star hunter

Zhong Yuncong had truly experienced what it means to be "illness comes like a mountain".

From feeling unwell to having herpes, to low-grade fever and shock, the period did not exceed 24 hours.

After the onset of the symptoms, Yirou checked his body for the first time, only to find that in other places covered by clothes, many of the same herpes had already developed, some of which must have not yet come out, with patches of red spots, There is a tingling sensation when you press it a little.

His skin was fair, and the red herpes and spots were engraved on it like brand marks, which looked abrupt and glaring.

In addition, low-grade fever, night sweats, body aches and intermittent cramps, these complications tormented him non-stop, and Zhong Yuncong quickly fell into a state of dehydration.

His complexion was pale, his lips were chapped, his lymph nodes were swollen, he fainted for a long time, and he was accompanied by strong nausea.

His situation made his adoptive father Zhang Jiahe, Yirou and others panic. What's worse, before she could come up with a countermeasure, herpes broke out in a short period of time, and quickly covered Zhong Yuncong's body. Even the face was not spared, coupled with severe dehydration, the whole body was swollen so badly that it could almost be said that it was beyond recognition.

"Miss Yirou, Yun Cong..." Zhang Jiahe asked in surprise, "Is his illness..."

Zhang Jiahe was not so polite to her before, because of Zhong Yun's sudden illness, he changed his attitude. In fact, Yirou was also quite suspicious of him, but she was also worried, and was not in the mood to care about the other party's 180-degree turn.

She was silent for a while before saying anything: "Looking at the symptoms, it's very similar."

Let alone Zhang Jiahe, even Ren Jie felt that it was a blow to the head, and it took him a long time to recover, and asked hesitantly: "But...is this too fast? He didn't have any signs before, why did he suddenly... "

Yirou is also very confused about this, she is not a professional doctor after all, and there is no equipment here, so there is no way to detect it, she can only rely on experience to judge.

"Maybe it's because...he was infected recently, and he hasn't taken any inhibitors or blockers." She could only guess out of thin air, "so the attack was urgent..."

Ren Jie frowned and didn't answer. After Yirou finished speaking, he felt untenable. No matter how severe the illness was, the two stages of incubation period and onset period could not be covered within 24 hours.

Moreover……

Yirou thought of something, suddenly opened the eyelids of Zhong Yuncong who was in a coma, and checked his pupils again.

In fact, he checked once before, but there were no obvious symptoms in his eyes at that time, and he looked at it this time——he still had no symptoms.

His pupils were dull and gray, as if covered with a layer of fog. It cannot be said that there was nothing unusual, but it was not one of the hallmark symptoms of the "Paradise Lost" virus-his irises did not change color.

There are quite a few bloodshots, but there is no bluish or reddening.

Yirou really couldn't understand.

Zhang Jiahe listened for a while with a blank face, and did not express any opinion, but his dignified gaze swept the unconscious Zhong Yuncong's face from time to time, and the more he looked at it, the worse his complexion became.

The more Yirou thought about it, the more flustered she became, she turned her face and stared at Zhang Jiahe: "Are you Yun Cong's father?"

Zhang Jiahe nodded thoughtfully.

"You can also see that he is in a very bad situation right now?" Yirou twisted his fingers together, with a bit of pleading in his tone, "There is a lack of medical care here, he can't afford to delay, send him back?"

Hearing this, Ren Jie glanced at Yirou with complicated eyes.

Yirou herself was also a little nervous, and her words were somewhat tentative—although it was mainly for Zhong Yuncong's consideration, but if given the opportunity, she and Ren Jie would also like to leave here.

In fact, it is human nature, but in the name of Zhong Yuncong, she will inevitably feel guilty.

After hearing her words, Zhang Jiahe remained silent, making Yirou feel more and more anxious, his heart beating like a drum, and after a long time, he said: "I understand what you said, and I want to save him too, but I can't do it." arrive."

Yirou and Renjie obviously didn't believe his words, and the old man explained helplessly: "This place is different from other places, you can all see it? It's a school of its own, separate from the world we're used to... …you can’t just leave if you want to.”

