Qu Weiwei rudely slapped away his outstretched hand, without any intention of shaking hands: "So? What do you want from me? I don't have much to do with people from the institute."
Feng Hao took his hand back, not embarrassed, and smiled good-naturedly. He did not mention Shen Qing and the others anymore, and only said to Qu Weiwei: "We will all be colleagues in the future, belonging to the same system, so it's okay to get to know each other, right? The military has many misunderstandings about our institute, and from now on, Deputy Director Qu is also a family member, so please say a few good words for our institute. But Deputy Director Qu doesn't seem to welcome me very much?"
Qu Weiwei snorted coldly and sat down at the table: "There's no need to get to know me. I probably won't stay here for long." She simply used Shen Qing's guess as a banner, "I'm just here for a transition. I have any grudge against the institute, I think you people in the institute know it very well." She turned her head and glanced at Chen Jiaqian who was still standing at the door: "So, some people don't have to target me and compete with me for this little power in the farm. I have no interest in you!"
Chen Jiaqian: “…” The little girl started acting with her.
Feng Hao looked at Qu Weiwei helplessly: "Research institutes are divided into different departments. The decision was made by the Ministry of Agriculture, which has nothing to do with our vaccine research room..." However, seeing that Qu Weiwei didn't look very smart, had a bad temper, and couldn't make sense, he could only give up for the time being: "Well... Today is the first day for Deputy Director Qu to report. I think he has a lot of things to do. I won't bother you. We can talk again when we have a chance."
Qu Weiwei ignored him completely. Feng Hao felt bored and sighed helplessly before turning around and leaving.
As soon as he left, Qu Weiwei turned to look at Chen Jiaqian, but she saw Chen Jiaqian shook her head at her imperceptibly and said, "There may be some misunderstandings between us and Deputy Director Qu. We are all colleagues and should cooperate sincerely. There is no targeting at all. Please don't think too much."
"Deputy Director Qu, please familiarize yourself with the work first. We will talk about it when the director comes back. We will not disturb you for now." Chen Jiaqian stroked Qu Weiwei's palm a few times, gave her a wink, and left with her husband.
Feng Hao was indeed waiting outside, leaning against the window, still looking in the direction where Shen Qing and the others left.
Shen Qing was wrapped up very tightly today. He wore a black hoodie with the hood pulled up to cover his bun. He also wore a mask to cover the lower half of his face. His figure was also very different from when he first came to the apocalypse, including the rich young man who had been studying for a long time, and his body shape had changed a lot.
But Feng Hao still recognized Shen Qing at a glance.
As a brain-based superpower, Feng Hao still has this memory. The scene of the zombie bypassing Shen Qing and running directly towards him was replayed over and over in his mind until it was almost covered with pulp.
He had been looking for someone who would not be attacked by zombies for so long, and he found him right under his nose. He was actually the captain of Qu Weiwei's team.
This person must have some kind of antibody in his body. Feng Hao felt his blood boiling. His research was just one step away. As long as he could get Shen Qing, the end of the world might end in his hands, and he would become a hero to all mankind!
Feng Hao tried hard to calm down. Seeing Chen Jiaqian and her husband coming out of Qu Weiwei's office, he turned around and said with a smile, "This Deputy Director Qu has a bad temper."
He took out a pack of cigarettes, took out two, and handed one to Chen Jiaqian's husband Wang Xun. Cigarettes are a rare commodity nowadays, and ten grain cakes cannot be exchanged for one. Feng Hao took out a pack casually, which shows that his status and treatment in the institute are good.
Wang Xun felt a little embarrassed and tried to refuse several times, but when he couldn't refuse anymore, he took it, sniffed it under his nose, and was reluctant to light it.
Feng Hao looked at his attitude and secretly mocked him, thinking that he was a poor man who had climbed up from the bottom of society. But he smiled warmly and said, "What are you going to do?" He pointed his cigarette in the direction of Qu Weiwei's office.
Chen Jiaqian showed a trace of contempt and snorted coldly: "She'd better be telling the truth. She will be gone soon. Don't get in my way here, otherwise I will not be polite."
