Following the sound of the waves, Yu An asked, "Is there a sea here?"
"have."
Xie Chiyuan glanced at him: "Want to see the sea?"
Yu An nodded; he had never seen the sea before.
"I'll take you there when I have time." Not long after Xie Chiyuan finished speaking, he was sent to the island's hospital for examination, treatment, and recuperation.
Yu An followed him for a long time before being assigned to a room.
The room is next to Xie Chiyuan's.
Back in the room, the little white mushroom, finally having some alone time, immediately popped out.
"Big brother!"
"What's the matter?"
Yu An was making the bed when he heard the little white mushroom's voice. He stopped what he was doing and turned to look at the little white mushroom.
The little white mushroom seemed a bit hesitant, indicating that it needed to go for a walk.
Yu An patted him and coaxed, "Later, okay? I'll take you out as soon as I'm ready."
Little White Mushroom still refused; he insisted on going out by himself right now.
Before Yu An could say anything, the little white mushroom had already sent out a mycelium to sneak up on the fluttering moth that had been picked up.
Chapter 29
The room assigned to Yu An wasn't large, but it had everything she needed.
He came out of the laboratory, and this was the first time he had been assigned a room, so he wanted to tidy it up properly.
The little white mushroom was placed on a stool by Yu An and was not allowed to go out alone.
"Little Jiu, would you like to live in a flowerpot, or in a cardboard box, or in—"
"Big brother, I want to sleep in the bed!"
Yu An placed the cardboard box on the bed and replied, "Okay."
Yu An focused on tidying up the room, while Xiao Jiu obediently stayed behind him.
A wisp of mycelium, so fine it was almost invisible to the naked eye, crept along the corridor wall, little by little. It would occasionally pause near the door, lingering for a while before finally slipping inside through the window.
Inside the room.
The mixed-race doctor in the white coat sat at the table, studying the beautiful golden swallowtail butterfly in front of him, referring to the book in his hand.
The golden-spotted swallowtail butterfly trembled weakly, with bloodstains still remaining on half of its wings.
Tang Yi, whose face always looked like someone owed him eight million dollars, was gentle and patient with this little butterfly: "Why are you bleeding again? Was my method of stopping the bleeding wrong yesterday?"
He muttered to himself and began rummaging through the small medicine box next to him.
The small medicine box was full of medicine, and it was animal medicine that Tang Yi had specially found.
The transparent mycelium clung silently to the windowsill, quietly observing everything. Upon seeing the small butterfly, it instinctively wanted to kill it, but a human doctor was there…
"That's strange."
Tang Yi frowned slightly, looking at the medical manual with difficulty, then at Little Butterfly: "Why didn't you follow the textbook for your injury?"
Although his dream was to become a veterinarian, he really had little experience in the field.
The little butterfly he just picked up is proving to be a difficult patient to treat.
The mycelium clinging to the windowsill shuddered upon hearing the words of the doctor in the white coat.
The next second, it decisively returned the way it came.
Xiao Liu didn't need him to kill him; with such a quack doctor around, Xiao Liu's chances of survival were slim.
"Big brother."
The little white mushroom, sitting on the chair, retracted its mycelium and called out to its older brother's retreating figure, "If I get sick or injured, can you please not take me to the doctor?"
Yu An: "?"
Yu An was puzzled.
He thought of Dr. Tang Yi, who had treated Xie Chiyuan, and said, "With a doctor treating you, you recover faster."
The little white mushroom said with a serious expression, "No, I think sometimes being treated by a doctor is the fastest way to die."
The little white mushroom never mentioned the fluttering moth that was picked up by a fake veterinarian, and his final act of mercy was not to take advantage of the severely injured fluttering moth.
After working for a while, Yu An finally managed to rearrange the house.
"Xiao Jiu".
He touched Xiao Jiu's umbrella and said to him, "It's getting late, let's go to sleep."
Yu An wondered if it was because she had been secretly licking Xie Chiyuan a lot lately, but she felt much better. Her previously flat stomach now felt warm.
The little white mushroom obediently jumped into the cardboard box, closed its eyes, and went to sleep.
They took a flight in the afternoon, and because of the long journey, they arrived very late.
The faint sound of ocean waves could be heard outside the window.
