Chapter 67 There's Something Wrong with Daniel
Fang Qing set aside two buildings as temporary residence for the new members. Since Lu Chen had previously arranged for some people to come here intermittently, some of the people who arrived this time had already settled down here with their families.
So some people registered and went to live with their families, while the rest lived together in one house, filling up the two buildings.
At the first floor entrance, Li Yi and Zeng Li stood in front of a truck with heavy faces.
Li Yi pointed at the truck and said to Su Qing, "Inside... are the people who fell along the way... We... don't want to leave them alone outside, we want to bury them near the new base."
Buried in the new base, guarding the friends and family for whom they were willing to sacrifice their lives, watching them start a new life...
"I will pick a place to bury them as soon as possible."
Zeng Li looked at the two brightly lit buildings behind her. Some of the windows reflected the people inside, cheering, crying, and celebrating. She sighed softly, "Sigh... There are only a few thousand of us, and hundreds have fallen along the way. I wonder what's going on with the boss."
"Everything will be fine!" Su Qing patted Zeng Li's shoulder. "You sent as many people as possible who were unable to relocate here as early as possible, thus reducing many unnecessary casualties."
Zeng Li hugged Su Qing back, "Su Qing, we are truly grateful to you. It's you who gave us hope in this hopeless end times."
Although Su Qing has many extraordinary qualities, she doesn't care. In such a situation, it doesn't matter whether it's aliens, superpowers or fantasy, as long as it can save everyone's lives, it doesn't matter.
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As the day gradually brightened, Su Qing, who had arranged everything, dragged her tired body back home and curled up on the sofa in the bedroom. She looked for a suitable place on the system map to bury the deceased.
There are plenty of places, but the weather outside makes it difficult to start construction, and we can't just bury people in the snow...
"System, can the base build a cemetery?"
"Yes, but you lack liquefied gas or diesel fuel, so construction is currently unavailable."
"The cemetery needs... fuel?"
“Incineration requires fuel.”
Very good, I understand. She is indeed short of fuel now. The base's heating fuel is about to reach the red line. Once Lu Chen and his large group arrive, this amount of fuel will be difficult to support the subsequent heating of so many people.
Looking at the time, it was already 7 o'clock in the morning. Su Qing looked at the fuel in his backpack and saw that it was barely enough for the helicopter, so he and Gou Zi ate something and went to the base research institute.
As soon as the door of the institute opened, the sound of lively discussions inside could be heard.
Su Qing walked in and saw Qin Yu and others leaning aside like onlookers, while Professor Gu and several students were sitting in a circle discussing something.
When she walked forward, she found that the foreigner Daniel who was brought back was surrounded by Professor Gu and others. Behind him was a whiteboard densely covered with various chemical formulas that Su Qing could not understand.
"Captain Qin, what is going on?" Su Qing leaned close to Qin Yu and asked softly.
Qingshan looked at Su Qing and greeted her, "Hey, Miss Su, I heard from Chen Kuo that you were busy all night and didn't come back until dawn. Why didn't you take a rest for a while?"
"I couldn't fall asleep when I got back, and time passed by."
"This Daniel knows that there is a laboratory in the base, so he always comes here. Before the apocalypse, he was a special resident expert for a foreign pharmaceutical company in a certain country. He has some insights into viruses, and they always discuss them like this." Qin Yu explained to Su Qing.
These laymen could not understand the professional terms they were using, nor could they understand the strange characters on the whiteboard. They could only watch quietly from the side.
After listening for a while, Su Qing decisively gave up and turned back to Qin Yu, "Captain Qin, I want to go to S Province to look for coal. Would it be convenient for you to go with me?"
Qin Yu thought of the zombie group he encountered in Province S last time, and pointed to Shen Kuo and Qingshan next to him, "Let's go with the three of us to avoid the same situation as last time."
Su Qing was still frightened when she recalled the last time she was in the coal mine. She nodded in agreement, then walked towards Professor Gu and interrupted their conversation.
"Professor Gu."
Professor Gu turned around and saw that it was Su Qing. He smiled and said, "Xiao Su, it's been a long time since I last saw you. The last time you came, I was busy with an experiment. I only found out about you after Comrade Xiao Qin told me."
"We're planning to go to Province S again, and we'd like to ask if your lab needs anything."
Professor Gu's eyes lit up. "You're going to Province S? That's great. I heard that the samples we found last time were from Province S. If possible, I hope you can bring back some zombie samples. Our experimental drug is in its final stages, and it would be best...it would be best if we could have some living zombies to test the results."
Living... zombies...
"Okay, let's think of a solution."
"Hi! Miss Su, you can do as I did and knock off the zombies' hands and mouths to make them lose their ability to attack and bring them back. Just don't damage their internal organs and brains." Daniel Chan smiled and waved to Su Qing.
Su Qing frowned slightly when listening to Daniel's words, and seemed to smell the indescribable stench in the air of the basement again.
After saying goodbye to Professor Gu and the others, they left the institute and came to the outside of the base. Su Qing took out a helicopter and the four of them flew to Province S.
