Jia Yan really wanted to respond with a pretentious remark like "Who I am is none of your business."
But he was facing killers! Saying something like that would definitely make them ignore him.
So he deliberated for a moment, carefully deleting and editing his words, and finally typed out: "My name is Yinzunzi, perhaps you've heard of me?"
Jia Yan was taking a gamble!
For a killer operating in the shadows like the one he was facing, how could a former ordinary college student like him possibly be familiar? So he could only use the one name he knew, one that the other party might also recognize, to deceive them!
Now he hoped that the "Yinzunzi" on that express train was really as famous as the "Northeastern Wild Tiger" had claimed, someone who had fought against the top four American killers and even assassinated pirate leaders.
Although Jia Yan wasn't entirely sure how formidable the so-called top four killers really were.
In any case, it sounded more impressive than these two killers who seemed clueless even about killing ordinary millionaires!
"Are you Senior Yinzunzi? Impossible! He retired years ago. Who are you?" The handsome profile picture of 'For the Sake of Freedom' blinked, sending a string of questions.
"Who said I retired? I'm just feeling a bit under the weather lately. I've managed to get some medicine from the Northeastern Wild Tiger and am helping him out in return."
Jia Yan continued, this was already all the basic information he knew. If the other party still didn't believe it, there wasn't much else he could do.
There was no response to this message for a long time.
In fact, the conversation between Jia Yan and the other party had taken two hours, and it was already 4 a.m.
Jia Yan felt nervous!
The biggest resource and strength he could currently utilize, and the most likely to help him deal with the Yu family, were these two killers he had encountered on the road!
If he could get their help, the possibility of killing Yu Yuan would greatly increase. But if he couldn't, then Jia Yan would have to actually go to the hospital to find some patients with severe viral diseases.
He would absorb their blood and then inject it into Yu Yuan to infect him too!
But this approach was a bit unpredictable!
Because the resistance of mosquitoes to viruses, no one knew whether it was strong or not!
Admittedly, mosquitoes were not as structurally complex as higher-order animals like humans; they were insects, and many of their organs were quite simple. This meant that they wouldn't be infected by many viruses that only infected higher-order animals.
Take hepatitis B for example, mosquitoes didn't even have the so-called 'liver' organ, so how could they be infected with the hepatitis B virus?
But their resistance to viruses was strong compared to humans, but not necessarily compared to other insects.
Many people believed that mosquitoes were vectors of disease transmission, so they thought their virus resistance would be as strong as that of flies. But in reality, mosquitoes were far from being as resistant as flies or sharks, which were known as the two creatures on Earth immune to hundreds of diseases!
Jia Yan didn't dare to try it. If he randomly tried some pathogens, and these pathogens could also make mosquitoes seriously ill, then he would die.
So, he should strive to obtain external assistance as much as possible. If that wasn't possible, then he would carry out those dangerous plans!
While waiting for a response.
Jia Yan opened a web page and laboriously searched for keywords like 'mosquitoes getting sick on their own' and 'mosquitoes infected with viruses'.
Before this, Jia Yan had some not very professional knowledge of biology, so he had some understanding of the immune systems and mechanisms of animals. So he could directly understand some of the articles on the web pages.
"Mosquitoes have several strong antibacterial enzymes on their bodies that can kill most viruses."
"And actually, mosquitoes are 'vectors'; they transmit viruses to infected organisms. So in the long process of evolution, those viruses have chosen not to infect or harm 'vector organisms'. This is a typical life history of 'vector-borne viruses'. These vector-borne viruses must rely on vector organisms like mosquitoes to survive, so they cannot infect mosquitoes."
"But these vector-borne viruses are not all viruses, some viruses can still harm mosquitoes!"
A short browse allowed Jia Yan to understand more about his own mystery.
At this moment, the chat box in the taskbar flashed again.
"Nice to meet you, whether you are Senior Yinzunzi or not." The stubble-bearded man seemed to change his conversational style, becoming very polite.
"Yes, regardless of whether I am or not, we only need to be able to cooperate. I believe you don't think I'm from the Yu family. If you did, they would have sent people to 159 Changli Road where you are staying to catch you." Jia Yan dropped another bombshell!
When he and the two killers entered the rental house earlier, he even noted down the door number of the rental house.
Now that he mentioned it, it was meant to intimidate the other party!
