67 Safe House
◎I want to blow up Yongsheng Pharmaceutical.◎
"I want to blow up Yongsheng Pharmaceutical."
In the Noble Queen's store, Zhu Ning was consuming at the bar for the first time. The first thing he said after sitting down was, "I want to blow up Yongsheng Pharmaceutical."
Zhu Ning did not fight with the killer from Yongsheng Pharmaceutical. It seemed that the other party was just there to disgust her.
After walking out of the phone booth, Zhu Ning's first reaction was not to go to the Beehive, but to the Queen's Store.
She asked Song Zhizhang to come and spend money, and ordered a drink with the lowest price, although she didn't even understand what the drink was.
Song Zhizhang could not refuse his guest, so he received her personally.
Song Zhizhang glanced around. In order to protect the privacy of customers, blue virtual walls were opened between each seat at the bar.
If customers need, they can raise the black virtual wall so that they cannot be seen or heard.
The current blue state has a soundproofing effect, so that customers at a row of bars can see each other but not hear what each other is saying.
If guests are interested in each other, they can close the screen wall, and if not, they can have their own private space.
Zhu Ning's words will not be revealed.
But this little girl was a little too bold. She actually discussed Yongsheng Pharmaceutical with him openly in a semi-public place.
Moreover, she seemed to regard him as a teammate, a partner, or a confidant. Song Zhizhang couldn't understand why Zhu Ning's first reaction when encountering such a thing was to come to him.
Song Zhizhang was mixing a drink for Zhu Ning. "Have you met anyone from Yongsheng Pharmaceutical?"
According to the progress, Zhu Ning should have dealt with the other party.
Zhu Ning: "Yes, he said his last name is Chu."
Song Zhizhang was mixing two liquids together. The red and blue mixed together to form a purple color. He didn't even frown when he heard this. "Is it him?"
Zhu Ning asked, "Do you know him?"
Song Zhizhang pushed a cup of purple unknown liquid to Zhu Ning and said, "This question will be charged."
Zhu Ning readily transferred 20,000 Singapore dollars to him. Song Zhizhang raised an eyebrow. "Got rich?"
This question is crucial, and Zhu Ning thinks it is worth the money.
Zhu Ning frowned as he looked at the cup of purple liquid and asked, "What is this?"
Due to the requirements of her job, she is very strict with herself and does not smoke or drink alcohol, nor does she drink beverages of unknown origin.
Anything that tries to break her nerves makes her wary.
Song Zhizhang: "Don't worry, it doesn't contain alcohol or stimulants. I won't hurt you."
When Zhu Ning heard this, he actually took a sip. It tasted a little sweet and he couldn't tell what the flavor was, but it was quite delicious.
Song Zhizhang leaned against the bar and watched Zhu Ning drink it.
This little girl is really interesting. She is calm and cautious beyond ordinary people, but she can show confidence in herself openly.
You will unconsciously develop a relationship with such people, as if you are in the same group.
This should be Zhu Ning's way of employing people, showing trust in the right people, just like taming an unfamiliar wild animal.
You know the other person might show his fangs, but if you want to touch his soft belly, you have to give something.
For example, opening your arms means that you are safe and I can accept you.
I have to say it was very useful to him.
Song Zhizhang: "If I understand correctly, the person you met should be Chu Qing, a graduate of the Medical Department of the First Military Region University. He is a medical genius. He graduated from university at the age of 11, received his doctorate at the age of 17, and joined the Yongsheng Pharmaceutical Laboratory at the age of 18. They all call him Professor Chu."
At the First Military Region University, Zhu Ning thought of Bao Ruiming's information. Yongsheng Pharmaceutical has been recruiting talents in various fields.
However, for such a large pharmaceutical company, it is not difficult for them to attract talents.
Song Zhizhang retrieved Chu Qing's personal information for her. It was very limited, probably because it had been cleared from the entire Internet. Only a personal ID photo and a very brief introduction were left.
The introduction only reveals one piece of information: this person is a genius among geniuses, nothing more.
In the photo, Chu Qing looked very pale, with very dark pupils, like a bottomless well. Even looking at her through the photo, she looked eerie.
It is worth noting that he wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his straight nose.
