Chapter 225 Tearing Off the Face
Almost every time Zhao Jing spoke, Lin Xi would punch her in the mouth.
Liang Hui, Xiang Xin, the guards outside the door, and their colleagues inside—no one could join them.
Everyone knows that Zhao Jing and Lin Xi have long harbored resentment. In the past, Song Heng was able to maintain a facade of peace, but now that no one is keeping them in check, they have finally exploded.
Everyone in the meeting room knew the reason for their grudge, but no one dared to step forward and offer advice.
Zhao Jing touched her numb lips and sneered again: "Did you enjoy the beating? Too bad, it only hurts me for a while, my body won't swell up."
Just now, Zhao Jing mentioned the White Shield Base, and Lin Xi recalled some details:
In addition to the vaccines, she also took several boxes of experimental data and precious specimens from the White Shield laboratory.
The only thing Lin Xi carried throughout the trip was the refrigerated box containing the vaccine. She accidentally took the wrong box once because it looked too similar. When she returned to the car, she took a box full of documents, the contents of which could not be disclosed. So, Lin Xi ended up keeping both boxes safe.
But before that, there was another box on the rescue vehicle. Could Zhao Jing have already seen its contents...?
Zhao Jing noticed the change in her eyes and asked, "You guessed it?"
Lin Xi was now certain: she had stolen the vaccines and the virus to conduct the biochemical projects outlined in those documents, and the test subjects were herself, and perhaps others...
Qu Shuran and Meng Yu followed her.
Lin Xi didn't want to ask, but she still said helplessly, "Why would you do such a thing?"
Zhao Jing laughed twice more, calmed down for a moment, straightened her wig, and said, "Zhang Qiongqiong's child in the Dawn Experiment, that little zombie, hasn't grown up in two years. Lin Jie's zombie has retained the original functions of its organs, and there have been no signs of decay in the past two years. What does this mean? It means that the aging of organs stops after infection with the zombie virus."
The zombie virus is an anti-biological virus. Most people who are infected and turn into zombies become like killing machines. Their bodily functions stop, and their bodies are controlled by the brain, which is controlled by the zombie virus, to bite and kill people.
The zombie is active, but it doesn't grow up or age.
The zombie babies Zhang Qiongqiong gave birth to always looked the same, as did Lin Jie.
Qu Shuran interjected, "Lin Xi, we were both exposed to radiation, and we got cancer."
Lin Xi then realized that, apart from Zhao Jing, everyone else was also in poor condition. People deep inside the base rarely saw the sun and had very fair skin, but these staff members all showed obvious signs of illness after removing their masks and hats.
Meng Yu sighed and said helplessly, "Zhao Jing showed us the biochemical design, and we think it's feasible. At least it can help us survive."
Zhao Jing: "I was very hesitant about doing this. Until I saw Major General Lu, he was in very good condition, and there was really no sign of infection."
Lin Xi's raised fist suddenly went limp.
Qu Shuran looked at her with timid eyes: "Lin Xi, don't blame us. We just want to live. My organs are already rotting. I don't want to wait to die. I want to live."
The girl's face was exactly the same as Lin Xi remembered. At the Nanhua Research Institute, Qu Shuran had begged Lin Xi to give her more medicine after drinking some poisoned milk to prevent her from turning into a zombie.
Qu Shuran, who was terrified of becoming a zombie, has now voluntarily chosen to become infected and turn into one.
Lin Xi's clenched fist loosened and fell limply. She was probably exhausted. After working overtime for several nights in a row, her brain was temporarily unable to respond to these words.
"Why are you begging her? This was our own choice." Zhao Jing's gaze pierced Lin Xi like a knife: "When the radiation leaked, there was only one radiation protection suit. The teacher gave it to her, and she didn't get sick. You don't know the pain of a needle until you prick yourself. She won't understand us. Even the teacher..."
These words implicitly blamed Lin Xi for Song Heng's death as well.
Xiang Xin helped the weak Lin Xi up and then yelled at Zhao Jing, "I'm speechless! Did Lin Xi release the radiation? Did Lin Xi steal your radiation protection suits?! Would you have had radiation protection suits without Lin Xi?! Would you not have gotten sick?!"
Zhao Jing was speechless and turned her face away from Xiang Xin.
Lin Xi looked at the other staff members who hadn't followed Zhao Jing. They were sitting on Lin Xi's side, forced to choose sides in this turmoil, and they chose Lin Xi.
Lin Xi carefully observed their appearance and roughly knew that they were also sick. She asked, "You..."
One of them waved his hand: "We did not receive any injections or viruses."
Another person said, "Although I really want to live, I... still want to be a human being."
An eerie silence fell over the conference room.
Lin Xi had a splitting headache and knew she couldn't concentrate on her research today. She said to Zhao Jing and the others, "I don't want to kill you. You'd better watch yourselves, keep good records of your vital signs, and analyze the data..."
Seeing that Lin Xi was about to leave, Zhao Jing insisted, "You've already said all that, finish what you have to say before you go."
"What else do you want to say?"
"Don't always act like you're always right and don't want to argue with us." Zhao Jing seemed to want to unleash all her resentment and anger at the moment of their breakup.
Qu Shuran couldn't stop her.
Zhao Jing: "You're the most hypocritical and selfish one. The teacher actually thinks this team should be handed over to you."
"The first-generation vaccine was developed by our entire team. You have taken the credit for your work and are not allowing us to participate in the analysis of core data. You are here, abusing your position as the dean and acting like a tyrant."
"You not only used the vaccine without permission, but you also prevented us from conducting research on Lu Wei despite having the opportunity to conduct live trials."
Liang Hui snapped out of his daze and raised his fist: "Damn, I really can't hold back anymore, I even want to hit a woman."
Xiang Xin, mimicking Lin Xi, immediately made her move: "Study them! All you know is how to study living people!"
Zhao Jing gave Lin Xi a nasal laugh: "You've been selfish for a long time. When they found out you might have antibodies, you weren't willing to contribute samples to the experiment. You protected yourself very well and didn't let Lu Wei participate in the research. Then you pretended to be working hard for scientific research in the lab, making everyone praise you as the teacher's true disciple. Actually, you're not. You're just a selfish, double-standard person who likes everyone to fawn over you."
Lin Xi stopped Xiang Xin's beating and calmly looked Zhao Jing straight in the eyes: "Then you must not be selfish or hypocritical. Please study yourself carefully as a living specimen."
Zhao Jing gave her a deep look and left the meeting room.
Qu Shuran and Meng Yu paused for a moment, then followed Zhao Jing.
Xiang Xin gently patted Lin Xi's back to comfort her, saying, "San San, don't be angry! 'You can't reason with a stubborn person,' so let's ignore her!"
Lin Xi closed her eyes and repeated in a low voice, "'A ghost about to die'?"
After the farce ended, Lin Xi went home and collapsed onto her bed, exhausted.
She didn't take Zhao Jing's words to heart; she didn't think she had done anything wrong.
Zhao Jing was destined to be a clerk in this world. When should she have died? Lin Xi didn't know. Perhaps she had died when the zombie outbreak occurred in Nanhua, or perhaps she had survived.
They won't be able to develop a vaccine because they lack antibody samples.
If Lin Xi hadn't wanted to survive, she wouldn't have saved the world, nor would she have chosen the path of scientific research, and she wouldn't have discovered that she had antibodies.
She wasn't a born researcher; she researched vaccines simply to survive.
Zhao Jing is not like that either. In peacetime, she may like the research direction and this respectable and challenging job, but she lacks a bit of the research spirit.
Only Song Heng is the one who remains unmoved by external things and has only scientific research on his mind.
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