When he said this, Chu Yao immediately guessed the reason.

"Has the 'rainbow copper' wrapped around his body formed a symbiotic relationship with him?" Chu Yao asked calmly.

Zhou Weiqi asked in surprise: "How do you know?"

Symbiotic relationships usually occur between animals, plants and fungi, and the two parties involved in the symbiotic relationship depend on each other and help each other.

If the two are separated, it often results in one or even both of them being unable to survive. The most common example is birds and crocodiles.

Birds can fill their stomachs by eating parasites on crocodiles, and crocodiles also need birds to help them clean these parasites, otherwise they will die from parasites.

Many symbiotic organisms are so tightly entangled with each other that humans cannot tell whether they are animals or plants.

The symbiotic relationship between humans and metals sounds like a fantasy. Zhou Weiqi and other investigators had never thought of this possibility.

What they thought was that the trapped injured person might have some hidden wounds on his body, and his blood loss had reached a critical value, which was why his heart rate dropped rapidly.

But no matter how hard the medical team searched, they couldn't find any wounds on the surface of the skin, and there was a worst-case possibility - his internal organs were bleeding.

If the rainbow copper cannot be cut open, it means that surgery cannot be performed and bleeding cannot be stopped, which means that the person's life will come to an end.

However, after Zhou Weiqi stopped cutting, the man's heartbeat slowly returned to around 60.

Although 60 is still a low value, at least it will not be life-threatening.

Zhou Weiqi quickly thought, could it be related to rainbow copper?

Naturally, he did not think of the "symbiosis" layer, but believed that the outer layer of rainbow copper was actually unevenly distributed, equivalent to a stone slab pressing on the person inside.

His cutting disrupted the balance, causing the rainbow copper on the other side to sink and press on the wound.

But the medical spider entered the interior of the rainbow copper again, but found nothing.

In order to find out the reason why the man's heartbeat dropped, Zhou Weiqi had to conduct the experiment again. The result was very obvious. His various indexes were related to rainbow copper.

Zhou Weiqi took another small piece of the cut rainbow copper and tentatively placed it near the gap...

"Weird thing!"

He shouted loudly, attracting colleagues around to come over and watch.

The piece of rainbow copper that was cut off actually returned to the gap. No, it was more like the rainbow copper statue absorbed that small piece.

Zhou Weiqi couldn't even find any gaps, as if the fragments had never been cut by him in the first place.

At the same time, the victim's heartbeat increased slightly and his blood pressure was almost the same as normal.

He couldn't figure out the connection, and after many attempts, he discovered that Rainbow Copper had merged with the person inside.

What he cut off was not metal, but the man's outermost layer of skin. Without the protection of rainbow copper, the man's condition became worse.

Hearing this, Chu Yao interrupted Zhou Weiqi's story and asked directly: "This shouldn't be the real reason why you hid it from me, right?"

"Yes, yes... I don't know how to describe what happened next." His voice sounded a little painful. "You may think I'm crazy, we are all crazy. But I assure you, what I'm going to say next is true!"

Just when Zhou Weiqi didn't know how to deal with the outer layer of rainbow copper, the rainbow copper wrapped around the victim's lower limbs suddenly fell off in large pieces, revealing the skin underneath.

Zhou Weiqi was startled by this sudden change. He hurried to check the medical machine, but the numbers displayed on it were unexpectedly stable.

"Could it be that the effect of this rainbow copper on the injured person is also related to the body part?" Zhou Weiqi pondered.

"Weiqi, the DNA test results are out, come and see!"

Zhou Weiqi took the paper report, and the more he read, the more serious his expression became.

The Special Intelligence Agency's DNA database is arguably the most complete database in the country, containing the DNA of 97% of current residents.

Whether it is a newborn baby or a deceased person, as long as they have blood drawn, it will be entered into the DNA database.

Of course, it is impossible to achieve 100% income, and there will definitely be some that slip through the net.