Yi Rou became angrier as she listened, and frowned, "Come on, you brought us here at the beginning... Who are you coaxing?"

"I didn't lie to you." Zhang Jiahe lowered his voice as he spoke, and the squeezed voice was inexplicably a little strange, "This space is conscious... When to open and when to close, it is up to us people. Come and go, it’s not up to you.”

He paused, and his tone became more and more illusory: "In other words, it is 'alive'."

Even though Yirou thought he was talking nonsense, she was successfully frightened and turned pale.

However, Ren Jie snorted: "Dr. Zhang, you are scaring the little girl... If it is really as mysterious as you said, how could you have guessed the time and place of its opening, and brought two other people with you?" Come in?"

Zhang Jiahe stared at him for a while, then suddenly smiled: "It's not by chance that I can come in with you."

The chill in Ren Jie's eyes was even worse, Zhang Jiahe guessed what he was going to say, and waved his hands: "But it's not because of me that I can guide this space, but because of someone else."

Ren Jie didn't believe a word of him, just sneered, but Yirou beside him changed color slightly.

Zhang Jiahe gave her a meaningful look: "Miss Yirou guessed it?"

Ren Jie's gaze also turned to her, she was a little lost, and hurriedly avoided his gaze.

He was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized: "...does it have something to do with my mother?"

In fact, Yirou was not very clear about it, but at that time, apart from Zhang Jiahe, He Huiqiong was the only one present.

Zhang Jiahe received Ren Jie's suspicious look, and spread his hands: "I know what you want to ask, but I don't know exactly what's going on—I can only tell you that your mother seems to have some kind of relationship with this space. Some kind of special connection, but she once revealed to me one or two things, this space has been in a dormant state for more than 20 years, without a trace, until a few months ago, I could barely sense some traces of existence."

Ren Jie stood there blankly, really unable to figure out why his mother had something to do with such a weird space.

The only plausible explanation is probably because she is also a psychic power user.

"She regards this place as a life-saving straw and wants to keep it," Zhang Jiahe looked at Ren Jie with a smile, but deliberately lengthened the ending sound to make certain words stand out, "the life of her only son."

Ren Jie didn't hear anything, but it's not surprising that this was not meant for him.

Yirou lowered her eyes, and cold sweat broke out on her back in an instant.

Zhang Jiahe was reminding her that once she left here, Ren Jie's safety would no longer be guaranteed.

But are they going to hide in this place for a lifetime?Yirou clenched her hands involuntarily.

Ren Jie knew nothing about the psychological tug-of-war between the two of them. He was more worried about Zhong Yuncong's condition than his doubts about his mother.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of Xie Cheng.

After Zhong Yuncong fainted for unknown reasons, the two "Shadows" were afraid that they would take the opportunity to make trouble, so Ren Jie decided to act preemptively and restrained them unexpectedly.

Fortunately, Yang Shaowen said that Xie Cheng was the one who was in trouble. Fortunately, he was not an ordinary ability user, and finally used the "time cage" to trap this space-type ability user.

"The one named Xie Cheng, since he can enter here, it shouldn't be a problem to return to the real world, right?" Ren Jie cheered up, "I'll go find him!"

He turned around and left, but suddenly heard Zhang Jiahe's voice: "Young man, are you acting so recklessly? You never thought about what the consequences would be if you really let the 'Shadow' people go? "

Ren Jie turned his head, his expression worried: "What do you want to say? I want to save your son now!"

Zhang Jiahe was silent for a moment, and then said: "The safety of Congcong is important, but the secret of this arsenal is also very important."

Ren Jie suddenly changed color.

"Xie Cheng has been here once, and with his ability, he will be able to come a second time." Zhang Jiahe's face was solemn, "The arsenal should fall into the hands of 'Shadow' at that time... Your crime will be serious. gone."

Ren Jie's expression fluctuated, it could be seen that he was making a difficult decision, Zhang Jiahe kept silent, waiting for his final decision.

"Dr. Zhang," Ren Jie looked at him blankly for a long while, "Aren't you from 'Shadow'? Why did you suddenly think about me?"

