AGTCTCC Chapter 50
by VolareChapter 50: Chapter 50 I Really Hate You.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the group finally saw the soldiers guarding the entrance to the Beta Zone base.
The soldiers noticed them as well, the dark muzzles of their thermal weapons pointed at the three.
Xiang Li didn’t hesitate at all, pulling Hill in front of him: “The Insect King is here, how dare you!”
Hill: “???”
The soldiers exchanged glances, not lowering their weapons. After all, it was hard to believe that anyone could survive such a dense swarm of Polluted Entities, even the Insect King.
Xiang Li continued to bluff: “You can give your Colonel Chu a heads-up, just mention my name.”
Soldier: “What’s your name?”
Xiang Li: “Ke Shi Zhuo.”
Ke Shi Zhuo: “???”
He watched the soldier actually go to report, marveling, “Bro, you don’t even need to coordinate our stories?”
Xiang Li didn’t care: “If I said Xiang Li, Chu Qi would probably let us die here.”
Hill crossed his arms, adding insult to injury: “Knowing the Polluted Entities can’t kill you, Chu Qi would come and personally finish you off with a couple of shots.”
The soldier was quick, and Chu Qi’s cold voice came through on the other end.
“Have Lin Wu check them for infection.”
Fortunately, the soldier had dialed the communication channel, and Chu Qi couldn’t see the situation here. After speaking, there was no further sound.
The soldier held the communication mic in one hand, nodded, and still pointed the weapon at them, signaling them to enter the special passage.
The three of them smoothly passed through the sonic isolation zone. The special passage constantly emitted radiation, giving a burning sensation on the surface of the skin, but the flesh felt the exact opposite—icy cold.
A double whammy of fire and ice.
Ke Shi Zhuo glanced at the other two beside him. In his vision, both were staring expressionlessly ahead, seemingly oblivious to the surrounding radiation waves.
Hill noticed his gaze, scoffed with his arms crossed, his eyes clearly conveying the message: “Waste.”
At the end of the special passage, in a room, Lin Wu watched the three of them through a glass panel, his gaze obviously focused on Xiang Li.
Lin Wu chuckled: “Welcome back to the Main Star.”
Xiang Li nodded, sat down across from him, toying with the glass object on the table in front of him, and looked up.
“How are you testing?”
Lin Wu raised his hand, and the glass barrier in front of him opened.
“No need, I believe you’re more dangerous than the Polluted Entities.”
“But I think if it’s you, you’d have to pass, no matter how dangerous.”
There was a hint of helplessness in his words, but his face was smiling. Ke Shi Zhuo remembered his days at military academy.
Back then, when he was injured during training, Doctor Lin would heal you while at the same time being sarcastic, making the trainees try their best not to get injured, and even heal themselves if they did get hurt.
“Oh dear, what happened?”
“Tsk, not working hard enough.”
“If you were working hard, how could you be so weak as to get injured?”
He had never encountered such a medical officer before. They were all concerned and coaxed them about how they got injured, said they were working hard in training, and told them not to be so diligent.
Lin Wu glanced at Hill: “And this is…”
Hill raised his chin, introducing himself before Xiang Li could: “Insect King, Hill.”
A surprised look appeared on Lin Wu’s face, but he didn’t ask any more questions and let the three of them pass.
As Xiang Li was about to leave, he lowered his eyes, holding the glass instrument that Xiang Li had been toying with earlier, and said lightly.
“Oh, right, Chu Qi said to remember to report to him if you find his trace.”
Xiang Li turned his head: “?”
Lin Wu smiled: “Of course, I told him from the beginning. By my calculations, he should be here soon.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the familiar roar of a mech engine came from afar. [Silver] hovered in the air, and Chu Qi opened the mech’s outer shell, looking down at the group.
The wind from the thrusters howled past Chu Qi’s hair, along with the golden chain buckle attached to his black uniform, the cold metallic luster flashing.
