Chapter 65
Academician Ji Shiping finally woke up after being in a coma for several days.
The first thing he said when he woke up was: "My experimental data..."
Lin Shuyang, the student who was watching over him, came closer and said, "Teacher, don't worry. We have brought all the materials out. Nothing is lost."
The old man said something unclear, vaguely "several people" or something like that.
Lin Shuyang understood and said, "Xiao Li and the others are all fine, and we are all fine."
Academician Ji mumbled an "OK" and then fell into a coma again.
It was half a month later when he finally woke up.
Academician Ji saw some unfamiliar faces around him and heard that they had contacted the Northern Base and that the Northern Base had sent people over. He immediately became excited again. The doctor calmed him down for a long time before he calmed down and spoke slowly.
He was in a bad mood, his speech was not very clear, and he was still thinking about his experiment.
"I started the experiment in the 8027 laboratory... but I didn't have time to take away many samples and data... Later, I started again in Jin'an and Xilin... and I was short of experimental equipment..."
Lin Shuyang didn't let him talk for too long, and quickly comforted him, "I've told them everything, Teacher, you should have a good rest first."
Yang Luo and Wen Yi both came to visit and sat nearby.
Yang Luo spoke first to comfort him: "Academician Ji, I am Professor Qi Zhenguang's student Yang Luo. Don't worry, we have brought a whole research team with us this time. We will definitely be able to help you complete the research on the virus vaccine. Now the most urgent task is for you to take care of your health as soon as possible so that you can lead us better!"
Hearing his passionate words, Academician Ji smiled, then looked at Wen Yi and said with difficulty: "Your teacher... is Rong Lanjia, right... I know you... she told me..."
"Yes, my name is Wen Yi. In the past three years, the teacher has made some breakthroughs in virus research at the Beizheng base, and I brought all the information here. Teacher Lin also showed me part of your research. I got a lot of inspiration and have some new ideas. I hope to get your guidance." Wen Yi approached the old man and spoke slowly and lowly.
"Good, good, everyone work hard and work together..." said Academician Ji.
Seeing him smiling happily at Wen Yi, Yang Luo curled his lips imperceptibly. I had heard that Academician Ji and President Rong had a better personal relationship, and his partiality was so obvious.
After Academician Ji's condition improved a little, he couldn't wait to continue his previous research.
The ancient city of Long'an was originally just a temporary hiding place out of necessity, and there were no conditions for research here.
Academician Ji hopes to return to the 8027 laboratory, where there are ready-made instruments, as well as the samples and data he originally left behind, and it is also close to the place where the large-scale meteorite fell.
After detailed understanding and consideration, the team's commander-in-chief decided to arrange some people to go to Laboratory 8027 to clean up the zombies first.
The remaining people will temporarily stay in the ancient city of Long'an, and wait until Academician Ji's condition is completely stable before setting off for the 8027 laboratory to gather.
Xue Ling and Wen Jiuze were among the first group of people to go to the 8027 laboratory.
Laboratory 8027 is a secret laboratory hidden in the Gobi Desert and has existed for decades.
"The Northwest is so desolate. I heard that there are vast deserts around the 8027 laboratory. There shouldn't be that many people in the institute. How could it have fallen?"
Someone on the road was curious and asked a soldier who had been following Academician Ji to protect him.
This soldier was Li Shixi, who climbed to the roof and discovered Xue Ling and was the first person to come into contact with her.
He explained with a wry smile: "There is no city around Laboratory 8027, but there is a military corps stationed nearby."
"It is said that when the end of the world comes, that place is closed for training."
No one knows what happened exactly, but when they found it, there were no living people inside, only a group of zombies trapped inside.
They were looking for food nearby and accidentally discovered the army's base. They were happy to seek help, but accidentally released the zombies, resulting in the siege and occupation of Laboratory 8027.
The location of the 8027 laboratory is too remote, and it is difficult to obtain supplies. It will be even more difficult to ensure food after the end of the world.
They were short of manpower to begin with, so some of them went out to look for food every day, while the other part stayed to protect Academician Ji and the others.
The ammunition was quickly consumed and they were surrounded by zombies. They escaped at great risk and began to run around.
Li Shixi didn't explain it clearly, but everyone understood what was going on and fell silent.
But this silence did not last long. The apocalypse had lasted for so long that the people who were still alive had seen too many tragedies.
When the car stopped and they started cooking, a group of people were holding hot and fragrant meals and smiling again.
The past cannot be changed, and the future is uncertain, but being able to sit in the wilderness and eat a hot meal right now is a happy thing.
The two people in the team who couldn't eat were strolling on the side of the road.
They were planning to rest in this area tonight. There was an abandoned power plant nearby. Xue Ling looked at the tall cooling tower there curiously, and Wen Jiuze suggested going over to take a look.
The two of them are now the same, there is no need to leave one waiting outside, they can act together.
There were zombies in the power plant, roaring when they made noises as they passed by, and scratching at the iron doors of the houses in agitation.
Xue Ling was also howling outside the door, but her howling was very cheerful, as if she was humming a happy song.
There wasn't much to see in the power plant. The cooling tower that looked tall from a distance wasn't anything special when he got closer. However, Xue Ling still climbed to the base with great interest, found the entrance, and went in to explore.
Wen Jiuze went for a walk with her, and the two zombies looked up at the sky circled above the cooling tower.
