Chapter 5160 — Next Up...
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Let's see how things stand first." Wei Zhao thought it over. From what he had learned earlier, Dr. Glasses and his people acted with great caution. Besides developing people one-on-one, they regularly had them go to one of their temporary bases for physical examinations. He did not know whether the tampering he had done on Qin Yuanming and the other two would be detected. Only once they cleared that hurdle would there be any further significance.
Sure enough, a few days later Dr. Glasses took Qin Yuanming out alone—precisely to give him a physical examination.
On the one hand, it was to collect data and transmit it back to the Center so the improved pills could be perfected—after all, these were rare human samples. On the other hand, it was to monitor everyone's physical condition, so that any sign of the toxic qi running out of control could be caught early. And if anything else that should not be there was found in their bodies, it likewise would have no hope of escaping such comprehensive, rigorous surveillance. Everything was ensured to be foolproof.
Wei Zhao's method had not only eliminated that toxic qi in their dantians, but also planted gu in their brains. Although Lin Dongfang had acted personally and with extreme secrecy, whether it could ultimately escape detection by the Center's high-tech precision instruments was a major question.
Even Wei Zhao himself had no confidence on this point and could only wait for the results.
Fortunately, the news Qin Yuanming brought back was good: from beginning to end the examination results were all normal, with nothing abnormal detected. Wei Zhao was still a little uneasy, but when Jing Yueming and Canlong subsequently reported back with the same results, he finally relaxed.
It seemed the Center's physical examination could not truly pinpoint the toxic qi in the dantian; it could only be discovered once the toxic qi showed signs of running out of control. As for the minuscule traces of the gu, even Qin Yuanming and the others could hardly detect them themselves, so it stood to reason that the Center's high-tech instruments could not detect them either—after all, this was Lin Dongfang's handiwork.
This result not only let Wei Zhao breathe a sigh of relief; Qin Yuanming and the other two were secretly shocked as well. Previously they had merely felt themselves unlucky to have been noticed by Wei Zhao, and frankly had not thought Wei Zhao all that formidable—especially compared with the mysterious, unfathomable Center, he was not on the same level at all. But after personally undergoing this physical examination, that preconceived notion was completely overturned.
The Center's toxic qi Wei Zhao could resolve with ease, whereas the gu Wei Zhao had had Lin Dongfang plant in them—the Center could not detect the slightest abnormality. The difference in skill was plain at a glance.
"Looks like things are going well. So, what's the next move?" Lin Dongfang asked with keen interest.
"Since the Center wants to stir things up in the shadows, then we'll play along with them properly. For every one they develop, we turn one. Let's see who outplays whom." Wei Zhao smiled faintly.
"Interesting. Apart from Bing Wushuang and Xue Jianming, by your account the ones they truly control with toxic qi are just these three, and you've gathered them all in. At this rate you're practically half the boss of the Center." Lin Dongfang laughed heartily.
"Isn't that good? With me, the boss behind the scenes, keeping an eye on them, it saves them from wreaking havoc on others everywhere." Wei Zhao smiled, then said, "By the way, old man, the next one will need your help—I can't handle it alone."
"Oh? Don't tell me you're thinking of going after Xue Jianming?" Lin Dongfang guessed.