After chatting with Miss Yan, Lu Ning also took a closer look at the current situation of the Yanzhao base. To her surprise, compared with the base that Zhao Xihua told her about before, the management situation here is significantly better. Much better. In addition to Miss Yan, there are two other people in the Yan family who are very good at management, and their cooperation with each other is almost seamless. Among the Zhao family, the sudden rise of Cen Gaifei has almost taken over most of the responsibilities assigned by the Zhao family. He is extremely powerful both in terms of personal abilities and super powers. Although this place is now called the Yanzhao Group, when people mention the Zhao family, The first person who comes to mind is Cen Gaifei.
To be honest, Lu Ning was very happy to see this situation.
"Lu Ning, do you want to continue to be a wanderer?"
Qi Leyin asked her when she returned to the market.
"Yes."
"But it's very difficult to wander alone outside, right? Some of the homeless people I've seen are all in groups. You may disappear without knowing when, and no one will even know about your death. When I think of it, This feels very scary. Those monsters outside... I will never have the courage to face them."
"So I also think that the current life is very suitable for you." Lu Ning said.
Qi Leyin smiled bitterly.
"No need to show this expression, it's just that everyone has something that everyone is good at."
The two returned to their stalls. At this time, there was a person standing in front of the stalls. Qi Leyin walked over slightly surprised: "Mr. Cen?"
This person is Cen Gaifei. Lu Ning had met him once at a job fair, but at that time her attention was basically on Zhao Xihua, and she didn't pay much attention to this person.
Cen Gaifei's appearance looks to be around thirty years old, which is too young for his status. He is the kind of serious person who looks unsmiling. He is now wearing a neat combat uniform with several different weapons on it. He turned around and looked at Qi Leyin, then looked at Lu Ning again, and then said: "Qi Leyin, I am here to ask for help. Your registration ability can make things dissolve in water, right?"
"Yes...yes." Qi Leyin was a little nervous.
Cen Gaifei nodded and took out a fist-sized black stone from his pocket. Lu Ning noticed that he was wearing a pair of thick gloves on his hands.
"Can you control the dissolution speed? I need to slowly dissolve this stone in a transparent container so that I can observe it."
"Uh... okay." Qi Leyin awkwardly opened the door lock, "I have to prepare water and containers..."
"No need, my people are ready, as long as you use your ability."
Then, Cen Gaifei glanced at Lu Ning.
"Then it's business that matters. You should finish your work first." After Lu Ning said to Qi Leyin, she turned and left.
She walked around the outer circle of the market, and soon returned to Qi Leyin's store after becoming invisible. She walked in without closing the door.
At this time, two people also wearing combat uniforms prepared a fish tank and a bucket of water. Cen Gaifei gently placed the stone at the bottom of the fish tank. Qi Leyin flicked the bucket with her fingers and said, "Pour a little in first and see how it goes."
The two men lifted the bucket and poured some water into the fish tank just enough to cover the stones. Qi Leyin's ability took effect very quickly. The stone began to emit some black threads visibly to the naked eye, and the water began to quickly become turbid.
"This speed is just right." Cen Gaifei said, "Pay attention to safety and continue to add water."
Lu Ning squinted her eyes and carefully watched the changes in the rocks in the fish tank. As more water went inside, those black thread-like objects also floated in the water, floating in and out of the water like a net. When the water was about 70% full, Cen Gaifei raised his hand to order them to stop, and then began to scoop the turbid water out of the fish tank.
The stone and the black web scattered on it remained inside. After this round, the volume of the stone was reduced by about one-fifth. A person puts the sewage into a bucket, seals it, and then continues to pour water into it.
"Um...Mr. Cen, this stone..."
"We dug something out of the body of an individual with a very strong virus mutation. This is the first time that this special tissue has been found in the bodies of these monsters. I hope to study it carefully."
"Is the team okay?" Qi Leyin asked in surprise.
"Two are injured, my team is strong enough. Thank you, Miss Qi, for your concern." Cen Gaifei nodded to Qi Leyin, then raised his hand again, "Slow down and control the dissolution speed."
Lu Ning could see that the net floating in the water had begun to move independently. Qi Leyin's super power cannot dissolve living things. She still remembers this. Since Qi Leyin didn't know what stones were before, he would not intentionally distinguish these webs. They should undoubtedly be living things.
In this way, Cen Gaifei slowly melted the stone into a black net floating in the water through water dissolution. After he drained out all the sewage inside for the last time, he stretched out his gloved hand to fish out the black net, and squeezed it with his hand. The strange thing was that there was no water squeezed out from it, at least. The surface of the black net has no function of retaining water.
"Bring your things with you, let's go to the analysis office." Cen Gaifei took out a small glass bottle and stuffed the black net into it, stuffed it carefully, then thanked Qi Leyin again, and led the two of them to move out all the buckets, fish tanks and other things. shop. Qi Leyin waited until they were all gone before he let out a sigh of relief.
Lu Ning followed Cen Gaifei to the analysis office. She also wanted to know what the black network turned into by this stone was. Virus creatures are all monsters, and this stone-formed thing may be the center of the virus creature. At least the mesh shape is somewhat similar to the red mesh in Ruby Snow.
Her tracking was not discovered. After entering the analysis institute, Cen Gaifei immediately visited several more professional researchers and showed them both the water and the net.
These people obviously had some experience in studying doomsday viruses. They immediately took samples from the water and began to analyze the components inside. The black net was also placed in a special sample storage cabinet. A survey of the water quality soon yielded results.