Xiang Li: “…”
He looked up, his gaze meeting Chu Qi’s, not retreating at all.
Chu Qi jumped down from the height, not even waiting for [Silver] to land, his hand reaching to his waist, taking out the silver metal bracelet, and signaling Xiang Li with a cold look to “extend his hand.”
Xiang Li lazily raised his eyes, but his body was very honest, obediently bringing his hands together and reaching out.
“Officer, I’m a law-abiding citizen,” he defended himself.
Chu Qi didn’t listen at all, directly cuffing Xiang Li, waved his hand, and [Silver], which was parked in mid-air, slowly descended. He pushed Xiang Li into the mech and left with him.
Hill: “?”
He was a dignified royal member of the Insect Clan, wasn’t ignoring him a bit too much!
Hill gritted his teeth. Next to him, Ke Shi Zhuo stared at the disappearing back of [Silver], secretly exhaling a breath.
Lin Wu poked Ke Shi Zhuo’s shoulder with the instrument in his hand, suddenly asking.
“Why are you in the Beta Zone?”
Ke Shi Zhuo: “!”
Lin Wu tilted his head, looking kind and friendly: “I remember the trainees from military academy should all be in the front-line Gamma Zone at this time.”
Ke Shi Zhuo didn’t dare to turn his head, his back slightly hunched, like a dejected stray puppy.
Hill glanced at the water purification device next to him.
“You’re so close to the polluted zone, aren’t you afraid of being contaminated?”
Lin Wu didn’t care: “If I get contaminated, I’ll be the first to go and kill Chu Qi.”
Hill raised an eyebrow, intrigued by his words.
“Seems like you hate him a lot.”
Ke Shi Zhuo: Keep going, keep going, don’t notice me.
Lin Wu didn’t answer. Hill reached out and grabbed the back of Ke Shi Zhuo’s collar, separating his fingers from his clothes with a wet wipe, which made Ke Shi Zhuo shiver from the cold.
Hill: “Let’s go.”
Ke Shi Zhuo didn’t dare to speak, tiptoeing with small, quick steps, trying his best to keep up with Hill’s pace.
Lin Wu stared at the backs of the two as they left, humming softly.
A holographic blue screen appeared in front of him, displaying the name of the caller—Sang Quan Shi Li.
Lin Wu: “?”
“What’s wrong, Sang Quan, is something…”
His words stopped abruptly.
[Silver] was on autopilot. In the back seat, Chu Qi and Xiang Li faced each other with their arms crossed. The latter’s hands were tied, but his posture was even more arrogant than Chu Qi’s in his uniform.
Xiang Li curled his lips, his gaze unabashedly scanning up and down the other’s body.
Chu Qi’s eyes were lowered, his eyebrows unconsciously furrowed slightly in seriousness.
“You came to the Main Star…”
Xiang Li interrupted him: “One question for one thing.”
Chu Qi: “.”
Xiang Li leaned toward Chu Qi, his eyes not showing the smile on his face.
“Can I see the file you took?”
Xiang Li: “I don’t need you to tell me, can I just take a look, Officer?”
Chu Qi glanced at him, cleared his throat, reminding him.
“There’s more than just one piece of paper in the file.”
Xiang Li chuckled: “What, does Officer want to exchange one question for one piece of paper?”
Chu Qi wiped the gun in his hand: “Can’t I?”
Xiang Li lowered his eyes, his black Spiritual Power becoming more intense, his throat bobbing up and down twice.
“C-can~”
Chu Qi: “What do you want to do coming to the Main Star.”
Xiang Li sat up straight: “Find Old Yan.”
“That’s it?” Chu Qi obviously didn’t believe him.
Xiang Li played the rogue.
“Officer, you’re already one piece of paper for one question, my one question has several answers, it’s not too much to take up more paper, right?”
Chu Qi frowned slightly, “Tsk.”
Xiang Li: “Qi Xiao and Ning Li An, and that Insect Clan member, Fan Yuan Ying, there’s something wrong with them.”
