The city's only Level 3 lab is located on the edge of the city.
Fortunately, the city is not too big, and the relative distance is not too far.
Ge Xiu had already memorized the path to the laboratory in the daytime. Under the cover of night, he flexibly shuttled between alleys and street corners, and cleverly used the fast shuttles on the main roads of the city. One end of the city came to the other.
The laboratory at night was dark and the outside door was closed, looking lifeless.
However, Ge Xiu can clearly see the densely distributed detection and monitoring instruments. In his eyes, the low light reflected by those high-precision monitoring devices in the air is like a rat scurrying in the night. It is as clear and distinct in the eyes of a cat.
Like a silent shadow, the pitch-black kitten leaped into the building swiftly and flexibly.
Its movements are so sharp, it perfectly avoids all monitoring facilities, and does not make a single sound, and the layers of security measures in the laboratory are like nothing in front of it.
Ge Xiu first destroyed the surveillance video in the laboratory from the inside.
After confirming that he could not be photographed, he intruded into the main space of the laboratory along the ventilation duct.
The black kitten jumped down lightly, its slender tail kept its balance, and the pads under its feet minimized the impact of landing, and gracefully landed on the experimental table.
Ge Xiu paced in front of the testing equipment, carefully took the metal sample he hid at the root of his teeth, bit through the bag, and then skillfully operated the machine to test the relevant properties of the metal.
Soon, the test results came out.
Ge Xiu dragged the test sheet to his eyes with his claws, his green cat pupils flickered in the darkness, scanning the data above ten lines at a time.
As he imagined, this unknown material is extremely radioactive.
However, what Ge Xiu did not expect is that although this material is indeed artificially synthesized, in fact, to be precise, it is a reworked product created by artificial reversal of existing substances at the molecular level. The most primitive source on the level is…
Looking at the data displayed at the bottom of the long test sheet, Ge Xiu was slightly taken aback.
This element symbol... For some reason, he felt a little inexplicably familiar.
Ge Xiu jumped off the testing table and turned on one of the computers in the laboratory. His fluffy paws skillfully tapped the keyboard, and a series of information instantly jumped out on the computer screen that was automatically connected to the Internet.
He stared intently at the screen that lit up in front of him, and the characters scrolling on the computer were reflected in the depths of his pupils.
This substance is a newly developed new type of energy. A few micrograms can release high-efficiency clean energy comparable to nuclear energy, and it is easy to develop and store. Its appearance is a huge sensation, setting off a new industry. The revolution has been widely used in people's production and life since then. It can be said that its existence has reshaped the face of the whole world and is indispensable to the whole world.
And this world is almost comparable to the energy weapon technology of the high-tech starship era, and its essence is derived from the development of this new type of energy.
And the war between the lycanthropes and humans seventy years ago, the reason why humans won was closely related to the research and development of these weapons.
Ge Xiu squatted in front of the computer, his fluffy cat face was serious, and the pointed ears on the top of his head trembled slightly.
- It always feels like something is not quite right.
So, he began to follow this clue, traced the source, and began to dig deeper into the details.
Finally, Ge Xiu found the clue.
The birth of this new type of energy is actually far earlier than the war that subverted the rules of the world. Sixty years ago, there was a laboratory that reported the results of related energy experiments. The research room of the energy experiment was directly closed without warning, and all the archives were sealed, but Ge Xiu was still able to find out a steady stream of funds being allocated to and from the account.
Fifty-eight years ago, it all came to an abrupt end.
There's nothing to find, whether it's the new energy program, the closed lab, or the money allocated from the finance department.
Ge Xiu sifted through the vast database, and finally found clues in a violation report fifty-nine years ago.
The violation report has been deleted, and he managed to get the mutilated version of the report after restoring and restoring the original file.
This is a violation detection report issued to a multinational company. Eighty percent of the content has been destroyed, but it can still be seen that it reports an incident of the company's large-scale use of undeclared energy.
