Bounty Hunter

After the siren sounded, the security team deployed by the research institute quickly arrived and surrounded the yard tightly.

Di Chu reinforced the wooden wall again, turned around and walked quickly to the entrance of the research institute, and met Kong Que who had been driven out.

"Di Chu!" Kong Que's heart was beating fast, he was frightened, excited, and more eager and worried, "Are you okay?"

He stretched out his hand to hold Di Chu in his arms, but he stretched his hand halfway, thought of something, then hesitantly took it back, even the approaching steps slowed down unconsciously.

Di Chu didn't pay attention to those. After approaching, he immediately grabbed his arm, turned around to look at his back, and stretched out his hand to touch it. Only then did the nerves relax.

Kong Que only felt that the wrists being held and the back being touched were all warm, and his heart was filled with joy and sourness for a moment.

Di Chu still cared about him so much, and didn't reject getting close to him, but all of these were just out of friendship...

"I'm fine." He held Di Chu's hand instead, not daring to use too much strength, just held it weakly, and said comfortingly, "You came in time, I'm fine, don't worry."

Di Chu's eyebrows were still frowned, he looked up at him, and suddenly broke away from his hand, raised his hand to unbutton his coat, then put his hand under the hem of his sweater, and put it on his heart through a layer of shirt , Zimang was released slowly.

Kong Que was stunned.

Cheng Xiu and Huang Tao who rushed over were also stunned.

The shocked researchers around were also stunned.

Bai Han, who had just been rescued from between the wooden walls by the security guards and entered the door with the cage in his arms, was also stunned.

There was silence inside and outside the door, and time seemed to freeze.

Kong Que stared blankly at Di Chu, the chest held by him continued to heat up, and a gentle force penetrated the skin towards the heart, and then spread throughout the body through the heart.

He could clearly feel that with the spread of this soft power, the sealed power in his body began to move around, clamoring to wrap up Di Chu's power and keep it forever.

The feeling of the totem flickering was so clear, he suddenly came back to his senses, and hurriedly pulled out Di Chu's hand, and when he spoke, his voice was inexplicably hoarse: "What are you doing?"

"I will imprint you, this can protect you." After the imprint was completed, Di Chu withdrew his hand and looked at his palm suspiciously. "Kong Que, your body is a bit strange. I sensed the fluctuation of power."

At the end of the imprint, a force suddenly emerged from Kong Que's body, rubbing against him, trying to entangle him, a little tired, but not hostile.

But Kong Que was obviously just an ancient human being without cultivation, so there shouldn't be any power in his body.

Kong Que's heart tightened when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "Yes...it's my elder brother. He was afraid that something would happen to me, so he put a layer of protection in my body."

Is it Kong Lan?

Di Chu still felt that something was wrong, but he didn't have time to think about it now, so he frowned and asked, "What are those things outside? Are they mutated animals and plants? Why does it still smell like human blood?"

He came late, and he only saw the vine tentacles all over the sky. Before he saw them, he had broken a layer of human skin, so he was puzzled by this.

Mentioning this, Kong Que also lost his mind, shook his head and said no, then turned on the optical brain and called Dean Zheng, Kong Lan, and Baili respectively, and then walked outside with Di Chu.

When passing by Bai Han, Di Chu turned his head and glanced at him - he sensed the breath of those two gluttonous kingfishers.

Kong Que noticed his gaze, followed him, and belatedly remembered that his kingfisher son was still on Bai Han's body, hurried over to take the cage from Bai Han's hands, and handed it over to him Huang Tao hugged.

Seeing this, Di Chu withdrew his gaze from Bai Han.

A group of people went out of the gate, and Bai Han stood there stupidly until he could no longer see their figures before recovering, annoyed and confused: "Just take it away? Without saying a word? Who is that little guy?" ..."

……

The tentacles and vines inside the wooden wall are still twisting and moving. They are quite strong, and they actually opened a few cracks in the wooden wall. The security guards stood around the wooden wall, carefully repairing the wooden wall with their own strength. At the cracks in the wall, I dare not touch them directly.

Dichu built a ladder for Kong Que so that he could go up the wall easily.

A group of people stood still on the top of the wall. Kong Que frowned tightly when he saw the vines and tentacles below.

