16 years

It is a pity that although Shao Xuefan's video mentioned "petri dish", Fang Sining searched all the contents of the core documents, but found no relevant evidence.

Fu Yan felt that this might be the content of another group, and Shao Xuefan only heard half of it, and there was neither evidence nor more detailed evidence.

So he reported this matter to the military base, hoping to start from the base and use some high-tech means to investigate.

But this is not an easy task. There are many border cities in the country, and there are many small cities with average development. If you want to find a secret research institute hidden in the city, the time it takes is immeasurable.

"I will send special forces to explore the way first." Zhao Jincheng said on the opposite side of the video call: "But there are too few clues, I am afraid I have to investigate bit by bit. Now the military region is short of manpower, and work efficiency cannot be guaranteed-the best case is You can find more clues and then target them."

"I try my best, but it's difficult." Fu Yan said matter-of-factly: "According to Shao Xuefan, the experimental contents of their different groups are kept secret from each other, and the level of confidentiality is very high. The "clear" plan will clean up people who accidentally learn the secret—commonly known as silence."

Zhao Jincheng's expression was very serious, he leaned back on the back of the chair, frowned and squeezed the refill.

"Wu Diao." Zhao Jincheng sighed, and said in a low voice: "Look, there are always some uneasy guys in the world. If you want me to say, everyone is farming, doing business, and coexisting peacefully, all day long They just don’t understand that they want to make money for the country’s calamity, and that man-made disasters are all caused by greed.”

Of course Fu Yan knew that he was just complaining. If the world is really peaceful, he might not be so happy.

"How's the situation over there?" Zhao Jincheng changed the subject again: "Looking at you these days, what do you think of Fang Sining...how is it?"

Fu Yan naturally understood what Zhao Jincheng was asking, he pondered for a moment, and said: "Although he has reservations about us, I think this person is useful. Fang Sining has no roots, and he is easy to control, and it seems that at present, he is very important to us. It's also very cooperative."

Zhao Jincheng nodded and said: "I'm not going to hide it from you. You may have been taking the small road. I don't know. Now almost all parts of the country have lost contact. The situation in the city is not optimistic. The base cleared a civilian gathering place in Yancheng. But it’s still not enough, and we’re reducing staff every day, so there’s a shortage of people.”

"How can there be such a drastic reduction in staff?" Fu Yan asked.

"People need to be rescued, professional researchers need to be found, and necessary medical facilities need to be rescued." Zhao Jincheng said: "Daily cleaning tasks, and researchers need those zombies as research samples... There are so many things, even researchers are now Follow the field team out."

These days, Zhao Jincheng, who is sitting in the base, doesn't look much better than Fu Yan and the others who are busy working around.He looks like he is 15 years old in plain sight, his eyes are black and blue, his temples have obvious white hair, the ashtray on the table is full of more than a dozen cigarette butts, his military uniform is wrinkled, and he doesn't know how many days It hasn't been changed.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Zhao Jincheng said: "Now that I have got the documents, I will leave immediately. The research team here is waiting for the data until their eyes are green. With Shao Xuefan's help, the progress must be faster."

Fu Yanwen glanced behind him, shook his head slightly, and said, "I'm afraid we will stay here for another week, Shao Xuefan's materials cannot be taken out, and there is no option to copy them, we can only wait for Fang Sining to decode them before sorting them out and taking them away. "

"Understood." Although Zhao Jincheng was in a state of desperation, he knew that this matter could not be rushed, so he nodded, "Go at your own pace."

"Wu Diao." Zhao Jincheng said, "You are the person I trust the most. The situation is changing day by day, so you can do things yourself."

"Yes." Fu Yan said.

"But there is one thing." Zhao Jincheng said solemnly: "Before you leave the laboratory—destroy all Shao Xuefan's leftover materials."

"Understood." Fu Yan said.

Zhao Jincheng was so busy that he hit the back of his head, and within a few words, his office door was knocked three or four times.Zhao Jincheng wanted to complain a few more words to this stern-talking wooden subordinate, but unfortunately the situation waited for no one, so he could only give a few hasty instructions and cut off the thread.

Fu Yan put away the signal box and locked it, then turned to go out.

Liu Ruosong was leaning against the door and waiting for him, but when he heard the sound of the door next to him, he turned to look at him.

"Finished?" Liu Ruosong asked.

Fu Yan hummed, reached out to touch his face, and touched the thin sweat on the other's forehead.

"Going out?" Fu Yan said.

"Just now I went to the moss breeding base behind." Liu Ruosong said: "I am very concerned about the transformation virus that Shao Xuefan said. According to him, this virus did not directly infect the human body in the first place. Turning it into a virus for human use, I don’t want to do anything other than use it as a war and a weapon. But the problem is that the whole world is messed up now—if it’s not for the second disease goal of ‘eliminating all human beings’ , Why do they want to take out the virus and use it now, so that it can't be ended."

Fu Yan paused.

