Chapter 151 Sample Inspection and Archival Recording
Yu Sheng felt a little confused. The solemnity and caution shown by the laboratory staff when taking over the samples far exceeded his expectations. It was normal when they took away the piece of paper, but something was obviously wrong when they took away the iron lump.
...Could it be that the things brought out from No. 66 Wutong Road would make the Secret Service so nervous?
Many thoughts popped up in Yu Sheng's mind, but he knew that Xu Jiali in front of him would definitely not reveal anything - and he estimated that even if the other party wanted to reveal something, there would be nothing to reveal. After all, this tough guy was just a veteran fighter and should not have access to too many core secrets.
So Yu Sheng didn't say anything. After watching the people in the laboratory bring the things in, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Xu Jiali: "Just leave it to them, right? I thought I could observe the process..."
"Of course you can visit, but you have to go to the observation room next door," Xu Jiali laughed. "After all, this is a laboratory with very high safety standards. It's very troublesome to get in. It takes at least half an hour to change clothes, remove static electricity, and apply a noise blocker. And only specially trained people can enter the operating area. It's not worth the hassle."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to another door in the corridor next to him: "Come with me, you can see the situation in the laboratory from this room. The information you asked for has been sent there. In addition... our director is waiting for you too."
"Your director? She's here again?" Yu Sheng was a little surprised. He walked to the next room with Hu Li and Irene and said, "I'm so sorry for always disturbing her..."
Xu Jiali just smiled and didn't say much. After bringing Yu Sheng and his party to the door of the observation room next door, he reached out and knocked on the door. After reporting, he stepped back half a step: "I won't go in. The director doesn't like to be disturbed when he is receiving guests."
Yu Sheng said "oh" and thanked the other party for his guidance. He stood at the door, adjusted his expression, and pushed the door open to go in.
What you see is a not very spacious rectangular room with light brown floors and light blue wallpaper. The lighting is bright and the temperature is comfortable.
Because it is essentially just an "observation room" attached to the laboratory, the furnishings in the room are simple and plain. Apart from some indistinguishable operating platforms and monitoring equipment installed against the wall, there is only a table and a few chairs that seem to be temporarily moved in.
A figure in a white suit, with a lack of color and texture all over her body, was standing in the room. Behind her was a huge window that almost occupied the entire wall. Through the window of unknown material that emitted a faint blue light, Yu Sheng could see that there was a fairly spacious laboratory opposite, where many staff members in protective clothing were busy. The focus of their busyness was the "sample" that they had just sent in.
"Welcome to the Secret Service Bureau," Baili Qing's voice interrupted Yu Sheng's curious gaze at the laboratory. The cold-tempered female director seemed to have a hint of a smile on her face. "I'm sorry that the first reception is in such a simple room - but I think you should pay more attention to the analysis of the sample than the comfortable reception room."
"Indeed, I am a pragmatic person, and I am indeed very interested in the...'work' of these professionals."
As Yu Sheng was talking, he walked to the large window. He saw several technicians in protective clothing placing the piece of paper left by the "Entity-Hunter" under an instrument and spraying some liquid on the paper. It seemed that they were performing the most preliminary processing.
Baili Qing set his sights on Hu Li and Irene.
Deep in her colorless eyes, there seemed to be a hint of curiosity and scrutiny.
Irene climbed onto the nearest chair without any fear, put her hands on her hips as proudly as usual, and looked into the eyes of the female director.
Hu Li came to Yu Sheng a little stiffly and nodded to Baili Qing: "Hello... hello."
"Hello." Baili Qing nodded lightly.
"Where's the other sample I sent?" Yu Sheng turned around and asked curiously, "The iron lump that I don't know what it's used for."
"Two samples need to be processed separately, and it was sent to another operating compartment."
As Baili Qing spoke, he casually operated a few times on a terminal device on the table. The next second, Yu Sheng saw that the "window" that almost occupied the entire wall suddenly flashed, and then half of its area showed the situation of another operating area.
Technicians in protective suits are putting the "iron lump" into a peculiar transparent tubular container and placing the container on the operating table, as if they are preparing to irradiate or scan it with some high-power device.
