After Li Feng finished talking with Director Wu, he turned and walked out of the experimental cabin, walked to the glass wall, and looked at Mr. Long who had started meditating again over there.
"Mr. Long," he knocked on the glass, "I have something to ask you."
"There are some top secrets about Yuncheng that I can't tell you in front of so many people." Mr. Long said calmly with his eyes closed.
"They are all dead." said Li Feng.
"Bullshit." Gao Shan was also very calm. He was probably worn out and had lost his temper.
"Those two chiefs," Li Feng looked at Mr. Long, "you know about them, right? According to the timeline, Old Wu locked them up in the warehouse after you took office."
"I am not responsible for personnel transfers in the laboratory," said Mr. Long.
"Arranging the two chiefs to the warehouse to monitor the surveillance, this kind of personnel transfer that directly affects the scientific and technological strength of Yuncheng does not require your or the general's consent?" Li Feng said, "Is it okay for me to kill Old Wu now?"
"Don't you have anyone else to take as hostage?" Director Wu cursed behind him, "You are so cruel!"
"We are the only two humans here," Li Feng looked back at him, then turned to look at Mr. Long over there, "Did they know about the general?"
Mr. Long sighed slightly and opened his eyes.
"That's more than that, right?" Li Feng said, "What else did they know?"
Mr. Long glanced at Chen Dang and Gao Shan, a little hesitant. He was definitely unwilling to say it, but if Qiu Shi contacted them again in the same way as before, and Li Feng really knew nothing about these things, it might affect the speed of the rescue.
"We are not completely ignorant," Chen Dang said, "Some secrets are secrets in Yuncheng, but not necessarily here."
"Then you say." Li Feng said.
“… You react very quickly.” Chen Dang smiled.
"Mr. Long," Li Feng looked at Mr. Long, "As for the people here, you only need to shut up Old Wu. As for them..."
He looked at Chen Dang and Gao Shan, as well as the undercover guard they brought with them who had never spoken or moved. "From the second I closed the door of the laboratory, they could never get out again."
"We can control Mr. Long before he tells the secret," Chen Dang said, "If we don't leave, you will never know the secret."
"Let's die together. Mr. Long, who can't tell the secret," Li Feng said, "is of no use to me."
Chen Dang raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Mr. Long, who has revealed the secret, is of no use to me," Li Feng looked at him, "so the only purpose of keeping Mr. Long is to protect you. When this laboratory is opened, I will keep you alive."
"Interesting." Chen Dang said.
"I don't know the details," Mr. Long said. "It happened before the war. By the time I took office, the information and insiders were basically gone. The information I know is uncertain and incomplete."
"About what?" Li Feng asked.
"A biochemical body of the first generation that disappeared," Mr. Long glanced at Chen Dang, "had the core data of a research that was being conducted at the time. He destroyed all the data and disappeared in the laboratory."
"What does disappearing mean?" Li Feng asked.
"His body and systems are intact, but," Mr. Long pointed to his brain, "everything in his system is gone. It has become an empty shell."
"Do I understand that his memory has been cleared?" Li Feng frowned.
“That’s how I understood it,” Mr. Long said, “but it doesn’t seem to be the case.”
Li Feng glanced at Chen Dang and asked, "Have the secrets overlapped?"
Chen Dang smiled and said nothing.
"Biochemicals are indeed better at hiding their emotions than humans," Li Feng glanced at Gao Shan behind Chen Dang, "right, Mr. Gao?"
Gao Shan didn't say anything, just sat down and turned his head away.
"It doesn't matter," Li Feng said, "Qiu Shi and Xing will give us the answer."
"You two..." Qiu Shi sat on the chair and looked at the two smiling chief technicians in front of him. What Xing Bi said was right, these two people might be a little crazy, but they were definitely not stupid.
"What's your name?" Qiu Shi asked.
They obviously didn't expect Qiu Shi to ask such a question. After a moment of silence, they looked at each other.
