Lu Yao was somewhat curious about the Super Energy Research Institute, and did not ignore the strange attitude of the receptionist. He followed her into the elevator and asked in a low voice, "Hu Jiao is on the third floor?"
The receptionist pressed the floor number button, "Hujiao has to do a full body checkup this morning, and won't be out of the examination room until 9:30. I'll take you to the third floor to wait."
The receptionist's expression suddenly changed as soon as he saw her business card, and then his attitude became enthusiastic.
Lu Yao didn't feel that he was so honored to be received so warmly.
Lu Yao couldn't help but grumble to the system: "It feels like I'm being caught and used for experiments."
System: [But you don’t seem afraid at all. ]
Lu Yao did not comment: "Doesn't Xiao A work here? It's strange, I feel at ease when he is around."
The system's scalp tingled, not wanting to be controlled by the store owner: [… Don't think he's a good person. ]
"It seems you know him very well." Lu Yao said firmly, and continued: "A is a god?"
If you are not careful, you will be tricked by this guy. The system took a deep breath and said, "Shopkeeper, I am serious. Don't think of taking that person lightly. He is not an ordinary visitor from another world. Nothing good will happen if you get involved with him. No one who gets involved with him will have a good ending."
For example, you.
At this juncture, the system silently swallowed the second half of the sentence.
Lu Yao lowered his eyelids and asked silently: "He is the God Killer, right?"
system:[…]
After a few moments of silence, the system said indifferently: [I don’t understand what you are saying.]
No one has figured out the human rhetoric yet. Most of the time, not refuting is the best answer.
After some careful consideration, the elevator reached the third floor.
Outside the elevator is a long corridor that connects left and right.
The receptionist led Lu Yao to turn left, occasionally introducing the laboratories and some cutting-edge projects along the way.
Lu Yao pretended to understand.
They walked to a light blue door. The receptionist leaned over the door to take a look, then turned around and said, "Miss Lu, it's rare that the testing team has some free time. Would you like to test your ability? It's free."
Lu Yao shook his head and refused: "No need. Since Hu Jiao didn't finish the physical examination until 9:30, I'd better go downstairs and wait."
The receptionist grabbed Lu Yao and said, "Hey, Miss Lu, now that you're here, don't be so polite."
System: [Puff.]
Lu Yao: “…What are you laughing at?”
System: [You've come to this day. 'Since you're here', hahahahaha. ]
Lu Yao: “…”
Lu Yao raised his eyes and saw a familiar figure in the opposite corridor, and called out: "Xiao Mei?"
Xiaomei was wearing a white coat, walking with her head down, and at very fast steps.
A boy in a white coat was chasing closely behind him.
Xiaomei heard the voice and turned her head to look over. The impatience on her face quickly faded away, revealing surprise: "Auntie... Shopkeeper, why are you here?"
Lu Yao broke free from the front desk clenching his fist and held onto the railing, "I came to pick up Pepper, but I got lost."
Xiaomei walked around the corridor before coming to Lu Yao and glanced at the receptionist behind Lu Yao, "What's going on?"
The receptionist was embarrassed: "This is Miss Lu's first time here, and I wanted to take her to do an ability test."
Lu Yao: "I didn't say I wanted to do a test, I just came to pick up the customers in the store."
Xiaomei probably knew what was going on, because Lu Yao and her abilities became famous on the Internet due to the live broadcast of Huo Jiao.
However, the original data of Lu Yao’s abilities has not been found in any database so far.
The receptionist probably recognized Lu Yao and wanted to enter her ability data into the institute's database in advance.
Xiaomei asked the receptionist to return to her post and personally led Lu Yao back, "Huo Jiao is in the examination room number three. I'll take you there."
The man chasing after Xiaomei was holding a piece of milk bread in his hand. He looked at Lu Yao and asked, "Sister Xiaomei, who is she?"
Xiaomei is almost fed up with this intern.
She had refused before, but she became more resolute after completing her tuition at the Childhood Tuition Center yesterday.
But this person acted like he didn't understand.
Xiaomei took Lu Yao's arm and said, "My aunt. Don't come with me. I'll take my aunt for a walk."
The boy readily responded: "Hello, Auntie."
Lu Yao: “…”
The boy kept pestering her, and Xiaomei was fed up with it, feeling embarrassed in front of Lu Yao.
When Xiaomei met Zheng Siyao on the way, she hurriedly handed Lu Yao to her, turned around and disappeared at the end of the corridor, grabbing the boy's collar.
Zheng Siyao laughed dryly: "That boy and Xiaomei are schoolmates."
Lu Yao raised his hand to stop her from talking, "It's okay. Please take me to find Huo Jiao."
