Escape From the Library

【Gene Variation-04】

In broad daylight, there were no pedestrians on the sidewalk, and many shops along the road were locked. The whole city was deserted, and it was so quiet that no human voice could be heard.

The trash cans beside the street hadn't been cleared for a long time, and a gust of wind blew past, scraps of paper and plastic flying in the sky.

Yue Xingwen looked at his teammates around him, and said seriously: "I can't even see a single person on the street. Could it be that mutants have already taken over this city?"

Everyone looked out the window one after another.

The empty city caused a strong sense of uneasiness in everyone's heart.Although this city will not collapse directly like the School of Architecture, the desolate modern city makes people can't help but think of the word "doomsday".

Zhuo Feng and Lin Manluo who were sitting in the back row looked at each other, and Lin Manluo whispered, "Did the residents of this city flee collectively, or are they hiding at home and not daring to come out?"

Zhuo Feng lowered his voice: "Ask Professor Tang, what he might know."

Yue Xingwen looked back at Professor Tang.

The man wearing gold-rimmed glasses sat upright in the second row in the back half, next to Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce, with a calm expression.Liu Zhaoqing sat with him and let him sit on the inner side so that he would not run away suddenly.

Yue Xingwen asked: "Professor Tang, all the shops on the street are closed, what happened in this city?"

Professor Tang smiled wryly and shook his head: "I don't know, I have been in the research institute for the past few days. Last week, the city was still normal, but the accident happened suddenly. I received a message from my superiors that the data was leaked and someone was researching After transforming people, I immediately processed the data in the computer, hid, and then met you."

In other words, the accident happened in just a few days.The other party should have done research in secret for a long time and made full preparations before suddenly launching an attack on the city.Being able to occupy a city in just a few days shows how huge and terrifying this organization is!

Thinking of the "mutant people" with tongues over 30 cm that he met in the scientific research institute, Yue Xingwen only felt the hairs on his back.

The city was empty, and there was a lot of blood on the streets. Obviously, there had been fierce fighting here.Where did the residents go in the city after the war?no one knows.

Yue Xingwen took a deep breath to calm down, looked at Professor Tang and said, "The chip you just gave me is fake, right?"

Professor Tang adjusted his glasses and said, "Sorry, seeing you flying down from the roof, I thought you were mutants who came to catch me, so I gave you a fake chip."

No wonder Professor Tang's expression was so calm when they flew down from the roof. It turned out that Professor Tang had always treated them as mutants and had been prepared for them.

The professor is really shrewd.Yue Xingwen didn't mean to blame him, and continued to ask: "Have you received a notice from your superiors that someone will escort you to the gene center in City F?"

Professor Tang nodded: "I have received a notice, let me wait for rescue."

Liu Zhaoqing looked at him sideways and said, "Professor Tang, we are indeed here to protect you. We can fly down from the roof because we have special abilities and are not mutants." He opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue to the other party. He looked at it and said with a smile: "Look, my tongue is still a normal human being, not as slender as a mutant, and it doesn't have venom, right?"

Professor Tang said calmly: "Not all mutants have fused the snake gene."

Liu Zhaoqing stretched out his hands and feet: "Then look, our posture doesn't look like other animals, does it?"

Brother Liu is trying to prove that he is a "normal human being".

Professor Tang ignored him, looked at Yue Xingwen, and asked, "What's your action code?"

"Action code?" Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce looked at each other.

The course prompt doesn't say they still have action codes?

Yue Xingwen thought about it carefully, and tentatively said, "C-183 action team?"

Professor Tang nodded: "Well, it seems that you are not mutants."

Actually use the research group number as the action code, the library really has you!

Professor Tang said: "I can trust you for the time being, and I will not resist or run away. However, I will not hand over the real data chip to you unless you take me to the gene center to meet the respondent."

Liu Zhaoqing raised her eyebrows: "Are you not afraid that we will tie you up and search you?"

Professor Tang remained silent.

Yue Xingwen smiled and said: "I guess, this data chip involves the top secret of the Institute of Biological Sciences, Professor Tang must have set up a password protection and self-destruct program, even if we got the chip, you don't tell us If we forcibly decipher the password, it will only lead to the destruction of the chip data, right?"

This passage is exactly what Yue Xingwen made up to the mutants just now.Professor Tang glanced at him at the time, and Yue Xingwen guessed that he was probably right.

Sure enough, Professor Tang looked at Yue Xingwen appreciatively, and said, "You guessed right, I am the only one who knows the password of the data chip, and the data contains the weakness of mutants, so they are eager to kill I got this information."

"How about, let me guess again, where is the real chip?" Yue Xingwen said seriously: "The first possibility is that you didn't bring the chip with you, but hid it secretly in a place that only you know But this approach is not very safe, if after you leave, the mutants will turn the research institute upside down and find the chip you hid, it will be troublesome."

"The second possibility is that as long as you are caught by a mutant, the other party will definitely search you forcibly and take away your data chip, unless." He looked into Professor Tang's eyes and said word by word, "You hid the chip in your body in."

"..." Professor Tang's originally calm face changed slightly.

"For example, you seal the data chip with a material that cannot be digested by the gastrointestinal tract, and then eat it in your stomach. In this way, no matter where you go, you can ensure that the chip is with you , will not be snatched away." Yue Xingwen looked at him with a smile, "Did you guess right this time?"

Professor Tang was silent for a moment, then whispered, "What do you want?"

