The room still has some zombies and mutants that haven't been cleared out. If we provoke them, they'll only cause trouble.
Led by Yu An, they finally arrived at their destination.
"Put them over here and make them lie down."
Yu An arranged for them to have a large capsule-like object: "This is where I lie when I'm being treated. I checked it last time, and it's still usable."
This place feels like Yu An's home turf.
He methodically arranged the tasks at hand, while outside the research institute, Tan Zhan, sitting in his RV, was checking the accounts he had just received.
"How can they be so poor?"
He frowned, thinking of Xie Chiyuan, who had just been haggling with him: "It seems the military region's salaries aren't high either."
With such a meager salary, Xie Chiyuan has still managed to find a girlfriend. And judging from the winged little creatures that accompany her, Xie Chiyuan is going to have to raise more than one.
At this moment, Tan Zhan felt genuine sympathy for Yu An—
With a partner who doesn't have much money, will he and his child be able to eat their fill?
Chapter 116
Yu An was busy running around, completely unaware that she was being pitied.
Since Song Jun and Yin Feng were still breathing, their vital signs visibly stopped declining in the treatment ward where Yu An had stayed.
The troublesome part is the waiting and welcoming.
“Hou Ying isn’t breathing.” Yu An took a moment to say to Xie Chiyuan, “After I find the medicine and give him the injection, if he still doesn’t have a heartbeat, I’ll have to put him in the hibernation pod.”
“I have a hibernation pod, which my dad made for me.”
Xie Chiyuan hummed in agreement. He had already called Tang Yi and arranged for someone to escort her over as quickly as possible.
Yu An is not a doctor, but Tang Yi is.
Time passed slowly, and after following Yu An for a while, Qiuqiu and Bazai felt like little burdens. So, the two burdens held hands and decided to go and see other places.
"My brother said there are still many mutants here who haven't left. Let's go take a look."
Bazai took Qiuqiu's hand and said, "There might be some of our acquaintances left behind!"
Upon hearing this, Chiu Chiu was immediately tempted.
He hasn't found his buddy 66 yet.
"We need to talk to our older brother." Chiu Chiu is an obedient chiu, especially since she had been separated from her older brother for a day and a night, which still left her with some psychological trauma.
Bazai nodded.
After the two children finished speaking to Yu An, Yu An didn't refuse. He only instructed them, "Be careful, don't run too far, otherwise your big brother won't be able to call you."
"good!"
The children agreed and ran outside.
Mishield was where they had lived for many years, so returning here naturally filled them with fearlessness.
"Ba Zai."
Chiu Chiu did see the aberrant mutants from before, but he whispered, "Have you noticed how fierce they've all become?"
Not only has he become fiercer, but his entire aura is also different from before.
When they saw Bazai and Qiuqiu, their eyes were filled with greed—the greed of wanting to eat. They knew that by devouring these two of their own kind, they would become stronger.
However, their own kind was too powerful, and they dared not attack rashly.
Looking at them, Qiuqiu felt worried: "Bazai, what do you think will happen to them in the future? They've eaten human flesh, and no one is taking care of them. Their nature will become more and more beastly."
Aberrations are essentially beasts, except that these cubs have older brothers. Therefore, their bestial instincts are completely suppressed by themselves.
The desire to make their elder brother happy and to stay with him forever will make them more humane this time.
But these mutants in front of them... they didn't have any.
“They’re not going to get any better.” Eight-Cub was a bit more hard-hearted than Chirp. His little tentacles wrapped around a mutant not far away: “Rather than letting them be trapped here with no hope for the future, we should deal with them. At least, they’ll be more valuable if they die in our hands.”
What Bazai meant by "valuable" was value that was useful to him.
He devoured the aberrations he had entangled.
Chirp: "..."
They covered their mouths with a smacking sound.
My older brother said I can't eat just anything!
The mutants that Bazai devoured were generally not as strong as him, so the rejection reaction was not severe.
Half an hour later.
Bazai plopped down on a chair in the corridor and burped. He looked at Qiuqiu, puzzled, "Stinky Qiuqiu, why aren't you eating any of them? Even if you don't eat them, humans will kill them all when they come."
These mutants have eaten too much human flesh and are left unchecked; they are beyond saving.