Wang Xun rubbed the cigarette for a long time before lighting it and took a puff. "I don't think she is someone who likes to seize power, nor does she seem to have the brains to do so. If she just wants to get by and collect a salary, I'd still be willing to coexist peacefully with her. We're all just trying to make a living, there's no need to make things so awkward."
However, Chen Jiaqian snorted coldly, showing that she was not very satisfied with what Qu Weiwei had said without any reservation.
Feng Hao looked at the couple with interest, then quickly looked away and continued looking out the window.
Chen Jiaqian was also very puzzled today. Feng Hao and she belonged to different departments, and had little to do with the Third Farm. If anything, the Third Farm would provide them with some mutant plants for experiments and vaccine research. The vaccine project had been stagnant for a long time. The vaccine research laboratory was a marginal department of the research institute, although it would not be abolished. Even the higher-ups themselves did not have much hope that they could really develop a vaccine. Or perhaps the higher-ups did not believe that their small Hongcheng base research institute had the ability to do this.
If we want research results, we have to go to the capital.
This person who had never socialized or interacted with anyone, for some unknown reason, insisted on sticking with her to go with her to see Qu Weiwei.
Chen Jiaqian also keenly noticed that Feng Hao was trying to get close to Qu Weiwei rather than to make friends with her, and he seemed to have some relationship with Shen Qing's team. She was curious, but she didn't dare to act rashly to peek into Feng Hao's memory.
After all, Feng Hao is also a brain-based mutant.
In the entire Hongcheng base, including Chen Jiaqian, there are a total of six brain-type superpowers, all of whom work in the research institute. However, their superpowers evolve in different directions. For example, Chen Jiaqian reads other people's memories, while Feng Hao improves and develops intelligence. Since he awakened his brain-type superpowers, he has helped many departments overcome the difficulties in their research directions, including the seed hybridization of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The only thing he was responsible for was the vaccine, which had made no progress. But Chen Jiaqian also understood that a good cook cannot cook without rice. If there was no substance in the world that could resist the zombie virus, how could he research it?
However, since the other party was also a user with brain abilities, Chen Jiaqian was unsure whether her peeking into his memories would be noticed, so she did not dare to act rashly for the time being.
Chen Jiaqian is now much smarter, and her abilities have also improved. She can absorb the memories of ordinary people with just a glance, and people with abilities need to inject more mental energy, but it is not difficult.
However, she did not say this to others. Instead, she pretended that her ability required staring at the other person's eyes for more than 30 seconds before she could read the other person's memory. This condition made others relax their vigilance towards her.
Like now, Feng Hao tried his best to avoid her eyes and not look at her.
Chen Jiaqian suppressed her doubts and turned to Wang Xun and said, "I'm going back first. Please see me off."
Wang Xun raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, then said to Feng Hao, "Then we'll leave first."
Feng Hao didn't look back, but just agreed.
Behind him, Wang Xun took Chen Jiaqian's hand and led her forward. Chen Jiaqian kept walking but half turned her body back, concentrating on prying into Feng Hao's memory.
In just a moment, she took back her mental strength.
Feng Hao didn't know if he felt something, but he turned around and looked at the backs of Chen Jiaqian and her husband.
Now it was his turn to stare at Chen Jiaqian.
However, after walking a few steps, Chen Jiaqian suddenly stopped, turned her head quickly, and met his gaze.
Feng Hao immediately looked away.
"Why are Mr. Feng staring at me?" Chen Jiaqian raised her eyebrows.
Feng Hao's doubts were mostly dispelled at this moment. If Chen Jiaqian really had pried into his memory just now, she shouldn't have been so frank, but should have pretended nothing happened. Even if she found out that he was staring at her, she would have to bite the bullet and pretend nothing happened and leave.
This was the right reaction now. As a brain-powered person, how could he not notice someone watching him from behind?
