Chapter 125 Interrogation
The conscription was carried out in an orderly manner in the base, but most people were greedy for the comfort of the base and did not want to fight outside. Only a small number of ambitious young people with full of passion and those who were really poor responded to the call of the country.
There were only a few thousand people joining the large base with hundreds of thousands of people. Commander Liang was anxious and ran around the base every day to mobilize people, and he would often pull Su Qing to complain.
Su Qing was busy with the electrical engineering project and couldn't spare the time to help, so he could only ask the senior management of the entire base to cooperate.
She reported the matter to the capital. Unsurprisingly, such a good thing as restoring the power network received support from both the military and the government. Su Qing organized an electric power team from the base and the capital, who ran out every day to connect the surrounding power. The military sent Qin Yu with a team of soldiers to ensure the safety of everyone going out.
After working hard for more than half a month, with the full cooperation and support of various departments in the capital, the road from the Shuguang Base to the Xinjing Base was connected to electricity and the Internet, and the entire Xinjing Base was also connected to the Internet, and smart bracelets were popularized.
The wristband, which can be obtained for free at the Shuguang base, costs 1,000 yuan in the capital. Based on standard wages, an ordinary person would have to go without food and drink for more than three months to afford it.
Su Qing was a little angry but helpless. She had thought about charging the Ministry of Government as well, but Lu Chen persuaded her that no matter how much she charged, it would be passed on to ordinary people, so she had to give up.
However, she finally regained her anger through the supply of fruits and vegetables. She raised the prices of some of the food. Su Qing increased the prices of those rare varieties that were out of reach for ordinary people and only supplied to high-ranking officials and dignitaries by ten times on the grounds of reduced production.
Only then did she reluctantly give up.
At Lu Chen's home.
Su Qing was sitting on the sofa and talking about this with Qin Yu. She was laughing freely. Qin Yu was sitting beside her with a gentle expression, listening quietly with a smile on his lips, and agreeing with her from time to time.
As soon as Lu Chen came out of the study, he saw that the two people downstairs had changed from their previous calmness and self-restraint in their every move and became quite close.
His eyes darkened and he walked down the stairs quickly. "The money and the parts you need will be here soon. Come with me to the door and wait for a moment?"
Su Qing was laughing happily, but when he heard his words, he stood up tremblingly, but his footing was not stable and he stumbled and fell forward.
Lu Chen hurriedly reached out to take it, but he wasn't as quick as Qin Yu, who was standing next to Su Qing. He put one hand around Su Qing's waist to steady her, then raised his hand very naturally and stroked her shoulder as if to comfort her, and whispered, "Did you twist your ankle?"
Su Qing patted his heart, took a breath and replied: "No, no, I'm fine."
"Are you sure? Check it out!" Qin Yu stared at Su Qing's feet, as if he would not give up until he figured it out.
She twisted her feet on the ground a few times to show Qin Yu, "I said it's okay."
"It's because you have a criminal record. I hope you're alright."
Su Qing recalled that for the past half month, they had been repairing those broken machines in the barren desert. From time to time, she would get a cut on her body for no apparent reason, and she had no idea where it got scratched. It was only after Qin Yu discovered it and told her that she noticed it.
There were rusty things everywhere around. Su Qing relied on the magic medicine in his system to not be afraid of tetanus wound infection and always didn't pay attention. So Qin Yu developed the habit of reminding Su Qing to check after work every day.
Lu Chen looked at the tacit understanding between the two that no outsider could break, and his expression became increasingly gloomy.
"Beep beep!" A horn sounded at the door.
"Let's go out, the car is here." Lu Chen reminded.
The three of them arrived at the gate and saw a large truck parked there.
Seeing them come out, Li Yi opened the car door and jumped out. He walked to Su Qing with the keys in his hand and said with a smile, "Sister, the things inside are a bit messy. You might as well take away the car and the things at the same time to save trouble." After that, he handed her the keys.
"That's great. In that case, let's drive directly to the construction site?" Su Qing turned and asked Qin Yu. Seeing him nod, he walked directly to the passenger seat, and Qin Yu followed behind him and got into the driver's seat.
Su Qing had never driven a large truck and was a little curious about the buttons. She touched and looked around and asked questions. Qin Yuwei lowered his head and patiently explained to her.
Li Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the car and then at Lu Chen. He saw that the man next to him had an increasingly indifferent expression and pursed his thin lips, clearly showing that he was in a bad mood at the moment.
Su Qing learned how to operate the truck, put one hand on the window, and waved to Lu Chen and the others, "Let's go, bye."
Qin Yu nodded, and then the truck drove away, raising a little dust.
"It's only been a short time, but I see the relationship between these two is getting better and better." Li Yi patted Lu Chen's shoulder with an unfathomable look on his face, "Brother, if you don't hurry up, it will be too late."
"I've already made my feelings clear."
"ah?"
Seeing Li Yi standing there in a daze, Lu Chen turned around and went back to the house with an expressionless face.
“It was just rejected.”
"Wow!!!" Li Yi excitedly slapped his thigh. Seeing the man enter the house, he hurriedly followed, "No, when did this happen? Brother, I didn't even know about it? Tell me in detail, what happened? Hey! Wait for me!"
