Chapter 332: Here Comes a Troublesome Kid

Luo Wen yuan finally caught his breath, stood up, heard the voice from the broadcast, and hurriedly waved at the camera.

"Wait, Jing yun! Don't get excited! This kid........ this guy........" He paused, seeming not yet decided how to define Ying Duo.

Yang Yixie ignored the threat from the broadcast, simply gazing calmly at the camera's location, pondering whether to follow the plot or just push through directly.

To be honest, although he really wanted to go straight and fight, he actually wasn't good at fighting.

Because of the frantic dash just now, his tuft of Ying Guang Lu hair continued to emit light steadily under the lab's alarm lights.

Luo Wen yuan's eyes lit up instantly.

He almost lunged at him, but of course he didn't dare grab Ying Duo again, fearing Ying Duo would throw him over the shoulder the next second; Luo Wen yuan merely got very close, staring obsessively at that lock of hair, muttering under his breath.

"This glowing effect....... this luster......."

Wen Jing yun's fingers hovering over the control panel also stopped.

She looked at the Ying Guang Lu figure on the screen, at that hair color that remained striking even in the dim light, and what blurted out was neither a question nor a warning.

It was a name.

"Gloomy Fluorescent Stone?"

The researcher beside her who had helped seal the passage froze for a moment, "Professor Wen, what did you say?"

Wen Jing yun did not answer.

She just stared fixedly at the screen, at those strands of Ying Guang Lu hair, her heart quickening involuntarily.

Luo Wen yuan finally found his voice at that moment.

He turned his head toward the direction of the surveillance camera, knowing Wen Jing yun was there, and spoke excitedly, somewhat incoherently:

"Exactly, exactly, it's Gloomy Fluorescent Stone!! Jing yun, you saw it too, right? This glowing effect, look at this luster, it's exactly the same as what was recorded in that book we read before!"

Saying that, he turned back completely, forgetting how he'd just been dragged away by Ying Duo in a sorry state, and approached Ying Duo like discovering a rare treasure, carefully pinching a small bunch of hair to examine closely under the light.

"Look at this light effect, this translucency, and even the energy fluctuations!" he muttered, eyes growing brighter, "It's practically identical to the legendary 'Gloomy Fluorescent Stone'!"

Yang Yixie looked at that face approaching his own, expressionless.

He tried to tug at the corners of his mouth, attempting to show a speechless expression.

Then he realized his face was stiff.

He couldn't move it at all.

"...... Is there a possibility," Yang Yixie interjected in a flat tone, "that my hair is dyed with Gloomy Fluorescent Stone?"

Luo Wen yuan froze for a moment.

Then he laughed.

His smile was the kind that wrote all over his face, "Little kid, you're so cute."

Then Luo Wen yuan burst out laughing with a "pfft," waving his hands repeatedly.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

"Do you know what Gloomy Fluorescent Stone is? It's a crystal ore produced only in the deepest part of the Eternal Silent Abyss, and can be said to be the purest mutation crystal in the world."

"Never mind that ordinary people could never enter the Eternal Silent Abyss; even if they did, they couldn't bring out Gloomy Fluorescent Stone alive—the mutation concentration there would completely transmute an ordinary person the instant they stepped in."

"And even if you really got lucky and obtained Gloomy Fluorescent Stone......."

He pinched that bunch of hair and gave it a light shake.

"That thing is a living mutation source—are you putting it on your head?"

He finally lowered his hand under Ying Duo's scorching gaze, "So, student."

His tone carried a hint of helplessness, "Your hair absolutely cannot be dyed with Gloomy Fluorescent Stone; as for why it has this color——"

Saying this, Luo Wen yuan also fell into contemplation.

"Maybe excess energy during the awakening of Aberrant Arts affected the hair? That's not my specialty......."

Yang Yixie listened to his analysis and fell silent for three seconds.

He really wanted to make a speechless expression, but he could only continue speaking in that flat tone:

"Oh."

Luo Wen yuan: "........"

Luo Wen yuan felt that the "oh" seemed to hide a lot.

But he couldn't read it.

Looking at Luo Wen yuan's furrowed brow, wanting to say something but not knowing how to start, Yang Yixie raised his eyebrows.

Because pixel games usually struggle to show character emotions, some expressions in the plot are deliberately exaggerated.

Luo Wen yuan's expression like this is really fun......

Really like having eaten something he shouldn't have.

In the broadcast, Wen Jing yun's voice sounded again, this time carrying a tone full of uncertainty.

"However, that glowing effect really does resemble Gloomy Fluorescent Stone....... Wen yuan, take him to test the mutation value."

Luo Wen yuan snapped awake, immediately turned and ran toward the nearest control panel, shouting as he ran.

"Exactly, exactly, just test and you'll know, student, stay still!"

Yang Yixie did not move.

Could Luo Wen yuan possibly bring him back an orange instead?

Yang Yixie watched as Luo Wen yuan fumbled and pulled out a handheld detection device from their small cubicle, looking like an old version, unusually bulky.

Luo Wen yuan quickly wobbled back, pointing the probe at his forehead.

"Beep——"

The device lit up, and the numbers on it began to jump.

Luo Wen yuan and Wen Jing yun behind the camera held their breath.

The numbers finally settled at:

12

"I just said, how could your hair possibly be dyed with Gloomy Fluorescent Stone?"

Luo Wen yuan chuckled lightly, just about to put the instrument back where he took it, when Ying Duo grabbed his wrist and lifted it up.

The detection port of the instrument aimed at Ying Duo's hair, the screen instantly flashed a blinding red light, and after a burst of flickering, it emitted a soft 'bang' and a wisp of black smoke rose.

Luo Wen yuan: "........?"

Wen Jing yun: ".........?"

"How... how is this possible?" Luo Wen yuan incredulously patted the detector, but seeing a wisp of blue smoke, he feared he'd break it if he patted too hard.

"You have a mutation source on your head, yet your mutation value is only 12?!"

Yang Yixie didn't answer, just calmly looked at him.

Luo Wen yuan unwilling to give up, tested again.

Still 12.

He blankly lifted his head, looking at the camera's eyes dull and lifeless, his voice began to waver.

"Jing yun...... you say, is it really possible for someone in this world to dye their hair with Gloomy Fluorescent Stone and still be fine?"

This time, the voice on the broadcast remained silent for a long while.

Then Wen Jing yun's voice came through, this time with complex emotion:

"........ Bring him to the lab, we have more precise equipment here."

In the monitoring room, Wen Jing yun's fingers finally lowered from the console.

She looked at the fluorescent green youth on the screen, at his expressionless face, especially those few strands of fluorescent green hair on his head that remained conspicuous even under the red light.

Then she softly exhaled a breath.

"Open the passage," she said to the researcher beside her, "let them come."

The researcher hesitated, "Professor Wen? But that person's origins are unknown—"

"It's true his origins are unknown," Wen Jing yun interrupted him, her gaze still on the screen, "but he bears the traits of Gloomy Fluorescent Stone, and........ he hasn't yet become an Aberrant Species."

She paused.

"This in itself is the greatest 'origin'."

Moreover, if Ying Duo truly harbored ill intent, there would be no need for him to act a comedy with Luo Wen yuan.

Rather than saying an invader came, it's more like a brat snuck in.

So, whose brat is this?