In the wasteland world, humans have long been able to replace their eyes with mechanical prosthetics. Zhu Ning actually rarely sees people wearing glasses. The glasses they wear are generally not myopia glasses, but are either embedded with artificial intelligence or some black technology.
But for some reason, Zhu Ning always felt that this was just a pair of myopic glasses.
Zhu Ning: "Has he never been reformed?"
"Smart," Song Zhizhang said. "That's the most interesting thing about him. He's developed countless experimental subjects with a very high success rate. He's also participated in various human body modification and android development projects. But he's an absolute conservative. He can't accept any form of body modification."
Zhu Ning: “…”
It's really perverted.
Transform human beings, but are unwilling to accept any changes.
Zhu Ning: "Is he a first-class citizen?"
Song Zhizhang: "Yes, very excellent genes."
Moreover, the genes are naturally selected and do not contain any artificial ingredients.
He is good-looking, intelligent, and has the best natural genes. Even in Zhu Ning's world, he is definitely a child of destiny.
No wonder he is so annoying, Zhu Ning thought. Chu Qing spoke in a condescending manner. He must have rarely spoken to others in an equal tone since he was a child.
Because he is not only a genius, but also a first-class citizen.
For natural persons, the world is created by them, and the other four types of citizens are born with their permission.
Even the rules of this world are written by them.
Chu Qing is already very close to the role of the creator.
In fact, the first-class citizens of this world are ordinary people from Zhu Ning's world. Zhu Ning originally thought that meeting natural humans would feel like meeting her own kind, because she had been a natural person for more than 20 years.
But she didn't expect the first natural person she met to be so annoying.
In Chu Qing's eyes, Zhu Ning was like a beast.
Song Zhizhang: "What did you say?"
Zhu Ning: "I wanted to be an undercover agent for him, but he rejected me."
Song Zhizhang: “…”
Song Zhizhang laughed. Why is Zhu Ning so interesting? No one would agree to be an undercover agent who comes to their doorstep.
But Zhu Ning's trick was very effective. If Zhu Ning had already appeared in Chu Qing's sight, Chu Qing would definitely have thought about recruiting Zhu Ning, but since they were still in the contact stage, Zhu Ning directly demonstrated his "value".
I am worthless.
It was like someone came to rob him, and before he even started asking for the money, Zhu Ning took the initiative to hand over his empty wallet.
I'm done, do whatever you want.
Zhu Ning: "He said he wanted to observe me."
Song Zhizhang frowned this time. He usually smiled, but he looked annoyed when he heard this.
Although it was only a moment, Zhu Ning captured it.
Was Song Zhizhang one of Chu Qing's experiments? Had they come into contact before?
Has Chu Qing's observation theory ever been used on Song Zhizhang?
Zhu Ning imagined the story of the experimental subject defecting and finally joining the Prometheus camp.
Although it was her imagination, she always felt it was reasonable.
Song Zhizhang: "No wonder you want to blow him up. What are you going to do next?"
Zhu Ning: "Find a place to sleep."
She really needs a break.
"..." Song Zhizhang: "This is not a hotel."
When Zhu Ning knew that he was being observed by Yongsheng Pharmaceutical, his first reaction was to sleep.
He seemed to understand the meaning of Zhu Ning coming to find him. She had been targeted by Yongsheng Pharmaceutical, and the beehive was not safe for her. She wanted to find a safer nest.
Zhu Ning finished the purple drink and said, "I think you must be safe here."
Song Zhizhang's Queen's Shop is like a refuge. It can accommodate contaminated spores, and the security level must be very high.
Zhu Ning: "Don't worry, I don't do it for free, I do it openly, can I order you?"
Song Zhizhang: “…”
Zhu Ning's expression was very matter-of-fact. She looked at him with an inquiring look, as if she was very interested in him.
Song Zhizhang is not that narcissistic. Her interest is not in the relationship between men and women, but in him as a person.
He only had a brief chat with Zhu Ning about Chu Qing, and didn't even talk about any secrets. The information was available on the Internet, but Zhu Ning was very keen to feel that he had some connection with Yongsheng Pharmaceutical.
Song Zhizhang still maintained an elegant smile: "Baby, I don't accept customers."
