Chapter 167 Secret Recording
The room was quiet for a while, with only the intermittent ticking of the instruments. Su Wanqing wrote down a set of gradually stable data and was about to change shifts when a new message suddenly popped up on the communication station.
She took a look at it and found that it was an encrypted signal, not belonging to the military nor an internal number within the laboratory.
The message contained only one sentence: "Attention, attachment."
Su Wanqing said nothing, put on the headset and entered the decoding command.
What followed was an audio clip with low noise, in which a conversation between Lu Zhao and a man was faintly heard.
The man's voice was a little hoarse. He asked, "Can you send all the data from your side? Headquarters said that as long as there is progress, samples can be brought back."
Lu Zhao's voice was a little hesitant. "The data can be sent out on a random basis. It's just a sample. It depends on the situation on the spot. If necessary... I mean, if it really comes to that, I can try to take it away."
The man said, "This is part of the agreement. All data must be backed up. As long as the people are safe, we can allocate all the resources."
The recording suddenly paused. Su Wanqing turned up the volume and heard Lu Zhao add, "We agreed in advance that this must be done with the safety of the team as the priority."
The recording stops here.
Su Wanqing remained calm, unplugged her headphones, and copied out the encrypted recording separately.
She pursed her lips, lowered her voice, and called Lin Che and Xiao Ran to the secondary rest area.
Lin Che looked up and was about to change shifts when she saw him coming in. Xiao Ran closed the door tightly.
Su Wanqing clicked on the audio without saying a word. After the three of them listened to it, no one spoke for a while.
Xiao Ran didn't wait for the second sentence, frowned and lowered his voice, "Do you believe Lu Zhao will hand over the sample? He agreed to all the conditions in the recording."
Lin Che rested his hands on the table. “If he really wanted to be an insider, he could have done it a long time ago. There’s no need to wait until now.” His hands tightened unconsciously. “But he said he could take the samples away. That’s not nice.”
Su Wanqing closed her notebook without moving her eyes away from the recording interface. "How did this audio suddenly come to me? The sender is not from the military. It's not from our intranet either. The content of the recording is also fragmented."
Xiao Ran lowered his head and rubbed his wrists. "I think it's probably the military that's doing the splitting. They're using the recordings to find out what's going on first, and then they're waiting for our reaction, and then they're holding the power of speech in their hands."
Lin Che held the line on the surface of the instrument in his hand, his brows furrowed.
He thought for a moment: "But if there really is a third party, someone might be using us to mess things up now. Su Wanqing, do you believe Lu Zhao?"
Su Wanqing did not give a direct answer. "Some parts have been edited. The recording was not in the main experimental area, it was more like a field communication."
She looked at Lin Che and Xiao Ran. “This pace can not only instigate internal discord, but also force us to completely fall out with the military.”
“Do you want to tell it to me in front of me?” Xiao Ran glanced at Lin Che.
Lin Che pinched the bandage and said calmly, "It's better to talk directly than to investigate secretly."
Su Wanqing knocked on the table and calmly said, "Now is not the time to draw conclusions. Wait until Lu Zhao finishes checking the data, and I will ask everyone about it. Don't tell anyone else a word."
Outside the door, Dr. Zheng was still monitoring the girl, occasionally coming in to check the medicine and coolant.
Lin Che noticed that he had an extra tube of blood in his hand, with a label on it.
He followed to the laboratory bench and saw Dr. Zheng putting the extra samples into the refrigerator, which was different from the dose he had just taken.
Doctor Zheng turned his head and spotted Lin Che. He rolled up his sleeves naturally and said, "This is for backup. The case is very special, so save more so that we can compare it later."
Lin Che did not answer, but just sat on the side waiting for Su Wanqing to ask questions. Doctor Zheng picked up his phone again and took a few photos of the analysis terminal screen.
The phone sound was very low, but Lin Che heard it clearly.
“What are you doing?” Lin Che asked with a scrutinizing tone.
Doctor Zheng lowered his head to sort out the medicine box, "There are several real-time parameters that need to be reported to the main control medical team.
The girl's body elements exceed the standard value. If she has a fever again, we need to trace the cycle. "
Lin Che nodded without saying anything more, remembering the entire process in his mind.
When the clock struck four in the morning, Lu Zhao finally finished sorting out the monitoring data.
Su Wanqing invited him in and played the recording without beating around the bush.
