After 3 hours.

Sitting on the bench in the hall on the first floor of the No. 4 experimental base, Xia Feng let out a heartfelt sigh.

Big, big, big.

Within 3 hours, Xia Feng walked around the No. 4 base of the entire Rhine life, from the first floor to the fourth floor, he visited all the places that could enter.

Apparently, his movements were not restricted, and the occasional passing staff simply glanced at his badge and ignored him.

The area of this base is very large, Xia Feng is estimated to be at least tens of thousands of square meters, and there are many rooms on each floor here, but most of them are inaccessible.

There is a fingerprint reader in front of the door of each room, and Xia Feng can only enter some public areas, such as toilets, smoking rooms, restaurants, entertainment rooms, etc., except for his own private room on the fourth floor.

Moreover, he also discovered a strange phenomenon.

There are very few staff in the entire No. 4 base, and in 3 hours, he saw absolutely no more than 30 living people, and basically appeared on the first and second floors, there were very few people on the third floor, and on the fourth floor, he didn't see anyone else come up at all except Aina.

...............

The turtle took two cups of juice and trotted all the way to Xia Feng.

"Big windmill, give."

Xia Feng took a cup, and suddenly remembered that Aina had said that he would only be able to eat normal food from tomorrow.

Hey, whatever, he shouldn't be able to die.

Xia Feng took a few puffs at the straw, which was apple-flavored.

"Turtle, where did you get the juice?"

Turtle pointed to a room at the end.

"It's there, there's a machine in there that can pick it up by itself, no money, no one cares, I often come to drink juice these days."

Xia Feng touched her little head.

"How is it, are you happy these days?"

"Happy."

"Just be happy."

"I'm happier when you wake up this time, hehe."

Xia Feng noticed that the turtle was also wearing a slender ring around its neck, which he guessed was supposed to be a device to suppress and monitor ore diseases.

Lean back in your chair and tilt your head.

The surroundings are very quiet, at this time there are only two people in the empty hall, he and the turtle, the whole base seems to be completely closed, the surrounding walls have no windows, and the luminous objects embedded in the wall emit a soft light day and night, making it impossible to tell the time at all, and even the weather, environment, geographical location, etc. outside are unknown.

Xia Feng didn't know where the No. 4 experimental base was, maybe it was in a large city in Colombia, it might be built on top of a snow-capped mountain like the Chaldeans, or it was in a desolate desert, he didn't know.

Judging from the current situation, he and the turtle turtle are undoubtedly very safe, not only him, but even the turtle and turtle have been treated with ore disease suppression, and this guy Hemmer is quite reliable.

............

"Dididi!"

While he was thinking, the ring on Xia Feng's neck suddenly flashed a few times, and then it made a sound like a communicator.

"Number 020, number 020, please go back to the fourth floor later, Commissioner White-Faced Owl has something to explain to you."

Xia Feng was startled by this voice, but if you listen carefully, it seems to be Aina's voice.

It seems that this ring also has the function of unilateral communication, in addition to the possible positioning function, where she and the turtle and turtle people are clear to Aina.

It doesn't matter, under the fence, this level of surveillance is acceptable.

Xia Feng drank the juice in his hand in one go, threw away the cup, and patted the turtle's head.

"Let's go, I'll go back and meet that white hair."

"Yes."

..........

Back on the fourth floor, Aina was standing at the door of the room waiting for him.

"I'm back, what's the matter, Sister Na."

Aina gestured to a small room next to her.

"The white-faced owl commissioner is waiting for you inside."

"Oh."

Xia Feng asked the turtle to go back first, and then walked to the room alone.

"Drop!"

His fingerprint opened the door to the room, and it seemed that it should be an ordinary room like a conference room.

Pushing open the door, he soon saw the white-faced owl sitting at the table.

At this time, she was wearing a white robe, and there was an armband printed with the symbol of Rhine's life on her arm, and under her long snow-white hair, the pair of strange orange pupils shimmered.

To be honest, he was a little nervous when he saw a stranger like Aina for the first time, but when he saw the white-faced owl, he wasn't nervous at all.

Because, he has poked her head countless times in the infrastructure, and looked at her funny reaction with a smirk that did not match the character at all.

Xia Feng raised his hand and pulled out the chair opposite the white-faced owl, and sat on it, casually looking like he was eating with his cousin. If it weren't for the narrow space between the chair and the table, he would have put his feet on the table.

