In addition to the research building, the institute also has a living area for leisure and entertainment.

The living area is not large, covering an area of just over 20 acres, but there are restaurants, cafes, bars, concert halls, cinemas, gymnasiums and health clubs, all of which are designed to serve the researchers engaged in high-intensity intellectual work of the Institute.

Yaoguang, like most people here, has a lot of experiments, data, atlases, etc., and does not like to waste time on boring things.

Later, Dean Yao Sicheng couldn't stand it anymore, so in order to keep the majority of researchers from dying in the office or laboratory, he made a hard rule that a total of 96 researchers in the whole hospital would go to the living area for two hours every other day, except for meal time. Otherwise, the laboratory will be shut down for one day.

Not being able to enter the laboratory is tantamount to torture for these people who are full of experiments, data, and maps.

So, Yaoguang went back to the apartment to take a shower, changed into light gray casual clothes, looked at today's date, couldn't help but call for food delivery service, and went out as if he was in a hurry to complete the task, walking towards the living quarters more than a thousand meters west of the research building.

There are three restaurants in the living area, one Chinese, one Western, and a buffet.

Because he was eating alone, Yaoguang walked into a fresh and elegant cafeteria.

The cafeteria is more than three times larger than the other two, and is divided into four areas: Hailao, River Fresh, Barbecue, Hot Pot and Self-baking.

The more than 2,000-square-meter venue is divided into countless cubicles by translucent glass walls, and Yaoguang chose to grill fish by himself at the service desk, and walked towards the automatically assigned cubicles.

The cubicle is less than five square meters, with an alloy dining table for one person in the center, a wooden leather chair, and a water dispenser, TV, stereo and a bathroom separated by a wall.

By the time Yaoguang closed the door and stepped into the chair, the pickled river fish, electric grill, condiments, and cutlery had already risen in the middle of the alloy table.

She clicked the confirm button on the touchscreen button on the side of the dining table, selected a set of soft music to play, and then turned to go to the bathroom to wash her hands.

Grilling fish is actually very simple, Yaoguang picked up the tong, turned on the electric grill, listened to music, and turned over the river fish, and soon, a smell of garlic wafted throughout the room.

Research Institute, no, it should be said that the consumption of the whole world now is a unified standard, that is, calculated according to the contribution value of individuals.

For example, if this plate of grilled fish is calculated in paper money before, it should be worth about 160 yuan, but now, according to the 10,000 contribution points that Yaoguang gets from his monthly work, it only needs 83 points.

Therefore, her consumption is very civilian.

After the river fish was grilled, Yaoguang turned off the electric grill, cut half of it with a knife and put it on a plate, and began to dip it in the sauce and eat it.

At this time, the river fish no longer had the species she had eaten in the first time and space, and the current river fish, because of the solar magnetic storm radiation, have also mutated, not only becoming larger, but also growing sharp teeth.

The river fish she chose today, the valley liner produced in Huayu Foundation Farm, the shape of a shuttle, more than two catties, the sawtooth teeth in the original fish mouth were processed in advance, and the rest is the fish body with thick meat and few spines, smeared with a little chili pepper and soy sauce, which tastes exceptionally tender and delicious.

Halfway through the meal, the watch on my wrist lit up again.

Yaoguang raised his watch and looked at it, clicked the confirmation button, then took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, picked up the juice on the side and took a sip, and complained to the woman on the holographic screen:

"Eating and what's the matter?"

The other party has a melon seed face, and the raised Danfeng eyes reveal a dignified atmosphere, and the short flat hair that is flamboyant adds an obvious toughness to her originally delicate facial features.

"I caught a zombie and came back?"

"Hmm!" Yaoguang nodded, then picked up a piece of fish and continued to eat.

"What did you find?"

Yaoguang saw that she was just like her original self, her face was full of impatience, so she put down the bamboo chopsticks and asked, "Where are you?"

"On the way back, we were able to meet in an hour. ”

Yaoguang nodded and said, "Then I'll wait for you in the café?"

"Bar. The other party was unwilling, so he said in a different place.

Yao Guang responded, hung up the call and continued to eat.

............

The bar, located in the living area of the Institute, is named "Nameless", and it is one of the few places here that looks a little vibrant.

The bar is not large, more than 100 square meters, with a circular design and a modern metal style. The bar is located in the center, followed by a circular dance floor, and at the outermost are simple private rooms and booths.

When Yaoguang walked over slowly after eating, he had already seen someone running into the dance floor to exercise.

found a relatively quiet private room, asked for a bottle of beer, and sat alone in it to drink.

At this time, the music was more burning, so, unconsciously, she also lit her toes to the beat.

"Hey, Yaoguang, are you alone?"

Suddenly, someone passed by the semi-open box and found that it was an acquaintance, so they greeted him.

Yaoguang saw that it was a colleague who lived next door to her, what did it seem to be called?

"Oh...... I'm waiting for a friend. Yaoguang couldn't remember his name, so he pursed his lips and smiled.