The international relations in this world are far more complex than the previous world. The competition among the great powers is fierce, especially when it comes to energy. It can be said that whoever can master new and efficient energy will master the lifeline of the world economy.
And the company mentioned in the violation report is the leading company in the large international strategic plan in the country where Ge Xiu is currently located. Although it belongs to the state in name, it is managed by private individuals.
In the year when the violation report was signed, Ge Xiu found out that the company's stock price was on the rise, rapidly increasing its market share...
Three months later, lycanthropes began to appear around the world.
Gexiu compared the company's trade routes with the regions where the first lycanthropes appeared, and unsurprisingly found a 95 percent overlap between the two.
Everything came to light and the truth came out.
The country desperately needs a new energy source to gain the upper hand in the fierce competition, and the laboratory, although successfully completed, was shut down due to a huge flaw in it - and this flaw is likely to be related to its release of radiation and human genetic variation. The correlation between - according to current data, the amount of such variation is about 5%.
However, one of the companies used this unsafe new energy source and used them widely in production.
The lycanthropes mutated by radiation have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
In order to prevent being held accountable, the state did not choose to expose and punish, but decided to seal the truth.
However, everything gradually went out of control. The war between the beasts and humans broke out, and humans gradually fell behind. Therefore, in order to prevent the further deterioration of the situation, the government had to use new energy to conduct weapons research, and this energy also entered people's vision and life.
After the war, it gradually became indispensable until people could no longer leave the new energy source.
But the sealed secrets can't stand exposure.
So the government has to go the other way—they work out the substances that reverse this radiation at the molecular level, and identify changes in groups that are susceptible to being mutated by radiation, and forcibly assign collars to those people , in this way to maintain social stability and hide their fatal mistakes under greed and selfishness.
It was a purely man-made disaster.
Ge Xiu's eyes sank, and he subconsciously lowered his head and licked his paws.
Things have developed to this point, and research on the follow-up closure must be more urgent.
Ge Xiu jumped on the keyboard and checked the domestic research institutes that are still researching new energy projects - the laboratory he is currently in is impressively among them.
He blinked, beginning to wonder how far they had come now.
So, Ge Xiu began to hack into the laboratory's database.
It was much less difficult to operate inside the laboratory, and in less than five minutes, the door to the database opened unsuspectingly in front of him.
Ge Xiu quickly located relevant research projects.
He quickly scanned the data and research results in front of him, and couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.
Clearly, it has now been discovered that this artificial reversal of radiation in the collar is not permanent.
Now that new energy is widely popularized, it can indeed temporarily suppress the genetic variation of susceptible people, but it is accompanied by endless negative effects.
It shortens the lifespan of the wearer over time.
To make matters worse, as the human body gradually develops resistance to the radiation it releases, the effect of the collar will gradually become weaker and weaker, and the wearer will gradually lose his mind and act more and more according to his own instinctual desires. After some wearers are completely transformed into beasts, their transformation will no longer be limited by day and night, but will maintain the most destructive state, venting their original anger to the outside world endlessly.
So the lab submitted a plan to the state.
About how to get the lycanthrope cleaned out once and for all.
However, this plan is obviously a top secret, and Gexiu cannot access it.
Ge Xiu turned his head and glanced at the clock in the laboratory. There was only half an hour left before sunrise, and he had to leave within this time.
He began to quickly clean up his mess, erasing all traces of his past.
At this moment, his hind legs accidentally swept a stack of folders, kicked its buckles open, and the snow-white pieces of paper were scattered on the table in an instant.
Ge Xiu turned around and began to use his claws to return the stack of documents.
At this moment, his eyes caught a familiar photo on the folder.
The stern-faced man looked towards the direction of the camera. The deep-faced face was covered with shadows, making it blurry and distant. A pair of dark eyes were hidden under the sharp eyebrows, like a snow-white blade tearing through the darkness, wild, icy, Danger.
Gossi was taken aback.
This is... Shen Boyan.
