I'm not a drama god

"You've met Dr. Chu." Yang Xiao added, "He also went on this expedition. He was the one who followed Old Lu and didn't talk much..."

After Yang Xiao's description, Chen Ling finally remembered the existence of this person. This Dr. Chu's presence was indeed not high. He should be the same unsociable type as Yang Xiao. If he had not met Aurora before, he probably would not have paid much attention to Yang Xiao... This Dr. Chu had always been with Lu Xun, including when they were scattered by the disaster, they left together, so Chen Ling did not have much impression of him.

"Dr. Chu was also used as an experimental subject along with you?" Chen Ling asked.

"No, Dr. Chu is different from me." Lu Xun shook his head. "He is the one who is responsible for doing experiments for me. In other words, he is the one who handles most of my experimental data..."

"You are the experimental subject, and he is the experimenter?" Chen Ling was extremely surprised. "What field does this Dr. Chu research?"

"Cell Biology."

Chen Ling frowned and fell into deep thought.

"Of course, Dr. Chu didn't mean for things to turn out this way." Lu Xun took the initiative to explain on Dr. Chu's behalf.

"Dr. Chu's Biological Research Institute, like my Astronomical Observation Center, is supervised by Bureau 749. At first, he thought he just needed to analyze the cell samples, but the situation got out of control and he lost his say in my experiment...

He was the one who secretly reminded me of the changes within Bureau 749, and I was able to escape this time thanks to his help."

"But he was also a member of the exploration team, and he also came into contact with the Red Star fragments... Didn't the people from Bureau 749 conduct experiments on him as well?" Chen Ling asked back.

"When the unknown component was detected in my body for the first time, Bureau 749 immediately took samples from Dr. Chu for analysis." Lu Xun paused for a moment, "However, Dr. Chu's biological samples were normal."

"Everything is normal...how is this possible?" Yang Xiao muttered to himself.

Whether it was himself, Su Zhiwei, Lu Xun...all those who participated in that exploration had undergone various abnormal changes, and Dr. Chu should be no exception.

"However, fortunately, Dr. Chu's sample is normal. This made the people in Bureau 749 think that not all those who came into contact with the Red Star fragments underwent mutations, but only individual mutations occurred in me, Lu Xun... It is precisely because of this that they did not capture you immediately." Lu Xun's tone was very fortunate.

"Do they really dare to arrest people so blatantly?" Yang Xiao frowned.

"The 749th Bureau would never do such a thing... However, those guys who transferred me out of the bureau are all-powerful in Shanghai." Lu Xun's expression was very serious.

"They have no official background, so they can't mobilize the 'white hands'. They can only rely on their own connections to contact some 'black hands'... Before I came here, they were still looking for me all over the city."

At this point, Chen Ling suddenly thought of the man in the windbreaker who was trapped by him halfway, and his expression became a little subtle.

That man also had a Shinto aura about him, and considering what they discussed on the phone at the time, it can be basically confirmed that he was one of the "black hands" behind Lu Xun's arrest. Calculating the time, he should have arrived in Shanghai by now.

"So, you asked me to help you escape from Shanghai this time?"

"...No." Lu Xun shook his head. "If I wanted to escape, I would have already left Shanghai. There's no need to go around in circles with them."

"Then you want to..."

"The development of human civilization requires sacrifices and the courage to face the mystery. They want to get more information about Red Star from me, which is fine, and I am willing to cooperate... But I don't want anyone to study me for their own selfish interests."

Lu Xun's voice was very calm. He was sitting in an open-air cafe, with the city's neon lights flickering behind him like stars in the sky.

Chen Ling was stunned for a moment before she understood what he meant:

"You mean, you are willing to continue cooperating with the experiment, but you don't want to hand yourself over to the Separatists?"

"Well, I want to talk to the top brass of Bureau 749 again, but right now, these people won't let me get in touch with Bureau 749...otherwise, everything they do will be exposed."

Lu Xun paused for a moment, "Besides that, we asked you to come here this time... to ask you to cover for us."

"A guarantee? How do you mean?"

“Although Bureau 749 will not force us to conduct human experiments, I am worried that the secret of Red Star is too tempting. In addition to me, other organizations will target other people, such as Yang Xiao, Su Zhiwei, and Wu Tongyuan…

I'm fine, but scientific researchers like Wu Tongyuan and Yang Xiao are usually obsessed with research. If they are not careful, they may be exploited or kidnapped. So I hope someone can protect their safety in secret.

I have seen your strength in Shennongjia. The members of the rescue team also saw you walking on the clouds amidst the red flowers on the top of the mountain, like a miracle... Although I don't know why you wanted to infiltrate the exploration team, at least you would be kind to us.

You are the only 'black hand' I know, and the only one who will not have any bad intentions towards us. After I enter the 749th Bureau, if I have your big hand protecting them from behind, I will be able to rest assured..."

After hearing this, Chen Ling finally understood.

This time, Lu Xun asked him to come, not for himself, but for the other Nine Lords... He hoped that if anyone encountered an accident, he could help.

The convener of the Nine Lords, asking me to protect the Nine Lords in secret...

Chen Ling felt that fate was very strange. Lu Xun now had no idea what the nine of them would mean in the future, but in this era, they were still immature and had no power to protect themselves...

This request is undoubtedly consistent with Chen Ling's own wishes. He also hopes to have an opportunity to contact Jiujun and establish various connections with them... Although he has not yet matched the secret code of the times with Su Zhiwei, based on the current clues, Chen Ling feels that this place must be closely related to the future era.

"Some of you don't need my protection at all..." Chen Ling spoke slowly.

Lu Xun was stunned, thinking that Chen Ling was going to refuse, and wanted to say something, but Chen Ling's second half of the sentence rang out immediately:

"But I can help with the safety of others."

Lu Xun breathed a sigh of relief.

"As for your reward..."

"Dr. Lu, we can talk about the compensation later."

Chen Ling suddenly interrupted Lu Xun's words, stood up from his seat, and looked towards the night sky with narrowed eyes...

"Now... we seem to be in trouble."

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Lu Xun and Yang Xiao were both stunned and turned around, only to see a helicopter cutting through the sky and heading towards them rapidly under the dark night sky!