In the early morning of the next day, four military robots walked into the tent.
Put hoods on the two people who were still sleeping.
The two were awakened, their arms and legs flailing wildly.
"Now transfer the two of you. During this period, you will not be able to see anything until you reach your destination."
The robot's words reached their ears.
I don't know what kind of material this hood is made of, and no light can penetrate it, making it pitch black.
Under the guidance of the robot, the two stumbled for a while.
Until I heard the sound of a huge propeller coming from directly ahead.
"Looks like we're about to get on the plane."
Zhao Yue thought secretly in his heart.
Stepping onto a steel plate, under the guidance and control of the robot, the two sat on a soft seat and were tied up.
There were constant sounds of moving footsteps all around.
Zhao Yuexin also became nervous.
The two of them were speechless.
After feeling a shaking, Zhao Yue understood that the plane had taken off.
I don’t know how long the flight lasted, but Zhao Yue was woken up from his sleep.
There was another series of footsteps, and Zhao and Yue were escorted out of the plane and onto a truck.
The only sound in my ears was the roar of the truck's engine.
After what felt like a long time, the two finally entered a room.
The moment the hood was taken off, Zhao Yue subconsciously blocked his eyes with his hands due to the sudden dazzling light.
"Name, Zhao Yue."
"I just graduated from college and have been living in G city with my parents."
"Father, Zhao Yixiong."
"Document records show that this person was accused of corruption and bribery at his job, and was later transferred from his job to work for an Internet company for ten years."
"Mother, Wang Wen."
"A nurse in G City People's Hospital has been working for nearly 20 years."
"Records show that this person once had the authority to enter Research Institute No. 3 and entered Research Institute No. 3 many times."
"According to the latest documents submitted by Research Institute No. 3, Wang Wen was present on the day blue test agent No. 182 was lost, but subsequent records show that the suspicion has been ruled out."
…
A series of mechanical sounds came from the corner of the room.
Zhao Yue waited for a few minutes, finally managed to adapt to the intensity of the light, and opened his eyes.
The first thing that catches the eye is a holographic projection.
He is a middle-aged man, his face is covered with fine wrinkles, his hair has begun to become sparse, but he still maintains a neat hairstyle. His eyes are deep and energetic, and he is dressed in military uniform, neat and serious.
"My code name is Xiong Shi, a colonel."
The man's voice was deep.
"You are in a special situation. As an infected person, you still maintain the same sanity as normal people."
The man continued.
Zhao Yue expected this, but Zhao Yue remained silent and did not speak.
"On the day when the infection broke out in G City, the names of your mother Wang Wen and your father Zhao Yixiong were on the list of people leaving G City."
The man had deep eyes and a serious face, staring at Zhao Yue and speaking slowly.
Zhao Yue's breath shortened and he quickly asked: "Where have they gone?"
"you do not know?"
Colonel Xiongshi asked.
"I have no idea."
Zhao Yue shook his head.
Colonel Xiong Shi glanced at the polygraph equipment, which showed that everything was normal.
"Since leaving G City, their whereabouts have been deliberately hidden. We don't know where your parents are in a short period of time."
Colonel Xiongshi said, frowning slightly, and the wrinkles on his face became more obvious.
Zhao Yue frowned and thought in his mind, but he had no clue.
"We suspect that the loss of blue test agent No. 182 in Research Institute No. 3 was related to your mother."
Colonel Xiongshi's eyes narrowed, and a strong intimidation burst out from him.
"My mother is just a hospital nurse."
Zhao Yue tried to keep his tone as calm as possible.
"The location of Research Institute No. 3 is exactly in the hospital where your mother works."
Colonel Xiongshi’s voice was low.
"According to the latest report, blue test drug No. 182, tested on infected people, has a certain probability of keeping awake, which is consistent with your current situation."
Zhao Yue was stunned. In that moment, he thought of many things.
However, I still have no impression of this potion.
It is very possible that the mother did take away the blue test potion No. 182.
And he also took it to himself, otherwise he would not be able to explain his current situation.
"But I really don't know."
Zhao Yue shook his head, his eyes confused.
Seeing that the polygraph equipment still didn't respond, Colonel Xiong Shi had a look of disappointment on his face, but it was quickly covered up.
"You two are in a special situation. The government needs you to stay at the military base temporarily and cooperate with the experiment."
Colonel Xiongshi said in turn.
"What experiment?"
Zhao Yue asked quickly.
However, the holographic projection flashed and the picture disappeared into the air.
This is a room made of steel. There is a small glass door and a small opening on the iron door. It seems that it should be used to deliver meals.
There is an iron frame bed in the room, and the bed has been covered with quilts.
Next to the iron frame bed is a separate bathroom with a toilet and sink, which can be used for bathing and going to the toilet.
Basic daily necessities such as towels and toothbrushes are also prepared on the sink.
It can fully meet a person's basic needs.
The phone has been taken away.
Fang Tong's situation should be similar to his, but he didn't know which room he was locked in.
Zhao Yue finished familiarizing himself with the room and didn't know what to do for a while.
The feeling of being under house arrest is really unpleasant.
