He originally thought this guy was going to negotiate terms in order to make him agree to bring another person along, but he didn’t expect it to be a request for him to wait for two minutes.
This was actually an inconsequential request, and they needed time to handle the situation anyway. Plus, the other party’s earnest expression of loyalty was quite amusing. So, West reluctantly nodded, “Fine, just two minutes.”
Huo Xianfeng turned to look at Jiang Ci. In fact, his initial intention was to indeed bring Jiang Ci along, but after seeing West’s expression change, he immediately changed his approach.
“Huo Ci, say something. It was quite dangerous just now,” Huo Xianfeng blinked subtly at Jiang Ci, “You clearly noticed something was off with that box earlier, but still recklessly rushed up to save people!”
“……”
The name “Huo Ci” made the major general’s heart tingle slightly so it took him two seconds to react before he smoothly cooperated with Huo Xianfeng and said, “But… but Xiao Liu-ge has always been so good to us. How could I just stand by and watch?”
Perhaps after being around Huo Xianfeng for so long, Jiang Ci’s acting skills had improved tremendously. He furrowed his brows and quickly got into character, “Moreover, the problem this time clearly originated from Wang-ge’s side…”
Their voices weren’t particularly loud, and they even deliberately lowered them, sounding just like whispers between lovers. But the more they acted like they didn’t want others to hear, the more suspicious West became.
Frowning, the white robed disciple suddenly turned back and strode over, directly pressing Jiang Ci, “How did you notice something was wrong with that box?”
It was strange. The experimental subject had clearly been injected with tranquilizers, yet they didn’t take effect, and it even erupted into a frenzy and broke through the biological box.
Jiang Ci didn’t answer immediately and didn’t even glance at West. Maintaining his timid and delicate demeanor, he quietly retreated behind Huo Xianfeng and stammered softly, “It’s… it’s just that the oxygen levels suddenly changed…”
People’s breathing frequency and oxygen consumption are different in different physical and mental states. Many people understand this concept, but when it comes to specific scientific numbers and ranges, no one knows the specific levels.
But for a major general who often pilots mechas in combat, this was a very simple matter.
West was taken aback, then suddenly realized.
—So that’s what happened.
He couldn’t help but take a closer look at Jiang Ci. He had to admit that being able to notice such subtle details showed his perceptiveness, and he remembered Jiang Ci’s agile actions earlier when he took the opportunity to drag Liu Shengli out of the danger zone, which could also be considered quick-thinking.
“…”
West stared at Jiang Ci for a few seconds and said coldly, “You come along too!”
“Ah, but…”
Huo Xianfeng immediately showed a hesitant expression, but Jiang Ci abruptly grabbed his hand, and the latter nodded to West, lowering his gaze to show a submissive appearance.
“Thank you for the recognition, sir.”
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Huo Xianfeng and Jiang Ci looked at each other, then the latter suddenly withdrew his hand as if shocked.
Jiang Ci could still feel the warmth of the other’s palm and an indescribable tingling sensation.
He pinched his numb fingers, but the residual sensation persisted, forcing him to vigorously rub them against his body. Just as he was about to speak…
“Eh!”
As if guessing what he was about to say, Huo Xianfeng immediately cut in, raising his chin slightly and tilting his head, speaking with a tone of a child tattling on someone, “You were the one who held my hand first this time! I didn’t touch you.”
Jiang Ci: “………”
He stared tightly at the other’s face for a while, feeling choked, and finally gritted his teeth and spat out, “Huo Xianfeng! If I ever take the initiative to hold your hand again, I’ll really change my surname to yours!!”
With that, the major general turned his head angrily and strode ahead to catch up with West. Huo Xianfeng stood still for a moment, first casually scanning the resentful and aggrieved back of Jiang Ci, then leisurely following him.
Despite the dispute, they still walked in perfect agreement at the end of the group of low-rank disciples.
Whoosh—
A special passage opened, and West directly entered the factory, followed closely by two or three low-rank disciples. Before entering, Huo Xianfeng glanced back. In just a few minutes, the sedated chimpanzee outside had already been restrained and temporarily placed in a huge iron cage.
As for the workers on the transport ship, they were actually only acting as transporters. After unloading the cargo, they would return to the transport ship.
