Chapter 226 Roller Coaster
"The base has opened a new amusement park, let's go ride the roller coaster together."
Xiang Xin suggested that Lin Xi take a break and relieve some stress.
Standing before the neatly arranged bottles and jars, Lin Xi lifted a test tube and shook it, her weary gaze focused on the swaying liquid.
"No. I have work to do, and I've never been on a roller coaster."
Xiang Xin leaned against the glass and pleaded, "Oh, it's precisely because I've never ridden this before that I want to go."
Liang Hui chimed in, "The base sent Brother Lu to work at the amusement park. Let's go see him together."
Lin Xi imagined what kind of job Lu Wei would have at the amusement park and became somewhat curious.
While she was resting in the locker room, Xiang Xin dragged her to the base's amusement park.
It was an indoor amusement park, and the biggest attraction was a roller coaster that went up sixteen floors underground—it was terrifying.
Lin Xi had seen Dawn Base, Dawn Base, White Shield Base, and now Watchtower Base. Even the best-equipped bases didn't have a playground. Has Watchtower Base become so rich in energy?
Lin Xi was puzzled, and was helped to her seat on the roller coaster by Xiang Xin and Liang Hui while she was in a daze.
She finally came to her senses: "Didn't you say Lu Wei works at the amusement park? Where is he?"
The roller coaster had just begun to slowly ascend. Liang Hui pressed the side of his palm against his eyebrows and looked out, saying, "Let me look."
Lin Xi followed his gaze downwards, and the energy question that had been troubling her earlier was now answered—
As the roller coaster ascended, Lin Xi's view widened, and she saw the entire amusement park's power generation center:
A group of zombies were chained together and guided by people to drag the entire power generation system, like a herd of donkeys pulling a millstone.
Liang Hui's gaze also fell on the group of zombies. He suddenly pointed to Lin Xi and said, "Brother Lu is over there."
Among the zombie workers, Lin Xi saw Lu Wei.
She was filled with disbelief, but as the roller coaster rose higher, the group of zombies gradually shrank into a cluster of black dots in her field of vision.
Lin Xi felt short of breath and was very resistant to what was about to happen.
"Stop, stop, don't go up there." She patted Xiang Xin beside her.
But no one listened to her. The roller coaster had reached its peak and stopped, and everyone leaned forward slightly due to gravity.
"Stop!!" Lin Xi waved her hands frantically.
"Don't be afraid, San San, we're not afraid even though we're not wearing seatbelts!" Xiang Xin's relaxed voice reached our ears.
Lin Xi glanced at Xiang Xin and Liang Hui on either side in alarm. They were indeed not wearing seat belts and were swaying precariously in their slightly forward-leaning seats.
A chill ran down my spine instantly.
The roller coaster, which had been frozen in time, suddenly plummeted downwards, the howling wind swallowing her screams.
"Hey! San San! San San?" Xiang Xin's voice was still ringing in my ears.
Did Xiang Xin not disappear on the roller coaster?
Lin Xi opened her eyes and met Xiang Xin's slightly anxious expression.
Xiang Xin held her shoulder with one hand and pinched her left cheek with the other, only letting go when she opened her eyes.
"You had a nightmare, didn't you?"
Lin Xi then realized that she was no longer on the roller coaster, but lying on the living room sofa. Xiang Xin was pouring water, and Lu Weize was sitting next to her watching her.
It doesn't look like the zombies in my dream.
Lin Xi gulped down a glass of warm water and gradually felt her feet touch the ground.
A pungent smell filled the air. Lin Xi turned her head and saw Liang Hui wearing an apron, busy at the table.
Xiang Xin explained, "We're having hot pot tonight! Xiong Er is treating us today because he lost at doing a handstand!"
"He lost?"
Xiang Xin said smugly, "Yeah, Brother Lu definitely won. I usually can't beat Xiong Er, but he took Zhao Jing's Iron Sand Fist today and wasn't in good shape, so he lost, haha!"
His tone was full of schadenfreude.
Lin Xi felt a little more relaxed and asked, "What time is it?"
"8 o'clock."
"Are you only preparing dinner at this hour?"
Xiang Xin added, "Brother Lu said you usually wake up after a nap of an hour and a half, so we estimated that it would be about time to prepare dinner now."
Lin Xi and Lu Wei lived together at the White Shield Base. She would take a nap on the sofa for about an hour and a half.
"You woke up early today. Dinner isn't ready yet. I'll go help Xiong Er," Xiang Xin said, getting up to help Liang Hui.
Only Lin Xi and Lu Wei remained in the living room.
Lin Xi said wearily, "Something happened in the lab."
Lu Wei nodded: "I've already heard about it."
Lin Xi: "Among the documents I smuggled back from the White Shield Laboratory, there was an important document about 'modifying human genes'."
Lu Wei listened attentively.
Lin Xi: "Once a person becomes a zombie, all their organs stop functioning and they also stop aging. The age of their entire body remains at the age of zombieization. Just like the baby zombies in Dawn Labs who didn't grow up for three years. Someone has conceived of a para-infectant, using vaccines and viruses to achieve a balance, turning people into half-infected individuals, while possessing the body of a zombie that doesn't continue to age and the consciousness of a human."
"Commonly known as 'immortality.' White Shield Labs has pushed the zombie virus to its limits." Lin Xi said with a sarcastic smile.
They used the zombie virus to create bioweapons while simultaneously using the virus to modify human genes.
Lin Xi continued, "Everyone in our lab except me has been infected to varying degrees. Except for Song Heng, who is the most severely affected, everyone else has been diagnosed with cancer. Zhao Jing read the information I just mentioned and took the risk of injecting herself with the vaccine and the virus. According to Qu Shuran, after the mutation began, the rate of deterioration of her condition did slow down, and even showed signs of stopping."
She suddenly looked up at Lu Wei, only to find that Lu Wei was just listening quietly.
"What are you thinking about?" Lin Xi asked.
Have Zhao Jing and he become the same kind of people now?
Lu Wei: "Xiang Xin has already told me what happened. I'm wondering if the zombie virus can be transmitted through sexual contact."
Lin Xi paused for a moment, then shook her head: "No one has ever done this test."
After all, who would have sexual contact with a zombie? Even if they did, Lin Xi doesn't have any relevant cases.
Lu Wei tested positive for the virus, and Zhao Jing is likely no exception. Although she has not mutated, she is still a virus carrier.
Lin Xi said, "But Zhao Jing knows what she's doing. If she wants to live, she definitely won't put herself in danger. She should avoid letting 'that person' get infected with the virus."
Lu Wei: "I'll investigate the people Zhao Jing might have come into contact with."
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