Chapter 64
When Lou Tiannan and others were trapped in the laboratory, Claire also learned that they had entered the research institute.
Claire was wearing a white robe, with golden hair hanging smoothly on her shoulders. Her eyes, naturally filled with compassion, were half-closed, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking.
The priest beside him was still reporting to him in detail: "Lou Tiannan entered the 621 Pharmacopoeia Research Institute on a federal mission. We don't know what it is yet. I heard Qiu Tu also went in. There was news from the federal side that a reinforcement team was sent eighteen hours ago."
"Eighteen hours ago? Where is the reinforcement team now?"
"We just received news that the rescue team was attacked by a wave of zombies halfway through the journey, and a distress signal was sent to us."
When Claire heard the second half of the sentence, she raised her eyes and asked seriously, "When did you receive the distress signal?"
"Just three minutes ago."
Claire's face flashed with anxiety: "Quick, send someone to support the federal army, and bring Caesar with them."
The priest was also infected by Claire's anxiety and said repeatedly, "I will arrange it right away."
"We must do everything we can to protect the rescue team," Claire said seriously.
The priest, receiving Claire's serious order, shouted, "Yes!"
A few minutes later, the believers praying in the church saw the missionaries led by Cook lined up in two teams and ready to go.
When some people saw this, they became frightened and asked in a low voice what was going on. They soon learned that they were going to rescue the federal army that was trapped by a zombie tide.
Immediately, many people made prayer gestures with tears in their eyes: "Fortunately, Lord Aurora will not give up on the world!"
"Yes! Lord Aurora will bless everyone!"
"Lord Aurora, bless you!"
Among those praying were many family members of federal soldiers.
In their view, the arrival of the end of the world is like the coming of darkness. Fortunately, there is Aurora, a pure land, which allows them to see a little hope.
Someone watched the missionary team go away and couldn't help but murmur, "When will Enigma come..."
Everyone was silent. No one knew that since the end of the world, very few children had been born, and the teenagers in the differentiation period had been well placed in safe zones by the Federation, but no one had ever heard of anyone showing a tendency to differentiate into Enigma.
Will Enigma really come?
They wavered more than once, but when they saw Claire's handsome and sacred face, they couldn't help but believe that Enigma would come.
God's servants will not deceive the world!
The news that Pastor Aurora went to rescue the trapped federal rescue team was quickly brought back to the safe zone in East District 5 by the believers who went to the church to pray. In the minds of the survivors in the safe zone, the image of Aurora saving the world became more and more concrete.
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"Are they planning to live here?" Bai Chuan looked at the zombies with special abilities outside the window, his brows furrowed so tightly that they could pinch a fly to death. "It's been hours, and they're still wandering around here."
The sky outside was getting darker. They had been in the research institute for seven hours and had stayed in the laboratory for nearly five hours. Those mutant zombies had no intention of leaving.
"The lingering atmosphere in the office will keep them here." Lou Tiannan said calmly.
Several people put on oxygen masks an hour ago.
"Elena, how is your map manual research going?" Tang Mary turned her head to look at Elena who was working at the desk.
They found the institute's map manual in the laboratory, but the map manual was too complicated, so they had to hand it over to Elena, who had been to the institute, to study and find a way out.
"There are ventilation facilities on the 15th and 20th floors. Maybe we can get out from there."
Someone said coldly, "You can't get out."
The four of them went to see Lin Bai. Tang Mary was particularly puzzled: "Why? Buildings like this must have ventilation ducts. My Guangming Building has them."
"The ventilation ducts of the institute are equipped with a crushing circulation system." Lin Bai said calmly.
"What is the crushing circulation system?"
When several people heard this, they were all confused.
Lin Bai sketched a diagram on the lab's electronic board. "Like this: incoming gas will be filtered and recycled multiple times before being released. Objects entering will be automatically detected and crushed into debris for multiple decomposition steps. Sediment will enter the garbage disposal room on the third floor, where the gas will be filtered and recycled again. Any solid matter that attempts to leave without passing through the gate will suffer the same fate."
“…”
Bai Chuan and Tang Mali were both shocked by this method of handling things for the first time. "Why is it so complicated..."
"Protect confidentiality."
Although they vaguely guessed the purpose of the institute's facilities, they still found it outrageous after hearing it with their own ears. "Aren't they afraid that the waste will enter the air purification system?"
Elena could answer Bai Chuan's question: "To prevent the introduction of malicious gases, the institute's air purification system is an independent circulation system."
“…”
"An independent circulation air system is not cheap to operate! Is the research institute so rich?" Tang Mary also thought about getting one when she built the Guangming Building, but was discouraged by the price. As the richest jeweler in the Federation, she was also discouraged by the price. Is the Federation's research institute so rich?
"This air circulation system was developed by my teacher and is exclusively for use in the research institute." Elena couldn't hide the pride in her tone when she said this.