“Of course, there’s also the outbreak of the Polluted Entities. How could I bear to leave you here alone, and just sit back and do nothing.”
Chu Qi pushed Xiang Li, his voice cold and indifferent: “We’ve already broken up.”
Xiang Li: “?”
“When?”
Chu Qi: “Last time.”
Xiang Li: “I didn’t say so.”
Chu Qi: “.”
He laughed when he heard this.
“What, you didn’t plan to be with me, and now you want to maintain a rogue relationship with me?”
Xiang Li was puzzled, his gaze slightly hesitant, a hint of incomprehension flashing in his eyes.
“Can’t I?”
“.”
Chu Qi cursed softly, “Damn it, Xiang Li.”
These words were bitten by Chu Qi very tightly, very slowly, and he could clearly feel the person’s anger.
Xiang Li: “One piece of paper.”
Chu Qi swiped on the communicator, and things on the blue screen were moving randomly. In Xiang Li’s eyes, it was just a pile of numbers.
Chu Qi pieced together countless numbers and unlocked a picture, which appeared in front of the two.
[Experiment Body Number 079—]
[Name: Zhou Xin Shui
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Contact: In July, she was injected with Serum from Experiment Body Number 054. The flesh is developing well, and some of the genetic chains have undergone self-mutation.]
[Physical Mutation/Regenerative Ability: None]
[Spiritual Power Ability: Devouring the Spiritual Power of others, which can be stored and used by oneself]
In the upper left corner was Zhou Xin Shui’s selfie.
Xiang Li narrowed his eyes, carefully scanning every word on the picture, his tongue pressing against the back of his teeth.
Xiang Li: “How many are there?”
Chu Qi: “.”
Xiang Li: “Is there one of me?”
Chu Qi: “.”
Xiang Li: “What does it say on it?”
Chu Qi just stared quietly at the agitated Xiang Li, not speaking.
Xiang Li’s eyes turned cold.
“You know everything?”
Chu Qi found it a bit funny when he heard this. He stared at Xiang Li’s face, from those obsidian-like moist eyes to his tightly pursed lips.
Chu Qi: “Do you have something you’re hiding from me, d-ear?”
Xiang Li carefully looked at Chu Qi’s facial expressions and every subtle change. The latter still had the same expression as before, only slightly squinting his eyes when he said the last three words.
Xiang Li took a deep breath, turning his head away from Chu Qi for the first time with some embarrassment.
Xiang Li: “I really hate you, Chu Qi.”
Chu Qi didn’t react at all after he finished speaking. He stood up, and the mech’s titanium alloy shell was opened. Xiang Li realized that they had already arrived at some point.
Xiang Li: “Where is this?”
Chu Qi: “Gamma Zone a.c.”
After entering a small barrier again, Xiang Li clearly saw the surrounding intact buildings and realized where this was.
—The Black Market.
At this moment, no one in the alleys and Hutongs was hawking goods anymore. They were all sitting huddled together, with their heads down, and when they noticed someone approaching, they all raised their heads in unison.
“Colonel Chu.”
Chu Qi nodded, pulling the Xiang Li next to him over.
“Don’t run around.”
Xiang Li: “.”
Xiang Li blinked his eyes and winked.
The person who received his wink raised his hand and reported: “Colonel, he, he winked at me.”
Chu Qi turned his head, examining Xiang Li’s face up and down, raising his eyebrows slightly, with some teasing.
Xiang Li: “???! You’re slandering me.”
Chu Qi: “Then what do you mean?”
Xiang Li rolled his eyes, “Does that count as a question?”
Chu Qi curved his eyes, and just when Xiang Li thought he was being sarcastic, thinking “what a daydream,” Chu Qi spoke.
“It counts.”
Xiang Li was stunned for a moment, then his expression quickly returned to normal, and he casually made up an excuse: “I just wanted to confirm if they had been infected.”