Two days later.
Although it had been more than a day since they returned to the base, Dr. Peter was still trembling.
He was in a state of shock and could not sleep at all.
He closed his eyes.
The terrifying image of a sky full of insects pouncing on him flashed through his mind.
It wasn't just Dr. Peter. Everyone who returned, every soldier, including Major Miller, was in a state of mental breakdown. It wasn't that Major Miller and the others weren't strong enough. In fact, their performance had far exceeded the expectations of Cork and the other higher-ups.
No matter who it was, after being surrounded and fed by millions of insect queens for hours.
They would all be in a state of mental breakdown.
Cork thought.
If he had been there.
He would probably have chosen to die like those soldiers who couldn't help but commit suicide.
Unfortunately, Major Miller and Dr. Peter had managed to survive. They had waited until reinforcements arrived even though their stomachs were filled with stinky maggots!
"Continue to inject them with sedatives!" Bord knew that this wasn't the best time to ask Major Miller and the others. In their current state, they might go crazy at the slightest provocation.
"If it wasn't for the rain and the insect swarm, Dr. Peter's experiment would have been a success." Cork hoped that Bord and Thomas would continue to support him.
"There are no ifs." Robert from the Balance team shook his head.
"I don't think it's that bad!" Rothko from the Eagle Head team, who had always been against the Balance team, stood on Cork's side.
"Even a blind person would know that the perfume test failed after seeing Major Miller and Dr. Peter's miserable state." Schnelson looked at Cork calmly. "If you think the perfume test was a success, can you give an example to prove that the millions of insect queens didn't feed them maggots because the perfume contains chemicals extracted from the larvae's saliva?"
"Not everyone sprayed the perfume. In the entire team, only Dr. Peter sprayed the perfume. This isn't a problem with the perfume at all!" Cork objected. He organized his words and explained with certainty, "Insects fly in swarms. They reproduce in the sky because of the sun's rain. The reason why the female insects carry maggots as food is actually a gift from the male insects for mating with them. The Mother Worm had not laid eggs yet, so there was no problem of feeding the offspring. Those maggots were just unintentionally dropped by them, so they were not feeding! Mr. Schnellsohn, these are two different concepts! "
"How do you explain why they dropped maggots into Dr. Peter's mouth? Rather than looking for a rock or some other place? "Schnelson spread his hands.
"There are too many Zergs, and the Queen Zergs are everywhere. They are in a hurry to find a safe place to lay their eggs, so they mistook human mouths, noses, and ears for holes to hide in. Stuffing maggots or other food into their mouths, noses, or ears isn't feeding them. It's their instinct to store food! "Cork thought for a whole day before he figured out the whole story.
"I think what Cork said makes sense. If Peter's perfume didn't work, Dr. Peter and the others would have died a long time ago!" Bowers agreed with this point.
"You've already confirmed it. Why bother asking us?" Robert snorted in disdain.
"It's a fact. Our test of Cupid's perfume has been completed. It was a great success. The swarm of Zergs flying is a matter for the future. Don't confuse it. "Cork still hoped to gain everyone's approval.
"It doesn't matter to me whether Cupid's perfume passed the test or not. Our Apocalypse team won't use it anyway. We don't want our people to be dragged into the nest of Death Canyon's Zergs to be raised as larvae and then fed to their stomachs! I know those maggots aren't poisonous and are nutritious. They are high protein food, but they aren't our staple food after all! In short, we don't accept it! Regardless of whether it's maggots or perfume, we don't need them! "Schnelson refused.
He didn't like Dr. Peter's perfume in the first place.
Now that he saw the dozens of people they saved had their stomachs stuffed with stinky maggots by the Mother Worm, he was even more determined in his stance.
If this wasn't the effect of Cupid's perfume …
Schnelson wouldn't believe it even if he was beaten to death.
Why didn't this happen when they only used magic perfume to enter Death Canyon? Wasn't the reason for this obvious?
It was Cupid's perfume!
That's it!
The chemicals in Cupid's perfume were extracted from the larvae's saliva!
As for why only Dr. Peter sprayed Cupid's perfume and caused everyone to be affected?
