Lian Runing sat on a bench in the corridor, holding a cup of cold tea in her hand. Apart from occasionally turning her eyes to the closed office door, she mostly watched people coming and going in the corridor.
Because the government buildings that were only used for administration and the offices of violent agencies were merged, all the spaces became cramped and crowded. In addition, there were many people working on the errands, and everyone seemed to be very busy. There were not many people sitting, and her presence attracted the attention of some passers-by.
"Hey, the little girl looks fresh, is she a survivor or which unit?" Occasionally, a man ran over and asked her.
Although most of them do not have bad intentions, people will always pursue beautiful things naturally.
"I'm here to wait for someone." After Lian Runing replied to the five people who came to ask her about her situation, the door to the office opened.
As soon as Hao Jian came out, she saw Lian Runing's quiet and well-behaved appearance. She was about to smile when she saw the man beside Lian Runing.
The smile narrowed a little, but she still gave a pleasant smile to Lian Runing: "It's been a long wait."
The man didn't feel much when he saw Hao Jian. After all, Hao Jian's face still had ashes left when she fled the fire scene. No one provided her with water to wash her face during the inspection, so her hair was all gray, and she was a disgraced person. , How can it give people a bright feeling? !
"This is..." Hao Jian glanced at the man, Lian Runing smiled, and went up to hold her hand, "I don't know, I don't know him."
"I'm—" The man was about to introduce himself when Hao Jian turned to Lian Runing and said, "I heard that we can get a lunch, are you hungry, ask Peng Mao and Xin Ting to have lunch together! "
"it is good!"
The two left hand in hand, the man's face was embarrassed and disappointed, but he soon adjusted his mood. Since people didn't want to pay attention to him, he didn't need to go hot and cold.
From the corner of Hao Jian's eyes, he caught a glimpse of the man not following him, and then looked at Lian Runing: "I really envy the little junior sister, everyone is watching everywhere you go."
Lian Runing held her hand tightly, then took out a tissue from her body and wiped her face: "If you take the time to clean yourself up, you are a walking hormone."
"I'll go in a while. If I'm really approached by someone then, it's better not to be jealous, Junior Sister."
Lian Ru Ning took the back of Hao Jian's hand and pinched it without changing her color. There was soft flesh there, causing Hao Jian's face to twist slightly in pain.
When they found Peng Mao and Xin Ting, they were talking to Wang Zishao. Hao Jian was not too surprised that a department chief secretary always surrounded them when he was free. Moreover, from the perspective of content, it was Peng Mao and Xin Ting who took the initiative to ask her about how to leave Xiangshi by sea.
Although Hao Jian didn't know how many sea escorts there were, he also knew that in addition to preventing foreign forces from invading, he also had to build a sea base, so it was impossible for the official to give Peng Mao and Xin Ting a special ride for them.
They didn't expect the sea escort to send them, they just wanted to get permission to sail at sea, as long as they got the permission, they could find a way to solve the ship issue.
What they need, Wang Zishao has already heard them in the bug, so she reported it to the director, and the director also mentioned it when discussing the conditions with Hao Jian, but Hao Jian has not replied yet, the prince Shao has yet to give Peng Mao an accurate answer for the time being.
However, Wang Zishao revealed the information authorized by the director: "We will have a ship going to sea in two days, it is inconvenient to disclose the details, but this ship will pass through Haiquan Bay. Although Haiquan Bay is still some distance away from Yang City, but That area is no longer part of the densely populated delta area."
Peng Mao and Xin Ting's eyes lit up: "Then can we board the ship?"
Wang Zishao glanced at Hao Jian and smiled slightly: "It's getting late, you should go to the cafeteria for lunch first, and then talk about it in the afternoon."
Peng Mao and Xin Ting didn't pay attention, but Lian Runing noticed Wang Zishao's move, and she clenched Hao Jian's hand with a vague idea in her heart.
Hao Jian looked at her, took out four meal tickets, and said, "One for each person, if you lose it, you won't be able to eat."
The meal ticket was given by the director, and the stamp was naturally the department's stamp, with the date and code on it, and it showed that the copy was invalid, so it was not easy for outsiders to get a meal ticket to come in and eat and drink.
When they got to the dining hall, they saw that it was full of people, and many people were sitting on the ground, holding their plates and eating.
After all, this place used to be only a dining hall for administrative staff. It was only three floors and was not built very large. This time it has accommodated so many people, and the staff of violent agencies will also come here to eat in addition to those who are on duty and out on duty. , so the dining room space is not enough.
The four of them went to line up, and they could listen to the conversations of the people around them. They pricked up their ears, but they heard a lot of news. For example, the source of meal tickets, not everyone can get three meal tickets a day, because of the development strategy, the government will not support idle people, so people who go out on duty will receive more than those who sit in the office every month. .
There are also grades for those who sit in the office. For example, high-level and decision-making people are naturally treated well. They can live in the lounge that used to be in the government building. Although it is not big, it has all the internal organs.
The basic treatment of a secretary like Wang Zishao can only meet three meals a day. Of course, in terms of accommodation, they are not bad. After all, the government building has been remodeled, and there are a set of half sizes on the fifteenth floor, the left and right and the back. In the building, there are many meeting rooms and offices that can be vacated as dormitories.
As for food, due to the infection of mammals, there are no cooked meat and fresh vegetables in the menu of the cafeteria, only meat products and arthropods such as shrimp and crab.
However, Hao Jian and Lian Runing also discovered that the popular shrimp and crab had arrived here, but no one cared about it.
"Why is it shrimp and crab again? I had diarrhea for a day after eating it last time. They must have been caught from the polluted river..." They heard others complaining so.
