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Chapter 440 Parasites and Symbiosis, the Living Research Institute
After feeling nauseous, Zhu Heng looked relieved: "Luckily, I managed to escape!"

Que Zhiyun mechanically patted her mother's back, and judging from her expression, the girl was still in shock and disbelief.

"Does such a thing really exist in this world?"

“At this point, your brother Shu Heng is too lazy to make up stories for you, and he can’t make them up anyway. Besides, there are all sorts of strange and wonderful things in this world. Just because you haven’t seen them doesn’t mean they don’t exist.” Zhu Heng said, affectionately touching her daughter’s hand. If her daughter were in better health, she would have taken her out to travel and broaden her horizons long ago.

There are no strange things in this world that we can't imagine, only things we haven't seen yet!

Que Lu was equally shocked, and also noticed something else: "The women in the tribe, and Miss Lin, are all exceptionally beautiful. It must be the effect of those corpse-lying worms, right? It just manifests differently in men and women. But wait, Miss Lin doesn't seem to be parasitized."

He could still tell that.

Now, everyone's attention turned to Lin Shuangshuang.

“It’s symbiosis.” Lin Shuangshuang answered the questions of Que Lu and the family of three opposite her. “Ge, Bai Xiaoliu made me eat the eggs of the Corpse-Hidden Worm without my knowledge. Since then, my body has started to change until it became like this. But the eggs did not take over my brain. Now they just share a body with me.”

Que Zhiyun was completely unmoved now.

She's terrified of bugs!

Li Jingmo also said, "Ever since Shuangshuang's body started to change, I have been regularly taking her for various check-ups to ensure that there is no parasite."

"Parasitic, symbiotic, this corpse worm is really amazing, we've never heard of it before."

Zhu Heng couldn't help but sigh in amazement, then asked curiously, "Shu Heng, how did you know about this kind of insect?"

Que Bingchen had some guesses, "I remember you just said that Hanying ruined Bai Xiaoliu's plans, and you and Jingmo took Miss Lin to see that Hanying today. So, it seems that the Corpse-Hidden Worm was something that Hanying told you about, right?"

"Well, it's her."

“This Miss Hanying knows quite a lot,” Zhu Heng said with a smile to Li Chengxiao. “I’d like to meet her.”

By now, how could she not see it?

Shu Heng's feelings for that girl Han Ying are definitely not ordinary.

From the very beginning, they were eager to know the address of that tribe. Perhaps Jingmo was doing it for Miss Lin, while Shuheng was probably doing it for Hanying.

If you kill members of another tribe to prevent them from retaliating, the best way is naturally to strike first and wipe out the entire tribe!

It’s all over now, no more worries.

That's something only this kid would do.

"She's filming, so she's quite busy."

“Xiaoyun told me everything before you came back, otherwise you wouldn’t have gone to find her. Let’s wait until we’re less busy, we can’t delay her work.” Zhu Heng said, picking up her phone and opening an app with a golden mountain pattern on the homepage. “You’re a man of your word. I can give you the address of that tribe, but I don’t recommend you go there rashly until you are fully confident in dealing with that tribe.”

She glanced at Li Chengxiao again as she spoke, "I know you've never been an impulsive child, but love, to be honest, can sometimes make people impulsive, like your brain suddenly runs away from home. When your Uncle Que was pursuing me, he even went to the edge of a cliff right after it rained to pick camellias for me. It was incredibly dangerous; he almost slipped and fell off. What you did was even more dangerous than that!"

Que Bingchen squeezed his wife's hand: "Why did you bring this up?"

Zhu Heng: "Let me give you an example. Isn't this a ready-made one?"

Que Bingchen glanced at his serious-looking wife, then at his daughter who was covering her mouth and chuckling, and nodded helplessly, "Alright!"

Li Chengxiao: "...I will remember your reminder."

The phone pinged. Li Chengxiao clicked on the link that had just been sent to him.

Soon the phone screen turned into a topographical map that most people couldn't understand at all.

It is a recording method used exclusively by the Que family. It ensures that even if the topographical map is accidentally lost or falls into the hands of an ordinary person, they will not be able to understand a single symbol or line and will only think they are reading a book written in heaven.

The Que family learned this method of recording from a young age, and could understand what was recorded on a topographic map at a glance.

Since he wasn't a member of the Que family, there was an extra step: first, to decipher and convert the map into a topographical map that a normal person could understand.

Zhu Heng sent the image and then ignored it, saying with a smile, "Go ahead and decipher it yourself. It'll be a good opportunity to see how much of what you learned as a child you can still remember."

Li Chengxiao: "..."

Just by looking at this map, you can tell how complex the terrain is, with its dense, overlapping expanse.

Come to think of it, a place that those insects would use as their nest can't be too well hidden.

Nodding helplessly.

Having finished discussing Lin Shuangshuang's unusual condition and the corpse-lying worms, the topic finally returned to the real reason why Que Bingchen and Zhu Heng had returned to Que Mountain to see their daughter.

The laboratory that was destroyed by the Que family back then has apparently made a comeback!

Que Bingchen and Zhu Heng both personally participated in that family operation and were the main force at the time. After all, it was their own daughter who was kidnapped, so they would hate that laboratory even more than other members of the Que family!

"I can't believe that even after more than ten years, the person behind this is still so ruthless." Speaking of this, Zhu Heng, with her fiery temper, couldn't help but slam her hand on the table. "Who knows how many children they've harmed over the years!"

"Aunt Heng, Uncle Que," Li Jingmo asked, noticing their furious expressions as they brought up the matter, and became more cautious in asking questions, "What did you see when you destroyed that laboratory back then?"

The couple looked at each other.

Zhu Heng opened her mouth, but Que Bingchen squeezed her hand and said, "Let me explain."

Before speaking, she glanced at her daughter, then at Lin Shuangshuang, and said, "Xiaoyun, why don't you and Miss Lin go out for a walk first?"

Que Zhiyun pouted in dissatisfaction: "No!"

Lin Shuangshuang also showed no intention of getting up, saying, "Mr. Que, please speak freely."

She doesn't feel there's anything she can't bear to hear anymore.

Moreover, she didn't break down even though she had personally experienced the same thing as the child in the hospital bed next to her. As someone who has experienced more than most adults, she shouldn't be less capable than a child.

Que Bingchen could only nod helplessly, but still gave a heads-up, "If you can't stand it anymore, just leave."

Seeing the two nod, he then spoke in a deep voice: "I won't go into how much effort it took to find the exact address of that laboratory. Just to break in, it took nearly a hundred members of our Que family three whole days. The defense facilities there were probably the most advanced and top-notch at the time, but that was only a minor part of what shocked us."

"Once inside, it was truly an eye-opening experience. I can only say that science fiction movies these days are far too conservative."

"I have roughly counted a series of studies conducted there, ranging from brain development, similar to what Xiaoyun experienced, to physical enhancement and alteration of human genes, to human cell division and evolution, blood, and even organ regeneration, and even the alteration of human and animal genes... Many children have been tortured to the point that I can't describe it. Those who have been studied for too long can no longer adapt to the external environment or even the air. Only a few, who were sent there around the same time as Xiaoyun, have been able to be intervened and return to a normal life."

Que Zhiyun's face had turned pale from listening, but she still couldn't help but ask, "What about those children who can't adapt to the outside world?"

Que Bingchen gently patted his daughter's head and answered her question with silence. After a pause, he continued, "When I found Xiaoyun and was about to leave, I actually had a feeling, or rather, an intuition. It sounds a bit absurd, so I didn't even mention it to my family. That research institute seems to be alive."

My darlings, I wish you a Happy New Year and all the best in the coming year!