Li Jianguo was in charge of driving the car, while Yan Ling sat in the passenger seat so that someone else could drive after Li Jianguo had been driving for more than four hours.
Chi Xiaoyu and Ye Jing's task is to prepare everyone's three meals a day.
Both Qiao An'an and Shen Zhou were injured and were arranged to rest.
As the art of war says, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle."
Qiao An'an felt she should make good use of the time on the way. While resting on the big bed at the back of the RV, she asked Chen Zhou, "Tell me more about Dr. Yu and his people."
Shen Zhou had suffered a brain injury, and he couldn't remember many of his previous memories clearly. He leaned back in the RV's dinette and tried hard to recall: "I don't remember much about that period of my life. I only know that they were divided into three levels. The first level was people like Dr. Yu who were in charge of directing from behind the scenes. The second level was the die-hard fans of Project Ark who would be devoted to Dr. Yu and his team even without wearing collars. Tian Mingbo belonged to the second level. The third level was the people you saw wearing black collars."
Thinking about the powerful enemy she was about to face, Qiao An'an fell into deep thought.
Apart from Ye Jing encountering Tian Mingbo, the others only saw people wearing black collars during this operation.
In other words, so far, Dr. Yu has only shown them his lowest-ranking subordinates, and these lowest-ranking individuals almost wiped out the Imperial Capital Safe Zone: "Does Dr. Yu have many die-hard followers?"
Seeing Qiao An'an's displeased expression, Shen Zhou comforted her, saying, "The only ones who are truly capable of fighting are those who wear black collars after being injected with the virus. The others are no different from ordinary people, so don't worry about them."
With Chen Zhou's words reassuring her, Qiao An'an asked, "Besides the hundred or so people released, are there any others wearing black collars?"
Shen Zhou shook his head: "It's gone in J City, and I don't know if it's still in the lab at FX Lake."
Not knowing means that it might not exist.
Qiao An'an sighed.
Those people wearing black collars can be artificially created; they can be made anytime they want.
The atmosphere suddenly became very tense, but fortunately, Ye Jing brought out the self-heating rice that had been heated up.
Yan Ling climbed out of her seat and into the RV to eat first. After she finished eating, she drove off and let Li Jianguo have a turn to eat.
It's early summer now, and the temperature in Beijing is still manageable. The further south you go, the higher the temperature gets. Even though the air conditioning is on in the car, the sun is still quite strong in the driver's seat, making people dizzy.
While Yan Ling was driving, Li Jianguo stayed in the car the whole time. Ye Jing couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Brother Li, aren't you going to sit in the passenger seat and keep Sister Yan company?"
Li Jianguo was puzzled: "Why did she make me accompany her when she was driving in such hot weather?"
Enraged, Yan Ling in the driver's seat slammed on the gas pedal.
Despite the sweltering heat, she stayed in the passenger seat with him for four or five hours straight!
Li Jianguo, who was drinking water, was caught off guard and spilled half of the bottle on himself. He was speechless: "Are you crazy?!"
Yan Ling ignored Li Jianguo.
Ye Jing shook his head at Li Jianguo: "No wonder you're single."
The car that Qiao An'an and her group were driving was very sturdy and could easily dodge zombies, but many sections of the road were badly damaged. It took them three days to reach the Yangtze River.
Many cars were parked haphazardly on the bridge, and several sections of the guardrails were broken due to traffic accidents, but fortunately the bridge is still standing.
Relying on the sturdiness of his RV, Li Jianguo simply stepped on the gas and rammed the car blocking the road. The zombies lingering on the bridge heard the impact and immediately pounced on the vehicle. Fortunately, there weren't many zombies on the bridge, and the stainless steel body was very sturdy, so the zombies' attacks did not cause any damage to the vehicle or the people inside.
The car crossed the bridge smoothly.
As soon as I got off the bridge, the car phone rang.
At this point, the only person who could call them was the Imperial Capital Security Zone, and Yan Ling answered the phone.
The call was from Xiao Wenshan, who sounded very excited: "We spent a day clearing out the security zone, and today we sent patrolmen to J City to destroy the underground city and capture Dr. Yu."
Hearing Xiao Wenshan say that Dr. Yu had been caught.
Qiao An'an and the others were very surprised. Wasn't it said that Dr. Yu should leave and that those who remained in J City were puppets? "You really caught Dr. Yu. What... did he say?"
Xiao Wenshan: "He was already dead when we caught him."
Qiao An'an: "Then how can you be sure that person is Dr. Yu?"
Xiao Wenshan was very confident: "The capital and J City have always had close ties. I have seen Dr. Yu more than once on the projection screen, so I can't mistake him."
Qiao An'an believed that Xiao Wenshan and those who had met Dr. Yu would not mistake Dr. Yu for someone else.
But she didn't think that a menace like Dr. Yu would die so easily. Didn't they say that evil deeds live on for a thousand years? "He could have left, so why did he choose to stay alone in the air-raid shelter?"
Xiao Wenshan thought for a moment and replied, "It's probably what they call faith. After all, these crazy people are willing to sacrifice anything for their beliefs."
Qiao An'an's intuition told her that Dr. Yu was definitely not that kind of person. She felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it: "Really?"
Qiao An'an's thoughts drifted.
Xiao Wenshan continued to report: "By the way, besides capturing Dr. Yu, we also found photos of the secret laboratory of FX Lake in the underground air-raid shelter in J City. Although these photos did not indicate the specific location of the laboratory, it can be seen from the pictures that the laboratory should be at the bottom of FX Lake. Before the apocalypse, the country would not allow private individuals to build civil engineering projects at the bottom of Fuxian Lake. I guess that laboratory is likely a large submarine."
Underwater laboratory...!
FX Lake is the deepest plateau freshwater lake in China, with an area of about 216 square kilometers, a maximum depth of 159 meters, and an average depth of 95 meters. If the laboratory is really at the bottom of FX Lake, how do we find it?
After hanging up the phone, everyone in the car fell into deep thought.
Qiao An'an was the most depressed.
Before setting off, she thought that even if the laboratory was a den of dragons and tigers, she would still rescue Yaya.
However, the laboratory is underwater.
But she...can't swim at all!
Chi Xiaoyu didn't want to see her sister An'an sad, so she walked over to Qiao An'an and said, "It's only 159 meters. When I was learning to scuba dive, I once sank to a depth of nearly 300 meters!"
Qiao An'an knew that Chi Xiaoyu was a top student, not only excelling in academics but also being highly skilled in Go and archery. She just didn't expect that Chi Xiaoyu could even scuba dive: "You can scuba dive?"
Chi Xiaoyu nodded: "I went to the beach the year before last and got my diving certification while I was there. I can teach everyone how to dive when we get to FX Lake."
I also took a certification exam while I was at it.
Ye Jing, a student with a phobia of exams and a terrible student, gave Chi Xiaoyu a resentful look: "What a braggart!!!"
With Chi Xiaoyu's words, Qiao An'an, who couldn't swim, felt a little more confident. She asked Chi Xiaoyu, "I saw on TV that diving requires equipment. Do we need to prepare some equipment too?"
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