The injured person wrapped in rainbow copper did not match any gene chain in the DNA library.

Zhou Weiqi had thought of this very early on. The injured person might not belong to their time and space.

However, the DNA analysis report indicated that the man's body contained not only human DNA, but also some DNA unique to other animals. Moreover, the species of these animals were very wide, not limited to the chimpanzees that were similar to humans. There were as many as a dozen species, ranging from birds to ocean creatures.

Moreover, DNA of some unknown organisms also appeared.

"How is this possible... There must be something wrong." Zhou Weiqi said in a panic, "Could it be that the DNA sample was contaminated when the blood was collected?"

Although Zhou Weiqi was not very proficient in biology, he knew that it was impossible to detect DNA unique to other species in the human body.

The only explanation he could think of was that the injured person had animal blood on his body, which was why the animal's genetic chain was detected.

The investigator who issued the report had already calmed down. He pushed his glasses and said, "We have considered this situation. To be honest, this is not the first report we have tested. In the past five hours, we have taken blood from various parts of his body in batches, and the results we got are basically the same."

At this moment, Zhou Weiqi felt extremely regretful. Why did he end up in such a big trouble?

It never occurred to him that the person trapped by the bronze statue was not even a human being.

But there was no evil aura about that person, which meant that he was not an evil spirit, but just some kind of mutated creature.

He suddenly had an idea. Could it be that the layer of rainbow copper on the outside was used to seal this monster?

If it was a harmless creature, how could it be cast and sealed with metal?

After careful consideration, Zhou Weiqi said in a heavy tone: "I think we should send this creature back to the F6 layer. He does not belong to our time and space."

Although if we throw it back, it will most likely not return to the original time and space, but in order to protect other people in this world, morality is not that important.

The other colleagues couldn't think of a better solution at the moment, so they finally decided to vote.

If more than half of the people agree with Zhou Weiqi, they will send the statue back and pretend nothing happened.

"Then we conducted a 'secret ballot'," Zhou Weiqi said.

Every informed investigator has the right to vote. They write "agree" or "disagree" on a note, fold the paper and put it in a box, which is finally counted by Zhou Weiqi and another investigator.

The voting was very short, only about ten minutes, and everyone cast their votes.

Zhou Weiqi poured out all the sticky notes again. As he expected, everyone spent very little time on the task because almost everyone had the same idea.

More than 90% of the investigators agreed to return the statue to its original location, with only seven people disagreeing.

Zhou Weiqi sighed deeply, looked up at his colleagues, and said, "Okay, I still want to hear your opposing opinions. Who wants to speak first?"

A woman wearing sunglasses raised her hand and said calmly, "My reason is very simple. What if we put the bronze statue back to the F6 layer, but it did not enter other time and space, and the people inside escaped instead?"

According to Zhou Weiqi's analysis, the person trapped in the bronze statue is most likely not a good person. Either he was cast into the bronze statue because he made many mistakes, or his ability is too strong and will have a devastating impact on the world.

The woman's fears were not unfounded. No one knew how to remove the outer copper shell, but it would fall off inexplicably.

What if, after the statue was sent to the F6 floor, the man inside escaped, would he do something evil?

The second person who spoke was an old senior in the bureau. In terms of seniority, there were indeed few people in the entire Special Intelligence Bureau who could compare to him.

"I'm not against you sending this thing back to its original place, the question is, who will go? How?" he asked, "What if the person who goes can't come back? Are we going to lose an excellent investigator for an irrelevant person?"

"Lao Zhang, since I provoked this, I should be the one to return it." Zhou Weiqi said firmly.

Old Zhang laughed and said, "Weiqi, you are still too young. Since this thing is not even a human being, you should not let him go. Don't you think so?"

Zhou Weiqi thought of many reasons for opposition. Some people might think it was too cruel, and some people might think it was an irresponsible behavior.