Sitting in the cabin, Su Qing looked at Daniel's 60% trust value in the base personnel list and felt a little confused.
Before leaving, Professor Gu pulled Su Qing aside and whispered a few words to him.
"Xiao Su, I think Daniel knows too much about the zombie virus."
Too familiar? What does this mean? Su Qing looked at Professor Gu in confusion.
"He's very familiar with the genetic sequence of the zombie virus and even has some insights into interfering with its self-replication. Some of these findings are the result of over a year of research. He said he did some research on his own after the apocalypse, but I still don't think it's right. Xiao Su, we've never been on good terms with Country M. We've suffered a lot, both openly and covertly. You and Captain Qin should investigate this person thoroughly."
It was said that they met this Daniel by chance. Apart from the unusual behavior of enslaving zombies, they didn't see him do anything after arriving at the base.
Could this apocalypse be related to Country M? Others might not know, but Su Qing knew. As soon as she arrived, the system told her that it was a transmigrator who broke the rules that led to this world's apocalypse...
That……
"Tongzi! Come out quickly!"
"I'm here!"
"Regarding the time traveler you mentioned earlier, do you have any information to provide?"
"I'm sorry, host. Every traverser follows a different system, and the information is confidential and cannot be shared."
"Then do you know what exactly caused this apocalypse?"
"I followed the host here, and I don't know much about what happened before."
Very good, this Tongzi doesn't know anything when it comes to the critical moment. You are the best at keeping people in suspense!
"Isn't the trustworthiness of this base fake? If someone has bad intentions, will it be revealed?"
"It only targets members' attitudes toward the base. If it doesn't involve the base, there's no way to give a hint."
"In other words, if someone agrees with the Dawn Base, as long as they don't destroy the base, then other things like threats to other humans won't be revealed?"
"Yes."
Su Qing was foolish to think that the system could handle everything! A person's good or bad can be seen at a glance, and it turns out that Qing'er has hidden tricks! It really makes people want to cry, but there are no tears. It seems that we can't rely on this system for everything...
"Captain Qin, when I left just now, Professor Gu said that there was something wrong with Daniel. Have you noticed anything wrong with him recently?" Su Qing said into the headset microphone.
"This matter... Professor Gu also mentioned it to us, and we have investigated. After Daniel entered the base, he shared a courtyard house. The people he shared the house with have been at the base for several months. According to the existing information, they have never had any intersection with each other. He currently makes a living by farming at the base." Qin Yu told the information he had while flying the helicopter.
Qingshan continued Qin Yu's words, "Daniel doesn't usually socialize, and rarely goes out except for work. Professor Gu was always short of staff, so he found out and took the initiative to approach him. Professor Gu agreed with some of his ideas, and he's been coming to the institute regularly since then."
"He said he was a professor of bioengineering at H Medical College in Country M, employed by a foreign pharmaceutical company. A few years ago, he was sent to China as a specially appointed expert to oversee the Greater China region. Before the apocalypse, he and his researchers had conducted research on viruses, and therefore had some knowledge of this zombie virus. Later, forced to make a living, he left the company's laboratory, traveled to many places, and finally met you and was brought back to the Dawn Base."
Su Qing digested the information for a moment, frowned, and said, "Based on the current information, Country M, the bioengineering professor, and the foreign pharmaceutical company are all very suspicious. Furthermore, I have a feeling that it's impossible for them to know nothing about the apocalyptic capital."
"Ms. Su, there were some preparations at the beginning..." Shen Kuo revealed a piece of information following Su Qing's words.
"As for the appearance of zombies, is the capital..."
Just as Su Qing was about to ask further, Qin Yu said in a cold and hard voice: "Chen Kuo! Pay attention to discipline!"
After hearing Qin Yu's words, Chen Kuo subconsciously sat up straight and shouted loudly, "Yes! Captain!" He scratched his head in annoyance. He had been slacking off outside for too long, and military discipline had become lax... All those confidentiality regulations that were as high as a mountain were signed in vain.
Listening to Qin Yu's words, Su Qing thought that they did know something, but many things were confidential, and the higher-ups had their own plans. She knew the soldiers' sense of mission to obey orders and follow commands, and she didn't want to embarrass them, so she didn't ask any further.
For a moment, no one spoke in the cabin except for the roar of the plane.
"Miss Su... It's not that we don't want to tell you, it's just that we have military orders and we don't know much information. If you can cooperate with the capital in the future, maybe you will know everything then." Qin Yu was afraid that Su Qing would misunderstand, so he explained quickly.
"I understand, Captain Qin!"
"Hey! Isn't he just a foreigner? How can he make trouble in our Chinese territory? I will keep a close eye on him when I get back! No matter what, if he has a problem, he must have some plan. And he can't be the only one involved in Country M. As long as he takes action, he will be exposed! The conditions are difficult now and communication is not as convenient as before. We can always find out by following the clues!" Qingshan saw that the atmosphere was a little awkward and quickly tried to liven up the atmosphere.
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