...But it is not ruled out that the other party will do the opposite. They are all brain-powered people, so who is dumber than who? It's just that there is no grudge or conflict of interest between him and Chen Jiaqian, and he has never looked her in the eye. Feng Hao thinks that Chen Jiaqian has no reason and no chance to peek into his memory.
"It's okay. I just feel that Miss Chen's back looks familiar."
"Oh? This is such an old-fashioned...explanation." Chen Jiaqian smiled and did not ask any more questions. This time she really left with Wang Xun.
Feng Hao, on the other hand, stared at Qu Weiwei's office, looking thoughtful.
Qu Weiwei worked a day and returned to the villa exhausted.
"I'm so tired. I have to deal with all kinds of people, and there are many people who have nothing to do with my work and come up to me for no reason. This is the first time I realize that I also have an i moment. I really don't want to talk." Qu Weiwei collapsed on the sofa, "The lunch was not good either."
Today, the newly appointed deputy director Qu mainly met people from various departments in the farm. She knew a small number of middle-level people before, although she didn't have much communication with them at that time. The senior management was completely replaced, and most of them were military personnel.
The current first person in charge of the third farm is at the same level as Shao Nan, and the two have some friendship. He is quite caring towards Qu Weiwei. Perhaps because he knows Qu Weiwei's situation, he does not assign too much work to her.
At the end of the day, I just recognized people.
Tang's mother looked at her distressedly: "Why didn't you eat well? What do you want to eat in the evening? Auntie will make it for you."
It's not that the food is bad. The working meals at the third farm are quite rich, two vegetarian dishes and one rice, unlimited, which is quite good treatment in the base, but it is far from Shen Qing's frequent meat and eggs.
She thought about it, told Tang's mother the names of two dishes, and ran to find Shen Qing: "Boss, do you know a man named Feng Hao? He works in the research institute."
"Feng Hao?" Shen Qing shook his head, but he felt that he was familiar. "What's wrong with this guy?"
"I don't know either. He has been trying to find out about our team, but I ignored him. By the way, Sister Jiaqian asked Xiao Song to visit her in the evening." This was the message Chen Jiaqian wrote on Qu Weiwei's palm before leaving the office.
"I can take Qingqing with me." Song Kaiji was very proud that he could teleport people now. So after they finished dinner, Song Kaiji took Shen Qing with him and brought Chen Jiaqian a portion of the potato and bean stewed pork ribs that Tang's mother cooked that night: "Add a dish for the child."
Chen Jiaqian's youngest son cheered a little, looked at his parents' expressions, and sat down obediently. Chen Jiaqian smiled and said, "Take it and eat with your brother." She turned her head to look at Wang Xun and pushed him, "You go too."
Wang Xun knew that they had something to say, so he tactfully took the child into the room.
Now Chen Jiaqian and her family no longer live in the tin house. After being promoted to the middle level of the institute, Chen Jiaqian's salary increased significantly. Wang Xun was working in the logistics department of the city wall at that time, and his income was also good. In addition to the crystal core that Chen Jiaqian used to improve her superpowers, they also improved their quality of life and moved to this one-bedroom apartment in the outer city.
The couple slept in the room, and there was a bunk bed for the children in the living room, which was separated from the dining area by a curtain.
At this moment, Chen Jiaqian, Shen Qing, and Song Kaiji were sitting at the dining table. Chen Jiaqian grabbed her sleeves and rubbed them for a long time before carefully looking at Song Kaiji and then at Shen Qing: "You...you won't be attacked by zombies?"
Shen Qing and Song Kaiji suddenly looked up at her.
Chen Jiaqian immediately raised her hand: "I never snooped into your memory! I swear!" She told what happened at the Third Farm today. The details she told were much more detailed than what Qu Weiwei said: "I think he is really weird. I snooped into his memory when he was leaving, and then I saw you in his memory."
In fact, Chen Jiaqian’s guess goes far beyond this.
In Feng Hao's memory, Shen Qing was very different from now. She had a look of fear and confusion on her face, held a strange-shaped short knife in her hand, wore a ragged ancient costume full of patches, and carried a hand-woven bamboo basket on her back. If she hadn't seen Shen Qing in real life, she would probably have thought that the person in this memory was a clip from some costume TV series.