After being imprisoned for several days, suddenly one day, Zhao Yue's door was opened.
An alloy robot came in and put handcuffs on Zhao Yue.
After receiving verbal signals from the other party, Zhao Yue was escorted out of the room.
Zhao Yue had never seen the world outside the door, so he could only follow the robot.
I didn’t meet a single human being on the way, all robots were busy.
Looking down from a high-altitude corridor, countless vehicles were coming in and out, and various boxes were being carried into the base.
We walked for about twenty minutes.
The robot stopped in front of a glass door.
Zhao Yue glanced at the door sign next to him, which read - Institute of Nuclear Variation.
An eye-like device next to the door suddenly emitted a red light and began scanning the robot's whole body.
"Verification passed."
A mechanical voice sounded.
The glass door slowly opened.
Go in through the door.
Zhao Yue saw a variety of equipment that looked like medical equipment.
There are also many bottles, jars, and huge glass containers storing liquids of various colors.
There are about a dozen people here, all wearing metallic clothing. They look very thick and airtight, and they wrap themselves tightly.
At this time, a man who was fully clothed walked over.
He wears glass glasses and a work ID card with blue edges and white background hanging on his chest.
"Zhao Yue, right?"
The man made a sound. It was a man.
Zhao Yue nodded, feeling nervous.
"I am the No. 3 employee of this institute. Don't be afraid. We are mainly here to treat your infection symptoms."
Employee No. 3 saw Zhao Yue's stiffness and said gently.
"Really?"
Zhao Yue's eyes lit up and he asked happily.
Of course he didn't believe what this person said, but he was now under the control of others. A guinea pig would be a guinea pig. He had already expected it.
"Of course it's true. There was a person here before who was in the same situation as you. His name is Fang Tong. You may know him."
Employee No. 3 continued.
"That's my friend, how is he now?"
Zhao Yue asked with concern.
"The treatment situation is not ideal."
Employee No. 3 shook his head and sighed.
“But it’s an improvement over before.”
Employee No. 3 added.
Zhao Yue nodded and said nothing.
"I'll do a physical examination with you first."
Employee No. 3 pointed to an equipment warehouse.
"Stand inside and we'll do a basic check on your whole body. Don't worry, it's safe."
Zhao Yue looked over. The equipment warehouse looked like a large capsule. It was silver-white in appearance. The door opened from the middle to both sides. There were red cushions inside, allowing a person to sit on it.
Under the guidance of employee No. 3, Zhao Yue entered the equipment warehouse.
As the sound of air pressure releasing sounded, the warehouse door was slowly closed.
Two seconds after the warehouse door closed, Zhao Yue saw a red light pouring down from the top of his head and covering his whole body.
"The test has begun, please keep your body relaxed."
A mechanical sound sounded.
A rapid electric current suddenly spread from the soles of his feet throughout his body. Zhao Yue suddenly felt his body go numb. Then a needle came out from the side and was inserted into Zhao Yue's right arm. The needle was very small and there was no special pain.
Blood flows from the arm into the needle.
After taking only a few milliliters of blood, the needle retracted and was hidden.
Outside the warehouse door, several researchers wrapped in metallic work clothes were staring intently at the screen in front of them.
"Blood cell analysis and testing show that most cells have been damaged and mutated to varying degrees. Some mutated cells have become aggressive and continue to engulf other normal cells. This is similar to previous blood samples from infected people."
A researcher with a work badge that read Deng Dehua and a slightly older voice analyzed slowly.
"The whole body scan shows that the parts below the head have begun to mutate. If this rate continues, infected person No. 2 will die in three months."
"This is different from Infectious Body No. 1. Although the cells of Infectious Body No. 1 began to mutate, the overall mutation trend did not tend to self-destruct."
The other researchers nodded and began to share their opinions.
"However, the cells in the brains of Infectious Agents No. 1 and No. 2 are both highly resistant and rarely mutate. This is a common point and the main reason why the two infected agents have remained sane and awake so far."
"The conditions of the two are somewhat similar to the symptoms of Experimental Agent No. 182 studied by Research Institute No. 3. However, according to the report of Research Institute No. 3, Agent No. 182 is not persistent. Most of the infected persons who have been injected with Experimental Agent No. 182 are only I regained my sanity for about 1 minute, which is contrary to the situation of infected bodies No. 1 and No. 2, and is also the main reason why Potion No. 182 was marked as a failed potion."
After listening to everyone's explanations, researcher Deng Dehua shook hands, then let go, repeated several times. This was his habit when thinking.
Suddenly, Deng Dehua seemed to have thought of something and awakened the super-brain artificial intelligence.
"Wangwang, help me retrieve all the information about the test of No. 182 Agent from Research Institute No. 3."
"OK."
A magnetic male voice sounded in front of the screen.
Soon, documents about the test of Agent 182 were displayed on the screen.
With the help of super-brain artificial intelligence lookout.
Everyone quickly found a common ground.
"Their trials are all targeting people who are already infected."
One researcher delivers the key message.
"right!"
Deng Dehua's expression suddenly became excited.
