Thirteen prisons

Chapter 46 Undercurrent
In the next few days, Lu Ming began to make a blood test spectrum for Zhou Yuan according to his method.Because of the nature and ultimate purpose of this test, Zhou Yuan jokingly called it "Operation Cat Teaser".

This is indeed the case.

The whole inspection process is very cumbersome.First of all, in the laboratory, various nutrients that make up the human body, such as protein, nucleic acid, lipid, sugar, and vitamins, are extracted in sequence and made into liquid reagents, and then 50cc of Zhou Yuan’s blood is drawn every day, and then blood and these liquid reagents are used Do contact fusion and see how they react to each other under the microscope.

Because the components in the blood are also extremely complex, in order to obtain accurate data, it requires extremely careful operation and observation, and then make these reactions into a linear chart similar to the stock market, and finally rely on the data on this chart to find Extract the nutrients that can most affect Zhou Yuan's blood.

Lu Ming's idea is very straightforward, which is to gradually increase the amount of nutrients to attract the blood's dependence on it, and finally until it is completely inseparable, so that this kind of nutrients can be used to attract the blood's attention, so that it does not If he became hostile to the treatment again, and if strange things like changing his blood type happened, he might have a chance to change Zhou Yuan's blood.

It is indeed very similar to teasing a cat, but Zhou Yuan has a more vivid feeling, and feels that it is more like luring his own blood to take drugs.

During this process, Zhou Yuan felt that he had become an insignificant prop.Because every specific treatment, he was lying on the bed, and the blood was drawn after he fell asleep.According to Lu Ming, after a person falls asleep, the breathing, heartbeat and blood flow rate tend to be flat. At this time, the blood state is the most natural, which is convenient for better research and experiments.

Taking 50cc of blood every day has little effect on the body, but every time he wakes up and sees a new needle hole in his arm, Zhou Yuan always feels that he is a test subject.

However, this experiment has failed so far, and the "communication" with blood has not made any progress.

Lin Jing became depressed after that night, but she was not as closed as before, and sometimes accompanied Zhou Yuan for treatment, but she never said a word to Yan Yi again.

Lao Hu goes to the town every morning. According to him, this plaster sells well on the Internet. Dozens of bottles can be sold every day. It seems that the sales will continue to rise. , concocting, and delivery are almost overwhelmed, and sometimes they simply sleep in the town.

Yan Yi didn't spend all day in the laboratory like before, and occasionally got up early to go to town with Lao Hu, and brought back a few live rabbits. Zhou Yuan asked a few words casually, but Yan Yi just said lightly It is used for experiments.

This is a comfort to Zhou Yuan, he doesn't expect this thing to really make a lot of money, but at least Lao Hu has something to do, which makes him feel better.

People are really creatures with strong adaptability, but within a few days, Zhou Yuan has gotten used to such a peaceful life again.But Lao Hu returned to the small building one night and broke the short peace again.

Lao Hu came back around ten o'clock in the evening.

Zhou Yuan was the only one in the room. Lu Ming had moved to another separate guest room before. His reason was that he always went to bed late when doing experiments recently, fearing that it would affect Zhou Yuan's sleep.

When Lao Hu entered the house, he opened the plastic bag in his hand. Inside was a pack of stewed meat and several cans of beer. He opened a can of beer straight away, took a few sips, and said sullenly: "I will go out with you later. .”

Zhou Yuan was at a loss: "It's so late, where are you going?"

Lao Hu didn't explain, just ate meat and drank silently, looking at his watch from time to time.Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Zhou Yuan asked Lao Hu for a long time and didn't say anything, and he couldn't drink, so he had to chat casually with him.

After more than two hours like this, Zhou Yuan checked the time and it was almost twelve o'clock.He often stayed up late when he was driving a black car before, but his life is very regular recently, so he already feels a little sleepy at this time.

Zhou Yuan yawned: "It will be twelve o'clock in 5 minutes, can you go out? I'm going to sleep if I don't go out."

Lao Hu put down the beer in his hand: "Don't make any noise. I'll tell you to get up again." He got up and turned off the light in the room, and then lay down on the opposite bed. Within a minute, Lao Hu's snoring stopped. It rang.