"What are they?" Di Chu stood in front of him to protect him, reinforced the wooden wall, and asked back.

Kong Que replied: "They are the most common mutated plants and mutated animals now, but just now they all came out of the human body." Moreover, at the beginning, these mutated animals and plants obviously had a clear goal, and they came straight at him. Come, but now there is no response to him.

There are oddities.

Di Chu frowned, turned around and searched for the bottom of the vines and tentacles, and soon saw a layer of bloody human skin under a certain vine, his expression tensed.

"Don't look." Kong Que also saw these bloody things, raised his hand to block Di Chu's sight, and pulled him down: "Wait for the investigation team to come over."

……

The institute was sealed off, and all witnesses were left behind.

The investigation team arrived quickly. After a brief understanding of the situation, they used hypnotic spray and softener to restrict the movement of the tentacles and vines in the wooden wall, and then carefully covered them with a protective cover. Only then did Di Chu remove the wooden wall. wall.

Everyone finally got a close look at the vines and tentacles, and at the same time, what was underneath them.

"These vines actually grow on people, people...vomit..." A researcher couldn't bear the stimulation, turned around and ran to the side to vomit.

Kong Que looked solemn, and said to Baili: "Turn them on and off separately, be careful, and try not to destroy their integrity."

Baili also couldn't stand this terrible scene, so he responded and told the team members to get busy.

Di Chu stood aside and carefully observed a certain mutated plant on the outside. His eyes swept over the human corpse entangled in its roots. The purple awn trembled in his hand, but the plant did not move, only a drop of blood floated from the corpse.

He withdrew his strength, the blood fell silently, merged into the ground, and disappeared.

The bloodline is single, which is different from the situation of Shi Dongxin and others. Di Chu thought about it.

Not long after, Dean Zheng and Kong Lan also came, and after that, all the heads of the security protection departments in the Central District also came. People in various uniforms gathered around the yard, busy coming and going with solemn faces.

Everyone was in a bad mood. The researcher was attacked at the gate of his house. The attacker was still a security guard who had been screened layer by layer. The security guard finally turned into such a strange appearance. The situation is too weird. This year seems to be It's hard.

……

After Di Chu finished his preliminary notes, he was arranged to rest in the lounge.

In the spacious lounge, there were already a few witnesses who had just been questioned, and everyone looked shocked. He glanced at the crowd and saw that there was no acquaintance, so he found a corner and sat, holding his backpack, thinking thing of the day.

"What's your relationship with Kong Que?"

A strange voice suddenly sounded beside him, Di Chu turned his head to look, and saw a strange man with brown hair and gray eyes sitting on the seat next to him at some point, looking at him appreciatively.

impolite.

Dichu ignored him.

Bai Han's expression began to change again, but he seemed to be used to being ignored, so he paused for a while, then insisted on talking: "My name is Bai Han, and I'm Kong Que's college classmate."

Di Chu turned his gaze back to him, looked him up and down, and came to a conclusion—this man was not as good-looking as Kong Que, nor as young as Kong Que.

Seeing Emperor Chu looking at him, Bai Han hurriedly continued: "You just saved me, thank you."

"Just by the way." Di Chu didn't notice his hostility, and his attitude became a little more kind, "I'm Di Chu, Kong Que's friend."

Bai Han is obviously a person who is not good at chatting and watching the atmosphere, and then asked: "What type of friend?"

Di Chu frowned: "A friend is a friend, is there a type?"

Bai Han: "There are many types of friends, ordinary friends, close friends, friends who seem to be close but have a bad relationship, wine and meat friends, bosom friends...these can all be called friends, which one are you and Kong Que? "

Di Chu was baffled by his answer.

So there are so many kinds of friends?

Seeing that he didn't answer, Bai Han continued on his own: "I think you are very close friends...very close."

Di Chu didn't go around anymore, and nodded: "Well, your opinion is right." He and Kong Que should be very close, since they celebrated the New Year together.

"Then can you help me get closer to Kong Que?" Bai Han asked immediately.

Dichu: "?"

"He misunderstood me a bit." Bai Han's gray eyes were stained with embarrassment, "I really want to compare him in research results, but I don't mean to be an enemy of him. The rumors outside are too much. Exaggerating, I wish he and I were friends and foes, a relationship that allows us to make progress together."

