“It’s you again.”

Zhou Xiangzhe stared at Lan with a hostile look. “Why are you here? in an S-level pollution zone?”

“If you can come, why can’t I?” Lan also looked at Zhou Xiangzhe with a hostile gaze. Seeing how Zhou was still holding Shen Wang, a vein on his temple bulged.

“You! Let go of him!”

That bastard who’s seducing my adorable little brother!

Only then did Zhou Xiangzhe realize that Lan had been telling him to let go of Shen Wang all along, and that the word “kidnapper” was aimed at him.

“What do you mean?”

“Don’t you know what I mean?” Lan’s silver-purple eyes were cold. “Of course, you’re not good enough for him.”

His adorable little brother was good-looking, had a great personality, smart and capable, able to consume pollutants and fight mutants, a truly exceptional individual! It must be because he lacked the love of parents and his older brother from a young age that he was fooled by a guy like Zhou Xiangzhe!

“What?” Zhou Xiangzhe questioned, “You pushed Shen Wang into the painting, and you still say I’m not worthy of him after doing this?”

“Isn’t it obvious that there’s something wrong with your behavior?”

“Do you like him or hate him?”

Lan:…?

What? What? Who did he push into the painting?

Lan instantly opened the book and reread the message that he hadn’t read carefully because of his rage.

He took a breath when he saw the message in the middle.

His dear brother dragged Zhou Xiangzhe into the painting to avoid the [Illusory Butterfly], and he actually said it was Lan who did it.

Shen Wang took advantage of their inattention to move behind Zhou Xiangzhe, he quietly made a gesture to Lan, his peach blossom eyes drooped slightly, looking aggrieved.

Good brother, help me take the blame!

Lan looked at Shen Wang in silence, and spoke after a moment, “…Yes, I did it, so what.”

“Even if I did it, I still think you are not worthy of him.”

He was not justified but still very confident.

Damn it, that’s why he didn’t think highly of the relationship between Zhou Xiangzhe and Shen Wang. The biggest problem between them was not their feelings, but their positions.

Shen Wang is the child of an S-level mutant and a 3S-level pollutant. He was born with a strange disease to eat pollutants to accumulate energy. He had to constantly eat pollutants, which was obviously an inhuman behavior pattern, but Zhou Xiangzhe was not only a normal person, but also the protector of Central City and the most famous S-level mutant in the zone.

The difference between them was obvious.

Yes, that’s why Lan disagreed!

It’s not because he couldn’t stand Zhou Xiangzhe being with his brother when he was not around, nor was it because he was jealous of his brother liking another person!

“This has nothing to do with you.” Zhou Xiangzhe’s golden eyes were dangerous, “You seem to be too involved in my private life.”

Private life? That’s my brother!

Lan picked up the huge fish-killing knife on the ground and thought expressionlessly: Let’s beat up this bastard first and then talk about other things.

Shen Wang made a very light sound, with helplessness in his eyes.

He really didn’t expect that he would meet his brother who was extremely protective of him immediately after he and Zhou Xiangzhe confirmed their identities and even went a step further.

He was also embarrassed,  he pushed the pot on Lan because he thought Lan was not there.

But Lan thought: I can’t blame my brother, whatever my brother does is right, it’s definetly all Zhou Xiangzhe’s fault!

So when Lan raised the fish-killing knife, Shen Wang directly pulled Zhou Xiangzhe and ran in the opposite direction to avoid conflicts between them as much as possible.

Zhou Xiangzhe staggered, but he didn’t stop. After hesitating, he ran with Shen Wang, leaving Lan motionless behind them.

“Shen Wang?”

“Don’t clash with him.” Shen Wang said as he ran: “This is an S-level pollution source. Our preliminary exploration’s purpose was to determine the expansion of the pollution source. Now that the problem has been solved, the headquarters asked us to leave here as soon as possible. This means that the situation outside is very dangerous.”

“It will be a waste of time to clash with him.”

Zhou Xiangzhe looked at Shen Wang’s back. He opened his mouth slightly and wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn’t say a word.

He’s not stupid, and can even be said to be quite smart. He has not worked in vain to create Polaris.

He can feel that Shen Wang may have some kind of connection with Lan.

Lan is a defector, the only successful experimental subject of the Academy of Sciences, and an S-level dual-talent mutant. Although he does not retaliate against humans due to his hatred for the Academy of Sciences, he does not have a good attitude towards the Pollution Control Center, and it’s even more impossible for him to deliberately deceive a staff member of the Pollution Control Center.

He had a vague feeling in the Hundred Eyes’ Gallery.

Shen Wang may be special to Lan, but Shen Wang is always together with Zhou Xiangzhe, so Lan even hates him because of his relationship with Shen Wang.

Now he pretty much confirmed his thoughts.

But, forget it…

Although Lan is a defector, he is also a human being. It’s the sin of the Academy of Sciences, and he is different from pollutants after all.

