Chapter 105

Bai Xuechao turned his head back, leaving only the back of his head for Yuan Lan. "It was somewhat interesting."

Yuan Lan didn't seem to plan on ending the conversation just like that. He looked at his white hair falling on the pillow and continued to ask, "Compared to the Dark Organization, which side do you find more interesting?"

Over there, Bai Xuechao lowered his eyelashes. The light from the bedside lamp cast a glow from behind him, dyeing his hair with a warm yellow light. His pale face was also illuminated with a warm color by the lamp, but his crimson eyes were cast in a dark, unclear shadow, making his expression unreadable.

Which side was more interesting?

To be fair, it was the Apocalypse Society.

If he was in the Dark Organization, the leader would not mingle with the executives. The executives would not all gather together for meals and games when they had nothing to do.

It could be said that apart from the annual meeting held once a year after New Year's Day, there were usually no team-building activities.

The Dark Organization was like a pool of stagnant, quiet water.

However, Bai Xuechao suddenly discovered—

He was brought into the Dark Organization by Jiang Yunyi when he was 6 years old, and it had been more than 11 years now. He was already used to it.

He was used to the old-fashioned solemnity there; used to the heavily guarded security; used to the old leader whose paranoia was getting worse due to his deteriorating health; used to everyone around him, Duan Xingzhi who grew up with him, Liu Jingchun who loved him like a sister, Ji Chuanze who always bickered with him, and Jiang Yunyi, who was a teacher, a friend, an enemy, and had a delicate relationship with him...

Everything there constituted his life from childhood to the present.

So he was quite a nostalgic person?

There was a long silence, and neither of them spoke.

A slight curve played on the corner of Yuan Lan's mouth as he patiently waited for Bai Xuechao's answer.

After a long while, Bai Xuechao finally said, "Your question is so childish, like asking a child after a divorce whether they like their father or mother more."

"Then do you like your father or your mother?" Yuan Lan asked.

"...You're so boring." Bai Xuechao pulled the quilt over his head. His clear voice was a little muffled because it was coming from under the quilt. "I'm going to sleep. Can you take your medicine?"

He didn't want to talk about it.

Yuan Lan also sensed it and consciously changed the subject, "Sleeping like this will cause oxygen deprivation."

After speaking, Yuan Lan directly lifted the quilt covering his head and said playfully, "You should take it too, right? Otherwise, I might not be fully awake and might mistake you for a flower-scented popsicle and take a bite."

That would be a bloody incident.

It was like a lion and an old tiger sleeping together now. Who knew what would happen?

Bai Xuechao had no choice but to sit up. "You get it."

Yuan Lan took out a medicine bottle from the bedside table, poured out two pills into the cap, and handed it to Bai Xuechao.

The X8 pills were orally disintegrating tablets, so there was no need to drink water.

Bai Xuechao reached out and took one. Just as he was about to put it in his mouth, he suddenly noticed a strong milky scent from the pill in his hand, and X8 did not have this smell.

"Is this X8?" Bai Xuechao stopped the motion of putting the pill in his mouth and asked, "Why does it have a milky smell?"

Yuan Lan poured the other pill from the cap into his mouth. As he was screwing the cap back on, he said in a natural tone, "I improved it. Besides the milky scent, there are also mint, strawberry, and rose flavors. They will be available next month. They should be popular, right?"

Bai Xuech-ao heard his underlying meaning and was stunned. "X8 was developed by the Apocalypse Society?"

After the appearance of X8, the Dark Organization had tried to imitate its production but failed.

After that, the Dark Organization began to investigate the origin of X8, wanting to recruit the person behind the pharmaceutical to the Dark Organization's pharmaceutical research and development center. However, the intelligence department investigated for more than half a month and only knew that the other party was from the south and had a mysterious whereabouts. They could only find the behind-the-scenes boss of the underground exchange and tried to contact the other party through connections, but the other party ignored them.

Two months after the news sank like a stone into the sea, the old leader felt very disgraced and angrily ordered Jiang Yunyi to use forceful means to capture the person behind the drug research and development.

But after Jiang Yunyi personally investigated, he said that the other party should be a very high-level special ability user, and his special ability might be related to teleportation, making it very difficult to catch him. If they failed to catch him in one go, their relationship with the other party would deteriorate, which would affect the Dark Organization's purchase of their products. It was better to maintain the status quo for the time being.

Only then did the old leader give up on capturing him.

Now the answer to the question was right in front of him.

If it was produced by the Apocalypse Society, then it was no wonder they ignored the Dark Organization.

"It wasn't developed by the Apocalypse Society." Yuan Lan threw the medicine bottle back into the bedside table drawer and said something even more surprising, "I developed it personally."

