On those fused and distorted body parts, fresh, normal life soon grew.
Zhu Tao slowly stood up, and the wind blew the colorful stems, flowers and leaves all over the courtyard, swaying. He stood blankly in front of those lush lives, just like many years ago, when he was a little boy, looking at the vineyards in front of him with emotion and awe.
An Yu's fingertips stopped.
He raised his lowered gaze and the red color faded from his golden eyes. He stared at a point not far away and said uncertainly: "Sir...it seems there really is..."
Qin Zhilu had already pulled out his gun and walked in that direction, "I'll just get rid of the low-level aberrant plants."
He did not ask Heita for his opinion, but simply said in a low voice: "The rest will be dealt with by Zhu Tao and taken into regular custody."
Chapter 54 Main Line·54
Ling Qiu once said that people, like animals and plants, each individual has an environment suitable for their own growth, so not every life can meet each other. Most of them are destined to never meet each other at the beginning of their birth.
An Yu never questioned this sentence until he saw these wildly different plants swaying in the wind. Their scents weaved into a thick and bright river, swallowing up the wind and snow that had persisted for many years, turning the white The vast world is re-decorated into an endless sea of wetlands and forests.
At this moment, he was shocked by the greatness of human technology, which allowed these lives that were originally scattered around the world to grow together.
Next to Zhu Tao, there were bunches of plump purple grapes on the low bushes. He held up the small fruits and froze for a while, then murmured: "What does regular containment mean?"
Qin Zhilu's figure had long since disappeared into the forest, and his voice reporting to the summit sounded on the channel.
“Keeping the museum will involve a lot of follow-up work, not just rebuilding the soil environment, which is already highly polluted. All plants must be continuously observed, new seeds screened one by one, and closely monitored before the next decade arrives.
“In addition to monitoring, we must also take care of the growth and development of these plants. If they cannot be maintained well, there is no need to take risks.
"The work burden involved is extremely heavy. It is difficult to convince me to acquiesce in the continued existence of this museum just by relying on the existing scientific research personnel and the military. After all, one bad seed almost destroyed half of the bait city. There are 460,000 people here. Planting millions of seeds, if there are any serious mistakes, I am afraid that all human beings and human creations combined will not be enough for them to eat.”
An Yu turned around after hearing this. Zhu Tao's eyes turned red again, and the hand holding the grape trembled violently.
He spoke with difficulty, "Sir, please..."
Qin Zhilu continued: "So I suggest that you get a reinforced cover for this troublesome thing and find a full-time person in charge. If the Seed Museum really turns into a distortion museum one day, lock the person in charge in and deal with it. If we can't solve it, we'll blow it up together, just like what happened in District 95."
His tone was cold and casual, "As for the person in charge, whoever proposes to retain it in the first place should be in charge."
The channel was quiet for a while, and Zhu Tao stared blankly in the direction where his figure disappeared, his fingers touching the membrane earphones in his ears, for fear of missing Dingfeng's reply.
A few seconds later, a decisive gunshot was heard in the distance and in the channel at the same time.
"The last aberrant plant has been completely eliminated." Qin Zhilu remained calm, "With the technology from ten years ago, the defective plant rate was only 2 parts per million. Let me express my respect to the brain researchers."
As soon as he finished speaking, a button sound suddenly sounded in the earphones.
An Yu intuitively looked up at the sky - the sky at high latitudes was particularly vast, and under the dome, the medium in the air seemed to suddenly undergo some subtle change.
Zhu Tao raised his head suddenly, his dark purple pupils trembling, "The dome system..."
Dingfeng said solemnly: "The power supply of the dome system has been restored. Before the brain provides a perfect solution for the closed system, I wish Tao——"
Tang Feng raised his hand to open the channel, "Before the plan, nothing will happen to the museum. Zhu Tao and I jointly guarantee it."
"Judging from the current soil pollution exposure, it is impossible not to have an accident." Qin Zhilu pointed out calmly, "But before the plan, no matter how many times an accident occurred, it would be resolved by the lawful people on the 199th and 197th floors without any use. Other Spire personnel.”