Chiu Chiu shook his head, his little face paling, and told the truth: "They...are so ugly, I don't want to eat them."
Chiu Chiu has gotten used to all kinds of flavored nutritional pastes and various snacks developed by humans, and his palate has become quite discerning.
Let him eat a bloody, deformed creature; just its appearance alone would make him unable to bring himself to eat it.
Ba Zai was a rough and tough kid; he didn't care about that. All he knew was that eating these things would make him a little stronger, and he liked the feeling of becoming stronger.
"If only Xiao Jiu were here."
Eight, who was eating alone, patted his belly and said regretfully, "With Little Nine here, we definitely wouldn't waste food like this."
The research institute occupies a large area, and its size is considerable.
The children used to be kept confined most of the time, and even when they went out, they were always watched. This was a rare opportunity for them to wander around freely.
"Chirp chirp, let's go for another walk."
"good."
The children were still exploring ahead, while Yu An slowly injected the found syringe into Yin Feng's arm. The syringe had been stored for a while, and Yu An couldn't guarantee it would be 100% effective, but they had no other choice at the moment.
"alright."
After finishing all this, Yu An raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. It had taken him some effort to find the injection: "Now we've done everything we can, and all we have to do is wait."
As he spoke, he glanced at Xie Chiyuan and said, "When will Dr. Tang arrive? He's a professional doctor; if we let him take a look, he'll probably do a better job than we can."
"It's already on its way."
Xie Chiyuan pulled him to a chair and said, "Take a rest. Tang Yi is on the plane now. Pei Si will bring them over as soon as they get off."
Xie Chiyuan was originally named Pei Silai, so that Pei Si could take Yu An away.
Mentioning Pei Si reminded Xie Chiyuan of Yu An's arm, which had been bitten by a mutated zombie. He bent down and rolled up Yu An's sleeve.
Does it still hurt?
"It doesn't hurt."
Yu An looked at his arm with him: "Look, it's already scabbed over. Once you pick off the scabs, you won't be able to see anything."
It's strange, really.
Yu An's arm, where he had been bitten, had been hurting. But since the night before when a wound inexplicably appeared on his wrist, the pain in his arm had subsided.
That night, Yu An still can't explain it.
His chicks have reached maturity, a wound has appeared on his wrist, and his arm no longer hurts.
Yu An analyzed these unusual phenomena for a long time but couldn't figure out the cause. He suspected it was caused by eating Ying Jian's food, but then thought it didn't seem likely.
"Next time you encounter danger, push all the danger onto me."
Xie Chiyuan kissed his cheek to draw his attention back: "Even if you're a little zombie, I can't completely trust you."
Zombies are not immortal.
Xie Chiyuan hoped that his little zombie would always be alright.
Yu An nuzzled his hand, not agreeing: "Xie Chiyuan, I'm super capable too. If we encounter danger, I can stand with you!"
Although he had no experience in dating, he believed that the best love was not one-sided.
Love requires two people to go together.
The waiting process is always difficult.
Yu An would go over to check on him every now and then, worried that all he was doing would be in vain.
"An'an".
Seeing his state, Xie Chiyuan knew that staying there would only increase his anxiety. So, he changed the subject and asked, "Who did your treatment at the research institute?"
"And what do Qiuqiu and the others usually do at the research institute?"
Xie Chiyuan became suspicious of the Secret Shield Research Institute, but he also knew that Yu An considered this place his home. So he didn't ask too directly, but instead tried to learn more through indirect methods.
“I have a medical team, and they all worked together to treat me.”
Yu An honestly replied, "The kids don't do anything usually. They live here like me and get regular checkups."
Xie Chiyuan frowned slightly, without making a sound.
soon.
He then thought of another question: "Have you met the director of the research institute?"
The director of the Secret Shield Research Institute is said to be a very ominous position. Every director in this position has died young.
Yu An was stunned for a moment.
He raised his hand and rubbed his head, trying to remember: "I... I think I asked Selina, and Seklina said the director wasn't here..."
Yu An thought for a long time, but couldn't come up with much information about the director.
Seeing this, Xie Chiyuan used an even simpler method: searching online. He didn't use the kind of internet that everyone could access, but rather the intranet.