ATDIWR Chapter 74

Chapter 74: Collecting Bone Marrow, Zhou Qin Seemed to Sense Something

Zhou Qin had quite a lot on his plate. He had originally planned to shift his focus to the orphanage and gradually step down from his position as deputy commander.

But many things happened later, especially after Gu Jinsheng and Ji An both lost their abilities, which significantly changed Zhou Qin’s thinking.

Compared to losing a leg, losing one’s ability in this Apocalypse was a more despair-inducing matter.

However, Ji An showed not a hint of complaint, and his emotions were extremely stable. Even when facing Zhao Zhen’s mockery and taunts, he could face them calmly, declare war on Zhao Zhen, and declare war on his own uncertain future.

Zhou Qin suddenly realized why, out of the countless people engaged in scientific research in the world, only Ji An consistently achieved miracles.

It was probably this spirit of never giving up, of never being defeated by anything.

Inspired by this, Zhou Qin began to reinvest himself in his work. Although there were many inconveniences, he found that once he truly overcame them, it wasn’t so bad after all, just like that.

Although Zhou Qin rushed over as fast as he could after receiving the message, it was still an hour later.

“Sorry, I’m late.” Zhou Qin apologized to Ji An the moment he entered. He asked, “Boss and Miss Xiang are here too.”

Gu Jinsheng and Xiang Xintong nodded in greeting. Ji An said, “I invited you over this time to ask you to help with an experiment.”

“Boss Ji is too polite. What’s there to talk about inviting or not inviting between us!” Zhou Qin heard Ji An say this and saw Gu Jinsheng was also there, so he assumed Gu Jinsheng was participating in the experiment and Xiang Xintong was there to help with treatment.

Zhou Qin didn’t think much of it, assuming Ji An invited them over simply because the experiment itself was not convenient for outsiders to participate in.

“Alright, I don’t know what Boss Ji needs me to do, but I will cooperate with all my power.” Zhou Qin was very straightforward and agreed immediately.

Ji An said, “I need various data from your body, and also a small surgery. I might need to collect your bone marrow and things like that.”

Before the Apocalypse, when there were no Healing-type Power Users, collecting bone marrow was a major surgery that harmed the body. But with the emergence of Healing-type Power Users and their participation in treatment, collecting bone marrow was no longer a big problem.

“Okay.” Although Zhou Qin didn’t know why Ji An would suddenly need to collect his bone marrow, he didn’t ask further. He completely trusted Ji An and knew Ji An wouldn’t harm him.

Ji An settled Zhou Qin on the bed and began collecting Zhou Qin’s entire body data using instruments on the spot.

This included Zhou Qin’s height, weight, waist circumference, especially his legs. Zhou Qin’s healthy leg was thoroughly measured, with a value taken almost every centimeter.

Zhou Qin didn’t pay much attention at first, until he saw his 3D model on the computer. The data for his legs was so detailed that he didn’t even know it himself.

Moreover, the most important thing was that the 3D model on the computer was a complete model of both his legs.

Ji An deduced the data for his severed leg based on the data from his healthy leg.

Even though he knew it was fake, just a 3D model, Zhou Qin’s heart was pounding wildly as he looked at the small figure representing himself with complete legs.

Zhou Qin wondered if he was going crazy. A wild ambition began to grow madly in his heart, like weeds on a vast prairie, growing wildly and instantly covering his entire heart.

Zhou Qin couldn’t control the increasingly Crazy thought in his heart. He said with a dry throat and full of hope, “Boss Ji, you…”

“Shh.” Ji An’s expression was relaxed and playful, “Miracles might come unexpectedly!”

Zhou Qin suddenly closed his eyes. He only felt that everything seemed as unreal as a dream, and he was still immersed in the beautiful dream from last night, not yet awake.

Ji An measured Zhou Qin’s precise body data for his entire body and collected his blood. After having Xiang Xintong perform a full-body system ability scan on him, Ji An gave Zhou Qin an anesthetic and knocked him unconscious. Then Ji An personally took Zhou Qin’s bone marrow, as well as some bone fragments.

Yes, Ji An personally broke his intact leg and took some bone fragments from it.

Gu Jinsheng and Xiang Xintong watched from the side and felt pain in their own legs. Xiang Xintong, who had initially felt Ji An was very gentle and had secretly prayed in her heart to find a boyfriend as gentle as Ji An, instantly gave up that idea at this moment.

Xiang Xintong unconsciously touched her intact lower leg, feeling phantom pain. She looked at Ji An with horror. At this moment, she suddenly felt that Ji An was a mad scientist who would do anything for research, straight out of a movie.

Xiang Xintong felt a chill down her spine!

Ji An put the extracted bone marrow and bone fragments into a petri dish for culturing and said to Xiang Xintong, “Miss Xiang, please treat Zhou Qin.”

“Okay.”

Zhou Qin woke up quickly. After waking up, he seemed to sense something and instinctively scanned the laboratory with his eyes. Almost immediately, he saw the bone marrow and a little bit of white residue being cultured in the sterile box.

Soon, Zhou Qin realized what those white Broken powder were. His eyes widened, and he looked at his intact thigh.

“Alright, the data collection is complete. Commander Zhou can go back to work now. You’ll just need to come back in about a month.”

Zhou Qin’s voice was very hoarse. “Okay.”