It was highly possible that Cupid's perfume was too strong. When Dr. Peter hugged his companions or had other physical contact while celebrating the success of the experiment, Cupid's perfume stained or spread to the other soldiers … This was the best proof! Dr. Peter, who had sprayed Cupid's perfume, was the most affected. He was almost stuffed to death by the maggots! Next to him were his assistants and protectors, Captain Thompson and Captain Daniel. Then, it was Major Miller who protected him with all his might. Finally, it was the ordinary soldiers …
There was another possibility.
It was possible that when the swarm of Zergs was approaching at high speed, Dr. Peter made a mistake when he sprayed the magic perfume. He mistook the perfume on his body for magic perfume and sprayed it into the air, trapping all his companions!
In any case, they had sprayed all the perfume they brought with them, regardless of whether it was magic perfume or Cupid's perfume!
"We won't use Cupid's perfume to replace the magic perfume before we are 100% sure that it's harmless!" Robert from the Balance team also shook his head and refused.
"Let's wait for the experiment results to come out first!" Bord waved his hand in annoyance.
He also did not want the conclusion to be too hasty.
Failure once was bad enough.
They had to learn their lesson.
They could not allow the vicious incident of the Queen Zergs feeding the soldiers to happen again. Otherwise, who would dare enter Death Canyon in the future?
Moreover, it was very important to calm the hearts of the people. If they forcefully replaced the magic perfume with Cupid's perfume, the soldiers who had already suffered a huge mental shock might mutiny on the spot with just an order! Even if Cupid's perfume could replace the magic perfume in the future, it still required a process that could not be carried out openly. They had to slowly replace the magic perfume with Cupid's perfume bit by bit. Only when the soldiers were used to the perfume and no longer felt fear or disgust could they carry out the full process.
"How is Eric Jr.'s condition?" Thomas looked at Josiah.
"Not too good. He has been having a headache and is in great pain, but we don't know what we can do for him." Josiah sighed.
"He will get better. Eric Jr is not the kind of person who will fall easily!" Thomas comforted him. "I believe that not only will he get better, but he will also be able to master this powerful spiritual power in the future!"
Bord looked at Josiah and said, "We will select some soldiers whose genes are close to collapse and try to copy Eric Jr's method."
"Yes, I will try my best to make it happen." Josiah nodded.
"Is there anything you need us to cooperate with?" Thomas saw that Josiah was about to speak, so he asked, "As long as we old fellows can do it, we will cooperate with you. Money, manpower, and other things that can be used to exchange with Mr. Wood. Just make a list. "
"These are all secondary!" Josiah glanced at Cork. "I hope that Dong Mountain will be as peaceful as possible while I communicate with Mr. Wood! After all, I don't have the courage and ability to negotiate when the two sides are at war! Our relationship with Mr. Wood is not as friendly as you think. On the contrary, Mr. Wood purely admired Eric Jr's will to live, so he repaired his genes! "
"We will try our best to create better conditions for you to negotiate …" Bord paused and asked, "Josiah, according to your deduction, do you think there is a possibility that Mr. Wood knew that Eric Jr had strong spiritual power and willpower, and that he had research value, so he let Eric Jr live?"
"I don't know!" Josiah shook his head and smiled bitterly. "I don't have Mr. Wood's brain. I didn't think about this at all!"
"We will try our best to find him some similar genetic soldiers to test him. This might be a new path in genetic research!" Bord thought about it. "Let me recommend someone to you! This person's codename is Gray Tower. His combat power is not high, but his willpower is quite strong. He might be a good seedling! "
"Gray Tower?" The name sounded familiar to Josiah.
"So, it's someone from our trial team. I had Eric Jr keep an eye on him for a while, and he found that this person has many flaws, but he seems to still be useful. This time, let's put him on the list of ESP soldiers! At the same time, we can also see what Mr. Wood thinks about this kind of person. If Gray Tower can succeed, we can focus on breaking through in this field in the future! " The more Bord thought about it, the more he felt that Gray Tower was a good test subject. After all, people like Gray Tower, who were afraid of death and so tenacious, were rare.
"Let me recommend someone as well!" Seeing that there was a chance, Schnerson did not hold back. ESP soldiers!
He did not need to have Eric Jr.'s sensing ability.
As long as he had one-tenth of it.
That was still a very promising talent!
More importantly, this kind of talent could also lay a foundation for future ESP research!
