Mi Jun rushed over, grabbed her hand, and exclaimed excitedly, "You were right! You guessed it!"
"It really is..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yu Fen in the video suddenly shouted in terror, "Get out of the way! There's something above your heads!"
The video was delayed, so by the time he shouted, the danger was already right above Cheng Zhen's head!
Jiang Wan looked up in horror at a spider the size of a baby's fist above his head. Its pair of bright green, obviously venomous pincers were only two or three centimeters away from the top of his head and were rapidly descending!
She instinctively knew it was a highly venomous spider, and she immediately lashed out with her whip.
At the same time, Cheng Zhen also saw the danger above his head in her eyes!
Intuition is deadly!
Almost instantly, time seemed to freeze, and everyone and everything, including the microparticles in the air, stopped.
Aside from Cheng Zhen himself, he quickly moved away from the poisonous spider's attack range, then grabbed Jiang Wan and retreated several meters away with Mi Jun.
As soon as he stood still, everything around him, including time and space, returned to normal.
Jiang Wan continued to lash out with her rattan whip, but because the distance was insufficient, she failed to hit her target.
The US military personnel asked in surprise, "What just happened?"
How did he suddenly appear at the elevator entrance from the lab entrance? There's almost a ten-meter distance between them!
Jiang Wan also had doubts, but danger was imminent, leaving them no time to say more.
"Get out of the way! Be careful!" Cheng Zhen said, then took two steps forward and struck a poisonous spider with a light shockwave.
Jiang Wan caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye. She immediately lashed out with her rattan whip and shouted a warning, "Watch out! There's more!"
It turns out there was more than one poisonous spider; there were three in total.
Although the spider was large, it was entirely black except for a slight green fluorescence on its chelicerae. It wouldn't attract attention anywhere. If Yu Fen hadn't happened to see the warning on the other end of the video, they wouldn't have noticed it at all!
That was close!
The US military was horrified: "How could such a monstrous thing exist?"
This is a city, not a rural area or deep in the mountains. You wouldn't normally find such a venomous spider here!
Jiang Wan also felt that all of this was too coincidental, as if it was all aimed at them.
Cheng Zhen's expression turned somber, his jaw tightened for a moment, then relaxed. He understood what was going on, but said casually, "It's nothing, just a cornered dog. Let's go."
The video call hadn't ended yet. Yu Fen waited until the danger on their side was over before shouting:
"Boss! Is someone trying to get you? Come back right now! Those bastards in the inner city are all scum! They've been wanting to get rid of us in the outer city camp for ages! I heard they put pressure on Old Liu again yesterday, damn it! They really think we're indestructible workhorses!"
"Stop talking nonsense, keep an eye on the two kids, and contact me immediately if anything happens." Cheng Zhen couldn't stand his nagging, so she gave him a direct instruction and then ended the video call.
He said to Jiang Wan, "Let's go back right away."
Jiang Wan looked at Mi Jun: "What about you? Do you want to come out of the city with us?"
The American soldier shook his head. "Why would I go out of the city with you? I just discovered it. You're right, there's a problem with the light! I've done the experiment several times; it can't be wrong!"
"What's the problem?" Jiang Wan wanted to know the answer; she wasn't interested in the process.
"It should be a new kind of light that can absorb several types of light in sunlight itself. No, it can't be called absorption... Just like a black hole, light near it automatically disappears..." Mi Jun was very excited, but for a moment he couldn't find the right words and stammered.
Jiang Wan then said, "In short, the light we see now is no longer in complete color sequence, right? Red and orange light, blue and violet light, these colors of light that plants need for photosynthesis are gone?"
The American soldier nodded: "Yes, but I don't know the specific reason yet..."
Therefore, photosynthesis cannot take place!
The reason has been found!
Jiang Wan asked directly, "Can this problem be solved in the shortest possible time?"
"The problem is with the sunlight. How do I fix it?" The American soldier still had some self-awareness.
"Artificially synthesized light, or is it possible to find out what's extra in sunlight and then discover a substance that can counteract it?"
She believes that everything has its counter, and nothing is invincible simply because it exists.
Mi Jun thought what she said made sense, but also said, "This can't be done by me alone; I need a team of experts."
"Isn't there your Optical Research Institute?" Jiang Wan had just looked at it. Although it was the apocalypse, the experimental facilities inside were very complete. Such an institution must have a lot of professional talents.
The US military officer said helplessly, "I've already been fired."
Jiang Wan looked at Cheng Zhen, who immediately said, "That's not a problem, you wait."
Before they even left the research institute, Cheng Zhen suddenly turned and went straight to the leader's office.
It was actually easy to find, because as soon as they barged in, the people from the research institute hid in their respective offices like they were avoiding a plague, and the biggest and most luxurious one was definitely the leader's.
Cheng Zhen didn't waste any words and said directly, "Gather all the truly talented people in your research institute and listen to his instructions. I want you to find the answer I need within one day!"
one day?
What's the answer?
The leader was completely bewildered, but Cheng Zhen didn't give him a chance to delay. He pulled out the gun from his waist and slammed it on the table: "Do a good job, and I'll recommend you for credit. If you can't do it, leave now, but if you deliberately sabotage and delay..."
As he spoke, he hooked his finger around the pistol and gave it a slight twist. The leader immediately backed down: "Let's talk this out! Let's talk this out! What kind of help do you need? I will do my best to satisfy you!"
"I heard you fired him?" He gestured with his chin toward the US military. "Let's give him a position first, but not too low, or it will be inconvenient for him to do his job."
The leader praised it to his face and arranged things meticulously. Mi Jun and the expert team also went into the laboratory to conduct research.
But as soon as Jiang Wan and Cheng Zhen left, he immediately reported the matter.
Yu Tongguang and Zhao Lei learned of this at the same time, and Yu Tongguang immediately ordered his men to suppress it: "Researching light?"
"Heh, no need to report this to your superiors. Let me deal with him first!"
He scoffed, not believing that Cheng Zhen could come up with anything interesting, but he would definitely not give him the chance to show off and claim credit!
When Zhao Lei's accomplice revealed this information to Yu Tongguang, he instantly realized that his opportunity had arrived!
The "superstructure" of Xiangcheng is severely corrupt. He is deeply involved in it and suffers greatly but is powerless to do anything about it. Before the apocalypse, he belonged to the fire brigade. Now he is an unofficial member of the city guard. He only has about a hundred people under his command. He can't accomplish anything and can only waste his brothers' lives.
But he had heard of Cheng Zhen's reputation for dominance, and almost immediately he made a decision to summon his trusted confidant Yang Zhong and instruct him to do something important.
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