Chapter 1152: Ye Mu

【Missed Calls: 3】

【Caller: Lu Xun】

The phone screen inside the plastic film suddenly lit up. A figure wearing a protective suit opened the safe with his left hand, his peripheral vision catching the caller ID, and his eyes narrowed slightly...

He didn't hesitate much, still locking the sealed phone, keys, smartwatch, and other personal belongings into the cabinet.

After doing all this, he turned and walked toward the corridor.

In the brightly lit laboratory corridor, several figures also wearing protective suits were busy moving about. He navigated through the crowd with ease and pushed open the door to a room.

"Supervisor, Lu Xun called Chu Changqing three times." He said while closing the door.

The person called Supervisor was a man in his early forties, wearing a black leather jacket, who was currently standing quietly in front of a giant one-way mirror. Hearing this, he didn't show any expression.

"I know."

"Supervisor... do you think Lu Xun will come back to snatch him?"

"Watch your wording." The supervisor glanced at him. "Dr. Lu is a scientific collaborator of our 749 Bureau; our goals are all for the progress of human civilization... If Dr. Lu is willing to come back, that would naturally be a good thing."

The young man in the protective suit felt a bit awkward. He glanced behind the one-way mirror and still replied:

"...Yes."

Behind the one-way mirror was a huge white room, filled with all kinds of instruments, and four or five figures in full biohazard suits were busy inside... In the very center of the room, a figure in a white lab coat was sitting quietly, with both hands and feet bound to the chair, and a pair of eyes with a faint greenish tint were staring in the direction of the one-way mirror.

"Supervisor... why do I feel like he's looking at us?" The young man felt his scalp tingle from being stared at by those eyes and couldn't help but ask.

"He can't see us." The supervisor said indifferently. "This is a one-way mirror; only we can see him. From his perspective, it's just an ordinary mirror..."

"I can see you."

Chu Changqing, sitting in the chair, suddenly spoke, his voice even causing the entire glass to resonate, easily penetrating into the observation room behind the one-way mirror.

At this moment, the supervisor's expression changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.

"Dr. Chu, eavesdropping is not a good habit."

"I'm not eavesdropping; I just happen to be able to hear... and I also happen to be able to see." Chu Changqing's voice was extremely calm. "You want to study me, I can understand and accept that, but since we are in a cooperative relationship, you should at least politely untie my restraints... instead of making me feel like a lab rat."

"I'm truly sorry, Dr. Chu, but for the sake of the laboratory's safety, we cannot untie you." The supervisor paused for a moment. "After all, if you were to grow wings and claws again and destroy the equipment here, we would be very troubled..."

"Last time, I was just acting in self-defense. You were the ones who used anesthetic weapons first."

"The mutations occurring in your bodies are too dangerous; we had no choice..."

"No choice?" Chu Changqing sneered. "I really misjudged you. I thought you were different from the previous Director Zheng. I didn't expect the 749 Bureau to be a nest of snakes from top to bottom... Director Zheng was able to secretly transfer Lu Xun and me here, so there must have been instructions from the higher-ups, right?"

"I don't know about the affairs of the higher-ups. I only know that the world outside is undergoing bad changes... and the secrets hidden in your bodies might have a thousand threads of connection to these changes." The supervisor slowly spread his hands.

"You are a doctor of cell biology yourself; you should know that progress in technology and medical standards is built upon a large number of experiments."

"I don't think you can research anything from me with these things." Chu Changqing snorted coldly. "Before you discovered my anomalies, I had already studied myself many times..."

"Just because you couldn't research it doesn't mean others can't..."

The supervisor was about to say something when another figure in a protective suit suddenly came in from outside and whispered in his ear:

"Supervisor, as you ordered, we have invited Professor Ye Mu over."

"Bring him in."

"Yes."

As the figure in the protective suit left, Chu Changqing behind the glass furrowed his brows tightly. "You actually invited Professor Ye?"

"Professor Ye is the number one person in the field of biology in the country, and we are well aware of your relationship with him... That's why I said, just because you couldn't research it doesn't mean he can't."

Just as the supervisor was speaking, the door behind him slowly opened.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

A weak coughing sound came from behind. A white-haired figure was seen sitting in a wheelchair, being slowly pushed into the observation room by several figures in protective suits.

That was an old man in his seventies, wearing a simple Zhongshan suit. The wrinkles on his face were still telling the traces of time. He was covering his mouth with one hand and coughing gently, his expression seeming somewhat painful, but those aged eyes contained a clear wisdom.

In front of this old man, even the supervisor stepped back half a step and spoke respectfully:

"Professor Ye, it's been so many years, how is your health?"

"...I'm old, I can't see very clearly anymore." Professor Ye shook his head. "What exactly is the experimental sample you mentioned? Where is it?"

"Right there."

The supervisor pointed toward behind the glass.

Professor Ye looked up in that direction, his aged eyes narrowing into a slit, seemingly still unable to see clearly. He signaled for the person behind him to help push him forward a bit, until he was almost pressed against the glass, before stopping.

Professor Ye saw that face clearly and was suddenly stunned.

"Are you... Chu Changqing?"

Chu Changqing was locked in the chair, his greenish-tinted eyes looking at the weathered old man, his expression extremely complex...

After an unknown amount of time, he opened his lips and called out softly:

"It's me, Professor Ye."

Professor Ye's body couldn't help but tremble. He supported himself with both hands on the armrests of the wheelchair and stood up staggeringly. His aged eyes were filled with anger as he glared at the supervisor behind him!

"You... you..."

"Do you know... he is my student???"

Professor Ye's face turned red with anger. He actually pushed the wheelchair away, stumbled toward the supervisor, and grabbed his collar!

"You captured my most proud student and locked him here, and asked me to come and slice up my student for research?? Is this what you call a 'major biological discovery'?!!"

Facing the questioning of an old man, the supervisor's expression remained calm. He spoke slowly:

"Professor Ye, a 'major discovery' is a 'major discovery.' Whether it is a human, or whether it is your student... has nothing to do with it."