Chapter 40: A storm

My sister-in-law was originally a little upset that my master had stepped on the centipede to death. After all, a living ‘alien’ is much more valuable for research than a dead one, but my master did not hesitate to step on it to death.

But after listening to my master’s words, she felt very reliable. According to her experience, this centipede is indeed the type of centipede that my master said, but the color is too abrupt. A centipede with a white “hat” on its head, how can it not be abrupt?

So, she had already forgotten the slight unpleasantness and couldn’t wait to ask, “Do you know about this mutation, Master Jiang? Under what circumstances does this mutation occur? What is the significance of this mutation and what does it represent?”

As expected, the researcher asked a series of questions that almost made my head spin. Yang Sheng also looked at my master expectantly. They were indeed a couple, and it was not enough to describe them as husband and wife singing in unison.

My master, with his hands behind his back, said slowly, “You can touch the centipede with your hands.”

“Ah?” Although she is an entomologist, Zhao Jingyi is a girl after all, and she is a little afraid to touch the corpse of the centipede.

Yang Sheng, on the other hand, was bold enough to touch it twice. After he finished, his face changed. He said, “Master Jiang, this centipede is cold. I can’t describe what it feels like. I can’t describe it well. It’s just cold. Anyway, it’s not very comfortable. Is it because it’s dead?

I never knew what temperature insects had, but from my experience of catching insects since I was a child, there were no insects that made me feel cold, so that means insects have body temperature.

Well, I think my idea is very idiotic. Things that have no body temperature should be dead things. In any case, what can make Yang Sheng feel so much emotion must be very cold.

I couldn’t help but be curious at this point, so I touched it. After that, I was stunned, and then I looked at the bug carefully for a second, and suddenly I had an answer as to why it had mutated.

My sister-in-law was curious about my and Yang Sheng’s behavior, so she dared to touch it. When she did, she exclaimed, “Wasasa, it’s really cold.”

Wasa is my sister-in-law’s colloquialism. She uses it when she is shocked or happy. I’m used to this strange colloquialism.

“Master Jiang, you must give me an answer.” My sister-in-law looked at my master with even more anticipation.

But before my master could open his mouth, a voice interrupted him. It was Yuan Yi. He said, “There’s nothing strange about this. This is…”

I was so angry. Damn it, who was shocked just now? They didn’t say anything just now, but now they are shooting their mouths after the event? I couldn’t help but say loudly, “Sister-in-law, I know this too. In fact…”

My master shouted, “Chen Chengyi, shut up! You’re disrespectful! What kind of person are you?”

I didn’t dare to speak. I had just been so excited that I had forgotten my master’s instructions. I knew that my master was really angry this time, so I didn’t dare to speak either. I retreated directly behind my master. Qin Huai made a face at me and then compared his fists, which meant to tell me that he wanted to beat Yuan Yi.

As for Sun Qiang, he whispered to me, “This guy is really arrogant. He’s even more arrogant than the village idiot. Really.”

Qin Huai asked, “Desai? What the hell is that? Explain it to me, buddy.”

Sun Qiang said with a frown: “I don’t know. My grandfather taught me that it means ‘proud and arrogant’ in Beijing dialect, right?”

“Buddy, cough… that’s “de se,” repeat after me, “de se…”

I was too lazy to pay attention to the two of them talking nonsense, and I only saw Yuan Yi, with his hands behind his back and a look of a wise man, begin to explain: “This centipede only grows like this when it is infected with strong negative energy. The direct reaction on the body is a pale white color, which is the manifestation of negative energy gathering in the body. The reason why you felt it was very cold just now is the same! In fact, extremely negative things are not the black you understand, but this kind of pale white color with no vitality! Of course, if you can open your third eye, you will naturally be able to see that the flowing yin energy is this color, just like the pale white mist that often appears in deserted graveyards.

This person is really full of nonsense. I tilted my head and scratched my ear. Hmm, what he said made my ears itch.

Actually, he was right, but I don’t know why. When I don’t like someone, I don’t like them, and it’s hard to change my impression of them. My master said that I have a bad attitude, and in Buddhist terms, I’m “attached to the appearance,” addicted to a present appearance and unwilling to change.

But what does it matter? I don’t want to be bound by these things. When I can understand, I will naturally understand.

Facing Yuan Yi’s explanation of the yin energy, the Sheng couple were both stunned. After all, they were scientists, and they had always been skeptical of things that could not be proven, things that were somewhat intangible.

But Yuan Yi was also proud. Looking at the two of them, she said directly, “Metaphysics is the most mysterious science. You can’t study the cause, so you have to doubt the effect? This bug is because of this mutation. As for the reason, it can only be explained that the yin energy of that village has leaked here! Zombies are extremely yin things, and they are powerful. They cannot be destroyed without the most powerful fire! In that village, there was a large formation designed by my grandfather himself, which locked up the negative energy. But now it seems that it hasn’t completely locked it up, and the negative energy has leaked out, causing the bugs to grow like this. Master Jiang would of course be surprised.

After saying that, Yuan Yi shook his hand and stood to the side. He was a proud man and absolutely would not allow others to doubt what he had learned.

At this point, my master said lightly, “Yuan Yi is right. It is indeed for this reason that I stepped on it and killed it, for fear that it would suddenly rise up and hurt someone. There are goblins in Miaojiang, which are specially bred in the darkest places. They have this ghastly white color all over their bodies. They are poisonous and vicious, and I was lucky enough to have seen one before, so I was able to judge this situation at the first time. Of course, this bug is obviously not as powerful as the Miaojiang goblins, but it is also very dangerous when it comes to hurting people, and what we are about to face is even more terrifying than I expected.

After the master finished speaking, the wrinkles on his face deepened a bit, and he looked very worried, which made me feel very distressed.

In fact, my master has very few wrinkles on his face, but I don’t know why? In recent years, my master has always looked worried, and he has actually developed several wrinkles.

Seeing him like this today, I was particularly moved and my heart ached.

“No matter how much negative energy is leaking out, all we have to face is a zombie. If we destroy it, all our problems will be solved. What’s so scary about it?” Yuan Yi said loudly.

I rushed out in silence, and the next moment my fist was raised. Qin Huai followed closely behind me. This kid has always been like this. I’m the first to fight, and he’s definitely the second, without hesitation.

Then my fist was about to land on Yuan Yi’s face, but before that moment, I fell down hard myself, and then my leg bent in pain.

Qin Huai also stopped, and Sun Qiang ran over and pulled me up with Qin Huai. Then I turned and saw my master’s angry face.

“Three times, Chen Chengyi, are you going to break off the master-disciple relationship? Now get back down!” Master roared.

My eyes instantly turned red. Since I was a child, my master had never hit me so hard or said such harsh words to me. I was defending my master’s dignity, and I was instantly wronged.

“Master, this person has repeatedly made trouble for you? Does he think that we, the master and disciple, are afraid of him?” I yelled angrily.

“If you dare to say another word, you don’t need to be my disciple anymore.” The master didn’t seem to be joking.

Qin Huai and Sun Qiang quickly pulled me back down, and the others began to persuade me one after another. Only Yuan Yi looked distracted, not knowing what he was thinking.

The storm passed, and my master just looked at me and snorted, then took a small paper package out of his backpack and stepped into the room.

The paper bag contained special insect repellent. Master had said that it was made by the snake catcher, Lao Wu, and was more effective than the powder they had been sprinkling on them. I knew he was going to clean the room.

Master only went in for a short while, and we saw a scene that made our hearts creep! I really couldn’t believe that this could happen in a house!