"...That's amazing." Tang Mary was impressed. Her thoughts were very fast and she immediately thought of another thing: "Then why isn't your teacher at the research institute? Didn't they say that when the apocalypse came, Dean Xiao Hehua insisted on staying at the research institute to develop a vaccine? Where is she? Could it be that the vaccine wasn't developed and she's also among those zombies..."
Hearing Tang Mary's question, Lou Tiannan and Elena finally realized what they had overlooked: Dean Xiao Hehua was not at the institute.
Lou Tiannan thought of the box containing the original blood vaccine he had obtained. The vaccine had been developed, but what about Dean Xiao Hehua?
Elena glanced at the people in front of her, took out the envelope written to her by Xiao Hehua and found it on Xiao Hehua's desk, and opened it without hesitation.
Inside the envelope was a chip card with a hollowed-out polygonal leaf logo. It was a black leaf, and black leaves were the scent of Elena's pheromones.
The moment Elena got the chip card, a gentle and kind voice sounded in the air.
"Elena."
"Teacher." Elena responded subconsciously.
But no one responded to her. This was a retrospective chip, one of the high-tech phonograph chips developed by the Federation. It could permanently and completely preserve the sounds and images left by the parties involved. For some reason, only the sounds were displayed here.
Lin Bai's eyes moved, and his emotions fluctuated uncontrollably.
"By the time you got this memory chip, I had probably already left this world."
"I'm sorry. I asked you to come here during such a dangerous time. I have no one else I can trust. I beg you to help me complete these two tasks. Perhaps, you can end the apocalypse sooner."
After hearing this, the few people looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock. Ending the apocalypse prematurely?!
Xiao Hehua's voice continued——
"First, I've developed a blood vaccine and sent a message to the Federation in the safe zone. I don't know when they'll send a team here. If no one comes, please bring the vaccine back to the Federation. Second, please help me bring her memories. Thank you for coming, Elena. You're the only person I trust."
It was a very short message of reminiscence, but the content it revealed shocked everyone.
Did Dean Xiao Hehua pass away? Blood vaccine? Who was she?
Bai Chuan and Tang Mali, who heard the shocking news, looked at each other, then looked at the silent Lou Tiannan and Elena. For a moment, no one knew what to ask or say.
Elena frowned and played Xiao Hehua's backtracking chip again. She keenly noticed that something was wrong with her teacher's state when he left the message.
"Did something happen?" Lou Tiannan asked.
Elena didn't say anything. After hearing it for the third time, she said, "There's something wrong with this flashback."
Baichuan didn't really want to listen to Elena's analysis of these federal secrets anymore. He just wanted to find his boss and didn't want to get involved in any federal secrets anymore. Knowing too much about some things might not be a good thing for him.
Thinking of this, he went to see Lin Bai, wanting Lin Bai to stop interfering, but when he saw Lin Bai, he found that Lin Bai's condition was not right. Seeing that everyone else was paying attention to Xiao Hehua's voice message, he was about to go to find Lin Bai quietly.
After taking just one step, he saw a hand on Lin Bai's shoulder, "What's wrong with you?"
This annoying Lou Tiannan, Bai Chuan cursed inwardly.
"It's okay, it's just hypoglycemia." Lin Bai said dejectedly.
Elena went to see Lin Bai, only to see Lou Tiannan take out a candy from his pocket and stuff it into Lin Bai's mouth.
When they saw the food, several people realized belatedly that they needed to replenish their bodies with energy.
The five of them found a corner to sit down and started replenishing their supplies.
Elena had been listening to the recollection left to her by Teacher Xiao Hehua.
Tang Mary didn't think too much about it. After swallowing the compressed food, she asked directly, "Who did your teacher ask you to bring your memories to? Aren't you the only person she trusts? Who else does she remember?"
But Elena, lost in thought, had no time to reply to Tang Mary. Her hands unconsciously wrote the teacher's words on the ground.
Please help me bring her memories. The moment Elena heard this, Mi Xing's name flashed through her mind.
When she guessed the relationship between Mi Xing and the teacher, she chose to keep silent and not ask or say anything.
But she didn't expect that the teacher actually saw it?
Thinking of this, she glanced at Lin Bai covertly, but the latter was leaning on Lou Tiannan's shoulder with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.
At first, Elena didn't understand what the teacher meant by the memory in the chip. Could it be this retracing chip? But she didn't think it was that simple. When she glanced at the burned display cabinet in the office outside the door, she suddenly thought of the amber beads she had helped Lin Bai get.
——"Elena, don't underestimate ambers. They are beautiful gems that seal ancient memories!"
A gem that seals memories.
amber.
There's something in the amber!
Elena looked at Lin Bai again, her mind spinning rapidly, wondering why the teacher was talking to her so secretly.
There's no one else I can trust anymore.
——You are the only person I trust.
"Someone betrayed the teacher!" Elena suddenly said.
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