76 Proposals
◎Important experimental subject, a lucky fragile person◎
More bodies were discovered one after another, all of whom died before she was detained. The number of bodies rose sharply, and the investigation team was extremely worried, but there was really no substantial evidence that Kong Wei had committed murder.
Yan Xunzhi and Sang Wanyin were running around outside, exaggerating the story of the federal experiment and spreading it everywhere. Under pressure from public opinion, the federal government detained him for a while, but finally had to release him.
On the day of leaving, the leader came to express his condolences for the first time.
She sat in front of her, dimples on her face. "Is this why you want the commander-in-chief? You win."
"What did I win?" Kong Wei raised his lips. "I want to be the chief commander because I really want to reform the headquarters. Look, it's so good now. As for the rest, I don't know, and I haven't thought about it."
Yan Xunzhi came to pick her up. After returning to the room to wash up and eat and drink their fill, Kong Wei lazily hugged her and nestled in bed, occasionally fiddling with the ends of her hair.
Yan Xunzhi rested his head on her arm and asked, "Did you really kill him?"
Kong Wei hooked his finger.
Yan Xunzhi seemed to suddenly realize what he was asking. He shuddered, his entire body tensing up suddenly. He propped himself up, his brows lowered, and said awkwardly, "I just asked casually..."
Kong Wei chuckled. She didn't care. "I killed him."
"ah?"
"This is fast, clean, and has no hidden dangers."
Yan Xunzhi was speechless, "...Federation...Aren't you afraid..."
Kong Wei made a frivolous gesture, pulled her over, and unconsciously kissed the corner of her eye before saying, "There's a motive, huh? Didn't the ground faction say anything? The people should know that so many high-ranking officials are sucking the blood of those who return to the ground, sleeping fat underground. How can the Federation be so stable now? They can't take what I have."
But the Federation couldn't just sit there and wait for death. She escaped from prison, but couldn't return to her position of real power.
Because the loyalty test is still extremely high, everything she does is in the direction of the Federation's ground program, except that she is too harsh in withdrawing money.
After several rounds of discussions, she was finally retained as the commander-in-chief, and the decision-making power was transferred to the deputy commander-in-chief. She then led the team back to the ground as the leader.
To prevent assassinations from happening again, a dog was sent to her. The Meiming underground was in chaos, and a guide like her, with a high status but little ability to protect herself, would be in great danger if she were targeted.
An S-rank defensive sentry who can protect her life at critical moments.
Moreover, the memory has been processed so that it will not remember anything important, so you can carry it with you without worry.
Kong Wei accepted it with a smile.
During the meeting, she specifically brought Ning Yue to the front and solemnly introduced her, "This is Ning Yue, an S-rank defense sentry. She's a gift from the Federation to me. She'll be by my side from now on. Don't be shy, just say what you need to say. Just treat her as our brave guard dog."
Everyone looked at each other in astonishment. Ning Yue smiled and nodded, "Don't worry about me, I've undergone mental transformation and I can't remember things."
The second ground simulation experiment failed completely. It seemed as if there was regret, but also as if there was relief, and fragments of rumors quickly flowed into the underground city.
During the injection at night, Yan Xunzhi cautiously tested her, "I heard... that experiment that the Federation recovered went wrong?"
Kong Wei raised his eyes and said, "Yeah, I heard about it."
Yan Xunzhi observed her expression cautiously, "...Are you not surprised?"
Kong Weisi smiled and said, "What's so surprising about this? If they can succeed, what do I need you to do?"
Yan Xunzhi stammered, watching the needle being pushed to the bottom, and the familiar numbness and pain began to spread through his nerves again.
She frowned, instinctively wanting to talk about something else to divert attention. "Will it be too late to return to the surface before the window period?"
"It depends on the Federation. Their level determines how quickly they can return to the surface." Kong Wei dismantled and destroyed the spent syringes, and expertly packed the parts that couldn't be destroyed. "But the Federation is so big, they should be more capable than me, right?"
Yan Xunzhi looked at her and hesitated for a moment, "...Would it be better to go back to the surface?"
"I don't know." She said lightly, "Maybe it will be worse."
"Then why do we have to go back to the ground?" Yan Xunzhi realized the moment she asked this question that as a ground-based person, her words were inappropriate.
"You..." She swirled her tongue desperately, trying to salvage the words, "All that effort...wasn't it all in vain?"
So much blood has been shed in the underground outposts, and everyone has sacrificed a part of themselves for it. If life on the ground doesn't get better, if the future will be even worse, then... why go back to the ground?
"No reason. People live on the ground."
She answered calmly.
It's as simple as asking her why I love her. In one sentence: because of choice, because of necessity.
There is not so much nonsense, just like drinking water, there can be ten thousand reasons, but she is just thirsty.
Yes, if you are thirsty, you need to drink water.
Yan Xunzhi stared for a few seconds and suddenly sneered.
Kong Wei leaned over, got closer, and subconsciously kissed her before asking, "You don't believe it? Tell me the truth, I won't give you any excuses."
Her pupils were very dark. Under the dim light of the night lamp, they looked like two dark, light-absorbing, opaque balls reflected in her eyes, rolling slightly.
"No," Yan Xunzhi said, "I just feel that we have always regarded the cause of returning to the surface as so great and meaningful. Now that you put it that way, it seems to be just that."
Kong Wei said lightly, "It's just a thing, it doesn't mean anything."
It's nothing more than trying hard to complete it, or failing and being unable to complete it.
The Federation cannot find another Kong Wei because the conditions themselves are contradictory, and she is not an eccentric exception.