Yuan Lan developed it personally?

Hearing this, Bai Xuechao's red eyes widened slightly.

Then he realized something and looked at the black bracelet on his left wrist.

When Yuan Lan said he wanted to share the information with him, Mu Xinyue had once said to Yuan Lan, "This is something you have been researching for more than three years." At that time, he had suspected that Yuan Lan had researched it alone, but it was also very possible that Yuan Lan had specially raised a team to research it, so he planned to ask later.

Now he knew the truth.

How many things had Yuan Lan researched?

Just X8 alone had already earned a lot of money from special ability users, and also a lot of money from the Dark Organization.

The thought of their organization's money being earned by the Apocalypse Society made Bai Xuechao feel a bit amused. He could almost imagine Jiang Yunyi's smile faltering when he learned about this.

But this also made Bai Xuechao wonder, how did the Apocalypse Society lose to the Dark Organization in the future?

According to the original plot, after he died of illness, his position would be filled by the originally planned villain character. The other party's special ability level was not as high as his, and he was not an executive at the beginning, only gradually taking his place in the plot.

The overall strength of the Dark Organization would definitely decline.

Facing such an Apocalypse Society, they could still win?

Looking at the atmosphere of the Apocalypse Society, plus Yuan Lan's intelligence, it was impossible for there to be a mole. Could it be that Duan Xingzhi had leveled up to 10 and had gone on a killing spree in the Apocalypse Society, going in and out three times?

Noticing Bai Xuechao's gaze on the black bracelet, Yuan Lan replied, "Yes, I also developed this personally."

He added, "You want my data in five days. I'll have to work overtime in the laboratory for the next few days."

"My fault?" Bai Xuechao put away his chaotic thoughts, planning to learn more about the situation later before analyzing it. He raised an eyebrow, "Didn't you say five days yourself?"

Yuan Lan casually raised his hands, made a surrender gesture, and then put them down, saying at the same time, "Alright, alright, it's my own fault. I shouldn't have boasted to lure in a new member."

Bai Xuechao asked, "Can I go into your laboratory to have a look?"

"Ah, it's not impossible." Yuan Lan thought for a moment with his chin in his hand. "I can take you for a tour of the laboratory tomorrow afternoon when I'm resting."

"Then it's a deal." Bai Xuechao put the pill in his mouth.

The pill quickly dissolved in his mouth, tasting like a milk tablet with a light sweetness. To be honest, it tasted quite good.

Bai Xuechao lay back on the bed and pulled the quilt over himself, "Alright, I'm going to sleep."

Yuan Lan said, "I've been wanting to say this for a while, you sleep so early."

Bai Xuechao said righteously, "I'm tired and need to rest."

"Alright, good night." Yuan Lan stopped reading and lay down on the bed. He placed the unfinished book on the bedside table and turned off the bedside lamp.

The bedroom fell into silent darkness.

Bai Xuech-ao had thought he would have insomnia tonight, but he still fell asleep after lying down for a while because his body was too tired. It was just that he slept relatively lightly. As soon as Yuan Lan got out of bed, he woke up, letting out a somewhat groggy "Mmm."

"Huh, you're awake," Yuan Lan was sitting on the edge of the bed, halfway through putting on his slippers. He turned his head and said with some confusion, "Did I wake you up? No way, I was very quiet."

Bai Xuechao had just woken up and couldn't quite open his eyes. He was curled up in the warm quilt, with only the part of his head above his mouth exposed.

He squinted his drowsy eyes, his voice still a little groggy and sleepy, "What time is it now?"

"Seven o'clock," Yuan Lan said.

Bai Xuechao: "..."

Dude, are you a workaholic?

Based on his observation yesterday, Yuan Lan had to read at night and seemed to go to bed relatively late. Waking up at seven in the morning, how short was this person's sleep time?

"I'll try to be as quiet as possible when I wash up." Yuan Lan got out of bed and walked towards the bathroom. "I'm going to the laboratory in the morning. You can continue to sleep on your own."

Bai Xuechao didn't say anything and was already preparing to go back to sleep. He couldn't get up at this time.

However, he only fell into a deep sleep after Yuan Lan had left.

After Yuan Lan left, he slept much better alone in the bedroom and wouldn't wake up at every little sound.

He didn't know how much time had passed before he woke up again.

The light in the bedroom was dim. Thick curtains were drawn in front of the window, and bright sunlight squeezed in through the narrow gap at the edge of the curtains, as if the curtains were glowing.

It was clear that it was already broad daylight outside.

Bai Xuechao got up and opened the curtains. Dazzling light instantly poured in, shining on his face and brightening the bedroom.

Seeing that he was awake, Xiao 6 said, "Host, the comic was updated half an hour ago!"