"Most of the dead cells and tissues are filled with this kind of dirt. From preliminary inspection, it can be concluded that this is probably the last remaining biological structure on earth left by alienated people."
"What do you mean?" Cen Gaifei asked.
"For all the virus organisms we collected before, their bodies were replaced by a biological form that was different from the cell structure. After all, it is unnatural for humans who were originally only two meters under to suddenly grow into huge monsters. The basic characteristics of these organisms We haven't been able to separate the units yet, but what you provided today can show that the original human tissue was probably eaten, and the rest became some waste materials in the body."
"so……"
"This water has no value. It is almost the same as urine. Next we have to focus on studying that mass. It does seem to have some biological activity. We may be able to find out the secrets related to the virus. Captain Cen , this will take a lot of time." The researcher told him.
"I understand. Once the results are available, report to me as soon as possible." Cen Gaifei said.
"certainly."
After Cen Gaifei left, Lu Ning stayed here and continued to study the dark web. The researchers gave it a number, each put on protective clothing, and after disinfecting and cleaning the entire room, they began their research work.
But...are all these methods really effective? It may be an effective way to isolate the harm of some ordinary viruses, but if the dark web is really the core secret of those viruses, Lu Ning does not think that this kind of protection can completely isolate the lethality of the virus.
However, the research lasted for about an hour, and no harmful incidents occurred. The researchers carefully separated a small part from the dark web and began to analyze and detect activity. The atmosphere was often quiet, and the team seemed very professional.
Towards the evening, someone finally shouted: "There's something wrong with this! The separation is over!"
"What's wrong?"
"It shows the structure of a nerve cell. Of course, it is not a cell structure itself. If you continue to dissect it, you will find the inside... the inside..."
"What happened inside?"
"It's hard to describe, because I didn't actually see anything."
As soon as he said this, everyone else came over.
"It's strange, this is impossible."
"Even if it is not a recognized biological structure on earth, it should at least have a structure, right?"
"Blank? It's impossible for any material to be blank. This is unscientific..."
"Maybe there are smaller parts? Can we find particle-like structures like molecules and atoms?"
"We don't have such sophisticated instruments in our biological laboratory."
As soon as the discussion started, this group of people started talking about it. There was nothing they could do about it. The scientific researchers could only continue the experiment in this way when faced with a life form that they had never seen before.
"It has transformed the human life form. But it does not have a life form itself."
Finally, a more prestigious researcher said: "Let's write the report based on this for now. We still need more research time. Can such a life...can it be called life?"
Lu Ning watched them summarize the results, but quietly left the analysis office before the report came out.
Human research is slowly getting closer to the truth, but getting closer to the truth does not mean it is a good thing.
The next day, another shocking news spread around the base.
Someone has openly raised the banner of "Beyond Believers" and begun to promote a mysterious faith sect. I don't know what method this organization used, but it was actually able to communicate over long distances, and many people in the base seemed to be secret believers. When they received the message, they immediately led a large number of people to start a rebellion.
Fortunately, there were no traitors in the force suppression team led by Cen Gaifei and the Yan family. Although there was a riot of about a hundred people in the base, it was quickly suppressed. Most of them were killed and captured, except for five. Six people escaped.
Lu Ning, as someone who was still in the base, casually helped to suppress it and captured one of the members with his own hands. The distortion that appeared from this person was something she was very familiar with. She had been exposed to this kind of thing several times when she was doing the initial Distortion Point mission.
"We have not changed because we have known it for a long time! The ignorant will be punished by heaven, but we will be favored by heaven! We still exist to enlighten the world! If you follow us to respect the gods at this moment, even if we only get one two……"
boom.
Lu Ning knocked the guy unconscious with his scabbard.
In troubled times, there must be cults, and there must be stupid people who believe in them because the current situation is terrible. In Lu Ning's opinion, every one of these guys who took advantage of the chaos to deceive people should die.
But in the base, she stopped killing people randomly. Living people were always more valuable. Because of this credit, Lu Ning was also able to know the results of the interrogation of this group of people in advance.
The believers have regrouped and found a "spiritual pillar", which in their words means "our God is finally willing to favor this world."
The crazy ravings of this group of people are actually not easy for ordinary people to resist. At least the interrogators changed several times. In the end, Cen Gaifei came to interrogate several major figures in person and finally managed to sort out the confessions. According to them, believers have found their faith and spread it across the land. What they had been unable to accomplish before was beginning to revive with the support of the so-called gods.
After several times of questioning and inducement, Cen Gaifei finally got some clues.
"The god dwells high in the tower that points to the sky, keeping the world under his gaze."
Miss Yan handed a compiled document to Lu Ning.
"how?"
"Every Ranger team will get a copy. This sudden rise of some kind of believer should cause some turmoil, and all major bases will inevitably have to deal with this matter first. And you Rangers will probably encounter it outside in the future. Similar groups of people must pay close attention to anti-cults in the doomsday period, otherwise they will really become a force in the future, and the major bases may be in danger."
"Well...but I don't need to worry about this alone, right?"
"The other one is our commission. Lu Ning, you are a capable person, so we hope that you can conduct some investigations on the gods mentioned by those believers. If you get enough information, we will also pay corresponding rewards. .”
"Understood." Lu Ning took the information, "I'm actually quite interested and will definitely investigate."
But the results of the investigation may not necessarily be disclosed here. Yanzhao Group is a business group, and of course we can see the hidden interests in it. It is a "god". If it is true, Lu Ning does not believe that ambitious people would not want to take a piece of the pie.
After a little preparation, she left the base. As for the "god" to be investigated, she probably knew it in her heart - A001 Silent Pagoda.
