Chapter 96 Mayfly
Someone died at the research institute. I'm wondering if it would be okay to report the incident to you?
"What? You said someone died?"
Chu Bai was also startled. He was disguised as a cleaner in the warehouse on the first basement floor of the research institute. He didn't care about anything else at the moment, threw down the broom and ran to the hall.
"We're in the pharmacy. Four people died here, including Zhong Xin, who was the prime suspect."
In fact, Yu Miaomiao and Lu An had discussed the target with Chu Bai before they came. After several days of contact and tracking, Chu Bai temporarily ruled out Ye Jian as a suspect. Of the other seven academicians, only one had a research direction related to biochemistry.
It refers to the deceased Zhongxin.
He was initially the prime suspect, but suddenly he became the victim.
Chu Bai stood in front of the corpse, looking at the bizarre way it died. He didn't react much; soldiers had seen far more bloody scenes on the battlefield.
When was it discovered?
"Just fifteen minutes ago, we were about to hand in the herbal medicine task when the door was locked from the inside. After forcibly opening the door, this is what we saw."
Chu Bai quickly contacted Chen Haohua, and soon a group of people arrived and took the body away. Looking at Chu Bai and Chen Haohua's nonchalant expressions, Yu Miaomiao suddenly had a bold guess.
"Is this not the first time you've seen a corpse like this?"
Standing next to Chu Bai, Yu Miaomiao noticed that everyone around her was focused on the scene, so she asked in a very soft voice.
Chu Bai remained silent, only nodding slightly.
Lu An also came over. She noticed that the two of them had been whispering behind her back lately. Could it be that her brother was trying to steal her best friend away?
"Tell me what you're saying."
Yu Miaomiao decided to play along and whispered a few words in Lu An's ear, causing Lu An's face to gradually darken.
One thing after another has happened in the underground city recently, and the news has been blocked to avoid causing panic. In fact, this is the fourteenth group of people who have died since the earthquake.
Almost every day, such bizarrely deceased corpses are discovered, and they are all personnel who are very important to the base.
Even Liu Yao is now under military protection, with guards patrolling her home 24 hours a day.
The flying insect crisis isn't over yet, and the base's underground city is now relying on the apothecary to quickly produce medicine to treat patients. But now, the apothecary has to stop production.
Yu Miaomiao only learned this information when she and the others left the pharmacy to talk to Chu Bai alone.
"I really thank you for keeping this from us for so long. If I had known this mission was so risky, I wouldn't have gotten involved."
"This is classified information, and we cannot disclose it to outsiders without permission. I also did not expect that this murder would affect the research institute so quickly."
"Never mind, it's all work, I understand. But why are you suddenly telling me this now?"
But she's in a dilemma now. With no one to testify against him, it seems like Li Yi's case is going to become a permanent unsolved mystery.
"Because we need to consolidate the cases. We have discovered that these deceased individuals and Li Yi share the same genetic mutation."
"Wait a minute. Li Yi, you've never done any genetic testing, so how come..." Li Yi is in her space, and the officials of their dungeon have never asked her to have her blood drawn for a test or anything like that.
"Genetic information fragments can be extracted from his mucus; there's no need to draw blood." Ye Jian pushed open the door and sat down next to Chu Bai and Chen Haohua. "To be honest, you suspected me before, didn't you?"
"Yes." Now that it's out in front of me, there's no point in hiding it. "But I found out a long time ago that it wasn't you, and I also found out that you were investigating that matter. I knew Yang Silu was an old fox who wouldn't put all his eggs in one basket."
"Ahem... watch your words."
Chu Bai kept glancing at the white wall behind Yu Miaomiao, and Yu Miaomiao knew what he meant: "Chief Yang must have his own deep plans."
"Now is not the time to chat. I have a rough guess and need to verify it." Yu Miaomiao didn't want to waste any more time. "Ye Jian, you have to take us to your and Hang Song's dormitory."
Ye Jian wasn't surprised; a hint of appreciation even appeared on his face. But then his face darkened, and he roared at Yu Miaomiao, "You still suspect me and want to search my office? Let me tell you, no way!"
This room isn't soundproof; the point is to have someone overhear you.
Wow, you can switch between these two personas so easily!
The remaining three looked pleasantly surprised, because Ye Jian left behind a key when he turned to leave.
As night fell, a figure carrying a box returned to the house, turned on the light, and saw Yu Miaomiao sitting on the sofa in his room.
"How come... something's not right?"
The man was a little nervous; he sensed that something was wrong.
"What's wrong? How come I'm here instead of being caught red-handed in Ye Jian's office?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I don't understand."
Hang Song kept retreating, preparing to escape from his dormitory. Just as he turned to run out, he bumped into Chu Bai.
"Teacher Hang, where are you going so late?"
"What...what do you mean?"
"Of course we're here to ask you to cooperate with the investigation, since Dr. Ye has already given everything..."
Chu Bai responded vaguely, but reached out to grab Hang Song's arm.
Hang Song no longer listened to the two men's stalling answers. The veins on his arm bulged, and a sharp tentacle pierced through his skin along his blood vessels, heading straight for Chu Bai's face.
Hang Song then transformed into a bizarre and disgusting insect, leaping onto the eaves of the dormitory.
"Mayfly, although it has mutated, you can still see some similarities." Yu Miaomiao observed the insect, which was the same size as a human. Although its face was that of Hang Song, its body and tentacles were simply a mutated version of a mayfly.
"You're not reconciled, are you? You have superpowers, yet you can't escape the laws of biology. You only have one day to live, born in the morning and dying at dusk..."
"How could I accept this... I finally found a way to evolve, but I only have one day, no, only a few hours to live. I still have so much to do..."
Mayflies are creatures with a very short lifespan; even the relatively resilient ones cannot survive more than 7 days.
"The length of one's life cannot be used to define the meaning of one's life. You chose a bizarre path to gain superpowers, so it's not surprising that you ended up like this."
The flying insects in the underground city, the bizarre deaths of those people who turned into plants, and Li Yi's strange transformation—these were all inhuman and perverse experiments conducted by Hang Song.
His ultimate goal was to become a powerful superhuman, but he failed.