Chapter 177: Light as a Feather
Feng Ling looked at the incoming call and it was Su Yuqing.

She looked up and asked Ye Zheng: "You really don't remember Su Yuqing?"

Ye Zheng lay in the corner of the carriage and replied coldly: "I don't remember."

"You'd better think about it. It's easy to forget it now, but it won't be easy to remember it again in the future..." Feng Ling muttered and answered the phone.

On the other end of the phone, Su Yuqing's tone was urgent: "Feng Ling, Wen Xiuyan and the others said that you encountered a very powerful contaminant, and this contaminant can release white flames over a large area. Is that true?"

"Yes." Feng Ling replied.

Su Yuqing said: "Feng Ling, the contaminated body you met is very likely Ye Zheng! Ye Zheng has a card called Seraph, which can also release a large range of white flames! What was her state when you met her? Did she completely become a contaminated body? Did you kill her? Or did she run away? Where did you meet her? Did any other hunters see her?"

Su Yuqing's questions were like machine guns.

Feng Ling looked embarrassed and replied after hesitating for a while: "It's hard to say."

Ye Zheng: “…………”

What an unexpected chatting skill.

Su Yuqing was also choked. After two seconds of silence, he asked the question he wanted to know most: "Is she still alive?"

Feng Ling thought for a moment and asked Su Yuqing: "Will our conversation be recorded?"

Su Yuqing raised his head and glanced at the other members of the team.

Everyone looked at him curiously, paying attention to the outcome of this phone call.

Su Yuqing looked apologetic. He turned and walked away, avoiding his teammates, and whispered to Feng Ling, "It's not recorded, and no one else will hear our conversation."

Feng Ling said: "Her pollution value is very high. I used the idol to delete one of her cards. Now the pollution value is still 48%. Her mental state is unstable and her aggression is also very strong."

After a slight pause, Feng Ling continued, "She is the only inspector who has experienced a squirrel attack. She is very important to me. I plan to bring her back to Qingjiang."

Su Yuqing asked hurriedly: "Where are you now? In the camp?"

"We are on the train," Feng Ling walked to the window and looked at the slowly receding woods, "The train just left."

"Which stop are you going to get off?" Su Yuqing tried to control her emotions. "I need to send her to the General Administration's research institute for a comprehensive examination..."

"No." Before he could finish, Feng Ling immediately refused, "Captain Su, you don't understand the current situation. If she is Ye Zheng, then she should indeed go to the research institute for a comprehensive examination, but now she is a contaminated body. If I catch her, she will be my prey. I have the right to dispose of her. If you want to take her away, sign a contract with me first."

"Contract?" Su Yuqing was stunned and asked suspiciously, "...What contract?"

"Lease contract." Feng Ling said, "The rent is charged on a daily basis, 100 million per day, and the longest lease period is no more than seven days. It must be returned intact. In addition, you must sign a risk notice. If Ye Zheng has a mental breakdown and launches an indiscriminate attack, all losses will be borne by you and have nothing to do with me."

Su Yuqing fell silent again.

He understood what Feng Ling meant.

Feng Ling was not really going to sign the contract, but was telling him that there were two most likely outcomes after handing Ye Zheng over:
First, the research institute is unable to treat Ye Zheng, and Ye Zheng will become an experimental consumable and die in the research institute;

Second, Ye Zheng might lose control. With Ye Zheng's current strength, there are only a handful of inspectors or hunters in the country who can suppress her, so casualties will inevitably occur.

"Any other questions? If not, I'll hang up." Feng Ling said.

"Wait, wait a minute!" Su Yuqing took a breath, "Can I...can I talk to her?"

"No." Feng Ling hung up the phone quickly. Su Yuqing heard the dead tone coming from the other end of the phone and was in a daze.

He put down his phone and stood there for a while, recalling what Feng Ling said - the contamination value is still 48%; her mental state is unstable; the squirrel attacked; now she is a contaminated body.

Su Yuqing's body gradually became colder, as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He felt freezing cold all over. He had clearly arrived at Area D, where there was no wind or snow...

He walked back to the team step by step.

Xu Yiming couldn't help but be curious and asked Su Yuqing: "How is it? Did you find out clearly? Is that contaminated body really Ye Zheng?"

Su Yuqing's mind was in a mess and he seemed distraught.

Seeing him like this, Xu Yiming couldn't help but think of the worst possible outcome: "Is it really Ye Zheng? Ye Zheng... How could Ye Zheng become a contaminated body..."

Everyone's heart is heavy.

Wen Xiuyan couldn't help but say sadly: "Although Sister Ye became a polluted body, fortunately Sister Ling stopped her in time... Sister Ye is still Sister Ye in our hearts. She didn't hurt any of us, and her efforts will always be remembered by us."

Wen Xiuyan's words suddenly made Su Yuqing feel a chilling fear.

——She didn't hurt any of us.

What if it hurts?

If Ye Zheng loses his mind and kills hunters or innocent backpackers in the maze, will anyone forgive Ye Zheng once the public knows about this?
Won't……

No one will understand!

Ye Zheng's reputation would be ruined overnight! All her efforts and contributions would become as insignificant as a feather!

Su Yuqing's face was extremely pale.

No one knows better than him that the General Administration of Supervision pushed Ye Zheng forward in the hope that she would inspire the people like a banner and bring hope to the entire nation. However, if any stain appears on this banner, it will be abandoned immediately!
Public opinion will condemn why Ye Zheng was ambushed by the aliens, and will blame Ye Zheng for not taking the blue pill after the pollution value exceeded the safety threshold. They will criticize her from all kinds of angles! Deny her!

Su Yuqing had always been concerned about Ye Zheng's safety, but now she realized that no matter whether Ye Zheng was alive or dead, her situation was no different from being on a cliff.

If you are not careful, you will be smashed to pieces!
No wonder Feng Ling took Ye Zheng away without even meeting him.

Feng Ling didn't want anyone to know that Ye Zheng was still alive.

Feng Ling only told him, why? ...Because of his special relationship with Ye Zheng, Feng Ling thought he had the right to know?

Now he faces a choice: should he expose Ye Zheng’s current situation?
"...dead." Su Yuqing pursed his lips tightly, looked up at his teammates, and said, "Ye Zheng was ambushed by an alien with a squirrel card, which eventually led to genetic collapse and sacrifice."

…………

……

On the train, Ye Zheng was sometimes in a coma and sometimes in a manic state.

She was like a severe schizophrenic patient, with hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, irritability, and confused thinking.

Although she occasionally behaved like a normal person, Feng Ling did not dare to communicate with her easily, because he could not predict which words would touch Ye Zheng's nerves and drive her crazy.

Feng Ling paid attention to Ye Zheng's condition while dialing Pei Xianjue's number -

"Xiaoyu, I want to discuss something with you..."