Chapter 499: Gaia Seed ( 3 )
The members watched Du Beiye drink the hot coffee without flinching with wide eyes. After they left, Jin Xuyan looked at his stepsister and asked, "Yixie, can you hear her thoughts?"
Pei Yixie shook her head and said, "Brother, I can’t hear anything. It seems that there is a barrier blocking me."
"Old Qin, is she an ability-user?" Jin Xuyan asked again.
"No, she is an ordinary person."
As soon as he said this, Pei Yixie frowned and said, "Impossible. Only an ability-user with a higher level than me is able to block my mental search."
"The dot representing her in my map is a white dot, which means she is an ordinary person. Since I awakened my ability, I never made a mistake identifying an ability-user," Qin Luzi replied calmly.
"Captain, if she is an ordinary person, how can she block Yixie’s mental search?" Yin Yusheng asked.
Jin Xuyan tapped his fingers on his knee for a while before he replied, "She is not as simple as we thought. Keep an eye on her. She might come with some ulterior motives. Everyone must be careful."
Thinking about the information he received from her man, he turned to his stepsister, and added, "Especially you."
When she heard this, Pei Yixie nodded. If that person was sent by her father or the Facility, then it was not impossible for her to carry a device to block her mental search.
"Understood," everyone replied in unison.
Not knowing that the entire team was guarding against her, Du Beiye was checking the room.
Compared to the place she was staying, this room was two times larger. It had a bathroom and water. There was also a bed, a cupboard, a wardrobe, a desk, and a chair in the room.
Jiao Lizhi saw her looking around and smiled. Despite knowing that she had to be on guard against this person, she still felt close to her. Seeing how she behaved like a child who got a gift, she couldn’t help but want to treat her nicely.
She took out the daily necessities and clothes from her space and said, "These items are for you. I don’t know your size so try the clothes first. If they don’t fit, just let me know. I will change the size for you."
Du Beiye came out of the bathroom when she heard this and saw the items on the bed. She walked over and checked the items one by one. After a while, she nodded and said, "This should be enough. Thank you."
"Do you need to go back to your residence and get your things?" Jiao Lizhi asked.
"No need, all I have is with me," Du Beiye replied casually.
Hearing this, Jiao Lizhi felt pity for her. It turned out she had nothing besides the clothes on her body. No wonder she was so thin and short.
Taking a deep breath to suppress her emotions, she said, "You take a shower and have a rest."
"Okay."
After she left the room, Jiao Lizhi frowned and touched her heart. She didn’t know why, but when she was with Du Beiye, she felt something was pulling at her soul.
She quickly went to her room and entered her space. The moment she entered her space, she was surprised to find that a small lotus bud appeared on the pond.
Opening the space’s information panel, she searched for the pond and saw a new item on the list.
"Gaia seed? What is this thing?" she muttered.
Besides the name, there was no other information on the item’s description. Since she didn’t know anything about this thing and it didn’t affect the space, Jiao Lizhi decided to think about this later.
Meanwhile, Du Beiye had just finished taking a shower and walked out of the bathroom wearing a skin-colored nanosuit. She looked at the clothes on the bed and thought for a moment before she reached out to wear them.
"Host, this suit has no defense and temperature control. It’s better to use your nanosuit," Krayan said after scanning the clothes.
Hearing this, Du Beiye replied casually, "Even so, I can’t use my nanosuit during my stay with them. After all, their technology is not as advanced as ours. It will raise their suspicions."
"Host, I can copy the style of these suits."
"No need. I can wear my nanosuit inside the clothes."
Afterward, she took out a small hair tie from her inventory and tied up her long hair into a high ponytail. When she was ready, she left the room and went to the living room.
At this moment, the members were still discussing the matter of the corpses found in the residential district.
"Captain, I searched every corner of the base and didn’t find any zombified maggots. So the possibility of the maggots being infected with the zombie virus due to the corpses is higher," Qin Luzi said.
"Has Mo Junjie got the test result yet?" Jin Xuyan asked.
"We still haven’t received any update from Wen Hanli. Maybe he hasn’t got any result yet," Zhang Yuan replied.
After a moment of silence, Feng Yun said, "Captain, I heard that a lot of mutant animals and mutant plants were located near the safe perimeter of our base. Since we are still unable to get confirmation about the zombified maggots, should we take a mission and clear out the mutants first?"
Jin Xuyan nodded after hearing her words and said, "Split into four teams and take the missions. Besides clearing the mutants and zombies, make sure to gather information about the situation outside. When we finish with the matters in the base, we will go visit other places."
"Understood," the members replied in unison.
When she heard that they were taking missions, Du Beiye walked over and said, "Captain, I want to join the mission."
Jin Xuyan thought for a moment and said, "You will join my team. We will depart tomorrow at seven o’clock in the morning."
Du Beiye was delighted and replied with a smile, "Understood."
After they discussed the team arrangement, everyone returned to their homes and rested.