AGTCTCC Chapter 38

Chapter 38: Long Time No See, Experiment Body Number 054…

Xing Qing Kun rubbed his brow, wondering if he was just under too much pressure lately and misheard the name.

“Who did you just say?”

Hu Zi Mo at the door was also a bit dazed, looking at “Chu Qi” and then at the commander, also unsure.

“Chu Qi?”

The room fell silent for a moment.

Xing Qing Kun was the first to stand up, hands propped on the table, still revealing endless authority despite his age, a strong aura around him, his face serious.

“Take me over to see.”

Xiang Li, wearing Chu Qi’s face, followed behind without a word, his eyes lightly glancing at the time.

One minute and fifteen seconds.

Although he didn’t deliberately help delay, he shamelessly counted this minute and fifteen seconds as a favor Chu Qi owed him.

Perhaps due to familiarity, there were no traces of destruction around the archive room. If a soldier hadn’t reported it, it would have been hard to imagine someone had just stolen a file from here.

Xiang Li: “What file?”

The soldier beside him reported, “Still checking, the archive room’s records are very old. When Chu… the suspect left, the surveillance footage clearly showed him holding a file.”

The soldier paused, his eyes drifting towards Xiang Li for a moment, before changing his wording.

Xiang Li entered the archive room openly this time, which was still full of dust compared to his last visit.

After the last incident, no one even thought to clean it up.

His gaze swept over each shelf, eventually settling on the shelf marked with Interstellar Calendar 4617, his eyes narrowing.

The specially marked file was gone.

Xing Qing Kun walked to the innermost part of the archive room and began to check with the soldiers. Hu Zi Mo had already left with the remaining soldiers to search for the suspect.

Shen Gui, hearing that Chu Qi had come to raid the base, rushed over in a hurry. Seeing Xiang Li with Chu Qi’s face, he was a little dazed. For some reason, he felt a moment of inexplicable relief.

Maybe it was because it was Chu Qi’s face, Shen Gui thought.

He walked over and patted Xiang Li’s shoulder, his eyes questioning what was going on, but the other’s expression seemed to say, “Don’t ask about underworld matters.”

Shen Gui: “?”

Xiang Li reached out to touch the files on the shelf. Perhaps because he was under public scrutiny, the spiritual barrier from before didn’t appear.

His fingertips were covered in a thick layer of dust, leaving obvious marks on the files.

The archive room did have an ancient feel, even the files were sealed with thread.

Xiang Li unwound the thread, taking out the slightly yellowed paper inside, which clearly recorded everything that happened in Interstellar Calendar 4617.

——Including the detailed account of how the pollution virus outbreak occurred on a large scale on Planet C079.

Xiang Li: “…”

Shen Gui beside him leaned over, looking at the information, his brow furrowing deeper as his eyes moved down.

Shen Gui: “What is this?”

He took the papers from Xiang Li’s hand. He had never known about this.

The reason for the pollution virus outbreak was something he and Chu Qi only knew from Xiang Li, but why would the main base have these records?

Xiang Li still didn’t speak, his eyes scanning back and forth across the files in front of him, trying to find some residual Spiritual Power on them.

Next to him, Shen Gui had quickly opened the next file. A few seconds later, the hand holding the paper trembled slightly. Xiang Li glanced at it.

In the center of the paper, in bold black simplified characters, was written “Research Data Compilation on Human and Insectoid Gene Fusion.”

Xiang Li snatched the paper, walked in front of Xing Qing Kun, and shoved the paper in his face.

Xing Qing Kun’s cane shattered. He stood there, showing no sign of leg weakness, his back straight.

He took the paper from Xiang Li’s hand, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes, but soon, a hand patted his shoulder from behind.

A somewhat familiar face emerged from behind Xing Qing Kun with a smile, greeting “Chu Qi.”

Wu Zhen: “Long time no see.”

“Experiment Body Number 054.”

Xiang Li glanced at the place she had just emerged from, not knowing where she had popped out from.

Xing Qing Kun, under Qi Xiao’s control, lowered his head lifelessly. Not only him, but also the surrounding soldiers, all drooping their heads as if their power had run out.

Their eyes were open, staring unblinkingly downwards.

Xiang Li’s face turned cold.

“You made these archive records?”

If it was Qi Xiao, then everything was explained. At the time, only she and Ning Li An, the two researchers involved, knew the research records.

Six hundred years ago, they still used paper frequently, and for Qi Xiao and Ning Li An, paper was indeed more familiar than the later emerging light panels.

Wu Zhen, that is, Qi Xiao, curled her lips. The original playful smile on her face now had a stiff, forced quality under Qi Xiao’s skin.

Qi Xiao: “Yes, history must be recorded. I’ve been waiting for someone to open this door and give him a surprise.”

“I didn’t expect that someone who already knew the truth would be the first to open it.”

Qi Xiao seemed genuinely disappointed, deliberately imitating Xiang Li’s tone, but it sounded strange and awkward.

Qi Xiao unknowingly stepped on Xiang Li’s shadow, the black shadow writhing, before returning to calm after a moment.

Qi Xiao: “Why doesn’t Bai Yan come out and confront me? Is it because simulating your Spiritual Power just now consumed too much?”

“Bang.”

The sound of something falling in the distance suddenly interrupted the atmosphere. Their eyes were drawn over, and they saw Shen Gui, a few shelves away, staring at them as well.