After they came out, they climbed up another observation tower.
Holding onto the rusty handrail with peeling paint, we reached the top of the tower and could see their temporary camp not far away. There were a few lights on and some figures walking among the convoy.
Looking further away, you can see the horizon disappearing into the sky.
The afterglow of the setting sun was slowly swallowed up by the line and turned into dark blue.
Wen Jiuze sat on the platform. Xue Ling sat beside him at first, then slowly lay on his legs, watching the sunset in a more comfortable position.
It was completely dark, Wen Jiuze didn't say he wanted to leave, and Xue Ling just lay there quietly.
It's very windy up there, but who cares? Zombies don't catch colds.
They sat and lay down here quietly for the whole night and watched the sunrise before going down the tower and returning to the team and continuing to move forward with the convoy.
If they go any further, they will enter no-man's land.
A long road stretched across the yellow land. There was not a single car on the road, and no zombies were seen either. There were only them.
Wen Jiuzhe finally realized belatedly that Xue Ling was popular in the team.
It all started when he found a beautiful stone on the Gobi Desert and gave it to Xue Ling, who then ate it every day.
The soldiers in the team saw that she liked it, so they would pick up beautiful stones they found on the road and give them to her.
The first soldier who came to deliver the stone to Xue Ling was stared at by Wen Jiuze for a long time. When the second, third... and tenth soldiers came, Wen Jiuze stopped looking at them and looked at Xue Ling.
"What do they mean?"
"To thank me." Xue Ling told Wen Jiuze, "Because I brought them some things they needed when I was on a mission, everyone took good care of me."
I am grateful to her for taking care of me.
"What about that one? He's from Shen Zhang's team. You haven't taken care of him, right?"
What kind of stone did he come here to give?
Xue Ling took it for granted: "I am sure you took care of me, so you gave me the stone to express your gratitude."
Wen Jiuze, who had never taken care of anyone in the team, said: "..."
On the other side, the soldier who had tried to deliver the stone returned to his teammates. Everyone asked him, "How was it? Did you get any response from Wen Jiuze when you delivered the stone?"
The soldier said, "He kept staring at me. I guess he remembered me! This method of building good relationships is effective!"
After a group of people swarmed over to give Xue Ling stones, Wen Jiu directly lifted Xue Ling up by the scruff of her neck and carried her away from the crowd.
Xue Ling, who was forced to raise his hands and was stretched like a clothes drying rack, said: "..."
This is ridiculous. Is he jealous? She is a zombie? Her appearance will soon be comparable to that of an alien!
How is he different from those beautiful women whose boyfriends are idiots but who are still worried about being snatched away by others?
But Wen Jiuze was not very serious about eating vinegar. He even picked out the stones that others sent him and kept some beautiful small stones.
The Gobi Desert is desolate, and the 8027 laboratory is located in a no-man's land. At a certain section of the road, there is a net symbolically blocking the roadside.
A local soldier said: "This area was previously closed off and no one was allowed to come in. I heard that self-driving tourists who came to this intersection were stopped."
But hidden here, the mysterious 8027 laboratory is not a high-end place, nor does it have the high-tech metallic feel like in some science fiction movies.
In fact, when they turned into the small road and arrived at the place, they saw a small building complex. The buildings were three or four stories high in total. The exterior was yellow and inconspicuous, and a bit old.
There is a small playground in front where you can play basketball, a small cafeteria, a laboratory building, a dormitory building, and a small power station.
The soldiers put on thick protective gear, divided into small teams to cover each other, and began to skillfully clean up the zombies outside.
Xue Ling and Wen Jiuze entered the room and checked the situation inside to avoid blind spots and visual blind spots where zombies might be hiding, which could effectively reduce the death rate of the cleanup team.
These tasks are not complicated. After spending a day or two to complete them, we just have to wait for Academician Ji and others to come.
While waiting for them to arrive, Xue Ling and Wen Jiuze went to the site where the meteorite* fell to take a look.
There are pits everywhere on the loess, and some of the pits have signs placed next to them, probably made by Academician Ji's team.
They arrived faster than expected, and as soon as they arrived, a group of researchers plunged into the laboratory, working day and night. Academician Ji sat in a wheelchair and received an IV drip every day, but he also stayed in the laboratory and refused to leave.
Other members of the team were busy looking for food, looking for oil to maintain the power station, patrolling the area every day to clean up zombies, protecting researchers who were collecting samples in the meteorite area... they were all busy.
Soon, good news came one after another, and they had made new breakthroughs in their research.
The new virus named Re by Academician Ji can inactivate the zombie virus. After the zombie is injected with this drug, it will die completely within ten minutes to an hour.
Unfortunately, this substance is difficult to extract and only exists in some meteorites. The amount is too small to be artificially synthesized at present. Otherwise, it would replace guns and become the most useful weapon against zombies.
Combined with the research results of Academician Rong Langa's team, the developed drug can make the zombie virus lose its infectivity.
Zombies injected with this drug will no longer attack humans, nor will they die immediately, but will still maintain a certain level of activity.
If the drug is injected into a person who has been infected with the zombie virus but has not yet completely transformed into a zombie, the person will die, but the zombification process will be stopped midway, and the metabolism rate of many cells in the body will become several times faster during this process.
The group of researchers were in high spirits for several days, and even Wen Yi had a smile on her face.
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