Chapter 120 Life Science Museum (I)

Lu Zhongnian drove the car into the Medical University and parked it in a parking space on the road near the school gate.

They waited in the car for about half an hour, and then a small electric scooter came from a distance and stopped next to them.

Gao Zhanyuan was wearing a black jacket and took off his helmet. He nodded to Lu Chongnian through the car window and looked at Yan Shaowen several times.

Ten minutes later, another car drove in and stopped three parking spaces away.

Mu Chenxi and Mu Chenxing got out of the car, both of them were dressed very smartly today.

"Let's go." Lu Zhongnian opened the car door.

Yan Shaowen followed him and asked: "Isn't this combination a bit too weird?"

Led by Lu Zhongnian, the five of them walked towards a small path.

"Before each 'event' comes, my premonition will tell me the time and place. As long as the time is up, I will go to another world, and when the 'event' is over, I will come back," Lu Zhongnian walked in front, "but for you, it may be just a blink of an eye, you may not even realize that I have left."

"It doesn't matter, let's take a look first." Mu Chenxi was still very persistent.

Lu Chongnian said no more.

They walked from the small path to the main road, turned a corner, and finally stopped in front of a silver building.

The top of the silver building is a sunken arc, with some grid-like decorations around the edges, making it look like a huge cradle.

It is already 2:10 in the afternoon and the museum is very busy with many people coming and going.

On the wall to the right of the building’s main entrance are a few bronze characters: “Life Science Museum”.

There are several flower baskets placed at the entrance. This building seems to be a newly opened venue of the Medical University, probably used for popular science exhibitions.

"So, the place my hunch told you is here?" Gao Zhanyuan looked suspicious.

"What's the time?" Mu Chenxi looked at Lu Chongnian.

"Almost there." Lu Zhongnian said in a young voice, raising his foot and stepping onto the stairs.

Two students greeted them at the door. When they saw them, they said enthusiastically: "Welcome to the Life Science Museum. On your right is the map of the museum. Scan the QR code above to get an audio guide. If you need a manual guide, please tell us."

"Let's just take a look." Yan Shaowen said.

Mu Chenxing picked up a map, unfolded it, and browsed through it quickly.

The entire venue has eight halls, divided into two floors. Different halls have different themes, but there is obviously only one major theme - life.

They are now in Hall A, and the theme is the origin of mankind.

On the left is Hall B, which is related to plants; on the right is Hall C, which is related to animals.

Going upstairs is Hall D, which talks about the conception of human beings, starting from the fertilized egg and showing the "birth of a person".

"So, where do you want to go now?" Mu Chenxi asked.

The four of them looked at Lu Zhongnian in unison.

"..." Lu Zhongnian really couldn't describe the feeling of having his every move being watched. "My hunch won't tell me the exact location, so I'll just take a general look here."

Having said that, in order to witness the moment when the "incident" happened with their own eyes, the four people still followed him closely.

They took a quick tour of the first floor and went up to the second floor.

"…This is a picture of a five-month pregnancy. At this time, most expectant mothers can already feel obvious fetal movement…"

A familiar voice was explaining.

They looked in the direction of the sound and spotted a tall figure among the crowd gathered near the wall not far away.

Yan Shaowen whispered, "Is that Qu Ge?"

Lu Zhongnian remained calm.

A few minutes later, Qu Ge finished explaining, noticed them, walked over, and greeted them with a little surprise: "You are here too?"

"Were you pulled here by your school to serve as a soldier?" Yan Shaowen teased.

Qu Ge explained: "The museum has just opened these few days, so there are a lot of people. The student union is too busy to handle it, so my senior asked me to come and help for a few days."

Lu Zhongnian lowered his head to check the time.

2:25 pm.

He always felt that the time was very close, but he had to wait until that moment came to know how everything would happen.

Since they had nothing to do, they continued shopping.

Qu Ge once again acted as a tour guide and took them on a tour starting from the beginning of the hall.

But since they were acquaintances after all, he didn't explain it in such a serious manner and would occasionally chat about other things.

"By the way, how do you feel about being in Lian University?" He asked Lu Zhongnian casually, "You are in the Department of Mathematics, right?"