The channel was quiet for a while, then Dingfeng said: "Can the corner also cooperate?"
An Yu walked up to Zhu Tao and shook his palm, "If necessary, I will accompany you unconditionally on the commander's mission in the future."
"Oh?" Ding Ding was a little surprised, "I didn't expect Qin Zhilu to make you relax so much. Then that's it, there is no problem with the Black Tower."
The communication automatically hung up, and Zhu Tao was still in a daze. It wasn't until Tang Feng put his arm around his shoulders and pulled him into his arms that he spread out his palms tremblingly and looked at the small bottle that An Yu had just given him. Nutritional supplements.
An Yu turned around and left. After walking a few steps, he suddenly heard a choking sound behind him. The moment he turned around, Zhu Tao cried loudly and slipped out of Tang Feng's arms. He knelt on the ground and leaned over to kiss the autumn grape seed nameplate.
Tang Feng also squatted down, silently hugged him back into his arms, and patted his back gently to comfort him.
An Yu looked at them quietly. It seemed that he would never be able to obtain such abundant emotions, and did not have the energy to laugh and cry. But looking at Zhu Tao at this moment, he actually felt that he had also tasted that hug.
That rainy night in Area 53, the first hug from the commander.
The private channel prompt sounded suddenly, and Qin Zhilu said: "Come here."
An Yu calmly looked away, "Oh."
Qin Zhilu stepped on a piece of burnt brown waste soil and was using a handkerchief to wipe the barrel of the gun that had accidentally been splashed with dirt.
Not only did he clear away the aberrant plants, but he also reduced the soil below to charcoal. Hearing the footsteps, he raised his eyelids and glanced at An Yu, "When did we make the deal? Why didn't I know that you would follow my mission unconditionally in the future?"
An Yu lightly licked the crack at the corner of his lower lip, "This is a transaction you started yourself, sir. This is already the biggest bargaining chip I can pay."
"Did I start first?" Qin Zhilu raised his eyebrows, "You mean I will serve as a healing assistant for you?"
"Um."
Qin Zhilu gently raised the corners of his lips, then returned to a cold expression, "As long as you don't feel like losing money, just choose a bonded wet nurse when you go back."
An Yu immediately said: "Choose you."
"Rejected." Qin Zhilu said without blinking, "This kind of good thing will never happen again."
Although An Yu had expected this result, he was still disappointed. He thought for a moment and then said, "If sir, you think I'm at a loss, just agree to one more condition."
Qin Zhilu folded the dirty side of the handkerchief and put it back into his pocket, "What are the conditions?"
"I want to know the thing you hide the most apart from Area 95."
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and Qin Zhilu looked at him with eyes that gradually showed scrutiny, "Do you know that you are blatantly inquiring into the privacy of your direct superior?"
An Yu said calmly, "I know."
"Didn't Ling Qiu teach you that it's dangerous to deal with people like this?"
"He taught me." An Yu remained calm, "But I have promised to risk your life countless times in the future."
Qin Zhilu remained silent.
An Yu looked directly into those dark eyes. He didn't need to look at the terminal to know that the commander's mental power had been fully restored and he was even more alert than usual, not allowing any prying eyes.
I don't know how long the stalemate lasted, but Qin Zhilu suddenly said: "If necessary in the future, I will still make a temporary healing system for you."
He turned around indifferently and said, "Let's go, it's time to go back."
An Yu followed him with some disappointment, but Qin Zhilu stopped again, turned his back to him and whispered: "You saw those gene injection tests, right?"
An Yu's heartbeat seemed to skip a beat.
"Hmm..." He nodded slightly, "I saw a little bit."
"Subjectively, I have nothing to hide, but there are indeed things that I feel I want to hide after careful consideration." Qin Zhilu's tone was businesslike and calm. "When I was sixteen years old, I became the highest interpreter of the minaret. During a previous gene injection test, I was briefly blind for four hours."
An Yu looked up in shock, "Blind?"
