"How is Old Wu?" Li Feng stared at the black screen for a while, then turned to ask Cheng Gu.
"My emotions are a little unstable." Cheng Gu said.
"I'll kill him," Li Feng stood up, "What a waste of oxygen."
After standing up, he looked towards the glass wall and saw Mr. Long looking at him.
Director Wu didn't know about the general. The general's brain was locked in the eighteenth level of hell in the military base. Before Li Feng knew about it, probably only Mr. Long and Colonel Yu knew about it.
If the brain wasn't at the base and the general was not the head of the military, Colonel Yu probably wouldn't have known about it.
This highly confidential matter had to be known to more people because it concerned the people in the laboratory, including Mr. Long's own life. No one knew what Mr. Long was thinking.
Li Feng didn't care too much. Anyone who knew about this would not tell anyone easily. No matter how many heroes there were, the general was always the representative of Yuncheng's sense of security.
Especially now, after the head of the biochemical statue on the mountain at the city gate was chopped off, Yuncheng is finally going to return to such a critical stage of three parties working together.
Director Wu was sitting at the laboratory table in a daze, and just glanced at him when he heard him come in.
Li Feng sat opposite him and leaned back in his chair: "I heard that you are not very emotionally stable."
Director Wu stood up suddenly as if he had been poked in the buttocks: "How can I stay stable? How can I stay stable!"
"Don't waste oxygen," Li Feng said calmly, "Your instability will cost us one day of life."
"Bullshit," Director Wu glared at him, "You know about this, right?"
"Can we talk calmly now?" Li Feng said, "You are the head of the laboratory. How can I feel at ease telling you what I know if you are like this?"
Director Wu sat down, closed his eyes, and slowly exhaled: "What happened to the general? Everyone thought that the general just used the same image to keep it secret, but it was actually a real general from a different generation. Now it seems that this is not the case, right?"
"What's going on with those two chiefs?" Li Feng also asked.
"What? You want to make a deal with me for something like this?" Director Wu looked at him.
"Isn't that fair?" Li Feng said, "When I collect intelligence, it's always an equal transaction. I don't give it away for free, and I don't receive it for free."
"You're trying to play the same trick on me!" Director Wu gritted his teeth, paused for two seconds, then relaxed, leaning back in his chair and sighing, "I don't know the details, I never care about these things, you know. Director Lu was still in office at the time, and the two of them were the best technicians at the time, and they had access to the most advanced technology in Yuncheng at the time."
"For example?" Li Feng asked.
"I really don't know, but you also know that our technology in all aspects is much worse than that of humans before the war," Director Wu sighed, "Without talents and technology, we will never be able to return to the pre-war era, at least for our generation."
"Let's get to the point." Li Feng said.
"They must have discovered something from before the war that was beyond their authority, and possibly beyond their technical level, or something that was very dangerous to our current level of technology, so..." Director Wu looked at him, "Maybe they discovered the general's secrets and related technologies."
Li Feng didn't say anything.
"Before I took office," Director Wu said, "Director Lu sealed up some of the information. After I took office, I followed his instructions and confined them to the warehouse. That's all."
"Then they should be able to access the laboratory's information," Li Feng frowned and thought, "these two people may be the ones who know the laboratory and the general best at the moment."
"It's your turn." said Director Wu.
"Well, it's just as you thought. There was only one general, and he died a long time ago. His brain is stored underground in the base," Li Feng said in a series of words. "Qiu Shi and his men are using the general's brain to do this and that, and then they opened the screen in the laboratory to contact us. That's it."
Director Wu looked at him for a long time before asking, "How do you know all this, General?"
"I'm afraid of death." said Li Feng.
"I see you're not afraid at all," said Director Wu.
"I am not even afraid of death in order to avoid death," Li Feng said, "so I can know."
"They can access the general's brain," Director Wu began to fall into a new round of contemplation, "probably because of this... Why do they want to keep the general's brain, for this technology, or for the things in his brain?"
"I don't know." Li Feng said, "If you can get out alive, these are your business."
"Could there be other brains?" Director Wu looked at him and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Don't be too crazy," Li Feng also looked at him, "or else the next brain will be donated by you."
It is true that going to the general's office cannot be done continuously. Qiu Shi vomited twice after the connection was interrupted. It is said that Mr. Long felt uncomfortable for two days. The two chiefs also said that their follow-up reaction time after the connection was very long.
"Let's go back to the hospital first and get checked out. We still have medicine to take," Xing Bi said. "Lin Sheng and the others will stay. Let's see if we can get any more information out of them."
"Why are you asking? Aren't Lin Sheng and Xu Jie two level two biochemical bodies?" Qiu Shi asked.
"It's okay to let Ji Sui ask." Xing Bi smiled.
