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After Zhang Bendan's exclamation, even Jing Xia was stunned and didn't know what to say.
Qi Yang calmly and composedly narrowed his eyes while unbuttoning each button of Su Weishang's light blue lab coat one by one, which gradually revealed his thin and fair skin. It had to be admitted that Su Weishang was indeed very thin with his ribs slightly protruding, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
After thinking for a while, Jing Xia turned to Ji Chuancheng and they exchanged a glance then he felt relieved.
He believed that Qi Yang had his reasons for doing this.
Indeed, in just a moment, a delicate and pretty girl walked in through the metal door on one side of the laboratory. Like the assistant who brought her here, she was wearing a light blue lab coat with her hair tied up in a high ponytail, looking somewhat timid.
Looking at this familiar girl, Jing Xia muttered softly, "She is... Zhang Sijing?"
The assistant, who had been confused, directly exclaimed the girl's identity, "Member of the Special Ability Evolution Team, Zhang Sijing?! How could she be here? I remember her mission today was to attend Professor Lu's advanced technology guidance course to improve her knowledge."
Jing Xia glanced at Zhang Bendan, who looked puzzled but gradually he became certain. They were probably about to do something related to that strange green jade stone.
Thinking about this, Jing Xia furrowed his brow and asked, "By the way, Assistant Zhang. Where did you store the items on Su Weishang's body when he came to the research institute?"
Zhang Bendan thought for a moment and replied, "The subject didn't bring much with him to the research institute. Other than personal clothing, we haven't received anything else."
The high-wattage ceiling light shone down from the ceiling of the room. Illuminating the interior very brightly but the light was blocked by the seemingly transparent glass wall, preventing people in the opposite room from seeing what was happening on this side.
The overly bright light made Jing Xia's hair look somewhat transparent at it reflect a silver light. He turned to Ji Chuancheng and whispered, "Su Weishang didn't bring anything to the research institute, including the green jade stone we found earlier. Do you think he was already prepared, or..."
Ji Chuancheng pondered for a moment, then said, "If you think there's a problem with that jade stone, we can send someone to secretly retrieve it." After a pause, Ji Chuancheng added, "It could be in two places. First, hidden in his apartment dorm. Second, entrusted to a trusted person like Wu Jiqing."
Upon hearing this, Jing Xia nodded softly and turned to look at the opposite side. As his gaze touched Qi Yang's reflective lenses, a flash of insight passed through his mind and he suddenly realized.
He sighed helplessly and muttered softly, "Ah Chuan, I think there's no need to go looking. According to someone's logic as a thief, since Su Weishang didn't willingly hand it over, he would naturally have to get it himself. I guess he'll have to wait until Su Weishang is discharged from the hospital one day to possibly get his hands on that jade."
In this heavily built underground location, Jing Xia shook his head gently and said, "First of all, we don't know when Su Weishang will 'recover'. Secondly, I really doubt that when the time comes, he will get back his original jade stone. After all— that's a treasure and according to some people's anti-social mentality, it's possible to risk a few pieces of imperial green glass jade."
Ji Chuancheng with a solemn face, tightened the hand connected to his, letting the other person out of that speechless state. As they both looked back at the scene in the opposite laboratory, they were both stunned.
They saw a shy and pretty girl blushing and refusing to move while looking at the man next to her with his hands in his pockets. From Jing Xia's angle, he could only see Qi Yang's back and couldn't see his expression but this didn't prevent him from hearing those— shameless and lewd words.
"Place your hand two centimeters below his navel. According to the principle of torque balance, this is the subject's center of gravity when lying down. The molecules in his entire body are distributed more evenly here, which is beneficial for your ability use and measurement." Qi Yang's tone was very flat, as if he were just stating an obvious fact.
He didn't seem to notice Zhang Sijing's blushing cheeks, which were as red as a ripe apple and refused to move while shaking her head vigorously.
As a normal girl who had just turned 20, Zhang Sijing had never seen a man's naked body.
Well, she had seen men shirtless in the summer, but she had never seen a man like Su Weishang, whose pants were pulled down to his hips! And on top of that, she was supposed to put her hand in that place!
It was simply unreasonable!!!
"M-Major, I can actually do the ability measurement without putting it there, really." A timid voice trembled and Zhang Sijing cautiously looked at Qi Yang's face, afraid that he would directly order her to move.
Although there was no clear hierarchy in the research institute, Zhang Sijing had always secretly feared this madman.
Due to her unique ability, she was often called by several core researchers in the institute to participate in experiments. Ever since she saw this man tear off the ugly and disgusting gill sac of a mutated creature with his bare hands then lick it before throwing it into a test tube, she had never dared to look directly at this man who was beyond human imagination.
