Chapter 230: Mutation (28)
Whether humanity would go extinct had nothing to do with Xiao Ji.
But if, as Bai Yinnian said, the research institute had always been researching not how to clear the pollution, but how to worsen it.
Then, his mission probably couldn’t be completed.
He couldn’t understand why humans could cause such a massive disaster, even bringing about their own destruction.
He turned around and hugged Bai Yinnian:
“I’m not going anywhere. I just want to stay with you.”
Bai Yinnian couldn’t describe the feeling in his heart. He touched the back of Xiao Ji’s head:
“I want you to live well.”
He indeed wanted Xiao Ji to live well.
If Xiao Ji was truly afraid, Bai Yinnian would definitely let him go.
Send him to a place no one knew about.
With Xiao Ji’s capabilities, living to a ripe old age in this evil-filled world shouldn’t be too difficult.
But the truth was, he was selfishly reluctant to let go.
He and Xiao Ji met too late, and their time together was too short.
He hadn’t had enough of the life with Xiao Ji’s companionship, yet he had to face reality and prepare to die at any moment.
“Zhao Yi captured many living humans for experiments. He even convened meetings, ostensibly to take in survivors, but in reality, he planned to use these people as guinea pigs.”
“He has lost his mind.”
“I contacted some people in the team. A portion is willing to resist Zhao Yi with me, but another portion has already been assimilated. They only want to be like Zhao Yi, living forever on this ruin.”
Xiao Ji asked him: “What do you plan to do? Will you resist the base?”
Bai Yinnian gave a hum: “I can’t just watch helplessly.”
Xiao Ji understood Bai Yinnian’s meaning.
He hugged Bai Yinnian tightly: “Do what you want to do. I will be right by your side.”
According to Bai Yinnian’s plan, if possible, they would only kill Zhao Yi and his supporters, purge the research institute, and order Dr. Cui and his subordinates to resume developing the serum to eliminate “Tianfa.”
But reality is always crueler than imagination.
For Zhao Yi to sit in his current position, he was certainly no pushover.
Bai Yinnian’s recent investigation couldn’t be hidden from Zhao Yi’s eyes and ears after all.
Before Bai Yinnian had time to act, Zhao Yi struck first.
The “Shenyi” members who had previously stood on the same front as Bai Yinnian, ready to resist the base together, all met with mishaps overnight, except for Lin Xu and Mu Fan.
Without exception, they all “spontaneously combusted” in their homes.
Only Liu Xi sent an email to Bai Yinnian before dying, telling him that most test subjects were implanted with chips before being released.
That meant, as soon as they showed any anomalies, Zhao Yi would use these chips to burn them completely from the inside out.
Only those rare few who could remain conscious throughout the entire experimental process were not implanted with such chips.
Bai Yinnian was enraged. A pair of wings burst from his body, burning with roaring flames, smashing through the roof, and heading straight for the base headquarters.
Xiao Ji’s expression turned stern. He grabbed Xiao Cui and gave chase.
At this moment, an inescapable net had already been laid out outside the headquarters’ gates.
Countless pitch-black gun barrels were aimed squarely at Bai Yinnian. Drones in the sky were ready at any moment to drop bombs on him.
Countless bullets were fired at Bai Yinnian, but they were blocked by his hard, copper-wall-like wings, failing to cause him any harm.
However, both Bai Yinnian and Xiao Ji knew this was just Zhao Yi’s probe.
Standing on the rooftop, Zhao Yi spoke to Bai Yinnian:
“Captain Bai, why bother? You can block these bullets, but can he block them?”
As he spoke, the smile on his face twisted.
Bai Yinnian looked at the two tiny figures on the ground, his anger surging:
“You bastard, you’re finished.”
And at the same time, Xiao Ji also moved.
He bent down, half-squatting on the ground, his palm stroking the earth, and whispered:
“Time to come out.”
As soon as he spoke, the earth beneath the entire base began to tremble.
Zhao Yi’s face stiffened as he looked at Bai Yinnian: “What did you do?”
Bai Yinnian twitched the corners of his mouth and said nothing. With a wave of his wings, countless feather spines swept towards Zhao Yi in unison.
The speed was even faster than those bullets.
But what Bai Yinnian hadn’t expected was that Zhao Yi was even more perverted than he had imagined.
He had actually secretly injected himself with the drug, becoming one of the test subjects.
Zhao Yi’s body began to swell and expand, and his entire person became twisted, like an enraged black gorilla.
His dark skin was covered with barbs, and like Bai Yinnian’s wings, they were burning with flames.
The building beneath his feet began to collapse, debris constantly falling.
If nothing unexpected had occurred, the object of Zhao Yi’s “evolutionary” mimicry should be Bai Yinnian.
And those burning barbs on his body were undoubtedly the special substance extracted from Bai Yinnian.
A great battle was imminent.
The ground beneath Xiao Ji’s feet began to crack.
He began to ponder his mission.
Clear the pollution.
But the fact was, whether it was himself or Bai Yinnian, both were pollutants.
As long as he was alive, the pollution could not be cleared.
This matter was a paradox from the very beginning.
He looked up at Bai Yinnian’s figure, and the red blood moon in the sky, making a decision in his heart.
The trembling of the ground grew more intense. Xiao Ji and Xiao Cui were surrounded by hard ice walls, keeping the bullets at bay.
And soon, centered on Xiao Ji, the ground in all directions began to collapse and cave in.
At the same time, countless grotesquely shaped pollutants surged out from the cracks in the ground.
Those were the failed test subjects raised by Zhao Yi.
They were the “punishments” Bai Yinnian had experienced countless times.
In mid-air, Bai Yinnian and Zhao Yi fought fiercely.
And Xiao Ji controlled countless low-level pollutants, eroding Zhao Yi’s people.
The ground was freezing.
The sky was burning.
Mu Fan and Lin Xu were evacuating the ordinary people of the base.
And Xiao Ji was continuously summoning all pollutants to this place.
The base’s weapons and explosives were freezing.
037 reminded Xiao Ji: [It’s almost time. In this situation, you have to force the Phoenix’s hand.]
Xiao Ji didn’t move.
037 knew what he was thinking: [You can’t break the restraints, Xiao Ji. If you break the restraints, your mission will completely fail. The higher-ups will resubmit your punishment, and for the Phoenix, they might send someone else to execute the mission.]
Xiao Ji pursed his lips and looked up at Bai Yinnian.
Under Zhao Yi’s hand, when he launched another attack, Xiao Ji gave up resisting and softly called out:
“Yinnian.”
Bai Yinnian seemed to sense something. When he abruptly looked down at Xiao Ji, he saw a dark red tentacle pierce through Xiao Ji’s heart.
“Xiao Ji!!!”
A heart-wrenching scream entered Xiao Ji’s ears.
The next second, Bai Yinnian’s eyes turned entirely blood-red. He transformed into a massive golden phoenix and charged towards Xiao Ji…
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