QT- I’m Almost Died
Chapter 266. Harbinger Of The Great Upheaval
TN:- 5 Chapters!!!!!
Fan Jialuo was always good at controlling his emotions, but this time the person beside him was Song Rui, who was best at capturing emotions. So the moment he suppressed his surprise and suspicion, Song Rui understood there was something wrong with these fruits.
“I suggest you don’t eat fruit today, or you’ll encounter something bad.” Fan Jialuo said cautiously, withdrawing his palm.
His accurate predictions were common knowledge, and these young girls, being his fans, naturally nodded in agreement, even pestering him to ask why. Unable to explain, he didn’t, and went straight to a secluded spot to call Chief Yan.
Chief Yan was reporting to the top leadership about the sentient plant anomaly. This kind of thing sounds incredibly fantastical, and most people wouldn’t believe it, but the drone captured the scene of those vines bursting out of the mountain made of piled-up bones and taking Zhang Wencheng away in a very clear way.
A few of the top officials, who had initially refused to believe it, were now all dumbfounded and speechless for a long time.
“You mean, it eats people?” An official asked with a serious expression.
Chief Yan was about to nod in reply when his phone vibrated. He hadn’t intended to answer, but seeing the caller ID made his heart skip a beat, and he answered instinctively. Afterward, he mouthed to the several officials who were clearly displeased, “This is Teacher Fan Jialuo.”
Several officials’ expressions softened, and they nodded in approval.
Chief Yan cleared his throat, about to ask Teacher Fan what was wrong, when he uttered a startling statement, “That plant not only eats people, but it also bears fruit and offers itself to them. You understand what I mean?”
Chief Yan immediately put the phone on speakerphone, pushed it to the center of the round table, and said in a deep voice, “Teacher Fan, please repeat what you just said. Several officials and I are listening.”
“It not only eats people, but also produces fruit and actively invites people to eat it.”
This statement was truly baffling, leaving the top leadership exchanging bewildered glances. What did it mean to actively invite people to eat it?
“Its fruit, once eaten, can cause addiction, unleash potential, and even transform one into a superhuman. These effects can be summarized in one word——mutation. Chief Yan, do you remember the prophecy I issued last time?” Fan Jialuo asked in a deep voice.
Chief Yan clutched his chest and said in a trembling voice, “You once said that the great upheaval had already begun and that chaos would continue.”
“Yes, I didn’t understand what this anomaly was at the time, but I only realized it today after browsing the supermarket. This anomaly was indeed sown a long time ago. Why are there more and more mutants lately? It may be related to the fruit that the plant spread among humans.”
Chief Yan shook his head and said, “I haven’t found any of those blue fruits for sale on the market.”
“How can you be so sure that the fruit is definitely blue? What if it comes in many forms? What if it can be disguised as an orange, apple, banana, or pear and sold in supermarkets to people all over the city or even the country? What changes will occur in a person’s body after eating this fruit? Will they lose their mind like Zhang Yang, killing and devouring hearts? Will they become incredibly strong and cruel? Will they become psychic, spying on people’s hearts and playing with their lives?”
Fan Jialuo gripped an orange tightly in his hand and said solemnly, “Please come to XX supermarket first. I’ve discovered a variant of that fruit. There are many of them, and they’re very common.”
These words turned Chief Yan’s face deathly pale. He knew very well what the experimental subjects undergoing withdrawal were like now, as he checked on them daily. They could no longer be called human, they were wild beasts, their only remaining thought, besides craving the drug, being to kill each other.
If they were imprisoned together, Chief Yan had no doubt that he would find a pile of corpses the next morning. But even if they were imprisoned separately, these people would use self-harm to alleviate their physical and even spiritual pain.
Those experimental subjects who were transformed into psychics under the influence of the drug were even able to release magnetic fields to kill or control their guards. They didn’t even need to move a finger, they committed several bloody crimes simply through their willpower.
Chief Yan witnessed a guard being suspended in mid-air by a psychic’s magnetic field, nearly strangled to death. The scene could only be described as terrifying and a matter of life and death.
This shows what a terrifying group those who consume that fruit will become. Chief Yan always felt genuinely grateful that Teacher Fan discovered it early, preventing this group from expanding further, whenever he saw the sealed-off laboratory.
China was once a nation ravaged by the scourge of drugs, no one loathes narcotics more, or understands the perils of their proliferation better, than the Chinese people. Yet now, Teacher Fan revealed that a fruit far more dangerous than any narcotic had been sold to the entire city disguised as ordinary produce, a situation that felt like a tragic history repeating itself.
What will happen to those who have consumed this fruit? No need to imagine, just look at those two thousand-plus test subjects.
Chief Yan held his forehead and braced himself against the table to prevent himself from fainting on the spot.
The leaders, who already knew the details of the more than two thousand experimental subjects, were now showing unprecedented anxiety.
While Chief Yan was still struggling to process this terrifying news, Fan Jialuo spoke up again, “I don’t think the aftereffects of consuming that fruit have even begun to appear. Is it just that not continuing to consume it will cause madness, and that’s all?”
