HLnovel Chapter 381 The Little Rose of the Dark Captain (69)
Chapter 381 The Little Rose of the Dark Captain (69)
Zong Hui's heart was pounding and his breathing was rapid.
Can be used by ordinary people...
Is it...
Can ordinary people really have superpowers? !
"Professor Zong! What happened?!"
The people outside heard the sound of glass breaking and rushed in.
"Don't even move!"
Zong Hui swallowed, carefully took the crystal core from Xiao Xuxing's hand, and put it into a transparent box.
And at the moment he let it go, a circle of strange energy waves spread out.
Each crystal core began to show a different color of luster.
Zong Hui stared at these colorful crystal cores, the muscles on his face trembling with excitement.
These crystal cores... are energy stones with different properties and abilities!
"Mr. Li...Mr. Li, how should these crystal cores be used by ordinary people?"
"break down."
"Decompose?" Zong Hui asked hastily, "Are you decomposing the crystal core? Won't the energy inside leak out?"
"..."
Bai Chao suddenly hugged Xiao Xuxing's arm and whispered, "Xiao Xuxing, I'm a little tired."
"..." Xiao Xuxing looked at Zong Hui, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
"Ah? Captain Xiao, this, this, this..."
Zong Hui was extremely anxious.
It's such an important matter, how can you just run away without saying anything? !
Xiao Xuxing gently patted Bai Chao's hand.
"He doesn't have good physical strength. Completing ten tasks every day has already consumed too much of his energy."
"It's not too late to talk about this tomorrow."
After all, it is a new discovery. The laboratory will definitely spend a long time studying these crystal nuclei and is not in a hurry for one or two days.
Zong Hui: "This..."
But Bai Chao has ten tasks every day. If they can only ask one or two questions each time and get tired, then their research will not make any progress at all.
Zong Hui's brain worked at high speed and he finally came up with a solution.
"Captain Xiao, I will apply for the replacement mission tonight!"
"If Mr. Li is willing to cooperate with the laboratory and help advance this discovery, it can be counted as an S-level mission."
One S-level task is equivalent to twenty B-level tasks.
"S-level mission?"
Xiao Xu paused.
"That's only two days." Xiao Xuxing glanced at the still glowing crystal core, "Your research will definitely take more than two days."
This kind of mission is beneficial to all mankind and is indeed worthy of being rated S.
But if it is only counted as an S-level task, it is not worth it for Bai Chao.
This person was forced to complete ten B-level tasks every day, without interruption.
Zong Hui quickly continued, "If the information he provides can allow both psychics and ordinary people to benefit from the crystal core, as long as one person changes, it will be considered an S-level mission!"
"..."
Xiao Xuxing thought about it for a moment.
"can."
Zong Hui was delighted and wanted to continue keeping Bai Chao, but was interrupted by Xiao Xuxing.
"Tomorrow."
Xiao Xuxing pulled Bai Chao to his feet and said, "Don't you still have to apply to the higher-ups tonight?"
Zong Hui slapped his head. He was so focused on the mission that he almost forgot that he hadn't applied for it yet.
"Okay, okay, then tomorrow, tomorrow."
Zong Hui didn't dare to waste any time and quickly asked his assistant to take the crystal core and leave.
Xiao Xuxing also took Bai Chao home.
After arriving home, Xiao Xuxing turned on the light and pulled someone to sit on the sofa.
"Clear and stop."
"Huh?" Bai Chao looked at Xiao Xuxing with confusion, as he had a serious face.
Xiao Xuxing said in a deep voice: "Why do you know that thing?"
"have witnessed."
"have witnessed?"
"Yes, in the priest's prayer room."
Bai Chao thought for a moment and said, "The priest's prayer room is different from ours."
"The priest won't let me in, but he'll let me deliver something."
Xiao Xuxing held Bai Chao's hand.
"What is that? Is it a crystal core?"
"Well..." Bai Chao added, "It's a head with a crystal core."
"..."
Xiao Xuxing changed the question: "Qingzhi, when you say decomposition, do you mean decomposing the crystal core?"
"Ah."
"Then you also know how to decompose the crystal core?"
"know."
"…Did Anleyuan teach you?"
"No..." Bai Chao looked up at Xiao Xuxing, then lowered his eyes.
"It was the day when I brought Zhang Yan and the others back to Anleyuan that I saw how the priest dissected the crystal core..."
Bai Chao's voice became lower and lower.
