The lights in the operating room were extremely bright, but Ding Meng felt an inexplicable chill.
He had fought Lan Bing several times, both directly and indirectly. He felt that he had underestimated this woman. Sometimes, women had a primitive advantage, and that was to make their male opponents underestimate them.
This was because, under normal circumstances, men would have a prideful attitude: She was just a woman. No matter how powerful she was, there was still a limit.
Ding Meng was silent. He said, "Is there any other reason?"
Lan Bing glanced at him and said, "If there is another reason, it would be Old Yu."
"Old Yu?"
Ding Meng was stunned. He suddenly remembered the days when he lived in Qingxi Farm on the border planet of TT12 in the Norse Empire. The kind and hardworking villager, Old Yu, worked hard day after day, year after year. Ding Meng was taken in by Old Yu after he escaped from Black Gold Base. Lan Bing was also sent to Old Yu when she pretended to be Lan Qiu.
"What does this have to do with Old Yu?" Ding Meng couldn't help but ask.
Lan Bing's gaze fell on the crystal board on the wall, but she seemed to be reminiscing about the past. After a long time, she sighed softly. "I was raised in a poor family."
Ding Meng stared at her. "I believe you!"
Lan Bing laughed coldly. "But back then, you thought that I was the kind of person who didn't know how to work?"
Ding Meng muttered, "I just realized that I was wrong!"
Lan Bing frowned. "Just now?"
Ding Meng nodded slightly. "Yes. Just now, when Chu Yifeng tore your clothes, I saw a large patch of calluses on your back. If I'm not wrong, it was caused by carrying heavy objects for a long time when you were young. Although you're a biochemist and can repair your scars, you didn't choose to do so. Instead, you let these scars remain on your body. I believe that you must have your reasons."
Lan Bing suddenly turned around, as if she didn't want Ding Meng to see her current expression.
After a long time, Lan Bing finally turned around and said indifferently, "From planet TT12 to Black Gold Base, Flying Star City, and Bogor Planet, I actually had many opportunities to kill you directly or indirectly."
Ding Meng nodded. "Yes!"
Lan Bing said, "But I need you alive."
Ding Meng said, "Because of the K virus?"
Lan Bing said, "It's not entirely because of the K virus!"
Ding Meng asked, "Then why are you doing this?"
Lan Bing said, "Because I only have hope if you're alive!"
Ding Meng was even more confused. "What hope do you have?"
"You will know!"
Lan Bing felt like she had said too much today, so she simply turned around and said, "I want you to have a good rest and recover your energy!"
Ding Meng sneered. "And then provide them to you for research?"
"As long as you understand!" Lan Bing replied as she walked towards the alloy door.
Following her departure, the light panels in the room began to extinguish one by one, and the entire world returned to darkness.
Within the darkness, Ding Meng did his best to activate that sliver of Origin Energy, but it was to no avail. The amount of Origin Energy that Lan Bing had injected into his Origin Core was simply too great. His sliver of Origin Energy was like a river trying to fight against a large lake.
With his Origin Energy not flowing smoothly, the other things that were affected were his telekinesis and Little Rascal's various functions. Ding Meng felt a bit helpless. "Is there really no other way?"
Little Rascal said, "There really isn't any other way. I just checked, and the Origin Energy floating in this room is very thin. I don't even know where this place is."
Ding Meng sighed. "I keep feeling like there's something wrong with this whole situation."
Little Rascal said, "What's wrong?"
Ding Meng said, "I know that Chu Yifeng's group has been scheming to deal with me this entire time, but this is just too much of a coincidence."
Little Rascal quickly reacted. "That's right. Even we can't figure out where we're going, but Lan Bing and the others were able to find us so quickly. Moreover, she shouldn't know that we've fought with that Quan Jinwei before.
How could she know so clearly?
Is it because of that Ge Ping? "
Ding Meng nodded. "That's very likely. That guy's strength is truly terrifying."
Little Rascal said, "He knocked you out as soon as he made his move. Excluding the fact that we're injured, according to my calculations, he shouldn't be any weaker than a high-level champion."
Ding Meng fell silent. Little Rascal naturally knew what he was thinking. With Ge Ping's strength, even if he was equipped with an undamaged Prototype under normal circumstances, Ding Meng still wouldn't have a chance of victory. As such, the chances of them escaping this place were infinitely close to zero.
Since the normal path wouldn't work, they had to think of another way.
Ding Meng said, "How much time has passed?"
Little Rascal sighed. "It's been 145 hours, 23 minutes, and 50 seconds since we landed on Immortal Weaver Planet and came all the way here. After such a long time, there might still be one last hope. I hope that Fan Chengying has already contacted the military with your wristband and reinforcements from the military will be here soon. After all, it's been almost a week since you lost contact with them."
