Silin didn't put much effort into the extraction of the Tri-Colored Bean's toxins. He spent most of the time watching from the sidelines. Cillin knew quite a bit about the process of extracting and purifying effective toxins from plants and repairing some of the defects in the molecules. Therefore, according to Cillin's past experience, a job like this involved a lot of analysis and calculation, and it required a higher level of knowledge from the worker. If a person were to complete the entire process alone, it would take more than half a day to complete.
However, Neo was already used to it. He completed all the work in just two hours, and even perfected the toxins that were specifically targeted at a bio-human's constitution. Silin couldn't help but admire him for this.
Silin was also able to complete all the work in this short period of time, but this was mainly because of Silin's own uniqueness. At the very least, up until now, Silin had never seen anyone who could complete so much work in such a short period of time. Even the affiliated schools were a bit lacking in this regard.
In this regard, Neo was like a precise calculating machine. Moreover, he had an extraordinary nature and ability to predict his research targets. The moment he started working on a project, he had already planned out the next step, the next step, and even more steps and calculations in his mind. Of course, there were certain aspects of this "machine" that were not working normally. Neo could be called a genius.
Just like Neo's obsessive-compulsive tendency to digitize his daily life, he was also very strict when it came to his experiments. Even the RAS thought that the precision of his data was too harsh.
After two hours of forgetful work, Neo held a small bottle of orange-yellow liquid in his hand and shouted excitedly, "It's finally out!"
These toxins were slightly different from the natural toxins extracted from the Tri-Colored Bean, but theoretically speaking, these toxins were more effective against bio-soldiers.
"Here, use these to fight bio-soldiers. It's best if you do it around here. I can see and record the data from here and test the effects." Neo handed the three bottles in his hand to Silin and said.
Silin was already used to Neo's self-centered way of speaking. Those who didn't know Neo well would misunderstand his commanding tone. This guy didn't seem to know how to be tactful. He was so direct that it made people want to slap him.
It just so happened that Gu Xin had pretty much recovered by now, and this was mainly because of Gu Xin's physical constitution. According to Neo, Gu Xin's physical constitution was pretty good. His body had developed a resistance to the poison, and he would be fine the next time he came into contact with the same type of poisonous meat.
"Aren't you afraid of getting poisoned?" Silin asked Neo.
Even if the Black Viper's people had a safe place to stay and heat up their food, they couldn't guarantee that all the food was safe, right? How could a physique like Neo's and Ah Shou's, whose eyes were red from crying and who was still hiccuping nonstop, possibly compare to Gu Xin?
"Oh, about that. We were vaccinated before we came here, and we were also injected with the compound antiserum. We won't be as bad as you guys. Also, we were given antidotes and some backup drugs. Speaking of which, Ah Shou, what are you doing here instead of staying at your own place?" Neo was very displeased with Ah Shou's behavior.
Silin and Gu Xin covered their faces. Ah Shou, who had just stopped crying, was crying and hiccuping again.
"It was … ugh, it was … stolen by the bad guys, ugh …" Ah Shou's tears started flowing like floodgates.
Ah Shou had gone up the mountain to take in some fresh air and have some fun. Who would've thought that a bunch of strangers would enter her place when she returned? They wanted to capture Ah Shou, but Ah Shou slipped away like the wind. Unfortunately for her, she ran into a dangerous person like Gu Xin right after she left the tiger's den.
Ah Shou had to have a way to protect herself since she was able to make it here. Just like Neo, she was a fast runner, but Ah Shou was even faster. Ah Shou's physique was special. Her bones were a lot lighter than a normal person's, and her body was thin and delicate. But according to Neo, Ah Shou could run as fast as a tornado, and Gu Xin had confirmed it himself. If he hadn't used some tricks, there was no way he could've caught Ah Shou.
"Then why didn't you bring him to your place and let them fight each other!" Neo said.
Gu Xin looked at Neo, and then at the hiccuping and crying Ah Shou. In the end, he still felt that Ah Shou was the better choice.
Ah Shou paused for a moment when she heard Neo's words. Then, she cried even harder.
"Uu, he said … I'll take him to a safe, uh … place, but … my place is, uh, not safe anymore."
Neo said with a look of disdain, "I seriously doubt your intelligence!"
Huimao, who was licking his claws next to Ah Shou, flicked his ears and looked at Neo before continuing to lick his claws.
Silin guessed that the bad guys Ah Shou was talking about were people who were brought here to be tested just like him and Gu Xin. However, he didn't know who else was in this place other than the military.
Gu Xin admitted that he was from the military, but he kept his mouth shut about which military unit he belonged to. Both he and Silin kept their backgrounds a secret, and Neo and Ah Shou weren't interested in it either. Therefore, everyone got along fairly well with each other.
