Lu Sheng frowned slightly and looked down from the window.
The security personnel downstairs hadn't left yet, and Meng Rui and Deng Ran were opening the door.
Everything was calm and peaceful, giving the feeling that the dark clouds had parted to reveal the bright moon.
"Congratulations to the five final winners! Please come downstairs as soon as possible and contact the research institute staff. The institute will provide you with excellent living conditions."
The mechanical electronic voice sounded again, actually urging them on?
Lu Sheng and Sun Lu looked around and finally found the surveillance camera hidden in the light strip in the corner.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go downstairs right now!" Zou Lu's face lit up with joy, and she couldn't help but smile.
Although Li Kaixuan and Zhang Zhiguo were also excited, they still carefully watched Lu Sheng's expression and dared not take any further action without Lu Sheng and Sun Lu's instructions.
Just kidding, they've only survived this long thanks to Lu Sheng and Sun Lu.
Half of the right to use this life is in someone else's hands.
Lu Sheng frowned slightly. "Go down and take a look."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zou Lu rushed down the stairs. The rest of the people followed Lu Sheng down the stairs, only to find that the group of people who had been lying on the first floor, resigned to their fate, were nowhere to be seen.
Zou Lu, beaming, stopped Meng Rui and Deng Ran, eagerly asking about the follow-up arrangements, "Where will we be placed? Does this mean we won't have to work to earn contribution points and can stay in the core area? Is it true that food and lodging will be provided?"
Deng Ran still had that deadpan expression, while Meng Rui patiently explained to her again and again.
"The accommodation provided by the laboratory is very good."
"We no longer need to earn contribution points; being able to participate in the experiment is already a huge contribution to the deep space base."
"Food and lodging will be provided, and we will try our best to meet all your requests."
Zou Lu became more and more excited as she listened, and finally burst into tears of joy, hugging Meng Rui tightly.
Deng Ran avoided Zou Lu with a look of disgust, then turned to Lu Sheng and the others and said coldly, "Everyone's here, let's go."
"Departure? Where to?" Zhang Zhiguo nervously took a step back.
He now has an instinctive distrust of everyone at the research institute, and even the word "departure" triggers a stress response in him.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous. The selection phase is over. From now on, there won't be any more tests. You can rest assured." Seeing this, Meng Rui quickly jumped in to smooth things over.
Zou Lu was preoccupied with the prospect of a comfortable life where she wouldn't have to worry about food or drink in the future, and couldn't help but urge them on, "That's right, don't be too nervous. A research institute as big as this, would it lie to just a few of us? Anyway, the test is over, so hurry up and report to the institute's superiors, and then enjoy yourselves."
Lu Sheng and Sun Lu exchanged glances, and the group silently followed Meng Rui and Deng Ran toward the research institute's office building.
Compared to Lu Sheng and the others' silence, Meng Rui was noticeably more cheerful, chatting and laughing as she introduced them to the various research successes the research institute had achieved after the apocalypse.
They were clearly more excited than Lu Sheng and the other participants in the experiment.
After walking two hundred meters, Li Kaixuan and the others couldn't suppress their questions and cautiously asked, "Miss Meng, I'd like to ask, where are those people from the first floor?"
Besides the five of them, there are twenty people left.
These people were originally lying on the first-floor floor, resigned to their fate, with nowhere else to go. But when they went downstairs, they found that there was no one left on the first floor. It was as if these twenty people had vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.
Meng Rui and Deng Ran didn't mention these people at all, as if they didn't exist.
No matter how I think about it, I feel there's something fishy about this.
Li Kaixuan even pessimistically wondered if these people had already been humanely exterminated.
"Uh..." Faced with Li Kaixuan's question, Meng Rui was obviously stunned for a moment, and a look of panic flashed in her eyes. Then she quickly forced a smile, "The defense line, since the test is over, they must have been let go."
"The research institute has limited funds, and feeding so many people is very expensive," Meng Rui joked to ease the awkwardness.
Li Kaixuan and Zhang Zhiguo were skeptical, but they couldn't figure out what the research institute was thinking, so they just gave a vague "oh" as an answer.
"Mind your own business and stop asking all these questions. It's so annoying," Deng Ran scolded impatiently in a low voice.
As they spoke, the group arrived at the very center of the area, where the core office building, which housed the institute's outstanding research findings, stood before them.
Meng Rui led a few people upstairs and finally opened a communal accommodation room with an area of about 200 square meters.
"It's too late today, so please rest here for the night. Professor Huang is currently conducting academic exchanges at other bases and won't be back for a few days. Please feel free to stay here and make any requests you may have."
Meng Rui turned on the light and politely explained to Lu Sheng and the others, "Every day, someone will deliver three meals to you. You can also bring whatever you want to eat, as long as it's within reasonable limits, the research institute will accommodate you."
He then gave a few more brief instructions and left the room.
As soon as Meng Rui left, the remaining few people excitedly pounced on the bed.
Li Kaixuan pressed down on the bed with his hand, then looked up excitedly, "This mattress is so soft, and it's brand new!"
"Even the pillows were specially supplied to five-star hotels before the apocalypse!"
"And a projector!"
"You can even choose which movie to watch!"
"There's even a mini-fridge here! It's stocked with drinks and fruit!"
This chapter is not finished, please click the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
