What Was She Driving Away?

The masked man stared at the test tube for a long time before placing it into the strange and complicated instrument beside him. A green light lit up on the instrument, but the people around him remained expressionless.

The girl waited to the side, and when she saw the green light, she showed no surprise whatsoever. She simply clutched her injured arm in pain and left through a hidden door on the side. According to Yu Xing's observation, that hidden door should lead to a rest room.

All four teams work in this way.

Yu Xing now understood why the survivors were so resistant to virus testing, having their arms cut open once a week... just like when he was used as a guinea pig in the lab.

Most of these are ordinary people, yet they still have to endure the pain of a knife cutting their skin.

Furthermore, directly sucking blood from the wound with a syringe will definitely tear the cut flesh, increasing the pain to another level.

Most importantly...

Following Carlos's gaze, Yu Xing looked at Xiao Yao's arm in front of her.

Xiao Yao had no wounds on her arms, and not only her, but the arms of the survivors who were lined up nearby were also completely smooth.

They had just undergone a virus test not long ago, so how could the cut have healed so quickly?

Could it be the spray from the masked man? Is this some kind of postmodern high technology?

Or perhaps... Yu Xing couldn't help but stare at the loose uniforms worn by these survivors, a new and terrifying thought forming in his mind.

Just then, Xiao Yao turned around, looking distressed, and whispered, "A'Luo, what should we do? This hurts so much..."

Carlos echoed in a low voice, "Indeed, cutting open an arm doesn't feel good at all, especially since I'm Magician, my hands are so important."

Xiao Yao: "... I'm so scared, I don't want to do this, boohoo."

Carlos nodded in agreement. "Yes, I'm scared too."

Xiao Yao, who had intended to hear A'Luo comfort her, choked up. She glanced at the tall, burly man who was seriously saying he was scared, her expression complicated. After a couple of seconds, the tone changed:

"Not only does it hurt, but one of the people in charge of the test also likes to mock people. The last time I did the test, he taunted me and said, "Now I know Heng Heng Heng. Every time we want to change the uniform, you look like something." Damn it, sooner or later I will lift his mask and beat him up!"

Xiao Yao felt wronged.

The style of the uniform wasn't decided by her alone; she comes to her every time, what can she do?

Upon hearing this, Carlos immediately frowned. "That's going too far! Don't just remove the mask, just rip the top off his head!"

"Yeah! I'll find a chance to rip his skull off!" Xiao Yao put her hands on her hips, stood on tiptoe, and patted Carlos's shoulder. "So don't be afraid, I'm here."

Yu Xing smiled.

Regardless of any unusual aspects of Xiao Yao's behavior, judging solely from her actions, her Carlos Xiao Yao truly genuine.

Carlos was also a little surprised; such undisguised concern always touched people's hearts.

He blinked, smiled, and just as Xiao Yao was about to turn away, he suddenly asked, "Did you like the osmanthus flowers I gave you?"

"Ah? I love it so much!" Xiao Yao's face lit up with excitement when she mentioned the flower. "I've kept it in my dorm... Even though it's just a water bottle cap, I'll treasure it."

Carlos nodded. "That's good."

Their conversation was drowned out by the voices of the other survivors around them, so they didn't continue. Yu Xing keenly noticed the difference in "Osmanthus" and asked directly, "You gave Xiao Yao a flower?"

"Well, it's kind of like a talisman. I thought she'd use it when she went up to get me the snacks, but the talisman's effect wasn't triggered," Carlos said simply.

Just then, as the group moved forward, Yu Xing suddenly spotted a rather conspicuous person.

It was a short girl with pigtails, who had already lined up in front of the long table.

The loose-fitting uniform top looked like a dress on her.

Isn't that... Luo Jue from the Luo family?

She's that little girl who doesn't seem very bright, but has a strong talent for spells and is being groomed by the Luo family.

Yu Xing had seen the list of participants in this divination and knew that two members of the Luo family were involved: Luo Jue and Luo Qishan, the most renowned among the younger generation of the Luo family. However, he had not had any contact with the latter, having only seen him once from afar at a previous gathering of the Three Great Families.

It seems these two also chose the base line.

With a cold expression, Luo Jue quietly walked forward with her short legs after the person before her had their blood drawn.

How was your week?

Her team was on the far right, with the fewest people. When the masked person in charge of the testing pulled her arm, they offered a seemingly gentle word of concern.

"What's it to you?" Luo Jue looked up in disgust. "Do what you're supposed to do, okay? Stop with the nonsense. I don't want to reminisce with you."

"My job is to find those infected by the vengeful spirit virus for this base." The masked man's voice was deep and resonant, almost middle-aged, suggesting a personal connection with Luo Jue. "And, to lower the guard of those who might be infected."

The kind of relationship that wasn't very friendly.

He moved with steady hands, the blade slicing through Luo Jue's skin to reveal the bright red flesh beneath. Luo Jue's body trembled, his face contorting in obvious pain.

Yu Xing thought, she was this short when she first met her, and she's still this short now.

She was timid back then, and I don't know if she's still timid now, but she's definitely afraid of pain.

The masked man inserted the needle into the incision on Luo Jue's arm, but seemed to draw blood more slowly than others, leaving the wound exposed to the air for a longer time.

Luo Jue gritted her teeth.

"Twelve more people died at the base this week, all by drowning. Obviously... there's someone infected with the virus mixed in with us. The higher-ups have no choice but to go through all this trouble with testing." The middle-aged man wearing a mask sighed helplessly, finally pulling out the syringe. He looked inside the syringe in the dim light shining down from above.

The blood was pure, without any trace of impurities that would appear after being contaminated by the vengeful spirit virus.

"Sigh..." The middle-aged man sighed enigmatically, seemingly a little regretful. He poured the blood into a test tube, then placed it into the instrument, waiting until the green light came on. "No problem, you can go now."

"Hmph." Luo Jue didn't even want to look at him anymore, and turned to walk towards the hidden door next to the long table.

However, Yu Xing noticed something.

When the little girl covered her wound, she used five fingers to lightly encircle it. A piece of yellow talisman slipped out from her sleeve and landed in front of the wound when no one was watching.

It seemed to be dispelling something.