But he never imagined that Lao Zhang opposed him and actually wanted to kill the person in the bronze statue, or the creature!

And they could indeed kill him instantly, without even removing the outer layer of bronze armor.

Just inject a few milliliters of high-concentration MMC into his calf, and any living thing composed of cells in the world, not to mention humans, would die instantly.

"I have the same idea as Lao Zhang. As long as there is a 0.01% chance that he will cause some harm, we must take precautions before it happens." Another investigator agreed.

Some people also retorted: "I don't agree with your statement. He didn't harm us, so we shouldn't commit the sin of killing him."

"Do we have to wait until he actually kills someone before we take any action? Wouldn't that be too late?"

"How do you know he's a bad guy?"

More and more people joined the debate, and no one could convince anyone else.

Zhou Weiqi had a headache. In an instant, a figure flashed to the front and swept all the opened sticky notes to the ground.

"You can't send him back!" the man said excitedly. "I know him! I know who he is!"

The person who said this was a thin young man. At first glance, he looked as thin as a piece of paper, with thick bangs covering most of his face.

His skin color was so pale that it seemed transparent, and the darkness under his eyes really scared Zhou Weiqi.

He calmed down and remembered the man's name, which was probably "Kai Yan", but he couldn't remember the last name.

This person arrived earlier than Zhou Weiqi. He was like a transparent person in the bureau. He almost never chatted with his colleagues and would not participate in any team-building activities.

As for what his job exactly is, Zhou Weiqi doesn't know either. It might be some highly confidential work.

"Xiao He, stop making trouble. You don't even know what's going on..." someone complained.

Zhou Weiqi frowned. He thought about it carefully and realized that He Kaiyan did not participate in the vote.

The door of the conference room was not locked, which means that He Kaiyan heard something outside the door and then rushed in.

"It's true! I'm not kidding! I really know him!"

He Kaiyan's face flushed with emotion. He pointed at the man's calf and said, "If you don't believe me, go and see... There is a round scar on the back of his left calf, about the size of a coin. If it really exists, it can prove that I know him, right?"

"This……"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. If what He Kaiyan said was true, could it be that this human-like creature did exist, but is now extinct?

Many investigators in the Special Intelligence Agency have special identities, so it's not surprising that there are always some who know some secrets.

"Okay, I'll take a look." Zhou Weiqi tried to speak in a calm tone, "Kaiyan, sit down and take a rest first."

But He Kaiyan did not follow his advice. Instead, he took a step forward and came to Zhou Weiqi's side, his eyes fixed on the bronze statue.

Since the metal in his leg had fallen off, Zhou Weiqi easily lifted his left leg a little, found a document to fold it, and then turned on the flashlight on his mobile phone.

He was half bent over, and the others couldn't see his expression, so they just waited for him to give an answer.

However, two minutes later, Zhou Weiqi and He Kaiyan seemed to have taken a mute drug, and everyone became a little anxious.

"Weiqi, is there one or not?"

"That's right. You can tell at a glance. Why don't you just tell me directly?"

"Hey, Xiao Zhou is just dawdling! Let me see!"

Old Zhang pushed everyone else away and moved closer. After seeing this, he understood why Zhou Weiqi hadn't spoken for a long time.

There was no scar on the man's leg, but there was a wound that was still bleeding. It was exactly the size of a one-yuan coin, and there were some things like broken glass stuck around it.

Old Zhang swallowed his saliva. He was always steady, but when he spoke, he stumbled a little. He said, "Xiao He, do you really know this man? Then tell me, what is his background?"

"He... is Xiao Mo, but I'm not sure if he's still the Xiao Mo I know." He Kaiyan said in a daze, "Xiao Mo was my classmate in high school, and we were very good friends. But, in our second year of high school, on a Friday in March, he... disappeared."

After saying this, He Kaiyan shuddered inexplicably and felt his body temperature rapidly dropping.

In less than half a minute, his lips turned purple.


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