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Chapter 18

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“You are Jing Xia?” A ridiculing implication was heard in the voice. The indistinctly flickering flame in the dark illuminated only half of the man’s face, leaving the other half hidden. He sized up Jing Xia, harboring malicious intentions, completely not caring about his own sorry figure.

Yet Jing Xia simply didn’t take notice of this man, or perhaps it could be said that he seemed to not have heard the other talking to himself. His movements were gentle as he softly lied that ice-cold old man onto the ground. Then, he stepped forward, walking to that side with many people surrounding it and dazedly called out, “A’ Chuan?”

His response was endless silence.

At this moment, the handsome man was frowning, revealing a pained expression, as if he was suffering from immense torture. His eyes were tightly shut and thin sweat emerged from his forehead. Clearly, he was in an unconscious state, yet both of his hands firmly clasped to the floor, silently conveying that kind of unspeakable anguish.

Instantly, Jing Xia felt as if he was suspended within a boundless abyss. In front of him was this man, on the fringe of death, his intimate childhood friend whom he trusted and cherished. Behind him was the ice-cold body of the old man who had watched him grow up, already bereft of life. He seemed to have seen the hellish scene during the first beast tide at B City at the very beginning——

Countless mutant beasts rushed over from the East, covering the skies and invading the earth.

The mother earth trembled and the blue dome of heaven lamented.

Humanity had never been as insignificant as in that one moment, just like thousands of millions of years ago, without even the slightest strength to strike back in front of nature and other living beings, only being massacred, torn into pieces of flesh. Blood sprayed into the air, grief-stricken cries arose, people frantically fled, yet in the end, majority still fell into a hell of endless slaughter.

Death. Despair

It was again just like everything he felt now, making one unable to arouse any hope of survival. It was as if even his body could not move in front of the enemy, having no other choice but to helplessly look on as his being was torn into half by the giant claws, seeing his body being chewed apart by ferocious beasts.

“Ahhh!!!”

Qin Chu blankly stared. She looked at this thin young man who suddenly hugged his head with surprise. Half squatting, his whole person seemed to collapse, burying himself between his knees. His frail figure incessantly trembled, as if he could no longer accept such heavy shock again.

Qin Chu felt that her throat became even more choked up. Her mouth was half-opened, but before she could say anything, she heard Yu Jie on the other side probingly asked, “That…… are you alright?” Seeing that the other didn’t reply, Yu Jie rubbed his head, at loss, saying, “You are…… Jing Xia? Previously, Major always mentioned you…… I believe that Major will definitely recover. In those days, he even survived after taking a bullet to the chest. Really…… so.” In the end, even Yu Jie himself lost that confidence, only being able to restrain his voice and no longer spoke.

Upon seeing this, Qin Chu helplessly let out a sigh and then no longer worried about the situation on this side. The top priority now was to save the savable person without delay! She immediately opened the medical box she carried with her. Just as her finger touched the slender needle, it suddenly stalled, suspended in midair, no longer moving——

She didn’t know how to deal with this situation at all!

After a long time, just as Yu Jie was going to weirdly ask, he saw Qin Chu also suddenly raised her hand and covered her lips, somberly staring fixedly with grief at that man who was still encircled by suffering, quietly sobbing, “I really…… don’t know what to do…… why, I don’t know how to save……”

Yu Jie’s eyes widened, “You…… you don’t know what to do?! Qin Chu, how is it possible that you don’t even know what to do?! Are you not an expert in medicine? In the team, you are the godly doctor admired by all in the army, even the old military doctor praised you……” His voice spontaneously came to an end.

Tears flowed down from her already inflamed eyes. Qin Chu choked with emotion and muffledly said, “But I…… really don’t know what to do. Young Master…… Young Master, he……”

The atmosphere froze. Time seemed to become incomparably endless at this moment. That unconscious man suffering from pain firmly dug into the soil on the ground. His heartbeat sped up, his complexion also gradually became flushed. In the cool autumn night, his sweat flowed through his shirt, leaving a slight trace on the ground.

