Chapter 93
Although Si Chen was unsure about the time, since he had gotten what he came for, it was better not to stay in the lab area.
If he stayed any longer, he didn’t know what would happen after dark.
As for whether it was before or after eight o’clock, he might be able to tell by going downstairs and seeing how many motorcycles were left.
Another possibility was that although it was past the agreed upon time, Lin Jiali and Chen Zhizhou had both been wiped out, so both motorcycles were still parked. But Si Chen hoped not.
Due to the contamination, the black marks on Si Chen’s body have been spreading upwards from his elbows, almost reaching his shoulders.
As he made his way back, he touched his elbow with his hand.
In addition to blisters, a row of strange bone spurs had sprouted from his elbows, resembling a mantis’ scythe.
Was this some sort of hint that he should remember to eat his partner after mating?Si Chen took out the special medicine he’d found in the room with the genetically modified Eternal Life Abyss larva. He downed the entire bottle in one go.
The burning pain in his arm immediately eased a lot.
Risk and return are always directly proportional.
Compared to when he’d signed on to be a research dog in the lab, at least his efforts here were being rewarded.
The transparent elevator slowly opened in front of Si Chen. Si Chen walked in and pressed the “1” button.
He took out the test paper and took a look. In addition to the second question, there was also an extra line of words in the space below the bonus question.
[Collected: Remains of Child of God No. 13]
[2/13(+20 points)]
Looking at it this way, he had gotten ten free points by just completing the second question.
The full score one could get for the bonus questions was 30 points.
Si Chen did the math and found that he had already scored 70 points out of a possible 130 points. There were still 8 points left to pass.
Fortunately, he had also answered Song Ziyu’s question.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to create enough of a point advantage from the other candidates.
The elevator went all the way down.
As he was passing by the 9th floor, through the glass, Si Chen clearly saw a person lying on the ground beyond the elevator doors.
Chen Zhizhou’s lower body had completely transformed into a snake, with many of his white scales having fallen off, revealing the pink flesh underneath. Blood seeped out from the gaps in the snake’s scales, outlining the rhombus-shaped scales. He couldn’t tell whether he was dead or alive.
Sometimes, a lot of information can be discerned simply from the direction in which a person was lying on the ground.
For example, the direction of the head could tell whether the person wanted to enter the elevator or escape from the elevator.
It seemed that Chen Zhizhou wanted to leave the elevator.
Si Chen looked at the dried blood on the elevator glass and the scales scattered on the ground, clueless as to what exactly could have happened in the elevator at that time.
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If he doesn’t save him, while there will be no benefit, there will be no harm either.
Eternal Life Abyss: “Squeak?”
It didn’t seem to understand Si Chen’s words.
Si Chen sighed and pressed the button for the ninth floor.
He’ll at least go and see if he’s dead or alive.
If he was dead, wouldn’t it be a waste of natural resources to leave a sausage lying on the ground?
The elevator stopped at the ninth floor.
Si Chen’s eyes cautiously scanned the surroundings. No energy fluctuations were detected. He then he slowly walked out through the elevator doors.
The door to the lab area was open but Si Chen gave up any idea of going in and taking a look.
When he was on the first floor just now, Si Chen had looked outside and saw that the big eyeball above was already hanging on the west side of the sky. He couldn’t afford to be delayed for long.
He squatted down next to Chen Zhizhou and checked for breathing.
He was still alive.
Si Chen picked him up by the waist. Chen Zhizhou’s long white snake tail dragged to the ground, greatly affecting his movement.
After turning into a half-snake, he had become more than twice as heavy as he was in his human form.
Si Chen used his knee to sweep in his tail, stretched out a hand to press the button for the first floor and whispered, “Boss, don’t you think I deserve a raise for this after we make it out?”
Chen Zhizhou owns 0.09% of the shares of Serpent Staff Gene, which he inherited from within his family.
Don’t look down on it just because it starts with a 0 and goes back to two decimal places. Even if it goes as far back as twenty decimal places, it is still wealth beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Unfortunately, Chen Zhizhou, who was in a coma, simply furrowed his brows; he seemed unable to agree to him.
There was only one motorcycle downstairs.
This was a good thing, at least it proved that Lin Jiali was still alive.
As the sun began to set, the tall tower in front of them appeared grave and solemn, exuding a strange aura of sanctity.
Driving with Chen Zhizhou in this state was indeed troublesome.
Si Chen had set him down in the back seat, in the same spot as when they’d come here, only that the position was changed to sitting sideways.
However, not long after they set off, Chen Zhizhou’s long tail got caught in the motorcycle’s tire.
The tail was fine but it nearly deformed the steel plate of the motorcycle’s rear tire.
Si Chen had no choice but to stop the motorcycle, roll up his tail and tie it up with a rope.
But in this position, Chen Zhizhou could easily fall off the car.
So, Si Chen found an iron chain and tied Chen Zhizhou around his waist.
One cannot afford to be fussy in a Space Fold.
Si Chen felt that him not throwing Chen Zhizhou to the side of the road, was already a rare act of kindness on his part.
Although their posture was unsightly, the motorcycle was able to run.
