Chapter 168 Loyalty Test

Su Wanqing looked at the watch. The room was quiet except for the breathing sounds of the storage devices.

She split the recording into pieces and encrypted it, then casually flipped through a new set of data.

Soon, she put a specially marked fake research data in a transparent bag, covered it with a new file label, and placed it in the most conspicuous corner of Lu Zhao's work area.

She didn't say anything, just raised her hand and opened the main control background, turning on all the surveillance, access control chips and read and write records in the experimental area.

Lu Zhao was checking the report when he found an extra document on the table. "Wanqing, what is this?"

Su Wanqing pretended not to notice and said, "This is the virus comparison spectrum data that I just intercepted. I'm too busy to handle it. You can take a look at it first. I'll adjust it later."

Lu Zhao nodded and pushed the document aside. He did what he always did, flipping through the pages one by one, and there was nothing unusual about his appearance.

Su Wanqing assigned Lin Che a new task. "Lin Che, you should pay more attention to your shift tonight. Especially monitor the access control and who has touched this file. It's best to remember the details."

Lin Che threw his coat aside and responded softly, "I'll keep an eye on it. I'll write down every move, don't worry."

He sat down next to the main control desk, took out his little notebook, and typed in the personnel comings and goings, access card swiping, and equipment operation time one by one.

He tapped the buttons with his fingertips, switching all the videos, and all the unnecessary movements were thrown into the log.

Lin Che's night personality took over at this moment. He had a tricky angle and was almost sure of everyone's movements.

At night, Xiao Ran prepared to provide another round of security. He walked around the corridor from the storage room to the main laboratory, picked out several anomalies and checked them one by one, and asked Su Wanqing at the communication station whether he needed to change shifts.

Su Wanqing shook her head. "Just patrol it. Today the focus is on the in and out trajectories and data contact."

"Okay." Xiao Ran raised the alarm module's power level by one level before leaving, and tapped the communicator on his waist as he went out.

Time passed by. Lu Zhao stood up several times and walked back and forth between the work area and the medical cubicle where the girl was. When recording data, he occasionally walked over to the fake data to check it, but did not take it away.

He even dropped a glove, and when he came back he held it in his palm and took it away.

After most of the day, Su Wanqing looked through the surveillance footage and discovered that only Lu Zhao and Lin Che had moved the table themselves.

During the night shift, Lin Che and Lu Zhao each had something to do, so they carefully put the documents in a corner and no one took them away.

Late at night, Doctor Zheng came over with a medicine box and said to Su Wanqing, "The girl's temperature is fluctuating again. Let me check it out."

Su Wanqing nodded and stepped aside to let him into the medical area. Lin Che pretended to organize the medicine cabinet, but his eyes did not leave Dr. Zheng.

Dr. Zheng wore a disposable isolation suit and gloves and moved very skillfully.

He watched the girl quietly by her bed for five minutes, took her new temperature, checked her blood pressure, then took out his own scanner and connected it to the instrument with a data cable.

The scanner's tail pin was inserted into the port for that special data.

Lin Che lowered his eyes, picked up the notebook, and wrote down one entry: 01:29, Doctor Zheng, DNA scanner connected to the external memory port, stayed for 48 seconds, and the experimental terminal screen lit up with a new code stream.

Lin Che switched to the main control video and made an additional backup of that footage.

Doctor Zheng put away the equipment and changed the girl's medicine, muttering quietly, "The body temperature may fluctuate again in the second half of the night, so be prepared to deal with it at any time."

He was quiet and cleaned up quickly. After coming out of the experimental area, he threw his gloves into the medical waste bin. When he left, he carried the medicine box with a small black square box on his back.

As the morning approached, Su Wanqing checked the access control and surveillance for the night and met with Lin Che and Xiao Ran.

"That was the fake data from last night," Su Wanqing located the surveillance video. "Only Dr. Zheng used his equipment to scan and copy a copy while examining the girl. He also took out the external storage device."

Lin Che threw his own log over. "Ye asked me to relay it. He found that Dr. Zheng checked the local area network many times, and the copy time matched the surveillance. The time he came in and went out was all aligned."

