16 years

There are clues, and definite evidence is in hand, but the rescue mission is still not so simple to start.

Single-handedly breaking into the enemy's stronghold, killing with an assault rifle and successfully completing the mission can only appear in hero movies, but in reality, this situation is usually accompanied by a lot of preparatory work.

Personnel scheduling, logistics support, mission planning—even most importantly, whether a "rescue mission" is carried out or not.

Fu Yan typed all the information he could find into a report and submitted it. Zhao Jincheng accepted it, but only gave him a "not optimistic" look.

What happened afterwards was not too different from the commander's prediction. Although Fu Yan's report was well-founded, it was a reasonable inference based on the existing clues, not the impulse of the superior, but the superior still Not optimistic about this mission.

For most people, Shao Qiu is already a symbol of "martyrdom" by default. Now that the situation outside is chaotic, the bases of various military regions cannot rescue ordinary people. It is really dangerous to go all the way to search and rescue a "possibility". quite large.

Even though Fu Yan repeatedly stated at the meeting that the location of the "petri dish" may be of great help to virus research, most people who have not experienced the restart still think that this may be a smoke bomb thrown by Shao Xuefan to save his son.

"I trust your judgment." Zhao Jincheng closed the door and told Fu Yan the truth: "But I can't convince everyone."

"The petri dish project is very important." Fu Yan's attitude is very firm: "We can't let them escape and catch them across the continent."

Zhao Jincheng made a gesture of calm down to him.

"That's not what it means." Zhao Jincheng said: "We don't doubt the authenticity of this matter. But now there is too little information, and it is not wise to act rashly. Whether it is deceit or deceit, since Shao Xuefan has already opened the door , it means that he must be related to this matter. In contrast, it is more effective to ask for definite information from him. What's more, the leaders feel that they can't put all their hopes on the people behind the scenes, and they should focus on Research. Without guns or cannons, you can't just hope to steal from the enemy."

If it was a few years ago, Fu Yan would have the same attitude as Zhao Jincheng - what is found outside may not necessarily be something, in the end it is most reassuring to know the basics.

But he rolled back from the apocalypse and returned to the original point. People have died twice, and he knows better than anyone that if he wants to make progress in the laboratory building, he must find that irreplaceable point.

But in this vast world, only Liu Ruosong can listen to his words.

"There is one more question." Zhao Jincheng said seriously: "How big is the research institute, what kind of material is it made of, what is the composition of the personnel, whether there are only researchers in it, or other armed forces. If these things are not found out, how can I ask you to rescue them?" people."

"I just went to investigate this matter." Fu Yan said.

"Wu Diao." Zhao Jincheng said in a heavy tone, "You can't take yourself so seriously."

Fu Yan was taken aback by what he said, and frowned suspiciously.

He really didn't understand where Zhao Jincheng's accusation came from. The end of the world has come to this point. None of them live with their heads tied to guns. There is no reason for others to go through fire and water.

Zhao Jincheng didn't seem to have any intention of explaining to him. This commander has aged quite a bit in the last few months, his temples are covered with a thick layer of off-white, his back is bent, and his energy and energy are all gone. A lot, all supported by a little heart.

Fu Yan is a person who engraves "obedience to orders" in his bones, but even so, when the meeting above has been tossed and turned for more than a month, he still can't bear it.

It's just that Fu Yan didn't expect that the white-headed kite, who had been tacitly killed in the line of duty by the military region, would suddenly "escape" by herself before he rushed into the high command headquarters to report the situation "rebelliously".

In late autumn, the leaves of ginkgo trees in the military area fell all over the ground. When Fu Yan received the news, he was staying in the laboratory building to help Liu Ruosong's experiment "add some ingredients" in private.

Although Liu Ruosong 1 people do not want Fu Yan to meddle in the official affairs of the laboratory building, Fu Yan knows that he is useful, so he will occasionally provide some "samples" to Liu Ruosong in private, avoiding channels on the surface, and let Liu Ruosong Move your hands and feet in your private plot.

If he doesn't find out, he won't suffer; if he finds out, Liu Ruosong will naturally find a way to cover up this sample's lie.

Liu Ruosong was not very happy at first, but he couldn't withstand his mentioning it three or two times, so he could only agree.

At that time, Liu Ruosong's "Tomato Project" was at a critical moment, and he was comparing the virus transformation in plants. Fu Yan was next to him as a walking shelf, carefully holding a row of test tubes in his hand.

At first, it was Fu Yan's communicator ringing, just after two rings, Fu Yan hadn't found a chance to put down the things in his hand, the person on the other side hung up the communication as if he had lost his patience.In less than half a second, Liu Ruosong's communicator also rang.

Liu Ruosong couldn't let go of his hand, but fortunately Fu Yan had already found a suitable place to put his things, walked back in two steps, and took the communicator out of Liu Ruosong's pocket.