"According to the intelligence provided by the military, although there is no evidence that the No. 182 drug was taken by two people, we can boldly assume that a bottle of the missing bottle of No. 182 drug was taken by these two people. When the two people were infected, they were still stay awake."
"But isn't this assumption too outrageous?"
A researcher said, but was immediately interrupted by Deng Dehua, who began to explain: "The mother of infected person No. 2 once worked in Research Institute No. 3, and when Potion No. 182 was lost, she was considered a suspect, although she was eventually cleared. Clear suspicion."
With this explanation, the researchers around him began to understand.
"If Agent 182 needs to be taken before infection and can keep you awake and sane after infection, then for all our research institutes, this will be a major breakthrough after decades of work."
Deng Dehua was emotional.
"And following this idea, based on improvements based on Agent 182, it may even be possible to develop a agent that can completely combat nuclear mutations."
"This has a huge impact on the country, no, on the entire human race, and all the employees of our institute will also be famous in history!"
At this moment, everyone's emotions were also lifted.
"Now we only need to re-develop a copy of Potion No. 182 and find a volunteer who takes the initiative to take the potion and then be infected to verify the correctness of the idea."
said one researcher.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Wangwang, send us the details of Potion No. 182."
Deng Dehua once again evoked the super-brain artificial intelligence lookout.
"Okay, lookout is handling it."
AI replies.
With this incident, Zhao Yue as the No. 2 infected person is not the primary concern.
He hurriedly ended the examination of Zhao Yue and asked the robot to take Zhao Yue back to the room.
A group of researchers began to recreate Potion No. 182 with great interest.
Zhao Yue was in the equipment warehouse and could not hear their conversation.
I just felt like I was asked to be taken away shortly after the inspection.
This also made Zhao Yue breathe a sigh of relief.
When returning to the room, Zhao Yue suddenly saw a figure from behind who looked very familiar, but for a moment he did not remember who the figure was.
I can only give up the memories.
The speed of the research institute was very fast. With everyone in a high mood, it took a group of people 6 hours to reproduce Potion No. 182.
In fact, with the existing pharmaceutical information, it won’t take that long.
But in order to be more accurate and strict, everyone checked the potion again and again, discussed and improved some areas, and kept remaking it until everyone was satisfied, and six hours had passed.
"Bring Experimental Subject No. 3 in."
Deng Dehua faced the computer and gave voice commands.
As the glass door opened, two robots escorted a man in.
The man was tall and strong, with broad shoulders and strong muscles. He was also the man Zhao Yue saw from behind.
If Zhao Yue were to see the man's face, Zhao Yue would definitely think of his name immediately, Zhang Zhihao.
Zhang Zhihao's face was full of doubts at this time.
After being caught by a military robot, he was locked up in a tent and isolated.
He was suddenly brought here recently and was only told to undergo isolation treatment. He didn't know the details.
Looking at a group of people in metallic overalls.
"Are they doctors?"
Zhang Zhihao thought to himself.
A person stood out from the group and asked Zhang Zhihao to lie on the stretcher, saying that he was 65% infected and needed to be injected with medicine, otherwise he would become an infected person.
Zhang Zhihao seemed to understand, so he did as he said.
As soon as he lay on the bed, several robots came up and tied Zhang Zhihao up with ropes made of special materials.
Zhang Zhihao didn't resist. After all, this is normal in a hospital, he thought to himself.
Then he saw a researcher holding a metal syringe in his hand. Looking from the outside, he could still see the blue medicine inside.
Following the injection, Zhang Zhihao's head began to feel dizzy, and he fell asleep in a daze.
"The injection of drug No. 182 has been completed, and the physical characteristics appear to be normal."
A researcher spoke.
"Prepare to be taken into the nuclear radiation warehouse for infection testing."
As the order was issued, several robots came up and carried the stretcher and Zhang Zhihao into a room with red warning signs and all metal partitions.
"Infection trial begins."
The room lights flickered and it was silent, but the hearts of all the researchers were lifted.
An hour later, through surveillance, everyone saw that Zhang Zhihao's body began to be covered with red spots.
And the number next to it means that Zhang Zhihao’s infection level has reached 100%.
"The target is still unconscious. Do you want to wake up?"
A magnetic male voice sounded.
"wake."
Deng Dehua issued the order.
In the room, harsh music began to play.
"Experiment No. 3's body begins to react."
said one researcher.
"Experimental Subject No. 3 has awakened."
"Where is this?"
Zhang Zhihao was awakened by the harsh music. He looked at the metal room around him with a confused expression.
There was an indescribable pain in my head, as if I was being pricked by needles.
He recalled his previous memories.
"I...I'm not in the hospital? Why am I here?"
Zhang Zhihao wanted to stand up, but found that he was tied to the stretcher and unable to move.
"Experimental Subject No. 3, be rational and awake!"
Deng Dehua clenched his hands and declared loudly.
For a moment, all the researchers present suddenly cheered.
Looking excited, they had succeeded, albeit only a small step.
"Now, I declare that these infected people are codenamed Awake!"
"They are an important step in human history! They are also a big step towards the success of our institute!"
Deng Dehua declared loudly.