He pulled out the document with his claws, only to find that 90% of the content on it had been blacked out, and it was almost impossible to obtain any particularly important information.
except...
The bright red and huge "MISSING" is printed on the photo, and the date is clear below.
- This is a photo taken fifty years ago.
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Ge Xiu left the laboratory and ran in the bright sky.
Sunrise is not far away.
He casually found a resting clothing store, and quietly got into the dark storefront.
Twenty minutes later, the first ray of morning light pierced the sky, dispelling the cold and dark night.
Ge Xiu randomly found a piece of clothing from the clothing store and put it on, skillfully hiding his tail and ears.
He slipped out through the back door and returned to Chen Ziyan's apartment.
Using his newly bought laptop, Ghosh began to search the Internet for everything related to the war started by the lycanthropes fifty years ago.
But he found that except for some innocuous and insignificant content, nothing else could be searched, as if it had been systematically erased and sealed.
In addition, Ge Xiu also discovered some bizarre wounding incidents reported in social news in recent months.
It seems that the consequences of the gradual weakening of the collar's role are showing up little by little.
The whole day passed quietly.
Ge Xiu didn't realize that he had been immersed in his own world for too long until he found himself suddenly shrunk and turned into a cat again.
He broke free from the clothes piled on him, then left the room through the gap in the window, and ran towards Shen Boyan's apartment.
Although he has not completely sorted out a clear and systematic conclusion, if Ge Xiu's guess is correct...
That Shen Boyan is not a potential beast, but a human who has been beast, and the impact of the collar on him is completely unknown.
Ge Xiu raised his head and stared at Shen Boyan's pitch-black window, feeling that his mood was a little confused.
Don't be influenced.
he told himself.
Ge Xiu skillfully jumped onto the window sill and found that the gap in the window that he left before he left was still there.
The room was dark, and the windows reflected the light outside so brilliantly that he could barely see the inside of the room.
Ge Xiu drilled into the gap.
He jumped lightly to the ground, barely making a sound.
But at this moment, he heard a man's low voice in the darkness:
"You're back."
Ge Xiu was startled and looked vigilantly in the direction of the voice, only to see Shen Boyan sitting in the darkness, staring at himself with his eyes down:
"This time you were away for more than twenty-four hours."
His voice was slightly rough and hoarse, and the low vibration spread in the air, plucking people's heartstrings.
Shen Boyan sounded unexpectedly calm.
But in that calm, there seemed to be some kind of intense, dangerous, uneasy vortex and undercurrent, circling beneath the calm water.
"I thought you left."
Shen Boyan raised his eyes.
Ge Xiu suddenly noticed that the color of the other party's eyes was an almost strange scarlet.
He couldn't help but be slightly startled.
Ge Xiu subconsciously took two steps back, his brain spinning rapidly.
This... Could this be one of the side effects of the collar
A gradual loss of sanity and control, and an increasing submission to instinctual impulses and desires.
Shen Boyan stood up and walked slowly towards Ge Xiu's direction.
His face was quiet and calm, the towering browbones were pressed down, and a pair of scarlet vertical pupils stared at him from the darkness, with a kind of cruelty that was almost inhuman, savage and primitive sense of danger in the depths of his pupils.
Ge Xiu was shocked.
He turned and ran in the direction he came from, moving quickly and agilely, like a shadow piercing the darkness.
The open gap was close at hand.
The cool night wind was sent in from the open corner of the window, blowing over the tips of the fluffy ears, and the night sky was in front of you.
However, Shen Boyan's action was one step faster than his.
The characteristics of his lycanthrope are rapidly emerging, whether it is the strange pupil color in his eyes, or the abnormal increase in speed and strength, all of which show the awakening and mutation of the power of the blood vessels.
The slender, cold fingers reached under Ge Xiu's rib and picked him up gently but irresistibly.
Ge Xiu watched helplessly as he got farther and farther away from the ground, and then was carried into a embrace that had no possibility of breaking free.