She wasn't the hero the Federation longed for, nor was she the one with the unwavering passion to lead the times. She wasn't as philanthropic as they imagined, nor did she harbor false loyalty. She didn't love the dungeon, the Federation, humanity, or the collective.
She is just an ordinary and indifferent person among the countless people. She is unwilling to go with the flow and leave quietly. She feels that life in this world is just a process of living, so one must do something.
It happened to be consistent with the federal goals, so it received such favor.
For her, bringing humans back to the surface is a distant and arduous goal. She just found something that she can keep doing in the long run.
That's just how she is.
Ordinary, indifferent, and self-entertaining.
Kong Wei suddenly changed the subject, "What about you?"
Yan Xunzhi didn't react, "What?"
"Do you want to return to the surface because of your faith, or is it something else?"
Yan Xunzhi lowered his eyes slightly, as if trying to avoid the question. Kong Wei was very casual, as if it was just a one-sided chat. "If you don't want to talk about it, forget it."
Yan Xunzhi swallowed hard, "...In the past, I had faith. When I was little, I longed to go to the surface. At that time, I felt so great that I could be a part of this dedication. It didn't matter if I died on the surface. I never thought about it."
"I don't know now." She said very tactfully, "Maybe I just don't like the dungeon, so I want to go back to the surface."
"Once we're on the surface, the Federation is a new Federation. There will be no underground city anymore."
Kong Wei hummed, pulled her into his arms and said, "Very ambitious."
Yan Xunzhi forced a smile, "Than you?"
"More ambitious than me."
The injection volume far exceeded the normal experimental dose, and Yan Xunzhi quickly reached the standard concentration for the first ground simulation. Zeng An was almost jumping up and down as he looked at the data report. "Do you have any idea how much damage this will cause to your body? You injected yourself without any idea!"
Kong Wei raised his chin in Yan Xunzhi's direction and said, "Don't tell me, tell her. No one has any objections, why are you meddling in this?"
It was inhumane for a lover to also be responsible for experimental data. Moreover, Yan Xunzhi was only C-level, and her abilities were far inferior to his. There were only a few of them at headquarters. She was not worthy of attention, and no one cared. The Federation had never thought that she would continue Kong Wei's ground experiments.
Kong Wei commented on this, "Who would be like them and still engage in class discrimination?"
However, the low level, low chimera and low adaptability did expose many problems. Not only was the data growth not obvious, but the mental impact of radiation was also difficult to resist.
After the first ground simulation ended, Yan Xunzhi crawled back underground with stars in his eyes, "My head hurts."
"Take a break." Kong Wei went over to massage her solar plexus. "The general direction is similar, but there are still many other problems. Let's keep trying."
During the second ground simulation, Yan Xunzhi's weak spirit could not withstand the radiation, and he vomited profusely, and was confused for several days.
When she had almost recovered, she collected data, and the growth was still extremely weak. The good news was that compared to the recovery experiment, this was not a failure, but unfortunately, success was still a long way off.
Several people gathered together to study. Zeng An flipped through the various comparisons and said, "There are several possibilities for this situation. Is Yan Xunzhi the only one here?"
"This is the only one with this concentration and in this direction. I have some left over from before. Can I use it?"
Zeng An clapped his hands in disbelief, "How is that possible?"
Kong Wei said, "Then let's do it first and wait for the next batch to come up."
After a few seconds, he sighed again, "The key is that it's hard to deal with too many people. I always feel that the next batch has been targeted by the Federation. I guess they will be taken away before they can be used for experiments. Yan Xunzhi is weak, too weak. He just got lucky. Look at Sang Wanyin, she was probably killed on the ground. What's the point of missing? Bullshit."
Yan Xunzhi, who was participating in the meeting at the side but looked no different from a mascot, said: "..."
She was dressed normally today, in a shirt and a small vest, with her hair gathered behind her ears with a long ribbon, and she wore a pair of half-framed decorative glasses, which made her look gentle and with a bit of the bookish air of a youth.
On weekdays, during small meetings like these, she was responsible for dressing up and sitting in. She would be shown around when needed, occasionally taking notes, but most of the time, she was like Ning Yue, a transparent person.
Sun Yesuo pondered, "How about making two batches?"
Kong Wei shook his head, "It's too late, keep an eye on this now."
"—what about the autopsy?"
A voice suddenly interrupted from beside me.
Yan Xunzhi almost never took the initiative to join in the conversation during this meeting, but she suddenly made a proposal, and everyone's eyes instantly turned to her.
She felt a little uncomfortable and subconsciously looked down at the ground. "...The last batch of subjects who succeeded in the first experiment were kidnapped by the Federation. Those who died on the ground can't be found either. There are no conditions for autopsies. What about me? Can I do it?"
Kong Wei frowned, "No. Now you and I are one. You are my face to the outside world, and your influence is too great. The higher-ups don't care because they haven't taken any action, but if you die, suspicion will be aroused everywhere, and it will be difficult to even get to the point of an autopsy."
After that, there are still a series of steps to be done, such as slicing and reaction experiments. The Federation will never give this opportunity.
Sun Yesuo also rejected it. "That's too blunt. The Federation is not stupid. Besides, you're too conspicuous. You won't be able to hide your disappearance for long."
Yan Xunzhi asked, "What if I die on the ground?"
The surroundings suddenly became quiet.
She continued, "As a C-rank Sentinel, it's not uncommon for me to go missing on the ground."
【Author’s words】
Yan Xunzhi: I beg my mentor to turn around for me!
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