Chapter 59 Inquiry of Information
The service area has three floors, and this is the top floor. The environment is quite nice, not covered in messy filth.
Han Shuo found a room with bunk beds, which was probably used for rest during duty shifts.
"It might be a bit cold, but we'll have to make do for the night," Han Shuo said.
"It's alright. When we went out for training before, the environment was much harsher than this. At least here we have beds." Xiao Zhao didn't care about these things at all.
After driving for several hours, Xiao Zhao was a little tired and lay down on the bed. There was only Han Shuo there, not the team leader, so Xiao Zhao didn't have to be so reserved anymore.
It was still early, and neither of them could sleep, so they started chatting.
"Xiao Zhao, tell me about the underground research institute?" Han Shuo was very curious about this mysterious place.
"Okay, but I don't know too much either." Xiao Zhao jumped out of bed and sat up straight.
"How many people are there?" Han Shuo asked.
"Uh..." The first question seemed to have stumped Xiao Zhao. Xiao Zhao scratched his head and calculated carefully.
“People like us usually work in teams of ten. We were mainly responsible for protecting the underground research institute before, but now, due to the situation, most of us have come out to search for survivors and supplies. There should be less than a hundred teams.”
"Are there so many people like you?"
Han Shuo was somewhat surprised. There were less than 100 teams, yet this number was close to 1,000 people. Han Shuo really couldn't believe that a research institute would need so many people to protect it.
"No, that's not true. There were fewer than 50 guard teams at the beginning. The rest were formed after the disaster by the research institute selecting many people with good physical fitness."
"Oh, no wonder," Han Shuo said understandingly, and continued to ask.
"Are the captains of each team all genetically engineered humans?"
"Most of the captains of the original guard teams were like that, but few of the captains of the later teams were like that."
"How do the strengths of those gene captains compare to Qingyu's?" Han Shuo was quite interested in this topic.
"Well... there are only a few that evolved to level 4, about 10 that evolved to level 3, and the rest are level 1 and 2." Xiao Zhao didn't hide anything.
"Qingyu said last time that he was a level 3 evolution, so your team's strength is pretty good in the research institute."
Hearing Han Shuo's praise, Xiao Zhao was clearly very happy. Just as Han Shuo said, the team led by Qing Yu was in the upper-middle range of overall strength among all the teams.
"However, it's said that there's a Level 5 evolved human in the research institute, someone from within the institute itself, but I've never seen him make a move," Xiao Zhao added.
Han Shuo nodded and did not ask any further questions, because he already had a general idea in his mind.
There are more than 50 genetically engineered humans in the underground research institute. If we take Qingyu's level 3 evolution as the standard, then Captain Wang, whom Han Shuo once encountered, should be one of the few people who have evolved to level 4.
Han Shuo had a headache just thinking about it. He knew about Captain Wang's brutal and cold-blooded personality. Han Shuo couldn't understand how such a person had gotten into the research institute before. The most important thing was that he had actually completed so many evolutionary modifications.
According to Han Shuo's future plans, whether for safety or to enhance his strength by fusing with the turbid liquid, he will definitely go to the underground research institute.
Han Shuo was very worried about running into Captain Wang there. If a conflict broke out, with his current skills, even five more of him wouldn't be enough for Captain Wang to kill.
The only thing that comforted him was that Captain Wang was in the open, while they were in the shadows. Captain Wang was unaware of Han Shuo's existence, but Han Shuo knew Captain Wang's character.
"Sigh, this gives me a headache. I'll just have to wait until we actually get there and then figure things out," Han Shuo thought to himself.
For so many days, Han Shuo had not brought up the matter of Captain Wang. Although, given Qing Yu's personality, Han Shuo believed that they and Captain Wang were not exactly on friendly terms.
But what if?
If the two are truly so incompatible and have a friendly relationship, and Han Shuo rashly brings up the matter of Captain Wang's indiscriminate killing, Qing Yu might just kill Han Shuo without Captain Wang even having to lift a finger.
Given the current situation, Han Shuo wouldn't think that just because he saved Qing Yu's life, he should remember it for the rest of his life.
Just like Qingyu rescued those surviving civilians, aren't there still people with ulterior motives who want more?
The human heart is the most unpredictable thing.
That day, when he crushed the head of the intelligent zombie and questioned the turbid liquid, Han Shuo saw the instantaneous change in Qing Yu's expression, but pretended not to know.
Han Shuo was able to think of this, just like Qing Yu. The two valued each other and were very sincere, but after all, they had not spent enough time together. There were some things that they needed to verify themselves before they could completely let down their guard.
Of course, in the eyes of others, these were all just Han Shuo's wild thoughts. He himself knew that the probability of this was extremely low, but Han Shuo wanted to live more than anyone else, so he did not allow himself to be careless in any matter.
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"Alright, Xiao Zhao, you can continue." Han Shuo stopped dwelling on the topic.
“Okay, aside from what I just mentioned, the research institute itself has about 1,000 people, which is no less than ours,” Xiao Zhao said.
That's already 2000 people.
"The rest are ordinary people hired after the research institute was established to do odd jobs and cook, maybe a hundred or two?" Xiao Zhao wasn't sure.
"All things considered, I think it's just over 2,000." In the end, Xiao Zhao gave Han Shuo a total number.
"That's all?" Han Shuo asked.
"It's gone."
Xiao Zhao's mind was clearly less complicated; he was simpler in his thinking.
Aside from what Xiao Zhao said, Han Shuo knew there was one more crucial point.
That was their mission for this trip.
According to Xiao Zhao, each team has the same mission: to rescue at least 100 survivors and to find all available supplies.
Nearly a hundred teams of ten people each were dispatched to various cities.
One team per city. Han Shuo believed that finding 100 survivors in such a large city would not be difficult, it was just a matter of time.
If we include these people, the research institute would instantly reach a population of over 10,000.
Of course, we can't always expect the best; it's impossible for every team to successfully complete the mission.
Even so, Han Shuo conservatively estimates that even if half the number is cut, nearly 5,000 survivors can still be brought back.
Based on this, when Han Shuo and his group arrived at the underground research institute, the total population inside was definitely close to ten thousand!
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Han Shuo got a general idea of the situation and didn't ask any more questions. Xiao Zhao really didn't know much about the more important news in the research institute.
Xiao Zhao's time at the research institute can be described in a few words:
Eating, sleeping, training, and guarding.
Finally, there's the habit of frequently seeking out others to practice with.
The two chatted for a while longer, and before they knew it, it was almost midnight. To ensure they got some sleep, they lay down on the bed to rest.
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