Yue Xingwen shrugged: "Don't worry, we won't dissect you and take away the chip in your body. Our mission is to escort you and the chip to the gene center in City F."

Yue Xingwen emphasized: "We have no malice towards you, and I hope you will not intentionally cause trouble for us."

Liu Zhaoqing's sharp eyes swept across Professor Tang's body, as if he wanted to scan where the chip was hidden. Professor Tang was terrified by him, and said bravely, "Okay, I believe you."

Liu Zhaoqing smiled and said, "Eat the chip, thank you for thinking it out. Doesn't your stomach feel bad?"

Professor Tang exhaled lightly, and said, "The situation is urgent, and there is nothing I can do."

Seeing that his attitude was slightly relaxed, Yue Xingwen followed the trend and asked, "What happened to the scientific research institute?"

Professor Tang frowned and said: "Our research institute has obtained the entire sequence of the human genome. We originally wanted to overcome some problems related to genetic diseases. This plan is absolutely confidential. However, no one thought that a traitor appeared in the institute Secretly took out the gene sequence, conducted secret experiments, and created many mutants."

He paused, with a hint of anger in his eyes: "Mutated people are also called genetically modified people."

Xu Yishen, who was driving, heard this, and couldn't help interjecting: "Is it like the improved varieties of many fruits and vegetables? They modified the genetic sequence and transformed humans?"

Professor Tang nodded and said: "The direction of the transformation includes the flexibility of the limbs, the strength of the muscles, the metabolic rate, etc. The people who have been genetically modified are as strong as a cow, as flexible as a snake, and can also resemble some animals when hibernating." Similarly, consume very low calories every day, and you won’t feel hungry if you don’t eat for a month.”

Yue Xingwen's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but said: "Isn't such a special warfare force composed of reformed people invincible?"

Professor Tang looked distressed: "So, these transformed humans will become the most terrifying biochemical weapons! They began to mass-produce transformed humans like an assembly line, and even crazily integrated the excellent genes of various animals. What you see today, They are all mutants mixed with snake group genes."

Ke Shaobin asked curiously: "Are there any other animals mixed? Such as lions, tigers, cheetahs and so on?"

Professor Tang said: "I don't know the specific situation, those lunatics can do anything! I only found out about this after receiving an urgent notice from my superiors. These days, they sent batches of mutants to come here The scientific research institute came to me, and all the other colleagues in the scientific research institute were taken away by them, I hid on the rooftop and survived by luck."

Yue Xingwen clenched his fist lightly. It is conceivable that the emergence of "reformed people" will have a very serious impact on normal human society. Those "reformed people" are much stronger than normal humans in terms of speed, strength, and physical fitness. They also save resources and don't eat anything for up to a month...

In their eyes, human beings are trash.

So, they want to clean up human beings and be the masters of the world themselves?

Yue Xingwen took a deep breath and asked, "Professor Tang, how far is it from here to City F?"

Professor Tang said: "The flight will take two and a half hours."

Yue Xingwen helped his forehead helplessly: "None of us knows how to fly a plane. Besides, the whole city is empty now, and the airport and train station must have stopped operating. We can only go by land. How long will it take to drive there?"

Professor Tang said: "If you're driving, you'll need to take the highway all the way around the clock. It will take at least three days. If the highway is interrupted, it may take more than a week to make a detour."

Yue Xingwen turned around and asked his partners: "Apart from Senior Brother Xu, is there anyone else who can drive?"

Jiang Pingce said, "I have a driver's license, but I have never driven a bus before."

Zhuo Feng said: "I also took the driver's license test. I just passed the internship period. If you dare to sit, I will dare to drive."

Xu Yishen said: "I've never driven a bus before. The principle is similar to that of a car with manual transmission. You can see the gears clearly. It doesn't involve reversing into a garage or S-turns. It's actually not difficult to drive straight ahead."

Jiang Pingce nodded: "Then I'll switch with Senior Brother Xu and Senior Brother Zhuo."

Zhuo Feng said: "Yishen, you drive first. After getting on the expressway, Pingce drives for a while. I will sit by the side and study."

If it is non-stop around the clock, one driver will definitely not be able to hold on. It will be much easier for three people to switch to drive.

Yue Xingwen thought for a moment, and said: "Well, let's find a supermarket first and put some supplies in the car. We are not mutants, we have not been transformed, it is impossible not to eat or drink for a few days."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

According to the exam rules of the library, it is impossible to go all the way smoothly. Many things will definitely happen on the way to prevent them from reaching City F. They must store enough food and drinking water to have the strength to run to the finish line.

Ke Shaobin said: "Store more milk, biscuits and other things that are convenient to carry." Although he is a foodie, he is running for his life now and cannot carry a pile of heavy and unnutritious food.

Qin Miao said calmly: "Let's make a list first. It's best for each of us to carry a book package to eat. Don't blame me for crow's mouth. If we have to abandon the car on the way, it will be very troublesome if we can't take the supplies away."

Lan Yarong smiled and said: "The mutants will definitely not allow us to drive to City F smoothly. We must prepare in advance for all kinds of emergencies. I suggest that each person have a backpack, fill it with food, and buy a few more boxes Put mineral water in the car."

Xu Yishen reminded: "There is still gasoline. It is definitely not enough for long-distance running. I have to go to the gas station to stock up a few more barrels of gasoline."

Yue Xingwen nodded, and glanced quickly out of the window: "Everyone, quickly find a supermarket or a convenience store. We have to hurry up and make all preparations before being overtaken by mutants."