Chapter 68 Laboratory (Two in One)

Mr. Cat and Xiaozhen were standing at the gate of No. 4 Middle School.
"Honestly, I think it would be easier to just make all the men in your school bald."
"Reject, this is impossible." Xiaozhen and Xiaoxiaozhen said in unison with finality.
Xiao Xiaozhen sat on Xiaozhen's shoulder. They all belonged to one consciousness - the Heart Devourer currently named Xiaozhen. It was a wonderful feeling to split one's consciousness, just like your right hand suddenly grew eyes and could speak, just like you had two perspectives at the same time.
“Is hair really that important to a man?”
"My host is already brain dead, but when I heard that I might become bald, this body almost collapsed. I even felt that life would be worse than death. Becoming bald, this is absolutely unacceptable!" Xiao Zhen stared at the school gate, "This is absolutely impossible! Absolutely not!"
Xiao Xiaozhen followed and shouted: "Absolutely not!"
"Your reaction is too big."
"You might as well ask your cat host if it would like to have its entire body hair shaved off."
Mr. Cat was silent for a minute, then he said, "My host said he wanted to eat the little man on your shoulder."
"Take care of your host!"
Mr. Cat licked his paw, "By the way, are you really going to face the Master of Fungus Sculpting?"
"That's the only way."
"You should have heard of its name, or rather - the infamous and crazy notoriety."
"Yes." Xiao Zhen whispered, "I know it. Now that I know it is under our school, I have no choice but to go and see it with my own eyes."
"I say, do you think that if you meet Cologne and explain your purpose to him, he will be moved to offer his new research for the sake of world peace?"
"Judging from its reputation, I think it's going to throw both of us into a pool of acid when we make this request."
"Then this won't be the beginning of anything wonderful."
Koren, an outlier among the usually lawful Xilin villains, a mad scientist, a master of fungus carving, his talent and notoriety have long spread throughout the galaxy, and he is also synonymous with "endless trouble".
It earned a seat on the Council of the Seven Oaths with its talent, but was driven out of Edam because of its extremely dangerous and illegal research. Fear and suspicion always accompany its reputation.
Xiao Zhen completely understands why Lord Luoya wants to know what Colen is doing now. No one can live in peace with a nuclear bomb that can explode at any time as a local neighbor.
He was too lazy to think about why Coren lived on this planet. The reasons for alien immigrants to settle on this planet were nothing more than "I hate factional struggles and just want to find a quiet place."
Xiao Zhen squatted down and put Xiao Xiao Zhen on the ground. A manhole cover had been opened. This was the entrance to the school sewer where Mr. Cat and Xiao Xiao Zhen were about to go. It led to the secluded place of Master Colen, the political enemy hated by the Lord of Luoya.
Xiao Xiaozhen jumped and climbed onto Mr. Cat's back.
"Now I feel like I'm a cat knight." said Xiao Xiaozhen.
"I suggest you don't move. My host can't stand this stimulation."
Xiao Xiaozhen grabbed the fur on Mr. Cat's back, "Let's go!! My cat mount!"
“…”
They walked forward in the dark sewer. The pungent smell and the sound of dripping water were all normal scenes in the sewer. In this dark waterway, darkness was never an obstacle for their Heart Devouring Demons. If they wanted, they could even hear the crawling of water bugs fifty meters away.
Xiao Xiaozhen asked Mr. Cat: "How is it?"
"Just as I thought, there is no trace of rats." Mr. Cat withdrew his exploration consciousness, "This sewer is too quiet."
"Ah, I have a feeling that the road ahead will not be easy."
"I don't expect Master Coren to open his door and give us a warm welcome."
"The welcome you mentioned—" Xiao Xiaozhen raised his head and stared into the distance, "I'm really here."
Several strange beasts were rushing towards them. In terms of appearance and size, they looked like mice, but they were some kind of deformed modified creatures with a mixture of scales and animal fur on their bodies.
"I don't like being welcomed by this kind of thing," muttered Mr. Cat.