Cork and the rest did not want to fall behind. There were many people with sharp mental power, and some people's senses were even stronger than a cat's. They could sense even the slightest movement in the grass, but they did not have Eric Jr.'s advanced sensing ability! With such a list of test subjects, how could they not recommend someone from their team? They had to have someone from their team participate!
"Please, do you think that Mr. Wood will nod the moment I ask?" Josiah was speechless.
It was really that easy.
Why don't you go and beg Mr. Wood?
When the call reached the person who thought the world had forgotten … Gray Tower, his first reaction was, "I don't want to go to Dong Mountain! I don't care where you want me to go, I don't want to go to that place! I've already escaped death twice there, and there's no way I'll have the chance to escape a third time! There's a Mr. Wood who can see through people with just one glance living there. I'll be sending myself to death if I go there! "
"You've met Mr. Wood before?" Bord suddenly became interested in Gray Tower.
"I've never met him face to face, but I've seen him from afar!" Gray Tower's fingers trembled as he spoke. "I've escaped from him once, but I know that there won't be a second time!"
"Didn't you escape the second time?" Josiah asked.
"That's because I woke up in the middle of the night to escape. If I had waited for him to appear, I would have been dead!" Gray Tower swallowed hard as he spoke, as if he still had some lingering fear.
"Gray Tower, you can sense Mr. Wood's threat, right?" Bord asked.
"I don't know what it is. I only know that if I don't escape, I'll die a horrible death … I really don't want to see Mr. Wood again. That young man is not human at all. If he's a tiger or a lion, then I'm not even a mouse. I'm like a speck of dust in front of him. I can't play tricks in front of him!" Gray Tower was very depressed. Bord and Josiah could see that this man had a natural fear of Mr. Wood.
"Listen, Gray Tower, we don't need you to do anything. We don't need you to complete any work." Bord gestured for Gray Tower to calm down.
"Then why am I going to Dong Mountain?" Gray Tower did not understand. So I'm only going to Dong Mountain to eat and drink?
"We need you to do an experiment, but not now. We'll send a suitable target before you do. When Mr. Wood lowers his hostility, we'll work together. In short, you don't need to worry about your safety. We want to work with Mr. Wood, and you're the key, "Bord said with certainty.
"Alright!" Gray Tower nodded in agreement with a bitter expression.
"Relax. Maybe this will change your life!" Bord said with a smile.
"Maybe!" To be honest, Gray Tower did not want to change his wonderful life of wine and women at all. But since Bord said so, how could he refuse?
Meanwhile, on Dong Mountain.
Peach Blossom Valley.
As soon as Elder Yan woke up, he heard magpies chirping. He could not help but be in a good mood.
After finishing his morning exercise and entering the office, Zhao Xin suddenly came in quietly and gently closed the door. She looked like a little thief.
"What's the matter?" Elder Yan was puzzled. You're not usually this kind of person. Could it be that you've been influenced by Fatty Yu Feng because you've been too close to him?
"Good news!" Zhao Xin paused and shook her head. "Not necessarily. Anyway, I can't say for sure. You'd better ask Xiao Lin to come over and take a look. Maybe he can figure out if it's true or not! But I think it's most likely true. Perfume City is still in an uproar. Who knows how many people have died because of this thing! "
"What's so serious?" Elder Yan was even more puzzled when he heard this.
"It's a video leaked by Old Mi. God knows what's going on. Anyway, it was obtained by the double agent of the Golden Flame God Flag. Then, the Plantagenet Dynasty, the Dark Palace, the Teutonic Knights, and the Knights Templar. All the forces rushed over and fought fiercely. Finally, someone got this thing and is ready to exchange it with us!" Zhao Xin handed a thin USB to Elder Yan.
"Who sent it?" Elder Yan remained vigilant.
"The Dark Palace!" Zhao Xin waved her hand and motioned for Elder Yan to relax. "In fact, it's not only the Dark Palace. The Plantagenet Dynasty and the Eastern European Grand Alliance also have it. There's also the Golden Flame God Flag. They also used it to negotiate with us. It's just that they weren't as fast as the Dark Palace.
"What's this?" Elder Yan took out a special computer for testing, set up various protective measures, and then turned on the power.
He opened the contents of the USB.
He took a look.
He immediately turned off the computer.
Rubbing his palms, Elder Yan controlled his emotions and nodded to Zhao Xin. "This matter, whether it's true or not, we have to ask Xiao Lin to take a look!"
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