Shen Boyan lowered her brows and eyes, gently stroked the head of the kitten in her arms with her fingertips, and followed the fluffy back to the base of her tail.
Ge Xiu blinked and looked up above his head.
The metal collar on the opponent's neck reflected a faint cold light in the darkness.
Ge Xiu narrowed his eyes, and a gleam of light flashed across his blue pupils.
Shen Boyan stared at it fixedly, his eyes darkened and his expression unpredictable.
At such a close distance, Ge Xiu could clearly see each other's eyes.
Scarlet like a thick blood congealed, the color gradually deepened from the outside to the inside, and the narrow slit-like vertical pupils were embedded in the strong and brilliant blood-colored iris, which looked evil and strange.
He couldn't help but startled slightly.
Ge Xiu remembered seeing the exact same eyes in the second punishment world he experienced.
Take Leno.
The last Fenrir left in the world.
The giant wolf with two wings on its back was born in a legendary mythical creation.
Ge Xiu has read all the information about the beasts that can be found, although they can also become lions, leopards, tigers, wolves and other beasts, and their body size is often more exaggerated than the real species in the real world, aggressive and destructive The power is also more astonishing and exaggerated, but Geshu has not seen any records related to it being able to become a species derived from mythology like Fenrir.
Could it be that this is why he was able to see the profile photos of Shen Boyan fifty years ago in the laboratory
If it is assumed that the setting of the previous world can be used in this world, then... After Fenrir is seriously injured, he will return to his childhood form.
Ge Xiu stared thoughtfully at the other's face.
Some guesses that could only be considered vague before gradually took shape.
—Shen Boyan once participated in the war between beasts and humans.
The hideous, layered scars on his back came from that tragic war, and the reason why he was able to maintain this young state was closely related to his beastly form.
Fenrir is no ordinary beast.
Ge Xiu looked deeply into the depths of Shen Boyan's scarlet pupils, and saw his shrunken reflection in the bottom of his eyes.
A fleeting image flashed in my mind.
The tall man knelt down on one knee, his long black hair like a waterfall slipped down his shoulders, he bowed his head reverently, and put his lips on the back of his hand.
Immediately afterwards, everything around them began to fall apart, and the walls and ground melted into powder, leaving only the two of them standing opposite each other in the darkness. Time seemed to be frozen in an instant, and a millisecond was eternity.
Ge Xiu forced himself to wave away the image in his mind.
According to the information he has learned now, after analysis and judgment, he has basically been able to complete the lost logic chain in this world.
Shen Boyan is now in an abnormal state. The gradual recovery of the beast-like gene has made him lose his rational control, so he will be plundered by the instinctive desire trend, which will only be plundered without bottom line and consideration.
This is a side effect of the collar.
In fact, Ge Xiu had seen relevant news reports before he left Chen Ziyan's apartment.
These similar incidents broke out in these two months. It is clear that the effectiveness of the collar has undergone a large-scale reduction in the same period of time. If no further control is carried out, the threat posed by the lycanthrope will inevitably occur on a large scale. , this may be the situation the government wants to see—
They have control over the shock function of the collar.
Then the storm caused by the new lycanthrope is controllable.
Letting the riots happen, arousing the fear and rejection of the lycanthrope group, there is an opportunity to clean up this group of potential threats.
Strictly controlling a group of time bombs on the verge of exploding creates less public opinion resistance than restricting surveillance of a group of collar-wearers who are keeping their guard.
Nor will it cause a massive backlash from collar wearers.
After all, they are more worried that they will lose their minds and become uncontrollable monsters, so they will naturally give their hands to personal control.
It's a win-win for the government.
Similarly, Ge Xiu is also very clear about what he should do to get out of the current predicament.
No matter how tough the enemy is and how bad and dangerous the situation is, he will always leave a way out for himself and prevent himself from falling into a predicament with no way out.
Gossiu always has a backup plan.
Just like now.