Di Chu understood: "You want to be friends with Kong Que."

"...It can be said so. In fact, I came back this time because I wanted to talk to him about something, but he didn't want to talk to me at all, and even avoided me." Bai Han looked at Di Chu, "Can you help me?" ?"

Di Chu turned on the optical brain.

Bai Han thought he refused, and became anxious again: "I can give you money! Or I can give you other things, as long as you want."

Di Chu sent a message to Kong Que, then looked at Bai Han and said, "Kong Que will be here soon."

Bai Han: "I can really give you... huh?"

"Come and talk to you about what you want to talk about."

Bai Han: "Ah..." So simple?

Two minutes later, Kong Que opened the door and entered the lounge. Seeing Di Chu and Bai Han sitting together, he quickly approached with a sullen face, and said condescendingly to Bai Han, "Don't harass Di Chu, what do you want to talk to me about?" ?”

Bo Han didn't expect it to happen, and suddenly felt a sense of unreality like a dream, he got up and seized the opportunity and said: "My research results have been stolen, it has been half a year, it is a discarded research result, I want to confirm it Your whereabouts, you have a lot of connections, I want to ask you for help."

Kong Que: "You look for this—"

"I found it, it's useless!" Bai Han suddenly grabbed his arm, glanced at the others in the lounge, and said in a low voice, "I suspect that my research results were stolen by people from the Anti-Hunter Association, but no one Trust me, Kong Que, only you can help me now."

Kong Que frowned and asked, "What is your stolen research achievement?"

Bo Han suddenly showed hesitation, but after hesitating for less than two seconds, he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Ancient humans evolved."

Kong Que's expression changed, and he held back when he wanted to say something. He frowned and shook off his hand. He glanced at the eyes of other people in the lounge, suppressed his temper, and said, "Find me at my house tomorrow."

After speaking, he bent down and grabbed Di Chu's arm, leading him to walk outside.

Bai Han suddenly shouted: "Kong Que, you are my enemy for life! I want to defeat you!"

Kong Que paused, endured the "crazy disease" that was about to blurt out, and left with Di Chu without looking back.

Bang, the lounge door shuts.

Bai Han heaved a sigh of relief and sat down on the sofa.

The other researchers saw the interaction between the two, and their emotions were complicated—Bai Han really came back to compete with Mr. Kong for status, the research institute is really going to change.

……

The investigation was handed over to the investigation team and relevant departments, and Kong Que brought Di Chu home.

The two of them were thinking about things along the way, and the car was very quiet.

The hover car stopped in front of the small villa, Kong Que got off the car first, then turned to look at Di Chu, finally summoned up his courage, and said, "Di Chu, what happened that day, I'm sorry, forget it, I will treat you well friend's."

This is the decision he made after several days of hard thinking. Di Chu is timid. If he continues to approach, he may completely scare Di Chu away, so he can only retreat and return to the relationship of friends for the time being. Repair the relationship between the two of them, and wait for Dichu to let go of the knot, and then slowly figure it out.

Di Chu recovered from his contemplation, looked at Kong Que, glanced at his face that was much more haggard than the previous few days, got off the station and walked up to him, and stuffed the backpack into his arms: "Here you are."

Kong Que didn't understand what he meant. He lowered his head and opened the backpack, and saw that there was another pile of ancient plants inside: "This is..."

"The compensation I promised to give you before." Di Chu explained, seeing him bow his head, he took another step forward, let him look into his eyes, and said seriously, "Kong Que, you don't have to tell me you're sorry, you Just drunk, I don't care."

Kong Que's smile was a bit bitter: "I will drink less in the future."

"It's best not to drink."

"Then don't drink."

The two looked at each other, Dichu suddenly took a step forward, leaned over to rub Kong Que's face with his feet, and said in a relaxed voice, "I knew you didn't bite on purpose."

Kong Que was stunned by him, feeling the smooth touch on his face, smelling the warm fragrance from the other person, his heart skipped a beat, and he stretched out his hand to hug him, his voice tremblingly: "Di Chu..."

However, Di Chu had already moved away, and gestured to the backpack in his arms, "Let's deal with these ancient plants first. I brought them back as soon as I found them. They haven't wilted too much."