"Well," Lu Zhongnian replied while observing his surroundings, "Not bad."

"Are you planning on taking a second major?"

“I don’t have such plans for the time being.”

Qu Ge glanced over, with a hint of "You're wasting your learning ability" in his eyes.

"I would like to learn some German. It may be helpful to me in the future."

Suddenly, Gao Zhanyuan came over from behind and patted Lu Zhongnian on the shoulder: "Hey, has that thing not arrived yet? Or has it already arrived?"

"Not yet." Lu Zhongnian was a little helpless.

Gao Zhanyuan muttered, "Why hasn't he come yet?" and put his hands in his trouser pockets and went to look at something else.

Qu Ge looked at Gao Zhanyuan's back and said, "I remember he was also from Xinlian No. 1 Middle School?"

"Yes, I used to be in Class 10."

Qu Ge's gaze stayed on Gao Zhanyuan for a long time. He turned around and suddenly asked, "What do you mean by 'that thing'?"

Lu Zhongnian paused: "Nothing, he is just waiting for some news."

There was a hint of inquiry in Qu Ge's eyes.

Lu Zhongnian pretended not to see it and continued walking forward.

They walked to the next exhibition area.

There is a model in the corner of this exhibition area.

A small cradle with a fake baby lying inside, sucking its fingers and looking up with a smile. Above it are several hanging baby carriage decorations.

A woman stands next to the model and is talking to someone.

Qu Ge stopped and introduced: "That's our senior. She decorated this exhibition area herself."

"Graduate?" Lu Zhongnian looked at the other person's attire.

"Well, it's been three years since I graduated, and I'm working in a hospital now."

Suddenly, the senior student looked towards them - and looked behind them.

She waved in surprise: "What a coincidence, why are you here? Are you not working today?"

Qu Ge and Lu Zhongnian turned around subconsciously.

Mu Chenxi and Mu Chenxing passed by them and walked forward.

Mu Chenxi greeted, "No, I came here today for something else, so I just came in to take a look."

The two men knew each other.

Qu Ge was a little surprised: "Who are these two?"

"The one who is chatting with your senior is called Mu Chenxi, he is your senior and a graduate of the Medical University. The one next to him is Mu Chenxing, his sister."

After he finished speaking, Lu Chongnian was silent for a moment.

If Mu Yu's existence had not been erased, his introduction to Mu Chenxi and Mu Chenxing would naturally not be just their names.

He looked at him silently for a while, then walked forward. Noticing that Qu Ge was still there, he stopped again and looked at him sideways.

Qu Ge murmured, "...their last name is 'Mu'? The 'Mu' of wood?"

Lu Zhongnian's eyes moved slightly: "Yes, what's wrong?"

"... Actually, I've been thinking about a question recently. I don't know why, it just suddenly occurred to me, and then I found that I couldn't figure it out."

Qu Ge looked at him.

"I was always the third in my grade. No matter what exam I took, there were always two people ahead of me. One of them was you. Who was the other one?"

"I still can't remember that person's name, or even his face. It's as if he never existed."

"But that doesn't make sense. There's no way I don't remember who my opponent is."

"When the last exam of the college entrance examination was over, I stepped out of the examination room and saw the backs of both of you. I remember that you were wearing a black dress that day, but where was the other person? His back was blurred in my memory."

Lu Zhongnian's expression changed.

He turned around.

"I asked people in my class, but they didn't remember such a person. I asked the teacher, and they only remembered that I was always ranked third in the grade, but besides you, there was another person whose name they couldn't remember at all in the top two."

"Seems like a real-world bug, doesn't it?"

“I even wondered if there was something wrong with me or them.”

"Until I saw the photos posted by others on the forum, and saw the posters posted by the blond-haired boy at the Clam Noodle Shop on Garbage Street - until today, now, I am finally sure that the problem is not with me."

Qu Ge said slowly: "Lu Chongnian, you know that too, right?"

"Muyu, where did he go?"

suddenly--

【In the overlap of time and space, three pairs of duplicates appeared. 】

[Please find another self within three minutes and merge with it, otherwise you will be annihilated. ]

【3】

A series of golden fonts suddenly appeared between the two of them.

Lu Chongnian and Qu Ge's pupils both shrank.