Although Shen Boyan, who is gradually leaning towards the direction of beastization, has far greater strength and speed than himself, and he is just a frail kitten, there is no way to reverse this purely weak state.
- However, Shen Boyan's collar was still worn around his neck.
If Ge Xiu can get out briefly and activate the electric shock program on his collar, it should be able to create an opportunity to escape from being controlled by others.
The only problem is...
Is he going to do this
At this moment, Shen Boyan lifted the palm-sized little black cat and held it in front of his eyes, carefully examining it.
On the fluffy little head are two delicate pointed ears, the dark and soft body is elongated by gravity, two small hind legs are suspended, one paw is on his wrist, the other is slightly curled, vaguely. You can see the pink pads.
A pair of green eyes like young leaves blinked, looking cute and well-behaved, without the slightest threat.
"Meow."
It made a soft cry.
Shen Boyan stared at the cat that was raised to eye level, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked slowly:
"What are you thinking now?"
"Are you thinking about how to leave?" He leaned closer, and a smile without any warmth crossed his thin lips: "Or a counterattack?"
Ge Xiu was slightly surprised.
His face is fluffy now, and logically, there should be no obvious emotional expression.
And... I'm not human now.
Does Shen Boyan actually like cats so much
The little black cat in front of him blinked innocently, like an ordinary, ignorant little animal, and made a soft and ignorant sound again:
"Meow?"
Shen Boyan's eyes were like rolling blood.
The next second, the little black cat came over, stretched out the tip of his pink tongue, and licked the tip of his nose lightly.
There was a slight tingling sensation on the rough tongue, Shen Boyan couldn't help but stunned for a moment, and stepped back subconsciously.
The little black cat flicked its tail and tilted its head: "Meow."
The blood in Shen Boyan's eyes faded a little, he was stunned for a while, then fixed his eyes on the cat he was holding in his hands.
Ge Xiu is not sure whether the other party knows whether he is a real cat or not - after all, he knows who the other party is the moment he sees Shen Boyan, and the impression that seems to be deep in his soul makes him not need to deliberately. Maybe the other party feels the same way, so he has a similar sense of closeness and familiarity to him as a cat.
Or... the other party found something.
However, it has reached the point where it is now, and can only continue to hold on like this.
Taking advantage of the slight relaxation of Shen Boyan's palm, Ge Xiu broke free from his embrace.
He habitually jumped onto the bed, squatted on the pillow, lowered his head, and combed and licked the messy fluff on his body little by little.
Shen Boyan walked to the edge of the bed and sat down.
He reached out and rubbed the little black cat's ears.
The little black cat stopped combing his hair, raised his head, leaned in and sniffed Shen Shen's fingers, and touched the other's finger with the tip of his wet nose, then as if confirming the other's identity, he placed his chin on his chin. On the opponent's finger, he rubbed hard.
Shen Boyan habitually curved his fingers and scratched his chin.
The kitten's whiskers trembled, her green eyes narrowed slightly, a purring sound came out of her throat, and she fell unsteadily into his palm.
The scarlet in Shen Boyan's eyes faded a little again, and the deep pitch black began to become the main color.
The restlessness and fury that was burning him all the time gradually faded, a strange sense of steadfastness and secret joy filled his heart, the rage that was about to explode, the anxiety that could not be controlled, and the huge sense of unease that was about to be lost. soothe.
He stared at the little black cat lying on the pillow, his fingers gently running his fingers through each other's fluff.
Who are you
Before yesterday, Shen Boyan deliberately avoided talking about this issue.
He worries about changing the status quo.
He was afraid, if he took a step forward, would he break the peace in front of him, just like bursting colorful soap bubbles in the sun.
But after waiting anxiously for a day and a night, his mind has completely changed.
Shen Boyan found that he didn't care who was hiding under the cat's skin.
No matter what, he had to hold him firmly in the palm of his hand.
-you are mine.
A trace of dark red flashed at the bottom of Shen Boyan's eyes.
It doesn't matter, dawn will know.