He was full of doubts between the lines, Zhang Jiahe could hear clearly, he smiled and shook his head: "You misunderstood, I'm not a 'Shadow' person... I know you don't believe it, let's put it this way, you can't say that it doesn't matter at all, right? But I'm not really one of them."

Ren Jie naturally felt that he was talking nonsense, and sneered: "Yang Shaowen thinks you are the boss behind the scenes."

"That's his unilateral statement." Zhang Jiahe said lightly, "I and 'Shadow' are just a cooperative relationship. When the two sides have the same views, we can help each other, but it doesn't mean that I am bound to them. .”

Speaking of this, he smiled: "When I agree with the views of the Management Bureau, I can also turn against at any time."

Ren Jie found that he really couldn't see through this guy at all.

He asked back in disbelief: "Do you agree with the Administration?"

Zhang Jiahe's smile remained unchanged: "At least in the matter of not wanting the 'Shadow' to step out of the 'isolated island', I agree with the Governance Bureau."

"Inexplicable..." Ren Jie couldn't think of other words to describe this person.

Such a person is actually Zhong Yuncong's father?

At this moment, Yirou said in a low voice: "You have said so much, but I can only hear one meaning... You don't want Yun Cong to leave at all... Do you really want to save him?"

Ren Jie shuddered all over, deeply convinced that what Yirou said in his heart was on point

Zhang Jiahe's eyes suddenly became dark, and they fell on Yirou gloomily. The latter was startled and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Ren Jie blocked her behind, his eyes were not good: "What do you want?"

Zhang Jiahe took a deep look at him, and then resumed his smile: "It's nothing, I just want to say that even Xie Cheng may not be able to leave... As I said, this space is 'living', not for others In addition, you are still young, thinking that the world is black and white... Actually, true and false, right and wrong, how can you distinguish so clearly?"

As he spoke, he leaned into Ren Jie's ear and whispered, "Fortunately, your mother is gone... After all, she also helped 'Shadow', will you arrest her?"

The blood on Ren Jie's face faded immediately.

>>>

Zhong Yuncong's body was overwhelmed by a sudden illness, but his consciousness was unexpectedly sober.

He has a feeling that his mind and body are separate.

He could hear clearly the conversation between the adoptive father and Ren Jieyirou.

This kind of information is not obtained by ears. In fact, his ears have been tortured by the virus to the point of being half-deaf. Therefore, he uses his mental power to capture those words.

It's amazing that even though his body was severely damaged, his mental strength was uncharacteristically high.

This trend seems to have started after he came to this space, but after he got seriously ill, the momentum became more obvious.

What kind of place is this... It's amazing.

He heard every word Zhang Jiahe said. To be honest, he felt that it was unexpected and unreasonable.

Unsurprisingly, it means that after he learned that the "Paradise Lost" virus was related to his adoptive father, he knew that he would definitely not be a simple person; not to mention, he played a loving father in front of him for more than 20 years with another face role, but without flaws.

As for the reason, it's just that Zhong Yuncong simply doesn't want to accept that he is such a person.

But the truth is, he was a rather complicated man indeed.

It may be because of his severe coma, Zhang Jiahe didn't have so many scruples when facing Ren Jie and others, showing his more real side.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Yuncong observed the audience in a secret way.

Regarding the fact that his adoptive father did not put his life first, Zhong Yun could never say that he was not disappointed at all, but at this moment he was more at a loss. He was thinking, what is the most important thing for him? important?

In addition, some of Zhang Jiahe's words always made him feel that they may not be false, but they must not be complete.

Because it sounds like that at first glance, but after careful scrutiny, you will find that there are loopholes in many places.

This is even more so when facing yourself.

Zhong Yuncong recalled the answers he gave himself, always feeling that he still concealed a lot of things.

This conclusion shocked him.

"Don't trust him."

For some reason, these five words floated out of his mind silently.

He shivered suddenly.

At this moment, a deep sigh sounded like nothing.

Zhong Yuncong suddenly felt a creepy feeling.

Such an experience is definitely deja vu.

Just like the time when he tried to force his way into this space but was thrown out.

"This space is 'living'."

Zhong Yuncong was startled suddenly, looked into the void, and asked sharply: "...Who are you?!"