"Okay, let's go," Qiu Shi stood up and walked out. "I don't want to go back to the hospital, I just want to go upstairs and get some fresh air. This place is too stuffy. I don't know how they have stayed here for twenty years."
When leaving the warehouse area, he looked back again. Those biochemical bodies that had not yet been activated had stayed here longer. He wondered if they could sense that they were not only imprisoned in that hibernation capsule, but also placed in the deepest mine underground.
When they walked out of the exhibition hall, Ji Sui specifically told them to drive away, and Minister Liu had left a car for them in the parking lot.
The hospital is not far from here. Qiu Shi originally wanted to walk there, but when he saw the outside, he pulled Xing Bizhe back to the parking lot.
The celebration had just ended, and the already narrow mountain streets of Yuncheng were filled with happy people. Everyone held a small flag in their hands, and different patterns were printed on flags of different colors. Some were biochemical troops, some were the second team of undead heroes, some were individual photos of Qiu Shi, and some people even printed these photos directly on their faces.
"I feel like everything I see is just me." Qiu Shi got into the car and closed the door.
"Are you afraid of being recognized?" Xing Bi smiled, started the car, and drove out from the back door of the parking lot.
This road can take you to the hospital from the northernmost path in the inner city. It is farther away, but there will be fewer people. After all, going out is the fertilizer pool of Yuncheng. There are several checkpoints on the road, and most people don't go this way.
"That white beard, is he really your teacher?" Qiu Shi looked at Xing Bi, "I remember... when Li Feng showed me your memory, your teacher didn't have a beard and his hair wasn't that long."
"He shaved his beard shortly before he died," Xing Bi said. "He said it took too much time to maintain it, and it was already very messy at that time."
"He's outside the general's office... Do they work in the same place?" Qiu Shi asked.
"No," Xing Bi said, "That's why I'm surprised. He doesn't have any military background, so it's unlikely that he can move freely within the general's office."
"Was it because I was too dizzy that I saw it wrong? Or were there other details that I missed?" said Qiu Shi.
"He can't possibly go there. He's just my teacher," Xing Bi said. "He's a scholar and won't have direct contact with the general."
"Do you want to ask those two chiefs?" Qiu Shi said.
Although the two chiefs had entered the general's office before, neither of them mentioned the presence of other people. So out of caution, they did not mention the fact that Qiu Shi saw the white-haired old man.
"Let's get some information out of the way first." Xing Bi said, "These two people may look crazy and stupid, but they are chief technicians after all. Even if they are really crazy, they can't be really stupid."
Qiu Shi's health recovered quickly. After the doctor in the laboratory examined him, everything was getting better and there was nothing abnormal.
"Are Director Wu and the others okay?" the doctor asked Qiu Shi quietly.
"We can't get in touch with him yet," Qiu Shi said, "but he's not in danger."
"Alas," the doctor sighed, "If the people inside and this laboratory were gone, Yuncheng as a whole would be set back for who knows how many years. I don't know what it would become by then."
"Don't be too pessimistic," Qiu Shi said. "The only Cloud City technology I've enjoyed since I was a kid is probably canned food."
It is nourished by dead human flesh.
The doctor looked at him and opened his mouth but no words came out.
Qiu Shi could actually understand the doctor's feelings. After all, that was what he did, and he thought differently from ordinary people. But in such a world, most ordinary people only cared about having three meals a day, being well clothed, and not dying.
After the doctor left, Qiu Shi took some medicine and said, "I don't want to open a lab just for the technology."
"I know you did it for Li Feng," Xing Bi said, "It's so touching, partner."
Qiu Shi laughed, drank half a bottle of water and wiped his mouth: "This is true. Without Li Feng, we will be involved in more complicated troubles. I hope he is alive and want him to come out. Only when he is here can Yuncheng continue to exist stably and I can return to my previous life. I don't want to use my brain. There are not many to begin with. I don't want to use my brain at all for things that can be solved with fists."
"Yeah, I know." Xing Bi said with a smile.
"Zhao Lu and the others must have thought so too," Qiu Shi said. "They followed me to Xima Town because they were afraid that I would die outside. As a result, I am now trapped in Yuncheng. They must be cursing at Xima Town right now."
"At least you won't die now," Xing Bi said, "and you can see the general's office."
"Outside the general's office is the military base of the time. It's really comfortable to look at," Qiu Shi said. "It's a very flat road, very wide, with beautiful trees and many flowers. I wonder if I can see other places from his office..."
"Qiu Shi," Xing Bi interrupted him, "that is not the real world, nor is it the real past. What you saw was the general's memory, his consciousness. Doing these things is already very dangerous. Don't have any thoughts that go beyond the scope."
"I know," Qiu Shi said, "I was always confused in there. I knew it was dangerous. I just said the world before was beautiful."