Sure enough, there was no response from the other side this time.
As killers, someone secretly knowing their whereabouts while they remained completely unaware, seemed to have scared them.
Jia Yan believed that at this moment, the two on the other side of QQ must be shocked.
He guessed right. Although it was still the gray dawn, the two killers were sitting solemnly in front of their computers at their rental place, looking at Jia Yan's new registered account.
During the silent period just now, the two of them checked the room and even conducted some checks downstairs, but found no suspicious individuals, not even any traces of deliberately arranged clues being touched.
"Xiaoyao, what do you think this person's intentions are? Could he really be planning to cooperate with us?" The stubble-bearded man rubbed his stubble, puzzled.
"Maybe he wants to cooperate, but it could also be a trap!" The young man with glasses sat beside him, his eyes full of thoughtfulness behind his thick lenses.
"Hmph, saying it or not saying it, it's all the same!" The stubble-bearded man shook his head speechlessly. "But tell me, could this person really be Senior Yinzunzi?!"
"Impossible!" The young man responded quickly this time. "There are two reasons! First, Senior Yinzunzi wouldn't bother with small fry like us! Second, if Senior Yinzunzi wanted to kill someone, apart from those high-ranking officials of the country, who couldn't he kill? Would he need to cooperate with us?!"
These two people couldn't possibly guess that the mysterious person negotiating "cooperation" with them on the computer screen was actually a mosquito with six legs...
"What you said makes sense, but what if he's taking on the Northeastern Wild Tiger's tasks because of a serious illness and has no choice but to cooperate with us due to mobility issues?" The stubble-bearded man showed a bit of cleverness, saying a very serious analysis.
"Your guess is also possible." The young man with glasses nodded.
"Wow, your guess is utterly impossible! Still saying 'two reasons'!" The stubble-bearded man was almost furious!
The young man pushed his glasses and
remained cold and unapologetic.
In fact, this combination was like this. At first glance, outsiders would think that the stubble-bearded man was the one with a dull mind, and the young man with glasses was the cunning one who came up with ideas. But in reality, the young man was not as clever as he seemed, and the stubble-bearded man was not as stupid as he seemed!
"Since the other party knows your QQ number for picking up girls and where we live, they must have more information about us. If they had malicious intent, they would have acted by now. So, judging that he at least currently has no ill intent is correct." The young man continued coldly, "Ask him how to cooperate!"
The stubble-bearded man thought for a moment, and that seemed to be the only way. Perhaps it could be a pleasant cooperation after all?
"You tell me how to cooperate."
Jia Yan felt a sense of joy seeing the fonts sent on the screen!
"At last, they took the bait!" He sped up his typing speed.
A mosquito and two human killers were communicating methodically...
This sounded very discordant.
The two humans couldn't possibly imagine that the other party was not human.
So in this game of wits and communication, they were destined to be the losing side!
Time passed quickly, and dawn arrived.
Summer sunlight always illuminated the earth early. Although the sun's trace couldn't be seen when it was just getting light, the uniform light coming through the window made the previously dark space very bright.
"Okay, communication is over!" Jia Yan, holding his pen cap, looked weary.
For him, 'typing' was just like fighting, exhausting and harmful! Repeatedly hitting the keys, Jia Yan was truly grateful that he had experienced training during his single days, his body familiar with that feeling; otherwise, he would have found it hard to endure the keyboard pounding all night long!
He didn't want to move at all.
"No, I have to tidy up the desktop."
Jia Yan struggled to get up, his six long legs trembling as if they were cramping.
Pain, intense pain!
"Haha, I haven't felt this way in a long time, just like the feeling of crazy training during my single days. But luckily, I hit the keyboard with the pen cap, so the impact on my body shouldn't be too great, and I'll recover after a rest!"
Jia Yan closed all the programs and cleaned up the QQ login records and browsing history.
He also switched back to the online game page that had long been disconnected.
Then, he prepared to leave.
"This place is nice. With such an unvigilant host, I can choose to make this place my base for the next few days!" Jia Yan made a decision.
Through a scanned document on the desktop, Jia Yan knew that the young man's name was 'Fan Haofei'. Judging from the situation of the rental house, he should be single, and with a computer available, this place was very suitable as a base!
Right now, he naturally needed to go out. He had to do some necessary investigation and preparation to kill Yu Yuan!
The mosquito flew out the window.