Zhu Ning showed a disappointed expression. "Then I can only book one room. I want to stay permanently, at least one month."
Song Zhizhang opened the shop to do business, "Do you have any requests?"
There actually is such a service. The business scope of the Queen's Store is really very wide.
Zhu Ning: "It has to be safe, especially for Class B pollutants."
She highlighted Class B pollutants.
Song Zhizhang frowned. He had heard about what happened at the Mechanical Oceanarium. In the end, they didn't find the source of the pollution.
The purification method is also very strange. The polluted area is not purified, but the source of pollution disappears.
Zhu Ning actually brought a source of pollution into the Noble Queen Store.
His store is equipped with an automatic identification device. If someone comes in with pollutants or pollution sources, his identification device will sound an alarm.
In other words, no one can bypass him and bring in pollutants.
Zhu Ning was brought in?
She should have a containment device on her body that can avoid everyone's inspection.
Song Zhizhang instantly understood how Zhu Ning had bypassed the interrogation of the cleaning center's inspection department and Yue Kaiyuan. This person was indeed more valuable than they thought.
He was even glad for a moment that although Zhu Ning said he wanted to betray Prometheus, he was generally closer to their faction.
If such a person becomes his enemy, he will have a hard time.
Song Zhizhang smiled and nodded, "I'll serve you wholeheartedly."
…
The space of the Noble Queen Store was much larger than Zhu Ning had imagined.
Because the entire block is almost empty, theoretically what happens here is unlikely to affect others.
The underground area of the block is actually Song Zhizhang's territory.
Song Zhizhang took her into the basement. The decoration style was similar to that of the above, colorful, with neon lights on the floor and walls.
There was actually a man in the middle of the corridor. Zhu Ning looked closely and found that it was a virtual man.
The other person was dancing striptease. He just untied his tie and then unbuttoned his clothes one by one.
This place looks like a place where some illegal transactions are taking place.
The corridor was deep. Zhu Ning followed Song Zhizhang and they had already passed the virtual dancing man.
Zhu Ning asked, "Can I ask what this place is for?"
Song Zhizhang: "Are you interested? It's used to serve some wealthy women with special fetishes. If you lived here, they would be considered your neighbors."
Song Zhizhang opened a door casually. Zhu Ning took a look and was a little dazed.
The purple-decorated bedroom is filled with sex toys, with a hammock in the center and even some large props.
The cross, the bed that she couldn't understand, the operating table that she couldn't understand.
Summary: She didn't understand it, but was deeply shocked.
This looks a bit like a torture device, doesn't it?
"Rich women are under too much pressure, and they always have to find a way to release the stress." Song Zhizhang closed the door.
As expected of a rich woman, her way of relieving stress is so unique.
However, Zhu Ning really felt that people in the wasteland world were under a lot of pressure, like a pressure cooker, and no one knew when it would explode into pollutants.
It's nice to have a way to release stress.
Song Zhizhang: "We have a variety of themed suites to choose from, including hospitals and prisons. If you want, we can give you a 20% discount. The lowest price is one million for one visit."
"..." Zhu Ning: "I don't have that much pressure."
The poor don’t deserve to vent their stress; they can digest their stress themselves.
Only now did she realize how hard it was to spend the 40 million she earned. She couldn't even enjoy the services of such a rich man a few times.
Song Zhizhang looked back at Zhu Ning. Zhu Ning was joking, but he was a little serious. She really didn't seem to be under much pressure.
Being stared at by Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals, scrutinized by the Cleaning Center, and dragged around by Prometheus, she did not experience any particular emotional fluctuations.
The corridor became deeper and deeper. Zhu Ning calculated that if it were converted to the ground, he might have almost walked out of the block.
Song Zhizhang took her into a room at the end of the corridor.
It is a suite with two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and two bathrooms, which is Zhu Ning's ideal home.
The decoration style of this room is very simple, with pure white walls and a full set of wooden furniture. It makes people feel calm and does not fit in with the style of other rooms.
It looked like no one had lived there for a long time, but there was no musty smell and it was well maintained.
Song Zhizhang turned on the lights. "The whole house has a complete anti-pollution system. It can be locked and can only be opened from the outside. If there is an outbreak of pollution inside, it will only form a closed contaminated area after being locked, and it will not spread to other places."
