325: Chapter 325 Stop with your saintly behavior, okay?

"It's not a corpse springing back to life."

Lin Fan briefly recounted everything that had happened at the top of the rock face.

The grave pit being dug open from the inside, a three-meter-tall black figure, fur covering its entire body, a wolf's vertical pupils, and a beast's predatory instincts.

And that final cry of "Brother Fan".

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After hearing this, Yang Ningcong almost jumped up. He retreated all the way to the deepest corner of the Karst Cave, with his back pressed against the stone wall, maximizing the distance between himself and Zhou Kai.

"Wh—What? Over three meters tall? A wolf? And it can change back?"

His legs were shaking, and even his voice was trembling.

"If he suddenly wakes up right now and turns into that look again, won't all of us meet our end here?"

No one paid him any attention.

"Brother Fan!" Yang Ningcong raised his voice again, "I'll say something unpleasant, but this thing cannot be kept!"

"After Zhou Kai turned into an animal, he had no consciousness! Without consciousness? He's just a beast!"

Yang Ningcong poked half his body out of the corner, pointing tremblingly in Zhou Kai's direction with his finger.

"What if he wakes up in the middle of the night and turns into that three-meter-tall monster again? This cave is only so big, where are we supposed to run?"

"Take advantage of the fact that he still looks human right now, stab him with a knife, clean and crisp!"

"Yang Ningcong, shut your mouth." A voice came out, but the source of this voice was somewhat unexpected.

It was spoken by Song Ya.

Yang Ningcong was stunned and turned his head to look over.

Song Ya was standing beside the campfire, her face still stained with undried tear tracks, her hands intertwined, her body trembling, but her lips pressed into a straight line.

Everyone had lived together in the Karst Cave for so long, and to Song Ya, this was a family.

How could any family member say such words?

"What did you say?" Yang Ningcong's eyebrows knitted together.

"I said shut your mouth." Song Ya's tone was rarely firm, "He is a human."

"Human?" Yang Ningcong almost laughed out loud, "Did you not listen to Brother Fan? Three meters tall! Furry! Wolf fangs! Sharp claws! Is this a human?"

Song Ya retorted, "He is lying right here now, with a heartbeat, breathing, and body temperature."

"A few hours ago, he even risked his life to fight for an extra shred of hope for us to survive."

"And now you say you want to kill him?"

Yang Ningcong's face flushed red, "I am thinking of everyone! Can you stop acting like a bleeding-heart saint here?"

"He almost tore Brother Fan apart up there just now. If he really wakes up later, which of us can beat him?"

Yang Ningcong stopped looking at Song Ya and instead looked at Lin Fan, "Brother Fan, at a time like this, you must definitely not be overly soft-hearted!"

Lin Fan didn't answer.

What Yang Ningcong said was the truth.

After mutation, Zhou Kai's speed and strength were almost catching up to his own Triple Enhancement. If Zhou Kai woke up and lost his self-awareness again... then...

But...

That cry of "Brother Fan" was also a fact.

In a state where beastly nature completely occupied his consciousness, he still remembered him.

This showed that the human was still inside, perhaps suppressed or buried, but not completely dead.

"Zhixia." Lin Fan spoke up.

Xu Zhixia had been standing on the other side of Zhou Kai without speaking. Hearing Lin Fan call her, she raised her head.

"What do you think?"

Xu Zhixia was silent for a few seconds.

Her gaze fell on Zhou Kai's abdomen, where the edges of the suture line were already beginning to be covered by newly grown tissue.

"From a clinical perspective, I can't give you a definitive answer."

She paused for a moment.

"But there are a few facts that can serve as reference."

"First, after mutating, Chen Jian retained complete language skills and cognitive functions, could negotiate, and could calculate pros and cons. This shows that the substance in those tubes does not necessarily completely erase a person's consciousness."