Kong Que's hand froze, and then slowly withdrew it. Looking at Di Chu's face, fearing that he would do something out of line again, he hurriedly left with his backpack in his hands.

……

In the middle of the night, Kong Que suddenly sat up from the bed, and belatedly grasped the point: "I knew you didn't bite on purpose? Biting? Not kissing?"

At the breakfast table the next day, Kong Que, who hadn't had a good night's sleep, looked carefully at Di Chu's expression, and tentatively asked, "I was drunk that day... Did it hurt you?"

Di Chu shook his head: "It doesn't hurt, you just took a light bite." After talking about something, he asked a little embarrassedly, "I hit you on the back of the neck that day, did it hurt?"

Kong Que was a little confused.

It's really a bite, not a kiss.

In other words, his mind was not broken at all.

"It doesn't hurt." He barely controlled his almost distorted expression, and smiled stiffly, "Then you left that night because I was frightened?"

Di Chu glanced to the side, and said, "No... I was planning to go to Area E to find ancient plants."

To lie is to be intimidated.

Kong Que's mood seemed to be on a roller coaster, and he continued to ask: "Where did I bite you that day? The face? Or the ear?"

Di Chu began to feel itchy throat again, moved his body, and pointed to his inconspicuous Adam's apple: "No, it's here." He didn't really want to talk about it with Kong Que, it felt weird.

"Neck?" Kong Que was a little disappointed.

Why didn't he bite the ambiguous place while he was drunk.

Di Chu hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Well...the bite is not heavy, so you don't have to worry too much."

It was really the neck, Kong Que was completely disappointed, his eyes swept over Di Chu's white and tender neck, disappointment turned into longing again.

Bite here seems to be good, the neck is already very ambiguous.

Just at this time, Di Chu swallowed a mouthful of the meat bun, and the small Adam's apple rolled out not so obviously.

After Kong Que saw it, he couldn't help rolling his Adam's apple, fearing that Di Chu would find out, so he hurriedly picked up the coffee as a cover, his lips touched the rim of the cup, a blurry image suddenly flashed in his mind, the smooth taste of coffee on the tip of his tongue , turned into another intoxicating...

"Puff—cough cough cough cough..."

He was choked by the coffee, and the blood rushed straight to his forehead. Looking at Di Chu, he raised his voice: "I bit yours, yours..." His eyes fell on Di Chu's small Adam's apple unconsciously, and he licked it with the tip of his tongue. The feeling of passing through that piece of skin was suddenly clear, and the blood and heat quickly rushed three inches below the navel.

He froze, then stood up from the chair abruptly, and walked upstairs quickly.

Di Chu watched him leave in a daze, and frowned in confusion: "What's wrong?"

……

After taking a cold shower and calling for Yashi to pluck out a few bird feathers, Kong Que finally calmed down and came back to life. He changed into handsome clothes, and with a perfect smile on his face, he went downstairs with ease. .

Downstairs, Di Chu was crouching on the hanging basket chair and tossing his brain, asking when Fei Ye would come over.

Kong Que leaned over, tentatively stretched out his hand to touch his head, and asked, "What are your plans for today? Do you want to go outside?"

Di Chu didn't respond much to his touch, and replied naturally: "I don't want to go out, Fei Ye is coming over today."

Cracks appeared on Kong Que's perfect smile: "Is he coming today?"

"Well, it's already on the way." Di Chu looked at him sideways, "He said he brought you a gift."

Kong Que's smile disappeared: "...he has a heart."

……

Half an hour later, Fei Ye arrived, along with Bai Han who came according to the agreement, and Bai Li who came to discuss things with Kong Que.

The three parties gathered at the door, looking at each other, and a strange atmosphere spread.

The gate of the courtyard opened suddenly, and Cheng Xiu appeared behind the door: "You three, please follow me."

The three of them immediately restrained their minds and stepped into the gate of the courtyard.

Kong Que took Di Chuhou to the entrance of the reception building, and when the three arrived, they moved into the warm and comfortable living room together.

This time, the person serving tea for everyone became Huang Tao, and the original aunt was sent away to some unknown place.

After some greetings and introductions, Di Chu took Fei Ye away.

After the two left, Kong Que put down his teacup, looked at Bai Han and said, "Clarify what you didn't finish yesterday."