"Obviously, they were ready to tear us to pieces."
Several strange beasts surrounded Mr. Cat. They smelled foul and had deformed claws. They were different from any creature in nature or even in the galaxy. They were artificially modified mutations, like careless carvings that were casually mixed together.
The strange beasts pounced on him, and Mr. Cat swung a claw to knock one of the strange beasts against the inner wall of the sewer. The other one rushed towards its legs, and its claws tried to penetrate into Mr. Cat's flesh. Mr. Cat stepped on it and with a little force, the strange beast was crushed into a meat paste.
Three more strange beasts jumped out from behind and pounced on Mr. Cat's back.
They will cooperate tactically, but Xiao Xiaozhen in Mr. Cat is not just a bystander.
Xiao Xiaozhen took out a small sword, which Xiaozhen had specially prepared for Xiao Xiaozhen for the trip to meet Kelun. It was a small stainless steel sword, and its power should not be underestimated when Xiao Xiaozhen wielded it.
A flash of white light passed by, and he cut a strange beast in two. Xiao Xiaozhen turned around and inserted the sword into the body of another strange beast. With the subtle sound of cutting flesh and blood, Xiao Xiaozhen pulled out the sword, and the strange beast fell to the ground and twitched weakly.
After a death roar, he beheaded the third strange beast in an instant.
"Now I know where all the escaped mice from the school laboratory went." Xiao Xiaozhen said, "They probably went into their stomachs."
"Maybe they are transformed from the mice in your school's laboratory."
"..." Xiao Xiaozhen looked at the deformed monster struggling to death underground, "I think Kelun has violated the code of independent civilization."
"Unfortunately, our local office has not received any abnormal reports. It has done a good job of keeping the secret." Mr. Cat stepped over the corpse of the strange beast. "Koren's guard arrangement is allowed as long as it does not harm the local intelligent Homo sapiens."
"..." Xiao Xiaozhen sighed, "That's because there won't be any locals who would grow to my size to explore." He pointed forward, "Does your Eye of Supervision allow this kind of transformation?"
More deformed monsters emerged from the sewage. They were different from the strange beasts just now. If they were deformed rats just now, they were now deformed fish. Liquid metal flowed on their discolored scales. The fish heads had raised calcified bone horns, the fish bodies had twisted claws, and part of the body was not covered with scales, revealing bright red flesh.
"There are two situations. There is no one above you and there is someone above you. Generally speaking, the latter is allowed as long as you are not discovered by the local Homo sapiens and do not harm the local Homo sapiens."
Xiao Xiaozhen jumped off Mr. Cat's back, swung his sword, and drew several arcs of light in the air, flying and swimming among the deformed fish monsters. Even if they were transformed deformed monsters, as long as they were living things, they would have weaknesses. If you cut open their abdomens and cut off their heads, most creatures would not be able to survive.
Each of his sword strikes was precise and neat, without any delay.
He thrust forward, then pulled out. He changed the angle slightly, and thrust into the belly of another fish monster. This was not a sword technique, but just the fastest way to kill. One after another.
The mutated fish monsters roared strangely, and Xiao Xiaozhen felt their fear, but they did not run away. This should be the guarding order engraved in their genes.
The sword flashed, and Xiao Xiaozhen swam in the waterway like a ghost, as if bringing a hurricane of death. Wherever he went, there were only various extremely precise killings.
A few minutes later, he stood among the corpses of the deformed fish monsters and killed the last twitching fish monster.
"It's time for you to come out." Xiao Xiaozhen said calmly, "Or do you want to send out more of your guards?"
A figure appeared in the dark depths of the sewer.
It treads the wet mud, and like any Shilling, it has overly thin limbs, bulging eyes, leathery skin, ridges on its shoulders, leather armor, and a slender figure.
"You are so rude." It looked at Xiao Xiaozhen and Mr. Cat, and its voice sounded sharper than that of Lord Luoya.
"I can't help it, because of your polite hospitality."
It shrugged. "It's just the way things are. Tell me, to whom do you serve?"
