Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Meeting Professor Gu
Several people followed Qin Yu. Not long after they walked away, their eyes suddenly brightened. The long corridor was pale white with a bluish light under the illumination of incandescent lamps. Several light tubes flickered as if they were about to break down. The surroundings were quiet and a little eerie.
With the light, Su Qing could see the person leading the way in front of him. The man looked to be in his twenties, with messy short hair, deep eyes that were sharp and pointed, and a face full of stubble, which looked like it had not been groomed for a long time. He was wearing a slightly dirty camouflage combat uniform with his sleeves rolled up to reveal his bronze skin. Although he was in a mess, his clothes were not messy at all, and his posture was still straight with the rigor unique to a soldier.
Su Qing looked at the man in military uniform and felt inexplicably at ease.
Even though it's a different world, it's still the same flag and the same military green! That's a color everyone in China trusts!
"I wonder how my father is doing?" Gu Yan asked anxiously as he walked.
"We ran out of food a few days ago. Professor Gu is just a little weak, but everything else is fine."
Soon, everyone passed through the office building and came to the experimental area at the back. They saw several figures in the distance. Gu Yan saw Professor Gu being supported by someone at a glance, and he ran over quickly.
"Dad! Are you okay?" Gu Yan took over from the person beside him and stepped forward to support Professor Gu, looking at him with a worried look on his face.
"Oh, okay! Okay! I'm fine!" Professor Gu held Gu Yan's hand, tears in his eyes. He once thought that the father and son might never meet again in this life, but he never expected that there would be a day when they would meet again.
"Uncle Gu!" Lu Chen and others also walked closer and saw Professor Gu's happy face.
"I never thought I could see you kids again! I'm glad you're all here!" Professor Gu wiped away his tears with his hands and looked at them excitedly.
Su Qing and Fuguier stood at the back, and out of boredom, they looked at the people next to them.
In addition to Qin Yu, there were three other people wearing the same camouflage uniforms. Next to Professor Gu stood a young man wearing a lab coat. They all had the same haggard look on their faces.
Su Qing saw that the passage behind them was blocked by steel plates, with an irregular hole exposed at the bottom. The steel plate was very thick, and it would take a lot of effort to dig out a hole that could accommodate a person.
"dad!"
Su Qing suddenly heard Gu Yan's anxious voice. When he came to his senses, he saw Professor Gu unconscious in Gu Yan's arms, with everyone surrounding him.
Qin Yu saw Professor Gu faint and quickly asked his teammates to go over and take a look, "Qingshan."
"Yes! Captain!"
A man with an ordinary face and a thin figure walked forward and quickly checked Professor Gu's condition.
"I was so excited that I was exhausted. I haven't eaten for a long time and I'm a little weak."
"Our supplies were completely exhausted three days ago. We have no water or food, but the professor has been holding on." Zhao Jiajun, a student of Professor Gu, who was wearing a lab coat, said with a frustrated look on his face.
Hearing this, Su Qing didn't care that there were strangers here. He silently took out a bowl of porridge from his backpack and handed it over, "Feed Professor Gu some porridge first."
Seeing Su Qing take out a bowl of steaming porridge out of thin air, Zhao Jiajun was horrified, "This... this... this is unscientific!" He took a few steps forward and approached Su Qing.
Seeing this, Su Qing subconsciously stepped back.
"Classmate, have you ever heard that the end of science is metaphysics?" Li Yi stepped forward, grabbed Zhao Jiajun and took him away from Su Qing. "Come, let me explain it to you."
Qin Yu and the others seemed much calmer about Su Qing's actions. They all looked as if it was none of their business.
Look at them, they are worthy of being handed over to the country, their psychological quality is different.
"Cough... cough..." After drinking a few mouthfuls of porridge, Professor Gu gradually woke up.
"Dad, how are you?" Gu Yan put down the bowl in his hand and patted Professor Gu on the back.
Professor Gu felt the food in his mouth and was a little surprised. "Where did this porridge come from?"
"Miss Su brought it out. Please have some more."
Professor Gu was full of doubts. He took a few more mouthfuls of porridge and looked up at Su Qing.
Professor Gu finally recovered after eating something. He looked at Su Qing and said earnestly, "My dear friend, do you have any food?"
Su Qing nodded. "Hello, Professor Gu. You can just call me Su Qing. Are you not full? I still have plenty here."
"No, if you have any extra food, could you please prepare some for these comrades and my students? I will pay you five times the price after we get out." Professor Gu shook his head and said.
After hearing this, Su Qing said that it was no problem, but their current location was not suitable for eating, so everyone went back to the office building and opened an office.
Zeng Li and Li Yi moved all the things on the desk away and simply wiped the dust off the table.
Now everyone had time to get to know each other. Lu Chen introduced his side to Qin Yu, "I'm Lu Chen, these are my friends, Gu Yan, this is Li Yi, Zeng Li, and Su Qing."
"Hello, I'm Qin Yu, and these are my teammates, Qingshan, Chen Kuo, and Dongzi."
"I... I am Professor Gu's student, my name is Zhao Jiajun." Student Zhao, who was almost ignored, raised his hand to make his presence felt.
Su Qing stood in front of the table and started taking out food, including stir-fried rapeseed, steamed eggs, stir-fried mushrooms, cold bamboo shoots, steamed fish, beef meatball soup... and so on. Su Qing brought out twelve dishes and two soups in total. Considering that they had not eaten for a few days, she brought out light dishes.
Then she took out three staple foods: rice, porridge, and steamed buns for everyone to choose from. Finally, she took out tableware and called everyone over.
"Come and eat."
