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Chapter 977 Extremely High Radiation

A soldier strode forward and, through the helmet of his protective suit, said in a slightly muffled voice, "Brother Qin, you're finally out! Everyone's been worried about you for days!"

"Worried about me?" Qin Chong frowned upon hearing this. "I haven't been away from the base for very long. Where are the others?"

“Brother Qin, it has been a full thirteen days since you suddenly left the base that day.”

The soldier replied in surprise, "Xiao Yingyong was trying to go into the mining area to find you, but she suffered radiation damage and is now recuperating at the base. Commander Wang ordered us to wait here, and as soon as we spot you coming out, we will immediately notify you to return to the base."

"What? Xiao Yingyong is injured?"

The soldier's words made Qin Zhong's heart tighten. He immediately spread his wings, transformed into a streak of blood-red light, and disappeared into the sky in an instant.

After his superpower mutated, Qin Zhong's physical strength increased significantly, and his flight speed also increased dramatically.

In less than a minute, he traversed a distance of more than 20 kilometers and arrived above the gathering place.

Then, he spread his wings and swooped down toward the research institute with lightning speed.

Considering Xiao Yingyong's injuries, she is definitely receiving treatment at the research institute, and Chu Jiu will do everything in her power to save her.

"boom!"

With a loud thud, Qin landed heavily on the ground, the loud noise naturally attracting the attention of the nearby sentries.

Upon recognizing Qin Zhong, the sentry rushed over, his face beaming with excitement, and said, "Brother Qin, you're back? Hurry and go check on her. Xiao Yingyong is in Lab 1, and her condition seems to be very bad..."

"it is good!"

Hearing the sentry's words, Qin Zhong became even more anxious. If even a sentry knew that her condition was bad, one could only imagine the extent of Xiao Yingyong's illness.

"Whoosh!"

With a piercing sonic boom, Qin Zhong's figure vanished instantly, rushing towards Laboratory No. 1.

He moved with incredible speed, reaching the door of Laboratory 1 in just a few seconds. Without waiting for Chu Jiu to open the door, Qin Chong conjured a blood-red longsword, cleaved the door in two with a single strike, and rushed inside.

Inside the room, Xiao Yingyong was lying on the hospital bed in very bad condition. Her face was deathly pale, and a sallow aura emanated from her.

Upon seeing this aura, Qin Zhong immediately understood that Xiao Yingyong must have been infected when he was merging with the radiation energy.

Without hesitation, Qin Chong rushed to Xiao Yingyong's side, ignoring Chu Jiu and Hu Meng who were still in shock, and placed his right hand on Xiao Yingyong's forehead, then activated his superpower.

Compared to the immense and ineffable radiation energy, the radiation energy within Xiao Yingyong's body was negligible.

With a flash of crimson light, the turbid yellow aura on Xiao Yingyong's body instantly disappeared and merged into Qin Zhong's body.

As the murky yellow aura disappeared, Xiao Yingyong's originally weak breathing gradually returned to normal, and even her complexion gradually became rosy.

"Huh, it's so dangerous..."

Having dissolved the radiation energy within Xiao Yingyong's body, Qin Zhong finally breathed a sigh of relief. With Xiao Yingyong's physique and superpowers, she should be able to recover quickly once the interference of radiation energy was gone.

……

"My God, Brother Qin, did you just absorb that radiation energy? And what happened to the wings on your back?"

Just as Qin Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, Chu Jiu came to her senses and quickly walked to Qin Zhong's side. While touching the long wings that he had folded behind his back, she said, "Your wings used to be all silver, but now they contain countless blood-like red threads. What's going on? And how did you absorb something as terrifying as radiation energy?"

"Blessed by misfortune, the radiation energy and my mimicry supernatural ability have become completely integrated, which is why I have become like this."

Qin Zhong quickly explained for a moment, then asked, "By the way, how many days has it been since the nuclear radiation outbreak? Are the people from the Chongqing military government still around?"

“Thirteen days have passed. The people from the Chongqing military government have been quite cooperative, waiting for you.” Hearing Qin Zhong’s words, Chu Jiu and Hu Meng felt that Qin Zhong was a bit strange, but Chu Jiu still nodded and explained.

At this moment, Hu Meng couldn't help but pick up a device and scan Qin Zhong twice. When she saw the readings, she exclaimed in surprise, "How could this be? Qin Zhong, your radiation levels are seriously above the limit. If a normal person stood next to you for more than five minutes, they would probably die."

"Ah, really?" Upon hearing Chu Jiu's words, Qin Chong's relaxed mood immediately turned tense again.

He didn't want to become a source of nuclear radiation pollution, where he wouldn't be able to live a normal life, and he would even have to wear protective clothing to meet and talk to people.

"Let me see, my God, it exceeds the normal nuclear radiation standard by nearly five thousand times. My God, I'd better take care of myself."

After glancing at the instrument in his hand, Chu Jiu and Hu Meng quickly put on their protective suits and continued, "With this level of radiation, if you fight someone in the future, even without lifting a finger, just standing next to your opponent for ten minutes or so will probably win you the battle without a fight!"

"Damn it... I guess this is a blessing in disguise. It seems I'm going to become the Fukushima nuclear power plant..." After confirming with Chu Jiu that his radiation levels were seriously above the standard, Qin Zhong felt like crying but had no tears.

Although such nuclear radiation poses a deadly threat to the enemy, it is also a huge problem for Qin Zhong.

Imagining himself having to wear a radiation protection suit all day while chatting with people, and even taking a shower polluting a piece of land, Qin Zhong felt that he was about to become the most tragic man on Earth...

After all, by then, he probably wouldn't even have the right to be close to Sun Xiaoyan and Hu Meng. Thinking about it like that, how could he not feel miserable?

"It's really quite troublesome..."

Holding the detection instrument, Chu Jiu scanned Qin Chong's body a few times and seemed to discover something. After a moment's thought, she walked behind Qin Chong and attached the instrument to the blood-streaked wings.

For a moment, short and sharp alarm sounds kept emanating from the instrument.

"Wow, the radiation concentration here is eight thousand times higher than the normal standard!"

Looking at the readings on the instrument, Chu Jiu's eyes twitched slightly. He said in a deep voice, "Try to integrate these wings into your body. I suspect the source of the radiation on your body is not your body, but these wings."

"Oh!"

Hearing Chu Jiu's words, Qin Zhong nodded and retracted his wings into his body. As the wings disappeared, the sharp alarm sounding in the detector also stopped abruptly.

"It seems that's true. You see, although your current radiation concentration is still higher than the standard value, it should just be residual radiation in the air that hasn't dissipated yet. In other words, as long as you stop mimicking metal, that extremely high radiation won't appear."

Witnessing this, Chu Jiu and Hu Meng exchanged glances and both breathed a sigh of relief. Chu Jiu handed the instrument to Qin Zhong and said, "However, we can't be completely sure yet. Condense a little more and I'll try again."