Ren Bingjun's words were a bit exaggerated. The minister did not bring back any protection orders after he returned, but the value of Lu Ning's map is still worthy of recognition.
"Lu Ning, we have something to discuss with you now."
The minister sat down with a smile, but Lu Ning saw that the smile seemed a little bitter.
"Looks like there's a place where I can be found?"
"Yes, you haven't confirmed registering with us yet, so it is against the rules to give you direct orders, but now this matter is very important... Do you know about the Kunzhou Research Institute?"
Lu Ning shook his head.
"Before the end of the world, the Kunzhou Research Institute was the center of the research institute nearby, and there were several people in our base who escaped from there in advance. However, the main researchers did not evacuate at that time, and now we are not sure about the safety situation there. , but the research results there must be recovered... related to this doomsday."
The minister also seemed to have a hard time choosing his words, as there seemed to be some confidentiality regulations.
"In other words, you need me to investigate?"
"We will send an elite team, but we don't have invisibility users as convenient as you. Once you encounter a large number of monsters blocking the passage, you may need to act on your own... This will be very dangerous, because of the project problems of the institute. The monsters that exist there could be even more dangerous."
"It doesn't matter, I agree." Lu Ning nodded. She would never let go of any possible mission clues now.
The minister was obviously relieved: "Thank you. Regardless of success or failure this time, I will help you register a mission score at the base. At that time, you can exchange some useful materials from the warehouse. Now the base implements a rationing system, and the points are still... More precious."
"You are too polite. Since it is to solve the apocalypse, I should do my best within my ability." Lu Ning said with a smile.
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The elite force is actually composed of four people, the vehicle is a large off-road vehicle, and the four people are all superpowers. The driver Lao Liu's ability is mechanical assembly. Among the remaining three people, the 35-year-old Basuo has the ability to see at night, the 27-year-old Hong Shoushan has the ability to store things, and the 26-year-old Yi Ziyan has the ability to eliminate Sound ability. None of these four people's abilities are biased toward combat, but with their professional combat qualities, they can easily defeat ordinary people with combat superpowers.
The captain this time is Basuo, but his task is to cooperate with Lu Ning's actions. Everyone also knows Lu Ning's identity and is more polite to her. While chatting on the road, we gradually became familiar with each other. With Yi Ziyan's ability, it is easy to cover up the sound of driving vehicles without alerting the monsters along the way. Basso was responsible for the main investigation responsibilities. He could also draw maps and obviously also had some other responsibilities.
Lu Ning didn't need to worry much along the way, as the four soldiers could arrange everything. However, after approaching the target one day later, Lao Liu drove much slower. The car even stopped when it was five or six miles outside the outer guardrail where the research institute was located.
"Miss Lu Ning, there are some monsters ahead." Basuo said, "Do you want to take a look? I have a telescope here."
"Yeah." Lu Ning took it and looked at the road ahead.
The location of the research institute is on the outskirts of a city. There is only a two-lane road nearby, which does not look very conspicuous. But now the road is blocked by a puddle of mud-like things. There are some monsters crawling on the mud. They look like lizards, but they have eyes like snails.
This section of road covered with mud is very long, and vehicles cannot pass it anyway. If you are involved in a battle with a large number of monsters, you will quickly fall into a disadvantage. Generally, without fire support and heavy fire suppression, you will not be able to deal with this kind of complicated situation. A group of monsters took action.
"It's possible to go around on foot." Lu Ning looked at the side of the road and said to Basuo, "The danger ahead is unknown. I will take action on my own next. You guys just wait here. How about one day? No matter what the outcome is. , I will come back first to give you a message."
"Okay. We will find a place to wait for you nearby. If we don't contact you after a day, we will think that something happened to you. Please take this thing." Basuo took out three coins from the bag Stone. They are about the same size as billiard balls, and they have words written on them with ink pens, namely [human], [data] and [strong monster].
"this is……"
"We have another stone in our hands. If you find anything like that inside, split the stone in half, your weapons will do that, and we will know what you saw inside. And if you If something unexpected happens inside, or an unexpected situation occurs, we will smash a stone. In short, if we find that the stone is broken, we will leave directly and return to the base to request rescue. If the stone is split, we will wait here longer depending on the situation. Your time." Basuo handed the stone to Lu Ning, "It sounds a bit unhuman, but this is the best method we can find at the moment. Thank you for your hard work."
Lu Ning nodded and took the stone, knowing in her heart that this might be Zhang Enhua's ability. But if the stones on both sides would have the same change, wouldn't it be better to engrave them? Maybe his abilities haven't grown yet.
After picking out some suitable luggage, Lu Ning walked towards the research institute invisibly.
The tall courtyard wall was no longer an obstacle to her. After climbing over the courtyard wall, she found some ordinary-looking houses. According to the pre-doomsday map provided by the base, in addition to some necessary projects placed in above-ground buildings, a large part of the institute is an underground laboratory, and the biochemical protection required here is also very strict. Of course, Lu Ning didn't care about this. According to the map, she quickly found the office building - it was actually a row of inconspicuous white rooms.
She did not enter rashly because the situation in the institute was a little different from what she expected.
The initial human mutation caused by Ruby Snow in the end of the world can be said to be basically random, and the overall probability is not high. However, in areas with dense gatherings of people, there will always be a few monsters generated, and then they will take advantage of the fact that humans do not react. When Lu Ning launched a massacre, no matter how clean the place Lu Ning had been before, some remaining traces could still be seen. However, no killings could be seen here in the institute, not even traces of fighting.
