The situation on the second floor left us both a little confused.

We entered the area on the left, and one thing is certain: this area is indeed an office area.

Besides a few offices, there are meeting rooms, archives, lounges, and other places. In short, it's pretty much the same as any other company.

We are standing in the archives room right now, and the archives room is very clean.

Lu Yun looked around at the files with a puzzled expression and asked, "There's so much stuff in this archive room. Why not just put it in electronic format on a computer? Isn't it redundant to keep it here?"

I said, "Electronic records are definitely available, but paper records are also essential. We need to have some kind of guarantee. In the current situation, computers are basically unusable, so paper records are very necessary."

I looked through these file drawers, and most of them required a key to open.

I'll come back to see it when I have time later.

Since this research institute announced the successful development of a vaccine when the zombie outbreak first occurred, it means that there must be some crucial information in these files.

It might be very useful.

But that's all for later. Right now, the most important thing is to inspect the entire research institute.

The institute was much larger than we had imagined. It took us more than ten minutes to thoroughly inspect just the office area.

The office area on the second floor only occupies one-third of the entire second floor; we don't know what the remaining two-thirds are.

Next, we went to another area. The combination lock now had four zeros, so it was easy to open. After we came in, we saw what was in the remaining area.

This is also a laboratory.

Moreover, it was a larger laboratory than the one on the third floor, and as soon as we entered, we knew exactly what they were researching in that laboratory.

"Are they researching zombies here?" Lu Yun looked at the vertical circular glass chamber in front of her, which was filled with liquid. Inside the liquid was a zombie, which was well preserved and had no damage to its body.

Bang!

The zombie seemed to have noticed our presence, so it promptly opened its eyes and placed its hands on the glass.

This scene startled us.

Lu Yun and I exchanged a glance, calmed down, and didn't pay any attention. The zombies couldn't get out of the glass enclosure, so we had nothing to worry about.

Turning around and looking across the entire laboratory, we discovered that there were many more glass enclosures like this one.

The entire laboratory was divided into several sections, all separated by glass rooms. Each glass room contained a glass chamber and many experimental instruments.

As we walked inside, we saw two glass rooms filled with blackened blood, which was stuck to the glass, and there were also some bones inside.

I wonder what happened in that glass room back then.

However, none of this concerns us. Since it's all in the past, there's no need for us to delve into it further.

I looked up at the ceiling and saw quite a few surveillance cameras.

So I used the walkie-talkie to contact Wen Guochao on the third floor and asked, "Wen Guochao, I found quite a few surveillance cameras on the second floor. Are these cameras still usable?"

A moment later, Wen Guochao said, "As long as the camera isn't broken and the circuitry is fine, it should all work."

I asked, "Is the current power supply sufficient to power these cameras?"

Wen Guochao said, "I'm afraid that's not possible now. If we turn on the camera, it will consume a lot of power, and the stored power will be used up in no time."

I said, "I understand. In that case, the computer will work, right? We can see all the monitoring data on the computer, right?"

Wen Guochao said, "Well, that's not a problem. If you want to see the surveillance footage, I can help you."

I said, "Okay, let's talk about this later, there's no rush now."

"knew."

I immediately said, "We're leaving the second floor now. In two minutes, turn off the power on the second floor and then turn the power back on on the first floor."

Lu Yun and I immediately went to the first floor.

There's a lot of stuff on the second floor, but we don't have time to check those experiments carefully right now. We'll have to wait until later. The certification lab is right here; it won't run away.

The first floor is much simpler: a monitoring room, a warehouse, and some storage rooms for experimental specimens. These spaces basically take up the entire first floor, and there's nothing else there.

Just when we thought we had finished our inspection, Wen Guochao said to us, "There's still one basement we haven't checked. Aren't you going to check it?"

"The basement?" I asked, puzzled. "I didn't see a passage to the basement. Where is it?"

Wen Guochao said, "I don't know either. I can see an electrical circuit in the basement. I'll turn on the power first, and you can see what happens on the first floor."

Afterwards, Wen Guochao turned on the electricity in the basement.

"Is there a response?" he asked.

I said, "There is no response."

"All right."

I said, "Let's leave it at that for now. I don't think there will be any problems with the basement. We can't even find the door to the basement, which means the entrance must be hidden somewhere. Anyway, we're not in a hurry right now. We can look for it later when we have time."

"OK."

Is there another basement?

I frowned slightly. The basement probably wasn't dangerous, but I couldn't be so sure.

But it doesn't matter. Since I've decided to live here, I'll find a basement sooner or later. There's no need to rush.

After that, we turned on the electricity on the third floor and started cleaning the room.

Last night we disinfected and cleaned the entire lab, but the dust in the room is still there, so if you want to live there, you'll have to spend some time cleaning it properly.

...

Around 5 p.m., Fei Lichao and Sister Jing returned with a lot of supplies, including food and other necessities.

They also said they didn't find any survivors or teams around; it was just the two of them.

This relieved me. If we were the only ones surviving here, I don't think we would have to worry about safety.

When they returned, they joined in cleaning the third floor.

The living area on the third floor has rooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and so on. With electricity, we can now use the induction cooker, microwave, and refrigerator in the kitchen.

At least I don't have to worry about anything in terms of daily life.

The only troublesome thing is the water.

Now that the tap water has been shut off, we have to fetch water ourselves if we want to use it.

However, there seems to be a water tank on the top floor, which seems to collect rainwater when it rains, which makes us very happy.

(End of this chapter)