Qu Ge was stunned and took a step back, but Lu Zhongnian immediately raised his head and looked around -

It was already foggy outside the window.

The copy is here, but the situation this time is obviously different from before!

At this moment, there were still quite a few people on this floor, but they looked natural and obviously did not see the strange words in the air.

Only a few people in the crowd had slightly changed expressions.

Two "fuck" sounds were heard from the left and right of the hall.

——Looking in the direction of the voice, there were actually two people staring at each other!

The three lines of golden words were floating in the air in front of them. Both of them were wearing black jackets, with disbelief on their faces.

The lonely man standing on the left was obviously the one who followed Lu Chongnian here today. He was Gao Zhanyuan from this world, and he was stunned.

The one standing on the right had two other people next to him, one of whom was Mu Yu.

Mu Yu quickly glanced at Lu Zhongnian and Qu Ge, and without thinking too much, he pushed Gao Zhanyuan beside him and said, "Go over here quickly!"

"W-what? What should I do?!" Gao Zhanyuan was pushed forward a few steps and walked towards his other self in disbelief.

Mu Chenxi, who was standing behind Mu Yu, turned his eyes and saw another self walking out from behind Lu Zhongnian not far away.

That self was staring at him, with Mu Chenxing, who looked surprised, following behind him...

Mu Chenxi: “…………”

How did he from another world bring Morning Star into this?

Although I feel that the current situation is somewhat outrageous, but...

He walked over and held out his hand with a headache on his face: "Try and see if this works."

The other him had a frown on his face, obviously feeling uncomfortable with the situation and somewhat wary of him.

But after glancing at the words following him in the air and Mu Yu not far away, he reluctantly stretched out his hand to cooperate.

Their hands touched.

An invisible force pushed them towards each other, and in the blink of an eye, they merged together.

After the fusion, Mu Chenxi covered his forehead, and Mu Yu ran over to support him: "Brother, are you okay?"

"It's okay," Mu Chenxi closed his eyes for a while, "The memories of the two worlds have merged together, I need to take it slow."

Mu Yu raised her head and opened her mouth: "Sister..."

Mu Chenxing looked at him doubtfully and murmured, "...Ayu?"

【There are two pairs of duplicates left. 】

【2】

Seeing the two Mu Chenxi merged together, the two Gao Zhanyuans quickly hugged each other.

Despite this, they both looked disgusted.

One of them yelled with a green face: "What the hell is going on?!"

The other one also looked like he was about to suffocate: "We'll know once we merge! Ahhh why did it have to be me!"

They also become one.

【There is one pair of duplicates left. 】

【1】

All of them gathered.

Lu Zhongnian, Mu Yu, Qu Ge, Mu Chenxi, Mu Chenxing, Gao Zhanyuan, they can all see the text, all of them are players selected by this copy

But there is a pair of duplicates - who are they and where are they?

Lu Zhongnian frowned and looked around: "Where is Yan Shaowen?"

…

At this moment, Yan Shaowen, who had walked to Hall E on the 2nd floor, stared at the two lines of golden font in front of him. He seemed to have some feelings, picked up his mobile phone and opened WeChat.

There is a small account he opened in his WeChat list, which he usually uses to forward and store some files.

He asked himself in his heart, isn't this a bit too ridiculous?

But he still sent a message on this chat page: "?"

Soon, a new one appeared on the same side of the page: "?"

Yan Shaowen closed his eyes.

It turned out to be him.

He opened his eyes and saw a second message appear on the same side. The tone of this message didn't sound like his.

"? Where are you?"

Yan Shaowen: “…”

Who is this?

He replied silently: "At the entrance of Hall E on the 2nd floor."

There was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and a hand pressed on his shoulder.

In an instant, something crashed into his body, and a large amount of memories flooded into his mind. The images rushed around, crackling, overlapping and squeezing. His thinking was strongly impacted, and there was a blank stagnation.

Yan Shaowen’s eyes went dark, his body swayed, and he was supported by a pair of hands.

There was a buzzing in my ears and it felt like a flood was roaring through my brain.

The flood violently swept away everything and flowed away mercilessly, leaving behind only waves of buzzing sounds that made people feel sick.

