Yang Xiaojin stared at Ren Xiaosu in a daze. He was attacking her just because she was not a stronghold resident? What kind of nonsense was this?
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu suddenly said, "The Experimentals are getting stronger and stronger. On the way here to save you, I saw an Experimental injecting a normal human being with the drug. When the gray drug was injected into that person's body, it was as though that person had become a new Experimental."
This was the first time Yang Xiaojin had heard of something like this. She said in shock, "If they inject this drug into the entire stronghold's residents, wouldn't there be hundreds of thousands more Experimentals? No, they have a choice. "
"That's right." Ren Xiaosu said, "They probably only choose special individuals to inject it into. However, we don't know what the conditions are. I feel that we can only figure out how the Experimentals appear before we can figure out how they're selected. There must have been tens of thousands of refugees who survived the earthquake in Stronghold 113, but the number of Experimentals only increased by about 1,000 in the end. "
Yang Xiaojin suddenly said, "We received intelligence from the Pyro Company that the laboratory in the Jing Mountains is indeed related to them. It was their laboratory before The Cataclysm. After The Cataclysm, they lost contact with the laboratory, and they abandoned that part of the experiment. The relevant information was also lost."
"Then do y 'all know what kind of experiment they were conducting there?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
"I don't know. I only know that the subjects they were conducting experiments on were cancer patients. Those cancer patients knew they didn't have much time left, so they sold themselves to the Pyro Company and left a sum of money for their families," Yang Xiaojin said.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu's wound started hurting again. He took out the black medicine from the palace and applied it on himself. "You should apply some medicine on your wound too, right? Where are you hurt?"
Yang Xiaojin said, "Give me the medicine. I'll do it myself."
Ren Xiaosu handed a bottle of black medicine to Yang Xiaojin. He wanted to tell her the price of the black medicine, but Ren Xiaosu held back.
He watched as Yang Xiaojin blew out the candle, and then in the dark, she used the black medicine to rustle her wounds. "I've long heard that your black medicine is magical, but I didn't expect it to be so effective."
"Hmm." Ren Xiaosu asked curiously in the dark, "Are there any wounds that I can't apply it to? I …"
With a swish, Yang Xiaojin had already lit the candle with a match. Ren Xiaosu lowered his head and continued to apply the medicine on his wound …
Yang Xiaojin suddenly saw Ren Xiaosu lift up his shirt and saw four deep bloodstains on Ren Xiaosu's waist and abdomen. The Experimentals must have dug it out with their claws. Fortunately, their internal organs were not injured. She said in surprise, "Didn't you feel any pain just now?"
One had to know that Ren Xiaosu had talked to her for a long time calmly just now, but from Ren Xiaosu's expression, there was no pain at all.
Ren Xiaosu calmly applied the medicine on himself. "I'm used to it."
The word "used to it" seemed to have a calming power to it. The bitterness and suffering of the past decade or so were all contained in those three words.
Used to pain.
Used to getting hurt.
Used to enduring.
Yang Xiaojin took advantage of the candlelight to see that there were beads of sweat dripping from Ren Xiaosu's head. Moreover, Ren Xiaosu's lips had turned pale. It was obvious that his injuries were very serious.
She took the black medicine from Ren Xiaosu's hand and lifted Ren Xiaosu's shirt. She was surprised to see that Ren Xiaosu had more than a dozen wounds on his body. Yang Xiaojin said, "Let me apply the medicine for you."
Ren Xiaosu did not say anything and allowed Yang Xiaojin to run her fingers over his wounds.
The skin of this girl's fingers was not delicate at all. Instead, there were many calluses on them. It was obvious that she had gone through very difficult training.
Actually, back in the Jing Mountains, Ren Xiaosu already knew that Yang Xiaojin was different from other delicate girls.
"Does it hurt? Tell me if I hit you too hard." Yang Xiaojin asked softly, "Turn around. There are wounds on your back too."
Yang Xiaojin's tone left no room for doubt.
Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and said, "There should have been quite a few Experimentals above where we were just now. We've been walking for half a day now, so we should be getting close to the stronghold's gate soon. But I'm not sure if we'll get a chance to get out."
Of course, it would be very easy to climb out from here. But how were they going to escape the Experimentals?
If they happened to bump into the Experimentals when they climbed out, they would still die if they chased them out of the stronghold for several hundred kilometers!
Ren Xiaosu felt the cooling sensation of the black medicine being applied to his skin. After the pain was relieved, he felt much better. "But I think the Experimentals will definitely need to rest during the day. So we'll just wait quietly for the day to come. When they hide, we'll go out and run for our lives. Let's hurry up and conserve our energy."
Yang Xiaojin suddenly asked, "It's no secret that they hate light. Your judgment is correct. They'll definitely hide and rest during the day."
"Mhm." Ren Xiaosu felt like great minds thought alike.
The two of them sat in the dark sewers and fell into a brief silence. Then Yang Xiaojin suddenly said, "Actually, even my closest friends and relatives might not necessarily come back to save me in a situation like that. I won't say thank you, I —"
However, Ren Xiaosu said in a serious tone, "You still have to say thank you."
Yang Xiaojin was stunned for a moment. "Thank you …"
"Gratitude received from Yang Xiaojin, + 10!"
Wait a minute. Ren Xiaosu was stunned. He had only asked Yang Xiaojin to say thank you because he felt that since the mission was not completed, he should at least earn some gratitude tokens to recoup his losses. However, he did not expect that Yang Xiaojin would actually give him 10 gratitude tokens just for thanking him!
What right did Yang Xiaojin have to be so special?!
But at this moment, the manhole cover above them rattled. They saw an Experimental jump down from above. However, it seemed like the Experimental did not expect there to be people down there either. Both parties were stunned!
What happened to finding a way out during the day? Why did the Experimentals suddenly come down here? It was almost dawn, so shouldn't they be looking for a place to sleep?
Yang Xiaojin said softly, "I suddenly realized a problem. Where do you think they'll hide during the day?"
Ren Xiaosu pondered it for a moment. "The sewers?"
"Mhm." Yang Xiaojin nodded.
At that moment, Ren Xiaosu was in a terrible mood. He had planned to escape after dawn, but it looked like he had to hurry up and escape. Otherwise, he might have to sleep together with the Experimentals. He wondered if the Experimentals would welcome him.
In an instant, the Experimental roared and pounced at the two of them. Ren Xiaosu did not even move, but the shadow clone had already pounced on it with the black saber in hand. The shadow clone grabbed the Experimental's neck with one hand and raised the black saber with the other to pierce through the Experimental's heart. The Experimental was pinned to the wall of the sewers across from them.
But an even greater disaster was yet to come. The Experimental's roar had alerted the Experimentals on the surface. Two of them were leaning against the edge of the manhole and looking down. Ren Xiaosu said, "Let's go, I'll carry you!"
He could not let the shadow clone carry Yang Xiaojin, because he needed the shadow clone to fight!
But what Ren Xiaosu did not expect was that after experiencing a high-intensity battle last night and getting injured, his stamina was running low. Just standing up was already very strenuous for him.
At this moment, Yang Xiaojin half-squatted down in front of him. "I'll carry you."
Before Ren Xiaosu could react, Yang Xiaojin had already carried him on her back and was running forward.
Yang Xiaojin was quite tall, but she had a very small frame. Ren Xiaosu always felt a little awkward being carried on her back. That was because he had never relied on anyone before, no matter how difficult the situation was.
He had returned to the stronghold to save someone, but now he was being carried away by the person he wanted to save.
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