Lu Zhao frowned slightly, and waited until the audio stopped before saying, "This is the communication from my last contact with the military, but I gave you the log of each session. This section has been edited and has no context."
Xiao Ran crossed his arms and looked at him straight, "Please explain the original text more clearly.
'If necessary take the sample away' What's going on?"
Lu Zhao put the notebook on the table. "We negotiated with the military for equipment. They put forward conditions, and I could only perfunctorily respond. They said they could guarantee safety and supplies, but I said it depends on the team's situation and it's impossible for them to really take people away. The last part of this paragraph actually says 'only if the team agrees'."
Su Wanqing touched the message terminal and said in a calm tone, "Have you ever considered that if we are provoked, this situation will be out of control?"
Lu Zhao did not argue, his expression was very calm, "I am not afraid of all the communication records being recorded. No matter how much we check, there will be no problem. But now someone can intercept this recording and edit it. Don't forget that the incident related to the virus system itself is very involved. The rebels and the military are watching us."
Lin Che interrupted, "It's right for you to be honest with us. But we also have to be on guard against someone colluding with us from the inside."
Lu Zhao pushed the instrument and said, "Okay, I have the communication logs, complete recordings, and every report saved here. If you are worried, you can check it at any time. The most important thing now is that I am not the one who leaked the information. You can check me if you want."
Xiao Ran frowned and leaned against the door. "No matter who is messing with us, we have to encrypt all the instructions. The troops haven't moved yet, but their hearts are scattered. If someone from outside intervenes, we will become a living target."
Su Wanqing calmed down and said, "I can do another team investigation. All subsequent communications and data will be processed offline. Lu Zhao, keep an eye on the main laboratory. Lin Che and Xiao Ran, keep a log of all abnormalities tonight, and don't miss any details."
Lu Zhao nodded and handed over the USB flash drive. "You can save it wherever you want. This includes all interactions with the military this time. One more thing, the 'samples taken away' in the audio originally said 'if there is an emergency security threat, samples will be transferred first'. It does not mean handing over, but evacuating after protecting the personal safety of the samples."
Su Wanqing put the USB away and looked at Lin Che and Xiao Ran. "Write a supplementary report later. I'll save this recording first. As long as another group shows up, it means someone in the team must be being watched."
Lin Che curled his lips and said nothing more. He rearranged the route map and quickly scanned the data beside Su Wanqing.
Outside, Dr. Zheng was walking back, his pace neither fast nor slow.
Lin Che stared at the reflective mirror at the entrance of the main experimental area again, looking at the medicine box in Doctor Zheng's hand through the glass.
When Dr. Zheng saw Lin Che looking at him, he took out the blood plasma bag and showed it to her. He said, "There are two more sets of samples. You can review them after the test tomorrow morning. We will do a few more comparisons to facilitate follow-up investigations."
Lin Che didn't say anything, but just took out the key to the storage room in the corner and checked it again.
He made a note: "The spare blood sample exceeded the normal dosage, and Dr. Zheng did not keep a record when he took the data."
Doctor Zheng tidied up the workbench while carrying the test bag, lowered his head and smiled, "In special circumstances, procedures have to give way to reality. The more comprehensive the control, the more likely the patient will survive the night."
Xiao Ran leaned to one side, stretched his neck, and said nothing. Su Wanqing sat in the main control area, checking the communication, encrypting the original data, and recording the process sheet.
The remaining medical records and medicine boxes on the table were cleaned up quickly.
Lu Zhao set new passwords for the remaining monitoring equipment and disconnected the external network interfaces one by one.
Lin Che memorized all the identities that appeared at the experimental station without raising his eyes.
There were only a few electronic clocks ticking in the hall. Su Wanqing confirmed again and again that the communication system was all manual commands and there was no remote backup.
Lu Zhao checked the latest sample data report again, without any unnecessary emotion in his words, "These parameters are open to you for your reference. If anyone has any doubts, please speak up now."
Xiao Ran flipped through the medicine box. "There's nothing to replenish. Safety is the most important thing. Let's add another set of emergency avoidance signals to self-destruct the data immediately in case of an emergency."
Lin Che locked the locker and stuffed the note "Take extra samples" into his diary, making a mental note to keep in mind for future reference.
Su Wanqing looked at her watch and it was almost dawn. She said nothing more and just put the recording into a special file.
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