"If you want to see it, I can take you to see it," Xing Bi said, "This side of Yuncheng is a mountainous wasteland. It was chosen for defense and safety. Further away is the ruins of the city."
"It's all in ruins," said Qiu Shi.
"Those are ruins that you ignorant apocalypse bumpkins have never seen," said Xing Bi.
"Hey?" Qiu Shi looked at him. "We were just chatting, why did you suddenly start cursing during such a warm conversation?"
Xing Bi laughed.
"Don't worry," Qiu said, "I won't do anything dangerous."
Not long after resting in the hospital, he received a call from Minister Liu, asking if there was any progress in the laboratory. Li Feng's assistant and secretary at the Security Bureau were already a little worried because they had not been able to contact Li Feng.
"I have a general direction," Qiu Shi said, "I'll go over and continue looking."
"Do you need my cooperation in any way?" Minister Liu said, "Right now I am mainly responsible for taking over Li Feng's affairs. I can arrange anything else you need."
"It's going smoothly so far." Qiu Shi said that there was no other way except to continue looking in the general's office.
"Qiu Shi, I'm not rushing you," Minister Liu said, "It's just that the people imprisoned here are really... very important to Yuncheng. It's not an exaggeration to say that they determine the future of Yuncheng."
"I know." Qiu Shi said.
After ending the call, he fell on the hospital bed: "Fuck, why did this happen to me?"
"You can throw it to Minister Liu and others." Xing Bi said.
"I was afraid that they would go in and shoot the general," said Qiu Shi.
Xing Bi laughed. "If the general pointed a gun at me and shot me when I went in today, would I die?" Qiu Shi asked.
"Probably not. That's the general's memory. If it's too different from the original memory, such as killing a stranger in the office," Xing Bi said, "it might arouse suspicion in the brain, and then the memory will be restarted and corrected back to its original state."
"That's good." Qiu Shi smiled and looked at Xing Bi, "Hey, handsome biochemical body, come here."
"Hmm?" Xing Bi walked to the bedside and looked down at him.
"Let me kiss you." Qiu Shi opened his arms.
Xing Bi leaned over and put his hand into his clothes.
"Hey," Qiu Shi smiled, "What?"
"Check if the heart rate patch has been removed." Xing Bi said.
"I didn't put that up today," Qiu Shi touched his face, "As a sensitive biochemical being, you didn't notice it?"
"I noticed that," Xing Bi buried his face in the side of his neck, "I just made up an excuse."
The excitement and joy in Yuncheng had not yet faded. When they drove to the exhibition hall again, they could hear the song of Yuncheng everywhere. In order to create an atmosphere of victory and peace, Minister Liu had already used all his strength.
When they returned to the outside of the laboratory, Sang Fan and the others were still guarding. When she saw Qiu, she handed him an orange.
"Where did you get it from?" Qiu Shi was surprised. "This thing is only given out during the city celebration."
"I just went out," Sang Fan said, "someone outside gave it to me."
"How dare you go out?" Qiu Shi peeled an orange and put a slice in his mouth. "Aren't you afraid of being watched?"
"It was given to me by the people who watched me," said Sang Fan.
“… You’ve adapted quite well.” Qiu Shi said.
Sang Fan smiled.
There was a sound in the earphone, and a voice came out: "Xing Bi."
"What's wrong?" Xing Bi asked.
"Come to the archives room."
"What have you found?" Xing Bi made a gesture, and Qiu Shi followed him to the archive room.
"We need to check this guy out."
The voice belonged to Qu Shen, who was still looking through the files.
Ever since the accident in the laboratory, Colonel Yu has handed over the internal security of the exhibition hall to Xing Bi. Now, all Qiu Shi sees in the internal passages are biochemical bodies. If he doesn't look out the window, it's like going back to the era of his "friends" that Qiu Shi imagined.
There are many people visiting the exhibition hall today, and you can hear noisy voices across the corridor. This battle has been put into the exhibition hall and has become a part of Yuncheng's "history". There has not been any major update to the exhibition hall over the years. Basically, Mr. Long's speech is put in at the end of the city celebration every year.
With such a major update this time, residents from the inner city rushed to visit.
However, such a lively scene is only limited to the inner city. For Qiu Shi, who has been a corpse collector for more than ten years, he can imagine what the outer city looks like now.
Everyone was in confusion because of the extra canned food and winter clothes that were distributed. There was joy at receiving unexpected supplies, but more importantly, there was sadness and despair at the possibility of being robbed or even killed because of them.
Li Feng may not be able to change all this, but he can at least prevent those people from being subjected to the fear of war and killing.
The floor where the archives room is located is not open to the public and is very quiet. Although the archives can be consulted, the content that can be found is still limited.
"Except for a small number of documents with the highest level of authority and those that have been permanently sealed," Qu Shen said, "everything has been checked. There is basically no content related to the construction and structure of the laboratory."
