Chapter 60
At the last moment before the door closed, an iron pillar blocked the door and Qiu Tu entered the 621 Pharmacopoeia Research Institute through the gap in the door.
The moment Qiu Tu came in, bang, the iron pillar was squeezed and deformed by the extreme gravity, and the door closed.
Seeing Qiu Tu actually enter the institute, everyone's face changed. Elena said, "Follow me!"
The interior of the 621 Pharmacopoeia Research Institute stands in stark contrast to the building's unremarkable exterior. Divided by the latest technologically advanced metal and stone walls, the laboratories on each floor appear to be independently suspended. Curved corridors flow from top to bottom, crisscrossing the building. At first glance, the entire institute resembles a vast three-dimensional maze.
Elena led her men around a wall and into a laboratory.
When Qiu Tu caught up, the door of the laboratory had already been closed. He immediately created fire and wanted to blow up the laboratory.
Each laboratory in the 621 Pharmacopoeia Research Institute was built extremely solidly, but even the strongest doors were blown open by Qiu Tu's two or three fire attacks. When Qiu Tu entered, the laboratory was empty, with only two zombies lying on the ground.
And behind Qiu Tu there was a hoarse sound——
…
After Lou Tiannan and his group entered the laboratory under the leadership of Elena, they were confronted by two zombies in white coats. Lou Tiannan and Tang Mali, who were close by, took action and twisted the zombies' throats.
After hearing the explosion outside the door, Elena walked to the wall of the laboratory without stopping. After pressing something with her finger, an electronic verification panel suddenly protruded from the wall. After entering the verification, a door opened from the middle of the metal wall that was originally tightly closed.
They originally thought they had just entered an ordinary place like a reception room, but who knew that there was a whole new world behind the wall.
After they entered, the metal wall closed again, leaving no gap.
Tang Mary was amazed. "It has to be the most generous research institute in the Federation. It's built a building that is more advanced than my Guangming Building."
"Much more advanced." Bai Chuan added, staring intently at some bottles in the laboratory. He also does research, but his research is not on pharmaceuticals or alkaloids, his research direction is skin tissue.
After all, he makes adult toys, and the more realistic the product is, the more popular it will be with consumers.
Tang Mary snorted: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."
Elena took them to two laboratories in a row. In the third laboratory, they encountered four level three zombies.
But it was no effort for them to subdue four level three zombies.
There was no need for everyone to take action. Lou Tiannan, Tang Mary and Elena took care of the four zombies.
After the five of them walked through two more corridors, Tang Mary asked in surprise, "We're actually on the second floor?"
After careful observation, Bai Chuan said, "It turns out that the laboratories here are not independent, but are all connected."
Previously, they saw that each laboratory was not connected to each other, and some were even suspended in the air. Now, walking in the corridor, they found that this was not the case. Perhaps the research institute used some new technological materials, which made others mistakenly believe that the laboratories were independent.
"Not all of them are connected. The laboratories on the lower floors are interconnected," said Elena.
"Why is the alarm going off here?" Tang Mary said as she looked at the red flashing police lights around her.
"It's Qiu Tu." Lou Tiannan saw Qiu Tu in the corner. He was bombing every laboratory on the first floor. Qiu Tu was very powerful. With a sweep of flames, he broke into several laboratories in succession. Alarms sounded one after another with his violent explosions. There were dynamic mechanisms that were still working and tried to capture Qiu Tu, but Qiu Tu didn't take them seriously at all.
"We have to hurry. If the alarm keeps ringing, it will trigger the alarm upstairs. The higher-ups will activate the protection mechanism and put the entire hospital on security alert. It will then be difficult to get in." Elena said.
"Which floor are we going to?" asked Tang Mary.
"Seventeenth floor." Elena and Lou Tiannan said in unison.
The seventeenth floor is the laboratory floor where Xiao Hehua is located.
"Let's go, let's go!" Seeing that the alarm had reached the second floor, several people did not stop and followed Elena upstairs.
When everyone was running in the corridor, Qiu Tu also noticed their movements. He ran up and fired fireballs to attack them.
Elena and her men quickly ran to the mechanical elevator entrance, took out her ID card from her pocket and scanned it, but the screen showed that the ID card was locked and could not be used.
"The Federation locked my card." Elena took the card back disappointedly and said, "We have to run upstairs."
"Can't Captain Lou's be used?" Bai Chuan asked. They are all captains, so Lou Tiannan's should be usable too.
"He doesn't have the authority." Elena knew without even thinking about it that Lou Tiannan couldn't have this authority.
"Then run quickly—"
"Ding ding - verification successful." A mechanical sound interrupted Tang Mary's words.
Everyone looked at the scanning port in surprise at the same time. A white and slender hand was holding an ID card and was taking it back. The owner of the ID card was Lin Bai.
"How do you have the authority?" Elena asked in surprise.
Lin Bai said calmly, "I told you, my partner works at the research institute. As her family member, is it strange for me to have a pass?"
"Hurry up and go in, let's talk first, that mad dog is about to catch up!" Tang Mali pushed the person into the elevator without thinking.
The elevator door closed.
"Elevator up - destination floor 17."
As the five people entered the elevator, they fell into a strange silence.
