Chapter 217.3: Apocalypse Survivial (21)

  Ruan Qing looked at Xie Xuanlan’s unexpected reaction and instantly understood what he was thinking. Ruan Qing fell into silence directly.

With life almost slipping away, there should be no mood left for trivial thoughts.

He never understood the thought process of a love brain.

Ruan Qing withdrew his gaze, no longer paying attention to Xie Xuanlan, and quickly unbuttoned Xie Xuanlan’s clothes.

The injury was severe, and it seemed to have struck the heart, looking horrifying.

Blood was still uncontrollably flowing at this moment.

Ruan Qing took a deep breath, first wiping away the bloodstains and then carefully examining Xie Xuanlan’s wound.

It wasn’t his imagination; the wound was indeed self-healing, just like when Yan San was hit in the heart by Jiang Shuyu.

However, Yan San’s healing ability was much stronger.

But Xie Xuanlan’s self-healing ability was not bad either, because his heart was rapidly regenerating and healing.

It’s just that due to the extensive damage, it wasn’t as fast as Yan San’s.

Whether it was Yan San or Xie Xuanlan, their bodies had issues.

Compared to humans, these two were more like... zombies.

Except both of them had consciousness and rationality, and they had no desire to feed on living beings.

Ruan Qing observed that zombies also had self-healing abilities, but this ability was very weak and hardly noticeable.

But it did exist.

It was like someone trying to study individuals like Xie Xuanlan and Yan San, but the research direction was uncertain, resulting in the creation of zombies.

Ruan Qing quickly dealt with the wound on Xie Xuanlan’s chest and then looked at the blackness around Xie Xuanlan’s waist.

The blackness had deepened compared to before, and it was gradually spreading outward.

Ruan Qing didn’t rush to handle it, to avoid accelerating the spread of the zombie virus in uncertain circumstances.

After Ruan Qing finished dealing with it, Xie Xuanlan blushed and buttoned up his clothes.

The current floor of the hospital was relatively safe, and the three of them hadn’t rested properly for a long time, so they planned to take a short break.

Ruan Qing handed food and water from his bag to the other two while he ate and looked around the operating room.

The instruments in the operating room were very complete, including syringes and microscopes.

Ruan Qing quickly finished eating the bread, then took a syringe and drew some blood from Xie Xuanlan, observing it under a microscope nearby.

Ruan Qing was stunned after seeing it clearly.

Because the blood cells were still dividing, and they were dividing extremely fast, to a terrifying extent.

Just like cancer cells.

Moreover, there was a black substance entwined around various blood cells, which was highly abnormal.

It looked very ominous, as if carrying some kind of danger.

Ruan Qing dripped his own blood next to it, but it didn’t merge together, and observed it together with Xie Xuanlan’s blood.

However, Xie Xuanlan’s blood seemed to be conscious, starting to swiftly move towards his blood.

Ruan Qing originally thought his blood would be devoured or assimilated, but it didn’t happen.

Xie Xuanlan’s blood just tightly surrounded his blood, as if encountering a fun toy, gently rubbing against it.

Unfortunately, Ruan Qing’s blood cells did not have the ability to divide, nor the vitality like Xie Xuanlan’s blood.

No matter how Xie Xuanlan’s blood cells rubbed against it, there was no significant response.

But Xie Xuanlan’s blood cells continued to rub against it tirelessly, even colliding with other blood cells.

It looked extremely eerie.

Ruan Qing turned to look at Jiang Shuyu.

Jiang Shuyu, who was eating bread: “?”

Look at what she’s doing?

Jiang Shuyu soon knew what Ruan Qing was looking at her for, because the next second she saw Ruan Qing approaching her with a syringe.

Jiang Shuyu gritted her teeth and without Ruan Qing saying anything, she extended her hand.

Ruan Qing also placed Jiang Shuyu’s blood together for observation, still at the same distance.

With his blood present, Xie Xuanlan’s blood completely ignored Jiang Shuyu’s blood, as if it didn’t exist at all, continuing to rub against Ruan Qing’s blood cells.

And without his blood, Jiang Shuyu’s blood would be... devoured.

After Xie Xuanlan’s blood devoured Jiang Shuyu’s blood, the speed of division increased slightly, as if it had become stronger.

Not much different from zombies.

Unfortunately, the hospital’s operating room was primarily for surgeries and lacked much research equipment. To conduct more detailed research, one had to go to a specialized laboratory.

There must be such a laboratory on this island.

Perhaps one could even find information about the zombie virus in such a laboratory.

Ruan Qing voiced his thoughts.

“A laboratory?” Jiang Shuyu scratched her head, somewhat uncertain, and spoke, “There seem to be quite a few laboratories on this island.”

“I heard there’s one near the southern Lingyuan area, one in the north, and it seems there’s also one near the central area.”

This was just what she knew; there were probably some she didn’t know about.

Finding the laboratory researching the zombie virus might be difficult.

“In the Minghua District to the west,” Xie Xuanlan, who had been silent for a long time beside them, finally spoke up.

Ruan Qing was not surprised that Xie Xuanlan knew. How could he not know about his own unusual condition?

“There’s a laboratory in the Minghua District. It’s officially researching biotechnology, but in reality, it’s an illegal laboratory that uses humans as research subjects.”

“The purpose of the research is to—attain immortality.”

Xie Xuanlan slowly revealed what he knew.

Decades ago, someone discovered a magnificent tomb, resembling an underground palace.

In the main hall of the palace lay a coffin, inside of which rested a body.

A body that had been dead for who knew how many years, yet showed no signs of decay.

No, calling it a body was not accurate.

Because that body strangely had a heartbeat and breath, and its cells were alive and functioning normally.

It was as if the person wasn’t dead but merely sleeping.

But for some reason, no one could awaken him.

Many people, upon learning of the situation with that body, harbored thoughts they shouldn’t have.

No one could resist the temptation of immortality.

Thus, a laboratory dedicated to researching ‘immortality’ came into being.

Researchers discovered that there was a strange power within the body, which should be what sustained his immortality.

The power was extremely strong, with a destructive force like a dark mist attached to the blood of the corpses.

The researchers focused on studying that body’s blood and that force within it.

Initially, the laboratory used mice, rabbits, and similar animals as test subjects, but the experiments yielded no progress.

Neither mice nor rabbits could withstand the power of the blood, even when diluted countless times.

They would soon die.

Eventually, the laboratory turned its attention to humans.

Humans’ endurance was indeed much stronger, but not strong enough.

Most test subjects died because they couldn’t bear it, and only a very few managed to survive.

However, even those who survived didn’t achieve eternal life. Instead, they developed a craving for blood, becoming restless and gradually losing their sanity.

But there were exceptions.

Such as Xie Xuanlan, such as Yan San, such as Yan Ci.

They possessed some powers different from ordinary people and became the focus of research.

No one could bear being a test subject, so they planned an escape and fled the laboratory.

However, for some unknown reason, the laboratory did not pursue them and let them escape freely.

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