Yu An covered herself with the blanket and fell asleep peacefully.
That night, Yu An slept soundly, snoring loudly. In Tang Yi's room at the far east end, however, the light stayed on for most of the night.
Dr. Tang, who aspires to be a veterinarian, finally finished treating the little butterfly after focusing intently on it for half a day. He yawned, touched the butterfly's wings with his slender fingers, and his voice was a little hoarse.
"Alright, that's enough for today."
He placed the little butterfly on the bedside table and whispered, "Get some rest and recover soon."
The half-dead little butterfly stared at him wistfully, secretly deciding that once she could move on her own, she would chop off this man's hand.
The next day.
Yu An woke up early, which was unusual for him. He was very curious about the new place, especially this small island by the sea.
"Xiao Jiu, let's go see the sea!"
Yu An excitedly shouted, and while changing her clothes, she carefully hid a locked miniature box by the bedside.
The small box was in his pocket; I don't know when he put it there. It looks like it was made by Erzai. We'll probably be able to open it once we find Erzai.
Yu An put the small box away and excitedly prepared to take the little white mushroom out.
Little White Mushroom was worried about his older brother, so even though his brother didn't seem to be in any danger, he was used to following him around.
As soon as Yu An stepped out of the room, he bumped into Ruan Ke.
Ruan Ke was going to the lab. He looked at Yu An and smiled gently, "The lab is boring, so I won't take you with me. Chi Yuan is going to train those new recruits; you can come along and watch."
Upon hearing this, Yu An decisively gave up following Xie Chiyuan.
He looked at Ruan Ke expectantly and said, "I want to help you. Xie Chiyuan is still injured and can't walk."
Ruan Ke genuinely liked Yu An, and when he saw that Yu An wanted to be with him, he didn't refuse anymore.
Not long after.
Upon arriving at the iron gate of the laboratory, someone was in charge of conducting a full-body check, and everything carried on one's person had to be analyzed by the instruments.
Yu An: "..."
Yu An glanced down at his pocket.
This won't work.
He couldn't get in with Xiao Jiu.
Xiao Jiu also noticed the situation, and he secretly slipped out, trying to escape.
After weighing the options for a few seconds, Yu An decided to let Xiao Jiu leave.
About ten minutes later, Yu An passed the inspection smoothly and followed Ruan Ke into the laboratory.
As soon as he entered the laboratory, Ruan Ke seemed like a different person. He wore a pair of thin-rimmed glasses and, after putting down a tube of ointment, he immersed himself in the experiment.
Yu An followed his instructions and did some small tasks.
Having spent a long time in the laboratory, Yu An had become very familiar with the experimental procedures. He did things meticulously, and Ruan Ke would occasionally glance at him, his eyes revealing satisfaction.
I spent most of the day working in the lab.
During the break, Ruan Ke chatted with Yu An casually, without trying to hide it from him.
“What we’re making now is a nutritional paste. You’ve probably seen mutants before, right? It’s a nutritional paste that’s used as food for mutants.”
Yu An came along specifically for the nutritional paste.
He nodded hurriedly, and Ruan Ke pressed his temples, looking slightly tired: "In the past, traditional nutritional pastes, although they could serve as food for mutants, also had an additional effect. After eating these traditional nutritional pastes, the mutants' mutant abilities would continuously evolve and strengthen."
"An'an, given the current situation, the mutant cannot become any stronger."
Once all the mutants become powerful, humanity will ultimately face an uncontrollable crisis.
Even if some mutants are mild-mannered and don't intend to harm humans, those who are not of our kind are bound to have different intentions...
Humans should not gamble.
"After the outbreak of infection, most laboratories were destroyed, and no one has yet emerged who can produce traditional nutritional pastes."
"Not appearing does not mean it doesn't exist."
Ruan Ke has a longer-term vision, but he is also more worried: "I want to develop a new type of nutritional paste before traditional nutritional pastes come out."
As Yu An watched Ruan Ke rubbing his temples, he thought to himself that Ruan Ke probably knew the answer to what kind of new nutritional paste it was.
Yu An stayed with her while she made the nutritional paste until evening.
Since Ruan Ke did a lot, Yu An asked him for some when he left: "I'd like to study it too, Uncle Ruan, can I take it back?"
"Can."