Only then did Zhu Ning realize that the wall seemed to be made of a different material and emitted a cold light. This was not a normal house.
It should also be made of pollutant materials.
Sure enough, she made the right choice by finding Song Zhizhang. It was the safest place to place Lin Xiaofeng.
Zhu Ning looked around the bedroom and asked, "Did you live here before?"
Song Zhizhang's body stiffened. Zhu Ning's words were actually a bit offensive, but he didn't get angry. He looked into Zhu Ning's eyes and said softly, "Yes, I wasn't stable before."
Zhu Ning frowned when she heard this. She imagined Song Zhizhang's past. Zhu Ning confirmed in Lin Xiaofeng that the boundary between the pollution source and the psychic was very vague.
So Song Zhizhang is a person with super powers?
Whatever he was, he was once polluted.
Song Zhizhang lived alone in this bedroom when he was unstable, and was afraid that he would lose his mind at any time.
If he loses his mind, the security system will lock down and a closed contaminated area will appear.
Maybe he won't even be able to wait for the witcher to come and purify him, and he won't be able to die in the true sense.
He would be trapped in a dark corner for eternity.
Zhu Ning had no intention of probing his pain; she had simply asked in a moment of haste. She immediately apologized, "I'm sorry."
Song Zhizhang didn't care: "You are very smart."
Smart people think quickly, so you basically don’t need to explain much and they will understand.
Moreover, Zhu Ning will skillfully grasp the sense of boundaries and will not offend too much.
This saves a lot of trouble in interpersonal communication.
Song Zhizhang: "The rent is 3 million Singapore dollars a month, including food, accommodation, utilities, and property management."
Zhu Ning: “…”
Why have property?
"Okay." Zhu Ning had no choice. Besides, this equipment looked very expensive, and the maintenance cost should be quite high.
Zhu Ning’s previous house only cost two thousand yuan a month in rent, but here the monthly rent is three million yuan.
This room is called a house, but in fact it is more like an expensive cage.
Zhu Ning began to lose the understanding of money. At first she thought it was inflation, but later she realized that there was such a huge gap in consumption between the poor and the rich in this world, it was like they were living in two different worlds.
Consumption related to pollutants is high.
On the premise that first-class citizens have been separated, the other four types of citizens are further stratified. Some people will never be exposed to pollutants in their entire lives, while some people can become superpowers after being exposed to pollutants.
Human evolution has actually left some people behind, using money as a dividing line.
"You really have made a fortune," Song Zhizhang said after receiving the transfer from Zhu Ning, "Little rich woman."
The 40 million Singapore dollars that the wealthy woman had just earned with her life would probably be spent in less than three months. Zhu Ning had never felt so poor when he received so much money.
It's hard to describe how poor and rich I was at the same time.
Zhu Ning: "Is there a camera?"
"No," Song Zhizhang said, "It's my duty to respect guests' privacy. There are only pollution concentration monitoring instruments and some necessary safety equipment in the room."
The most taboo thing for them in this line of work is exposing the privacy of their customers.
He only needs to look at a number and doesn't need to see what happened to the people inside.
Song Zhizhang: "By the way, if you stay in this room, I will be your gatekeeper. If the situation is not right, I will lock you up."
This is a setting for security reasons. If you want to open the safe house, you must get the consent of the gatekeeper.
If a pollution outbreak occurs, the people inside are unable to make rational decisions, and it is up to the gatekeepers to decide whether to close the area.
Song Zhizhang: "Of course, if you want to change someone else to be the gatekeeper, I have no objection."
After all, the person in this position is very special, and Zhu Ning is equivalent to putting his life in the hands of others.
Zhu Ning: "No problem, come on."
She thought about it carefully. She didn't know many people in the wasteland world, and even fewer people she could trust. If she had to let another person decide her life, she would choose Song Zhizhang.
Song Zhizhang was silent for a moment: "Do you trust me too much?"
He drinks when he is given a drink and pays when he is asked for money. He is told that he is his gatekeeper and that he is really in control.
Is this their third meeting? Zhu Ning doesn't even know his past.
Zhu Ning: "I think you are a nice person."