The floor number kept jumping. Elena looked at Lin Bai suspiciously. When the number jumped to 6, she finally couldn't help but ask, "How come your partner has such high authority?"
In the Security Bureau, there were only a handful of people with direct access to the 17th floor of the research institute. Even her access was only granted by Xiao Hehua after the apocalypse. Who exactly was Lin Bai's partner? How could he have such high authority?
When she thought about Lin Bai's previous strange behavior and vaguely familiar feeling, Elena felt as if there was a thin piece of paper in front of her. As long as she could poke a hole in it, she would get the answer she wanted to know.
“She’s worked here for many years.”
Lin Bai still seemed reluctant to reveal the identity of her partner and only explained it this way.
When the elevator number was about to jump to 13, a loud noise caused the elevator to shake violently.
Lin Bai was thrown onto the person next to her due to weightlessness. Before she could see who it was, a strong and powerful arm wrapped around her shoulders and her body was stabilized. After the elevator car stopped suddenly, the arm was quickly retracted.
Without looking, Lin Bai knew it was Lou Tiannan from the higher body temperature than ordinary people.
"Damn, Qiu Tu destroyed the elevator shaft." Tang Mali pried open the cover above the elevator car and saw an iron rod inserted across the elevator shaft.
Everyone realized that they had to get out of here quickly, otherwise, once Qiu Tu's fire arrived, they would all be doomed in the elevator!
Tang Mary swung the iron chain and hooked it onto the guide rail on the shaft wall, then climbed onto the cover of the elevator car.
They were very close to the door to the 15th floor. Tang Mary's slightly plump figure seemed extremely flexible at this time. She grabbed the iron lock with one hand and supported herself on the door to the 15th floor with the other.
After stepping on the edge of the elevator door, she tried with an iron rod and frowned, "No, this elevator door won't open."
Just as she was speaking, the elevator car shook again and seemed to be about to fall. Tang Mary quickly inserted an iron rod into the traction wire rope to stop the elevator car from falling again.
"Come out first, I'll make some space for you to step on."
It is definitely not a good idea to stay in the elevator car for a long time. Tang Mary made an iron plate and inserted it into the wall of the shaft so that everyone who came out of the elevator car would have a temporary place to stay.
When Baichuan finally stepped on the iron plate, the iron rod failed to get stuck in the elevator car. The elevator car fell a long distance again, triggering the emergency stop device, and violent bangs were heard downstairs.
Tang Mali said angrily, "Damn it, Qiu Tu, wait until I finish my work, I'll chop that mad dog into pieces!"
"Let's climb up. Qiu Tu can't come up from the outside for the time being." Elena is very familiar with the security mechanism of the institute. There is identity verification on each floor. The first few floors may be destroyed by violence, but the higher floors cannot be destroyed by violence.
Now I can only climb up the elevator shaft, fortunately it is only four floors away.
Five people climbed along the iron rope towards the 17th floor.
"Lin Bai, look, it's a good thing I followed you in, otherwise it would be so dangerous for you to be alone!" Tang Mali whispered to Lin Bai who was on another cable car next to her.
Although she thought she spoke quietly, the enclosed elevator shaft had a built-in echo and amplification effect, so everyone could hear what she said.
Elena could naturally hear the intimacy in Tang Mary's words, and she felt even more confused.
Bai Chuan was puzzled, "Boss Tang, why are you so concerned about my Ah Bai?"
Tang Mary was very disgusted with Bai Chuan: "Go away, go away, what do you mean by your A Bai? You are an Omega and you are not ashamed! Have you asked Lin Bai what he thinks?"
Bai Chuan's nose was crooked with anger. "I'm happy to pay for it! What era is it now? Why are you so feudal? Don't you know that Omegas have freedom?! Lin Bai and I will get the marriage certificate as soon as we go out!"
After Bai Chuan finished speaking, he felt a chill on his back and wondered if there were zombies nearby. He looked around and suddenly caught a glimpse of Lou Tiannan's eyes looking at him. He took a breath of cold air in his heart: Hiss, did Captain Lou take some wrong medicine? His eyes are so murderous.
Tang Mali didn't see Lou Tiannan's eyes. She climbed up while mocking Bai Chuan: "You still want to get a marriage certificate? A mistress certificate? Aren't you ashamed?"
Bai Chuan was so angry that he crawled to Tang Mary's side and said angrily: "Mr. Tang, please take care of your own family affairs first before meddling in other people's business!"
"What others?! Lin Bai and I——"
"arrive."
Lin Bai interrupted their quarrel.
Lou Tiannan glanced at Lin Bai who stopped Tang Mary in time, and a thought flashed in his eyes, Lin Bai and I...is there any relationship between her and Lin Bai?
Elena almost instantly remembered what Zhu Liang had said before, that Tang Mary was looking for her son Peter and daughter Vera. If Lin Bai was Tang Mary's daughter, the age would not match.
Tang Mary is only 39 years old this year, and Lin Bai is 30 years old. They can't be said to be mother and daughter. So what other relationship do they have?
While Elena was thinking, Baichuan and others also arrived at the 17th floor one after another and were figuring out how to open the elevator door on the 17th floor.
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