Ji An got up to see them off. Zhou Qin walked a couple of steps, then suddenly sat down on the ground. Zhou Qin gave a wry smile at his lack of composure. “Miss Xiang, you go first. I’m afraid I can’t leave like this for a while.”

“Oh, oh, okay.” Xiang Xintong looked confused, not knowing what had happened or why Commander Zhou was suddenly like this. Could it be that Ji An had been too rough? But she had already completely healed Commander Zhou!

Xiang Xintong didn’t even consider the possibility that Ji An could heal a broken leg, nor did she dare to think so, it was just too heaven-defying.

Xiang Xintong, wearing the Space-type necklace made by Ji An, walked out of Ji An’s research lab happily. As she was about to leave the research institute, she was stopped by someone.

Xiang Xintong looked up and saw a familiar face, Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen was a capable assistant under Han Yaokun. Anyone who had dealt with the research institute knew Zhao Zhen.

A hint of doubt flashed in Xiang Xintong’s eyes. She didn’t know why Zhao Zhen was stopping her. Han Yaokun’s exclusive Healing-type Power User wasn’t her, so there was no reason to find her.

Moreover, this person seemed to have some personal grudges with Researcher Ji, whom she was currently serving.

Xiang Xintong secretly became vigilant and said, “Director Zhao, hello. May I ask what you need from me?”

Zhao Zhen glanced at Xiang Xintong, his gaze falling on the jade necklace around Xiang Xintong’s neck. The instantaneous jealousy in his eyes was almost overflowing.

Such expensive space storage items were hard to come by on the market, yet Ji An could give them away just like that. How could this not make Zhao Zhen jealous?

Zhao Zhen’s expression twisted for a moment before recovering. He put on a friendly smile again and said, “I just saw Miss Xiang coming out of Ji An’s laboratory. I wanted to ask if there’s something wrong with Ji An?”

Zhao Zhen knew that Ji An had the Zombie King’s crystal core and began to pay special attention to every move over there.

That Ji An was an unkillable cockroach. Zhao Zhen was just afraid that he would cause trouble with the Mental-type Zombie King’s crystal core.

It seemed he needed to act quickly and seize the crystal core before Ji An could misuse it.

Xiang Xintong became more guarded. She even clearly showed resistance and stepped back, saying, “No, I didn’t go there this time to heal Researcher Ji’s body. If you have nothing else, could you please move aside? I’m afraid I cannot disclose any more information to you. This is within our scope of duty. If you continue to harass me, I will report you to the Security Bureau.”

Zhao Zhen’s face twisted for a moment, taking several seconds to recover. He forced himself not to show a ferocious expression or his embarrassment to Xiang Xintong.

“I have no ill intentions towards that useless, I mean, Ji An. I’m just genuinely concerned about his health. After all, he just lost his ability recently and must be very weak.” Zhao Zhen said this as if he was very concerned about Ji An, but his eyes and every line on his face said otherwise, clearly carving the word ‘jealousy’ into every facial nerve.

“Who did Ji An ask you to treat? Surely Miss Xiang can tell me this?”

Xiang Xintong wanted to get rid of Zhao Zhen quickly. She also thought that Ji An had only asked her to treat an ordinary mutated white mouse, which seemed like nothing she couldn’t say. So she said, “It was a mutated white mouse.”

As for Zhou Qin, Xiang Xintong naturally and subconsciously ignored him.

Any information about a commander is confidential; even if that commander farted one more time today than yesterday, such things shouldn’t be spoken about.

Zhao Zhen looked confused, not knowing what Ji An was up to now. It was just a white mouse in an experiment; if it died, it died. Why bother treating its injuries?

Thinking this, Zhao Zhen asked, “What kind of injuries did that white mouse have?”

But Xiang Xintong refused to say more. She took out her phone and pretended to dial the Security Bureau. “Researcher Zhao Zhen, I have already warned you, but you are still persistently harassing me and probing for private information about Researcher Ji’s experiment. I reasonably suspect you are a spy trying to extract confidential information from me, such as the core technology of Researcher Ji’s experiment. I will now report you to the Security Bureau!”

Zhao Zhen quickly raised his hands. “OK, I won’t ask anymore, alright? I was really just simply concerned about Ji An’s health. As colleagues, can’t I occasionally care about a colleague’s health?”

Xiang Xintong didn’t actually dial the Security Bureau’s number. She knew that she couldn’t really do anything to Zhao Zhen with just these few words. She was just trying to scare him into stopping his questions and harassment.

“If I misunderstood, that’s best. So, can Researcher Zhao Zhen now move aside and let me leave?” Xiang Xintong asked coldly.

“OK!” Zhao Zhen moved aside. He turned around and watched Xiang Xintong flee out of the research institute, becoming even angrier. He kicked over the trash can in the lobby.

The round trash can seemed to be against Zhao Zhen as well. It fell to the ground, spilling out the trash inside, and then rolled away rattling.

“Hey, I say, what’s wrong with you? Why did you kick it for no reason? Now there’s trash all over the floor, and I have to clean it up…” The cleaning lady happened to see it and walked over angrily with her hands on her hips. When she got closer and saw it was Zhao Zhen, the auntie was a little embarrassed. She should have pretended not to see if she had known it was Zhao Zhen. “Oh, it’s Director Zhao…”

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