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The dim interrogation room was illuminated by only a powerful spotlight. Meng Lingyu was hunched over a specially designed interrogation chair, the shackles on his wrists making metallic clanging sounds as his body trembled slightly.
Drops of sweat fell as he tried to lift his heavy head, but he was defeated the moment he met the beam of light. His eyelids drooped as if filled with lead, and his consciousness began to float on the edge of darkness.
"ah!!!"
The electric current that suddenly flowed through his body was like a poisonous snake biting his nerves. Meng Lingyu tensed up, his fists clenched and made a crackling sound, his heart in his chest was beating violently, he kept screaming, and the muscles burned by the electric current twitched uncontrollably.
"It's been two days and two nights, why don't you tell me?" The rustling sound of flipping papers came from behind the interrogation table, and the sound seemed to come from far away.
Meng Lingyu's vision blurred into a bloody color. He saw his shadow twisting and deforming on the wall, as if countless hands were pulling at it. He tasted a strong taste of rust on his tongue. He didn't know if his teeth had broken his mouth or something else. His clothes, soaked with cold sweat, stuck to his back, and every breath was accompanied by a burning sensation.
"We know you come from a military background. Ordinary interrogations won't be of much use to you. Since you don't want to confess properly, we can only give you special treatment."
"They are just two weirdos, is it worth it for you to do this?" The voice suddenly rose, accompanied by the harsh sound of chair legs rubbing against the ground.
Meng Lingyu suddenly raised his head, and several blue veins popped out on his neck. The spotlight shining on him was too bright, so bright that he could not see the interrogator's face clearly. He could only vaguely make out a blurry outline looking down at him in the dazzling halo.
The man approached him with something in his hand. He tried to open his eyes. In the white light, the silver needles shone like stars...
"I..." He started to speak, but found that his voice was extremely hoarse.
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With Su Qing and everyone working day and night, the power network is gradually spreading from the Xinjing base to other bases. Along the way, they encountered and rescued many fleeing people, and killed many small groups of zombies, and her backpack warehouse was filled up.
The towns abandoned by humans along the route have now become Su Qing's treasure blind boxes.
That day, as it was getting dark, they set up camp in a village.
Qin Yu received a phone call. His tall figure stood in the night, listening to the other party's words, his brows furrowed from time to time. The light from the camping lamp cast mottled shadows on his well-defined profile, making his deep eyes flicker.
"Is the news accurate?" His voice was low, but he couldn't suppress the sharpness in his tone.
Su Qing was helping to prepare dinner not far from him, and glanced at Qin Yu from time to time. Seeing that his expression was becoming more and more solemn, he had a bad feeling in his heart.
"I see."
After hanging up the call, Qin Yu looked up at the cloudy night sky, then strode towards Su Qing.
Qin Yu glanced at Su Qing, who immediately understood and said to the soldier beside her, "It's almost done here, let's call everyone to get their meals."
Then the two of them walked away, one in front and the other behind.
Arriving at Su Qing's tent, she turned around and asked worriedly, "What happened?"
Qin Yu slowly told the news he had just received, his voice low and clear.
"G City leader Meng Lingyu just confessed that Luo Xinxin's blood... seems to possess magical properties. On the one hand, it can inhibit the activity of the zombie virus, preventing early-stage infected individuals from becoming zombies. On the other hand, if specially processed and fused with the zombie virus, it could create... a new type of zombie!"
Su Qingting's heart tightened and he asked, "What kind of zombie?"
"They... retain their original human appearance and possess extremely strong mental abilities. They can speak and think, almost like normal humans. However, their internal bodies have been completely mutated. Their strength is several times that of humans and ordinary zombies, and their speed is astonishingly fast, making them almost impossible to kill with conventional weapons."
"In other words, they are both zombies and... humans?" Su Qing's voice trembled slightly.
"They are monsters," Qin Yu said grimly. "They are 'optimized' humanoid killing machines, possessing both human intelligence and zombie ferocity. The key to their creation is Luo Xinxin's blood, but the probability of successful fusion is currently extremely low. According to Meng Lingyu, Luo Xinxin has been trying to find ways to increase the success rate of the experiment."
Su Qing thought about the zombies in the base that hadn't been detected by the system... So they were Luo Xinxin's test subjects? So, what was its purpose in sneaking into the Dawn Base? Was it trying to get closer to Daniel, Professor Gu? Perhaps it wanted to find some answers from them?
"Wait...Meng Lingyu said Luo Xinxin's blood can prevent zombie transformation?"
"Yes, the military has already verified this with Professor Gu. If Luo Xinxin is indeed the mother of the virus, then what Meng Lingyu said should be true."
Su Qing remained silent. Meng Lingyu's confession brought great hope to the human camp. As long as Luo Xinxin was captured, this nightmare would be completely over.
But it also brought a deeper crisis to people. If Luo Xinxin could mass-produce this "perfect killing weapon" before them, then humans would have no chance of winning this doomsday war.
Qin Yu looked at her with a serious look, "We have to speed up and find Luo Xinxin as soon as possible."
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