Zhou Yuan was baffled by his actions, and wondered what the trouble was.But according to Lao Hu's instructions, he lay still on the bed.Within a few minutes, I heard light footsteps coming from outside the door, stopped at the door for more than ten seconds, then turned and left.After a while, Zhou Yuan heard the door opening, as if someone had gone out.

Zhou Yuan suddenly sat up.His first reaction was what is Yan Yi doing behind the scenes?I couldn't help but admire Lao Hu secretly, and I don't know how he saw it.

The snoring stopped, and Lao Hu was obviously pretending to be asleep. He quickly got up from the bed and walked to the window.

Zhou Yuan followed and saw a person walking outside the door at a glance. At this time, the person turned his head and saw his face clearly under the light at the door, which surprised him. Yes, this person is not Yan Yi, but Lu Ming!

Lu Ming's face flashed under the light, and then he disappeared into the darkness.

"What the hell is going on? What is Lu Ming doing so late?" Zhou Yuan couldn't help asking Lao Hu in a low voice.Lu Ming going out in the middle of the night is nothing in itself, but judging by Lao Hu's appearance, it is not the first time Lu Ming has done this, and there seems to be something hidden behind it.

Lao Hu was not surprised at all, obviously expected, he patted Zhou Yuan: "Let's follow up and take a look."

Zhou Yuan had no objection, not that he was suspicious of Lu Ming, but he was really curious about his behavior that he obviously didn't want others to know.So he and Hu Dongdong also went out quietly and followed them all the way.

Lu Ming walked towards the town.

Daba Town is not a bustling place. At eight or nine o’clock in the evening, there are basically no people on the street. This point is even more silent. Except for a few street lights, the rest of the place is dark and invisible. anything.

Because there was no one on the street, the two were afraid of being discovered, so they just followed from a distance.Followed by Zhou Yuan, he suddenly said "Hey": "Why is this street so familiar? Isn't it the street where the storefront we rented?"

Because the rent is cheap, Hu Dongdong rented the location of the store in a relatively remote part of the town, which is a bit desolate. They are all old bungalows, and the people who live there are relatively poor people, most of whom are elderly. The old people belong to the group of old people who have nothing to do and play chess under the big tree at the entrance of the alley.Zhou Yuan originally thought that Lu Ming came to the town for supper or to buy something, but he walked straight here, and it didn't look like he wanted to buy anything.

However, Lu Ming didn't stop. He went straight across the street, walked for a while, and stopped when he was about to leave the town.

This street is even more remote, many houses are no longer inhabited, the original residents have moved to the town, and some have been relocated, so it looks very deserted.Lu Ming stopped in front of one of the houses with a courtyard, looked around, took out the key, opened the lock, and walked in.

After Lu Ming closed the gate of the yard, Zhou Yuan and Lao Hu walked over slowly.

Zhou Yuan said in a low voice: "Lu Ming has the key, which means he rented this house. But what does he mean by renting such a house here quietly? It's not like a golden house."

Lao Hu squatted down and carefully observed the lock of the gate.This kind of old-fashioned courtyard door is a large black iron door with double openings. In fact, it is just two iron plates painted black, without a single gap.The width has to be two meters. On the right side of the lock nose, there is a black square on the door of the iron door, which is only a circle smaller than the facial tissue. bolt.

Hu Dongdong stretched out his hand first, to see if he could lift the black square, but there was no response when he pulled it.It appears to be locked.He took two steps back, looked at the small courtyard, and found that the courtyard wall was quite high, more than two meters high.And there was no movement in the courtyard.

"I think it's necessary to get to know Lu Ming again, isn't this kid a perverted killer?" Zhou Yuan made a joke, trying to dispel the uncomfortable feeling in his heart.He thought maybe Lu Ming had some privacy that he didn't want others to know, but it wasn't that Lao Hu himself was still kept in the dark. This feeling made him feel a little awkward.

Hu Dongdong pouted: "What privacy do you think he can have?" He picked up a small stone from the ground and gently threw it over the courtyard wall.

