Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 370 - 365: Biological Chip

Nanling Airport—

Pan Qing curiously trailed behind Ji Ning, looking around.

This was her first time in the legendary Nanling City, and it seemed far inferior to Beijing.

The airport runway was pitifully small, hardly any other travelers in sight.

The sky was a hazy gray, and there was an uncomfortable energy mixed in the air that made her uneasy.

She inexplicably wanted to destroy something.

Ji Ning, who was constantly observing her, noticed the energy around Pan Qing rapidly shifting, and suddenly struck a point on the back of her head.

When Pan Qing woke up again, she suddenly found herself lying in an unfamiliar room.

Her body was tightly bound to the bed with restraints.

Instantly, her mind flooded with all kinds of horror stories.

Frightened, she screamed loudly, "Help... is anyone there? Can someone save me?"

Suddenly—

A frustrated male voice sounded, "Shut up!"

Pan Qing screamed repeatedly, unable to stop.

Ye Xingyan, getting a headache from her screams, glanced at Ji Ning, who seemed indifferent, and asked, "Aren’t you going to stop her?"

Ji Ning cast him a glance, "She’ll be fine after venting."

Ye Xingyan was speechless, picked up the remote control, and raised the head of Pan Qing’s bed, allowing her to sit up.

Perhaps these days of suppressed fear urgently needed an outlet, and Pan Qing cried and yelled for over ten minutes before gradually calming down.

When she lifted her head, her eyes were red and swollen, like a mistreated little girl.

She looked at Ji Ning and Ye Xingyan not far away, and hoarsely said, "Can I have a glass of water, please...?"

Ji Ning looked at her disheveled hair, picked up a bottle of mineral water at hand, and walked over.

"Untie her."

Ye Xingyan hesitated for a moment, "Are you sure it’s safe to untie her in this state?"

The girl on the bed had woken up once before, shouting and cursing Ji Ning, even trying to end it all together.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have tied her up.

Ji Ning nodded slightly, "Untie her!"

Ye Xingyan pressed the remote control.

The bindings on Pan Qing’s body were instantly released.

Freed, Pan Qing shook her numb wrists and took the mineral water Ji Ning offered, drinking it down greedily.

She stopped after downing more than half the bottle in one go, then let out a satisfied burp.

"Hungry?" Ji Ning asked.

"A bit..."

Pan Qing, like a startled rabbit, tightly clutched the bottle, cautiously scanning the surroundings.

This was a room divided into two small sections by transparent glass doors.

The small room she was in resembled an operating room, and the single bed she lay on was a surgical bed.

The surgical lights overhead made her feel uneasy.

Trembling, she asked, "Where... where is this? What do you plan to do to me?"

If it weren’t for the warden and Officer He entrusting her to Ji Ning, she wouldn’t have come to this godforsaken place.

She never thought she’d actually been trafficked.

What’s next, harvesting her organs?

Tears filled Pan Qing’s eyes again until Ji Ning said to her, "Let’s eat first."

"Wha... what?"

Ji Ning, slightly impatient, turned and opened the glass door, pointing outside.

"Aren’t you hungry?"

"You’re letting me go?" Pan Qing cautiously asked.

Ji Ning, too lazy to speak further, stepped out of the glass enclosure and opened the outer door.

A ray of natural light shone into the room from outside.

Pan Qing couldn’t believe it, but seeing Ji Ning leaving, she quickly jumped off the surgical bed.

"Wait for me..."

She didn’t want to stay in that room any longer.

Once she stepped out of the operating room, she realized they seemed to be in a somewhat run-down yard.

The yard was large, with several brick houses built within it.

The houses were simple in structure, but the walls were freshly painted white. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Before she could think too much, the yard’s gate was suddenly opened from the outside.

A girl about her age walked in, carrying a boy with glasses on her back.

Both were dressed in matching jumpsuits, covered in dirt, as if they had rolled on the ground multiple times.

Intrigued, Pan Qing watched them until the boy with glasses opened his eyes, looking at her with surprise.

"Pan Min? What are you doing here?"

Pan Qing disliked being called by her aunt’s name.

Though no one had explicitly said anything to her these days, she gleaned some insights from the looks of others.

It seemed her aunt had done something terrible, and because she resembled her aunt, everyone mistook her for her, leaving her burdened with blame.

"I’m Pan Qing, do you know my aunt too?"

Lin Yuanyang signaled You Le to let her down, straightened his glasses, and puzzledly looked at Ji Ning.

"Her situation is somewhat special," Ji Ning explained, then added, "You both should freshen up."

***

Half an hour later—

Pan Qing finished her last spoonful of soup, then saw a group of people entering from outside.

Each wore matching camouflage uniforms.

The leading girl cheerfully asked the woman serving food, "Instructor, what are we eating today?"

"Beef with potatoes, stir-fried broccoli and pork."

The girl joyfully handed over her bowl, allowing the woman to fill it with heaping servings of food.

Turning around, she spotted Ji Ning.

"Sister Ning, when did you arrive?" Bai Xiaotang hurried over, holding her bowl.

Pan Qing watched her handle the basin-sized bowl, swallowing hard.

This... so much?

Can she finish it?

"Huh? Aren’t you Aunt Pan?" Bai Xiaotang looked at her in surprise, then turned to Lin Yuanyang, who was serving food.

A look of internal conflict crossed her baby face.

Why is Aunt Pan here? Xiao Yang won’t be happy to see her.

Before she could figure out how to handle the potential conflict, Pan Qing, somewhat displeased, extended her right hand.

"Hello, I’m Pan Qing, about your age."

How many times does she have to explain, why do people keep confusing her with her aunt?

Do they really look identical?

Bai Xiaotang looked at the elderly woman speaking to her in a sweet voice with astonishment, then turned to Ji Ning, "Sister Ning, what’s up with Aunt Pan?"

"I’ll explain later."

Once everyone finished getting their food and sat down, Ji Ning introduced, "This is Pan Qing. Most of you probably know her, she’s Pan Min’s niece. For certain reasons, they share a body."

"How is that possible?"

Pan Qing exclaimed in shock, more stunned than Lin Yuanyang and Bai Xiaotang.

Ji Ning didn’t hide the truth, "We’ve examined your brain, and there’s a biological chip inside. We suspect this chip affects both your memories."

"Impossible! This is my body; I’ve had a birthmark on my belly since childhood." Pan Qing was shocked and anxious, about to lift her shirt to prove her identity.

Ji Ning gently stopped her, "I know. There are two options: one is we perform craniotomy to remove the chip from your brain. There’s some risk to this procedure; you might never wake up again."

Reflexively, Pan Qing covered the back of her head, eyes filled with terror.

She couldn’t imagine what Ji Ning described happening to her.

"The second option is to leave the chip as it is. We’ll find a way to awaken your aunt again, and uncover the truth. However, during this time, you’ll still be in danger. Your aunt’s organization won’t let secrets leak easily and might try to kill you to remove the chip from your brain."

Pan Qing’s eyes instantly welled up, covering the back of her head with both hands, tears flowing uncontrollably.

Everyone in the room was shocked by Ji Ning’s words, looking at Pan Min with a hint of sympathy in their eyes.

Fellow security bureau agents like Xiao Kong became increasingly solemn.

If someone really had a chip implanted in their brain...

Then those cases they encountered before, with suspects’ bodies found with pieces of flesh missing from their brains, might not be mere acts of revenge.