Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 304 Can you faint for a moment?

"It's alright, it's alright!" Lu Wei relaxed completely and ripped off his helmet.

The dense gunfire entered his ears like the most beautiful music.

Ou Yang rolled over, wanting to check on the enemy's situation, but Lu Wei pulled him back: "What are you looking at? Stay put!"

Ou Yang was completely confused: "No, I can't even take a look?"

"No way!" Lu Wei said domineeringly. "What if we encounter stray bullets?"

Ou Yang grinned: "Fine, I'll listen to you!"

That's what I said, but I still felt like a cat was scratching inside me, really wanting to see the scene of drones annihilating the enemy.

Lu Wei sighed. This guy has a big heart. He was just being suppressed by the enemy and almost died, but in the blink of an eye, he's acting like nothing happened.

Isn't he afraid at all?

How could Ouyang not be afraid?
But the situation is reversing, the threat has disappeared, so what is there to fear?

No matter what, people must always look forward.

Before long, the gunfire stopped. Most of the soldiers who had been so aggressive just moments before were dead or wounded. The corridor was littered with corpses. The few lucky ones who had escaped did not dare to stay any longer and fled in panic like stray dogs.

They didn't even dare to turn their heads, for fear that the drone would catch up with them.

The drones... of course they wouldn't let them go. The small drones that accompanied them immediately rushed into the building and began their pursuit. Several gunshots rang out from different floors, and soon after, the world became completely silent.

The captain, who had luckily escaped the first round of harvesting, scrambled down the stairs, calling Smith over the radio as he ran: "It's all over, all over!"

When Smith first received the news, he was furious, but as his own units gradually disappeared, his face grew increasingly ashen. By the time he received the captain's call, he was already unsteady on his feet and swaying precariously.

Suddenly, a captain's terrified cry came through the radio: "No, no, get away, get away—"

A gunshot rang out, and the captain's signal disappeared.

Smith plopped down in a chair, covered his face with his hands, and frantically tried to figure out how to avoid taking responsibility for the failure.

If those soldiers who died tragically knew what Smith was thinking, I wonder what they would think.

The captain was unlucky. If he had taken off all his equipment immediately and not contacted anyone, he might have escaped the drone's pursuit. The problem was that he kept calling Smith and sending radio signals, which were no different from a lighthouse in the rainy night.

After the battle was completely over and everything returned to calm, Dongguai's voice came again: "Worm Fang, the enemy has been eliminated. You two go to the rooftop immediately!"

"Roger that!" Lu Wei quickly put on his helmet. "Let's go, to the rooftop!"

Ou Yang didn't say anything, and he and Lu Wei headed to the rooftop one after the other.

Just as they were about to arrive, Lu Wei received another notification: "Waste tooth, halt!"

Lu Wei immediately stopped: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, just a moment!"

If the two people's vision could penetrate the wall, they would see several drones entangled and chasing each other in the air. Before long, several drones collided in mid-air, and the debris fell to the ground.

“That’s enough!” Dongguai said.

The two rushed out of the stairwell and happened to see the debris falling.

The drone flew onto the rooftop, and the two quickly secured themselves to it. The drone then flew away, transferring the two to safety.

Ouyang thought the drone would fly away from the city, but after taking the two away from the rooftop, it didn't fly too far. Instead, it took them to the office!
Ou Yang was a little confused: "Why are we coming down again?"

Lu Wei had just received the news and whispered, "The city is too chaotic. Now is not the time to leave. The higher-ups told us to hide for a while and leave when it's safe!"

As they spoke, the two entered the office, where a faint smell of spores still lingered.

The two of them didn't care about anything else and went straight into the air-raid shelter.

This is standard equipment in every office; every office has one, the only difference being the depth and size.

The air-raid shelter also had the smell of spores, but the smell was almost non-existent and not enough to induce a hallucination.

After locking the door, the two of them completely relaxed.

The two of them removed their equipment one by one, and Ouyang asked seriously, "Old Ya, what exactly happened?"

"What happened?" Lu Wei pretended to be clueless.

"Don't try to bluff me, I'm not that oblivious," Ou Yang said seriously. "It was much more chaotic when we came here, and everyone else just left without hesitation. Why are we the only ones looking on the sidelines?"

Lu Wei really wanted to tell a few lies to fool Ou Yang, but he was really bad at pretending. Before he could even speak, his eyes were already darting around: "It's really nothing, what are you thinking?"

