Chapter 33
"I--"
Guo Ying had never truly revealed her inner thoughts to others, but judging from Chen Nan's attitude, she guessed that Chen Nan must have inadvertently revealed her inner thoughts when she was communicating with others, and the other party had noticed a little bit of it.
Leaning back in her chair, she gripped her milk tea cup tightly. After a long silence, Guo Ying slowly said, "I don't object to the country strengthening regulations regarding illegal immigrants, but a blanket ban is definitely inappropriate. Furthermore, the country could easily lower the requirements for ordinary citizens entering various safe zones. If they really don't want them to come in, they could set up temporary safe zones outside instead of driving them away in droves. As for whether to immediately kill and report relatives and friends who turn into cockroach monsters? I don't know how others do it, but I certainly couldn't."
If they were truly dead, I could bury them with a clear conscience. But if they were alive, merely transformed, or temporarily ill, I certainly couldn't bear to abandon them. Besides, Chen Nan, those cockroach monsters on Sunflower Planet could all transform into human form. But who can guarantee that those transformed into beast form won't revert to their original state someday? Like my sister, if the government could give her another month or two, maybe she could return to being a normal girl. She might even possess a special ability that we envy. But our country, it seems, isn't willing to wait even a second longer. Once they've confirmed the mutation, they'll choose to kill them without hesitation.
Guo Ying's face was full of pain and resentment; it was clear that losing her sister was truly the greatest pain of her life.
"If the conditions for entering various safe zones are lowered, who will be responsible if a large-scale infection occurs? If the population is completely overloaded and the city cannot function at all, who will be responsible? Lowering the conditions for entering various safe zones means completely lifting restrictions on the movement of people. If everyone can move freely as before, is there still a need to establish safe zones? And regarding your suggestion of establishing temporary safe zones for illegal immigrants, who do you want to go outside to build safe zones for them? Who do you want to have close contact with them? If you were asked to go out and contact them every day, would you be willing to go out?"
Chen Nan subconsciously questioned her, but Guo Ying, sitting next to her, remained silent. Clearly, she wasn't concerned about these issues, nor did she feel it was her responsibility.
"There's this talk of keeping mutants there for another month or two? Guo Ying, you've been to the Institute of Supernatural Abilities for a month yourself. You know that apart from a very small number of supernatural beings, 80% of the people there are ordinary people like students, scientists, police officers, nurses, and doctors. If you leave a mutant there, who will be responsible for bringing them food? Who will examine them? Who can guarantee that those monsters won't get stronger every day? What if they break out of the building one day and bite people again, tearing innocent people apart like they tore apart Captain He? Who will give them justice then? If you do what you're thinking, won't the entire Institute of Supernatural Abilities fall within a month?"
Chen Nan had been feeling very depressed lately, and when the female lead asked her the question herself, Chen Nan couldn't help but speak loudly to her.
"Humans are very resilient and will definitely not go extinct. All those people with superpowers and scientists won't be defeated just because of a few mutants. Anyway, I just feel that sometimes we are too absolute and too ruthless in our actions."
No matter how excited Chen Nan was, Guo Ying became even calmer at this moment.
In her heart, she really felt that the country was too strict in managing the safe zone, lacked empathy for illegal immigrants, and was too cruel to mutants.
As for Chen Nan's anger and questioning, Guo Ying saw it as nothing more than the hypocrisy of those who had already benefited from the system.
She knew from the moment she met him that Chen Nan had entered the capital's security zone through legitimate channels, spending 150,000 yuan.
She has an older brother here, someone willing to spend a fortune of 150,000 yuan just to buy her a plane ticket to Beijing, so how could she possibly understand the difficulties she and her sister faced back then? How could she understand how they, as "smugglers," hid inside the bellies of dead cows and pigs, entering the country with hearts full of fear?
They thought they could live a good life after entering this place, but as soon as they entered, they were captured and taken to the Superpower Institute.
Moreover, after that incident, she lost her only remaining relative in the world. Now, she has no real connections left in this world.
In such a situation, whatever the world becomes, it has nothing to do with her.
After all, those she cared about and those who cared about her no longer exist.
"That's why I don't like you. After all, we're completely different people. If I were to get infected again and truly mutate into that terrifying and disgusting thing, I would shoot myself without anyone else's help. If you're still my partner then, I hope you won't save me; just send me to my death. Because if something happens to you, I won't hesitate."
Call it hypocrisy or boasting if you will, but that's what Chen Nan was thinking at that moment.
The cars in front had already driven away, and the drivers behind were honking their horns anxiously.
Without hesitation, Chen Nan bent down and threw the milk tea cup in her hand into the trash can outside. Then she immediately drove to the station.