"You don't know?" asked the short man.
"I don't know." said Qiu Shi.
"Did Wu Kangwen mention us to you?" asked the tall man.
"I mentioned it, the warehouse manager," Qiu Shi said, "I worked here for 20 years without seeing the sun. It was not easy. Now I am gone."
The smile on the short man's face disappeared.
"It's not surprising," Qiu Shi propped his forehead with his hand and tilted his head to look at the two of them. "Director Wu has so many people under him. It's impossible for him to remember all their names."
"When we were the chiefs," the tall man's voice turned cold, "he was just an assistant."
"Wang Hong." said the short man.
"Zhang Tan." said the tall man.
"I remember it." said Qiu Shi.
After a brief silence, Wang Hong asked, "What else do you want to know?"
"Some things that Wu Kangwen doesn't know," Qiu Shi said. "The old man hiding in there definitely doesn't know."
Zhang Tan laughed: "He doesn't know anything about the general either."
"Why do you say he was hiding?" Qiu Shi asked.
"This has nothing to do with your contact with the laboratory," Wang Hong said quickly, "and you won't run into him."
"Who is he hiding from?" Xing Bi asked.
"I don't know," Wang Hong said, glancing at Qiu Shi, "Is he going to go in again?"
For them, whether Qiu Shi can enter or not is very important. Yuncheng has never had enhanced humans. Qiu Shi is more suitable for this connection experiment than ordinary humans. This is the issue they are most concerned about.
"You have to be prepared before you go in," Xing Bi said, "He's the most suitable person right now. If something unexpected happens after he goes in, you won't have a subject to study."
"How do we prepare?" Zhang Tan said, "We say we can, and if we can get in, then we can get in."
"What's going on with that old man?" Xing Bi said, "What's in the other room? How can he communicate with the general and ask how to open the laboratory? If the general doesn't know how to open it, who can he ask?"
“So many questions,” Wang Hong said.
"These are necessary to ensure the safety of the research subjects and to ensure that you can carry out subsequent experiments," Xing Bi said. "Last time we went in, these precautions were not mentioned. If he has problems and cannot continue because of these, the only thing you can do now is to watch the monitor."
"Now you are begging us," said Wang Hong.
"No, you need our cooperation," Xing Bi said. "If you want to return to your previous life, this is your only chance. Take out your new findings from your super-authority research and make them public. Only if you can do what Wu Kangwen can't do, will you have a chance to return to the laboratory."
Wang Hong glanced at Zhang Tan and said, "You're really good at talking."
"Well, the biochemical body has a quick brain," Zhang Tan said, "No wonder the old man wants to hide, hide."
"Why is the old man hiding from the biochemical body?" Qiu Shi asked immediately, "Which biochemical body is he hiding from?"
Zhang Tan shut up.
"Let's discuss it." Wang Hong said.
"Okay," Qiu Shi said, "but we don't have much time, we have to hurry, otherwise the people we rescue will be dead and we won't be able to help you."
The two chiefs went to the lounge.
Qiu Shi looked up at Xing Bi who was standing behind him: "Aren't you going to sit down? Captain of the biochemical body."
"This makes you look important," Xing Bi said, "Human."
"What's more important is that you let them use me for experiments." Qiu Shi said.
"This is their interest," Xing Bi said, "You can only follow their lead, but you have to be clear that you are not there to play with them."
"Well," Qiu Shi lowered his voice, "What do you think he meant by hiding? If it was your teacher, who would he hide from?"
Qiu Shi hesitated for a moment: "...Zheng Ting?"
"If it was Zheng Ting," Xing Bi leaned over and whispered in his ear, "the teacher has already been killed by him. There is no reason to continue hiding."
"Is it possible that he did this before he knew Zheng Ting was going to kill him?" Qiu Shi asked.
"It's possible," Xing Bi said, "but Zheng Ting didn't plan to kill him for a long time or chase him for a long time. The time was very short, and there was no chance to connect the memories or do anything else afterwards."
