16 years

"Okay, okay!" He Tang looked at this and that, smoothed things over, and stuffed a small tomato into Shao Qiu's hand: "The captain has agreed, so don't be so dejected—eat one, but Sweet."

Liu Ruosong was a little nervous, afraid that He Tang's comfort without knowing the truth would be counterproductive, but Shao Qiu didn't respond, and stuffed the little tomato into his mouth, chewing and swallowing it dumbly.

This time, Fang Sining had no contact with the special operations team, nor had any interaction with these people.

Because he didn't appear in front of the group of people, he changed from a living person to a symbol in the mission report.

Before this incident, Shao Qiu had never mentioned his "friend" to anyone except for one gaffe after drinking, so no one in the room knew what Shao Qiu had lost except Fu Yan and Liu Ruosong. Not just a task object.

Fu Yan squeezed Shao Qiu's shoulder and comforted him silently for a while.

"That's the decision." Fu Yan said: "I will take back Shao Qiu's command right temporarily, and then make adjustments according to the mission situation—no objection."

"No." Shao Qiu said.

"Very good, look at this." Fu Yanyan clicked on the scattered documents in front of him, pulled out a photo from it, and said, "I have checked all the documents and records about Joe Eden before, and found them in the mission reports over the years. This is a drug lair in Southeast Asia, and according to their account, their sponsor is Adam."

Fu Yan had passed the news to them before, so he hurriedly said something, pointed to the family crest of thorns and snakes on the photo, and asked bluntly: "I'm familiar with this pattern, but I can't remember it—you guys?" Do you have an impression?"

The gazes of the remaining few people were focused on the small photo at the same time, Shao Qiu and He Tang looked suspicious, and shook their heads after a while.

"I have no impression." He Tang said, "Captain, we are not here for this mission."

Fu Yan hummed, but did not respond for the time being, but turned to look at He Feng, and asked, "What?"

"To tell you the truth, captain, I also think it looks a little familiar." He Feng pinched the bridge of his nose, he reached out to pick up the photo, looked at it from different angles up and down, left and right, and finally covered the snake on it with his hand : "...Captain, look at it this way, it seems to be a medical sign."

Fu Yan was stunned for a moment, then looked at He Feng's perspective, only to find that it was indeed the case.

If the family crest is divided into two, leaving only the outer circle of thorns, it is indeed eight points similar to the logo of a pharmaceutical joint industry.

This is a joint venture chain private enterprise. It has fixed private hospitals and sanatoriums in several major cities in China. In the past few years, the advertisements were overwhelming and it was very popular for a while.

"You probably saw Diguang when you were on the road, so you have an impression." Liu Ruosong took the photo and looked at it, and said: "This company focuses on high-end medical care, and will sell very private high-end medical services... …In addition to common items such as treatment and physical examination, there are also DNA storage, egg freezing and sperm storage. Calculate the time, it seems to be—”

Liu Ruosong stumbled, obviously confused about the time, and calculated quickly in his mind before saying: "It was introduced into China seven or eight years ago."

"Private sanatoriums, customized medical examinations, and DNA samples can be kept." He Tang took a deep breath and gritted his teeth: "This sounds like a precursor to the preparation of a large-scale conspiracy."

"It may be a cover for collecting samples." Liu Ruosong said: "If this company has something to do with Adam, then it is likely to be a cover for R-01. The other party wants to study large-scale biological and chemical weapons, and the samples in their hands must be indispensable. It is inefficient and unsafe to find volunteers all over the world. When you think about it carefully, pharmaceutical companies and large nursing homes are indeed a good shield... This is hidden in the city."

"Seven or eight years ago." Fu Yan clicked his tongue and said, "When the drug den in Southeast Asia helped Adam spread the kits, it was also at this point in time."

"There is also Shao Xuefan." Shao Qiu said suddenly, "He once took the body of my younger sister who died in infancy... a little earlier than this time, but not much earlier."

"Not long after that, he recruited students." Shao Qiu said, "Fang Sining was the group of advanced students who went to him. Now that I think about it, I also find it strange that he has been staying abroad. Why did he suddenly recruit students?" a group of students."

"He is cultivating a new research team." Liu Ruosong said suddenly: "New projects, new students... because everything has to start from scratch, so a new experimental team has to be formed."

Fang Sining has been with Shao Xuefan for a long time, but his knowledge of R-01 is very limited. Before that, Liu Ruosong only thought that maybe Shao Xuefan had reservations about carrying out this kind of research without telling Fang Sining, but now that he thinks about it, this is unrealistic .

As Shao Xuefan's deputy, Fang Sining had to take care of all the trivial work around Shao Xuefan, including experiment data collation and data entry.Before Shao Xuefan fled back to China, he spent five or six years abroad studying R-01. It was impossible for him to keep Fang Sining a secret.

Fang Sining must know something, Liu Ruosong thought, but he himself didn't know what it was.

"Fang Sining..." Liu Ruosong suddenly said, "Have you mentioned anything about Shao Xuefan's previous research goals?"