Xiang Li frowned, scanning over. Shen Gui was holding the things in his hands properly, and there were no scattered items at his feet.

It wasn’t him who made the sound.

At the door, Sang Quan Shi Li leaned against the wall, breathing slightly. The next second, the scene reflected in his eyes suddenly changed, and “Wu Zhen’s” face appeared in front of him, enlarged.

Sang Quan Shi Li: “!”

Xiang Li and Shen Gui both ran out at this moment, seeing Sang Quan Shi Li pressed against the wall. Xiang Li didn’t care that his Spiritual Power was nearly exhausted and twisted his wrist, a black rod appearing in his palm.

Qi Xiao was also stunned to see Sang Quan Shi Li, and subconsciously erected a Spiritual Barrier to protect him and Sang Quan Shi Li when she saw the black rod being drawn by Xiang Li.

Qi Xiao frowned as she stared at Sang Quan Shi Li’s face, the aura around her turning cold.

She reached out and grabbed Sang Quan Shi Li’s collar, the latter stiff, letting Qi Xiao do as she pleased.

Qi Xiao: “Two severely injured, one weak, and one…”

She looked at Sang Quan Shi Li in her hand, her eyes filled with mockery.

“Little trash.”

After speaking, she threw Sang Quan Shi Li to the opposite side.

Shen Gui stepped forward and supported Sang Quan Shi Li: “Are you okay?”

The latter nodded.

Qi Xiao raised her chin, not caring at all whether she had a hostage in her hands.

“Xiang Li, tearing off the mask now isn’t your style. I’ve dissected all the people on Planet C079. Old Ning and I aren’t interested in you. We can cooperate.”

Qi Xiao’s voice grew softer and softer, her figure fading away with it, until she disappeared completely.

The black rod in Xiang Li’s hand dissipated, his body staggering. Bai Yan was still in the shadows, and the surrounding soldiers seemed to have restarted and continued working.

Shen Gui noticed Xiang Li’s thoughtful expression.

Shen Gui: “You’re not really going to cooperate with that Qi Xiao, are you?”

Xiang Li glanced at him, as if looking at an idiot.

“I came to the Main Star to bring those two back. How is cooperation even possible?”

Sang Quan Shi Li remained silent on the side. Shen Gui thought he was scared, patted him, and looked up at Xiang Li. The few sheets of paper he was holding were wrinkled from his movements.

Shen Gui: “Xiang… Chu Qi, Sang Quan and I will go back first.”

“Chu Qi” nodded. Sang Quan Shi Li next to him was a little confused, still not understanding the situation. How had Chu Qi become Xiang Li? He was pulled away by Shen Gui.

The few wrinkled papers in Shen Gui’s hand had already been smoothed out by him.

[Time: Interstellar Calendar 4613]

[Experiment Subject: Experiment Body Number 056 (Special Note: Experiment Body Number 056 once consumed the blood of Experiment Body Number 054, and was injected with n63 serum and n64 serum. No special abilities have yet appeared)]

[…]

[Experimental Result: n65 serum was injected into the subject in a non-anesthetized state. No special abilities have yet appeared.]

The n65 serum injection subjects 056, 057, and 059 all failed to exhibit special abilities. Continue testing with un-injected serum subject 092. (Small print note)

Following this was a photo. The face in the photo was very young, and various parts of the body were divided into blocks like cutting tofu. Both hands had disappeared.

(Note: No regenerative abilities have yet appeared.)

A body area marked a1 was clearly darker in color than other areas, with a large area of flesh and blood still connected.

(Note: No high-temperature abilities have yet appeared.)

The body area marked a2 was the location of the heart, and the surface skin and flesh had disappeared, and the shape of the heart could be clearly seen from the photo.

(Note: No mental ability development has yet appeared.)

…

Every report below was the same. At least 6 to 8 experimental subjects were used for each newly researched serum.

Recalling the entire shelf full of files, Shen Gui slowly tightened his grip on the report.

Sang Quan Shi Li sat on the other end of the sofa, he also saw these reports, but his whole body was in a daze, staring blankly ahead.

Xiang Li came out of the main base and returned to Chu Qi’s house. The door had been repaired, and his movements hesitated before pushing it open.

Xiang Li: “…”

He wondered if Chu Qi would be sitting on the sofa waiting for him when he opened the door?

Pushing open the door, Xiang Li’s rare inner tension and anticipation were dashed at this moment.

Chu Qi wasn’t there.

Unable to tell whether he was disappointed or relieved, Xiang Li sat on the sofa that Chu Qi usually sat on, leaning his head back against the sofa, one hand covering his eyes, his vulnerable neck exposed to the air.

His Adam’s apple slid up and down, once, twice…

Bai Yan emerged from the shadows, his color already very pale. He kicked Xiang Li, seeing that the other person was like a dead person, motionless. He sat on the sofa himself.

Bai Yan reached into his body, rummaged around, and took out a wisp of light purple Spiritual Power, took out the instrument from Xiang Li’s pocket and put it in.

He hadn’t appeared just now because he was secretly scavenging Qi Xiao’s Spiritual Power. This wisp of light purple bumped around in the glass bottle, extremely thin.

Mainly because Bai Yan’s body couldn’t carry too much Spiritual Power.

Thinking of the frustrating scene just now, Bai Yan couldn’t help but laugh.

Luckily, it wasn’t Xue Hu Su who came, otherwise he would have exploded at the first moment, and the pieces of his corpse would have been smeared all over the opponent’s face.