Qiu Shi turned and looked at him.
"They burned him," Xing Bi's voice was a little unsteady, "right on the roof. I... watched."
Qiu Shi didn't say anything else. He hugged Xing Bi and patted him lightly on the face twice.
There probably wasn't any obstacle in the chiefs communicating privately, as it was much faster than communicating with them. Not long after entering the lounge, the two of them came out.
Wang Hong, who was more fluent in speaking, pulled over a chair and sat down in front of Qiu Shi: "Precautions."
"Speak." Qiu Shi looked at him.
"You are only entering the general's memory. What he knows is there, and what he doesn't know is not there," Wang Hong said. "The room is not real, it's just a series of memories. The technology at that time was limited, and the visualization could only be to this extent. It can't be made coherent and complete like watching a video."
Wang Hong spoke very quickly, and his voice was shaking like a chicken eating beans. Qiu Shi had to concentrate hard to understand what he was saying.
"You can't communicate with the general. This is his memory. There is no you in his memory. If you suddenly appear and interact with him, it will arouse suspicion in his brain," Wang Hong continued. "Once he finds something he can't explain, the connection will be severed. When he reconnects, his memory won't be updated. He will only remember these forever. No new information will be written into it. If new information is input, it will restart."
"Let me sort it out." Qiu Shi frowned.
Wang Hong gave him two seconds to "sort it out" and then continued, "I have a tip for you. When I went in, there was a room full of codes and patterns. There might be a way to reopen the lab."
"Which one?" Qiu Shi asked.
"I don't know." Wang Hong said, "They are all the same, and they are not in a fixed position. Maybe the door will be in the same section every time you open it ten times."
"Fuck." Qiu Shi cursed.
"Don't worry about the old man, he will hide away," Wang Hong said, "The old man is not complete, only a small part of his consciousness. We don't know why he is in the general's mind. When we wanted to study him, we were banned."
"General, you don't know the existence of this part of consciousness, right?" Xing Bi asked.
"Yes," Wang Hong said, "the old man is very careful. If the general finds out, he will be eliminated."
"Can I have contact with the old man?" When Qiu Shi asked this question, Xing Bi's hand on his shoulder tightened, and his shoulder was pinched so hard by his fingertips that it hurt.
"No." Xing Bi and Wang Hong spoke at the same time.
"Without a complete consciousness, it is difficult to determine good and evil," Zhang Tan said, "Everyone has evil thoughts. If this part is correct..."
"It just happens that it has evil intentions, which may be harmful to you." Xing Bi completed the sentence for Zhang Tan.
Zhang Tan nodded: "Maybe I can come back, but I can't."
"You have to come back," Wang Hong looked at him with a light in his eyes, "We still need to conduct some tests and analyses on your brain..."
"Control yourself," Qiu Shi also looked at him, "The more you talk, the more disgusting it becomes. I'm not going to go anymore."
"You will go, you have to save people," Wang Hong smiled excitedly, "You have great righteousness."
“Maybe, but I also grew up outside the city as a corpse collector,” Qiu Shi said. “The world I see is different from yours. My righteousness may not always be bright.”
Wang Hong's smile froze for two seconds. He stared at him for a while and stood up: "Let's go."
"Wait," Xing Bi said, "Please pull up the list of biochemical bodies so I can take a look."
"What are you looking for?" Zhang Tan asked, helping him to retrieve the list.
"I'm going to activate two medical-related biochemical bodies to serve as your assistants." Xing Bi said.
The medical assistants are certainly not for the chiefs. The two biochemical bodies activated by Xing Bi are for Qiu Shi. The entire operation is done to avoid letting these two mentally unstable chiefs take action. If any problems arise, measures can be taken against Qiu Shi at the first time.
The two chiefs had no objection. Being able to revisit the room that had been banned for more than 30 years and to see the "experimental subject" connected to the brain again was like a shot in the arm for them.
