How to survive in the wasteland of human cubs

The room fell silent, and after a long time, Kong Siyin said: "You mentioned Lin Fen to me that day, and I did match you up, trying to force you to use the connections behind you. Although it is confirmed that you are not the person who was inserted by the Eastern and Western Allied Forces, But I don't know whether you mentioned Lin Fen casually, or you have other ideas, so you put the box in the warehouse. Because only those who want to find Lin Fen and find out the truth of that matter will study it Look for boxes in the warehouse."

Feng Chen said: "If Dean Kong didn't put the cipher box in the warehouse of the research institute, but just hid it somewhere else, I would never find it."

Kong Siyin said meaningfully: "So I am testing you with the box, and you are also testing me with the box?"

Feng Chen said: "When I found the clay pot with obvious clues in the warehouse of the research institute, I knew that Dean Kong was waiting for me."

Kong Siyin tapped the table lightly with his fingers: "What is your relationship with Feng Zaiping of the Eastern Allied Army?"

Feng Chen didn't reply, Kong Siyin said again: "Now everyone's information is incomplete, I can't figure out your identity and background, Feng Zaiping's words... are just my guesses."

Feng Chen replied: "Dean Kong's guess is correct, I am the son of Feng Zaiping of the Eastern Allied Army."

Kong Siyin looked at the young man in front of him: "You are only in your early twenties, you have such intelligence and strategy, you are indeed Feng Zaiping's son."

"Principal Kong knows my father?" Feng Chen felt that this was a superfluous question as soon as he finished asking.Kong Siyin used to be the director of the Earhart Research Institute, and his father was in charge of the Eastern Allied Army's research institute in Haiyun City. How could they not know each other.

Kong Siyin didn't care about it, he just said: "General Feng is a prudent and prudent man, and he acts with foresight. Many of the things he said and did are not obvious, but there are other deep meanings behind him."

Feng Chen was still thinking about his words, Kong Siyin said again: "Sit down, let's have a good talk."

"Yes." Feng Chen stood up straight, sat down on a chair next to him, put his hands on his knees, and straightened his back.

The room was quiet, only the ticking of the clock on the wall was heard.Kong Siyin remained silent, Feng Chen didn't rush him, but just waited quietly.

Five minutes later, Kong Siyin finally spoke: "When Lin Fen handed over the cipher box, there were three people present. Besides me, there were Chen Size, the governor of the Eastern Alliance Army, and Ran Pinghao, the governor of the Western Alliance Army."

"Major General Lin handed it to you?" Feng Chen asked.

"Yes, hand it to me." Kong Siyin nodded.

"What happened later that the real box was swapped?"

Feng Chen didn't even ask whether the box that Lin Fen handed over to him was genuine or not, but directly concluded that the box had been replaced, and Kong Siyin couldn't help but take a deep look at him.

"Do you trust Lin Fen?"

Feng Chen replied without hesitation: "I believe."

Kong Siyin didn't ask any more questions, and said slowly: "That day was October 2114, 10, at 21:4 p.m., I received a notification from the military department, saying that there was an urgent matter and asked me to go there quickly. So I put down my work What happened above has rushed over..."

……

"Hello, Director Kong."

"Director Kong."

The military headquarters and the research institute are not located in the same underground settlement. Kong Siyin walked down the elevator and entered the passage, fiddled with the drops of frost and snow on his hair with his hands while walking.

"Director Kong, please." A soldier greeted him and led the way, leading him into an office he had never set foot in before.

There were two people sitting in the office, and they both stood up when they saw him: "Director Kong."

Kong Siyin was startled when he suddenly saw two top officers of the Eastern and Western Allied Forces here, but he didn't show it on his face, he just bowed respectfully to them: "Chen Zhengshou, Ran Zhengshou."

"Don't be restrained. Director Kong shoulders the heavy responsibility of saving mankind, and I'm just a soldier playing with a gun. I should salute you." Ran Pinghao smiled.

Chen Size also agreed very much, and made a gesture of invitation to Kong Siyin: "Director Kong, please take a seat."

Kong Siyin didn't refuse much, and sat on the chair next to him. As soon as he sat down, the soldier sent a message: "Major General Lin Fen and Colonel Yu Yuan have arrived."

"Invite them in."

The door opened, Lin Fen strode into the room, followed by Yu Yuan.

The two touched their heels and made a military salute: "Chen Zhengshou, Ran Zhengshou, the Western Alliance Army stationed in Haiyun City Lin Fen, and the Western Alliance Army stationed in Haiyun City Yuyuan, brought the survivors of Haiyun City back to the center City, a total of 350 people."

"Good! Very good! Not disgraceful to the military order! This is the soldier of our Western Union Army!" Ran Pinghao couldn't control his excitement, and stood up abruptly.

……

When Kong Siyin told the story, Feng Chen's expression remained unchanged, only when he heard the names of Lin Fen and Yu Yuan, his eyes fluctuated a little.