“What else could we do?” Chief Yan asked cautiously.
“Its strength is formidable. I believe that no human would ever be able to pick fruit from its tree and sell it without its permission. So there’s only one possibility—— it provided the fruit willingly. And what benefit would it gain from continuously providing fruit to humans?”
“Yes, what benefits will it gain?” Chief Yan’s voice trembled.
“Do you think its behavior resembles that of raising livestock?” Fan Jialuo asked solemnly.
Chief Yan was breathing rapidly.
“What is the purpose of humans raising livestock?” Fan Jialuo asked again.
Chief Yan began to gasp for breath, then reached for his nitroglycerin pills with trembling hands. The official sitting opposite him also pulled a bottle of blood pressure medication from his pocket, chewed it up, and swallowed it without even taking a sip of water. The atmosphere in the entire conference room became incredibly heavy at that moment.
Humans raise livestock for food, so why would that sentient plant raise humans? Is that even a question?
Just as Chief Yan’s mental fortitude was about to reach its breaking point, Fan Jialuo slowly said, “However, these are all just my guesses. In any case, you should come over as soon as possible and investigate how long its fruit has been on the market, how wide its distribution area is, and how large its sales volume is.”
Before Chief Yan could reply, several officials urged, “Go quickly! Make sure you investigate the situation thoroughly and give us a reply immediately.”
“Yes, I’ll go right away.” Chief Yan stood up, gave a military salute, and strode away.
Only after boarding the military jeep did cold sweat pour down his forehead. His heart was filled with bitterness, which he could only silently digest. He truly hadn’t expected the special defense bureau to turn out so badly under his command, with each case he was embroiled in bigger and bigger problems than the last.
If the fruit has been sold all over the country and eaten by a wide range of people, will the number of mutated people increase? What will happen to them after they mutate? Chief Yan does not know the answer to this question yet, but he has a vague feeling that if this case is not handled properly, the city will face not just chaos, but a catastrophe.
The military and police arrived at the supermarket as quickly as possible, evacuated the crowd, and confiscated the fruit purchased by everyone at the checkout. They announced that someone had inserted needles into the strawberries and that a comprehensive investigation was needed. They urged the public not to buy fruit for the time being, as any type of fruit could be tampered with by criminals.
Official media also quickly followed up on the matter, spreading the news to every corner.
If Chief Yan hadn’t placed absolute trust in Teacher Fan’s judgment, his actions would never have been so swift, decisive, and high-profile. He had always known that those who ignored Teacher Fan’s prophecies would pay an extremely heavy price.
The girls who had just stopped Fan Jialuo and Song Rui were kicked out of the supermarket by the military and couldn’t help but cover their mouths and exclaim, “My God, Teacher Fan’s prediction was so accurate! He said that something bad would happen if we bought fruit, and not long after, something bad really happened! I have to post this online. Teacher Fan is truly a god!”
The girls walked away laughing and joking, completely unaware of the perilous and bizarre world they lived in.
Chief Yan, sweating profusely, rushed into the supermarket’s fresh harvest section, searching for Teacher Fan. He found him carefully selecting oranges, while Dr. Song pushed a shopping cart, helping him load them. The two seemed more like they were shopping than solving a case.
“Teacher Fan, what about the fruit variant you mentioned?” Chief Yan asked as soon as he arrived.
“It’s all in the cart.” Fan Jialuo’s tone was as calm as ever, as if everything happening now was under his control. This wasn’t wrong, he had long foreseen the great upheaval and chaos, and therefore had made the necessary preparations.
But Chief Yan was simply incapable of preparing himself mentally for this. He feared that the towering mountain made of piled-up bones represented not only the future of Beijing, but also the future of all humanity.
“So many!” Seeing the cart literally overflowing with oranges, Minister Yan’s heart skipped a beat in terror.
“This is only a small part. Almost all the varieties of fruit displayed in this supermarket contain a variant of that blue fruit.” Fan Jialuo pointed to each area, “These mulberries, cherries, apples, apricots…… they’ve all been mixed in with that fruit.”
“Can you pick them out?” Chief Yan asked eagerly.
“Yes, but it will take time.” Fan Jialuo nodded.
“You go on, we’ll keep you company.” Chief Yan glanced at the oranges in the shopping cart, still unwilling to give up, and asked, “Is there really something wrong with them? Or could you be mistaken?”
Fan Jialuo didn’t answer. Instead, he held an orange in his hand, enveloping it in a magnetic field. He barely sensed the source of its power when it suddenly exploded. Fortunately, Fan Jialuo had also created a small, transparent space around his palm, preventing the splashing juice from spreading. Otherwise, Song Rui and Chief Yan, who were standing very close, would have been the first to suffer.
Meng Zhong, who had just arrived at the supermarket, witnessed the scene and immediately groaned with a headache. Damn it, this is another major case! And the difficulty of solving it has increased once again!
Chief Yan was so frightened that the muscles on his face were trembling, while Song Rui didn’t even blink. Instead, he adjusted the frame of his glasses on his high nose bridge and observed with great interest.
