Chapter 147 Saving the Laboratory
Ten minutes later, the two people underwent mutations.
In the darkness, only two shadows could be seen twitching and struggling eerily. The people closest to them, who were also tied up, squatted and moved away from them.
A beam of light suddenly shone on the faces of the two zombies. Their two hideous, pale faces looked particularly terrifying under the bright light, just like ghosts in movies with their chins illuminated.
Lin Xi's colleagues nearby were startled, and some covered their mouths to stop themselves from screaming.
The light was from Lin Xi's phone flashlight, so everyone looked at her, and someone asked, "Junior sister, what should we do now?"
"I'll go kill them, smash their heads, you mean?"
"Don't be so cruel! Huang Jiawei is my brother! Is there really no way to save him?"
"These three monsters in the lab have been here for so long, and there's no cure for them!"
"That's right, even Professor Song and Professor Zhang can't come up with a solution."
"But we can't just kill them directly. What if they develop a cure later?"
Lin Xi squatted in the corner, listening silently to their discussion. Just as the conservatives and radicals were about to start arguing, Lin Xi coughed and interrupted their conversation: "I'll speak."
Everyone quieted down.
Before today, Lin Xi was a young intern. Even though she received Professor Song's praise for her work on the zombie research project, she was still just a young junior student who hadn't graduated yet, and no one paid much attention to her.
However, Lin Xi demonstrated her strength and decision-making ability in the life-or-death situation just now, which briefly established some prestige among her fellow disciples.
So when people hear her voice during an argument, they are willing to quiet down and listen.
Lin Xi said calmly, "Since some of you are reluctant to do it, don't dwell on whether to kill or not."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment:
Wasn't it you who barged in just now, determined to kill someone?
Lin Xi: "Those zombies were roaming around and were lethal. Now these infected people and zombies are all tied up and are not a threat for the time being."
Lin Xi turned on the innermost small light to minimize the light emitted from the isolation room.
She took out some white paper and pens from the shelf: "Since everyone's just idling around anyway, why don't we make a few more observation records?"
There are only three sets of data in the lab right now; more data is needed to support general conclusions.
These are things that researchers are good at, and everyone took out paper and pens to observe and record the several infected people and zombies.
The other three people who had not yet mutated were tightly bound. These former top students in the academy never imagined that one day they would become lab rats for others to observe.
Gunshots rang out all around.
"The military personnel guarding outside must have heard the alarm and come in to rescue us."
"Ah, those reassuring gunshots."
"Should I call the police again?"
However, no one answered the emergency call.
Lin Xi was deeply disturbed. The research institute had been deliberately poisoned; was it safe outside?
She felt particularly uneasy the moment she saw Liang Hui and Xiang Xin say that it was the weekend and the outside was packed with people.
Although Nanhua lacks famous natural scenery, it is a densely populated central city in the Yangtze River Delta. What if the virus were to be introduced among the population?
Lin Xi opened the Green Bubble app when she had a moment, but the group was quiet, and the other three teammates hadn't sent any messages.
Inside the building, alarms and gunshots continued to blare. What was happening in the outside world...?
Lin Xi posted her location in the group chat, succinctly explaining the situation.
If there isn't a zombie outbreak outside, Lu Wei should be able to send reinforcements soon.
If a zombie outbreak occurs outside, Xiang Xin and Liang Hui might not be able to come over immediately from their homes, while the research institute, as a key unit, would receive support more quickly.
"I'm so hot, I'm so hot, can anyone help me..."
Lin Xi was brought back to her senses. Among the three infected people sitting in a row in front of her, one had red eyes and was somewhat out of control, but the veins on his neck had not yet changed color or bulged.
Based on Lin Xi's experience, this person is about to mutate as well.
In his death throes, he sent SOS messages to his former colleagues and classmates.
"But what can we do? There's no cure..." His classmates, who were close to him, also realized that something was wrong, but they were helpless and dared not approach.
Lin Xi took out various antibiotics from the cabinet and opened them one by one.
Seeing her actions, Cheng Ling asked, "They've already injected a lot; any more and it'll be an overdose!"
Lin Xi: "It's too late."
Let's try anything, even if it's a long shot. This person already shows signs of mutation, and based on experience, he's not going to survive. Lin Xi is just making one last effort to see if she can kill the virus.
The senior student, who had just admitted to drinking a little milk, said urgently, "I'm not afraid of side effects, give me the injection quickly, give me the injection quickly!"
Lin Xi: "...You haven't shown any abnormalities yet, let me call him first."
Another person was about to mutate, while the others kept their distance and took notes, not daring to get close. No matter how nimble Lin Xi's hands were, she couldn't give injections to three people at the same time.
She was also a little anxious and flustered. The person who kept complaining of the heat had burning hot skin, and their immune system was fighting a life-or-death battle with the virus.
One researcher, unable to sit still, also came to help administer antibiotics.
Lin Xi probably knew in her heart that it was futile, but she was willing to give it a try.
She's no longer the kind of person who gives up just because she sees no hope.
Previously, when fighting zombies and infected people, the solution was to kill them directly to avoid future troubles. But now, from a medical perspective, it's necessary to try to save them as much as possible. Maybe... maybe we can save them before they mutate?
The person who complained of feeling hot was shivering all over after receiving an antibiotic injection. His teeth were chattering, but his body temperature was rising higher and higher, and his skin had turned bright red.
Another person also started to have a fever, while the girl who drank a little milk was fine for the time being, except for intermittent vomiting and stomach pain.
Vomiting is the body's way of detoxifying. If this girl wasn't lying and really took a low dose, she might have been able to save her life like Lin Xi did before.
Half an hour can feel incredibly long when you're anxious, but it's also time to call it a day.
The password to enter the lab has been revealed.
The people in the isolation room were caught in a new dilemma—to go in or not to go in?
The milk was poisoned, and the first group of colleagues who were supposed to be relieved from their shift had already eaten breakfast and gone inside. So there's a high possibility that there are zombies in the lab as well.
Although there were zombies in the isolation room, they were all tied up, and the zombies outside were blocked from entering for the time being. If they stayed here obediently, the soldiers outside would come to rescue them sooner or later after clearing out the zombies.
So whether or not to go into the lab became a point of contention.
Lin Xi had expected this to happen, and she had no comment or emotion about it.
He simply put on gloves, picked up the fire extinguisher, and took the thermal imaging camera from the isolation room to open the door.
Cheng Ling stood up and asked, "Are you going in alone?"
Another person stood up and tried to dissuade them, saying, "Why don't we wait until the military comes in?"
Lin Xi shook her head. Time was of the essence; they had already wasted 30 minutes, and they still didn't know the situation inside. She needed to rescue those scientists and professors.
The more people survive, the greater the chance of developing a vaccine and a drug to defeat the virus.
Lin Xi was familiar with the layout of the laboratory and understood the characteristics of zombies. She said firmly, "Don't worry, even if I can't beat them, I can still run away. Remember to open the door for me."
Cheng Ling and the other two boys were somewhat moved and stepped forward, saying, "Let us go with you. We are boys and we are strong."
Lin Xi shook her head: "Don't take the risk. None of you have learned kung fu, have you? I'm the champion of the Nanhua Women's Sanda League. I can go."
She entered the password on the access control and went inside.
His colleagues behind him shook their heads, their expressions revealing either admiration or regret.
Then, while recording the behavior of several infected individuals, someone also opened their phone and searched online, whispering:
"She's lying! She's not the Nanhua Women's Sanda Champion at all!"
"Oh, don't worry about that... I saw what my classmate posted, there are zombies everywhere outside."
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