Kong Siyin said to Feng Chen: "...they left after handing over the cipher box to me. I knew the importance of this cipher box and wanted to take it back to study urgently, so I also contacted the two consuls. Say hello and leave the room."

……

"Director Kong, for the safety of the cipher box, our soldiers will protect you along the way until you return to the research institute," Ran Pinghao said.

Chen Size smiled: "Don't worry, the soldiers of the Eastern Allied Army will follow to protect you."

Knowing that the two armies did not trust each other, Kong Siyin would definitely send people to follow him, and opened the door after answering.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he took two steps, he was bumped into by a man in the clothes of a handyman.He didn't hold the box firmly in his hand, and it fell to the ground with a thud.

Before he could react, the worker had already picked up the cipher box on the ground, blew off the dust on it, and handed it to him.

Kong Siyin took the box and walked towards the elevator surrounded by soldiers who came up to him.After walking a few steps, he stopped, turned to look at the handyman, and saw that his back had disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

Kong Siyin didn't have time to think too much, and followed the soldiers to the elevator.

Lin Fen and Yu Yuan were also standing and waiting for the lift, and when they saw Kong Siyin, they nodded slightly to greet him.

Kong Siyin also smiled and nodded at the two of them.

When the elevator arrived, three people and a dozen soldiers all stood in, filling the space to the brim.

There was a loud bang, and the elevator went up.No one spoke, they all just stood silently, staring at the moving black mountain wall in front of them.

Only then did Kong Siyin start to think about the handyman just now, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he thought about it, the more worried he became.

He glanced at the soldiers next to him, and after thinking for a few seconds, he took out the cipher box and handed it to Lin Fen: "Major General Lin, this is the coffee I just got, do you want to try it? Someone knocked it down, and the box was dirty with dust."

None of the soldiers in the elevator had seen the cipher box, only Lin Fen and Yu Yuan knew it.

Lin Fen looked down at the cipher box in Kong Siyin's hand.

The light on the mountain wall penetrated through the gaps in the iron railings, and as the elevator went up, it alternated between light and dark, making his face flickeringly illuminated.

Kong Siyin didn't dare to vent his anger, his fingernails hanging on the side of his trousers sank into his palm, and he just stared at him.

After a while, amidst the monotonous clatter of the elevator, Lin Fen finally said, "Thank you Director Kong, I don't like coffee."

Kong Siyin slowly breathed a sigh of relief and put away the cipher box, only then did he realize that his vest was already drenched with sweat.

Then no one spoke, and the elevator reached the top.A group of people walked out of the passage and walked into the howling snowstorm. Kong Siyin greeted Lin Fen again, and then walked towards the tracked vehicle under the protection of soldiers.

……

Hearing this, Feng Chen asked, "Are you using this method to determine the authenticity of the cryptex?"

Kong Siyin sighed: "Because it was hit by someone, I suspect that the cipher box will be tampered with. But there are so many soldiers in the elevator, I can only give Lin Fen a hint to check the box. He kept it After such a long time, I will definitely find out whether there is any problem with the box. If he took the box at that time, it means that it is fake, and if he did not take it, he is telling me that the box is real."

Hearing this, Feng Chen shook his head slowly: "You are wrong, Major General Lin is very sensitive, he should have discovered the fake box in your hand at the first time. But you also said that at that time all the people around you It's a soldier of the East-West Alliance, he can't just take the cryptex like that, even if it's a fake."

"I figured this out later." Kong Siyin took off his glasses, wiped the lenses with a cloth, and his fingers trembled slightly: "Everyone here is a coalition of East and West. As long as he shows that the box is fake, it is tantamount to A bomb was dropped between the two armies. It is not known who took the box, but both sides will identify each other. Once such a situation occurs, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Feng Chen looked sideways at the window: "He doesn't want to destroy the refuge that people rely on for survival, doesn't want the fragile peace between the Eastern and Western coalition forces to be broken, and doesn't want everyone to unite to fight against natural disasters. To fight each other."

Kong Siyin sighed: "Lin Fen can think a lot in that short moment, so I think he will immediately go to the exit of the emergency passage to wait for the person who changed the box after leaving the elevator. The coalition forces or anyone else would never dare to stay at the resettlement site after getting the box, and would choose to leave immediately. Those who took the box would not dare to go through the gate, and would only choose to escape quietly through the emergency passage.”

Feng Chen secretly clenched his hands on his knees: "You mean, he and Colonel Yu happened at the emergency exit?"

Kong Siyin put the glasses back on: "I didn't realize it at the time. I didn't think about it until I returned to the research institute for experiments and found that the virus specimens inside were fake, and I heard that Major General Lin and his guide had disappeared. .”

"So you don't know exactly who took the box, and who did Major General Lin and the others encounter?" Feng Chen asked.

Kong Siyin said: "Yes."

"Then you didn't tell the Allied Forces about this?" Feng Chen blurted out, "Are you afraid that you will be held accountable for the password box being replaced by someone else?"