Without cumbersome procedures and formalities, the process of restarting the two biochemical bodies was quick.
Qiu Shi felt a little embarrassed and asked them to start working immediately after waking up, but the biochemical bodies didn't seem to have this process. Within a few minutes, after Xing Bi finished giving instructions, they returned to a normal state.
The reason why humans need biochemical bodies is obvious.
The group walked into the previous room, and Zhang Tan lowered the metal cylinder. The chair that looked like an electric chair appeared in front of Qiu Shi again.
For some reason, he felt a little nervous when he sat on the chair this time.
Maybe it was because he knew more "precautions" this time and realized that it was not as simple as he imagined. Maybe it was simply because there were so many people. In addition to the two chiefs and Xing Bi, there were two assistants, plus Lin Sheng and Xu Jie standing at the door.
This time Xing Bi did not perform any operation. He just held Qiu Shi's hand. A medical assistant took the wires behind him and started to connect them.
"Listen to my voice." Xing Bi said.
"Yeah." Qiu Shi responded.
"Don't do anything unnecessary and don't be led astray by the things inside." Xing Bi instructed.
"This is the first time I know you are so talkative." said Qiu Shi.
"This is the first time I'm so worried about you." Xing Bi said. Qiu Shi wanted to say something else, but the light in front of his eyes began to darken.
Then came the dizzy feeling he had experienced between the alternation of light and darkness.
After the mist in front of his eyes dissipated, he looked around and, just like last time, he was standing in the general's office.
"I'm here," Qiu Shi said, "Shall I check my office drawer first?"
"Okay," Xing Bi's voice came, "Hurry up."
Qiu Shi moved behind the table. Everything was the same as before: pens, phone, computer, and two photo frames, one standing and one lying down.
There are four drawers in total, one large and three small, which open one by one.
Work notes, some paper reports, meeting documents, and...
"Fuck, there's a gun," said Qiu Shi.
"Don't move." Xing Bi said.
"Nothing special." Qiu Shi looked up at the small door in the office. "Is that small door also a memory?"
"The small door is the locker room, it's empty." Wang Hong's voice rang out.
"Then I'll just go out." Qiu Shi said as he slowly moved to the door. To be honest, he was a little anxious. The last time the general came in from the door and pointed a gun at him really scared him.
"Go out," Xing Bi said, "Remember to just open the door, look, and close it."
"Yeah." Qiu Shi responded.
The door opened, and there was no one outside, neither the general nor the old man with white beard.
Qiu Shi carefully poked his head outside. There was a horizontal corridor outside. The general's office was on the left side of the corridor, and there were two vertical corridors or passages in the middle.
There were some paintings on the wall, all of which were portraits, somewhat similar to the portraits of famous people in Yuncheng in the exhibition hall. Apart from that, there were two trash cans.
Qiu Shi decided to start looking from the nearest room.
He looked to his left and saw a door three steps away.
"There's a door on my left. I'll go over there now." Qiu Shi moved over there and looked back. The door of the general's office was closed. He was now standing alone in the empty corridor. He suddenly felt a little scared. "Fuck, the door is closed and I'm standing outside."
"The general won't be here now. He will appear in five minutes," Wang Hong's voice floated around him somewhat unsteadily, "before that, just go to the corridor around the corner."
"I'll open the door now," said Qiu Shi.
The door in front of me opened.
There was not a room inside, but a wide square, so large that the edge could not be seen at a glance.
The weather was very good. There were many people in the square, adults, children, and colorful balloons. Streets could be seen in the distance, with cars passing by on the streets. Qiu Shi could hear laughter.
This is the world before the war.
"Qiu Shi," Xing Bi's voice sounded behind him, "Close the door."
"Yeah." Qiu Shi responded, took a step back, and the door closed in front of him.
"Go to the corner corridor, immediately." Xing Bi said.