"Oh my God, I must be dreaming! I haven't seen these hot meals for more than a year." Zhao Jiajun looked at the table full of appetizing dishes and marveled at them.
Even Qin Yu and the others who had remained calm showed a hint of surprise when they saw this scene.
"My dear Su...this...is truly magical." Professor Gu marveled at how Su Qing took out so many things out of thin air.
He is an authority in the medical field and believes most in materialism. The real food that appeared out of thin air in front of him was a little hard for him to believe. However, Professor Gu was the oldest, had experienced the zombie apocalypse, and had studied strange viruses for so long, so he was not overly curious about it and quickly accepted it.
There were not many chairs in the office, so everyone just stood around the table and ate.
Professor Gu had just finished a bowl of porridge and couldn't eat anymore, so he sat aside to rest.
Qin Yu and the others remained silent and quietly ate the food in front of them. Only Zhao Jiajun kept mumbling while eating.
"Oh~ This fish is so delicious! This steamed egg is so smooth and tender, it melts in your mouth. These beef meatballs are so delicious too."
"Boy! Even eating can't stop your mouth. Eat your food properly!" Li Yi, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it anymore and slapped him on the shoulder.
Soon they ate everything in front of them.
After eating, they sat or stood to rest for a while.
"Uncle Gu, why are you locked up?" Lu Chen looked at Professor Gu in confusion.
"Alas... it's all my fault. An operational error caused the laboratory's defense mechanism to activate, implicated these children." Professor Gu sighed and said with a wry smile.
"Xiao Zhao and I usually stay in the lab day and night. We eat there, so we took some supplies and put them there. Otherwise, we would have starved to death long ago."
"Supplies are limited, only enough for us to eat for half a month. Comrade Xiao Qin and his companions only eat one meal a day, and they managed to save enough food for more than half a month. Without them, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to see you today."
"Captain Qin! Thank you." After hearing what his father said, Gu Yan walked up to Qin Yu and the others and bowed deeply.
Qin Yu straightened Gu Yan with both hands and said, "There's no need to do this. We were ordered to come here to rescue Professor Gu. This is what we should do."
Lu Chen looked at the time and said to everyone, "Now that we've rested enough, let's figure out how to leave."
"What's the situation outside now? When we first came here, it was surrounded by zombies." Qin Yu frowned as he thought about the tragedy when he first came in.
"There are still a lot of zombies. We still have two explosives on hand. We can use them to attract the zombies."
Su Qing watched Lu Chen and Qin Yu discuss their departure plan. Now only she, Professor Gu and Zhao Jiajun were left idle.
Zhao Jiajun was teasing it in front of Fuguier, but Fuguier ignored him with a look of disgust.
Su Qing thought about it and moved closer to Professor Gu.
"Professor Gu, I heard that you had already developed a vaccine that could inhibit the zombie virus at the beginning of the apocalypse."
Professor Gu nodded. "Indeed, but the vaccine is only effective against mild infections, and there's only a 40% chance of it being effective."
Su Qing thought that finding Professor Gu would provide a solution to the virus, but he didn't expect the effectiveness of the virus vaccine to be so low.
"However, I have not stopped researching for over a year and have already upgraded the vaccine."
Su Qing was feeling a little depressed when he suddenly heard Professor Gu say this. He was delighted and asked, "Can we completely eliminate the zombies?"
"Not yet. This is a critical moment. If I were given a little more time, I believe the vaccine's effectiveness could be greatly improved. However, I can't stay here any longer. The sophisticated equipment inside has been damaged by the laboratory's defense and disinfection." Professor Gu's face was filled with regret and self-blame. "It's all my fault!"
"Are these machines available elsewhere?"
"This is China's highest-level laboratory. The instruments inside are unique in the country and are not available anywhere else. If you want to get them again, you probably have to go abroad, but there is no other way now."
"Host! Go put it away and use the refresh function."
Hearing the system's voice, Su Qing sighed to herself that she must be stupid. The system was there! If the system hadn't reminded her, she would have forgotten it.
She looked up at Lu Chen and the others, and walked over when she saw that they had finished their conversation.
She patted Lu Chen's arm and motioned him to go out with her.
Lu Chen took a look, gave Gu Yan a few instructions, nodded to Qin Yu, and walked out with Su Qing.
Lu Chen closed the office door sideways, looked at Su Qing and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I want to go to the lab that Professor Gu mentioned and put away those machines."
Lu Chen raised his eyebrows after hearing this, "Can it be fixed?"
"Maybe." Su Qing hadn't tried it yet and didn't know for sure.
"Let's go." Lu Chen took the lead and walked towards the laboratory.
Su Qing followed Lu Chen quickly.
The two of them quickly arrived at the laboratory sealed by steel plates. Su Qing was about to drill the hole when he was grabbed by Lu Chen.
"I'll go in first."
Lu Chen lay on the ground with his face up, and slowly moved in. After a while, his voice came from inside, "Come in."
Su Qing also quickly got in.
There was also a sealed room in the laboratory. The room was charred and the outlines of some machines could be seen.
"System, the virus in here won't be transmitted to me, right?" Su Qing remembered that Professor Gu said the laboratory was closed because of a virus leak. What if she went in and got infected?
"It has been disinfected with ultra-high temperature, don't worry."
That’s good. Su Qing quickly took away everything that could be taken away.
Seeing that it was almost done, he called Lu Chen to go back, and the two of them went out of the hole again and returned to the office.
"Where have you been?" Li Yi saw them coming back and said, looking sideways.
"Get something." Su Qing replied vaguely.
"We've already discussed it with Captain Qin and the others. They'll charge outside to set up the explosives and detonate them, and we'll provide cover from behind."
"Okay, give some of our weapons to Captain Qin."
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