Probably a woodcutter or something who was randomly grabbed by Sun Wukong to ask for directions.
Then Feng Hao ran faster and faster, surpassing Shen Qing. Shen Qing did not kill the zombie that Xiao Wang had transformed into as he wished, but instead ran with them, almost surpassing him.
The Shen Qing that Chen Jiaqian knew would not be afraid of a newly mutated zombie. But the Shen Qing in this memory was full of fear and panic.
Then Feng Hao kicked Shen Qing's leg, and Shen Qing fell down. The zombies passed Shen Qing and continued to chase Feng Hao.
Chen Jiaqian was shocked that the zombies would not attack Shen Qing, and she also had some secret guesses in her mind. She was not as stupid as Song Kaiji, who thought that he was a Hanfu enthusiast. In her spare time, she also watched some TV series and online novels. Time travel, rebirth, adventure in another world...
She looked at Shen Qing's expression calmly.
As soon as Chen Jiaqian said that, and the man's surname was Feng, Shen Qing immediately remembered who he was. It was really unlucky that this man was not dead and was a staff member of the institute!
Chen Jiaqian already knew, and Shen Qing had nothing to hide - it was useless to hide it. He had no choice but to admit: "Yes, I don't know why, the zombies really won't attack me." He really didn't know, and guessed that it might be because he came from another world?
"He has been looking for Shen Qing? What is he planning to do?" Song Kaiji was a little nervous.
Chen Jiaqian paused before saying, "He is researching zombie vaccines. Before meeting Shen Qing, the vaccine research lab had been researching in the hope of developing a drug that could be injected into people who were scratched or bitten by zombies, so that the injured would not turn into zombies. Even better, the vaccine could be injected in advance, so that people who are scratched by zombies for a period of time would not be infected with the zombie virus."
"However, after meeting Shen Qing, Feng Hao joined the vaccine research lab and proposed to develop a vaccine that would allow zombies to ignore all humans, just as they ignored Shen Qing, and never attack humans again."
After Chen Jiaqian got this memory, she actually hesitated for a long time. To be honest, after seeing with her own eyes that Shen Qing would not be attacked by zombies, she did not think that Feng Hao's idea was just empty talk, but that there was a certain probability that it could be realized. Of course, it was not certain whether this vaccine could be mass-produced.
As a person living in the apocalypse, Chen Jiaqian naturally hopes that this vaccine can be developed, and that the apocalypse can end one day and restore the original order. But as someone who has received a favor from Shen Qing...
"He wants to find Shen Qing, and he wants to use Shen Qing for experiments." Chen Jiaqian still told them the truth. Then Shen Qing's face showed a blank look for a moment, and Song Kaiji's face changed drastically.
Chen Jiaqian's suspicions intensified. She suppressed her chaotic thoughts and suggested to Shen Qing: "I will check everyone in their laboratory in a few days to see what they want to do. If they just need a little blood... I'm sorry, I hope you can provide it. Or if you don't want to show up, you can donate anonymously and I will transfer it. I will never betray you. But if they want more, I will tell you." Although based on her understanding of the institute, Chen Jiaqian knew that Feng Hao would probably not be satisfied with just a little blood.
"It will probably take five to ten days. Before I find out the truth, during this period of time, no matter where you are... you'd better hide for now." Chen Jiaqian said.
"Right, right!" Song Kaiji almost jumped up: "You should go back quickly, don't come over for the time being. That Feng Hao doesn't sound like a good person. He can push you and his companions to block the zombies. Would he be satisfied with just getting a little blood? I don't believe it! It's better for him not to find you. We were careless this time..."
His mind was in a mess. Now that they were exposed, it was really troublesome. What should they do? Leave Hongcheng and go to other bases? But Qingqing's entrance to return to her own world was next to Hongcheng Base, and there was no way to move to other bases. But fortunately, Feng Hao was now exposed, so they could be prepared.
