16 years

His reaction was too extreme, even though Liu Ruosong was just asking casually, now he is suspicious.

But Fang Sining helped them a lot today, plus the understanding and friendship accumulated by Lin Zongzong several times, so Liu Ruosong was unwilling to speculate on him maliciously, forcing him to tell the truth like an interrogation.

"Is it your own personal matter?" Liu Ruosong raised his hands high and took a step back. He first showed that he had no malicious intentions, and just asked, "Will it have any impact on the current situation?"

Fang Sining's face was pale, he clutched the back of his neck, and shook his head sullenly and hesitantly.

He seemed a little hesitant, like denying it, but also like he didn't want to say it.

Liu Ruosong observed his expression for a while, but still felt something was wrong.After several restarts, he is now extremely sensitive to any abnormal situation. If Fang Sining doesn't give him an answer, it will be difficult for him to really relax.

"Let me ask it another way." Liu Ruosong said, "Will that affect your attitude towards us?"

"will not."

Fang Sining spoke quickly, his voice was a little hoarse, he seemed to realize that Liu Ruosong had no ill intentions towards him, so he gradually relaxed, and pulled up the collar of his clothes to cover his neck.

It was only then that Liu Ruosong discovered that his uniform had always been with a half-high collar, which could firmly cover the marks on the back of his neck after tidying up. It was probably because he bent down and lowered his head to wrinkle the collar that he was accidentally caught. Liu Ruosong saw it.

"This is actually..." Fang Sining paused, as if thinking about where to start, he thought for a while, and chose the simplest explanation: "It's the trace left by the previous treatment."

"I was kidnapped together with Xiaoqiu, and then the factory exploded, and I was slightly injured." Fang Sining said: "Joe Aiden instructed them to treat me at all costs, so they used a little internal medicine."

The earliest research blueprint for R-01 was to "resuscitate people from the dead". Liu Ruosong hardly thought about the internal potion in Joe Aiden's hands.

"Is it something like a zombie virus, or something like a transforming agent?" Liu Ruosong asked.

Fang Sining was taken aback for a moment, but then realized that the person in front of him was the chief researcher of the Yancheng Military Region, and it was wishful thinking to hide such details from him.

"The latter." Fang Sining said: "Joe Eden kept me because he wanted me to work for him. If I turned into a zombie, he would suffer a lot."

"Is the transformation medicine 100% safe now?" Liu Ruosong asked unexpectedly, "Which one is it? Can it be immune to zombie infection?"

"Actually, Sima is regarded as a living horse doctor." Fang Sining smiled bitterly, and said, "Except for Eden One, the other medicines are similar. Everyone's physique is different. If you are lucky, you will get your life. If you are unlucky, Maybe you can get a happy one at that time."

Liu Ruosong suddenly froze.

He suddenly remembered the huge number of "failures" hidden under the glacier - those who died silently all over the world were far more than the survivors, every "special person" Liu Ruosong saw around him, Behind it are countless failed lives piled up.

Leaving aside the survivor bias, the practical safety of this potion is not even as high as a few tenths of a percent.

Liu Ruosong hesitated and said, "You—"

"Compared to those experimenters who lost their lives innocently, I am considered lucky." Fang Sining said softly.

It took Liu Ruosong a little time to digest the news - so far, all the survivors he has seen have undergone transformation unconsciously, and then survived under this almost anti-human drug.

But Fang Sining wasn't, even if he didn't make it very clear, Liu Ruosong could guess that he was able to use such a highly dangerous potion, and he obviously suffered no minor injuries at the time.

So, does the transformation agent really have the potential to bring people back to life, Liu Ruosong thought.

"But you don't have to worry, Mr. Liu." Fang Sining said: "It's nothing, I just have a special physique, and I haven't been brainwashed, so I won't do anything to hurt you—Of course, if you don't believe me, you can also tell me I'll lock it up together."

"That's not necessary." Liu Ruosong smiled and said, "I'm just asking. If there is any problem, we can solve it together. If not, then don't worry."

But he paused as he spoke, changed the topic, and asked, "Will that do any harm to your body?"

"...No." Fang Sining said, "Don't worry."

Liu Ruosong nodded slowly, he lowered his raised hands, put them in his pockets, and walked a few steps closer to Fang Sining in a relaxed manner.

"You helped us a lot." Liu Ruosong said, "No matter what, I have to thank you first."

In addition to helping Fu Yan and the others gain control of the institute in a short period of time, Fang Sining also provided them with a lot of information, including the institute's internal operation mode, staffing, and frequency of "collection".

Fu Yan and the others are all combat-experienced commanders. Even though Fang Sining has never been to another research institute, they still deduced the internal situation of that research institute.

Then Feng Lei carried out an internal and external penetration attack according to the urgently adjusted plan. It took eight hours to end the battle there.