As for the connection between Shen Wang and Lan, Zhou Xiangzhe can only think of the three years when Shen Wang disappeared. Maybe they met at that time, and maybe Shen Wang changed his identity because he was afraid of Lan, and deliberately fabricated a new identity to avoid trouble.

Maybe Shen Wang will tell him everything someday, and he will wait until then.

Unlike the loving couple here, Lan, who was left in place, was silent for a few seconds and then sighed heavily.

As an S-level who never showed his emotions, Lan wasn’t as helpless as when he was trapped in the Academy of Science. A crack appeared on his calm face, and his cold silver-purple eyes were filled with gloom.

“I still can’t stop it in the end. I just don’t want my brother to be sad in the future.”

“Forget it. If he is really heartbroken, he still has his family to support him.”

“But we can’t let Zhou Xiangzhe go. Even if he marries my brother, he has to call me brother-in-law.”

“The weather is cold. It’s time for the Academy of Sciences to go bankrupt again. The Pollution Control Center should to work overtime.”

Lan opened the book expressionlessly, “Don’t you think so?”

“Let me see where the nearest Academy of Sciences laboratory is, and how to strike them so that they will feel the pain.”

“Hmm?”

Lan turned his head and looked behind him. In the darkness, the lighthouse suddenly went out, and the whole world went dark. In an instant, Lan lost his direction, as if he was trapped in a small dark room without a trace of light.

He closed the book, “It seems that the world knows that I am unhappy now, and wants to give me a punchbag to vent.”

“I praised you for being smart before, but now it seems that you are not much smarter than Deer God.”

“Swimming Fish, I advise you not to seek death.”

Lan’s tone was cold, and his silver eyes were giving it a warning.

Swimming Fish wanted to fight after all.

Although it is an S-level pollutant, its obsession with being a fish was far greater than that of a human. It did not like the desert, and it hated to find its hated boss within the specified time to complete revenge.

Lan’s original plan was to torture him slowly.

Sure, Lan is an S-level mutant, but Swimming Fish is also an S-level pollutant. Who could say who is stronger and who weaker?

Swimming Fish was not sure, so it wanted to test Lan.

The sound of flowing water can be heard faintly in the darkness. Water started to flow around Lan. A multitude of fish swam in the water. Each fish is transparent, and their fish bones can be clearly seen. As they swam, the fish bones flickered like stars in the river.

Lan opened his book in the darkness as if he hadn’t noticed anything.

The book is empty as always, without any words. The fish hiding in the depths of the darkness thinks: Maybe he really hasn’t noticed him yet.

So, the fish bones that surrounded Lan began to stretch, their heads became deformed and twisted, and gradually looked like human faces. All the fish bones were engraved with the same human face, and the fish opened their mouths and swam quickly towards Lan.

Lan looked down at the water and said with disdain, “So ugly.”

“It’s rare to see such ugly pollutants.”

The moment he finished speaking, his pupils turned dark blue and his hair turned white instantly, like a lonely wolf in the snow. Ice spread rapidly from his feet, and in an instant, the entire river was frozen. All the deformed fish were frozen in the water, and the temperature around them dropped suddenly, even colder than the winter in the cold northern city.

“It doesn’t take a desert to kill a fish. Extremely low temperatures can do it too, right? Swimming Fish.”

“Do you want me to freeze them and cut them into sashimi? It’s easier to cut after freezing them.”

Swimming Fish: …

“Get out.”

A man wearing black-framed glasses and a shirt and black pants walked out of the darkness step by step, looking extremely reluctant. 

Swimming Fish wanted to hammer his boss, but now he felt that he had just changed to a new boss and was still being exploited.

He felt very resentful.

Lan looked at him, “Do you still dare?”

“… paycheck.” It said in a low voice.

“Ah?”

“You have to pay me for my work.” Swimming Fish boldly suggested, “I can connect to any place, and I can also make rivers flow to all places. The speed is very fast. I can work part-time as a courier. Maybe I can make more money than I did alive. You can’t let me work for nothing.”

Good guy, he actually wants to change his career to delivery man? !

Lan looked at him speechlessly, “How much?”

“One thousand… 500, let’s give you a half-price discount for the first order.”

Lan stared at him, his dark blue eyes resembling two pieces of ice, emitting chills just from the gaze. Swimming Fish trembled a little, but just when he felt that it was going to be over, Lan agreed.

“I will pay you in half a month.”

Lan thought: This money should be paid, he’ll have to ask Shen Wang for it.

The lovely younger brother was deceived by the bad man, and they ran away when Lan wanted to settle the account. At least he should be paid for mental damages. It’s hard for the older brother!

Seeing that he was so easy to talk to, Swimming Fish finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to jump into the river and run away.

“Wait a minute.” Unexpectedly, Lan called him again. Lan pointed at the frozen fish head and said, “Whose head is this? It’s so ugly.”

“Oh, my boss’ head.” Swimming Fish said casually, “Doesn’t he look more like a monster than a real monster? It’s just right for him to be a fish head.”

Lan: …

It can be seen how much he hates that boss.