Si Chen thought for a long time and finally figured what Chen Zhizhou looked like now.
Like a snail carrying a bunch of flowers.
The Khaos Manufacturing Institute had brought extremely serious debuffs to the candidates.
As the motorcycle moved away from the square tower, Si Chen could feel his IQ gradually recovering.
Although it has not returned to its peak level before the postgraduate entrance exam, the problem-solving ideas in his mind have become much clearer.
Si Chen still couldn’t forgive himself for not being able to do high school physics.
The journey leaving the experiment area was smoother than the journey coming in. After all, they’d been through it once.
Just as Si Chen finished swiping past the access control, driving out of the experiment area, the person leaning behind him finally slowly opened his eyes.
Si Chen first felt a chill.
The Eternal Life Abyss within his body let out an uneasy cry, its tone low and urgent.
He couldn’t help it and glanced behind him using the side mirror of the motorcycle.
In the mirror, Chen Zhizhou’s eyes appeared pitch black, like the Black Goat’s.
The person he rescued was not Chen Zhizhou.
Si Chen’s heart sank suddenly and he almost drove his motorcycle into a ditch.
Chen Zhizhou put his hand on Si Chen’s waist and looked at him curiously.
Because Si Chen had been touched by No. 13 before, Si Chen’s right arm was covered with a layer of black skin.
He had managed to suppress it by drinking the special medicine but now, the blackness once again began to spread.
The place Chen Zhizhou touched felt cold and half of Si Chen’s body began to feel numb.
His arm ached.
This feeling was very strange.
Si Chen felt as if his skin and flesh had turned into fertile soil, with seeds buried inside. Now that spring was here, seeds that have been dormant for a season were sprouting inside his body, gathering strength to break through the soil.
No one asked if the soil was willing.
Si Chen’s expression remained calm but his mind was quickly thinking of ways to deal with this situation.
This high-dimensional creature locked in the tower was fully capable of killing him but it didn’t take any action.
It might have killed Chen Zhizhou and through some special method, awakened in Chen Zhizhou’s body.
Si Chen remembered what the man in the black mist said before.
Could it be that…the candidates coming in this time were all vessels?
The only good thing is that “it” didn’t show any obvious murderous intent.
Unconsciously, Si Chen drove slower and slower.
The person behind asked softly, “Why are you slowing down? It’s getting dark. It will be very dangerous at night.”
“…You’re awake.” Si Chen said.
No. 9, using Chen Zhizhou’s body, gave a nasally “en”.
No. 9 untied the rope around himself but the snake tail was still too long.
So, he wrapped his tail around his waist and hugged it.
Si Chen stepped on the accelerator again. “What happened on the 9th floor? Why did you faint outside the elevator?”
No. 9 replied, “I slept for a long time and had a long dream. In the dream, the world I grew up in was destroyed. I was very sad and wanted to wake up but couldn’t do anything. Until today. I saw a person pushing open my bedroom door.”
“I followed him out of the room. He fell asleep and I woke up.”
No. 9 paused and said, “Then I finally remembered that I was not asleep, but dead.”
The other party didn’t seem to have any intention of hiding anything.
After feeling extremely nervous, Si Chen finally relaxed.
Maybe because he was too close to No. 9, but there was a mild ringing in his eyes. Fortunately it wasn’t serious.
Si Chen asked, “Is the person who opened your door still alive?”
No. 9 replied calmly, “He just fell asleep.”
This answer was interesting.
If one fell asleep, one could still wake up.
But No. 9 had also used sleep to refer to death.
It was getting dark. There were obviously more mutants on the road.
A White Goat was looming in the grass, but when it caught whiff of the scent blowing in the wind, it quickly moved away.
No. 9 lowered his head, put the tip of his nose against Si Chen’s neck and sniffed hard.
“You smell like you’ve been marked by 11 and 13.”
In No. 9’s olfactory system, the mixture of these two smells was somewhat complicated — like goat’s milk mixed with mint water.
Si Chen: “They asked me to help with something.”
“I know, the 13th day, the gallows, the resurrection.”
Si Chen hesitated for a moment and asked, “…Do you have any suggestions?”
There was a residential building in front of him and Si Chen was already planning to get off the motorcycle and choose his room for tonight.
“Tonight, Kuafu will definitely find you. He has wanted our bodies for a long time but he didn’t dare to enter the square tower.” He pointed to the sun that was about to set in the sky, and with neither joy nor sorrow in his tone, “That’s 13’s eye. One is in the sky and the other is on the tower.”
Si Chen has to succeed. I know he will, cause he’s the protagonist, but it’s still so exciting! Oh, I also hope No.9 will be fine, after all, he seems harmless.
Thank you for the chapter~
Thank you for translating <3<3<3 We finally know who those eyes belong to! Does it make me feel better? Nope.
About the “eating his partner after mating” thing, it’s kind of a joke because female mantises eat the male after mating.
Thank you for the chapter! This is my favourite arc so far.
Hello buddy no. 9 hiding inside CZ…got any ideas? Wtf! Lmao! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️
Ooo exciting. Thank you for the updates! I hope they like their new friend
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