Zheng Siyao looked down at her watch and suggested, "It's still early, why don't we go have some coffee? Or, I'll take you to see Professor An at work?"
Lu Yao was puzzled: "Are you researchers so idle? Also, why do you have to watch Professor An go to work?"
Zheng Siyao skipped the first question, her cheeks slightly flushed: "It's... quite interesting, everyone likes to watch it."
“…” Lu Yao didn’t understand and was even greatly shocked.
The appearances that Xiao A borrowed each time were indeed pretty good, but Lu Yao privately felt that none of them could compare to his own appearance.
I never thought that I would be so popular in the research institute that people would watch me when I went to work.
An Yan happened to be on the third floor in the morning. Before Lu Yao could react, Zheng Siyao had already pulled her to the door of the laboratory.
When I opened the door, An Yan had just taken off his white coat and was wearing black trousers and a tight top, and was hanging up clothes.
In the room just across the window, the experimental subject was already waiting.
Zheng Siyao greeted first: "Professor An, the owner is here to pick up the pepper. He still has half an hour to finish. I'm going to the cafeteria to have breakfast. Can you help take care of it?"
Lu Yao stood at the door, met An Yan's gaze, and realized belatedly: Who am I? Where am I? Why did I come here
An Yan's eyes were shining. He pulled out a chair in front of the monitoring table and tilted his head towards her: "Sit down. Wait for me for two minutes."
Lu Yao had no choice but to walk in and sit down. Through the glass in front of him, he saw An Yan had walked into the laboratory and stood opposite the experimental subject.
There are radio equipment and monitoring instruments in the room.
Lu Yao could hear their conversation.
The experimental subject said: "Teacher An, I must defeat you today."
With a loud "bang", the huge, muscular experimental subject flew out.
The detection equipment in the room sounded an alarm, and the ability value exceeded the monitoring limit.
It’s just that the values recorded by the instrument come from Professor An.
An Yan walked over to turn off the instrument, and medical staff came in from the side door and carried away the experimental subject.
The same scene repeated seven times, and Professor An finished his morning work.
He pushed open the door of the monitoring room, holding the door handle and leaning against the door. "Did you get scared?"
Lu Yao shook his head and couldn't help asking, "Are they okay?"
An Yan didn't know what he was thinking about. He lowered his eyes and smiled, then shook his head: "I know my limits, otherwise it would never end."
The shop owner was rarely able to find words: “…Oh.”
An Yan pulled out a chair and sat down next to Lu Yao: "I've been thinking recently whether I should sign up for childhood tutoring."
Lu Yao: "Do you have any regrets in your childhood?"
An Yan: "I can't say. But I'm afraid I'll regret it later."
Lu Yao: “???”
An Yan kept glancing at her from the corner of his eyes, seeing her frowning in distress, his mood finally calmed down after a long time.
Lu Yao pondered for a while and asked carefully: "Why do you regret it?"
An Yan rested his arms on the back of the chair, and gently stroked the lines on the armrest with his fingertips: "I can't say."
Lu Yao tilted his head to look at him. The young man’s eyes were as red as blood and his emotions could not be seen clearly.
She gave up trying to figure it out: "Once the thought comes up, it's hard to stop. Often, after struggling with it for so long, I still end up falling into it. It's better to just give up the struggle from the beginning and be decisive."
An Yan nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Lu Yao: “…”
There is no need to be so obedient.
The system dared not speak.
An Yan and Lu Yao made an appointment for a later time, and then sent her to pick up Jiao Huo.
When the two arrived at the medical examination room, Pepper just came out.
When the boy saw the shop owner, he was delighted, but he complained, "I'm almost cut into pieces by them for research, why did you come just now?"
Lu Yao walked over and said, "What else can I say? I arrived at eight o'clock and waited for you until half past nine."
…
Lu Yao, Jiao Hu and An Yan went downstairs together.
The elevator stopped on the first floor, and the three were stopped by security and taken to the rest area next to it to wait.
Five black heavily armored vehicles stopped at the door, and the security guards who got out of the vehicles had guns in their hands.
Then, a tall man was escorted down from the middle car. Four security guards surrounded him tightly from front and back and walked straight into the gate of the institute.
It was not until the group of people walked into the elevator that the crowd trapped in the rest area dispersed and some people began to talk in low voices.
Lu Yao listened to it.
"It's X, the super-powered criminal."
"Why was he sent to our institute?"
"It's too dangerous. This person is really too dangerous."
The elevator door slowly closed. The man called "X" seemed to sense something. He looked up and forward. Through many obstacles, his sight fell accurately on the petite figure.