Bonus Chapter 2/4
Chapter 25: X-39
The authority of the whole group of the inspection team was very high, Wu Yumeng swiped his fingerprints and brought them into the door of the mutant beast area, where many staff members were so busy that no one bothered looking at them.
The style of the mutant beast area and the quarantine area is very consistent, and countless mixed fishy and restless smells were barely covered by disinfectant water, and they are tenaciously and unyieldingly wafting out from every corner.
“I have a question, it’s obviously the captain of the pro-guard team who killed the infected,” Qi Yuan said suddenly, “Why do you have to write in the external report that this is a ‘mutant beast attack case’?”
Wu Yumeng knew that he would ask this, and sighed, “This is a long story…”
“Any action of the pro-guard guards follows the highest rules of secrecy, so even if Long Yin killed the infected, his name must not appear in the case report,” Wu Yumeng said, “So this incident should have been recorded as an ‘attack of an infected person’. However, our team leader lodged a strong protest, saying that it must not be written like this, because the girl did not attack humans at all and that she was killed on the way to her escape. In short, under his strong opposition, the Dragon Scale Legion compromised, and finally changed it to the ‘mutant beast attack case’.
Xia Mingyan is indeed a strange person, he will always be very stubborn in some aspects, if he wants to insist on something, he will not be moved with even eight cows.
“Actually, the team leader’s insistence is not unreasonable,” Wu Yumeng said, “According to statistics, the proportion of infected people who will attack humans is less than 20%, and it is often the kind with a deep degree of depravity.” The public has too much misunderstanding about the infected and always thinks that they are all dangerous and should be shot directly, in fact, as long as they can be treated…… Alas, such a dream is too far away.
Ye Zhan frowned, it was not strange to sympathize with the infected, but Xia Mingyan, as the leader of the inspection team, shouldered the heavy responsibility of identifying the infected, but with such a thought process, it couldn’t help but make people worry.
“By doing so, he may be putting himself in danger.” Qi Yuan also said.
“That’s the case if only you could persuade him……” Wu Yumeng rubbed his nose.
After passing through another door, Ye Zhan suddenly felt a burst of cold air rushing in, the room was filled with white mist, and the restless breath turned into the smell of frozen meat.
In the transparent freezer, the body of a girl without a head is displayed. The blood on her body had been wiped dry, and her pale skin glowed slightly blue in the light, showing no signs of mutation.
A knife cut from her chest to her lower abdomen, and she was dissected in half, her flesh turned outward, revealing the organs inside, which were indistinguishable from ordinary people. Looking downward, Ye Zhan suddenly noticed something, his heart twitched violently, and on the girl’s slashed lower abdomen, there was a number tattoo – 1/2
The cold night 10 years ago, the golden nameplate that retained its temperature, the desperate man who was dying, and the dying teenager who was entrusted to him…… and the number 3/4.
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Ye Zhan shuddered, the specific numbers were different, but the style and font were the same, and it was obvious that there was some unknown connection between the two symbols.
Lf uba mibrfg, jcv ibbxfv mibrfis ja atf ajaabb, ktlmt kjr ibmjafv yfibk atf ulgi’r cjnfi, jcv Hl Tejc jirb cbalmfv, “Ktlr lr nfgs rlwlijg ab atf 3/4 sbe abiv wf.”
“Tfr, la’r gfjiis mgffqs,” Tf Itjc rjlv, “jcv atfgf kfgf rlwlijg wjgxr bc atf xlvcjqqfg yjmx atfc.”
“Llr cjwf lr Klcuke, cba j xlvcjqqfg.” Hl Tejc mbggfmafv tlr gtfabglm.
“Whatever he was, he used to be a member of the pro-guards, right?” Ye Zhan knocked on the glass, “Tingwu is carrying a pure gold badge with 3/4 engraved on it, and now this girl has the same number engraved on her stomach, and she was being hunted down by Long Yin, the captain of the pro-guards. He knew that there was a connection between this kid and the guards. ”
“Ah, do you know the meaning of this symbol?” Wu Yumeng’s eyes lit up, “Quick, tell me what you know.”
“I’ve seen similar symbols before, but I don’t know what they represent. And I saw it ten years ago.” He talked about Tingwu in general.