Xiao Xiaozhen and Mr. Cat said in unison: "You still want to engage in factional struggle on such a remote planet?"
"..." It looked at them silently, and finally asked: "So you are considered outsiders?"
"He is a hermit who lives away from the world." Xiao Xiaozhen put away his sword, "We came here only to seek an audience with Master Kelun."
"Master Kelun is lost in the quest for the truth of life. Answer me, why does it want to see you?"
"To explore new fungal models."
"Study?" It tilted its head: "Which society sent you here?"
Xiao Xiaozhen said: "I am a friend of Zejin. Master Kelun knows this name."
It walked in front of Xiao Xiaozhen and Mr. Cat. It was Master Kelun's assistant, named Dawn.
Dawn walks very gracefully, and her slender limbs beneath the fine leather armor and chains give her a light and graceful feeling.
There were some rustling sounds, and a group of little monsters gathered around.
Xiao Xiaozhen glanced at them and saw that they were still the same twisted, unnatural and deformed things. Fuxiao said softly, "Don't be afraid, children, these two are guests of the master."
A skinny little monster approached Mr. Cat and stretched out his claws to try to touch Mr. Cat's legs. Before Xiao Xiaozhen could say anything, bang! The little monster was slapped against the inner wall of the passage by the cat's claws.
"Please be gentle with the kids, they are just curious."
Mr. Cat said: "Just now, these creatures of yours were eager to tear us apart."
"Those were defensive guards. These are different," Dawn said. "They were an accident."
Xiao Xiaozhen said: "You mean, they are failed experiments."
Fuxiao chuckled, "You can understand it that way. The master was too lazy to take care of them. I released them from the culture tank. They are not aggressive at all and can be said to be perfect fungus test subjects."
I understand, it’s your guinea pig.
"My friend Zekin said that Master Colen has a disciple named Poole. Is he here now?"
"Pool?" Dawn turned to look at Xiao Xiaozhen. "It caused some trouble on Dongji Star. I suspect it has been broken down into a bunch of bubbles by the local governor."
"…Well, whether it is a bubble or not, my friend Zekin sends his regards to it."
"Considering that it caused mushrooms to grow on the genitals of all the Dongji people, I think your friend will never see Poole again in his lifetime."
“…That’s a pity.”
Master Colen's underground residence was completely different from the magnificent Loya's Nest. Its internal passages were densely entangled with hundreds of tubes and wires. The master seemed unwilling to spend more time on the decoration of the walls. Between the pipes, there were intertwined fungi with strange colors. Some culture tanks were placed messily on the side of the road, and from time to time, multi-legged insects crawled out of the tanks.
“Is this a pillbug?”
"Trough fungi. These are not bugs." said Fuxiao. "They are an unexpected creation of the master. Once the nutrients in the culture tank are absorbed, they will crawl out of the culture tank and look for a suitable place to live."
“Is this a fungus with animal properties?”
Dawn shrugged. "Yes. The master didn't pay much attention to them until one day a slot fungus made its home in the brain of a mouse. This was probably the smartest one among them, and the master found it very interesting."
Xiao Xiaozhen glanced at Mr. Cat, and could not see any emotion on his face. Although cats were animals with almost no expression, he could often sense the mood of his friend from the Eye of Supervision from the subtle changes in his eyes. Mr. Cat was very calm now, and his subconscious mind did not reveal any information.
Perhaps it has long been accustomed to this kind of crazy research behavior of scientists.
The pungent smell of disinfectant and chemicals filled the Koren Laboratory Hall. Countless vine-like pipes intertwined on the walls, and in the middle of the ceiling hung a large yellow-white lamp. The legendary Xilin scientist in the galactic civilization, Master Koren, was busy in front of his experimental equipment.
Compared to the slender Dawn and the tall Duke Gil, Master Coren is of medium build, with a lighter complexion than the average Xilin. Its body is covered with stitches and implants, and Xiao Xiaozhen guessed that it had undergone a lot of modifications to its body. From the outside, it has one arm made of pure metal and one eye is an electronic biochemical eye.
