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The two chatted happily, and an hour later, Zhang Jue withdrew from the station master's office with a smile.

Apart from site14 and site336, site17 is the place where Zhang Jue visits most often. He visits here more often than the headquarters in a year.

Not only is the experiment director Claremont a big fan of him, but all the other researchers know him too.

Along the way, greeted him friendly.

"Hello, Consultant Zhang—"

"Consultant Zhang has become handsome again—"

"Consultant Zhang, I heard that you have found a girlfriend. I heard from them that you are not a G—?"

Except for the third type of person, Zhang Jue would generally nod in greeting without putting on airs.

After coming out of the station master's office, he checked Karina's homework again.

Karina is very smart, and with Claremont as her mentor, she has made rapid progress and can already conduct some simple research and experiments independently.

You must know that she has only joined the management bureau for two years, and it is not easy to achieve such achievements.

Zhang Jue carefully flipped through her recent research reports and nodded slightly.

"Don't be proud," he said, "be like your father, be useful to mankind, not be satisfied with the status quo."

Karina raised her chin: "You don't need to say."

Although Karina has been working hard to argue with Zhang Jue, she actually listens carefully to Zhang Jue's words, so she is keenly aware of Zhang Jue's words.

"People who are useful to humanity" not "people who are useful to the Authority".

After finishing Karina's homework, it was already evening, and Zhang Jue had another meal in the cafeteria with Harvey, Clement and Hayle.

It wasn't until after eight o'clock in the evening that he walked towards the small courtyard behind site 17.

There was Cain's dwelling.

Zhang Jue traveled by order and blocked all outside disturbances. There are only a few people in the world who can directly contact him, and Cain is one of them.

This time he came to site 17 because of a phone call from Cain.

And Cain would take the initiative to find him for only one reason - it must be Shirley's side, what happened.

But for some reason, he chose to come to see Cain at the end.

When Zhang Jue entered the room, Cain was reading an e-book with a tablet computer—because he was cursed, he could not touch any plants and related products, and the paper book would immediately turn into dust in his hands, and his It's a bit strange that the ability passed on to Zhang Jue can talk to plants.

After Zhang Jue entered, he was not polite and sat down on the sofa.

He closed his eyes, as if sensing whether there was anyone around, and then asked softly.

"What happened to Shirley?"

Cain shook his head: "Not too optimistic, her body is undergoing some changes, and I'm not sure what it will look like in the end."

There is no doubt about Cain's ability. Since he said he was not optimistic, the situation must have been quite bad.

Zhang Jue sighed.

Shirley was the first project he came into contact with after coming to this world, and he had different emotions for Shirley.

He's been checking in every few months since Shirley went into a coma.

But no matter what method he used, he couldn't wake her up.

Shirley's consciousness has been sealed in that huge cocoon, Zhang Jue will be shocked by that force and vomit blood as long as he gets close.

But now that he has become much stronger than before, Shirley appeared abnormal again, so he planned to give it a try.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Zhang Jue and Cain came to the room where Shirley was detained.

After Shirley fell into a coma, her abilities seemed to disappear bit by bit.

Now when the staff of the Administration Bureau stay by her side, they no longer have the desire to attack others.

It seemed like a good thing, but both Zhang Jue and Cain had a bad feeling.

After entering the room, Zhang Jue looked at the little girl lying on the bed.

Her breathing was steady, and her chest rose and fell with her inhalation, as if someone's little padded jacket was really lying here.

But her face was getting paler, and the situation was really not good.

Cain said, "You'd better be careful."

Zhang Jue nodded, took a deep breath, and sat beside Shirley's bed.

He recalled that when he first came to see Shirley, he still needed Cain's help to enter Shirley's spiritual world, but now he no longer needs it.

But Cain still sat beside him, just in case.

Zhang Jue's dragon crystal had already exploded while saving the Hanged King. He took out the tired jade ring and put it on his hand, and then stretched his hand towards Xue Li's forehead.

His eyes went dark, and when he opened his eyes again, he had already entered Xue Li's subconscious mind.

This is a ruin, and the area is very large, and there are ruins everywhere as far as the eye can see.

This is not the first time Zhang Jue has come here.

He breathed a sigh of relief and walked forward slowly.