The name Gu Xin was definitely his real name, but Gu Xin didn't seem to be afraid that someone would investigate this name. Cillin guessed that if someone really did go to the military to investigate this name, they would definitely receive the news that "this person is deceased". The people who were allowed to come here were definitely the special kind of people in the military, and their records had been altered a long time ago.
"Alright, the two of you should go and try out my research results!" Neo urged.
Originally, he was planning to shoot through a couple of hidden windows on the cliff, but unfortunately, a flock of flying beasts had been passing through this place recently. For the sake of the 5.37% chance of being discovered, Neo gave up on that place and ordered Silin and Gu Xin to stand guard at the top of the tree.
Silin and Gu Xin took the two modified guns Neo gave them and moved to the top of the tree. Each thick branch was just big enough to fit one person, so Silin and Gu Xin hid here and waited. Huimao volunteered to lure the bio-soldiers away.
"Are braids allowed in the military?" Silin asked Gu Xin. According to military rules, a small braid like this wasn't welcomed by the officers.
"It wasn't allowed at first, but it became allowed later on." Gu Xin didn't say much, but the moment he mentioned it, Gu Xin immediately recalled something from the past.
He had grown used to having braids since he was young, but on his first day in the military, he was ordered to shave his head with a knife, and Gu Xin beat the crap out of that officer. Gu Xin was a troublemaker, and every officer who taught him loved and hated him at the same time. However, he couldn't keep his braids until he entered that special place.
"They're here!"
Silin and Gu Xin waited in the thick branches they had chosen. Holding the guns Neo gave them, they watched the five bio-soldiers running in the distance. Huimao was running in front of the five bio-soldiers while shouting smugly. He was treating this as a game.
The distance between the tree and the bio-soldiers was about three thousand meters, and the wind blew occasionally on this side of the cliff. Therefore, it was a bit difficult. Neo definitely wouldn't be able to hit the bio-soldiers, and he would be able to graze the bio-soldiers' skin without moving.
When the bio-soldiers reached the spot Silin had predicted, Silin fired without hesitation.
One of the running bio-soldiers was shot in the abdomen. It collapsed limply to the ground and died two seconds later.
This shot didn't hit a vital spot. It was only five centimeters away from where Silin had predicted it would be. However, this was also part of his and Neo's plan. The first shot was to test the effect of a non-vital spot.
"Very good, shoot their heads again!"
Neo's excited voice came from the communicator. They were communicating through the communicator provided by Neo, so they wouldn't be detected by the flying beasts that occasionally flew by. Once again, a flying beast stood on the branch Silin was standing on and pecked at its fur. It didn't notice anything amiss.
Gu Xin fired the second shot, and it hit a bio-soldier in the head. The effect was similar to the one Silin had killed.
"Alright, the next one is to shoot their vitals," Neo said.
Silin's third shot hit a bio-soldier's vitals, and the effect was obvious. The bio-soldier died almost immediately. The bullets used in Neo's gun weren't very powerful. Even if a bio-soldier was shot in a vitals, it wouldn't die immediately without the help of the drugs. It would struggle for three to five seconds. However, it was a different story after the drugs were combined.
Gu Xin raised an eyebrow when he saw Silin's shot, but he didn't say anything. He was surprised that Silin was able to find a bio-soldier's vitals without firing a shot in the head first.
"Have you collected all the data?" Silin asked Neo. If he hadn't, then he would shoot their vitals.
"Shoot another bio-soldier's vitals to confirm it."
"Alright." Silin raised his gun and fired again.
Another of the two remaining bio-soldiers that were running in circles with Huimao collapsed.
"Confirmation complete. Let's shoot the arm for the last one."
Neo's tone was filled with joy. It looked like the effects of the drugs were pretty good.
Gu Xin was the one who fired the last shot. He hit the bio-soldier's right arm. The bio-soldier that was shot in the right arm died a few seconds longer than it should have, but the result was still pretty good. With this drug, they would have an extra layer of protection even if they ran into a group of bio-soldiers in the forest.
"Are these the only five?" Silin asked.
"That's it for now. You guys can come back now."
Silin summoned Huimao back to his side and returned to the safe zone under the tree. Neo had already gone into his lab to process the data. He ignored them because he had some compressed food in his locker. All he needed to do was decompress it. There was a display in the living room that displayed the situation outside.
Silin and the others sat there and started eating after they decompressed the food. They watched the scene outside while they ate. Huimao crouched at the side and didn't eat. It had already eaten when it went out to play with the bio-soldiers. While licking its paws, Huimao's attention was attracted by Gu Xin's pigtail. It stuck out its butt and stretched its back. Then, it ran to the back of Gu Xin's chair and played with Gu Xin's pigtail with its paw.