"Explain what?" Baili couldn't help interjecting, turning his gaze between them, full of suspicion, "Aren't you competitors, when are you close enough to visit?"

Bai Han emphasized: "I am an enemy and a friend with Kong Que!"

Baili twitched the corner of his mouth: "...Oh."

Kong Que resisted the urge to throw Bai Han out: "Let's get down to business."

The three of them started talking about business, Kong Que first briefly mentioned to Baili what Bai Han said yesterday, and then asked Bai Han to explain in detail.

Bai Han said: "I found out about the theft of the research results two months ago. The environment of the SV planet is dangerous. One of the assistants I brought there suddenly fell ill and fell into a coma. The research results I discarded half a year ago were destroyed according to regulations, but sold to others."

Baili asked, "Where is that sick assistant now?"

"The sick assistant died." Bai Han clenched his teacup tightly, his expression turned a little pale, "I immediately notified the nearest government army stationed and reported the incident, but the result of their investigation was My assistant died of natural causes. The research results have actually been destroyed, but the assistant made a mistake in recording. At that time, I approved the investigation and thought it was possible that there was a possibility of wrong records. Until a month later, another assistant of mine also died of illness. Afterwards, I learned that another researcher who was accompanying to destroy the research results also died unexpectedly, three people died in a row, and all of them were related to the research results, I had to doubt it.”

This situation is indeed very wrong, Baili is thoughtful.

Kong Que asked, "How did you suspect the Anti-Hunter Association?"

Bai Han took a sip of tea, but the warm tea couldn't warm his cold body at all: "I decided to come back immediately after I found out that something was wrong, and on the way back, I encountered a total of three waves of hunters and killers. The powerful hunter group and I took the same route, I may have died long ago. But you know, the three waves of hunters and killers, such a targeted attack, I immediately reported to my superiors after I came back, and the answer given to me was that I The being hunted down is just the anti-social action of the hunter-killer to randomly harm important researchers."

Baili quickly asked: "Who did you report? There should be an investigation team to investigate this kind of researcher being hunted down by hunters and killers."

"My file is attached to the research room of the Hunter College. The investigation team directly under the college is responsible for the safety of our researchers." Bai Han held the teacup tightly, trying to draw some warmth from it, "Come over to contact me at that time. The person in question is Tang Junsong, and he did bring people over to investigate, but nothing was found."

Tang Junsong is a well-known person. He is an old-fashioned and upright person. He is at the same level as him, and his family has some background. He is in charge of all the investigations against hunters and killers in another area.

Baili said objectively: "Bai Han, up to now, you have no direct evidence to prove that you were hunted down because the Anti-Hunter Association wanted to kill you because it stole your research results. Actually To be honest, Kong Que has also been hunted down by hunters and killers several times in the past six months. There is indeed a certain possibility of random damage when you are attacked. I think that your research results may have been stolen or sold, but It’s not necessarily related to the Anti-Hunter Association, we shouldn’t make such an arbitrary conclusion.”

Bai Han became anxious: "No, I'm really sure—"

"Calm down." Kong Que signaled him to be calm, and asked, "What is the specific content of your stolen research results? Which direction is the evolution of ancient humans?"

Mentioning this, Bai Han calmed down, took another sip of tea, and replied with difficulty: "The content of my research is... on the compatibility of genes between ancient humans and mutant animals and plants."

Kong Que's expression became ugly: "I remember this is a research direction that was abandoned hundreds of years ago."

"I know, I just wanted to try...but I succeeded." Bai Han defended himself.

Kong Que: "Successful? Did you conduct human experiments?"

"No." Bai Han's voice became more and more difficult, "I have successfully tried it on alien creatures. The genes of different creatures can indeed be integrated, but the result is very tragic. It is difficult for the two parties to coexist peacefully. A situation where one side cannibalize the other."

Hearing this sudden change of expression, Baili looked at Bai Han in disbelief, then looked at Kong Que in a dazed and stupid way, and said, "What a coincidence...Kong Que, those vines and tentacles were checked out yesterday. Yes, through investigation, it has been determined that they all grow on the body of the security guard, and all the mutant characteristics of the security guard are swallowed by the mutant animals and plants that grow on their body, and become the nourishment for their growth."