"I want to communicate directly with the warship!" Ou Yang didn't bother with his nonsense and bypassed Lu Wei.

Lu Wei naturally refused to agree, and the two of them argued back and forth, neither willing to give in.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing!" Xu Yi's voice came through the radio. "Worm tooth!"

"To!"

"Turn off the radio. Every word I'm about to say is classified!" Xu Yi said.

"Yes!" Lu Wei replied, immediately removed the communication device, and strode to the side.

Ou Yang was stunned. He just wanted to know the truth, but Xu Yi's actions made him very uneasy: "Captain, what happened?"

"Do you want to know the truth? I'll tell you."

Ouyang immediately sat up straight: "Please speak!"

"Here's what happened: After Shy Shi Dun fell into chaos, for security reasons, we switched to the US's communication frequency band and unexpectedly received information that a man named Smith broke into the city hall and sent a team to arrest our personnel. The person he wanted to arrest was you!"

"Arrest me?" Ouyang's only feeling was absurdity. "Why would they arrest me? Did I throw their child into a well?"

"The situation is a little complicated. According to our current information, Smith's unit was stationed at Brown Bear City Airport after the outbreak of the pandemic..."

"What?" Ou Yang jumped up.

Lu Wei looked over curiously, but kept his mouth tightly shut, showing no intention of asking any questions.

He doesn't ask what he shouldn't ask, and he doesn't listen to what he shouldn't listen to; iron discipline is ingrained in his very being.

Xu Yi continued: "After the fall of Brown Bear City, Smith disappeared without a trace. He briefly appeared at the US military headquarters a few months ago, and then vanished again until he appeared in Shystone today... According to our judgment, Smith is currently working for a secret agency, and the reason he is here is because of you!"

Ou Yang was completely bewildered: "Why am I getting more and more confused?"

Xu Yi finally revealed the answer: "The reason is simple. Old Mi believes that your physical condition is special. If we study it carefully, we may be able to find a way to end the epidemic."

Ou Yang's heart pounded violently, his heart pounding uncontrollably: "To hell with it, who started this rumor?"

“It’s really not a rumor,” Xu Yi said. “Remember the research data you provided?”

Ou Yang inwardly cried out in alarm, but forced himself to admit, "I remember!"

"A lot of the research data is related to you, right?" Ou Yang felt a chill run down his spine and didn't know what to say for a moment.

“Although you didn’t say where that data came from, the technical department compared the data, and some of it was very similar to your situation, but it hadn’t appeared in other immune individuals, so we’ve confirmed that the data is related to you.” At this point, Xu Yi softened his tone, “I know what you’re worried about. Don’t worry, no one plans to dissect you for research.”

Ou Yang's voice was hoarse: "So what do they plan to do with me?"

“Nothing special, just continue doing what you normally do,” Xu Yi said. “The situation is a little different from what you think. The information you provided initially contained a lot of errors and omissions, and was seriously out of touch with the actual situation.”

"What? Impossible!" Ouyang denied instinctively.

Although he never intended to gain anything from providing the data, he also didn't believe that the data was useless.

"Don't worry, it's not your fault," Xu Yi comforted him. "Can I ask what exactly happened back then?"

Ouyang proactively provided a large amount of research data, which brought him to the attention of his superiors. Naturally, they had to investigate him thoroughly. Before he even left Brown Bear, they had already done all the necessary investigations and determined that Ouyang had never been exposed to medicine, biology, or similar disciplines, and could not possibly have fabricated such professional, rigorous, and sufficiently in-depth research materials.

There's nothing wrong with talking about this. Ouyang briefly recounted his experience back then.

Xu Yi suddenly realized: "So that's how it is... Hmm, I think there are three possibilities. One is that the research equipment is too old, which caused the data to be incorrect or missing. The second is that they deliberately exaggerated your special characteristics for some purpose, such as trying to get more resources from the US military. Another possibility is that the doctor is infected with phantom lung bacteria and is deeply trapped in hallucinations!"

Ou Yang instinctively wanted to retort, but swallowed the words back before they reached his throat.

No one knows that he can smell spores yet, and he doesn't want to reveal it: "So you're saying there's nothing special about me, right?"

In fact, Ouyang himself did not believe this claim, after all, he was very clear about the changes in his own body.

"No, there are indeed special circumstances, but that doctor went in the wrong direction... Just recently, the research department was inspired by you and came up with a possibility. They are planning to conduct an experiment. If the experiment is successful, they may be able to find a cure for phantom lung disease."