He has gone through almost all the gene injection tests since Qin Zhilu was born, and this is a stress symptom that has never appeared before.
unless……
An Yu thought of the penultimate door that couldn't be pushed open.
Qin Zhilu turned his head and glanced at him, "I can't comment on what happened that day, but you can remember this point. When one day, my will is completely lost, then you can watch it if you want."
He continued to walk forward, saying as he walked: "Also, next time you make a small calculation, you'd better hide it more tightly."
An Yu was startled, "Huh?"
"You offer to accompany me on missions in the future so that I can be your binding assistant?" Qin Zhilu snorted, "If you don't go on missions, what do you want the nanny to do?"
An Yu's footsteps suddenly stopped and he looked at the officer's back blankly.
He seemed to have been exposed to something, but he didn't realize it until he was exposed.
"I'm not interested in your little abacus." Qin Zhilu pressed the bridge of his nose tiredly, turned around and waved to him, "Go back, Shangfeng said that Xi De discovered a new aberrant creature near the pole, and the genes have been sampled .”
It wasn't until the plane reached high altitude that An Yu realized the implication of the officer's words.
Qin Zhilu told him without hesitation that he would undergo a new batch of gene induction experiments after returning.
After returning from Area 53, he fell into a coma for 8 days, and during those 8 days, the commander should have been undergoing gene induction experiments - the sample may be the new frog tongue that appeared in Area 53, and the virus that can transmit infection through light energy radiation. Giant mantis.
Amidst the slight buzzing in the cabin, An Yu looked at the person sitting opposite and suddenly felt a little empty in his heart.
It was a strange, indescribable feeling.
"Weird." Zhu Tao fiddled with the locker under the seat with a nasal voice that had not subsided, and muttered: "Isn't this a connecting plane? Why don't you bring any supplies? I'm starving to death. .”
An glanced at An Yu expressionlessly.
Ning smiled and explained, "Sorry, the supplies are gone."
"It's gone?" Zhu Tao's red and swollen eyes widened and he said blankly: "Who ate it? Reinforcement materials generally do not have the minimum specifications..."
His peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of An Yu, and he seemed to suddenly understand.
An Yu stared at the floor, "Sorry, due to some anxious emergencies, I ate all the bread Ning brought."
He didn't have the heart to tell Zhu Tao that the more than 400,000 ripening plants had almost hollowed him out. Now he was hungry again and his stomach was cramping.
He licked his lower lips and said softly: "Be patient for a while. When you go back, I will get some bread from the store and give it to you for free."
Zhu Tao couldn't stop sighing, "An Yu, there are other delicacies in this world besides bread. Why don't you go back and let me teach you how to make something else? What do you want to learn?"
What to learn...
An Yu was stunned for a while. Inadvertently, the image of young Qin Zhilu sitting at the dining table appeared in front of his eyes, cherishing food he had never eaten before.
"French fries," he said softly.
Qin Zhilu, who was sitting opposite and relaxing, suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were lowered, as if he was staring at the ground in a daze for a few seconds, and then he closed his eyes again and continued to rest.
Putao let out a long sigh, "Can you be successful? Forget it, I'll teach you something similar, cheese, ham and potato pie, how about that?"
An Yu had never heard of this high-end product and didn't know whether to agree or not.
"Let's learn." Qin Zhilu, who had his eyes closed, suddenly spoke, "I will buy you some new clothes when I get back. You have to bake some bread to change them, remember? Just use this to change them."
"Oh." An Yu nodded lightly.
After a while, he suddenly frowned again, and when he was about to speak, Qin Zhilu closed his eyes and said, "You still have to buy the gloves."
"..." An Yu said sincerely, "Sir, you seem to have taken advantage of me in our last two transactions."
"It's not in vain. When the tasks at the orphanage are settled, my contribution will go to you. I want those record points to be useless." Qin Zhilu said in a calm tone, "Also, I have asked Yan Xi to run the bakery. The store expansion is about to happen. During the expansion period, normal business will not be affected and you don’t have to worry about it. You can spend time thinking about the new menu.”
