The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 641 - 603 Past

"What’s in that place?" Gu Yanjing asked.

What special thing made someone risk their life to go there again.

For so many years afterward, Qu Qingkong kept looking for that place, still wanting to go again.

Qiao Yuxian shook her head and said, "My grandma said she brought some things out from there. Some were handed over, while some were kept for Qu Qingkong to study. Later... the country ordered them to be destroyed."

Gu Yanjing frowned slightly.

Qiao Yuxian said, "My grandma said the things inside were enough to overturn or even destroy everything."

As she spoke, she took out her phone and brought up a private album on it.

After opening it, there were many old black and white photos inside.

Some photos had many scratches on them.

The photos were all of corpses.

Each corpse looked as if it had been scalded by hot oil, gruesome to behold.

Even with just black and white colors, they still made one’s heart tremble.

Gu Yanjing watched as she flipped through the photos one by one.

Each one was terribly tragic.

"These were all the first batch of people who participated in researching those things back then. Everyone in the lab died," Qiao Yuxian said, "The things brought out suddenly released something after being studied for sixteen days. Death was almost instantaneous, and then for over a month, no one could approach the lab; anyone who did died."

"What happened later?" Gu Yanjing asked.

"Later, after more than a month, it seemed as though the thing’s energy was depleted, and everything returned to normal," Qiao Yuxian said, "By then, the corpses in the lab had started to rot. After urgent cleanup, many more people risked their lives to study for a few years and visited that place several times. The result of the research was that this thing releases harmful energy because it left its original place. It’s like... leaving home, losing a sense of security, and then periodically releasing harmful energy until its stored energy is exhausted, entering dormancy, storing energy, then releasing again, always repeating. Additionally, over time, the range of its energy release has been increasing."

"Later, did more people die?" Gu Yanjing asked.

"Yes. Once some patterns could be discerned, things got somewhat better," Qiao Yuxian said.

Gu Yanjing remained silent.

Qiao Yuxian said, "My grandma and the others brought it out because they didn’t know what it was, out of curiosity. They kept researching because its energy was great. Just a small part brought out had such large energy, and it could go dormant and regenerate. If controllable and usable, it would be an advancement in combat defense. However, it was completely uncontrollable and increasingly terrifying."

"So ’destroy’ meant sending it back again?" Gu Yanjing asked.

Qiao Yuxian nodded.

Gu Yanjing looked at her long, drooping eyelashes, "Qu Qingkong researched something different, right?"

Qiao Yuxian let out a long sigh, "Gu Yanjing, talking to you is really effortless. You can guess everything."

"If it was just harmful, he wouldn’t continuously want to go back," Gu Yanjing said.

"More people died in Qu Qingkong’s lab," Qiao Yuxian sighed, "Qu Qingkong extracted something before it released energy. When it released energy, Qu Qingkong was researching the extracted thing in another lab."

Dou Jin jumped onto Qiao Yuxian, finding a comfortable place on her to lie down.

Qiao Yuxian stroked its head, "Grandma said Qu Qingkong seemed crazy during that time, staying in the lab every day. He only came out to research for two or three days when that thing went dormant and then plunged back into the lab."

"So many people died, and Grandpa and Grandma were somewhat disoriented, wanting to destroy the thing but couldn’t, simply deciding to send it back during its dormancy," Qiao Yuxian said, "But Qu Qingkong told Grandma he could find a way to control it and even utilize its energy. At that time, domestic labs were in the same situation, persisting in research. Qu Qingkong insisted he had a way. Grandpa and Grandma agreed, thinking if he could control and utilize it, it would contribute to the domestic labs."

"What did he research?" Gu Yanjing asked softly in a low voice.

"Puppets," Qiao Yuxian said.

"Puppets?" Gu Yanjing’s calm tone took on some surprise.

"Yes." Qiao Yuxian nodded, "He studied a drug using the extracted thing. When the drug enters the body, one instantly loses their consciousness and becomes a puppet controlled by others."

"How to control?" Gu Yanjing didn’t quite understand but was more surprised at the drug research.

"Simply put, this person loses their consciousness and relies on others to give orders," Qiao Yuxian said.

"Anyone?" Gu Yanjing asked again.

"Yes." Qiao Yuxian said, "They would act upon hearing any person’s commands."

Gu Yanjing said nothing.

He imagined some chaotic scenes where no one knew whose orders to follow.

"Qu Qingkong’s research was conducted secretly, even testing on humans without anyone knowing," Qiao Yuxian recalled everything Xi Wanqing told her, "My grandma discovered it by accident, and the two had a huge argument."

"Grandma Xi made him stop the research," Gu Yanjing said.

"Yes." Qiao Yuxian said, "Grandma talked to him for a long time and found he was already obsessed, claiming he could control everyone and make them all obey him. He could control any place at will, dictating anywhere he wanted. Grandma found it impossible to reason with him, so she simply locked him up and blew up his lab."

As Gu Yanjing listened, he picked out Dou Jin’s fur that had fallen on him.

Qiao Yuxian said, "My grandma had a fiery temper; she was young then and didn’t know how to control it. She acted without considering consequences. She didn’t even think about the unforeseen consequences of blowing up the lab; she just did it."

"What happened after Qu Qingkong learned about it?" Gu Yanjing asked.

"Qu Qingkong was locked up for a long time, and after coming out, he clashed with my grandma," Qiao Yuxian said, "At that time, everyone followed my grandma’s lead. Qu Qingkong was isolated, so he brought out those experimental people and issued orders to them."

The chaotic scenes Gu Yanjing imagined turned out to be true.

"But those people had no consciousness, listening to anyone. Qu Qingkong ordered them to attack, while my grandma’s people told them to stop," Qiao Yuxian sighed at the absurdity of what was otherwise a painful situation, "The drugged ones would walk and stop, walk and stop..."

Gu Yanjing: "......"

"Later, my grandma locked Qu Qingkong up for a while again. He yield, only then was he released," Qiao Yuxian said, "From then on, for a long time, Qu Qingkong never brought up the matter again. My grandma thought he had come around and understood. But in fact, from then on, he was secretly seeking out maps to that place and had people try to find it based on his memory, but those who went never returned. He even set his sights on domestic labs, meanwhile starting to gather followers, secretly opposing my grandma."