"Without your help, we might not be able to solve the problem so easily." Liu Ruosong said sincerely: "Even if you don't have mercenaries here, you don't have thermal weapons, and you don't have any external counterattack equipment, but the longer the time drags on, the more likely you are to startle the enemy. , alarmed Joe Eden himself—I’m not afraid to tell you, this time we are here to find him and Eden One.”

"But he's not here." Fang Sining was a little annoyed: "The original sample of the most important medicine is not in our research institute, so I can't help."

"It's fine now, you've helped enough." Liu Ruosong said, "Although our leader is not here, I can probably represent him to welcome you to join us and become our comrade-in-arms—so if you have any requests , and tell me anytime.”

As Liu Ruosong spoke, he looked around the core sample area, feeling a little guilty.

The appearance of Fang Sining opening up all the secrets to him without saying a word made Liu Ruosong feel a little ashamed, so he subconsciously wanted to show some kindness.

"I don't have any request." Fang Sining thought for a while, then said softly: "Just...can you let me get along with Xiao Qiu more? I haven't seen him for a long time, and I don't know if he is doing well for such a long time, Miss him very much."

Liu Ruosong's expression suddenly became a little weird. He coughed dryly and said, "Let me ask our leader...it should be fine."

As he spoke, he took a few steps back, walked to the corridor outside the sample storage area, pressed the headset, and connected Fu Yan's communication channel.

Fang Sining's eyes were fixed on him all the time, his eyes were expectant and nervous, his hands were put into his pockets and then pulled out, couldn't help but mingled.

"If anyone needs my help, I can help at any time." Fang Sining seemed to be afraid that they would disagree, so he quickly said, "Anything is fine."

Liu Ruosong smiled at him reassuringly, and made a gesture of calm down.

"Hey--"

Fu Yan's voice came from the earphones, and it sounded distorted.

Liu Ruosong explained Fang Sining's situation in a few words, but because of the risk that Shao Qiu might be nearby, he omitted the part about Fang Sining's injury treatment, and only talked about the situation in the sample area and Fang Sining's appeal.

Fu Yan on the other side of the call was silent for two seconds, and quickly gave a reply.

"Let him come." Fu Yan said: "We are in the activity area on the basement floor. Tell him that I will let Baitouyuan interrogate the researcher, but some of the language barriers, we did not bring enough translators, let Fang Sining help Baitouyuan Ibi is busy."

"Got it." Liu Ruosong said, "What about you?"

"I'll go up soon." Fu Yan said, "Protect the sample area."

"Understood." Liu Ruosong said.

He hung up the communication and told Fang Sining exactly what Fu Yan had said, only to see his eyes lit up, and the state of his whole body became much more vivid to the naked eye.

His brows and eyes were stretched, obviously there was no big change in expression, but Liu Ruosong saw the four characters "ecstatically overjoyed" on his face.

"Thank you." Fang Sining said.

He thanked repeatedly, and slipped his permission card into Liu Ruosong's hands.Then he thought of something on the spur of the moment, but he didn't think it was enough, so he tore off a piece from the hem of his white coat, and wrote two lines of password from top to bottom.

"The password for the door or the research area is the one above." Fang Sining said, "And all the sample boxes and other small passwords are the one below."

Liu Ruosong looked at the piece of fabric with burrs on the edge in his hand, and was silent for a while strangely.

Is this "returning the dead to life", Liu Ruosong thought suspiciously, this is physical transformation.

If it wasn't for Joe Eden's heinous crimes, Liu Ruosong even wanted to ask if his ultimate goal was actually to use potions to activate superheroes.

"What's the matter?" Fang Sining seemed to be heartbroken, and hurriedly asked, "Is there anything else you want me to do?"

"It's gone..." Liu Ruosong swallowed the words on his lips, and showed him a friendly smile: "I'll just watch here, you go to the activity area first, do you need me to find a guard to take you?"

"No need!" Fang Sining quickly said, "I know the way."

He seemed to have no time to speak, he took two steps back facing Liu Ruosong, turned his head and ran away as soon as he finished speaking.

Liu Ruosong didn't know why he was in such a hurry, he watched his back disappear into the depths of the corridor dumbfounded, shook his head helplessly, and burst out laughing.

When we worked together before, why didn't he discover Fang Sining's side? Liu Ruosong thought inexplicably, reunited after a long absence, so he couldn't hold back anymore?

But no matter what, it was a rare blessing for Shao Qiu to come out of the nightmare and see the person he wanted to see again, and Liu Ruosong couldn't help being happy for them.

He leaned against the wall and thought for a while, then turned on the one-way call with Fu Yan again.

"Brother." Liu Ruosong said quietly, "Come up quickly when you're done with your work. I suggest you don't be a light bulb there."