“That’s it…” Wu Yumeng put down his pen, feeling that there was little hope.
Ye Zhan asked again, “Who did you give this matter to investigate?”
“Of course, it’s for the Dragon Scale Legion, they sought out the pro-guard team but you also know that the pro-guard team has many privileges, Long Yin didn’t come forward in person at all but he simply submitted a report, that’s it,” Wu Yumeng handed two thin pages of the report to Ye Zhan, “It said that Lord Long Yin was wandering around at night, and suddenly noticed suspicious elements, so he enthusiastically pursued them, but he didn’t expect that the infected person tried to escape under the cover of Xia Mingyan, who was innocently passing by, and was shot dead by the heroic Lord Long Yin.”
“That’s weird, Long Yin wandering around at night, still carrying a high-class gun and a body bag?” Ye Zhan flipped through the report in disgust, and there was nothing valuable except for a rough hand-drawn road map.
Everyone can see that things are not so simple, but no one can do anything about them, under the protection of the old city lord, the pro-guard team is so arrogant.
“Where is the head?” Qi Yuan asked.
“The head was taken to the headquarters for inspection,” Wu Yumeng said, “We can’t find out what her breed is here, and it just so happens that Madame is also very concerned about this matter, so we asked her to help investigate. They have the best brain specialists in that department, and they might be able to find something out of that pile of rotten brain tissue.”
Because of the large scale of the Long Ye Biotechnology Research Institute, a second academy dedicated to the study of mutant beasts has been established, which is where they are now. Wu Yumeng’s “best brain expert” was someone Qi Yuan knew, that woman was called Feng Cheng, who used to be his attending physician, and claimed that he “couldn’t live to be 20 years old”. In addition, she is also the mother of Feng Rao.
“What did Feng Cheng say?”
“Unfortunately, nothing came of her there.” Wu Yumeng said, “We made a trap with the blood of X-39, and the troops have been deployed outside the city.” Mutant beasts are attracted to the smell of their kind, and if they can catch a live mutant beast of the same species, it will be much easier to investigate.
“There will be no results.” Qi Yuan shook his head, “She’s not from outside the city.”
“I also don’t think this girl was born in the wild,” Wu Yumeng said, “but the Dragon Scale Legion didn’t find out that there was such a missing person recently, she seemed to have appeared out of thin air.”
“Not everyone in Long Ye has a household registration, and if some people don’t want to check it too carefully, they can’t find out.” Qi Yuan said.
“Ah, don’t talk nonsense.” Wu Yumeng’s face wrinkled like a bitter gourd, his hand raised to rub his neck, and he lowered his voice, “Talking nonsense is going to get you shot in your head.”
The only court in the whole of Longye was the military court, and the Dragon Scale Legion had the absolute right to execute, and the supervision and punishment of critics reached the point of terror. This is also the deep reason why many people do not want to chase after and seize power, after all, not everyone wants to be ruled by tyrants.
Ye Zhan changed the question, “She has a number engraved on her body, could it be that she was some human experiment that escaped?”
“It’s not a human experiment,” Wu Yumeng is very convinced, “at least in Longye, there is no human experiment allowed with a living person.”
“Are you so sure?” Ye Zhan raised an eyebrow.
“You can trust me,” Wu Yumeng said, “Isn’t it why we build cities, armies, and schools, and make so many rules and regulations…… And this girl, being able to run and looking so healthy looks like she was never soaked in a test tube. ”
The people of this era always have an extraordinary superstition about the city, as if there was the dawn of all human civilization hidden there, and it is the opposite of all barbarism, depravity, and filth. Ye Zhan was noncommittal, “What about those tentacles, can you show us?”
“There are only a few pathological sections, and the rest of the tentacles, including the skull, have been handed over to the headquarters.” Wu Yumeng showed them the slides and the test report, and the tentacle slices were faint black and had completely lost their activity.
Ye Zhan couldn’t read the chemistry report, so for him, swallowing a tentacle directly, and reading the original creature’s memories might solve the case faster.
Qi Yuan pointed to the materials submitted by Long Yin and said, “Since Long Yin has drawn a tracking route, then we can trace the source of X-39 according to the monitoring along the way.”