It took two or three seconds for Yan Shaowen to recover.

He calmed his breathing, opened his eyes and glanced to his side.

Beside him, the curly-haired boy looked at him eagerly, as if curious about his current situation.

Yan Shaowen curled his lips and smiled lazily.

"You type pretty fast."

His memories merged.

In an instant, the air seemed to be sucked out. They paused, feeling as if the oxygen in their chests had evaporated in an instant.

The entire space was distorted and compressed. They were flattened like two biscuits and lost consciousness in an instant.

…

…

Mu Yu woke up in a very strange room.

There were silver metal walls on all four sides. There was not a single object in the entire room. It was very empty and he was the only person there.

He rubbed his forehead and stood up with the help of the wall.

...Today, whether it was him, his brother or Gao Zhanyuan, they all met here by chance.

The moment they saw each other, they knew that the copy was definitely coming.

Just now when they were downstairs, they were still wondering if there would be any changes in this instance, but they didn't expect that it would end up like this...

Time and space overlap.

So, are they still in their world now, or have they come to Lu Chongnian's world?

Or, now there is no distinction between the two worlds, and they are in a third space independent of those two worlds?

Mu Yu let out a breath.

Forget it, let’s deal with the current copy first.

This room has two doors, front and back.

As he observed, he walked towards one of the doors. Just as he grasped the door handle, he heard a scream from outside the door.

He was slightly startled, then immediately opened the door and rushed out.

Rushing from this strange room to the source of the sound, he noticed a descending staircase on his left and a circular table on his right.

There was a sign on the table that read:

1. Please find the monster generator as soon as possible and destroy it.

2. If you cannot complete the task within one hour, please be mentally prepared... to face death.

There is a pillar inside the table, and a KT board is hung on the pillar.

Xinlian Hospital Admission Rules:

1. Before starting to see patients, please read the department rules and "Epigraphy".

2. Please decide on the treatment plan after carefully finding out the cause of the patient's illness.

3. If you find a patient who is about to explode, you need to pay attention to the contamination caused by the explosion. If you cannot treat him, please try to bring the patient into the explosion room.

4. If you find loose flake aggregates in the hospital, please stay away or hide immediately without wearing protective clothing.

5. Doctors, please pay attention to your physical and mental health at all times, seek treatment as soon as possible if you find any discomfort, and always maintain a full working state.

Mu Yu glanced around quickly, feeling a little confused.

Are they in a hospital now?

This time, the copy took them from the Life Science Building of the Medical University to a completely unrelated place? ?

But what is a “yin film”?

There are also "explosive contamination" and "fragment aggregates" - these words don't seem like things that would exist in hospitals in the real world. Is this the setting of a science fiction movie?

Mu Yu didn't have time to think about it. He followed the sound and rushed to the door of another room, where he met Gao Zhanyuan who was rushing over from another direction.

"Brother!" Gao Zhanyuan shouted.

The room in front of them was larger than the one Mu Yu had just stayed in, and it also had two doors, front and back. At this moment, he and Gao Zhanyuan were standing in front of each door.

The door was open, and there was a sign "Operating Room" hanging on the wall next to the door. The scene inside the door shocked Mu Yu and Gao Zhanyuan.

There are three people inside.

Qu Ge, and two strangers, a man and a woman.

The man and woman had fear on their faces. The scream just now should have come from the girl. She covered her mouth and her whole body was shaking violently.

Qu Ge stood in front of them, and although he appeared to be calmer, he was also very shocked at this moment.

They were all looking in one direction.

That's the corner of the operating room.

The situation there...is simply hard to describe in words.

The operating table, walls, and floor were all covered with black, gold, and colorful things.

These things are all fluid-like. They seem to be uncontrolled by gravity. They are slowly stretching upwards and changing into all kinds of strange shapes.

They were scattered in a splattering manner, and at the center of the splattering was a flesh-pink cloth-like object.

The piece of "cloth" lay crumpled and folded, atop a pile of scattered clothing.

Faintly, one can see a pattern of black human hair on the "cloth", and it seems to have eyes, twisted limbs, and fingers...

...It looks like a human skin with all the internal organs, flesh, blood and bones dug out.