It was cutting a culture in a petri dish, carefully peeling off its outer membrane, while the electronic imager next to it flashed flowing numerical values.
"New guests." Master Kelun did not look up. "I heard that you are Zejin's friends?"
"Yes, we have heard many glorious stories about you and your disciple Poole from Zekin," Xiao Xiaozhen replied. "I just learned about Poole's unfortunate experience from your assistant. I feel very sorry."
Master Coren threw the tweezers aside. "Death is not a pity. It is a part of life. I just regret that I couldn't recover Poole's brain. Tell me, what do you want?"
Xiao Xiaozhen said: "In fact, we are representatives sent by the Lord of Luoya."
Master Kelun turned around, holding a cutting knife in his hand, his flesh eyes were gleaming, and his electronic fake eyes were flashing a bewitching light. "If I heard you correctly, you just expressed your desire ."
"Yes, we were sent by Lord Luoya."
Dawn said softly, "I think you can calm down and think about it before you speak."
"We did accept the commission from Lord Luoya."
"Tell me, do you plan to be thrown into the acid pool or dismembered and put into the fungus culture tank?"
"None."
"Well, I think you have three minutes to live. You can use this time to make your final wishes."
Xiao Xiaozhen said: "Before that, I want to tell you something happy. My friend destroyed the entire power system of Luoya's Nest an hour ago."
Master Colen tilted his head with interest, "Oh? Anything else?"
"According to the list I saw, my friend smashed most of the statues on both sides of the Path of Honor, the fountain in the atrium of Otto's Garden, and destroyed the Gate of Dawn..."
Master Coren narrowed his eyes. "That sounds like quite a feat. How's that fellow Gil?"
“It’s blown up.”
“That’s something to celebrate.”
"But my friend will face the death penalty for this." Xiao Xiaozhen said sadly, "Duke Jill announced that he would assemble its skeleton and place it in the Hall of Honor."
"Well, that's really the style of that bitch Jill."
"So, in order to save our poor friend from being skinned and boned, we have to come and ask for your help."
"What do you want for that bitch's loss?"
"We would like to see the genetic model of your latest research."
"..." Master Kelun stared, and after spending a few seconds to understand Xiao Xiaozhen's words, he cursed a series of Xilin swear words, "Do you dare to say it again?"
"We would like to observe you..."
Suddenly, a sharp chirping sound interrupted Xiao Xiaozhen's words.
【Alert! 】 【Alert! 】 【Alert! 】 【Alert! 】
【Alert! 】 【Alert! 】 【Alert! 】 【Alert! 】
Mr. Cat arched his body and said, "Something is coming."
Master Kelun turned around, looked at the electronic screen in confusion, and muttered in a low voice: "This shouldn't be."
Xiao Xiaozhen asked: "Master, is there anything behind your laboratory?"
In an instant, the lights in the hall suddenly fell down!
In an instant the room turned dark.
Xiao Xiaozhen heard Master Koren's muttered curses and the sound of guns being drawn at dawn.
Some fungi crawled away in panic. Xiao Xiaozhen avoided them. In the darkness, the strange fungal crops in the experimental petri dishes looked like rolling hills. "Master? What happened?"
"Nothing's wrong," Keren said. "It's probably just the alarm that's having problems."
Xiao Xiaozhen was looking at the flashing electronic screen, when suddenly, a claw pierced him out of nowhere.
His clay body screamed as it cracked, and even his tentacles of consciousness were groaning.
A claw crushed his head.
In the end, all he heard was Mr. Cat's curses and Dawn's screams.
Xiao Zhen stared at the school's sewer entrance.
Am I dead?
Am I dead?
Just died like that? ?
To be precise, the clay figurine Xiao Xiaozhen died suddenly, and was crushed to death by an object that he couldn't even see clearly.
Even if Xiaoxiao is really a downgraded and inferior version of him, it is really unpleasant to be crushed to death like a bug.