Yu Sheng looked at the changes in the scene across the "window" in surprise, and suddenly frowned. He turned his head and looked at Baili Qing thoughtfully: "... Is the laboratory across the street really 'across the street'?"
"Not all of them," Baili Qing said with a smile in her eyes, "It seems that you have learned many of the 'features' of this building on the way here."
"Is that 'iron lump' special?" Yu Sheng finally asked the question in his mind. "I see you guys are looking at a formidable enemy... I posted a question on 'Border News' before, but no one knew what it was..."
"After hearing you mention it yesterday, I found the consultation information you sent earlier," Baili Qing answered very straightforwardly, "To be honest, we don't actually know what it is."
"Um...you don't know either?" Yu Sheng was stunned, "Then why are you making such a big fuss..."
"It is precisely because we cannot confirm what it is through any means, and even after using some 'unusual' methods, we can't find any corresponding clues or records, that we are particularly interested in it," Baili Qing said seriously, "It is a rare phenomenon for 'foreign objects' to appear in a foreign land that has already been in a stable state. This deserves our more attention."
Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, thinking that what the other party said made sense, but suddenly his mind moved and he found a blind spot: "So if you say so, there are often foreign objects at No. 66 Wutong Road..."
Then he saw Baili Qing, who was so calm and composed a second ago, suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his eyes were even a little sharp: "What did you say? There are other 'foreign objects' there?!"
Yu Sheng was shocked by the other party's attitude. Although he didn't know why the female director reacted so strongly, he quickly explained: "Well, I have to go out to buy things, go to the supermarket or the vegetable market or something. Look at the plastic bag on the table inside. That's what I brought back from the supermarket last time..."
Baili Qing: “…”
Yu Sheng: “……?”
The room suddenly became quiet. Yu Sheng and Baili Qing were silent, staring at each other. When Hu Li, who was standing beside them, saw this, the hair behind her ears stood up (after arriving at the Secret Service, she had returned to her most accustomed fox state). Irene climbed down from the chair calmly, mumbling as she climbed: "He must have been swearing again..."
"...I didn't explain it clearly." Baili Qing suddenly took a deep breath and explained to the student calmly, "I was talking about the phenomenon of unknown substances suddenly appearing or generating out of thin air inside No. 66 Wutong Road - going out to buy things doesn't count."
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Yu Sheng thought about it, turned around and sat down on the chair next to him while trying to keep a straight face: "Well, let's talk about the Black Forest first."
"Okay," Baili Qing immediately sat down opposite him, and then pushed some organized documents on the table to Yu Sheng, "This is a copy of the information taken out from the archives - including the action records and basic information of the personnel in that year. You can take a general look at it first. The information cannot be taken away, and it will be destroyed after leaving this room. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me directly now."
Yu Sheng quickly gathered his expression and mind, put aside irrelevant thoughts, and opened the paper files that had obviously been copied or printed just today, with the destruction deadline printed on the cover.
When he opened the first file, the first thing that caught his eye was a few large bold words:
Operation codename: Adulthood.
Yu Sheng's eyes changed slightly in an instant.
Baili Qing's voice then reached his ears:
"The operation back then was codenamed 'Adulthood'. You should be able to understand what it means from the name. From the perspective of later generations, this operation had many immature, reckless, and even arrogant elements. You should also have noticed those 'mistakes' that could have been avoided in the data. But I must say that any so-called 'correct' route we know today was tested bit by bit by these pioneers who once made mistakes."
"I understand." Yu Sheng exhaled lightly, and his expression became more serious little by little.
Baili Qing nodded slightly.
"When 'Fairy Tale' was first discovered, we knew very little about it, and the characteristics it displayed were extremely deceptive," she said slowly. "The Secret Service at the time believed that its power should be similar to some kind of mental detention cage, a 'consciousness trap' specifically for minors, and its strength was limited and its effect was slow. On the other hand, in the early days of the 'Fairy Tale' outbreak, the destructive power displayed by the children affected by it... was not very strong. Many children even just had nightmares. So the Secret Service at the time made the first misjudgment of 'Fairy Tale', which was later proven to be the most serious misjudgment.
"We think it... isn't very strong. After all, judging from the cases we've seen, even children around ten years old can resist its mental pollution for a long time..."
(End of this chapter)
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