After the orange burst open, the pale yellow juice that splashed onto the spatial walls quickly turned blue, then gradually evaporated into mist. When Fan Jialuo withdrew the magnetic field and spatial energy, his palm was completely empty. This demonstrates just how quickly these fruits are digested and how comprehensively they affect the human body.
Chief Yan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, no longer daring to question Teacher Fan’s judgment.
Meng Zhong and his team walked along, constantly pulling out notebooks and pens, eagerly awaiting clues from Teacher Fan. To be honest, let alone investigating a case like this, even if the evidence were laid out right in front of their eyes in plain sight, they still wouldn’t spot it. Who would have thought that the fruit they bought every day would be the demonic harvest?
Seeing that the special case team had also arrived, Fan Jialuo pointed to a cart load of oranges and said, “I just took a look. These variants are not products of a single orchard, but come from various orchards near Beijing.”
Meng Zhong and the others quickly took notes of the key points.
Song Rui further explained, “In other words, that plant that has become sentient has invaded most of the orchards in the suburbs of Beijing.”
Fan Jialuo pointed to the entire fresh harvest section “It has not only invaded most of the orchards, but it can also disguise its own fruit as various varieties of fruit.”
Song Rui interjected, “So our investigation scope is very broad. We visit every orchard that grows this fruit. This random mixing of variant fruits also indicates an even worse problem.”
“What problem?” Meng Zhong and the others asked in unison, their expressions tense.
Fan Jialuo replied, “This indicates that many people have eaten this fruit. Since every variety of fruit is mixed with the variant, the number of people who buy them will increase significantly.”
This situation was undoubtedly terrible. Meng Zhong and the others gasped for breath, their faces trembling.
Song Rui offered some advice, “When you visit, you must pay attention to three things—— First, confirm which fruit tree these mutated fruits came from. Second, where these fruit trees came from. And third, whether there are any traces of human control during the cultivation of these fruit trees. Although that plant has gained consciousness, it may just be a tool in the hands of some people, and this possibility cannot be ruled out at present.”
Meng Zhong nodded as he took notes.
Fan Jialuo continued picking through the problematic fruit, while Song Rui took an hour off to pick up Xu Yiyang from school. This is one of the advantages of living together, when one person is unavailable, the other can help with housework and childcare.
Fan Jialuo worked all night to sort out each variety of fruit, categorizing and piling them together. A rough weighing revealed a staggering half-ton. This was just the amount for one supermarket, if all the supermarkets and fruit shops in Beijing were included, the harvest would be an astonishing figure.
Chief Yan’s eyelids twitched incessantly. Cigarette butts littered the ground around him, and he reeked of strong, pungent smoke. His stubble-covered face made him look even more haggard than a homeless man. He had actually quit smoking many years ago, but started again after meeting Teacher Fan. There was no way around it, working on cases with Teacher Fan was incredibly stressful, and almost every case had the potential to cause a major upheaval.
“These mutated fruits are all grown near Beijing, and there are many different brands. It would take several years for them to become so popular.” Song Rui, who had just dropped the child off at school and was rushing back to the supermarket, picked up a problematic apple and analyzed, “I guess these mutated fruits have been sold in Beijing for a long time.”
Chief Yan pressed his hand to his heart, unable to speak. The others also covered their mouths, their faces showing nausea and a desire to vomit. They knew that everyone present had likely eaten this fruit, it was just a matter of how much.
Fan Jialuo added, “These mutant fruits have another thing in common, they have a very high sugar content. When they are piled up among ordinary fruits, they are definitely among the best-tasting ones. When you are conducting your research, you can ask the local fruit farmers. They should have a certain understanding of the taste of their own products. In order to cultivate better varieties, they will also know which tree produces high-quality fruit.”
Meng Zhong immediately noted this key point.
Having provided almost all the clues he could, Fan Jialuo finally stood up, albeit unsteadily. Sensing so many fruits at once using a magnetic field required an energy level that was unimaginable to ordinary people.
Song Rui quickly grabbed his arm, but he pointed to the vegetables and meat in the shopping cart and reminded him, “Don’t forget to pay at the counter, you haven’t eaten yet.”
Song Rui felt somewhat helpless, but also warm inside. As the two helped each other back to the Fan family’s old residence, they saw a middle-aged woman carrying a bag of apples, standing uneasily in front of the iron gate.
Fan Jialuo immediately sensed that all the apples in her hand were mutants, none of them were normal.
Upon seeing the approaching car and the handsome young man sitting in the passenger seat, the woman rushed forward, urgently pleading, “Teacher Fan, my husband and son have disappeared! Please help me find them! I can sense something’s wrong with them whenever I eat these apples, but I’ve searched everywhere and can’t find them. The police haven’t given me any information either. I have no other choice but to come to you! Please help me!”
Her words greatly concerned Fan Jialuo. The ability to sense trouble for her husband and son simply by eating an apple was very similar to, yet distinctly different from, that of a psychic.
Why does this connection trigger only while eating an apple? This is worth exploring.
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