The three stayed silent with despair. When even the persistent and determined Yu Jie couldn’t help but nearly shed tears, only a teasing voice unhurriedly rang out, “This doesn’t appear to be some major matter. Isn’t it just a bit of an accident happening during the evolution? If worst comes to worst, the evolution will fail, resulting in death. How many people have died in the army, you guys don’t need to be like this……”

“Bang——”

A fierce and ruthless fist knocked Qi Yang onto the ground again.

Yu Jie dazedly stared at that youth standing in front of him, half waving his fist in midair before awkwardly withdrawing.

Jing Xia’s bloodshot eyes widened into circles, appearing vicious and dreadful. Killing intent pervaded his surroundings. He stared at Qi Yang as if he was looking at a dead person, gnashing his teeth and said, “YOU, speak one other word, I…… WILL. MAKE. YOU. DIE.” Each word was like a sharp, unfeeling blade, within the cold wind.

Qi Yang’s pupils that had always contained faint mirth, slightly dimmed for an instant before quickly recovering to normal. He silently directed his gaze at Jing Xia for a while, and then answered the question with a question filled with laughter, “You make me die, it seems that you don’t want to save Major Ji anymore?”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was shocked in place.

Qin Chu was the first to recover. She stepped forward and grabbed Qi Yang’s collar, anxiously asking, “What method do you have?! Quickly SAY IT!”

Yu Jie also quickly slapped his head, talking to himself, “Yes, yes, yes…… how could I forget that this guy is the scariest in that group of crazies. Although he had killed many brothers,the one who has the most extensive research towards evolution, currently, is this bastard. F*ck, I actually forgot this thing……”

Qi Yang lightly gave Qin Chu a gaze, not caring the slightest bit about having his own situation in the grasp of others, and still calmly said, “I had researched a reagent called A-Z before. The concentrated bone marrow of 13 successfully evolved mutant beasts were extracted. Artificial separation and cultivation of stromal cells were conducted, successfully stimulating a fast evolution on the guinea pig, and it was a guaranteed success. Ji Chuancheng is really fortunate, I still have a final dose left, just on me.”

Qin Chu, “Where is it? Quickly take it out……”

“Don’t believe him!” Yu Jie immediately stepped forward and interrupted Qin Chu, “What lousy A-Z? It’s simply just superhuman hormones, right?! Damn it, you caused the death of over hundreds of brothers in the army, and you still want to harm the Major?! Qi Yang, let me tell you, don’t think about these sly tricks. If it wasn’t for the Major saying you were still useful, Laozi would have long chopped you down!”

Qi Yang smirked, “Don’t name my A-Z after this kind of vulgar melodramatic name like ‘Superhuman Hormones’. In theory, it definitely doesn’t have any fault. Even in practice, the final reason for failure is also absolutely not due to my A-Z.” A malicious smile appeared on that elegant and refined face. Qi Yang made a cold humph and said, “You don’t have to listen to me. Even if you shoot me dead now, I would not have any complaints. However, from the 318 failed evolution cases that resulted in death that I have seen personally, I dare to guarantee that in an hour, Ji Chuancheng will start vomiting blood.”

Qin Chu harshly threw Qi Yang aside by the collar, and Yu Jie also ferociously gave that faintly smiling man a glare, no longer speaking. Seeing that no one wanted to pay attention to him, Qi Yang could only shrug his shoulders. His wrists were tightly bound by metal manacles, but despite this inferiority, he did not have even the slightest disgrace. On the contrary, he acted arrogantly as if he was a valuable guest.

“Why did your A-Z…… fail?” Jing Xia’s deep and calm voice suddenly rang out, tangled with a hint of an imperceptible quiver.

Qi Yang’s pupils flickered up, a vile smile still hung on his face, but his expression was uncharacteristically solemn, “When the 287th failure appeared, I conducted some optimization. However, the outcome of the next experiment still ended in failure. I predicted two causes. First, it might be because the experimental target was destined to be either an evolution failure or an evolution deserter. So, our catalyst could only speed up the failure ending even faster.”