"There are eggs under the overturned nest, and the whole world has fallen. Even if the mastermind behind the scenes has obtained the right to use the whole earth, he is just a poor commander." Liu Ruosong said: "Why did they come up with this virus now, and why did they still want to use it?" To be released in public."

"Accident." Fu Yan said suddenly, "This is a semi-finished product."

"What?" Liu Ruosong asked blankly.

This is an unfinished semi-finished product, Fu Yan thought.

When the apocalypse came early in this life, Fu Yan had already guessed, because Shao Xuefan's death was broken by him, so the plan of the mastermind behind the scenes was disrupted, so he could only inject the medicine in advance.

The virus in this life is not much different from the previous life, but there are more or less differences, including inactivation, infection, and virus retention.

And there is another question, he just learned about it from Zhao Jincheng.

Judging from the actual results, the virus in "this life" is more contagious than the previous life.In other words, it is more uncontrollable.

The infection is fast, the spread is wide, and there is no way to block the virus. This is an almost unsolvable virus, and it heralds death when encountered.

It is precisely because of this that other countries have fallen much faster in this life than in the previous life.In fact, when Fu Yan learned about the situation abroad, he was surprised for a moment.Because according to the news synchronized by Zhao Jincheng, in the short period of one month since the end of the world, the spread of the virus abroad has almost caught up with the progress of the three years in the previous life.

Fu Yan originally thought it was a chain reaction of an early outbreak in the last days, but now that Liu Ruosong mentioned it, he realized that it might be because the virus that was thrown in hastily at that time was originally a semi-finished product that had not been "optimized".

Fu Yan briefly explained his conjecture to Liu Ruosong, but Liu Ruosong didn't speak for a while, and lowered his head to ponder for a while.

Fu Yan didn't bother him, and slowed down his pace slightly, and accompanied him to the other side of the corridor bit by bit.

"This is a good thing." Liu Ruosong said suddenly.

He was silent for more than three minutes, and suddenly said this, Fu Yan was stunned and almost didn't answer.

"There must be an undo button in the launch project of nuclear weapons, and there must be a programmer back door in system engineering." Liu Ruosong said: "I don't believe that people who use this as a weapon don't study solutions when they study viruses."

"In this world, it is possible that there is still no medical treatment and barrier vaccine that can completely solve the virus." Liu Ruosong said firmly: "But there must be someone faster than us, and there must be a place halfway along the road. "

"So——" Fu Yansan said: "If you find this place, it may be the key to solving the problem."

Liu Ruosong turned his head sideways, and met Fu Yan's gaze.

The sun shines in from the windows in the corridor, the summer in the south is hot and humid, the hot sunlight is pulled by the air conditioner into cold air, gently brushing over the back of Liu Ruosong's hands, bringing up goose bumps on his forearms.

Fu Yan didn't say the rest, but Liu Ruosong probably already guessed it.

The thing suddenly changed from a human life and death battle royale to a suspenseful horror movie about a ghost stabbing a human being, and anyone would feel creepy.Liu Ruosong rubbed the back of his hands, feeling a little tired.

Wouldn't it be nice to live a good life, Liu Ruosong thought very ordinaryly, why do some people always want to dream of being the overlord of the world.

"I will report this matter after I return to the base." Fu Yan said, "If we can find the 'petri dish' that Shao Xuefan called, the rest should be much easier."

Liu Ruosong wanted to ask if you would participate in this event, but he swallowed the words before he could say them.

This is a question that can be answered without asking. The best direct line in Zhao Jincheng's hands is Fu Yan. It is impossible for Zhao Jincheng to trust others with such an important task.

As for whether Fu Yan would agree - Liu Ruosong didn't need to ask about this matter.

It is foolish to deny oneself for others, but there are some unintelligent people in the world.

Liu Ruosong couldn't criticize Fu Yan, he was worried because he was worried, but he couldn't point fingers at him to hinder the other party's choice and prevent him from taking responsibility.

The oath of enlistment is still engraved on the wall of their public building, even Liu Ruosong has seen it seven or eight times.

Things in the future suddenly fell heavily, Liu Ruosong sighed a long time, and his emotions were visibly depressed.

Fu Yan noticed the change in him, but he didn't know how to say that he was unhappy.

Liu Ruosong was completely in two states when he was relaxed and when he was worried. Colonel Fu tried his best to recall the conversation just now, but he didn't feel that he was offended by saying something wrong.

It's probably due to the environment, Fu Yan thought firmly, after all, Liu Ruosong has never experienced such a dangerous life, and it's normal for him to be uncomfortable for a while.

Colonel Fu was very confident in his guess. He thought he had found Liu Ruosong's crux, but he didn't know how to make him "relax" in this environment, so he hesitated for a while, stopped and grabbed Liu Ruosong's hand. hand.

Liu Ruosong was stunned for a moment, and asked what's wrong.

"It's time to rest now." Fu Yan said in a serious tone like reporting work: "Let's go, let's go on a date."

Liu Ruosong: "...??"