Chen Nan and Guo Ying did not exchange another word during the journey.
Guo Ying felt that she and Chen Nan simply had different views, and that was that.
But what she didn't know was that after finishing her final work that night...
Finally, taking advantage of the few people in the office, Chen Nan removed the recording device from her body, directly intercepted her conversation with Guo Ying that evening, and sent it to the disciplinary inspection department above.
Yes, this department still exists in the world, and it has always existed.
The recording devices on their bodies were eventually sent to them for random checks and analysis by those people.
Actually, Chen Nan could have waited for them to find out about this.
But she couldn't wait any longer and decided to play the villain again.
Chen Nan has never liked Guo Ying, the female lead. She's worried that now that Guo Ying is no longer the suitor from the enemy prince, she might find other incredibly powerful suitors. She also worries that, as a lowly policewoman, she might accidentally meet the country's supreme ruler again and develop a breathtakingly perfect love story.
When reading the novel, Chen Nan felt normal and indifferent no matter who liked her.
But once she became a cannon fodder female supporting character in this world, Chen Nan felt restless and unable to eat or sleep until she completely subdued the other party.
After uploading her entire work log for the day and sending the special recording to the disciplinary inspection department, Chen Nan finally changed out of her police uniform and became truly famous.
"Chen Nan, are you going out?"
Seeing her come out in casual clothes, the new colleague who had just entered immediately asked her curiously.
"Okay, I'm going to the supermarket."
She smiled at the other person, then slung her bag over her shoulder and quickly left the police station.
Chen Nan left home at approximately 8 PM.
By the time she returned from the supermarket with everything she needed, it was nearly 9 p.m.
Just as she returned and was sorting through the things she had bought, Tang Ke, who had been away at the border for a long time, turned on the video call for her.
"Master!"
After resting her phone against the cup behind her, Chen Nan quickly answered the video call.
"Hmm, what are you doing?"
As soon as the video call connected, Tang Ke saw the things on her desk. She hadn't expected her to be still fussing around so late, and Tang Ke asked instinctively.
"I just went to the supermarket and bought some pots, pans, seasonings and vegetables. I plan to try to cook dinner myself starting tomorrow. I'm tired of eating in the cafeteria every day."
While speaking, Chen Nan raised her phone and showed Tang Ke all her spoils for the night.
"Hmm, not bad, cooking for yourself is definitely a little healthier than eating in the cafeteria."
Tang Ke made this call because she wanted to ask Chen Nan about the whistleblower email she had sent an hour and a half earlier.
Seeing her enthusiastic expression, Tang Ke thought for a moment and ultimately decided not to ask any more questions. She simply looked at the things she had bought and offered a few sincere compliments.
"Master, how's your business going? Is it almost finished? When are you expected to be back?"
When the other person remained silent, Chen Nan rested her phone against the cup again.
Then, while tidying up the things on the table, he asked the other person.
"It's almost done. I'll be back in about a week."
"Really? So fast? They agreed to exchange one Shen He for seventy-nine people?"
Chen Nan had only asked casually, but upon hearing Tang Ke's answer, she couldn't help but feel happy and excited.
"Yes, we agreed to the change, and everything has been changed."
Seeing Chen Nan's happy expression, Tang Ke, sitting in an office, also smiled slightly: "The person impersonating Chen He is the youngest son of the King of Cockroach Star. Although he has many sons, he couldn't bear to see his youngest son perish with us. So he readily agreed to all our demands, and all seventy-nine comrades were returned the day before yesterday. They are currently undergoing detailed examinations one by one at the 73rd Safety Zone Hospital—"
At this point, Tang Ke paused for two seconds before continuing, "After all, they spent two and a half years on Cockroach Planet, during which time they conducted various medical experiments on them. We need to figure out their true physical condition. Cockroach Planet's camouflage technology is also exceptionally strong, so we also need to avoid the possibility that the comrades returning this time are actually them. In any case, they will need to stay in Sector 73 for at least six months to ensure that all their physical data are normal and that they have recovered both physically and mentally before they can return. As for me, I have some other things to take care of and will be back in five days."
Tang Ke spoke quickly, while Chen Nan swiftly tidied up the things on the table.
She removed all the extra packaging from the oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and various seasonings, and put all the salt and other kitchen seasonings into a special seasoning box.
She also categorized the onions, green peppers, potatoes, leafy greens, cabbage, and garlic, putting the onions, potatoes, and garlic, which are easy to store, together, and the other things, such as green peppers and leafy greens, which are not easy to store, on the other side of the table.
Tang Ke watched her work with a smile before asking, "How's work been lately? Have you run into any problems?"
Upon hearing his words, Chen Nan paused slightly in her work of tidying up the pots and pans.
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