Chapter 28 An Wei'er
After crying for a long time, I was a little tired and the depression in my heart was relieved a lot.
Seeing that I was feeling better, Song Nanxing took out a tissue from the coffee table and handed it to me. I took it and wiped it on my face casually, took a deep breath, and adjusted my mood.
Song Nanxing glanced at the sky, then turned to Gang Jue and said, "It's still early. Let's all rest for a while. She also needs some time to adjust."
Gang Jue nodded, sat down on the sofa and began to take a nap with his eyes closed.
Song Nanxing raised his chin and motioned for me to take a break as well.
I glanced in the direction of the family's bedroom, thought about it, opened the door and walked in.
The residential building wasn't safe, and it wasn't my home either, so I slept very lightly, but I still got some rest.
When we woke up, it was already daybreak. We had a quick bite and prepared to set off.
After I regained my composure, I suddenly remembered something and looked up to ask Song Nanxing, "Where are Mo Junfan and Jiang Wang?"
"It was too much trouble to carry him around, so I knocked him out and sent him back to the shelter in the western suburbs."
“…”
Knowing that they were fine, I felt relieved and stopped asking questions.
After all, compared to them, I haven't figured out my own affairs yet. I have my own way to go. As our friends, I can only pray silently that they can survive.
Since we had recovered our strength yesterday and we were a group of three, there weren't any particularly difficult obstacles along the way. We just encountered some mutated animals and humans from time to time, which we were able to handle with ease.
Around afternoon, we arrived at our destination. The so-called base was just an abandoned factory building, and I followed them inside.
There was a heavy iron door inside the factory. When it was opened, a huge pit came into my sight.
It is not quite accurate to call it a pit. It should be called a huge underground base with winding staircases on both sides and two elevators installed in the front and back.
The equipment in the entire base is very advanced, giving me the illusion that it only appears in science fiction novels.
People came and went inside the base. Some would look at me when they saw me, but most of them were busy with their own things.
I was taken to an office. A middle-aged man sitting on the chair looked very kind. When he saw us come in, there was some confusion on his face.
"Captain, this is... Ji Ling." Song Nanxing introduced.
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then looked at me for a long time with tears in his eyes.
"She is Lao Ji's daughter... She is indeed Lao Ji's daughter!"
Although I was confused, I still greeted him symbolically out of politeness.
"Hello... Do you know my parents?"
The middle-aged man called the captain sighed and nodded in response.
"Your father and I were comrades-in-arms... Your mother is a very outstanding researcher at headquarters."
"Can you tell me more about them?" I stepped forward excitedly.
The middle-aged man nodded, motioned me to sit on the sofa next to him, and then took out a file bag and a stack of photos from the drawer.
I opened the file bag and found a thick notebook containing my parents' investigation notes:
Mission Name: *** Investigation Operation
【Mission time:＊＊＊】
[Mission Level: S]
[Mission Description] Anomalies were discovered in the Erga Basin for the first time. A non-human abnormal unit appeared in the basin, temporarily named "Red Velvet".
【Task Record】
10:00 AM, 2019: On the first day of entering the basin, an anomalous unit was discovered, covering the entire basin and exhibiting parasitic characteristics. The team conducted sampling and investigation.
3 p.m.: While digging soil samples, infected units were discovered. The infected units were vines with a tendency to attack autonomously.
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I looked at it line by line. The file recorded my father's diary when he entered the basin to investigate.
A lot of key information in the file was blocked, but I still got a general idea of it.
According to archival records, the situation at the time was extremely tragic. The Investigation Bureau sent two investigation teams into the basin, and the first investigation team was completely wiped out.
The second investigation team my father was in also suffered heavy casualties and in the end only three people returned, one was my father, one was code-named Hai, and one's name was crossed out.
I continued to flip through the pages and found a photo attached to the back of the file: a test tube containing the red silk that I had been seeing these days.
[Abnormal Unit] "Red Velvet"
[No.] GUD-093
[Description of Abnormal Unit] This abnormality appears as a red gossamer-like substance with proliferation characteristics. It can infect both animal and plant individuals, with animal infection being the most obvious and plant infection being the least common.
The mutant plants are unable to photosynthesize. They draw nutrients from the surrounding woods, similar to parasitic plants, causing large areas of nearby vegetation to become malnourished or even wither.
[Handling measures] This unit is flammable and multiplies quickly. The Erga Basin where it was discovered is blocked and incinerated.
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I continued turning the pages, and a few words suddenly appeared on the last page.
[Incineration is unsuccessful? Containment of the abnormal unit has failed.]
I was a little surprised. No wonder... I clearly burned the red threads on my legs with fire, but I still showed symptoms of infection.
I looked through the pile of photos again. Most of them were of my parents, and there were also a few of me when I was a child.
I flipped through the photos one by one, feeling mixed emotions.
Looking at the photos in my hand, I happened to turn to one of my mother. The person next to her had pigtails and was smiling brightly.
My pupils suddenly shrank. The person standing next to my mother in the photo... was An Xiaowei.
Aside from her hairstyle, An Xiaowei had barely changed. She looked to be in her twenties, possibly even a little younger than me. But how could I explain the person in the photo? It couldn't possibly be An Xiaowei's mother...
"Captain...who is this person?" I pointed at An Xiaowei in the photo with some trembling and looked up at him and asked.
The middle-aged man took a look at the person in the photo and said, "She is a researcher in the same laboratory as your mother. Her name is An Wei'er."
She's from the same lab as my mother, which means if she's really An Xiaowei, she must be at least fifty years old now...
"Does she...does she have a daughter or...niece or something?"
The middle-aged man shook his head. "There was an accident during the experiment. Both your mother and she were infected. At that time, they had a disagreement over how to suppress the mutation."
"She insisted on returning to the basin to find the truth, and she never came back after she left."
"Your mother stayed in the laboratory and continued her research, eventually developing an inhibitor that could control mutations."
I thought of the mysterious liquid in the test tube that Song Nanxing gave me to drink, and everything became clear to me.
"So, does that mean you won't mutate if you take the inhibitor?"
The middle-aged man shook his head: "It can maintain our sanity to a certain extent, and it can also help us control our own abilities, but..."
As he said this, the middle-aged man smiled:
"Who can guarantee that we won't be the next monster to get out of control?"
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