Chen Jiaqian keenly captured the words "go back" and "come here".
Shen Qing was also confused. How could this happen? Their lives had just gotten better, and with the help of the military, their abilities had improved in all aspects, and their military strength was very high. Things were going smoothly, but how come Feng Hao suddenly appeared! But at this time, he had no other choice. The military could not help him at all.
Shen Qing is not from the apocalypse, but he knows how tempting it would be for people from the apocalypse if everyone could be protected from zombies. Once he is exposed, the military will not protect him.
Shen Qing didn't know what the experiment was, but Chen Jiaqian mentioned blood. Perhaps the best treatment the military could give him was to raise him and gently bleed him regularly.
Feng Hao might go even further. Would he kill him, or dig open his head to see if there was a crystal core inside?
"Thank you, Sister Jiaqian." Song Kaiji thanked Chen Jiaqian first, then fumbled out a handful of crystal cores and some food from the space and piled them on the table. "We need to think about this matter carefully. Don't tell anyone about the blood matter... Let's think about it again. We'll go back now."
After he finished speaking, without waiting for Chen Jiaqian's reaction, he teleported back to the villa.
"Go back first, don't come here recently." Song Kaiji was very panicked. Shen Qing didn't know what an experiment was, but he did! Especially now that it was the end of the world, the legal system and morality had collapsed to a certain extent. If Shen Qing was really caught for an experiment, who knew if he would survive! At this time, Song Kaiji despised himself for his low ability and poor martial arts for the first time.
They don't even have anyone to discuss things with now! Qu Weiwei and Tang Wenjie still don't know that Shen Qing will not be attacked by zombies. Song Kaiji doesn't dare to say it at all. As a person living in the end times, who doesn't want the end of the world and the successful development of vaccines? If this person is not Shen Qing, but a stranger, Song Kaiji certainly won't accept the other party being sent for human experiments with peace of mind, but doesn't he have a little hope that the other party can donate some blood?
If a little blood is not enough and nothing is researched...will he hope that the other party will donate more of something else?
Human nature cannot be easily tested.
On the way out of the base, Shen Qing slowly calmed down as the night wind blew. He had to leave. Before Chen Jiaqian found out what the attitude of the institute was, he had to stay out of the spotlight.
But it was not irreversible. Song Kaiji was so nervous that he seemed to be worried that they would never see each other again. Shen Qing decided that it would not be so. When the two of them arrived at the cave entrance overnight, Shen Qing held Song Kaiji's hand and whispered, "If it really doesn't work... can we kill that Feng Hao?"
Song Kaiji was stunned.
This, this is a method, and it sounds like a very feasible method.
Now, the only person who knows that Shen Qing will not be attacked by zombies is Feng Hao - plus Chen Jiaqian, who is considered one of our own. As long as Feng Hao dies, who else has seen Shen Qing not being attacked by zombies? Even if Feng Hao told others, he didn't see it with his own eyes, so words are not enough!
He only needed to use teleportation to quietly teleport to Feng Hao's room at night and kill him...
After listening to Shen Qing's idea, Song Kaiji was not so panicked. "Okay. I'll go back and check where Feng Hao lives. Come back in ten days... no, fifteen days." Feng Hao was not a good person anyway, and he had killed someone. Now he was the one who wanted to cause trouble for Shen Qing first, and he killed Feng Hao to protect himself.
Fifteen days later, regardless of whether he succeeded in killing Feng Hao or not, Chen Jiaqian's investigation had already yielded results. If it really didn't work, they would move to other bases, or build a small base nearby and live their own lives. They didn't have to worry about supplies, and their military strength had also increased. A living person could be suffocated to death!
The two agreed on a date for their reunion, and Shen Qing went into the cave. Song Kaiji groped around on the cliff for a while before reluctantly returning to the villa.
He is very cautious now. He starts using teleportation when he is not near the cave. He does the same when he leaves. Even if someone is following them, no one knows where they will end up.
However, when he returned to the base and walked near the villa, Song Kaiji found that there seemed to be something strange about the villa.
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