So Lian Ru Ning, who originally wanted shrimp and crab, silently retracted this idea, and only wanted ham, fried snow peas and a portion of spicy dried radish.
The menu in the dining hall includes three fresh meat dishes such as shrimp, crab and meat products, pickled vegetables such as sauerkraut, dried radish, and salted fish, as well as soy products such as tofu, but each person can only order one meat dish and one vegetarian dish. Of course, there are also pasta, which are basically the kind with ham and sauerkraut. There are no meat or egg products.
Peng Mao and Xin Ting have not eaten rice for a long time. When they took a bite of rice, they burst into tears: "It's really delicious..."
Think about them these days, except when they can eat three meals a day when they are with the escort, the rest of the time, they only have one meal but not the next, and their stomachs often bulge out of time.
In ten days, everyone lost a lot of weight.
"I don't know how long it will last." Xin Ting was a little worried, "because arthropods will not be infected, but they will be affected by water quality and become unhealthy, and they are not like tap water, which is filtered and processed, so we have diarrhea when we eat it... and the rest of the meat is even more unsafe, and no one knows if the zombie virus will affect the land and cause toxins to the crops grown in the land..."
Hao Jian also discovered that China is vast and rich, and there are many edible animals that do not appear on the menu. Even the regular customers at the table such as fish are only salted fish and dried fish that were preserved before the end of the world. She asked the system doubtfully: " Are there any studies on how fish respond to viruses?"
"Fish belongs to the Chordate phylum. Currently, there are too many species to be studied. Except for arthropods, it is still impossible to conduct a complete study of other animal phyla. Individual species in classes such as class, bird class, reptile class, amphibian class, teleost class, etc. will be infected by Q virus and mutate."
There are too many species and too few researchers. In addition, some people are mainly studying the vaccine of Q virus, and some people are freed up to study the avoidance of arthropods to the virus. Among the remaining animals, study their relationship with Q virus. There are even fewer people in relationship.
In order to prevent infection, the government simply cut across the board and does not support the consumption of fresh fish for the time being.
"How do they get infected?"
"Most of it is transmitted through blood, wounds, such as mammals, which increase sexual intercourse."
In addition to human zombies, mammalian zombies will pose a greater threat to humans, so in general, this virus is really not very friendly to humans.
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After lunch, Hao Jian went to wash her hair with some water, and after changing three buckets of water, she washed her hair clean. After another change of clothes, she was finally not as embarrassed as before.
Wang Zishao borrowed a hairdryer for her, and Lian Runing grabbed it and helped her blow her long hair. Looking closely, she could still see the scars left on her forehead.
"No matter what decision you make, I will understand and support it." Lian Runing said suddenly.
Hao Jian's eyes flashed, and he smiled, "How does Junior Sister know what decision I have to make?"
"I have heard what Secretary Wang talked to Xiao Ting and the others today. Let Xiao Ting and the others get the conditions for permission to board the ship. Maybe you have to promise to do something to have the accompanying rights?"
Hao Jian grabbed Lian Runing's hand holding the hair dryer with one hand, and put the other hand on Lian Runing's neck. The latter lowered her head slightly because of her movement, and her lips soon touched together.
If it wasn't for the slight tremor from the hair dryer that was still running in their hands, Lian Ru Ning would have recovered first, and they would have been lingering for a long time again.
Thinking that there might be a camera in some corner, Lian Runing gave Hao Jian an irritated look.
"Little Junior Sister is so smart, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide any secrets from you in the future."
"I don't want to spy on the secrets you don't want to tell me."
Hao Jian hooked the tip of her nose amusingly, and said, "This time, there are some things that need the permission of Junior Sister."
The fact that Hao Jian was invited to join the "Special Response Team" as an official team member was unexpected to Lian Runing. Shi Gongzhui once said that the "Special Response Team" is a large department, and there are different types of work under it.
Due to the problem of internal spies, the leaders of each department are worried about the leakage of secrets, so they need to find ordinary people whose identities have not been entered into the system, so as to avoid enemy forces from discovering their actions, and secondly, they can also use the identities of ordinary people. It is more convenient to operate in sensitive areas.
But no matter which one it is, after joining, the identity may be exposed, and it is also vulnerable to sniping.
Hao Jian used to be a temporary worker in the Mobile Team, so could it have always been the Mobile Team? What if the director of the security department asked her to join a reconnaissance-like department, do reconnaissance work, or even ask her to sneak into the hostile forces
She did not shy away from analyzing these questions with Hao Jian, who laughed dumbly: "Does my little sister watch too many undercover movies and TV shows?"
"Otherwise, why didn't they look for insiders, but you?" Lian Runing asked rhetorically.
"… "
Well, the little sister's analysis is in place, and her intuition is accurate.
If Hao Jian really joins the "Special Response Team", she will naturally enjoy many rights. At the same time, she may also be required to do some dangerous things, such as reconnaissance for forces opposed to the government, including but not limited to "no An organization such as "blame", even if necessary, requires her to sneak into "blame".
Because it is the identity of an ordinary person, it is easier to disguise. Can't just allow "no blame" to instigate official personnel, they can also go undercover "no blame", right
"In terms of personal feelings, I don't want you to take risks, but your ability can help this chaotic world. Although you can't end the zombie apocalypse, you have contributed your own share. Power. In my place, if there is a place where the government needs me, I think I will do the same, so I will respect your choice."
"If you want to get something, you have to give something." Hao Jian smiled, took Lian Ruling's hand and turned off the hair dryer, then pulled her onto his lap and sat down, picking the fragrant fruit.