Apparently he was recalling the bad memories of that day.
Xiao Xuxing was silent for a moment.
"..."
After a moment of silence, Xiao Xuxing continued to ask: "Qingzhi, you have never directly touched the crystal core, can you decompose it?"
"Yes, I saw it."
"You learned it just by looking at it?"
Bai Chao asked in confusion: "Do I need to take a look?"
Xiao Xuxing: “…”
He laughed and held the man in his arms.
"Okay, Qingzhi, if you are needed to decompose the crystal core, don't tell Zonghui that this is your first time to decompose it."
Judging from Zong Hui's expression today, he might be treating the crystal core as a treasure and would not tolerate any waste.
If Bai Chao made a mistake for the first time, Zong Hui would scream and sigh and would talk about it for months.
"Well, I won't tell you." Bai Chao nodded.
Xiao Xuxing squeezed Bai Chao's palm.
"The crystal core is the energy source of superpowers. It's understandable that superpowers can use it, but why did you tell Zong Hui that it can also be used by ordinary people?"
Bai Chao tilted his head: "I am also an ordinary person."
Xiao Xuxing was stunned: "You... have used it too?"
The crystal core appears in the brain of the mutant creature. If Anleyuan had discovered the existence of the crystal core before, then what happened later means that they created more mutant creatures in order to obtain the crystal core, just like raising a Gu...
Isn't the exaggerated energy in the crystal core harmful to ordinary people?
Whenever the shelter's laboratory studies a discovery, it needs to go through countless experiments to confirm the result.
How could this kind of thing be directly available to ordinary people?
Anleyuan will definitely allow people to experiment in advance.
Bai Chao also used this kind of crystal core...then...
"..."
Bai Chao looked at the man's face and suddenly said, "Ring."
"ring?"
Xiao Xuxing suddenly realized that he remembered.
At that time, Bai Chao used the ring in Anleyuan to unleash his supernatural power.
So this is the secret of the ring's ability to store supernatural powers...
No wonder Zong Hui copied it exactly the same at that time, but couldn’t achieve the same effect.
"..."
Xiao Xuxing gently stroked Bai Chao's fingers.
ring……
Bai Chao leaned against the man's chest and yawned.
"Xiao Xuxing, I'm tired..."
Xiao Xuxing let go of his hand.
"I'll go to the bathroom and run the water for you."
This person must take a bath before going to bed, and put a leaf in the bathtub water.
It was the leaves of the tree that was planted in the old shelter.
The fragrance of these leaves will be more obvious when soaked in water, and Bai Chao likes it very much.
The large bag of leaves that Xiao Xuxing brought back from the old shelter was almost used up.
As Xiao Xuxing stood up, he was thinking about when he could find time to visit the old shelter again, when something suddenly grabbed his sleeve from behind.
"Xiao Xuxing..."
Xiao Xuxing turned his head and saw the person on the sofa looking at him without blinking.
"I'm tired."
"..."
Xiao Xuxing leaned down and picked the man up by the waist.
"I'll help you wash it."
……
bathroom.
"..."
Bai Chao lay beside the bathtub, saying nothing, with a hint of resentment on his face.
He was alone in the bathroom now, and the man went out to get him pajamas.
Bai Chao bit his lower lip.
When Xiao Xuxing said he would help him take a bath, he really just meant helping him take a bath.
He could even wipe his body without looking away.
When did this man become a gentleman???
The progress bar that's only 1% short of the target doesn't bother Bai Chao so much now.
And usually they just kiss the forehead and eyes, and never do anything further.
"..."
Bai Chao slapped the water surface heavily, and the water splashed onto the tiled floor.
"Qingzhi?"
When Xiao Xuxing came in with a bath towel and pajamas, he found the man huddled in the corner of the bathtub, not even looking at him.
"..."
Xiao Xu walked closer to the bathtub, half squatted down, and called the man's name again.
"Qingzhi?"
Bai Chao tilted his head, water still dripping from the wet ends of his hair.
"..."
Xiao Xuxing paused.
...This person seems unhappy?
Did he use too much force when he wiped her just now?
"Qingzhi, can you please stand up?"
"..."
Although Bai Chao didn't say a word, he still cooperated with the man and stood up to dry his body.
After Xiao Xuxing helped Bai Chao put on his pajamas, he carried him back to the sofa and used a hair dryer to blow his hair.
After a few minutes, the sound of the hair dryer stopped.