Shao Qiu raised his head and looked at Liu Ruosong.

"Think about it carefully." Liu Ruosong said sincerely, "I know it's hard for you to recall those things, but it's very important."

When Shao Qiu was imprisoned in the abandoned factory, in order to keep him as clear as possible, Fang Sining would indeed often chat with him and talk about his own affairs.

But in that situation, Shao Qiu's mental and physical pressures were double, and most of his energy was used to memorize valid information, and he really didn't pay much attention to these small talk contents.

In addition, Fang Sining died in front of his eyes, and he had a certain stress reaction. Now when he recalls Fang Sining's mind, his mind is broken, which is really uncomfortable.

But Liu Ruosong stared at him with scorching eyes, Shao Qiu gritted his teeth, and forcefully pulled out some fragments from his memory.

"He mentioned it once..." Shao Qiu said, "He said that they had been researching a regenerative medicine before, and it was only this time that he found out that those people also wanted the research results."

Shao Qiu's memory was damaged, and he spoke intermittently. Liu Ruosong frowned and listened for a while, then suddenly realized something.

Regenerative drugs - In the previous life, both he and Fu Yan had received this information. At that time, their focus was that this was the repair drug that Shao Xuefan wanted to research urgently after he accidentally learned about the zombie virus.But just now, Liu Ruosong suddenly had a bolder guess.

What if this is not a completely independent emergency project, Liu Ruosong thought.

If Shao Xuefan had been researching related content earlier, it seemed that this matter was more justified.

It's not that Fang Sining is ignorant of Shao Xuefan's research content, nor is he ignorant of R-01, he just doesn't know the details, and he doesn't know what this virus represents.

Shao Xuefan formed a brand-new team seven years ago to research and develop active regenerative drugs based on R-01.Five years later, he absconded and returned to China because he found out the truth about the zombie virus, and began to study the repair medicine for the zombie virus.

Liu Ruosong used to think that this was a problem of two stages, but now it seems that it is clearly the same thing!

Only halfway through, Shao Xuefan changed the research purpose, so the research direction had a branch deviation.

Something must have happened seven years ago for Adam to start spinning such a large web.Liu Ruosong subconsciously turned her head to look at Fu Yan, and exchanged glances with him anxiously, hoping to gain some affirmation from him.

Fu Yan's eyes were calm, and he seemed to have guessed his thoughts, but he was not surprised.

In front of a roomful of team members, Fu Yan couldn't share the news with Liu Ruosong in his previous life, so he silently held his hand and squeezed it in the palm of his hand.

He was not in a hurry, as if he was not surprised by this incredible thing.Liu Ruosong was infected by his state, and his heartbeat gradually calmed down.

Adam hired professional researchers to conduct private research for him, not raising a group of gold swallowing beasts for nothing, it must have a purpose.Fu Yan is not surprised to say that they want to research new types of drugs or pharmaceutical weapons to make money, but things have developed to the point where they have clearly surpassed the scope of the "black industry" and reached the point of "overturning human history." the point.

The arms dealers really hope that there will be wars in the world every day, and they wish that the smoke will rise and flowers will bloom everywhere... But they definitely don't want the world to be destroyed.

From the perspective of behavioral logic, seven years ago was a watershed.Before that, they were businessmen who wanted to make money by researching unfamiliar viruses; but since then, their work style and research direction have gone to an extreme extreme.

Fu Yan stared at the stack of photos on the ground, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "Seven years ago, who died beside Adam?"

Liu Ruosong was suddenly startled.

The other people in the room didn't know why he suddenly said such a sentence. They looked at each other for a while, looked at Fu Yan suspiciously, and waited for his answer.

But Liu Ruosong suddenly remembered that when they discussed Shao Xuefan in their previous life, they had brushed past this question.

The premise of "resurrection from the dead" is that there must be a dead carrier.

Fu Yan jumped off the barrier suddenly, and the remaining team members could hardly keep up with his train of thought. He Tang lost his composure at first, slowly raised his hand, and said hesitantly, "Captain, what are you talking about?"

Liu Ruosong was about to explain to Fu Yan, but before he could speak, the communicator on his body rang.

He had no choice but to make a pause gesture, stood up and walked aside to answer the phone.

Fu Yan followed him to the bedside, and saw Liu Ruosong habitually holding his pocket with one hand, turning his head to listen to the voice on the phone.

He couldn't tell who the other party was from his reaction, Liu Ruosong hummed a few times calmly at first, then he didn't know what he heard, his face suddenly turned pale, and his expression was very ugly.

Fu Yan frowned, but since he was talking on the phone, he didn't bother, he just wanted to wait a while and ask.

But he didn't speak, but Liu Ruosong seemed to have sensed it, and turned his head to look at him.

Their eyes met, Liu Ruosong's eyes moved slightly, and he gritted his teeth very briefly.

He quickly turned back, said yes to the communicator, then ended the call with a few words, and then turned around completely to look at Fu Yan.

"Notice on the [-]st." Liu Ruosong said: "Starting tomorrow, Shao Xuefan will collect blood samples in the military area."