“Hey, you don’t have to mention it,” Wu Yumeng waved his hand, “The Dragon Scale Legion won’t provide surveillance, so it’s hard to continue investigating this matter.”
“What?”
“Isn’t it nearing the master’s birthday banquet, there are a lot of distinguished guests in Xuancheng so this time is too sensitive, if you let the distinguished guests know that an infected person of an unknown breed is running around Xuancheng and that it has also attacked a researcher, what will they think? What prestige will the Dragon Scale Legion have?” Wu Yumeng sighed, ” So now the above wants this matter to be pressed down first, and to not make a big deal about it, when the birthday banquet is over, it won’t be too late to check.”
“Just because no one is allowed to mention this matter does not mean that the danger is gone.” Qi Yuan sneered.
No wonder Xia Mingyan was so anxious in the isolation room, and even asked these unrelated personnel to assist in the investigation.
Wu Yumeng shook his head, these researchers were the most helpless, “General Chaiyuan has personally led her troops to step up patrols, theoretically speaking, Xuancheng should be very safe recently, and we can’t do anything so we can only hope that bad things won’t happen again.”
“Even if you can guarantee safety and wait until a week later to reopen the investigation, the clues will be buried long ago, just like the assassination five years ago. Ye Zhan said, “We will try our best to assist in this matter, and if there are new clues in the future, please be sure to tell us.”
He didn’t care too much about anything else, but the 1/2 mark on the girl’s lower abdomen made him extremely concerned, if his hypothetical connection was true, it was not a simple attack on an infected person, but a ten-year-long conspiracy!
“Uh…” Wu Yumeng didn’t expect him to talk so much to himself, so he stalled a bit with his response and couldn’t help but glance at Qi Yuan. Their third young master didn’t seem to notice anything wrong with this situation at all, and just nodded, “Let’s do it.”
“Okay, the most important thing is monitoring, if the third young master comes forward, maybe the Dragon Scale Legion will let the information go.” Wu Yumeng took one last look at the body of X-39, because Xia Mingyan was isolated, he was the first person in charge of the sample, and he was responsible for the autopsy of the corpse throughout the process. After seeing too much, he already felt very affectionate about this girl.
The three of them left the air-conditioned room as the cold blue light shone constantly, day and night. The disinfectant in the air is constantly sanitizing germs, which is the victory of inorganic matter over organic matter, and even living people walking in it are infected with the cold smell of mechanical creation.
After sending Qi Yuan and Ye Zhan away, Wu Yumeng returned to the cold storage and sat next to X-39, watching her while distracted.
The cold air made his limbs stiffen and his lips blue, but he didn’t feel the cold at all and reached out to touch the broken neck of X-39.
If someone was in the cold storage at this moment, they would see a shocking picture. Wu Yumeng’s arms are stretched longer and longer, and the five fingers gradually turn into soft tentacles, gently tracing the shape of X-39.
“Little fish, do you see, he is our brother, a blood relative we have never met,” a sinister smile slowly appeared on his frozen face, “Sweet food is piled up on the plate, our kind is gathering here, how pleasant the atmosphere of the city has become……”
The corpse naturally wouldn’t answer, but the dissected, whitened abdominal muscles suddenly twitched.
“We have to hide well, and we need more and more sacrifices,” the tentacles lingered on the girl’s lower abdomen, stroking her cold organs, Wu Yumeng said stupidly, “As long as we can be born smoothly……”
The corpse did not respond. The tentacles slowly retracted in the cold, turning into human hands again. Wu Yumeng’s head shook, fell backward heavily, and suddenly jumped up.
The dim cold light illuminated the neatly arranged corpses and specimens in the glass jar, Wu Yumeng hugged his arms, snorted, and muttered fearfully, “Damn, why did I fall asleep in the cold storage again…”
i knew iiiit god damn 😫😫
I am concerned 😱 Also who is their blood relative, Ye Zhan or Qi Yuan? I’m still wondering about Ye Zhan being a “queen”. So many questions 😅 The worldbuilding of this novel is really unique
Ondes estão as respostas? 😩
Só pode estar falando de Ye Zhan, não é. O único que não sabemos a origem de sua força e resistência a degradação.