xiyi responded with a smile, "What do you think about this research topic?"
"???"
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Chira 17th Front Observation Post, Bunker 1.
It's Wang Zheng's third day at this location.
As a new agent in the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute's Field Operations Departnt, typically, a task of this level shouldn't be carried out by him.
Unfortunately, the older generation of agents had been almost entirely exhausted, and among the newly recruited rookie agents, his status as a retired veteran had already made him stand out among the short ones… Whenever he recalled the deplorable newbies during his basic training, Wang Zheng felt his future was bleak.
In his batch, there were six new agents with such service experience, and they underwent a drawing ceremony, with his luck being the worst, ending up here—the closest spot in the human-controlled zone in the Shuzhou Region near Chira 17.
Standing at the observation bunker's peephole, Wang Zheng used binoculars to observe the distant behemoth… This was his first ti seeing Chira 17 with his own eyes, even though he had encountered several mysterious creatures before, none were as awe-inspiring as Chira 17.
It's hard to imagine how human power could combat such a creature that utterly overturned existing scientific principles.
The veteran at the observation post inford Wang Zheng that currently, Chira 17 is akin to a large nuclear reactor, with a constant downpour within a dozen kiloters surrounding it, functioning as the water cycle to cool down the reactor… The radiation level in the rainwater is moderate, without protective gear, exposure to skin will soon result in redness, itchiness, and mild stinging.
Fortunately, Wang Zheng doesn't have to venture out for patrol tasks yet. As a newcor, all he needs to do is stay inside the bunker, continually observing the changes in Chira 17 with the binoculars.
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