Chapter 2 Congratulations, you have been selected.
Shu Lan's luggage consisted only of the clothes on her body and a few fake documents, but she didn't want to stand out in the crowd, so she squeezed into the bathroom with the other girls.
Even without makeup, Shu Lan had to go through the process and tie her hair again.
Xiao Qingqing, a graduate of the Normal University, peeked out and lowered her voice, "Their attitude makes me very uncomfortable."
The friend who came with her said timidly: "I feel like something has entered..."
Shu Lan patted Xiao Qingqing's shoulder and said, "Sister, can you lend me your lipstick?"
Xiao Qingqing glared at her: "Do I know you well?"
Then she stopped talking nonsense, unscrewed the lipstick, and carefully applied it on her lips in front of the mirror.
Shu Lan shrugged indifferently. Even though they had sensitively sensed the discomfort, they still immediately regarded the people around them as competitors.
When survival supplies are scarce, everyone is fighting for the hope of survival, even if they guess that they may have to give up their principles for this hope.
Shu Lan didn't mind staying to see what was going on in this base. If they really wanted to sell their body in exchange for a living, then she might have to find a way to sneak away.
I heard that half of the people in this base were lost during the escape, but there are still a large number of people in white coats coming and going in the building where the laboratory is located.
Everyone looked very busy, jogging while looking down at the documents in their hands, looking dedicated to their work, racing against time for the survival of mankind.
The five girls followed the middle-aged woman into the elevator in silence and restraint.
The woman pressed the elevator for the fourth floor.
Shu Lan opened her mouth and asked politely, "Teacher, you haven't told us how to address you yet?"
She has a soft voice, lowers her head slightly when she speaks, and keeps a humble attitude. It is difficult for anyone who is not too extreme to harbor any ill will towards her.
The middle-aged woman glanced at her and said, "My last name is Zheng."
"Okay, Teacher Zheng."
After Shu Lan asked the name, the other girls thought she would ask some questions about work, or talk about something to get closer to Teacher Zheng, and they had some expectations of her.
Unexpectedly, Shu Lan just shut up after asking the name and never spoke again. The atmosphere became tense again.
There were noticeably fewer staff members on the fourth floor. They stopped at a heavy door, resembling a cold storage room. Teacher Zheng turned and spoke, "Inside is Dr. Zhao and our experimental base's most important research subjects. After you follow me in, don't speak or make unnecessary movements without Dr. Zhao's permission. Do you understand?"
The five girls looked at each other and nodded hesitantly.
Teacher Zheng turned around and pressed the password on the door. The door slowly opened. The laboratory was very spacious. The first thing that caught everyone's eye was a cylindrical glass jar about five meters high, as high as the roof. It was filled with dark green liquid. The outer shell was connected to a large number of complicated cables of different thicknesses. The other ends of the cables were connected to various instruments. A researcher was sitting behind the instruments.
When Shu Lan entered the room, she glanced at the nearest display screen, which was displaying data she couldn't understand.
After she walked in, she saw a man floating in the jar.
He was wearing only a pair of black shorts. He had perfect proportions: long arms and legs, broad shoulders, a thin waist, and a well-defined layer of abdominal muscles on his lean waist and abdomen. However, his head was lowered, and his slightly long black hair obscured his face. His mouth and nose were soaked with water, and there was no sign of life.
Shu Lan thought: Is this the person with super powers they were talking about?
He must be dead, soaking him like ginseng.
Next to the jar was a man wearing the same uniform as Teacher Zheng. He looked a bit older, with gray hair and glasses. He was short and thin, with high cheekbones and a tight chin, like some kind of white-headed monkey that Shu Lan had seen in the zoo before.
Shu Lan only glanced at the old man and then turned her attention back to the man in the jar. There was no other reason, she simply wanted to appreciate something more beautiful.
Teacher Zheng walked up to the old man and said, "Dr. Zhao, these are the new researchers who were interviewed this afternoon."
Dr. Zhao, who said he wanted to bring hope to all mankind, looked at the five nervous young girls, took out an LCD tablet from behind, and tapped on it a few times.
It seemed as if an electric current was conducted into the glass jar, and the man floating with his head drooping inside felt like he was electrocuted, and his limbs twitched violently. The sudden movement scared the girls.
Shu Lan was also startled and surprised.
It’s actually a living person, he can stay alive even if soaked like this!
The man in the jar's chest rose and fell slightly. He slowly raised his head, revealing a young and handsome face.
Dr. Zhao's slightly rough voice rang out, addressing the person in the jar: "We respect your wishes. You can choose one of them to bear a child for you and continue your supernatural genes."
Shu Lan was the first to react, but was speechless because the words she heard were too absurd.
She guessed it right. They were researchers. The purpose of recruiting them was to select concubines and give birth to children for the "emperor" in the jar.
Although there is no free lunch in the world, the price to pay for this meal is too high!
It's not enough to use living people for research, he wants to give birth to another child and continue the research by soaking the child in wine. This old monkey is really lacking in virtue.
Xiao Qingqing yelled, her face pale, "You didn't tell us you were going to do this at first!"
Dr. Zhao: "Of course, the key steps cannot be disseminated externally. This psychic's genes are the most complex of all, and he's extremely uncooperative, which has hindered the smooth progress of research. If I could find a newborn who inherits his abilities and is obedient and cooperative, I would be able to quickly develop a drug that promotes genetic mutation and develops superpowers."
Dr. Zhao sighed and said, "If all the survivors can awaken their special abilities, then the zombies will be gone from the world in no time."
Shu Lan was not blinded by the promises he made, but instead sneered at them.
What an old liar, he keeps cheating and cheating. He hasn't even figured out the virus, yet he brags that he can develop superpowers for all human beings.
After all, she was young, and she couldn't help but grumble vaguely: "It sounds nice, but you treat living people like cattle and horses to preserve offspring..."
The person in the jar moved and seemed to look in her direction.
A researcher sitting behind a computer suddenly shouted, "Doctor, Number One's cortisol, phenylethylamine, norepinephrine, and other data just fluctuated."
Dr. Zhao pushed his glasses up, a sharp light flashing in his small eyes, accurately locating Shu Lan: "You were the one who spoke just now, right? Congratulations, you've been chosen by him."
Shu Lan's eyes widened. "So careless?! No! Who chose it?"
Before Shu Lan could even run, the researcher in the white coat stood up and grabbed her arm. Without hesitation, Teacher Zheng turned around and called away the other four girls, who looked confused.
Dr. Zhao said to the man in the jar, "Look, since you have feelings for her, we will respect your wishes."
Shu Lan lost her composure, her eyes slowly widening as she laughed in anger, "Huh? You're still respecting him? Let me ask you, did he say anything? Did I say anything? Should I respect my wishes as well?"
The old monkey ignored her protests and let the man in the white coat carry her to a room that looked like an operating room.
They pressed her down on the bed, and after a beep, a dazzling white light lit up above the bed.
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