"Okay." Qiu Shi didn't ask any more questions, turned around and moved towards the vertical corridor.
He knew that this glance, which he did not feel, must have taken more than "a glance". Although it would not take as long as the general to come and open the door, if the next door was the same, the general might have come. It would be more appropriate to start looking directly from the room around the corner.
"I've turned around." Qiu Shi looked at the corridor and saw no one. "Have I been looking for a long time?"
"When I called you just now, how many times did you hear?" Xing Bi asked.
"One," Qiu Shi said, "I'll leave if you call me."
"Yeah." Xing Bi responded.
"What's wrong?" Qiu Shi asked, "Did you call me a lot? Did I not hear you?"
"No, just one sound," Xing Bi smiled, "You can go through the next door now."
"Okay," Qiu Shi still chose the door closest to him, "I'll go through the one next to it."
"Tell me when you open the door, and tell me what you see." Xing Bi's voice was a little vague, but Qiu Shi could still hear it.
"The door is open..." Qiu Shi looked inside and was stunned. This place looked like a factory.
Mountains and forests can be seen all around, and in front of you is a huge factory area with tall factory buildings lined up on both sides. A low roar can be heard.
"I saw the general," Qiu Shi was startled when he saw a group of people in front of him, "There are a lot of people, and they seem to be inspecting the factory."
"Get out, this is not the place." Xing Bi's voice came from the roar of the machine, and it was not clear, but the feeling of his hand being held tightly by Xing Bi was still very clear.
Qiu Shi stepped back and the door closed.
"I'm getting ready to come back, Qiu Shi," Xing Bi's voice came again, "Can you hear me?"
"How long has it been?" Qiu Shi moved to the next door. "It's only two doors, and it's already seven minutes and fifteen seconds? Didn't the chief and the others say that I should be able to take longer than an ordinary human, more than seven minutes and fifteen seconds?"
"It's been five minutes and twenty seconds." Xing Bi said.
"Fuck." Qiu Shi was stunned.
"Can you hear other people talking?" Xing Bi asked.
"Who?" Qiu Shi asked.
"I'm talking." Zhang Tan's voice came from far away, as if from deep in the corridor.
"I heard it," Qiu Shi said, "Chief Zhang, right? I heard your voice as if it came from..."
He subconsciously looked in the direction where he heard the sound, and suddenly saw a person standing at the corner in front.
"I saw..." Qiu Shi stared at the man, "the old man."
Perhaps because the general would not appear here, the old man with white beard did not hide away, but hid half of his body in the corner and looked at him.
This should be Xing Bi's teacher. He has white hair and a white beard, and his beard is neatly groomed. He looks like a very particular person, just like Xing Bi.
But he was not wearing a suit, but a white coat that was a bit loose.
Looks very... kind.
"He didn't hide, is he..." Qiu Shi was just trying to identify Xing Bi's voice and hear if he was speaking, when the white-bearded old man suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the third door in front of him.
"Is it there? How do you know what I'm looking for?" Qiu Shi asked, then remembered that the old man probably couldn't hear him.
As he asked the question, the old man with white beard turned and left.
Qiu Shi found that he had moved to the door he had pointed to just now.
There was no Xing Bi's voice, and no one else's voice could be heard.
There was silence all around, and there was no longer the feeling of Xing Bi's grip on his hand.
Qiu Shi knew that something was wrong with him, but he might not be able to go back to the state he was in. It was only after he heard Xing Bi's voice last time that he was able to pull out the needle and disconnect him.
He took a breath and calmed himself down.
"Xing Bi, tell me something that I'm interested in, something exciting," Qiu Shi said, "Try to see if I can hear it. I haven't encountered any accidents yet... Damn it!"
The door opened, and inside was not a certain scene or a memory, but a room with countless floating notes.
"I may have found it," said Qiu Shi.
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To be continued tomorrow⊙▽⊙.
Dog officer! It seems you are saved\^O^/.