The sound of the stone falling to the ground was not loud, and the courtyard returned to calm with two grunts.Old Hu said to himself: "It seems that there is no dog inside."

After finishing speaking, Lao Hu stepped back a few steps, jumped in front of the courtyard wall, and clasped the top of the wall with both hands.His movements were extremely clean and neat, he clasped his hands on the wall and stretched hard, and then he climbed up to the top of the wall.

Zhou Yuan vaguely felt that this was not good, but when he saw Lao Hu stretching out his hand towards him on the wall, he had no choice but to jump up vigorously.Lao Hu grabbed Zhou Yuan's hand and lifted it vigorously, and the two easily climbed over the courtyard wall.

The courtyard was obviously deserted. There should have been a small vegetable garden under the courtyard wall, but it hadn't been taken care of for a long time, and the weeds on it were already knee-high.There is also a shed on the right. I don’t know if it used to be a pig pen or a donkey pen. In the middle is a slightly raised dirt road, which leads directly to a dilapidated one-story house in front.

Zhou Yuan and Hu Dongdong came to the front of the house, and it was pitch black inside.Through the gap in the window, with the moonlight in the sky, I can vaguely see a wooden table in the room, two crooked chairs beside it, and a worn-out green cotton army overcoat and waste newspapers lying on the ground. .Looking at the lock on the door again, it was already a little rusty.

Zhou Yuan was a little puzzled: "Isn't it right? You obviously saw Lu Ming coming here, why is this place so desolate, it doesn't look like someone is staying there at all."

Since Lu Mingdao came here, no matter what he did, he always needed a clean place, but the door was locked, the inside was messy, and the ground was full of rubbish. It didn't look like someone stayed there recently.

Hu Dongdong walked to the window and pulled it hard. With a burst of dust, the wooden window frame was almost pulled off, and it seemed that it was not plugged in from the inside.Old Hu said, "Go in and have a look."

Zhou Yuan had no choice but to drill in through the window frame, and a dusty and musty smell came out of the room.There was a thick layer of dust on the ground, and there was a stove in one corner of the room. The room was dark, with damp and musty smell, and there was an indescribable coldness.

Lao Hu walked over and lifted the lid of the big iron pot on the stove. Somebody had cooked something in it, black hairs had grown in it, the water had already dried up, and it was extremely disgusting.

Hu Dongdong retreated to the middle of the room and looked around: "It's too normal, there must be something wrong with the fuck."

Zhou Yuan also saw that there was a problem.They saw Lu Ming come here in the middle of the night, but this house is obviously an ordinary old rural house, and even the corners and corners have been searched, and there is nothing unusual.

"Let's go out first, the smell of this room is simply too strong." Zhou Yuan suggested.

The two jumped out of the window one by one, and were about to have a good discussion about what was so weird.

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded: "You won't be able to find clues if you search like this."

"Fuck." Zhou Yuan dropped the cigarette in his mouth before he could light it, and fell to the ground in fright.

Turning around, Lu Ming was standing in the middle of the yard, looking at them indifferently.

Hu Dongdong's reaction was very quick, and he smiled at Lu Ming and said, "Hey, buddy, you quietly rented a house outside without saying a word. There is nothing here, and we are thinking of helping you clean it up."

Zhou Yuan didn't say anything, feeling a bit awkward.After all, they followed Lu Ming secretly.Now that he was found out, he felt really uncomfortable. He obviously didn't trust Lu Ming by doing so, but he was exposed on the spot.

Lu Ming turned around and walked a few steps with a blank face, walked to a place in the corner of the yard, lowered his body and lifted a square wooden board and said, "Since you're here, why don't you come down and have a look."

The place where Lu Ming opened was against the wall. Zhou Yuan and Lao Hu didn't expect there to be a cellar here.

Lao Hu was very calm: "Tsk tsk, I didn't expect there to be a hole in the sky."

Zhou Yuan really couldn't stand this kind of scene, so he couldn't help but asked directly: "Lu Ming, we are all brothers, so let's not talk about the stupid ones. What are you doing here all alone at night without telling us?"

Lu Ming looked up at Zhou Yuan for a while, and said calmly, "Do you know about symbiosis?"