As soon as these words came out, the room fell completely silent, and Bai Han staggered to his feet, trembling uncontrollably: "You mean, it was caused by me and my research results? I killed those security guards? "

No one answered. It was clearly a warm room, but everyone felt a faint chill in their bodies.

……

Di Chu withdrew his strength from staying in the guest building, and frowned.

Fei Ye looked at him suspiciously: "What were you doing just now?"

"Eavesdropping."

Feiye twitched, and asked, "What did you hear?"

Di Chu's lips opened and closed, and he uttered a few soft words: "The dove occupies the magpie's nest."

……

Kong Que suddenly became busy, going out before dawn every day, returning home very late, and sometimes not even returning home, obviously living under the same roof as Di Chu, but couldn't even speak a word every day.

Fei Ye was speechless, and even felt a little sympathetic to Kong Que.

It's too hard for the researcher, he's still so busy after Chinese New Year.

Di Chu could probably guess what Kong Que was up to, so he didn't ask much.

In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve, and Kong Que was still very busy. Di Chu followed the crowd and held a live broadcast of New Year's celebrations, drawing a few congratulatory pictures for everyone.

Seeing that the background of the live broadcast had changed, the audience asked Di Chu if he had changed his new residence.

Di Chu shook his head honestly, wanting to say that he was at Kong Que's house, just as he opened his mouth, Fei Ye suddenly coughed loudly, and interrupted him with the reason that the live broadcast should not last too long because the New Year's Eve dinner was going to be made later.

Di Chu didn't doubt that there was him, so he restrained his mind and continued to draw. After finishing the painting, he sent a New Year red envelope to the audience, and then turned off the live broadcast.

Feiye breathed a sigh of relief.

Di Chu packed up his painting utensils, glanced at Fei Ye, thought for a while and asked, "Fei Ye, do you want to participate in the tower battle?"

Fei Ye: "Huh? I can't participate. I won't be able to reach the C level before October."

"I can get it." Di Chu's tone was very firm, "If you want to participate, I'll help you get promoted to C-level before October."

Fei Ye was shocked: "I can't play in the arena, how are you going to help me?"

"Research institutes around the world have issued long-term rewards for finding ancient plants, and the points reward is very high. I will take you to find ancient plants. It will take more than eight months to fill up."

Fei Ye thought a little bit in his heart, and raised his hand to wipe his face: "Di Chu, can you stop calling ancient plants like wild vegetables in the field, how many years have passed since the end of the world, how can ancient plants be so easy to find. "

Di Chu looked serious: "It's easy to find, I have a special method."

Summarizing the experience of searching for ancient plants these few times, he has found that most of the ancient plants grow near the caves and lairs where the monster race once lived. The larger the cave and the stronger the barrier, the more ancient plants survived.

He knows the locations of several relatively large demon habitats, and he will definitely gain something if he goes to those places to have a look.

Seeing that he was so confident, Fei Ye hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, then I'll leave it to you." There is a certain danger in the tower battle, if possible, he really wants to go in with Di Chu.

"Let's set off after that year, and go to District J first." Di Chu turned on the optical brain and began to draw the road map.

Fei Ye hurriedly moved over to calculate with him.

So when Kong Que finally finished his work and returned home, what greeted him was the news that he would leave Area A soon after Emperor Chu.

The smile on his face broke: "Where are you going?"

"Go and help Fei Ye upgrade." Di Chu naturally went over and rubbed his face that was frozen by the cold wind, helped him take off the things he was carrying, and comforted him, "Don't worry, if I find the ancient plants, I will It is sent to you first, you remember to ask the research institute to reward Feiye with a little more points."

Kong Que turned his head to look at Fei Ye, his eyes were sharp, as if he was looking at a wild man who abducted his wife.

Fei Ye twitched the corner of his mouth at him, feeling a little embarrassed in his heart, it's not a very honorable thing to be dragged to upgrade by a junior.

Kong Que looked down at Di Chu again, and blurted out a sentence: "I'll go with you!"

"Aren't you busy?" Di Chu wondered.

Kong Que: "..." Busy, we have to prepare for the release of new achievements and general listing after the next year, and Bai Han's mess has not been completely cleaned up yet.

For the first time, he regretted that he chose the busy career of researcher.