By the time he said this, the spore was actively floating on the surface of the nutrient solution, slowly climbing up and then flowing out of the gap of the lid and falling freely. It was picked up by Lu Feng and lay lazily on Lu Feng’s hand, like a carefree… little kid. These actions showed that it was indeed a creature with its own consciousness.

The doctor said, “It can move, it can think but it doesn’t have a nervous system. Do you know what this means? I am a biologist. The distortion phenomenon has collapsed a physicist’s cognitive system. Meanwhile, this spore is the existence that has destroyed my cognitive system.”

The Judge wasn’t interested and didn’t pay attention to how a biologist’s cognitive system was destroyed. He held this soft spore in his hand and wondered, “How did An Zhe disappoint you?”

“He doesn’t have any infectiousness worth mentioning.” The doctor sighed. “You have slept together yet you are still a person and show no signs of infection. Your will hasn’t been affected by him and you haven’t become kind at all. He and his spore can’t infect people.”

Lu Feng glanced at him lightly, seemingly thinking about something. Just as the doctor thought he was going to say something worthwhile, the colonel told him, “I haven’t slept with him.”

The doctor stared straight at him. “Then you disappoint me more than An Zhe.”

CHAPTER 74

An Zhe woke up from a peaceful dream.

In the dream, he had no eyes, no ears and no organs that a human could perceive. He seemed to have returned to that time long, long ago when he was buried in soft and moist soil. However, it wasn’t soil and he seemed to be not far from Lu Feng. He was as close to the colonel’s breath as he was to death.

After opening his eyes, he stared at the grey ceiling in a daze. He had been trying to keep himself from thinking about the people and things in the Northern Base. He could feel the memories passing. He had almost forgotten the appearance and behaviour of Poet, the doctor and Colin. Everything that happened in that city was going away but Lu Feng was appearing more and more frequently in his dreams.

Sometimes he would open his eyes and feel like that person was around him. The dark green vines hanging by the wind were covered with white frost before they had even withered. It had frozen to a bright, clear colour like Lu Feng’s eyes were looking at him.

Then the coldness of the outside world soon wrapped around him again.

Outside the window, the grey clouds sat low on top of the mountain and the hard ground of the mountain was covered with white frost. Winter was here.