As soon as his front foot was connected, He Tang's voice exploded from the communicator's back foot, as if he had honked a loudspeaker, making his ears buzz.

"Brother Liu!" He Tang shouted hurriedly, "Is the captain there?"

"Yes." Fu Yan said.

He Tang choked for a moment. He obviously didn't expect that the "Captain" himself answered the call. He immediately restrained himself a lot, and even lowered his tone by an octave, and switched to the mode of "reporting work".

"The deputy team has news." He Tang said succinctly: "On the Yangan side, if you go further north, you will reach Ziwu Ridge."

Yangan is in the northwest of the border, and the terrain is mountainous. There is a distance of one hundred and eight thousand miles from City D. Fu Yan didn't expect to hear such a place name, and he didn't know how to be amazed for a while, "Shaoqiu saved himself successfully." Or "how could it be on the Yangan Line".

Fortunately, He Tang was very reliable at critical moments. Before he could ask, he reported on his own: "The military region received a coordinate message from the white-headed kite. It was sent in the form of a text message, and the password and number were encoded. I was reporting to work at the time, and I identified it on the spot, and it was indeed the deputy team."

"SMS?" Fu Yan said, "Where is the source?"

"It's an unfamiliar number... Maybe the deputy team picked it up on the road." He Tang hesitated.

Before He Tang finished speaking, Fu Yan's own communicator rang again. He seemed to be urged to control this and that. When the communication was answered, he found that it was Zhao Jincheng who was more concise than He Tang. I understood, and hung up after only saying "Come to the headquarters".

"Go." Liu Ruosong listened to the two phone calls, and took his communicator from Fu Yan's hand: "Do you need me to accompany you?"

Fu Yan shook his head.

"I'll go first." Fu Yan squeezed his shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Go back to the dormitory and wait for me. I'll go back and tell you later."

Liu Ruosong nodded knowingly, and watched him go out of the laboratory building.

Shao Qiu's news came very abruptly. The signal from an unfamiliar number jumped to the inside of the military area after several twists and turns. Because Shao Qiu had been missing for too long, when he first received the news, Zhao Jincheng thought it was a trap.

The coordinates he gave were in a county-level city. It happened that there were people from the C Department military region near Yangan who were carrying out search and rescue missions. After receiving the news from the A department military region, they quickly sent a team to investigate the coordinates. True and false.

Those people found Shao Qiu in an abandoned warehouse. When they found them, Shao Qiu's condition was already very bad.

He stayed alone in a small room less than ten square meters, covered in blood, wearing only a thin half-sleeved training uniform in the cold autumn wind, and only a thin sole of the shoes under his feet. There were scratches everywhere.

He was very aware of his physical condition. Before he passed out, he used wooden sticks and bricks to fasten the doors and windows from the inside. When the search and rescue team found him, six or seven zombies surrounded the barn and knocked out the iron door. Come on.

The search-and-rescue team cleared the scene and smashed the door latch with a gun, so they were able to enter and drag Shao Qiu out.

"He didn't have any serious injuries, and he wasn't infected by the virus. It's a blessing among misfortunes." Zhao Jincheng breathed a long sigh of relief, and said, "But he was not very conscious. According to people from the C Department military region, he was It seems that I was stimulated by something, I can’t remember what happened during this period, and I can’t tell where I ran out from.”

Fu Yan and He Feng looked at each other.

It is not surprising that ordinary people, after lengthy incarceration or inhuman treatment, are prone to mental problems, including trances and blocked memories of trauma.

But Shao Qiu didn't say he had experienced hundreds of battles, he was also a special pilot trained under high pressure. If he wanted to make him stupid, he might need some skills.

"Is there a drug reaction?" This was Fu Yan's first reaction.

"It is not ruled out." Zhao Jincheng said, "But you have all undergone drug resistance training."

"If it is a large dose of hallucinogens, this may also happen." He Feng said: "Was he awake when he was rescued?"

"He was in a coma, but he woke up when the rescue team entered." Zhao Jincheng said: "The rescue team found out that he was wrong because of this-he couldn't recognize the person at first, and then he let down his vigilance when he touched the armband."

"Oh yes, he said something at that time." Zhao Jincheng slapped his forehead as if remembering something, and said, "I fainted after I finished speaking."

Fu Yan's eyes moved slightly.

"He said, Fang Sining." Zhao Jincheng said.

Fu Yan had wanted to ask about this matter since before, and He Tang and Zhao Jincheng's explanations had always revolved around Shao Qiu, but Fang Sining, who disappeared at the same time as him, had not been mentioned a word.So Fu Yan guessed at the time that Fang Sining might not have run out with Shao Qiu.

But he didn't expect that life is more "conservative" than he imagined, as if as long as he doesn't intervene to stop it, fate must place the same weight on both ends of the balance.

"According to investigations, Fang Sining is dead," said Zhao Jincheng.