Chapter 75
“Wow, wow, wow! What is this disgusting thing?”
The Qilin looked at the Silver Sly, which was still writhing on the ground where Ren Yi had thrown it, and its fur stood on end. It looked like a cat, hopping on its feet.
It slammed a paw on its head. The Silver Sly’s tail, still stained with fresh blood, hissed and twisted unceasingly. Ren Yi had already left with Huang Xingtian. Xiao Yan and the other four, besides being a little cold, were fine, so they weren’t in a hurry to leave.
“These bastards!” Chu Yan cursed under her breath.
It was a good thing they had rushed over the moment they had gotten the news. Who knew that upon arriving, they would see these insane Yaxun people experimenting on the soldiers of their Hua nation!
Soon, Yuan Qun arrived with the remaining psychic power users through the portal. “Sister Chu, the people here have all been controlled. There are no more Yaxun people; the rest are from the Z nation forces.”
Xiao Yan and the others, after putting on their clothes, knew without Chu Yan and the others having to identify themselves that they must be soldiers sent by the Hua nation to support them.
As for the mystery surrounding them, they also knew it must be a top national secret and therefore did not ask a single question. Chu Yan and the others did indeed have a rule not to disclose matters related to psychic power to ordinary people. Fortunately, Xiao Yan was also from the military, so both sides, with a tacit understanding, asked nothing.
“We’re more familiar with Z nation. Let us go and take a look,” Xiao Yan said, stepping forward.
Chu Yan nodded. “Sweep this place again, and then come back to the capital with us to report.”
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Inside the Capital Academy of Sciences, Xia Anran was with the system at Professor Gong’s place, discussing their first scientific exchange with the interstellar era.
His idea was that it would be best to communicate the general content in advance so they could select which professors would attend the meeting. If they didn’t decide in advance, his office door would be broken down by the professors of the academy. After all, who wouldn’t want to have a lively exchange with the researchers of the future interstellar era! That was why he had dragged her over to help communicate with them.
There was a child portal set up in the academy, right in his laboratory. Xia Anran, who was getting dizzy listening to the string of professional terms being recorded, turned her head and saw the portal begin to ripple. “Hey, someone’s coming back!”
She also knew that today, Ren Yi and Chu Yan had taken the awakened psychics through the portal to the border to investigate a base established by the Yaxun people, who were said to have been on Earth for many years.
Soon, Ren Yi stepped out of the portal, carrying an unconscious person on his back. She was startled to see a bowl-sized hole in the person’s waist. “What happened?”
Ren Yi didn’t have time to explain. “Professor Gong, quickly activate the body repair instrument! He’s not going to make it.”
Professor Gong quickly led them to the instrument. After putting Huang Xingtian inside and seeing the green light on top light up, Ren Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Who is this? How could he be so seriously injured?” she asked.
“He’s a Hua nation soldier who was captured by the Yaxun people for human experiments. It’s a good thing we got there in time; otherwise, his life would have been lost,” Ren Yi said, his teeth itching with anger as he thought of the scene he had just witnessed.
“What human experiments?” Professor Gong also asked.
Unfortunately, although Ren Yi was an outstanding fighter, he was clueless about this kind of scientific stuff. The lab had been filled with bottles and jars, and he didn’t recognize any of the machines. He could only briefly describe the most impressive thing he had seen: the wall full of strange monsters.
After listening for a while, Professor Gong said, “It sounds like an animal mutation experiment.”
“Can you take me to see it?”
Ren Yi was stunned. “Professor, please wait a moment. I’ll ask how the situation is on Chu Yan’s side.” They were all wearing the communicators she had bought from the system. No matter how far apart they were, the signal was incredibly clear. He contacted Chu Yan, asked a few simple questions, and then hung up.
“The situation there is basically under control. It should be safe to go over, but should we inform the Chief?”
Professor Gong was anxious to go to the site to investigate. He pushed Ren Yi towards the portal. “Aiya, it’s an emergency! Please trouble Little Xia to tell the Chief for me.” And then he and Ren Yi disappeared into the portal.
Xia Anran: “…” Professor Gong really doesn’t change his research-maniac ways.
Huang Xingtian’s injuries were probably not too serious. The treatment was over in a short while. The body repair instrument was now equipped with professional operators. He was pushed out and, after another series of routine check-ups, was wheeled out of the ward. He was already awake. Because he had been injected with a drug to keep him conscious, he had a clear memory of everything that had happened in the underground lab. He knew he had been rescued, had passed through a strange door, and had appeared in a hospital. After being pushed into a machine, he had lost consciousness. And when he woke up, his wounds were healed!
“Miss, may I ask where this is?” he asked, seeing Xia Anran waiting on the side. He was completely bewildered, his mind unable to catch up.
“This is the Capital Academy of Sciences. You are safe now,” she said, circling him. “You should be able to get out of bed now. I’ll take you to see the Chief later to report the situation.”
“Ah?! See the Chief?!” He was so startled he nearly fell off the bed. His day had been too full of twists and turns, too thrilling! Just now, he had almost been fed to a monster by a group of aliens, and now, in the blink of an eye, he was in the capital to see the Chief?!
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The Academy of Sciences was not far from where the leaders worked. It was a ten-minute drive. She could now enter and exit with a facial scan; the top leader had given her the right to come and go as she pleased a long time ago. The guards at the gate let her pass the moment they saw her. The top leader had received the news the moment she had entered and was already waiting for her in the reception room with several other leaders.
