Chapter 192 The Extreme Cold Realm 08
Their bodies seemed to be injected with some kind of invisible gas, and began to expand at a visible speed.

The skin was stretched to the point of transparency, and the twisted blood vessels and tissues beneath the skin were faintly visible.

Ye Xi'an gasped, and even Lin Zhijing, who was used to seeing flesh and blood, had his pupils suddenly shrink.

It wasn't a simple swelling, but a devastating deformation from the inside out. The pale white skin was stretched to almost transparent, and the bones creaked under the pressure. In addition to the swelling, many abscess-like bumps appeared on the skin's surface.

The bumps seemed to have a life of their own, moving all over their bodies.

Bo Jing abruptly lowered his arms from his chest, standing stiffly as he looked at Yi Yang on TV, a man completely different from his usual self, his eyes filled with worry and shock.

What kind of virus is this that can cause such damage to people?

Lin Zhijing's gray phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, flashing with a probing and cold light.

He didn't speak, but stared intently at the screen, as if trying to memorize every detail.

As Ye Xi'an watched, tears involuntarily streamed down her face. Her skin was stretched taut; how painful that must be.

Ji Jiangci reached out and gently grasped Ye Xi'an's cold fingers.

"Don't be afraid, my wife."

His voice was as gentle as ever, yet it couldn't hide the heaviness within it.

Gu Feng stood behind the group, his tall figure casting a shadow. His eyes, which always seemed somewhat self-conscious, were unusually sharp at this moment, locked tightly on the screen.

The television camera seemed to be intentionally focusing on one of the figures.

Yiyang.

His straight, flaxen hair was now wet and stuck to his forehead, mixed with sweat and some unknown sticky substance.

His body was twisting and deforming in a way that defied logic.

The sound of bones dislocating seemed to penetrate the screen, clearly ringing in everyone's ears.

The skin sometimes swells up like a ball, and sometimes it collapses strangely, revealing the jagged outline of the bones underneath.

Ye Xi'an felt as if her heart was being tightly gripped by an invisible hand. Every time Yi Yang's body convulsed, she felt a suffocating pain.

Unlike some other orcs whose bodies completely collapsed and turned into a blurry mass of flesh and blood, Yi Yang's body, after being extremely deformed, showed a faint sign of attempting to repair itself.

Broken skin will slowly wriggle in an attempt to heal, and misaligned bones will try to return to their proper place with a creaking sound.

But this brief repair will soon be replaced by a new round of even more violent mutations.

This process was repeated, over and over again.

Each deformation was more painful than the last, and each repair seemed so futile.

Ye Xi'an bit her lower lip hard, trying not to cry out.

She knew that Yiyang must be in a lot of pain, extremely painful.

He was so prone to crying and so delicate, yet he remained silent while enduring immense pain.

Time passed by day by day in agony.

The atmosphere in the room, which was surrounded by mirrors, was extremely oppressive.

The television became their only, and cruelest, window, broadcasting the hellish scenes from the cave day and night.

Ye Xi'an's purple eyes were bloodshot and swollen from lack of sleep. She had lost a lot of weight. If Ye Xi'an hadn't been forced to sleep every midnight, her condition would probably be even worse. The others were also not in good condition.

Lin Zhijing tried to forcibly turn off the TV more than once, but Ye Xi'an stopped her each time.

"Xi'an, you need to rest." Lin Zhijing said helplessly. Only Ye Xi'an would put herself through this for a male.

He was both angry and touched, wondering if Ye Xi'an would worry about him like this if he were like this in the future.
Ye Xi'an shook his head: "Don't turn it off, I want to keep an eye on him."

This torment lasted for a whole month.

Except for Yi Yang, all the orcs in the cave were dead, leaving not even corpses behind. They had all turned into blackish-red pus, staining the cave walls a bright red.

Yi Yang has been suffering this inhuman torture for a month. They were supposed to be able to go home after being quarantined and ensuring there were no problems, but Ye Xi'an volunteered to stay in order to keep an eye on Yi Yang.

Watching Yi Yang on TV, Ye Xi'an's initial hope that Yi Yang could survive had turned into a hope that Yi Yang would not hold on any longer.

Just when Ye Xi'an was about to despair, a change suddenly occurred in Yi Yang on the television.

The extent of his physical deformation began to decrease, while the speed of his self-repair accelerated.

The terrible, tearing pain seemed to be gradually fading away.

Although he was still suffering immense pain, his body seemed to have found some balance and was no longer being relentlessly ravaged by the virus.

A few days later, the dramatic deformation of Yi Yang's body finally stopped on television.

He lay quietly on the ground, his body no longer resembling a human, but it reformed at a visible speed. In the end, except for his slightly wrinkled skin, he was not much different from a normal orc.

His chest rose and fell weakly but rhythmically; the long period of fasting had left him without even the strength to open his eyes.

Seeing Yi Yang's condition, Ye Xi'an immediately told the people at the research institute that he was going to the extreme cold region.

"Nonsense!"

The female researchers at the institute looked at Ye Xi'an disapprovingly: "We've already lost more than a dozen females this time, we can't let you risk your life again!"

As she spoke, her sharp gaze swept over Lin Zhijing.

Lin Zhijing used to be my student. Wasn't he supposed to be transferred to the Free Zone? I don't know when I secretly joined the family.

"Lin Zhijing, don't you know how serious your wife is?"

Lin Zhijing stood before the female with neither arrogance nor servility, only bowing his head slightly: "Teacher."

He first addressed her respectfully before continuing, "I unconditionally support the decision my wife made."

Lin Zhijing's words sounded nice, but in reality, he had failed to stop Ye Xi'an earlier, and he desperately wanted his teacher to persuade Ye Xi'an on his behalf.

A virus that even males' physical strength can't withstand is not something Ye Xi'an can risk.

The female researcher frowned and rolled her eyes at Lin Zhijing. This Lin Zhijing was truly a scoundrel from childhood to adulthood.

There was no other way but for her to persuade Ye Xi'an.

But no matter how the researchers tried to persuade him, Ye Xi'an insisted on going.

Ye Xi'an could sense that the virus in Yi Yang's body no longer posed a threat to him, but he was now starving to death!
"Researcher Su, I really want to go. I promise, even if I die, it will all be my own responsibility! I won't implicate you!"

The female, referred to as Researcher Su, sighed: "It's not that I don't want you to go, but the spatial gate to the Extreme Cold Realm has been sealed, and only the Marshal has the authority to open it at this time."


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