Chapter 461: Chu An's Explanation

After the meeting dispersed, the huge meeting room only had Lin An and Chu An left.

In the silence, Chu An calmly lifted his glasses frame, breaking the silence:

"Is there something... you want to tell me?"

All the arranged work has been settled, everyone else is doing their duties, only Lin An kept him behind alone.

In the quiet meeting room, Lin An slightly raised his head, his fingertips constantly tapping the tabletop.

That's right, he indeed had something he wanted to ask Chu An.

"AnXia..."

"About AnXia, did you lie to me, right?"

"The antitoxin serum, I indeed handed it to you after rescuing Mo Yu, because you said you wanted to study it."

"But after AnXia fell into a coma, I could feel that the power within her body had not faded."

"Even saying... she is essentially still a mutant, and has not reverted to an ordinary person."

His gaze was solemn.

Lin An stared fixedly at Chu An, trying to see something in his eyes.

The events that happened during this period are really too suspicious, even if Chu An gave a "reasonable" explanation.

If it were something else, it would be fine.

After all, Chu An's actions so far have not harmed him.

But AnXia, she could be said to be the person Lin An cares about most.

For other matters he could turn a blind eye, assuming Chu An was hiding something.

Everyone has their own secrets; he also couldn't be bothered to dig deeper.

But AnXia is different.

Logically, after the antitoxin serum is injected, AnXia should revert to an ordinary person like Jing Tian.

But after rescuing AnXia, even though the little girl was in a comatose state, he could still feel the terrifying power contained in her frail body.

In other words, the antitoxin serum did not dispel the zombie virus!

AnXia merely regained her sanity, and even that point, Lin An wants to put a question mark on.

Looking at Lin An's questioning gaze, Chu An merely smiled lightly:

"I didn't lie to you."

"What AnXia was injected with was indeed the antitoxin serum."

"You're not just doubting this point, right? You're also doubting how I managed to... before... make AnXia collide with the serum detonation device..."

"She's a third-rank... how could I possibly get close to her, right?"

"Or perhaps you're afraid I altered your memory?"

Chu Colonel slightly shook his head, pulled out an empty test tube from his pocket, indicating that he indeed used the antitoxin serum.

An inexplicable sigh.

"Lin An, I won't harm you."

"Let me answer you first, how I installed the explosive device on AnXia..."

"It's simple, when she was a mutant, her cognitive abilities were limited."

"I merely tweaked her memory a bit, making her regard the antitoxin serum's explosive device as your belonging."

"Do you still remember the antitoxin pendants you gave AnXia and Jing Tian? Although those two special pieces of equipment are nearly ineffective, for AnXia who retains only partial consciousness, they are the most important things in her memory."

"That was the last thing you gave her before you left."

"She didn't understand what it was, only knowing it was from you."

"So she cherished it especially."

"And I merely swapped the explosive device with the pendant, so she naturally would wear it."

"Don't believe me, wait until AnXia wakes up and ask her whether, before regaining her sanity, she felt something at her chest being 'detonated'."

Lin An fell silent.

Chu An's explanation is very reasonable; theoretically it's indeed easy to do.

Moreover, he indeed noticed that there were signs of damage on AnXia's clothing over her chest.

Although it looks a bit like a bullet hole, the trace left by a bullet piercing through.

But hearing Chu An say this, it actually matches the minor explosive effect of the detonation device.

It's not that he insists on getting to the bottom of things; his paranoia is just too strong.

Rather, it's the sentence spoken by the second Lin An sealed in the Sea of Memory before retreating.

(This game... you started it before I entered White Yang Town...)

He didn't really understand the meaning of the second Lin An, but also vaguely had an idea.

Either Chu An, at the moment the second Lin An appeared, covered up the information about Chu An in his own memory, misleading the second Lin An.

Or...

Starting from White Yang Town, Chu An has been continually altering his own memory, to the extent that the second Lin An cannot extract any information about Chu An from his memory at all.

If it's the former, he could still understand and feel relieved.

But if it's the latter, it would mean Chu An is almost equivalent to foreseeing the future.

His every step of action, and the events he faces, he had already made full preparations.

Such computational ability and layout are truly too terrifying.

Chu An, what exactly does he want to do?

Before Lin An could speak again, Colonel Chu turned to explain the matter concerning AnXia:

"As for why AnXia hasn't turned back into a normal person, that's also simple."

"Lin An, do you still remember the issue we discussed when we first met?"

"What exactly is the Zombie virus?"

Self-questioning and self-answering, Colonel Chu spoke at breakneck speed:

"The Zombie virus is a thought virus similar to a Meme, similar to a psychological suggestion."

"No matter whether our speculation is right or wrong, at least one point is correct."

"The Zombie virus is an existence based on thought and spirit, not purely a physical virus."

"Therefore, after AnXia was first injected with a general antitoxin serum, she was then in extreme terror, about to turn into a Mutant."

"Then it's obvious that during her subsequent escape process, her thoughts would inevitably be eroded by the Zombie virus."

"In other words, her thoughts, reason, consciousness have already fused with the Zombie virus."

"This means that our subsequent supplementation of the remaining antitoxin serum for her can only restore her reason and dispel the Zombie virus's desire to devour humans."

"Conversely, she will essentially retain the Mutant's characteristics, because she has already fused with another part of the virus."

"Just like a car, you remove the tires (the desire to eat people), but its engine is still there."

"Removing the wheels only ensures it can't run, but it essentially still possesses the characteristics of a car."

"Likewise, the antitoxin serum cleared AnXia's killing desire, but its core cannot be changed."

"This point can refer to Mo Ling."

"If we say Mo Ling is a union of life and death."

"Then AnXia is a union of human and Zombie."

The meaning is simple and clear; after Chu An finished speaking, he looked at Lin An with a smile, as if it weren't a big problem.

Lin An's complexion turned somewhat unsightly after hearing that.

He understood what Chu An meant to express.

In other words.

Once AnXia puts on the wheels (the desire to slaughter), she will still become a monster.

As she is now, she essentially is a mutant with human thought.

Once she encounters stimulation, that means AnXia will completely lose control and revert to a terrifying Third-Rank monster.

Are there... hidden dangers?

While suppressing the unease in his heart, the Meeting Room door was suddenly pushed open.

"Bang!"

The alloy door shattered.

All that could be seen was a white figure rushing into the Meeting Room, lunging into Lin An's embrace.

With bloodshot eyes, the just-awakened AnXia clung tightly to him, then burst into loud sobs with a 'wah' sound.

"Stinky Lin An! Bad Lin An! Why didn't you come find me!"

"I woke up and didn't see you.. I thought.. I thought you had abandoned me again and left!"

"Sniffle..."

Her body trembled, her frail frame tightly embracing him as if afraid he would run away.

At a loss.

Lin An looked at AnXia in his arms, his heart softened, and he let out a sigh of pity.

I never expected AnXia to wake up at this moment.

Seeing AnXia like a wronged little beast, refusing to let go no matter what, Lin An could only soften his voice to comfort her.

"Won't leave..."

"I won't leave you again.. AnXia.."

Just...

Lin An silently listened to the creaking of his own bones, his face somewhat helpless.

AnXia seemed to have forgotten that she still possessed Third-Rank power.

With a bit more force, his bones would break...