“Little Xia, who is this?” he asked, standing up and looking at the man beside her.
She briefly explained the situation and also mentioned that Professor Gong had eagerly run off to the underground lab. The top leader shook his head helplessly; there was nothing he could do about him. After listening, the leaders asked Huang Xingtian some questions. It was the first time he, an ordinary border soldier, had met so many national leaders. Although he was a little nervous, he still explained the situation on site in detail.
The top leader pondered for a moment. “Z nation sent troops to help the Yaxun people build the base. I wonder if there’s any other cooperation between them.”
“Z nation hasn’t done anything strange in the past two years,” the second-in-command also frowned. Z nation was a small border country. Although it bordered the Hua nation, there wasn’t much interaction. It was an extremely closed country that had almost no contact with the rest of the world and was self-sufficient. So, the leaders were all a little surprised when they received the news. They weren’t surprised at all that Country A was cooperating with the Yaxun people, but Z nation was truly unexpected.
Fortunately, Ren Yi and Chu Yan soon returned with Xiao Yan and the others. The Qilin had also brought back the strange animals that had been kept in the wall.
“Where’s Professor Gong? Hasn’t he come back yet?” Xia Anran asked, not seeing him. Her heart skipped a beat, afraid that something had happened to the little old man.
“It’s alright. That’s a research base of the Yaxun people. There are some data and equipment that can’t be brought back all at once, so he stayed there to study,” Ren Yi said helplessly. When it came to research, not even ten bulls could pull him back.
The leaders also smiled helplessly. As long as there were no safety issues, they would let him be.
“Hey, hey, hey! Quick, find a place for me to put these disgusting things down!” the Qilin shouted on the side. The alien animals had all been collected in a bead by it and were being carried on its body. In just this short time, it felt like it was also starting to stink.
“Let’s go to the first basement level. We’ll talk on the way,” the top leader said, comfortingly stroking its fluffy head. The Qilin lifted its head, nudged its nose, and even pushed him with its front hoof. “Alright, alright! Let’s go quickly.” It couldn’t wait.
Everyone, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, followed the leaders down to the first basement level through a hidden elevator. This was a temporary secret warehouse that sometimes stored emergency supplies. The space was very large and could accommodate these things.
The moment they arrived, the Qilin impatiently spat out the things. Ren Yi had directly dismantled the glass tanks that had held them on the wall. Professor Gong had roughly checked the liquid inside and had concluded that it was most likely a nutrient solution. He had suggested they bring them back together, so Ren Yi and Chu Yan had simply used brute force and had moved them all back.
“What are all these things?” Xia Anran asked, her brow furrowed. She felt like she was watching an Alien movie. Not only did they look strange, but they were also really disgusting.
“Those two aliens said these are animals brought from their planet. The purpose of their experiment is to study how they will evolve on Earth,” Xiao Yan said, relaying what the Yaxun person had said.
She thought of the data the United Star System had given them. It had mentioned that at first, the Yaxun star had no interest in Earth, thinking it was a low-level planet. It was only after they had gone to war with another planet that they had had the idea of invading Earth. So, these two Yaxun people might really just be here to do research. It was just that the content of their research was a bit too much. Who knew how many experiments they had secretly conducted on Earth before this?
The top leader looked at Xiao Yan and, after some thought, said, “You’re Xiao Yan, right? The team leader of the border patrol force in the southwest military region?”
Xiao Yan was a little flattered that he knew who he was. “Yes, Chief.”
The top leader nodded and asked him kindly to talk about how they had encountered these people.
Xiao Yan carefully recounted how they had discovered the movement underground in the forest and the process of their imprisonment. Xia Anran felt her scalp tingle as she listened. Several well-trained soldiers had been captured without any resistance. If they were to capture ordinary people, wouldn’t it be even easier?
After listening to the whole story, the top leader looked at Ren Yi and asked, “What about those two Yaxun people?”
At the mention of this, Ren Yi was a little dejected. Although they had broken into the underground lab with relative ease, they had failed to capture the two of them. He didn’t know if they had escaped or had died.
The top leader’s face turned grave when he heard this. “Whether they escaped or died, it’s not good news for us.” If they had escaped back to the Yaxun star, then the secret of the Hua nation’s powerful special abilities would be out. If they had died directly, then it would be even harder to hide.
“And if they died, we don’t know if the Yaxun star has left a special signal on them that can be immediately detected,” the second-in-command also said.
So, the initial strategy the leaders had set was to capture the Yaxun people in the base alive as much as possible. Although this decision was a bit rash, according to the intercepted information, the activities of the base stationed on Earth were very destructive. After much thought, the leaders had decided they could not sit by and do nothing.
The top leader looked at the strange creatures swimming in the water tanks and said in a deep voice, “In short, we should be prepared to go to war at any time.”
Ren Yi was a little self-reproachful. “If I had been a little more careful.” Then their secret wouldn’t have been exposed so quickly. He knew very well that the Hua nation was not yet fully prepared.
The top leader patted him on the shoulder. “You did very well. You saved our comrades in time.”
Xia Anran looked at the several boxes of strange things on the floor and couldn’t help but ask, “Chief, what should we do with these things?”
The leaders were also not very fond of these things. In the end, they said, “Send them to the Academy of Sciences.” Let the professors study them.
Just as they had returned to the first floor, the top leader’s secretary rushed over. “Chief, a call came from Country A. They said the three Yaxun people suddenly disappeared from their room.”