Gu Xin blocked the cat's paw with the handle of his spoon. The next moment, the cat's paw came to play with his whip. Gu Xin turned to look at Huimao and was rendered speechless by the cat's eyes that looked like it was looking at a toy.
Suddenly, Ah Shou, who was burping and drinking juice, shuddered. He scratched his arm and said in a soft voice, "It's going to hail."
"Hmm?"
Silin and Gu Xin turned to look at Ah Shou.
Ah Shou shrunk his head and looked timidly at Silin and Gu Xin. Then, he burped and said in a small voice, "There will be a hail in an hour."
Both Cillin and Gu Xin were very puzzled. In fact, Gu Xin didn't even mind that the gray cat was playing with his pigtails with its claws.
They didn't sense anything out of the ordinary when they went out to shoot the bio-soldiers. The weather was fine, and there were no signs of it happening. It's only been a while, and it's already going to hail? In this kind of weather?
"Based on past experience, there's a 99.99% chance that Ah Shou's prediction will come true," Neo said after he finished processing the data.
"Will this place be affected if it hails?" Silin asked.
"No, the buildings here are very reliable. However, a hail usually lasts for more than five days. Also," Neo looked at Silin and Gu Xin, "the food stored here doesn't include you two, so it'll be very difficult to get out if it hails. Therefore, it's best if you two go out and stock up on food before it starts."
Silin and Gu Xin exchanged a glance with each other before swiftly finishing the food on their plates. Then, they put on their equipment. Before they left, Neo handed them a list of plants and food he needed like it was a matter of course.
The corner of Silin's eyes twitched. "Let's see how it goes. I'll bring you some if we run into it."
"Of course." Neo nonchalantly went back to his room to sleep.
"In the past, I would've beat him up for sure," Gu Xin said after he came out.
It was true that Neo's tone was very confusing, but he didn't feel like he had offended anyone in the slightest. The same sentence, even if it was a compliment, sounded very sarcastic when it came out of his mouth.
"Are all the Black Nightmare's freaks like this?" Gu Xin asked Silin.
"I don't know, but the two I've encountered are freaks." If the dissecting freak Hua Li was included, then all three of them were freaks.
Both Silin and Gu Xin's targets were small beasts. After they processed the meat, they put it into a bag and heated it up when they returned.
The duo's speed was very fast, and the recovered Gu Xin displayed his extraordinary strength. Small beasts were almost effortless to him. They ran into two large beasts along the way, but the duo swiftly took care of them together. Huimao went to look for Mo Ya's nuts. He had no interest in provoking any more beasts after he was full.
Huimao's ears twitched while he was packing the nuts. He said to Silin and Gu Xin, "Someone's coming!"
Silin and Gu Xin swiftly hid themselves. The bag containing the beast meat had the ability to block out smell and camouflage. It was very difficult to be discovered if they used grass and branches to hide themselves.
After Cillin hid himself, he quietly waited for the person who was approaching from afar.
The person was moving very fast. He looked like he was running away from something, and he was holding a bone knife in his hand. It was probably made from the bones of a large beast he had killed. The bone was very hard, and it was a good weapon against normal beasts.
Gu Xin frowned when he saw the person's face. Why is it that guy?
Seeing Gu Xin's reaction, Silin shot him a look: Do you know him?
Gu Xin blinked once in confirmation.
Still lying on a tree, Huimao looked into the distance. Something was coming from that direction again.
A roar broke the silence in the forest.
The person who heard the roar cursed in a low voice. He quickened his pace, looking for a place to hide as he ran. Suddenly, his gaze shifted to the place where Silin and Gu Xin were hiding. It was indeed easier to hide there.
Gu Xin gave Silin a look, indicating for him to take care of it. Silin agreed.
The person who had quickened his pace suddenly stopped when he was close to the place, and the knife in his hand flew towards that direction. Gu Xin, who was already prepared, pushed his knife aside and made a sign language. Seeing this sign language, the person was stunned. Although he was still on guard, since there were people chasing after him, he put down the dispute in front of him and let Gu Xin lead him to hide in the bushes behind a slope.
He had smeared some plant liquid on his body, which had the effect of covering up his smell. However, after a long time, the effect had somewhat diminished. Gu Xin sprayed some more liquid on his body. The person did not refuse, but he held the knife in his hand tightly, constantly on guard. As long as Gu Xin made the slightest movement, he would immediately kill him.
He was clearly very tired, but when he hid, he adjusted his body's condition to be very suitable for hiding.