Xiao Ran didn't say much, and clenched his fists slightly, "Want to do it?"

Su Wanqing scanned all the data and nodded, "Let's ask him to 'recheck' the girl's data now."

Xiao Ran didn't hesitate. He walked step by step to the laboratory corridor, blocking Dr. Zheng's way back, "Zheng, there is a test for you to take a look at."

Doctor Zheng was stunned. "What test? I just checked it last night—"

"That's it." Xiao Ran lowered his head, held Dr. Zheng's arm with his right hand, and quickly took out an unregistered small communicator and a memory card the size of a fingernail from his white coat.

The communicator casing was military standard, but the memory card had a code specific to the rebels.

Dr. Zheng uttered a brief resistance, but was held down by Xiao Ran and quickly fastened to the fixed post on the side of the bed.

He wanted to struggle, but was restrained and dared not move.

Su Wanqing stood at the door, holding the data pad in her hand. She put the communicator and memory card into a sealed bag and stuffed it directly into the file box.

Lu Zhao rushed to the scene and saw the detained Dr. Zheng. He asked, "Is he a spy? How did he confess?"

"Check it yourself. All the things have been collected." Xiao Ran threw down a sentence.

Lu Zhao disassembled the communicator and found two layers of special chips inside.

One end is connected to the military frequency band, and the other end can directly send rebel key requests.

He gritted his teeth and said, "The equipment can be used on both sides. This guy can monitor us and send us intelligence."

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Doctor Zheng opened and closed his lips slightly, and hummed softly, "I am only following orders. Who among you dares to say that you are absolutely clean? If you really want to investigate, investigate thoroughly."

Lin Che sneered and stood by the door looking at Doctor Zheng, "How long have you been here? Do you have all the team's information?"

Doctor Zheng held his forehead against his chest and said only one sentence: "I have been here for four days, and someone has been watching your every step."

Xiao Ran suddenly reached out and pressed Dr. Zheng's shoulder, breaking the communicator into even more pieces.

"Previous blood sample photos, parameters - all stored in this encrypted card. It was connected to the external communication line yesterday."

Su Wanqing didn't answer and put the equipment directly into the incinerator.

She said to Lin Che, “Everyone seal off the compartments, increase patrols in the internal passages, and record everything for the file later.”

For a moment, the only sound outside the house was the low hum of instruments, and the shift for the new day changed quickly.

In the monitoring area, Ye was still secretly intercepting the monitoring data to ensure that no one could access the external information network.

That afternoon, the girl with the childish voice suddenly had a low fever. She opened her eyes, glanced at Su Wanqing, and said in a weak but clear voice, "Teacher, I had a dream."

Su Wanqing walked to the bed and handed the cup to her, "What did you dream about?"

The girl scratched her fingers. "I saw an uncle in white clothes. He said he wanted to take my star away. He was very anxious, afraid that others would find out. Then the room suddenly became dark, but my star was back."

Su Wanqing gently pressed the back of her hand and asked softly, "Did he take anything?"

The girl shook her head. "No. When he came in, I felt cold inside. Then he left, and I felt warm again."

Lu Zhao stood in front of the data sheet after waking up from his dream and looked at it for a long time. He opened the record of nighttime physical signs and wrote a line of words: "The content of special elements in the body has naturally recovered to the safe limit since early morning, and the element cycle coincides with the fluctuation of the previous night."

He thought for a moment and added: "The girl seems to be self-regulating and actively recovering after a specific stimulation."

Lin Che flipped through the girl's temperature sheet, comparing the hourly data. "The biggest fluctuation last night was when Doctor Zheng entered the cubicle."

After checking the child's wound, Su Wanqing said calmly, "So, the 'star' was being watched, but it couldn't be stolen."

The girl pinched the corner of the bed, a little shy, "The stars have been on me. I dreamed that someone wanted to snatch them, but I covered them."

After Xiao Ran sorted out his weapons, he glanced at the dark sky and classified all the records into the storage area.

He took a last look at the detained Dr. Zheng and silently reinforced the explosion-proof door with another layer.

No one in the room discussed loyalty anymore. Su Wanqing packed up the files and locked all the communication ports, leaving only the most basic links for Lu Zhao to debug.