The young man lowered his gaze, quietly following the people ahead,
It seemed that the high-ranking disciple named West responsible for transporting these so-called C-level assets should have only received it as an out-of-nowhere temporary order; otherwise, he wouldn’t have brought such a huge bio-container for only a chimpazee. Besides, at such a troublesome time, why bother taking a detour and going to the factory for inspection?
Therefore, the most likely scenario was that West’s primary duty had originally been to guard this factory, but he was suddenly tasked with transporting Class C assets…
Unbeknownst to West, within just a few minutes, Huo Xianfeng had roughly figured out his identity and main responsabilities. Meanwhile, West was overwhelmed with how to balance the factory operations and the transport task he had just received.
After all, on one hand, there were discrepancies in the nectar transport data from the carrier ship, and on the other, there had been issues with the Class C assets just now.
About three minutes later, they entered an elevator, descending to a stop around five hundred meters below, as estimated by Huo Xianfeng.
The cold alloy doors slowly opened.
Whoosh—
A stench of rotten Gardenia Roses, far more intense than anything on the carrier ship, immediately assaulted their senses.
Outside, countless conveyor belt pipelines came into view, each glowing with a faint red halo, like blood vessels that had been stripped from a body.
Yet this entire scene seemed more like a black canvas that was wildly scribbled with red paint, creating chaotic and strange scrawls that instilled a vague discomfort.
They stood on a photon bridge in the center, about a hundred meters high, with no railings on either side, and the red water under them bubbled.
Jiang Ci slightly furrowed his brow but followed out anyway, only to pause after a few steps.
—Because Huo Xianfeng hadn’t followed him.
Jiang Ci looked back to find the young man frozen in place, looking downward.
Perhaps he saw something beyond human perception.
Indeed, before entering the factory, Huo Xianfeng had mentally prepared himself, and when Jiang Ci had told him that the Church was using Gardenia Rose nectar to cultivate Zergs, he had already imagined some not-so-pretty scenes.
But the reality still exceeded his expectations and imagination—
Because those Zergs,
Each one of them was underdeveloped, with disproportionately large heads and bodies shrunk to an unnatural proportion,
If the normal head-to-body length ratio was one to nine, now it was completely reversed.
Huo Xianfeng could not sense any clear intelligence from them,
Only endless chaotic and painful emotions, pouring straight into his brain like a roaring tsunami.
“—Huo Xianfeng!!!”
The young man suddenly opened his eyes, his face as pale as if he had just been dragged out of the deep sea where he was drowning. It took his dilated pupils more than ten seconds to gradually refocus, and his vision finally cleared.
Huo Xianfeng’s Adam’s apple moved with difficulty as he turned his head to find Jiang Ci gripping his hand tightly.
—If not for that, he might have just jumped down.
“Huo Xianfeng, what happened, you almost…”
Before Jiang Ci could finish his question, he suddenly saw the other turning his head to look at him, breathing slightly, and asking,
“What, you changed your mind about taking my surname?”
Jiang Ci: “……..?”
Eh?
He was stunned for several seconds before remembering what he had said earlier.
[Huo Xianfeng! If I ever take the initiative to hold your hand again, I’ll really change my surname to yours!!]
“……….”
I’m suffocating!
How could he have forgotten that!!!
M1zushi: HXF respect your wife! he was worried about you ( ; ω ; )
but he couldn’t resist teasing him (￣ω￣)
Jjwxc comments
Netizen 1: In fact, I suddenly thought that if Huo Xianfeng is really just such a young man, then the flashes of memories, emotions, and even responsibilities are very heavy, or too heavy. It’s just that his casual and handsome demeanor always makes people overlook the suffocation brought by his position.
Netizen 2: Humans breed broiler chickens in a similar way. There is a lot of meat in the eating parts, and the other parts are relatively shrunken. The Zergs have their brain fluid extracted, which requires a big head. I guess the things put in when processing nectar are similar to some hormone substances, so that the Zergs can have an abnormal development
Thank you for the chapter 😍
Thanks for the chapter!!
Thanks for the chapter
😬 good thing Jiang Ci was there. I don’t really have any amazing feelings about the Zergs myself but that’s a pretty disgusting way to treat living beings
Even all seriousness and the direness of the situation, he still didn’t forget to tease his dear wife 🤭 never change huo xianfeng