This is just ridiculous.
Xiao Zhen was annoyed, and he extended his consciousness tentacles into the sewer.
(Mr. Cat!)
(Mr. Cat!)
There was no reply. This was a rare situation. Even if he was underground, Mr. Cat's induction should be enough to connect him. Xiao Zhen took a breath and directed his tentacles to continue exploring, like a hound searching for a scent, but soon the tentacles were blocked by an invisible object.
It was like encountering a vague fog and an invisible wall .
Xiao Zhen retracted his consciousness tentacles. He quickly ran home, grabbed a handful of clay figurines, and then quickly returned to school.
After cutting off another tentacle and implanting it into the body of the clay man, Xiao Xiao Zhen No. 2 was born.
Little Zhen No. 2 jumped into the sewer.
Xiao Zhen didn't like being pinched to death at all, even if it was just a small split of himself. At this moment, Xiao Zhen No. 2 was heading to Master Kelun's laboratory along the same route they had just taken.
He judged that his murder was not caused by Master Colen, but something appeared in the master's laboratory.
When he returned to the door of Master Colen's residence, he finally connected with Mr. Cat's consciousness.
(What the hell is going on? I was just killed!)
(Don't get excited, I saw you die like a little chicken.)
(No need to describe how I died, what on earth was going on?)
Mr. Cat briefly explained the course of events, which was that a mutated Earth Devourer was kept in Master Colen's secret laboratory.
(Why would it raise such a thing?)
(For its weird research, the thing got out because of a malfunction in the defense device! It killed all of Master Colen's modified guards and then crushed you.)
(So ​​has Master Colen solved it now?)
(Of course not. The lethality of this thing is far beyond imagination. Master Kelun only had time to activate the emergency life-saving room, which means locking me, assistant Fuxiao, and Kelun in it.)
(You mean this Earth Mang is still in the lab?)
(Yes, and we cannot open the emergency room now. The system determines that it can only be opened after 32 hours.)
(Why 32 hours?)
(Master Coron activated the micro-venom bomb implanted in the mutant Earth Mang's body, but due to the durability of the Devouring Earth Mang, it can still survive for 32 hours.)
(So ​​if you leave it alone, it will die automatically after 32 hours?)
(Yes, but Master Colen said that this Devouring Earth Mang would also eat up everything in its laboratory, including the fungi and instruments. You know what I mean.)
(I understand. Tell Master Kelun that if I can kill the Devouring Earth Man and salvage its research results, I will ask it to give me something that I can report to Lord Luoya.)
A few minutes later, Mr. Cat sent him a message of consciousness, (Master Colen agreed.)
Okay, let’s do it.
Xiao Xiao Zhen No. 2 took a breath and kicked open the laboratory door.
A slimy creature was swelling up, with countless white eyeballs on its body and a mouth chewing the remains of a test subject. It stared at the little True No. 2 standing at the door without any emotion. Devouring Earth Mang, this is a well-known dangerous creature in the galaxy, and it is even used as a biological weapon by some crazy warlords.
Xiao Xiao Zhen No. 2 didn't know what kind of modifications Master Colen had made to it, but in any case, it was not an easy opponent.
It condensed six claws and stabbed at him like lightning. Xiao Xiaozhen No. 2 jumped back and accurately analyzed its trajectory. After dodging a few times, he picked up the small sword that No. 1 had left on the ground and threw it at the Devouring Earth Mang. The sword pierced through the liquefied creature.
The slime exploded as it expanded, acid splashed, and smoke rose from the culture tank and the equipment. Xiao Xiao Zhen No. 2 was also splashed with acid, and the clay on his body squeaked as it corroded.
A claw suddenly pierced his body from top to bottom, without warning or sound.
At the last moment before his consciousness faded, Xiao Xiao Zhen No. 2 thought: This is too much, there are more than one of this thing.
Xiao Zhen sat on the ground, looking at the sewer and sighed. He cut off another piece of tentacle and buried it in the body of the clay man.
Little True No. 3, let’s go!
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