"No, I'm not afraid." Kong Siyin said calmly, "The cipher box was exchanged from me. This is my dereliction of duty. I'm not afraid of accepting any punishment."

The corner of Feng Chen's mouth twitched into a sneer: "But if you don't tell the East and West Allied Forces the truth of the matter, you're just passing everything on to Major General Lin, and letting him be accused of absconding with a cryptex box."

"As I said, I'm not afraid of accepting any punishment. This is the truth. Major General Lin and I have the same thought. If the real cryptex is not found, the fake cryptex can't be leaked because it was actually exchanged."

Feng Chen didn't interrupt, Kong Siyin continued: "I have been investigating privately for a long time, but I can't find the slightest trace of that handyman. I don't know who he is until now. Since you don't know, you can't act rashly, you can't Break the balance between the eastern and western coalition forces. Feng Chen, the people in Central City can no longer withstand any storms."

"Then you don't have any clues to find Major General Lin?" Feng Chen asked.

Kong Siyin paused for two seconds before saying: "After I reacted belatedly, I hurried to the exit of the emergency passage, and found some unusual things there. I think it may be related to his disappearance."

He got up and walked to the wall, opened a small freezer there, and took out an iron box from it.

"Just putting it in the freezer casually like this is safer than locking it in a safe." Kong Siyin saw the doubts in Feng Chen's heart, and said meaningfully.

He put the box on the coffee table beside Feng Chen, opened it, and Feng Chen saw two filament-like ice cubes inside, but nothing else.

Kong Siyin said: "I went there the day after Major General Lin disappeared. Although it was snowing heavily, even if there were any traces at the exit of the emergency passage, they were all wiped away, but I searched slowly there, and finally found a stone. In the gap in the middle, these two ice threads were found."

"This is……"

"I recognized that it was the saliva of some kind of animal, which was frozen into ice silk. After taking it back for testing, I found that it was very similar to the saliva of the red spider, but it was not exactly the same, because it contained A small amount of spiritual power." Kong Siyin said.

Feng Chen stared at the two ice threads: "What do you mean... this is left by a quantum beast similar to the red spider?"

"Yes. Although Quantum Beast is a spiritual body, ordinary people can't see it, but if it has characteristics that are particularly similar to physical animals, such as also secreting saliva, then the saliva secreted can be found."

Feng Chen asked: "You failed to find the owner of that quantum beast?"

"I didn't see anyone whose Quantum Beast was the Red Spider on the list of registered sentinel guides." Kong Siyin shook his head, then looked at Feng Chen again, "If you want to find Lin Fen, you must find this Red Spider first. The spider and its master."

Feng Chen thought for a while: "President Kong, who do you suspect the most? Chen Size? Ran Pinghao? Anjia or some other organization?"

Kong Siyin put away the box and went to the freezer: "As for the East-West Allied Forces, I just can't believe them. If I say the most skeptical thing, it's actually Annijiajiao."

Feng Chen asked: "Is there any relationship between the cryptic box and the zombie that can block the attack of mental power researched by An Nengjia?"

Kong Siyin asked: "Is it the zombie that got into the central city from under the resettlement point on the first floor last time?"

"Yes."

Kong Siyin frowned slightly: "The zombie was dissected in the research institute, and the research institute invited me to participate in the dissection process. The head was wrapped with a new type of material, and it was filled with something that could interfere with it." It is not too difficult to make a mental power chip."

"But that kind of zombie has a certain IQ." Feng Chen said: "They are more skillful than other zombies in avoiding attacks, they can use moves, and they know how to break nuts."

Kong Siyin shook his head: "It can only be said that An Jia has been researching zombies, and has indeed improved a lot of zombie abilities, but that ability will not have anything to do with the cryptex."

"why?"

Kong Siyin said: "If An Dujia can get the cryptex box containing the mother copy of the virus, then the zombies they research will not only be limited to improving a little ability and unscrewing a nut."

"Then why are you most suspicious of Anjia?"

Kong Siyin put the box into the freezer, turned around and spread his hands: "Because if the box is in the hands of the Eastern and Western Allied Forces, then after so many years, I haven't seen any terrible or respectable research results from them."

Feng Chen said: "So now the three parties are suspicious, but it doesn't seem like the three parties got the box?"

"Yes, no one will get the box and do nothing." Kong Siyin said: "The only breakthrough now is to find the owner of the red spider. Only from him can we find Lin Fen, and then we will know what happened. So, where did the cryptex go?"

Feng Chen sat in a daze, his right hand unconsciously touched the back of his waist, pressed the handle of Wuyu's knife, and groped for the familiar lines on the handle with his fingertips.

"Do you think... Major General Lin and the two of them will be safe?" His voice was calm, but his body was slightly tense.

Kong Siyin said cautiously: "If the specimens of the first-generation zombie virus have not been discovered, then I think they should still be alive."