Chapter 274: Inquiring for Information
Jiang Zhan and Qiao Yu wandered aimlessly in the base.
Originally, Qiao Yu came out this time just to test the attitude of the research institute and had no intention of really going anywhere.
But it’s okay, just treat it as a vacation.
Qiao Yu had been to the survivor base in City A in his previous life, but that was for a mission. He only had a cursory look at the buildings and terrain here, and had never really wandered around here.
Qiao Yu took Jiang Zhan for a walk, thought for a moment, and then said softly, "Zhan, let's go to the market?"
Generally speaking, places like markets where all kinds of people gather are the easiest to get information.
There is also a market in the survivor base in City A, but unlike City G, the market in City A is not unified in one location, but is divided into three more concentrated areas.
They are respectively called "East Market", "West Market" and "North Market".
Compared with the three markets, the East Market and the West Market are more formal, and the items sold are more daily.
In Taipei, it’s mainly a few scattered people selling miscellaneous items.
Weapons, medicines, contraband, information... everything is for sale.
Its nature is a bit like the black market outside G City.
There is no entry threshold for sellers in Taipei. They are just idle people who come out at random times to sell random goods, so most of them are one-time transactions.
But when you are lucky, you may get unexpected rewards.
The place where Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan went was Taipei City.
On the one hand, it was because the two of them were looking for information, which was the easiest thing to buy in Taipei; on the other hand, it was because Qiao Yu had been to Taipei in his previous life and was relatively more familiar with it.
When Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan went there, they attracted a lot of attention because of their outstanding appearance.
However, the two of them were already used to it, so they didn't think much of it. After all, it was just a look and it wouldn't cost them anything.
Although Taipei is called a market town, it is actually located in a residential area.
The location here is not good and most of the people living here are relatively poor.
So the living environment is naturally not very good.
There are many streets and alleys, but they are all very narrow. They twist and turn like a maze. If you are not familiar with it, it is easy to get lost here and find the exit.
Therefore, this is also the place with the highest crime rate in the survivor base in City A.
Qiao Yu pulled Jiang Zhan past the small vendors setting up stalls and walked straight inside for a while.
After a while, I found a person wearing gray clothes and a hat standing against the wall on both sides of the road, with his head lowered, half covering his face, and his hands slightly tucked into his sleeves.
——This kind of person is someone who specializes in selling information.
Qiao Yu pulled Jiang Zhan over, stopped in front of him, and asked in a low voice, "What news?"
The man, still keeping his head down to avoid showing his face, whispered back, "We have information from all sources. What do you want to ask?"
Qiao Yu continued to ask, "Are there any chess games as well?"
"Oh, you're an expert." The man lowered his voice, "Black or white?"
The "chess game", "black chess" and "white chess" that Qiao Yu and the man talked about are a kind of jargon in City A.
The "chess game" refers to the two major forces at the top of the base. The "black chess" refers to the military, and the "white chess" refers to the research institute.
These were the words Qiao Yu had heard in her previous life. She was not sure whether such jargon was popular in City A at this time. She was just testing it out just now. Unexpectedly, this jargon had already become popular at this time.
"White chess." Qiao Yu answered in a low voice.
The man paused for a moment after hearing this, then continued, "Do you want to ask about the exchange with Bai Qi?"
"Yes." Qiao Yu nodded slightly, "Any news?"
"Yes. But the price..." The man in gray slightly prolonged the ending tone, which was full of hints.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu pretended to take out two bags of crystal cores from his pocket, a total of 200, and handed them to the man, "Are these enough?"
The man's eyes lit up when he saw the bag filled with crystal cores. He nodded hurriedly, his voice revealing an unconcealable joy. "Enough, enough, enough! Ask me anything you want about this matter! I will tell you everything I know!"
Qiao Yu threw one of the bags of crystal cores into the man's hand and said, "This is the deposit."
"Tell me, what is the theme of this White chess exchange?"
The man happily caught the crystal core bag that Qiao Yu threw over, and quickly put it into his arms. Then he whispered, "The topic is about medicine."
"Medicine?" Qiao Yu's eyes darkened, and a bad premonition flashed through his mind. "What medicine?"
The man looked around, then lowered his body and voice, almost speaking in a whisper: "It is said that this is a medicine that can give ordinary people superpowers."
Qiao Yu was stunned, and the first thing he thought of was Chu Yi's strange change.
Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan looked at each other and found that Jiang Zhan also had doubt in his eyes. She knew that Jiang Zhan probably thought the same thing as she did.
"Then do you know who invented this medicine?" Qiao Yu was silent for a while and asked again.
The man hunched over slightly and shook his head. "I don't know which specific White Piece it was, but according to rumors, this project took a lot of research and investment. And... it's said that they spent a lot of money to hire external help."
foreign aid?
When Qiao Yu heard this word, the faces of Han Ming and Lu Zixian instantly appeared in his mind.
Chu Yi's reaction before his death is still vivid in my mind. It is obvious that he has something to do with these two people.
Moreover, the mutation of Chu Yi's body was obviously caused by external forces.
Could it be... this is the medicine?
If that's the case, it seems Han Ming's reach isn't limited to City G.
It is very likely that City A has also been infiltrated by him.
Qiao Yu's face looked slightly heavy.
She knew that Han Ming in his previous life was conducting some human experiments, otherwise he would not have wanted to capture Jiang Zhan so much.
But judging from the current situation in this life, his attitude towards human experiments seems to be even crazier than in his previous life.
Whether it was the "base drug," "soul loss," "soul capture," and "wrathful god" that appeared in City G, or the drug that could give ordinary people superpowers that appeared in City A, they were all mixed with Han Ming's shadow...
But Qiao Yu still can't figure out what exactly he wants to do?
Is it just because she changed the ownership of Dr. Yu's research results in this life that his progress in human experiments was accelerated?
No.
Qiao Yu always felt that things were not that simple.
But this news is good news. At least it lets them know that if they want to investigate Han Ming's affairs, they don't have to go back to the base...
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