Chapter 33 The Silent Majority
After returning to the Bureau base, the first thing I did was go straight to the Class III personnel archives room.
After inserting the card into a device with a card slot next to the computer, I began to look up the relevant information in the catalog.
The information accessible to Level III personnel is very limited, consisting of only some basic information and some anomalous units with lower risk factors.
But these were not what I was looking for. I quickly scanned the directory and finally, my eyes stopped on one of the folders.
It was a list of base personnel, including active personnel, missing personnel, and those who had died.
I clicked on the missing persons list with some trepidation, and sure enough, I found the name.
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[Missing Person] An Wei'er, codename: Rose.
A secret-level researcher at the laboratory. She was infected with "Red Velvet" after the mission ??? and subsequently escaped from the Bureau. She is currently listed as missing.
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In the upper right corner of the document was an old ID photo. The person in the photo had braids and looked exactly like An Xiaowei.
I continued to look through the list of other people in the file and did not see my parents' names.
With the mentality of giving it a try, I clicked on the list of casualties again.
My father and mother's names were on the list, but the cause of death was not stated.
Feeling a little disappointed, I had to continue looking up information, trying to find more relevant clues.
I don’t know how long it took, but I finally saw a folder called “Inhibitor Related” in one of the files.
I clicked in without hesitation and started reading the introduction.
【Type II Inhibitor】A special inhibitor targeting the abnormal unit "Red Velvet".
Used to prevent and inhibit the progression of "Red Velvet" infection.
It has certain toxic side effects, and some users have experienced symptoms such as persistent high fever, convulsions, cerebral infarction, and lupus erythematosus.
It has been improved to the sixth generation and its toxic side effects have been greatly reduced, but frequent use is still not recommended.
There are six pictures attached, showing inhibitors from the first to sixth generations, which are basically blue-black.
After reading this, I am even more certain that the substance my parents injected me with back then was an inhibitor.
But why… I clearly got the vaccine a long time ago, but I still had a mutation reaction? And after reading so much information, I still can't be sure whether I am infected or not.
I recalled the details of that day, and the most likely thing was what An Xiaowei said to me when I was in a coma.
And that feeling of being brainwashed. If it weren't for that Morse code, I might not have been able to wake up.
It was at this time that I saw a document from the "Apocalypse Sect".
That's it!
I clicked it without hesitation, but a line of text appeared on the screen: "Sorry, insufficient permissions, unable to view."
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Well, it seems that the information about the Apocalypse Sect can only be unlocked by upgrading to the corresponding permissions. This means that this information is very important. At least this information must contain the part I want to know.
I thought about it for a moment, then went straight to Song Nanxing's residence.
Song Nanxing opened the door and looked at me with a puzzled look: "What's wrong? It's my break time now... Even if it's the end of the world, I still make sure to get off work on time."
As he said this, he prepared to close the door.
I stopped the door from closing. "I'm sorry to disturb your rest, but..." I hesitated for a moment, but finally mustered up the courage.
"If possible, please give me more tasks!"
Song Nanxing glanced at me with amusement and laughed, "Are you the chosen worker? You're so eager to work overtime."
As he said this, he closed the door, locking me outside, and his voice came from the room.
"Don't die out there."
I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed like he agreed.
Feeling a little better, I returned to my residence, grabbed my Miao Dao, and headed straight for the training room.
I don't know when Chen Yubing left the training room, but it didn't affect my practice.
Although she didn't even teach me any moves, I gradually figured out some tricks during today's practice.
After roughly recalling the details of the battle with her just now, I began to practice alone in the training room.
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The next day, a knock on the door brought me back to reality.
When he opened the door, Steel Lord was standing outside with a folder in his hand.
"New mission." Steel Lord said briefly.
I took the folder and quickly checked the task information.
The mission content is not particularly complicated. To put it simply, traces of suspected advanced infected people were found on Xingwang Road in our city, and our mission is to investigate the situation and take simple measures.
This should have been the job of the Investigation Bureau's "Eye of Perseverance" team, but for some reason, the "Eye of Perseverance" responsible for that area requested the assistance of some personnel from the "Sword of Dawn".
Song Nanxing is a man of his word...
The people in charge of the investigation are Gang Jue and me.
After quickly packing up, Gang Jue and I arrived at the scene.
The scene was in a mess. Although it had been preliminarily cleaned up by the people of "Eye of Perseverance", judging from the traces, it was impossible that it was a monster. It looked more like two waves of high-level infected people had fought here.
"Are there so many people who are infected but don't mutate?" I was a little confused. It seems so.
"There weren't many at the beginning. Only those who were unfortunate enough to come into contact with the abnormalities would have a chance of being contaminated, and there were even fewer people who could survive the contamination and awaken their abilities." Gang Jue explained to me while examining the traces at the scene.
"Those who have awakened their abilities have all joined the Investigation Bureau?" I made a simple guess.
Gang Jue nodded. "Some people have only been exposed to anomalies and haven't been contaminated too much. For this type of people, we just need to clear their relevant memories. But if something has already mutated, we will take them back to the Investigation Bureau for isolation. Those who can ultimately maintain their sanity will join the Bureau."
He didn't say what would happen to those who couldn't keep their sanity, but I had a rough idea.
The Bureau's task force includes many humanoid monsters used for combat.
And the monsters that I don’t know about, who have been taken in or executed, are probably countless.
They are the silent majority, but can no longer make their voices heard.
I didn't say anything else, and silently checked the clues with him and took photos of the traces at the scene.
Seeing that I didn't say anything, Gang Jue seemed a little surprised. He stood up straight and said, "I thought you would ask something else."
I laughed and joked, "If I asked, you would probably just tell me that I don't have enough authority, right?"
"That depends on what you ask." Gang Jue said without comment.
I thought about it and asked another question that was not important but I was more concerned about it:
"Since the apocalypse, have more people awakened their abilities?"
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