"Let's hope so!" Ding Meng closed his eyes. The most important thing now was to buy time to heal himself.
Three hours later, the alloy door on the wall cracked open again with a creak. Ding Meng opened his eyes and found that the intruder hadn't turned on the lighting system. Instead, the room was still in darkness.
Not turning on the light source probably meant that they were here to do something shady. Ding Meng was a little nervous, but he forced himself to calm down.
The person in the darkness hadn't arrived yet, but a gentle fragrance wafted over. This wasn't the smell of perfume or makeup, but rather the unique scent of a woman. Even without seeing the person, just the smell alone was enough to make one intoxicated.
This scent was also mixed with the pressure of Origin Energy. Ding Meng couldn't circulate the same amount of Origin Energy at the moment, so it was naturally very difficult for him to resist this fragrance.
In truth, during the time he had spent with Dai Yi in Blue Pole Star City, he had already gotten used to the scent of women. For example, Dai Yi, Eirinn, and Xu Qianqian all liked to wear particularly strong perfume. It was precisely the kind of perfume that could cause a gust of wind when they walked that deeply attracted others.
However, this scent was a faint fragrance. At first, it felt like the fragrance of oranges and flowers, but after a careful sniff, it actually carried a fresh and natural sweetness. It was only when the person got closer that he could feel the refreshing fragrance.
There was no doubt that the intruder was a woman, but this woman seemed to be wearing a loose robe that completely covered her body. What surprised Ding Meng the most was that as soon as the woman walked up to the operating table, she reached out and fiddled with the edge of the bed a few times. The four bracelet-shaped super-gravity alloy energy bracelets actually popped open on their own.
At this moment, Ding Meng almost cried out in surprise. Who would have thought that as soon as he sat up, the intruder would unceremoniously push him back down?
Ding Meng's heart sank. The person who had come wasn't Meng Yan.
According to his calculations, if there was really someone who could reach this place, that person would undoubtedly be Meng Yan. Meng Yan's ability to disguise herself and infiltrate the enemy's rear was unquestionable. Ding Meng was also full of confidence in her in this aspect.
However, when the woman in front of him pushed him, a bone-chilling cold energy immediately poured into his body. With how weak Ding Meng was right now, even if the energy bracelets were removed, he still wouldn't be able to resist.
"So, it's you!" Ding Meng was completely shocked.
The intruder didn't allow him to speak at all. She immediately used something to seal his mouth.
In just an instant, Ding Meng felt a very unsightly change in some parts of his body. He couldn't control it at all because it was instinctive.
Following that, a sharp wave of ice-type Origin Energy poured into his body. Ding Meng's Origin Energy was tightly locked down by this person's Origin Energy. He couldn't move, nor could he resist. He could only grit his teeth and bear with it. For him, this was both a painful pressure and a novel pleasure. He felt his lips gradually becoming dry and cracked, and his entire body was drenched in sweat …
Little Rascal quietly turned off the event recorder and automatically entered hibernation mode.
After a long time, the waves passed, and the passion returned to normal. The two of them lay side by side on the operating table, panting.
Never in Ding Meng's wildest dreams did she expect the person lying beside her to be … Lan Bing.
The process just now had happened far too quickly. It was so quick that it caught him off guard, and it was so quick that it was impossible to guard against it. Everything was like a dream, both sweet and absurd. It was so absurd that it was frightening. If it weren't for Lan Bing's gorgeous face right in front of him, and the sweet scent of her breath, Ding Meng really would have thought that it was all a dream. Everything had disappeared without a trace.
Right now, the atmosphere in the room wasn't subtle, but rather strange. Lan Bing was the first to speak. "You must think that I'm crazy, right?"
Ding Meng smiled bitterly. "I do think so."
Lan Bing said, "Do you still think that I've fallen for you?"
Ding Meng's smile became even more bitter. "I still have some self-awareness. I've never had such thoughts before."
"Very good!" Lan Bing suddenly sat up. As she sat up, she had already changed into the woman's suit.
At this moment, Ding Meng realized that half of his Ice Origin Body had been retracted. Even so, his body was still very weak. After all, his Origin Body hadn't recovered yet.
"You better lie down and don't move!" Lan Bing's voice was cold again.
However, there was a trace of emotion in this coldness. Others might not be able to detect it, but Ding Meng could. The relationship between a man and a woman was very strange at times. After what had just happened, Ding Meng felt that he had formed a strange connection with this woman.
As for what kind of connection it was, he couldn't say, but he could feel it.
Lan Bing seemed to know what he was thinking. She said coldly, "Are you thinking about what just happened?"
Ding Meng's face heated up. Fortunately, the room was dark, so they couldn't see each other's expressions.
However, Lan Bing's tone turned cold. "Don't worry, there won't be a second time."