"Second, Zhou Kai's mutation process was different from Chen Jian's. Chen Jian's facial bones were completely reshaped, his skin keratinized, and his facial features deviated from the human category. But you said Zhou Kai's face is still recognizable, except that fur has grown around his head."

"This means that the modification direction of those filamentous objects inside Zhou Kai's body might be different from what Chen Jian received. It's also possible that a portion of the liquid in that tube was lost and contaminated by blood, discounting its potency."

"It is also possible that the people researching this drug achieved further success, which is why Zhou Kai has beastly abilities while his head can still maintain a human appearance."

"Regardless of the reason, Zhou Kai's degree of mutation is lighter than Chen Jian's."

"The lighter the degree of mutation, the greater the possibility that humanity is retained."

Yang Ningcong was stamping his feet anxiously in the corner.

"Possibility! You're talking about possibilities! What if that possibility doesn't hold true? What if he wakes up and becomes a wolf?"

"That's still no reason to draw a knife right now." Xu Zhixia's voice grew louder, "Yang, open your eyes wide and look clearly, he is a human right now."

"Moreover, what happened to him might be the key to understanding the mutation rules of the entire island."

"If you kill him, you won't even have the chance to understand the enemy."

These words choked Yang Ningcong up.

He opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but couldn't find the words for a moment.

Lin Fan stood up.

The gazes of several people in the Karst Cave converged simultaneously.

He stood beside Zhou Kai for a few seconds, "Then we won't kill him."

Yang Ningcong's face instantly collapsed, "Brother Fan! You..."

"But if he wakes up and is still an animal..." Lin Fan looked at Zhou Kai, "Then I will do it with my own hands."

As these words fell, the Karst Cave fell silent.

The firewood in the campfire made a crisp crack, and a burnt-off branch collapsed into the ashes, splashing up a small patch of sparks.

Song Ya breathed a sigh of relief, her shoulders slumping down, and her whole body leaned against the stone wall.

Xu Zhixia squatted back down beside Zhou Kai and placed her fingers back on his radial artery.

The pulse was a little stronger than before, moving in a good direction.

Lin Fan first put clothes and pants on Zhou Kai, walked to the side wall of the Karst Cave, and pulled out several thick ropes from the corner where sundries were piled.

He returned to Zhou Kai's side, squatted down, wrapped the rope around Zhou Kai's wrists for three turns, and tied a dead knot.

Then came the ankles, similarly three turns, with a dead knot.

After tying them up, he took a step back and looked. Zhou Kai was lying flat on his back, his limbs secured by ropes, and his chest rose and fell steadily.

Just like he was asleep.

Lin Fan sat down next to Zhou Kai, with his back against the stone wall and his dagger placed beside him.

"All of you go to sleep."

"I'll keep watch over him."

Yang Ningcong shrank into the furthest corner, hugging his knees, his two eyeballs rolling around nimbly in the darkness, staring fixedly in Zhou Kai's direction.

He stopped making a sound with his mouth, but that cowering look made it clear that he definitely wouldn't close his eyes tonight.

Time ticked away second by second, and the light of the campfire gradually dimmed. "Brother Fan, it's a bit cold, I'll add some firewood."

Yang Ningcong was scared, afraid that the firelight wouldn't be bright enough for him to see the signs of Zhou Kai waking up at the first instance and fail to make the fastest reaction.

I don't know how much time had passed when Zhou Kai's fingers moved slightly.

At this moment, Yang Ningcong seemed to have fiery eyes of truth, "He moved, that animal moved."

Lin Fan's spine instantly stiffened, the dagger held in a reverse grip in his hand, with the blade pointing downward.

He saw all five of Zhou Kai's fingers curl once and then relax.

Zhou Kai's lips quivered slightly.

Lin Fan leaned forward, shifting his center of gravity forward, holding the dagger three centimeters away from the side of Zhou Kai's throat.

Those eyelids fluttered twice, and then, Zhou Kai opened his eyes...