Song Zhizhang: “…”
"This is the first time," Song Zhizhang didn't even know how to describe it, "that someone said I was a good person."
It’s not that Zhu Ning blindly trusts a duck shop madam; she has her own considerations.
"Prometheus led me here to prove that you are relatively safe. He let me contact the Eternal Life Pharmaceutical Company. He exposed me to Chu Qing. He can't just kill me and not bury me if something goes wrong."
Song Zhizhang would have killed her a long time ago.
And she really didn't know anyone else with resources.
Song Zhizhang: "That makes sense. Under its supervision, I really can't do anything to you."
Zhu Ning glanced at Song Zhizhang, who was still wearing blue earrings. He wondered what the relationship between Song Zhizhang and Prometheus was.
Why should Song Zhizhang listen to Prometheus?
Song Zhizhang noticed Zhu Ning's gaze and said, "This is a human-machine joint device. Prometheus can only communicate directly with humans through this. You should have used it before."
Zhu Ning nodded, she should be using the same equipment in the mission.
It turns out that Prometheus was restricted by someone and could only appear directly through special equipment.
Song Zhizhang: "I only have one here, but it has already invaded my nerves and retains my consciousness. It can no longer be used by you. If you want to communicate directly, it may be difficult. I can help you convey your wishes."
Zhu Ning hummed, so this is how the device works.
No wonder the device was specially recovered after she left the mission.
Zhu Ning: "You work for Prometheus?"
Song Zhizhang: "You can understand it this way."
"Then we're temporarily on the same team," Zhu Ning emphasized the word "temporarily" to relieve Song Zhizhang's pressure. "Happy cooperation?"
Zhu Ning stretched out a hand to him, and Song Zhizhang felt that Zhu Ning was very childish.
But considering that she was an athlete before, people who play competitive sports seem to have this problem. They like some inexplicable sense of ritual.
Also like the team cohesion.
He thought for a moment and shook Zhu Ning's hand: "Happy cooperation."
Zhu Ning yawned and asked, "What did you give me to drink?"
Isn't it a bit late to ask this now? Song Zhizhang: "I added a tranquilizer to relax your nerves. There are no side effects."
Zhu Ning tried it for a while, and her head hurt for several days. Even though the pain was gone, she still felt a vague discomfort.
Now the discomfort seems to have subsided a little.
The drink Song Zhizhang drank was like a hand gently smoothing out the wrinkles on his body.
It’s really thoughtful, this is the most caring little cotton-padded jacket you can be.
In Zhu Ning's mind, the image of this madam is very much like a little fox, with an elegant posture, a little cunning, but sometimes very cute.
Song Zhizhang paused and asked, "Are you really going to live with a pollution source tonight?"
She seemed to be planning to live with Lin Xiaofeng today. In Song Zhizhang's opinion, this was a very dangerous move.
Lin Xiaofeng is not an ordinary pollutant. She is the source of pollution in the Class B pollution area. In the Mechanical Oceanarium, it took a team of eight people to solve this problem, but now Zhu Ning is alone.
And she had no guns to defend herself.
It is said that the invisible man's characteristics are great strength and transparency. Zhu Ning is equivalent to being unarmed and sharing a room with a pollution source with a very high danger index.
If Lin Xiaofeng fell into a manic state, Zhu Ning would be crushed into pieces.
"There's nothing I can do," Zhu Ning said. "I have to talk to someone."
Zhu Ning herself was actually unsure. She had never been around children before and it was a little difficult for her to grasp the boundary.
Song Zhizhang: "Okay, this area will be locked from now on, and will be reopened at six in the morning."
"Good luck." Song Zhizhang: "I hope to see you again tomorrow."
Zhu Ning said something similar when he first met Song Zhizhang.
After saying this, Song Zhizhang left, and the door was closed with a click.
Zhu Ning could feel that the security system here was working.
She sat on the sofa in silence for a while, she was the only one in the room.
Zhu Ning was holding a card in his hand. It was a big ace card with a funny clown printed on it.
System: [Release Lin Xiaofeng?]
"yes."
System: [Lin Xiaofeng has been successfully released.]
Zhu Ning stared at the empty room. She couldn't tell where Lin Xiaofeng was.
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