Different from Qin Chu and Yu Jie’s confusion, at this moment, Jing Xia was calm, completely distinct from previously, “However, I don’t agree that in approximately 300 people, everyone was destined to become either an evolution failure or an evolution deserter. The possibility of this reasoning of yours is not big.”

Qi Yang gazed at Jing Xia with astonishment and continued to say, “That’s right. Although the amount of people who have evolved in the army is so small that it’s hard to believe, I don’t believe that in 318 people, there is not even one who could successfully evolve. So…… I predicted the second cause.” Everyone’s line of sight concentrated on Qi Yang’s body. He made a low laugh and proceeded, “A-Z needs a primer. The physiology feasibility of the experimental body is induced by injecting a successfully evolved person’s blood cell into the reagent with the help of the cytokine from a successful evolver. In the end, it brings about a catalyst to evolution.”

Yu Jie snarled, “You definitely didn’t do this kind of thing!”

Qi Yang helplessly said, “I didn’t have the time to do it. As a matter of fact, wasn’t it you guys who arrested me?” After a pause, he once again smiled and said, “Following that, you still haven’t conducted a trial. See, didn’t the enemy beast tide attack again? This cannot be blamed on me. If you want to blame, then blame it on you guys who didn’t give me an opportunity to continue my experiments. Oh, right. I forgot to say. I can’t guarantee that the next experiment will succeed. Perhaps after experimenting another 318 times, I should be able to fully develop A-Z, keke…… wuke

Qi Yang’s neck was tightly pinched by Jing Xia. Even as the oxygen was ruthlessly plundered by the other, Qi Yang still strived to maintain that mocking and ridiculing smile, as if he completely disdained to associate with these people.

Jing Xia’s face was calm. He said with a pause with every word, “Where. Is. A-Z?”

Qi Yang let out a low laugh, “Keke…… It’s in the inner side pocket of my shirt, it’s-keke…… stored in a liquid pouch……”

With a ruthless ‘tearing’ sound, Jing Xia threw Qi Yang to the ground. The him after evolution could easily throw a grown adult with still enough strength to spare. The latter harshly smashed into the ground and only recovered after coughing for a long time. He laughably lowered his head to look down at his chest, only seeing that a section of his white shirt was roughly torn off. A wide expanse of pale skin laid bare in the cold forest air. He was so thin that his ribs were protruding.

Qi Yang helplessly mocked himself, “Tsk, really fierce.” As he spoke, his voice became smaller and smaller, before everything was completely submerged in the night wind, “So this is…… the Jing Xia you often talked about ah…… tsk……”

On the other side, Jing Xia quickly rolled up his sleeves, revealing a fair forearm. He pulled out a disposable syringe from Qin Chu’s medical box without hesitation, simply disinfected it and then drew the light blue liquid into the syringe, filling up the majority of the space. Afterwards, he immediately stabbed it towards his own forearm.

His action was stopped in mid-air by someone. Jing Xia turned around to look but only saw Qin Chu’s eyebrows tightly knitted, “Little bastard…… doing this is really……”

Jing Xia was expressionless, “This is the last method. It’s impossible for me to unfeelingly look on for an hour, seeing A’Chuan leave.”

He effortlessly pulled his arm out of Qin Chu’s grasp. In the next second, the sharp needle stabbed into the firm forearm. Very quickly, scarlet blood filled in the remaining space in the syringe. The light blue liquid and blood rapidly mixed together, finally forming a type of crystal clear, elegant light purple solution. Bits of splendid silvery light glittered as it settled in the light purple liquid as if the rise and fall of crystals made another gorgeous resplendent life bloom. .

The small needle mark on his forearm soon healed and disappeared. Jing Xia raised his head, quietly staring at that man with a painful expression, not saying a single word.

The night wind blew, black clouds hid the moon, covering the last source of light.

TL Corner:

LIN: Sorry for inconsistent updates, I’ll try to make up for the missing chapters in the next few updates. OwO

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