In the center of the ruins is a square, and there is an altar in the center of the square.

As Zhang Jue walked towards the altar step by step, his feeling became worse and worse. There seemed to be a force in the dark that prevented him from approaching the altar.

Every time he took a step forward, he felt a shock to his spirit.

Although he is constantly getting stronger, the power on the altar is also constantly increasing.

Just like when he first came here, Zhang Jue was in great pain.

Step by step, he finally came to the periphery of the altar.

The scene in front of him made him gasp.

The original dilapidated altar has been repaired at some point, and there are huge stone tablets all around, with strange characters engraved on it.

Obviously, this is a sacrificial ceremony.

The object of the sacrifice is the huge cocoon in the center of the altar.

Shirley is in there.

Compared with the last time I came here, the cocoon has become bigger, and it is growing and shrinking regularly, as if a heart is beating.

Zhang Jue also knew what was wrong with what Cain said.

Want to see it?

Zhang Jue hesitated for a moment, then took a step into the altar.

It was this step that made him spit out a mouthful of blood.

He felt like a sledgehammer hit the back of his head.

The mental impact here is quite severe.

But he didn't flinch, and took another step.

The radius of the altar is about 60 meters. A normal adult can walk to the center in a hundred steps.

But every step Zhang Jue took, the stronger the altar's attack on him.

When he came to the center of the altar and came to the huge cocoon, he was bleeding from all seven orifices.

If it was someone else, I'm afraid they would have already flinched.

But Zhang Jue didn't. He relied on his strong willpower to survive.

In front of Shirley.

The huge cocoon became bigger than before, and the color also became translucent.

Zhang Jue clutched his forehead, trying to make himself forget the pain in his body, and focused on looking inside.

The one lying inside the cocoon was not Shirley, but a naked girl.

Or in other words, Shirley seems to have grown up in it.

Because of the eyebrows, Zhang Jue could still see the similarities between them.

"Shirley..."

Zhang Jue read her name, and stretched out his hand to the huge cocoon involuntarily.

In the next second, he was ejected and fell to the ground with a bang.

When he came here, he was at the end of his strength.

This sudden shock was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Not to mention getting up again, his consciousness has already begun to blur.

If no one comes to save him, he will die here in a short time.

Cain, who was monitoring his body in reality, realized something was wrong, put his hand on his, and entered Shirley's subconscious.

But it was probably Zhang Jue's invasion that made this place vigilant, and Cain was hit even more severely. He was already unable to move even when he entered.

Zhang Jue spat out a mouthful of blood, and his pupils began to dilate.

In less than 2 minutes, he will bid farewell to this world.

He was to blame for all of this, he didn't listen to Cain's advice, and forcibly wanted to take Shirley out.

And at this critical moment, Zhang Jue suddenly felt his body was surrounded by a warm feeling, as if someone was hugging him.

With the last of his strength he opened his eyes.

It turned out that it seemed to be Shirley's face.

"Brother Zhang Jue..."

Shirley's gentle voice sounded.

"I miss you so much..."

"Xue... Li..."

Zhang Jue didn't know if what appeared in front of his eyes at this moment was a hallucination.

I wanted to reach out, but I couldn't use the strength at all.

He could only watch Shirley's figure get further and further away.

……

"Shirley!!!"

Zhang Jue woke up from the bed with a loud cry, panting heavily.

After a long time, he recovered and realized that he was no longer on that altar.

The surrounding scenery is relatively unfamiliar, he should be in a ward.

It was around dusk, and the setting sun shone through the window into the house, making it golden.

Zhang Jue pinched his temple with his thumb and middle finger. His brain still hurt, but it was much better than when he was on the altar.

Who saved her at that time, was it really Shirley?

Zhang Jue tried hard to think back, but he seemed to be fragmented, and he didn't have the slightest memory of what happened after that.

"Squeak" the door opened.

Yang Xue came in from outside with a pot of hot water.

Seeing that Zhang Jue was already sitting on the bed, she was slightly taken aback: "Are you awake?"

Zhang Jue nodded: "What date is it today?"

"December 1."

"Number 10? So I've been in a coma for three days?"

Yang Xue nodded, poured him a cup of hot water, and handed it to him.

Only then did Zhang Jue feel that his mouth was dry and his lips were even chapped.