Xiao Xuxing was gently combing Bai Chao's messy hair when he suddenly heard a low voice from someone in front of him.
"Xiao Xuxing..."
Xiao Xuxing held the person on his lap and cupped Bai Chao's cheek.
"Qingzhi, what happened?"
I could sense that this person was in a bad mood even in the bathroom.
"..."
Bai Chao raised his eyes: "Xiao Xuxing, are we lovers?"
Xiao Xuxing didn't expect him to ask this: "Yes."
"But……"
"But you never kissed me like you did before."
"..." Xiao Xuxing was slightly stunned.
Bai Chao's voice was muffled: "Xiao Xuxing, do you still want to abandon me..."
"Before you leave, can you please tell me something, I..."
Xiao Xuxing suddenly kissed his lips, drowning out all the sounds in the kiss.
"..."
A gentle and lingering kiss can calm Bai Chao's restless heart.
After a long time, Xiao Xuxing finally let go of the person in his arms.
Bai Chao was breathing slightly, with a layer of mist in his eyes.
Xiao Xuxing's hand gently stroked Bai Chao's red eyes. How could he not want to kiss him...
but……
Xiao Xuxing kissed Bai Chao's eyes again and said softly, "Qingzhi, I still hope you can understand what love is first."
He wanted to teach this person slowly, bit by bit, from daily life.
Bai Chao blinked: "Xiao Xuxing..."
"Ok?"
"I love you."
Xiao Xuxing was stunned.
Bai Chao raised his head and said seriously, "Didn't you say that I can't say this to others casually?"
"I just want to talk to you now."
"Is this love?"
"..."
Xiao Xuxing's eyes gradually became dark.
"Yes."
The overwhelming kisses fell again.
……
the next day.
Zong Hui rushed to the laboratory early in the morning.
He went to apply for a replacement mission last night. A group of people stayed up all night and assessed the mission level overnight.
In the early hours of the morning, the application was approved.
Zong Hui sent a message to Xiao Xuxing with dark circles under his eyes, then rushed to the laboratory excitedly to wait for them to come.
As a result, the sun gradually rose halfway up the sky, and no one came.
Zong Huiren was almost going crazy waiting, but then his assistant came back and brought him a piece of news that almost made him break down.
"Ask for leave?!!"
The assistant secretly took a step back: "Yes... Professor Zong, why don't you go and rest for a while?"
Zong Hui wanted to throw the communicator in his hand to the ground and stomp on it. He made countless calls but no one answered, so he was almost going to the person's house to rob him.
So he was told to take a leave???
"What are you resting for? No rest!"
Zong Hui pushed up his glasses and said, "Give me all the crystal cores!"
He just didn't believe it. He couldn't decompose a mere energy stone by himself?
in the afternoon.
As Xiao Xuxing and Bai Chao just stepped into the laboratory door, Zong Hui floated over like a wandering soul.
"Captain Xiao...you are here..."
"..."
Xiao Xuxing couldn't help but look at Zong Hui twice more.
"Didn't you sleep at night?"
"No……"
Xiao Xuxing: “…”
Can staying up late make a person like this?
His cheeks were sunken, his head was droopy, his steps were unsteady, and even his speech was weak.
Xiao Xuxing frowned: "Are you like this because of the mission application?"
He just asked for leave with Bai Chao and was late for a long time. Was Zong Hui really like this? When did his psychological quality become so bad?
The assistant at the side explained: "No, Captain Xiao, Professor Zong accidentally destroyed three crystal cores this morning."
"..."
When Zong Hui heard this, he became even more depressed.
"Captain Xiao... three pieces..."
There were only a few pieces brought back in total, and three of them were destroyed in one go. Zong Hui even wanted to chop off his own hands.
His hands were clearly the steadiest, but why did the crystal core, which was as hard as iron, break at the touch of a finger? !
Xiao Xuxing was silent.
He calculated in his mind and estimated that Zong Hui would not be able to get through these three broken crystal cores for half a year.
“……” Xiao Xuxing glanced at Bai Chao.
Bai Chao noticed the gaze and looked up at Xiao Xuxing.
"Xiao Xuxing, does he not need me to do the mission anymore?"
Zong Hui suddenly got a start and ran over as if he had regained consciousness.
"Of course! Your mission application has been approved!"
Bai Chao stood behind Xiao Xuxing: "Oh."
Zong Hui took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Li, if you can solve the problem of the fragile crystal core, I will immediately apply to upgrade the mission level to double S level!"