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In the makeshift clinic, as Master Qi was leading a group of people to check data, a soldier rushed in.

"Mr. Qi, Mr. Qi, something has happened. Your apprentice has arrived at the military base gate, but the military vehicle escorting her was attacked. The commander has asked me to take you there."

Master Qi's expression changed, and he turned and ran outside, asking what had happened as he ran.

"What exactly happened? They've already arrived at the military base, so how could someone still attack them? Who has the audacity to harm my disciple right under my nose—"

When I got to the gate, it was a mess and filled with smoke, which showed that a fierce battle had just taken place.

"Where is he? Where is he?" Master Qi shouted anxiously, grabbing someone.

The assistant found them. "Old Qi, here, they're here—"

Jiang Yuyan pursed her lips as she bandaged Ling Wenchen's arm, watching the blood gushing from his abdomen without uttering a sound.

"I need to disinfect and apply medicine to your abdomen. It'll hurt a bit, if—"

"Go ahead, I'm fine!"

Jiang Yuyan poured the disinfectant on the surface with a blank expression. Ling Wenchen gasped silently, his expression still serious, unaware that his heavy breathing betrayed his inner turmoil.

Seeing him sweating profusely from the pain, she softened her grip, quickly applied the medicine, and bandaged him up.

Afterwards, she muttered to herself, "So reserved~ so sexy~"

"What? You just spoke to me?" Ling Wenchen turned around and looked at her in confusion.

Jiang Yuyan smiled and said, "I didn't say anything just now—"

At this moment, Master Qi rushed in and immediately checked her carefully from head to toe and left to right. Only after confirming with her that she was not injured did he feel relieved.

Looking at the room full of injured people, he told his assistant to quickly call other doctors to come and help.

When they finished their work and came out, Ling Wenchen hadn't said anything when he watched helplessly as Jiang Yuyan was taken away by Old Master Qi.

It's true, they took it!

Master Qi took her to her temporary residence and told her to wash up first and get rid of the smell of blood so she wouldn't feel uncomfortable again later.

When Jiang Yuyan came out after washing up, she saw that Master Qi had already laid out a full meal on the table and was inviting her to eat.

"...You've lost a lot of weight. Are you not used to the East District or the food and haven't been eating? It's only been a short time since I last saw you, and you've gotten so thin. You've lost all the fat on your face."

Jiang Yuyan touched her face. "Master, you're exaggerating. It's only been a few days. How could I possibly lose weight?"

Besides, Wenchen is watching over me. Even if I don't want to eat, he'll still make me, otherwise he'll think I'm not feeling well.

"Hmph, that's how it should be. Otherwise, you've completely forgotten about your body, haven't you? You're now for two people. Even if you don't want to eat, the baby in your belly needs to eat too."

The two, master and apprentice, continued to bicker while eating, and the atmosphere was generally pleasant.

After the meal, Chef Qi poured her a glass of hot water and sat down opposite her.

"What's going on over there? And what did you do to offend these people who want to kill you?"

He had barely finished speaking when he met Jiang Yuyan's suspicious gaze.

"Master, why don't you say that those people weren't caused by you? I'm such a well-behaved person, how could I possibly cause trouble outside? Impossible, it's definitely your fault."

Master Qi's lips twitched involuntarily. Should he get rid of this apprentice?

However, upon further reflection, it seems that what she said wasn't wrong.

Aside from staying at home, Jiang Yuyan usually visits her third brother at his shop and doesn't know many people.

If we're talking about causing trouble, his current public identity is one of them.

Thinking of this, Master Qi put down his water glass, looked at her seriously, and said, "We've investigated everything you've been looking into, and we've confirmed that your approach is correct."

"However, now there's another problem. Just as we were about to examine in detail the cause of their cervical and lumbar vertebrae being shattered, those people stopped sending 'drug-using people' to attack us."

"We don't have enough data right now to compare and identify the key factors. Why do you think they would stop at this point?"

Jiang Yuyan frowned, racking her brains but unable to come up with a solution.

"There are too few clues to say. But, sir, have you been to the scene of the body?"

"I've been there. As soon as your findings were reported, I took people to the scene to investigate. We found that at the scene of each body with a shattered cervical spine, there was a layer of sticky liquid around it, which didn't look like water or oil—"

"Doesn't it look a lot like the mucus in a plant's membrane?" Jiang Yuyan said confidently.

Master Qi's eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh. "That's right, it looks a lot like plant mucus. But they're clearly human, so how can they excrete such strange mucus?"

A cold glint flashed in Jiang Yuyan's eyes. "The people who conduct these experiments treat them like animals. Why would they care whether they're human or not?"

Master Qi frowned. "If that's the case, then not treating them as human beings means treating them as experimental subjects, and still in the experimental stage."

Jiang Yuyan nodded. They were experimental subjects, and inhumane experiments at that. They were treated like puppets, beasts who would be used and discarded.

For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat heavy.

Jiang Yuyan didn't want to talk about such heavy things, so she changed the subject.

"Sir, do you sell any fresh fruit or vegetables here? I've been eating so much meat lately that I'm getting constipated."

Most importantly, she has a sweet tooth.

She really wanted to eat something sweet and sour, something spicy, she really, really wanted to—

Upon arriving at the border, because it was difficult to transport anything fresh, the only means of sustenance here was the game hunted by the troops.

Master Qi had also thought of this problem.

"Don't worry, we go out to buy supplies twice a week. I'll have someone buy you some fruits and vegetables. Oh, and do you want something sour? Let's buy that too."

Jiang Yuyan's eyes lit up. "Master is still the best to me!"

After the conversation, Master Qi told her to stay in the dormitory and rest well today and tomorrow, and that the rest would be arranged after the army had investigated the situation.

Jiang Yuyan washed up and went to sleep, completely unaware that someone was furious because of her.

In the deep pit cave on the southern border.

Inside, a completely covered, dark old man was going crazy, smashing things.

"Useless, useless, a bunch of useless people—"

"Ahhh, so close, so close to winning me over—"

Crackle, crackle...

He swept almost everything off the table, but even that wasn't enough to vent his anger. His gloomy gaze swept around, as if he were thinking about how to release the fury in his heart.

Just then, a bespectacled, well-mannered and cultured young man entered.

With just one glance, the angry old man fell silent, and even his whole body trembled involuntarily, after only one look at the bespectacled young man.

The bespectacled young man looked away, ignoring the broken pieces on the floor, and sat down on the only sofa in the space.

His tone was soft yet chilling, as if he were being targeted by a venomous snake.

"I heard you even failed to capture just one woman?"

The old man's withered face trembled. "We were about to catch her, but who knew the Eastern District troops would be so vigilant—"

"Bang!"

A hole was punched in the table in front of the old man. Ignoring his fear, the bespectacled young man calmly withdrew his hand, took out a tissue, and wiped it clean.

"Attacking and arresting people at the main gate of the South Base—are you guys just plain stupid, or who gave you the confidence to think the people at the South Base are idiots?"

The old man lowered his head, not daring to speak, nor could he argue. Besides, the more he said, the more mistakes he would make, and the people in front of him would not let him off the hook because of his excuses.

The next second—

The bespectacled young man stood up, walked over to the old man, and whispered in his ear...

"The final phase of the new drug trial will be conducted by your team. For the sake of our great cause, I believe you won't refuse, right?"