The white-faced owl's expression did not change at all from beginning to end.

She looked at Xia Feng, and a mechanically calm voice came out of her mouth.

"Number 020, you seem to be in a good mood, which is a bit unexpected to me."

Xia Feng waved his hand.

"It's okay, by the way, Hemmer, shouldn't he still be sleeping?"

"Dr. Hemmer left Experimental Base 4 half an hour ago and went to the Rheinland Life Headquarters to report regularly on the progress of the experiment to the person in charge of the Source Stone Project, and is expected to return to Base 4 at 11 o'clock tonight."

Sure enough, Hemmer is not the person in charge of the Source Stone project yet.

Xia Feng adjusted his sitting position.

"Xiaobai, what are you looking for me?"

"Xiaobai?"

"It's you, it's my affectionate name for you."

"Number 020, please don't give me strange nicknames, I'm the Data Maintenance Specialist of Rhine Life and Dr. Hemer's assistant, you can call me by my first name, White-faced Owl."

"Okay white goo."

The white-faced owl stopped talking.

Xia Feng was not nervous at all now, but had a feeling of breaking the jar, because he knew that it was useless to be nervous.

Xia Feng smiled secretly, it was so fun to tease the white-faced owl.

Coughing slightly, he put away his joke and asked the white-faced owl.

"Commissioner White-faced Owl, I heard that you have something to explain to me, what is the matter?"

"You saved Subject 019, Dr. Hemmer promised to treat your ore disease, and I'm here to explain to you about the preliminary examination."

"Oh, you say."

"According to the results of contrast testing, the number 020 has blurred the outline of internal organs, abnormal shadows are visible, abnormal endogenous stone particles in the circulatory system are abnormally detected, the fusion rate of somatic cells and source stones is 12%, and the crystal density of blood source stones is 0.48u/L, which can be confirmed at this stage as a moderately infected person with ore disease."

After listening to the white-faced owl's explanation, Xia Feng felt like an idiot.

"That's... I don't quite understand the data, little ..... Commissioner White-faced Owl, can you tell me about my condition in an easy-to-understand way? ”

The white-faced owl looked at Xia Feng quietly, and the whole person seemed to have entered a standby state.

Then, a mechanical voice came out of her mouth.

"Number 020, your physique is very special, the fusion rate of somatic cells and source stones has reached 12% in a very short period of time, which is a terrifying lesion speed, fortunately, now this deteriorating trend has been suppressed, which is the result of Dr. Hemer's sleepless efforts for two days and two nights."

I see.

After listening to the white-faced owl's explanation, Xia Feng felt warm in his heart, it seems that this guy Hemmer is not talking about coping with things, she is really trying her best to treat herself.

"Aha, then I really have to thank Hermer, oh yes, I mentioned to her before, the anomaly in my body, I wonder if you have come to any conclusions?"

After Xia Feng asked this question, the white-faced owl on the opposite side fell into "standby" again.

After a long time, a mechanical voice came out.

"This anomaly is very complicated, and it will have to be explained to you by Dr. Hemmer himself."

"Oh.... Oh. ”

Xia Feng felt that there was nothing wrong with his question, why did this guy react so slowly?

He was too tired to wait, and he didn't want to talk to the white-faced owl anymore.

"Commissioner White-faced Owl, is there nothing else going on?"

"You can leave."

"Farewell."

Xia Feng stood up from his chair and walked to the door in two steps.

Just as he was about to open the door and leave, his movements stopped.

Xia Feng lowered his head, as if weighing something in his heart, and while thinking, he turned his head to look at the white-faced owl.

Then, he withdrew his finger that was about to touch the fingerprint recognition, turned around and walked to the white-faced owl step by step.

............

Under the blank gaze of the white-faced owl, Xia Feng raised his hand and grabbed the handful of feathers standing on top of her head.

Xia Feng held the feather expressionlessly and pulled it gently.

Not the slightest change.

The air plunged into an eerie atmosphere at this moment.

The white-faced owl still has the same expression that has not changed for thousands of years.

"Number 020, I can't understand your behavior at the moment."

Xia Feng let go of his hand.

"Sorry, it's okay, farewell."

He muttered to himself as he walked out with his head down.

"Why can't you hold it, I thought I could pull it off and insert it back, strange."