"Basically?" Xing Bi asked.
"Except for one biochemical body," Qu Shen pulled up a file, "this is a first-generation biochemical body, classified as an experimental personnel. At first I thought it was a manual filing error, but..."
There is a picture on the document, which shows a biochemical body. It looks like a diagram explaining the body structure, with a lot of annotations next to it.
"Is this a general structural diagram?" Xing Bi stared at the diagram.
"It looks very similar, but it's not him. There is a corresponding biochemical body." Qu Shen enlarged the picture. There was a number in the lower right corner, which looked like a file number. "This is his number."
"Number?" Qiu Shi took a closer look.
"The number is the number of the corresponding small square," Xing Bi said, "It is used for identification, but it will not be used directly as the number of the biochemical body. The first-level biochemical body has a name, and the second-level numbering does not follow this rule."
"This is the first generation number," Qu Shen said, "but I can be sure that the first generation series has been destroyed. The destruction data can be found, and the body materials also have recycling records, but this one doesn't have it."
"Not destroyed?" Xing Bi asked.
"It shows that it was destroyed, but there is no record of the body being recovered or disposed of," Qu Shen said. "I checked the relevant records based on this number and found only one entry, which was on the list of core personnel in the base laboratory before the war, but it was also only marked in the lower right corner..."
"He is the core technician of the experiment?" Xing Bi was stunned. "Is there a precedent for this?"
"No." Qu Shen said.
"There was a first-generation, first-level biochemical body. He was a core technician in the laboratory before the war," Qiu Shi sorted out. "But it seems that in order to keep it secret, he has no name, only a number, and the number is written in the corner. Now this biochemical body should have been destroyed, but there is no evidence of destruction. Is that what you mean?"
"Yes." Qu Shen said.
"Should we ask Mr. Long? Is it possible that he knows what's going on?" Qiu Shi asked.
"This information is from before the war, and no one has ever seen it," Qu Shen said. "There is only this little information about this biochemical body, and no one would pay attention to it even if they saw it."
"Does he have any connection with the laboratory?" Qiu Shi looked at Xing Bi, "Will the two chiefs know?"
"Let's go," Xing Bi turned and walked towards the transport cabin, "Let's go ask."
Qiu Shi followed, frowning as he asked, "Tell me, can my brain connect with theirs? I can go into their brains and look for it?"
"Qiu Shi," Xing Bi turned around and looked at him, "wake up."
"Yeah," Qiu Shi laughed, "I'm just curious."
"Don't be so curious all the time," Xing Bi pulled him in front of him, "I'm warning you."
"Is it so serious?" Qiu Shi was stunned.
"Yes." Xing Bi said.
Qiu Shi had never seen such an expression on Xing Bi's face before. It was cold and serious, but there was anxiety in his eyes.
"I know," Qiu Shi said, "I know. I can't do it. Although I'm not as smart as you, I'm not stupid."
"Yeah." Xing Bi responded, raised his hand to turn off the group call on the headset, and also turned off Qiu Shi's call.
Qiu Shi looked at him.
"I would be scared." Xing Bi said.
"What are you afraid of?" Qiu Shi asked.
"I'm afraid of losing the people I care about and my hopes," Xing Bi said.
"Who?" Qiu Shi asked.
"You." Xing Bi said, "Your brain really isn't very good. Do you need to ask me this before I can understand it?"
"Fuck your ancestors." said Qiu Shi.
Xing Bi laughed.
The two chiefs sat in front of the monitoring screen, staring at the robotic arm performing repetitive work.
Qiu Shi stood behind them for less than five minutes before he felt so bored that he was almost suffocating.
"When do you get off work or take a break?" Qiu Shi asked.
"Ten more minutes," the tall man tilted his head, "we'll take a break."
"Why didn't I wait for you to rest when I took us to the electric chair?" Qiu Shi asked.
"Asking questions is boring," the short man said quickly, "making connections is interesting."
"You can only make connections after you have asked questions," Qiu Shi said. "It would be a waste of time if you just make connections but there is no progress."
"Okay." The short man turned around quickly.
"Ji Sui asked you just now, and you said that you have made more than ten connections in private, is that right?" Xing Bi asked.
"Yes." The short man nodded repeatedly.
"You have encountered a special situation, right?" Xing Bi asked, "Why can't you tell me?"
"No, no, I can't tell you." The tall man looked at Ji Sui standing outside the door, "He is not the captain."
"The chief wants to talk to the captain." Ji Sui said.
Qiu Shi couldn't help but sigh.
"Can we tell you now?" Xing Bi asked.
"There's someone else in there," the short man said, "an old man hiding in there."
The author has something to say:
To be continued tomorrow⊙▽⊙.
The relatives left, left, left, hahahaha!