Not long after, a five-meter-tall lizard-like thing crawled over. What was different from a lizard was that this fellow had two large pairs of pincers in front of it. There were erect spikes on its back all the way to its tail, and its body was covered in thick bony scales. With one look, it was obvious that this ferocious fellow was not easy to deal with.
The big fellow stopped in its tracks, and the two antennae above its head moved. It was using these sensitive antennae to search for a target.
As soon as Silin saw the antennae above the big fellow's head, he knew that he might not be able to hide from this big fellow. He gave Huimao a look, and Huimao yawned.
Just as the big fellow's antennae pointed in their direction and was about to come over, a cat's meow not only attracted the big fellow's attention, but also gave Gu Xin and the other person a fright.
Anyone would be startled, and at this kind of tense moment, a strange cat's meow suddenly rang out from above. It would be strange if they didn't jump in fright.
Huimao meowed as if demonstrating its strength, then spread its claws and jumped into the distance. Seeing that the big fellow was still hesitating, Huimao turned around and rushed towards the big fellow.
Gu Xin's eyes widened, and he looked at Silin. Was he going to sacrifice his pet?
But seeing Silin's calm expression, Gu Xin and the other person turned their gazes in that direction.
Huimao ran over and suddenly sped up. They only saw a gray shadow flash, and then only one of the two antennae on the big fellow's head was left. Huimao, who had one antenna in its mouth, was still swinging its tail in front of them.
Gu Xin and the other person: "…" What a ferocious cat!
With one antenna in its mouth, Huimao ran into the distance. As expected, the big fellow was angry. It let out a loud roar, and the sound waves shook some of the nuts off the tree.
Now it was easier to collect the nuts. Silin thinks.
Once the big fellow was far away, Silin and Gu Xin ignored the other person, and quickly went to collect the nuts.
"It's about time, let's go back!" Silin said. They were only ten minutes away from the hour that Ah Shou said. Silin didn't know what the hailstorm was like here, but it definitely wouldn't be pleasant. It was better to return to the safe zone before it happened.
Gu Xin nodded, and then looked at the other person. "Erty, want to go together?"
Erty looked at the person who knew his identity, and the young man who was picking up the nuts not far away. He knew that these two people weren't simple, but the current situation wasn't looking good for him. After thinking for a while, Erty was prepared to refuse. He didn't trust people easily.
"There's going to be a hailstorm soon. I'm afraid you'll be in trouble if you keep going like this," Gu Xin said before Erty could refuse.
Erty looked at Gu Xin, trying to discern the truth of his words.
"Let's go!"
Silin told Gu Xin to hurry up and leave. It was up to Erty whether to follow or not.
Before Silin and Gu Xin could get far away, Erty still decided to follow them.
Huimao arrived at the tree earlier than Silin and Gu Xin. He was still holding the tentacle in his mouth and playing with it with his claws.
Neo was very reluctant to see another stranger. "Why do you guys like to pick up baggage so much?"
Bag … bag?!
Erty wanted to kill someone. He had never been called a "baggage" in his entire life. Looking at the skinny and listless Neo who had just woken up, Erty felt like he could squash the bastard to death with just two fingers.
Fortunately, Neo was still sleepy, so he went back to his room after a quick trip to the toilet.
Inside the living room, Ah Shou was hugging a glass of juice and curled up in a corner of the sofa. The hiccups that had just stopped were starting again when he saw another stranger with a murderous aura.
Silin pointed Erty to a room with first-aid supplies. Knowing Erty's personality, he wouldn't trust anyone else to treat his wounds.
Gu Xin told Erty who he was while Erty was cleaning his wounds.
Erty was a celebrity in a certain circle in the seventeenth star region. The former leader of one of the top underground forces in the seventeenth star region, the Blood Orchid, had adopted Erty as his son. Later, the Blood Orchid had an internal strife due to some external factors. The former leader was assassinated, and Erty began his path of revenge.
In the next two years, a number of important gang members were assassinated one after another. Other than that, Erty's hit list included the planetary government, some important government officials and nobles from other planets. Later on, some people called Erty the "Flower of Misfortune".
"I heard that he was turned into a sieve one time, but his body was never found. Not long after, he appeared again and successfully assassinated a few important government officials who were attending a star region conference. Since then, Erty has been on the most wanted list of the seventeenth star region. However, this person disappeared after that, and Erty never showed up again after his revenge. I didn't think I'd see him here. "
The Flower of Misfortune, Erty. A grown man like him probably wouldn't like being called a "flower". However, the name did make the faces of some people in the seventeenth star region turn pale. Be it the gangs, the government, or the nobles who were once involved in the Blood Orchid struggle, the name was a nightmare to them.
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