Chapter 161 Top Secret

"Wait a little longer..."

"What's going on? Why haven't you replied yet?"

"Is this the first time you haven't replied in so long? In the past, you would reply the next day at most."

“Maybe trains can’t help with the vaccine thing?”

"You don't think we're asking for too much, do you?"

"That shouldn't be the case. The letter we sent said it was a deal. We can discuss anything the train wants. You wouldn't even give us a chance to talk, would you?"

"Wait a little longer..."

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Jiang Qian didn't understand the anxiety of the team members. She and the system searched through the vast amount of information for a long time but didn't find any useful information.

Fortunately, the interstellar application that was previously submitted to the system responded and agreed to give them a copy of the information of the seven vaccines, but repeatedly asked them to keep it confidential.

Afraid that Jiang Qian didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, the system explained.

[Because this is top-secret information, it has always been kept in paper form in the archives. There are no backups. If you can get a copy, it is an exception.]

Jiang Qian recalled the system's previous report about another interstellar crisis involving Life No. 7. She knew the importance of this information, but she was also afraid that its leakage would cause irreversible consequences.

"I understand that once this information is distributed, we must also remind the research institutes that receive it to keep it safe."

…

The very next day after they made the promise, Jiang Qian received a copy of the vaccine information.

Although the information was placed in the safe she had applied for in advance, she did not see the contents. But thinking of the effect these materials would have, Jiang Qian touched the box in her hand and did not feel sorry for not being able to see them.

This box uses fingerprint and iris biometrics, which isn't very advanced, but the first three people who entered their information must be present to open it. If any of these steps go wrong, the information inside will be automatically destroyed.

After hearing this, Jiang Qian gave up the idea of ​​opening the box in her arms to take a look. It felt like she was holding a hot potato.

"Then quickly deliver the box to them! And explain these precautions to them as well."

【good. 】

Almost the next second after the answer, the silver box disappeared. The next second, it appeared in the ticket booth at Jingmingshan Station.

The guard on duty 24 hours a day saw a box suddenly appear in front of him. Thinking of the members of the train working group who would come to the station from time to time to question them in the past few days, and who seemed eager to take their place here, the guard on duty did not delay and reported the news immediately.

Less than twenty minutes later, someone came running down the mountain and carefully and cautiously carried the box back.

But after taking it back and seeing the instructions on the box, the working group members did not dare to open it and could only continue to report to their superiors.

That night, the train affairs working group sent someone to secretly deliver the box to Beijing.

The next day at noon, the box was delivered to the National Rescue Command Center. After discussion, it was sent to the Capital Epidemic Prevention Institute.

The old director who was assigned to hold the key to open the box, along with two other key researchers, entered the information and opened the box under the supervision and witness of two security custodians sent by the rescue center.

For the sake of data security, although they have the "keys", they cannot take the data out of the room where the safe is kept. All actions, including reading the data, must be completed under the supervision of the custodian and all-round monitoring.

But even with so many restrictions, when the old director and the two researchers saw the contents of the box, they all looked happy.

"That's it! This proves that our current research direction is correct!"

“Although some of the research contents overlap, five of them contain content that we have not yet researched.”

"The content of this information may actually be feasible!"

Before coming, they had some concerns about the authenticity and feasibility of the information provided by the train, but after seeing the actual information, they no longer had any concerns.

The younger researchers even jumped up excitedly when they thought about their current experiments. "Great! This data will really save us a lot of time. Maybe our current research can proceed even faster..."

This is not just a resource, it's more like a detailed research guide! With this, they can significantly shorten the time it takes to conduct vaccine research!

The three professionals who served as the "keys to opening the box" looked at each other and saw the surprise and expectation in the eyes of the other two.

This is really great!

…

At this moment, the senior executives who were holding a meeting at the rescue center had no idea how excited the old director and his colleagues were, or how valuable this information was. At this moment, they were having a video call with Watasha.