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, remembering that Lu Ming said this word when he deduced that the blood was alive at first, so he said: "If the blood is alive, then we are in a symbiotic state. You mentioned this last time."

"That's right, there are several types of symbiosis. The first type is mutual benefit, which means that both parties benefit from the symbiosis. The second type is competition and symbiosis, and both sides will suffer. The third type of symbiosis is beneficial to only one of them. It is beneficial and has no effect on the other party. The fourth kind of symbiosis is harmful to one party and has no effect on the other party. The last one is neither beneficial nor detrimental to both parties, which is irrelevant symbiosis.”

Lao Hu waved his hand: "Wait a minute. Does this have anything to do with this yard and cellar?"

Lu Ming glanced at him and said, "We can't characterize the blood now, but maybe we made a mistake at the beginning. This is not symbiosis, but... parasitism!"

Zhou Yuan looked at him wonderingly: "What's the difference between parasitism and symbiosis?"

"Parasitism is beneficial to one party, but harmful to the other party. When the beneficiary grows to a sufficient stage, it can destroy or get rid of the parasite. I suspect that you are the parasite."

Hu Dongdong said leisurely: "Student Lu Ming, you are unreliable. Didn't we just talk about why you came here to rent a house?"

Lu Ming continued: "I've been doing experiments here. The content of the experiment is to try to strip the blood out to see if it can survive alone. That's why we need such a low-temperature and humid environment."

From deciding to follow Lu Ming to now, Lao Hu showed a stunned expression for the first time.

Lu Ming continued: "This experiment needs to be done alone. There are three patients living in the small building, and the blood and life of each other may be affected. Also, I don't think it is necessary to report to everyone for everything. Prepare, medical research is something within my professional field. Do you want to go down and see my research results?"

After Lu Ming finished speaking, he pointed to the dark wooden door of the cellar.Lao Hu silently took two steps forward, looked down, the inside was pitch black but it should be very deep.I took a flashlight and looked down, and saw some glass bottles and wooden shelves below, on which were placed some test tubes and containers, some of which looked like flower houses in a botanical garden.

Seeing that Lao Hu and Zhou Yuan stopped talking, Lu Ming said flatly: "There is nothing else, I will continue to study."

After finishing speaking, ignore them and climb down the wooden ladder in the cellar.

Zhou Yuan and Lao Hu looked at each other, embarrassed to follow, so they left the courtyard in despair.

Walking on the empty street in the town, Zhou Yuan complained angrily: "Old Hu, look at what you are doing! Sigh!" You can understand Lu Ming's point of view if you think about it from another perspective. Mood, busy day and night for my good friend's illness, but being suspected, I must be very upset. "

Hu Dongdong took out a cigarette and lit it, but he didn't show any guilt. He thought for a while and said, "I still don't think it's right."

Zhou Yuan was a little angry: "Old Hu, you have nothing to say to me. But Lu Ming is also for me. These days, he only sleeps for a few hours a day, and the rest of the time is busy studying..."

"How long has Lu Ming been on leave this time?" Lao Hu interrupted Zhou Yuan and asked suddenly.

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, but couldn't answer. Lu Ming didn't take the initiative to mention this matter.

Old Hu Youyou spit out a smoke ring: "Don't you think he is too devoted to research?"

Thoughtful, Zhou Yuan also took out a cigarette, lit it but didn't smoke it.He finally realized that something was wrong, although Lu Ming did this for his own illness.But judging from his reaction just now, he didn't seem to have any reaction to being wronged. Lu Ming's dissatisfaction was more like his research being interrupted, so he seemed a little unhappy.

This fucking is obviously putting the cart before the horse.

Reminiscent of the "cat teasing operation" that had no progress, Zhou Yuan had a faint idea in his heart, but he couldn't grasp it vaguely.At this moment, Zhou Yuan's cell phone rang.He was a little worried that Lin Jing must have something important to call in the middle of the night.

Zhou Yuan directly turned on the speakerphone to answer the call, and Lin Jing's cry came from inside.

"Where are you? Something happened to my godfather!"

(End of this chapter)