soon.
The driver drove the car outside the security perimeter; he wasn't going in with the boss. The car had been specially modified, so it was safe to stay inside.
Tan Zhan hesitated for a moment, then asked Yu An, "Can I come in with you?"
Qi Zai absolutely has to go in. If Tan Zhan doesn't go in with him, he'll have to wait outside by himself.
Xie Chiyuan thought for a moment, then looked at Qi Zai: "Qi Zai, there are still many dangers inside the secret shield. If Tan Zhan wants to come in, you need to keep a close eye on him."
Seven said bluntly, "I'm not going to look at him."
Xie Chiyuan didn't argue with him, but directly gestured for Yu An to open the door. Among their group, only Yu An was safe enough to open the door.
Even the mutants cannot easily open this door.
The door opened.
The tiger cub locked Ying Jian in a closed room and then locked the door from the outside.
Yu An hadn't seen Qiu Qiu and Ba Zai all night, so he quickened his pace and walked to the place where the treatment chamber was located.
Before leaving last night, he solemnly instructed the two cubs: "Don't open the door, don't run around."
As a result, both cubs ran away.
Yu An's blood pressure soared. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's one thing for Ba Zai to be disobedient, but why does Qiu Qiu follow him around too?"
Wu Zai, who was behind Yu An, spoke up after hearing this: "Big brother, I'll go find them."
"OK."
The people in the treatment chamber were in the same condition as yesterday. Song Jun was an ability user, so his physical condition should have been better, but after entering the treatment chamber, he was just like the others, and he didn't even open his eyes.
When will Dr. Tang arrive?
"I'll make a call and ask."
Xie Chiyuan went to make a phone call, while Qi Zai and Tan Zhan were still in the same place.
Yu An glanced at them. He trusted Qi Zai, but not Tan Zhan. Tan Zhan looked like an ordinary person, and the Secret Shield wasn't very effective against ordinary people.
"Big brother, I want to go for a walk."
"You can go for a look around, but don't take Tan Zhan with you."
Yu An deliberately lowered his voice and said to Qi Zai, "The secret shield is too big, and there are still many aberrations that haven't been cleaned up."
He didn't need to say anything more; Seven knew what he meant.
Qi Zai hesitated, seemingly wanting to say something, but ultimately nodded and agreed, "I understand."
Since the doctor hadn't arrived, Song Jun and the others couldn't easily move to a different spot.
Yu An waited for Xie Chiyuan to finish his call; both of them still remembered the incident in the dark room. Wu Zai and Qi Zai were currently unaware of this matter.
"Seventh Child and Tan Zhan are outside."
As Xie Chiyuan approached, Yu An hesitated before asking, "Do you want to come with me to the small dark room?"
Xie Chiyuan nodded.
Yu An looked conflicted. He suggested, "How about I go take a look first? I think Qiu Qiu and the others might be mistaken. I don't remember going to the dark room."
"I'll go with you."
Xie Chiyuan wouldn't let him go alone. He wanted to see for himself what the little dark room that Qiuqiu had mentioned looked like.
Yu An couldn't dissuade him, so she had no choice but to take him with her.
When they went out, Qi Zai and Tan Zhan were not at the door.
Yu An glanced around and muttered, "I just told Qi Zai not to let him wander around with Tan Zhan."
Tan Zhan is a person. If something happens to him, Qi Zai will probably cry.
Xie Chiyuan thought about Tan Zhan and felt that the other party was not an ordinary person. However, since they were not familiar with each other, Xie Chiyuan did not investigate the other party further.
"Don't worry about it, nothing will happen."
Xie Chiyuan rubbed the back of Yu An's head and urged, "Take me to the dark room."
"All right."
Yu An hadn't been to the small dark room much; he'd only ever passed by it before. Selina had told him not to go inside and play around.
Yu An is fairly obedient; he generally won't do things that Selina forbids him from doing.
Not long after.
Yu An led Xie Chiyuan into a small, dark room. From the outside, the room seemed unremarkable; it was just a small, dark room.
Xie Chiyuan walked in, his nose twitching slightly.
His eyes darkened, and he turned his head to ask Yu An, "An'an, can you smell a strong stench of blood? It's everywhere in this dark room."
Yu An: "?"
Yu An sniffed hard, then looked blankly at the air and said, "I can't smell anything."
Yu An has very sensitive hearing and smell. Although he is not a qualified little zombie, he can still resemble some of the characteristics.