As if not noticing Zhang Sijing's increasingly shrinking body, Qi Yang with his handsome features, showed a wry smile. He slightly curled his lips and raised an eyebrow, "Oh? I specifically measured and calculated the most suitable place for your ability to be used, but you think it's unnecessary?"
Qi Yang's tone was calm and relaxed, as if they were having an afternoon chat but a subtle danger was revealed in every word, causing Zhang Sijing to shiver and subconsciously say, "Ma-Major! I'll do it now, please don't..."
"Alright, Qi Yang, stop doing these pointless things and get straight to the experiment." A deep and magnetic male voice echoed directly throughout the laboratory and interrupt Zhang Sijing's submission to evil forces.
Ji Chuancheng with a cold face, put down the communicator in his hand and continued to look at the scene across the room with indifference.
Suddenly hearing this voice, Zhang Sijing, who had no idea what was going on, looked around in surprise. Before she could recover, Qi Yang retracted his gaze from the ordinary wall then helplessly spread his hands and said to her, "Then just find a place that's most suitable for you to start. Be gentle with your movements and don't worry about the duration of the anesthetic."
Feeling relieved, Zhang Sijing relaxed her whole body. She immediately reached out and covered Su Weishang's forehead.
The young man's full and fair forehead was covered by the girl's small hand and a faint white light flickered where their skin touched. This ball of light was clearly much brighter than the one Jing Xia had seen before and even from a distance, he could feel that surging vitality.
Unlike Qin Chu's vibrant and lively energy, Zhang Sijing's ability had a sense of steel penetrating cells. It was as if she was using the most cold and ruthless probe. Shrinking the probe head to the unit of picometers, or even femtometers, traversing between each molecule, searching for those subtle and hard-to-detect anomalies.
"Every living thing in the world is made up of cells. Cells are made up of matter and matter is made up of molecules. Even viruses that lack cellular structure are composed of molecular systems." A clear and pleasant male voice echoed in the laboratory, as if giving an explanation, "Theoretically speaking, there is no difference in the composition of matter. What truly causes human abnormalities is the cells that make up matter, and the way in which cells are selectively expressed and composed."
Fine beads of sweat began to appear on Zhang Sijing's forehead. Obviously, facing such a large workload was very stressful. The number of cells in the human body is difficult to express with a specific number and even a small drop of water contains 10^21 molecules.
If it were Zhang Sijing when she had just awakened her ability, she would never have been able to complete a scan of a human body. But after several months of potential development in the research institute, she could barely guarantee that she would be able to complete the task.
"This is a strategy that can only be used as a last resort because this method, while not causing any abnormalities to the organism in current experiments, no one can guarantee that exploration down to the molecular level will not cause other adverse reactions to the human body in the future." Qi Yang's voice gradually became colder, transmitted through the special wall, seemingly with a hint of metal.
Zhang Bendan's face gradually became serious. He jumped up from his chair and said, "He's crazy! Conducting this kind of experiment under forced coma, there's no way to guarantee the subject's safety! No, I'm going to report this to Professor Qi, and let him decide whether to continue the experiment."
Saying this, Zhang Bendan walked towards the door with a serious expression.
Hearing his words, Jing Xia couldn't help but think of Yu Kai's angry and dissatisfied words when he first met Qi Yang—
'He killed many brothers...'
Jing Xia's expression became more and more serious. He had no intention of protecting Su Weishang's life but it was something he didn't want to see if Qi Yang was to bear this responsibility in name.
Zhang Bendan quickly walked to the door, his fingers just touched the cold metal handle but before he pressed it, he suddenly heard Qi Yang's teasing voice continue, "However, when I first received this subject ten days ago, I personally prepared for this experiment, including the ability detection preparation, the subsequent arrangements for personnel, and... the physiological research of the subject."
Zhang Bendan's movements gradually stopped and he seemed to have a bad premonition echoing in his mind.
Could it be that...
"Ten days of research and observation, the subject has not shown any physiological abnormalities." There seemed to be a hint of laughter in his voice, in this serious environment, Qi Yang's tone was inexplicably crazy:
"I, Qi Yang, core researcher of the S City Base Research Institute.Have a Major rank, have successfully completed the first molecular-level human exploration in human history. According to the feedback from the subject Qi Yang's body data, the results of this experiment are very good, and have obtained the individual safety level certification in human history."
The atmosphere in the laboratory instantly froze.
After an unknown amount of time, Jing Xia slowly covered his face with his hand and sighed helplessly, "What a... madman."