"Really?" Ouyang couldn't believe it at all. "What method?"

"We can't say yet!"

Ou Yang's eyes darted around, and he offered a suggestion to get the ball rolling: "The only cure I know of is a lung transplant from an immune person!"

Xu Yi couldn't help but laugh: "Then let me ask you, besides the lungs, what else can be transplanted?"

Ou Yang was stunned. He thought to himself that there were many organs that could be transplanted, and even the heart was fine. But apart from the lungs, the other organs had nothing to do with phantom lung disease!
Could it be an organ related to immunity? But besides the spleen and lymph nodes, what else is related to immunity?

"Alright, don't worry, and don't feel guilty. Once the situation stabilizes, we'll find a way to get you out."

"Okay, I understand... Oh, right, there's one more thing."

"you say!"

"That Smith is still at City Hall, right?"

"Yes... what do you want to do?"

"It's rude to come and not reciprocate!"

Xu Yi was shocked: "Ou Yang, calm down..."

There was no response from the radio. Xu Yi was stunned and immediately tried to contact Lu Wei.

Inside the air-raid shelter, Ouyang took off his headphones and let out a long sigh of relief.

Lu Wei looked over curiously: "All done?"

“It’s over!” Ouyang nodded, a relieved smile on his face. “You can come back now.”

When Lu Wei returned, Ou Yang suddenly said, "Actually, it's not a big deal. Do you want to hear it?"

"No!" Lu Wei refused without hesitation.

Since the higher-ups have classified this matter as confidential, and Xu Yi has instructed him to stay away, it means he is not yet qualified to know about it.

He not only won't actively inquire, but even if Ouyang himself wants to tell him, he won't listen.

Ou Yang shrugged helplessly: "It's really nothing. If you ask me, it's just that the higher-ups are too sensitive!"

As he spoke, he had already removed all his equipment, even taking off the 43 under his armpits.

Just as Lu Wei was about to say something, Ou Yang suddenly attacked, striking Lu Wei on the neck with a palm strike.

He didn't use much force, and Lu Wei covered his neck in surprise, his eyes full of questions.

Ouyang sighed helplessly: "Could you faint for a moment?"

Lu Wei questioned angrily, "Why did I faint?"

“I need you to pass out for a bit. Trust me, this is important, otherwise I’ll have to knock you out!” Ouyang said.

Lu Wei was even more confused: "No, does it matter whether I'm dizzy or not? Are you kidding me?"

Ou Yang simply stopped pretending: "I'll give you two choices: either you lie down and pretend to be unconscious, or I'll knock you out. The choice is yours!"

Lu Wei laughed angrily: "Who do you think you are..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ou Yang struck with lightning speed, delivering another chop to Lu Wei's neck, though he didn't use much force.

Lu Wei was stunned. He considered himself to be quite skilled. Although he wasn't a true fighting expert, he wasn't completely helpless. Yet, he couldn't even see how Ou Yang made his move.

"What exactly do you want?" Lu Wei frowned.

Ou Yang pursed his lips and chose to tell the truth: "I need to deal with someone. You just need to knock yourself out so you don't break the rules, understand what I mean?"

The two of them had fought side by side before, and he didn't want to actually take action.

Firstly, the neck is a very important area, and he's untrained, so he might hit it too hard and cause serious injury; secondly, once he's unconscious, he'll be incapacitated, and if someone finds the air-raid shelter, Lu Wei will be in danger.

Lu Wei asked in astonishment, "Against whom?"

“It’s a secret… It wasn’t me who said it, it was the higher-ups who said it was a secret,” Ou Yang said. “I can only tell you that the person is at the city hall, and he’s the one who sent people to arrest me.”

Lu Wei was extremely surprised: "You want to get revenge?"

“Yes!” Ouyang nodded.

Lu Wei was both annoyed and amused: "No, even if I didn't stop you, do you know where the city hall is?"

Ou Yang was taken aback and couldn't say anything.

He was only thinking about revenge and hadn't really thought about this.

"Also, do you know what that person looks like?"

Ou Yang was speechless, feeling extremely annoyed that he had forgotten about this.

Lu Wei sighed: "Alright, stop looking so gloomy. It's just getting revenge, I'll go with you!"

Ou Yang's eyes lit up, and he slapped Lu Wei on the shoulder: "Good!"

(End of this chapter)