Xie Chiyuan smelled a strong stench of blood, which filled the entire small dark room.
He crouched down, squatting in a corner. The images that Qiuqiu had described remained in the small dark room.
I don't know how much time passed.
Xie Chiyuan saw the image clearly, and his face became terribly tense, as if he had already mentally reenacted Yu An's ordeal in the dark room.
"An'an".
Xie Chiyuan finally voiced his long-held speculation: "There are too many problems with the Secret Shield. I plan to ask my father for permission to lead a team to seal off and enter this place."
Yu An: "..."
Yu An was stunned for a moment: "What are we going to do here?"
Xie Chiyuan replied, "Conduct a thorough search of this place."
His words were an open expression of suspicion towards Secret Shield, which had mutated variants, and it was unknown how many had been cultivated or how many had been released.
The original source of the aberration is unknown, but it appeared when Yin Qin was young. However, in those years, the aberration was well controlled and did not cause much trouble.
The current outbreak of the virus has given the variants a chance to proliferate.
Xie Chiyuan wanted to investigate not only the variant, but also the infectious virus whose origin remained unknown.
In the dark room.
Xie Chiyuan, who was squatting on the ground, and Yu An, who was standing in front of him, looked at each other.
Xie Chiyuan felt somewhat uncertain. He had deep suspicions about Secret Shield, but after all, Secret Shield was the place where Yu An had lived since childhood...
"An'an, I—"
Xie Chiyuan grew increasingly uneasy. He wanted to explain something; he didn't want to have any conflict with Yu An. But before he could finish speaking, Yu An interrupted him.
"If people from the West District want to come and investigate, I'll open the door for them."
There was no complaint in Yu An's tone. He squatted down and looked Xie Chiyuan in the eye: "I also want to know if there is really a problem here."
Xie Chiyuan stared at him intently for a long while before raising his hand and embracing the person in front of him.
"An'an".
Xie Chiyuan closed his eyes, a turmoil of emotions churning within him, yet he didn't know how to speak. At this moment, he only felt fortunate—
How fortunate he was to have this precious child in his arms.
The two continued searching for clues in the small dark room, while outside, the little ones finally quieted down one by one.
The grumpy Eighth Child sneaked off with Chiu Chiu, only to be found by Fifth Child. His face was full of resentment, and he looked eager to fight Fifth Child.
But Wuzai was indeed a better fighter than him, and he could only swallow his resentment. Qiuqiu lay on the tiger's back, her face buried in the fur, and didn't say a word.
"Fifth Brother, can't you let me sit down for a bit?"
As Bazak walked, he looked at the tiger and muttered, "We've known each other for so long, and I've never ridden a tiger before."
The tiger cub looked down at him, a hint of disdain in its eyes.
Seeing this, Bazai felt even more frustrated.
Chiu Chiu lay there silently, not uttering a single meow since they met.
Walking.
Chirp's ears twitched. He looked at one of the closed laboratories and said, "There's some noise inside."
Bazai was too lazy to move: "It's probably a mutant. I can't eat anymore, I'm so full."
Chiu Chiu was still watching when Tiger Cub noticed his gaze and took a few steps over. But the moment he pushed the door open, he saw Seven Cub inside through the crack.
The next second.
The tiger cub turned and walked away.
Before Qiuqiu could even see what was inside, he was taken away. He frowned, grabbing the tiger cub's fur in dissatisfaction: "I haven't seen anything yet!"
The tiger cub didn't even turn his head: "There's nothing to see."
When the children were found, Yu An immediately grabbed the eighth child and pulled him over, saying, "Why did you and Qiu Qiu run away? Didn't I tell you to watch over these older brothers?"
Bazai flapped its little tentacles and protested, "ChiuChiu and I went out after dawn. I was hungry, so I went out to eat!"
"We closed the door when we left."
After thrashing around for a while, Bazak looked at Chiu Chiu and said, "Stinky Chiu, hurry up and save me!"
Chiu Chiu looked at her older brother hesitantly.
The older brother gave Ba Zai a couple more whacks before finally putting him down. Ba Zai whimpered, used to being hit a few times.
The children are all here. According to Xie Chiyuan, Dr. Tang will arrive soon.
The group settled down at the research institute.
Xie Chiyuan spoke to his father on the phone, and Ruan Ke happened to be there when he did.