Not long after they sent the security guard to deliver the safe to the institute, Watasha, who had previously said that he was going to have a good vacation on the train, suddenly contacted the deputy commander and said that he remembered something important about the previous longevity research.

Because the meeting had not yet ended and the matter was official, the deputy commander directly asked the meeting secretary to project the contact video onto the big screen in the conference room for everyone to listen to it.

In the remote video, Watasha mentioned a name...Edmund Smith.

According to Watasha, this was the name he saw on the second page of the report he was shown. He was most likely the person in charge of the research project. Perhaps they could use this name as a starting point to find more clues.

After hanging up Watasha's video call, a new round of discussion began in the conference room.

"Finally, there's a clue!"

"But Edmund Smith? Have you ever heard of that name?"

"No, just because you've heard of it doesn't mean it's the real thing. There are so many people with the same name in the world, not to mention it's a foreign name."

"Since he's engaged in this kind of research and is using it as a facade to attract wealthy investment, I don't think he should be left in obscurity."

"Why not ask experts in related fields back home? Perhaps they've heard of this colleague who went astray?"

"Then ask them, and tell this name to those foreign rescue organizations that have contacted us recently. For the common future of mankind, I believe they will also be willing to contribute to this matter!"

…

This conjecture is indeed not bad.

After receiving the news, these foreign organizations quickly took action, passing the name down layer by layer, and allowing more people to participate in the search.

"Edmund Smith, do you know him?"

"Is this the guy who made us like this? Oh my god, we must find this evil villain and beat him up!"

"What's his name? Tell me, I'll take it to my brothers. He's the one who tore me apart from my wife and children. I'm going to find him and make him pay!"

…

Compared with China, although foreign countries have large land areas and some places have small populations, due to government inaction, most of the powerful and wealthy businessmen fled to the sea when the crisis first broke out, so the lives of people abroad are even worse than those in China.

So many people had lost their loved ones that everyone was very active when they heard that they were going to find the culprit.

Now that winter has arrived, hunger and cold have already taken away many people. It is also because of this, in order to survive, that these organizations will try every possible means to contact the country.

The resources in their country are no less than those in Watasha's country, but in the current situation, they can't even solve the problem of food and clothing, and no one is willing to do those things.

Of course, if these useless things could be exchanged for clothes, food and medicine that are urgently needed this winter, there would definitely be people rushing to do it.

In order to reach a deal as soon as possible, everyone in these foreign organizations, from top to bottom, was very active in responding to the requirements put forward by the partners.

Less than three days after the news spread, information came back.

Someone who was valued by these top businessmen and was responsible for such an important research project could not be a small-time unknown figure. Therefore, after the news spread, someone quickly recognized Edmund Smith.

"This Edmund Smith had been engaged in microbiological research in his early years. Later, for unknown reasons, he suddenly resigned from his university professorship and disappeared without a trace. Information about him was kept strictly confidential, with only a single photo of him found on the official website of the university where he previously worked... According to insiders, someone who looked like Edmund was seen in a certain villa area around the time the incident occurred. However, no one knew where he went after that. All we know is that Edmund was taken away by a group of armed bodyguards..."

Although they had received news about Edmund, it was now almost as good as nothing. The deputy commander could only console himself after hearing the news. Although Edmund had not yet been found, a little information would help him follow this trail to find new ones.

"Have them continue their search. Tell them that this person is very important and that they must report any news promptly. Have them see if they can find him through Edmund's family or friends... Also, Edmund's research will definitely require a familiar assistant, perhaps one of his former students. We can start with that aspect and look for him..."

"Yes." The secretary nodded and hurried out to contact the contact.

Not long after the secretary left, the phone in the deputy commander's office rang.

I thought it was just an ordinary work report call, but I didn't expect that less than half a minute after I picked up the receiver, the deputy commander's face changed and he jumped up from his chair in an instant.

"What? You said you took a fingerprint from the safe and didn't know whose it was?

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【Author’s words】

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