Lu Ning knew before coming here that although the number of people here in the institute is not particularly large, there are still about two hundred people. How low is the probability that there will be no mutations among this number of people? And how low is the probability that the institute will not be attacked? The most important thing is - she didn't see these people, and there was no sign of any life activity in the entire institute area.
The combination lock in the main building is still working, and the independently powered electromagnetic lock can no longer block it at this time. Lu Ning reached out and used the thunder and lightning of Judgment Day to disable its function, and then walked into the main building. According to the map, a warehouse on the right side of the main building is one of the passages leading to the underground research institute and is also an emergency escape route. She quickly found the entrance hidden under the carpet, but there was no sign of anyone coming or going.
Lu Ning opened the entrance and walked down the stairs.
As soon as she got down, she smelled a rancid smell. But it was different from the smell of corpses. Instead, it was like the stench emitted by decaying household garbage. This indicates that there must be people living here. She continued walking inside. There were three floors underground, with different experimental functions. The things the base wanted would generally be stored in the central information room on the second underground floor, but permissions were required there - Lu Ning had to deal with this issue herself. solve.
However, she turned two corners on the underground floor and quickly found the source of the smell. There were obvious stains under the door at the end of a corridor. She looked at the map and saw that the room was an underground library, not a laboratory room, which seemed a bit strange.
"Is there anyone in there?" she shouted, raising her voice.
"Help! Help!" Suddenly there was a fierce knock on the door. Lu Ning pulled out the rotten grass as a firefly and shouted: "You guys stand back and stay away from the door!"
After about ten seconds, she swung her sword and pierced the door. The moment the sword blade penetrated, she felt a strong resistance, but she was still forcibly cut off, and a hole was opened in the door. Lu Ning then slashed out with several more swords, completely destroying the door.
The stench in the room finally came out. Lu Ning covered her nose and took a look inside. There were more than thirty people crowded in, all of them looked haggard, but at least they were normal.
"Thank God! Finally someone is here!" A person with the best energy hurriedly got out of the hole opened by Lu Ning, and then looked behind her: "Where are your teammates?"
"Outside. Come out first. What's going on inside?"
"this……"
Fortunately, these researchers were only imprisoned for a few days. There were enough canned foods in the room to keep them from starving to death. At most, they were eating, drinking, and eating in there, and the environment was very poor. The highest-ranking among these people is an old professor in his fifties, but his body has been relatively weak due to the past few days, and the rest are young people who can endure this kind of environment.
Based on what these people told, Lu Ning was able to piece together the whole story of what happened at the institute.
The director of the institute had the foresight to initiate an emergency evacuation before Hong Yuxue arrived, and everyone moved underground. This was also the reason why Lu Ning didn't see any traces of fighting on the ground. A prerequisite for viral infection is exposure to the virus outdoors, and underground is a safe area.
After the communication was cut off, everyone started researching under the leadership of the director through the shared information they had received from other research institutes. During this period, two suicide squads were organized to go to the ground to retrieve things. The director himself also set an example, so there was not much conflict. After the emergence of superpowers, the research direction immediately included the connection between viruses and superpowers... This process did not take a few days.
Everything was going on in an orderly manner, but suddenly one day, two groups of members started fighting with each other. They fought to a bloody head, but the reason they said was an academic dispute. Most people didn't understand, so the director called the leading people over and asked them individually. Then the director called more and more people over, including many key researchers including the old professor who was locked up this time. Then there was a vote, and those who were willing to leave the institute and go to the surface were separated from those who stayed here. All the people here chose the latter, and when they woke up, they were already locked in that room. Even the door was welded shut. There were no tools to break the door. The quality of the iron door of the institute was... It caused them a lot of injuries.
"So you don't know what happened to the director at that time?" Lu Ning asked.
"Well... the director found about twenty people to talk to at that time, and our status is not that high..."
"He's crazy!"
The old professor suddenly shouted, and at this time he was helped out of the cave.
"Professor, please slow down and explain in detail. The communication is not smooth now. All of us need to know what is going on. The data in the institute must also be recovered."
The old professor sighed: "He said that he discovered the secret of superpowers and also knew the connection between superpowers and viruses. He believed that we do not need to think at all to treat viruses and end the apocalypse, because this is the development of the world, and those who It’s not a ‘virus’, it’s the world as it is… like this.”
After hearing these words, everyone was in an uproar.
"To be honest, I was a little confused at the time, but I don't know why I felt that what he said was indeed right. It's just that after I came out, I was so busy with research that I quickly forgot about it." The old professor beat his chest, "How do I know that he really entered by mistake? We're on the wrong track. We are researchers. If we don't study anything carefully, we believe in those magical things. I don't know who instilled them in him..."
"Did he mention what he was going to do after he got out?" Lu Ning asked.
"He said he wanted to return to the earth to let people know the truth about superpowers and let people truly understand themselves clearly," the old professor said.
"Do all these people believe in the director?"
The old professor was stunned for a moment, but was speechless.
The director - he was also out, so he should have his own superpowers, and the temptation that the old professor felt at that time was probably the effect of his superpowers.
"How many days has it been?" Lu Ning asked immediately.
"Two days..."
Two days, so there is basically no way to catch up now.
"Please report this matter to the base commander when you return to the base. The most important thing now is to bring everyone and the information back to the base. This is also my mission this time." Lu Ning took out the piece of paper in his pocket and wrote " He split the stone with the character "human" in it with a sword and notified the people outside. Then he led everyone to check out the remaining information in the research institute.
The authority of the old professor was still retained. Fortunately, the director, probably because he really believed his rhetoric, basically discarded the researched information and left it all in the database.