When the man heard this, he revealed a lazy aura all over his body, smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, I'm next to me, so I won't bother you." As he spoke, he pointed to another seat, where there were still two or three people.

"Okay. Yao Guangmu saw him off, and then nodded his head to the beat of the dance music.

An hour passed quickly, and Qian Li'er, who was dressed in a strong suit, finally bypassed the crowd of people exercising together in the central ring belt and came to Yaoguang to sit down.

"Eaten?"

"Eat casually on the way. Qian Li'er asked the waiter for a glass of cold beer, poured two sips to cool down, and asked, "What's the situation?"

Qian Lier is the daughter of Qian Zhaoqi, the deputy captain of the research institute's security team, and is the same year as Yaoguang.

Because of their father's bucket-like friendship, the two have also become friends who have been playing together since childhood.

Six years ago, Yaoguang's parents went to hunt zombies, and they were escorted by Qian Zhaoqi.

Therefore, when Yaoguang saw Qian Li'er calling, he knew what she was going to ask.

"Locked up in a laboratory, alive, adult male, with a crooked nose, swollen eyes, unable to see his face. There was a blunt force stab wound about five centimeters in diameter on the posterior side of the lumbar.

I woke up once in the middle of the game, and I was very aggressive, but I was injected with another dose of anesthetic. ”

"It's ......"

Yaoguang looked at Qian Li'er and looked like he wanted to speak, and gave a direct answer: "No, it's not my dad, and it's not your dad." ”

"You ......" Qian Li'er was angry by Yaoguang's words, and asked, "How do you conclude that ......?"

"My dad isn't that tall, your dad has a bullet hole on his left shoulder, it doesn't!"

"Yaoguang!" Qian Li'er gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "Can't you be more euphemistic!"

When Yaoguang heard this, he was also very depressed, drank all the beer in the cup in one gulp, beckoned the waiter, and asked for four more bottles to put on the table.

"Do you think I feel good?" Yaoguang filled the cup and drank it to himself, "Actually, it makes no sense to hold unrealistic fantasies!"

"Meaningless?" Qian Li'er also wiped her big glass of cold beer, wiped her lips without any image, and yelled in a hoarse voice: "Then what do you say is meaningful, ah? Tell me, what the fuck is meaningful now?"

Qian Li'er took a bottle of beer and began to pour it into her mouth again.

Seeing this, Yaoguang did not stop it.

She knew that Qian Li'er was in a bad mood, and like her, she was troubled by the disappearance of her relatives and the various speculations that the disappearance brings.

Now, having finally caught one, they found that it was not any of them, and while they breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, they fell back into the familiar torment.

"Yaoguang, why don't you take me to the laboratory to have a look, okay?" Qian Li'er burped and looked at her with a look of hope.

"No!" Yaoguang refused without hesitation.

"What, are you afraid that I'm messing around?" Qian Li'er raised her eyebrows and smiled, looking particularly bold and uninhibited in the dim lights and sluggish music.

"This is the rule!" Yao Guang rubbed his eyebrows and persuaded patiently, "You know. ”

"Isn't the dean your own uncle?"

"Even if the dean is my own uncle, it can't break the rules!" Yaoguang is most afraid of being told about this.

"Cut!" Qian Li'er looked disdainful, "Bullshit! Your uncle is an old antique with a rigid mind! I am a family member of the missing person, and I have the right to know the relevant situation."

Besides, aren't you also taken care of by him?"

"You ......" Yao Guang was stunned, there was no way to refute this, Yao Sicheng did take care of her.

"Besides, I'm also the deputy captain of the guard team of the Fifth Research Institute now, and I may encounter an unexpected situation outside at any time, and if I can't keep abreast of the enemy's latest situation, it is very likely to cause huge losses!"

"Then ......" Yaoguang hesitated a little, thought for a while, and said, "If you don't wait for tomorrow to go through the process, you can enter the laboratory in the bright light." ”

When Qian Li'er heard this, where could she wait for tomorrow?

She squeezed her ass to Yaoguang's side to do it, and whispered by her shoulder:

"Don't worry, I won't mess around and cause trouble for you, I'll go and see! Of course, the process has to be followed, but it's just to see in advance, and it's not a secret that determines the life and death of the base, don't be so brainless!"

Qian Li'er stalked for a while, and finally made Yaoguang nod in agreement.

Yaoguang looked at the time and found that he had spent two hours in the bar, so he led Qian Li'er out of the living area and towards the apartment.

She had to change Qian Li'er's outfit, at least so that the surveillance camera could see it less disobediently.

Of course, Qian Li'er knew Yaoguang's concerns, so she cooperated and changed into the white coat that Yaoguang prepared for her, put on a mask and hat, and followed Yaoguang quietly and honestly all the way into the research building.

............

It's past 11 p.m., and the cleaners have wiped the already smooth and visible floor more polished and dust-free. In addition to the security guards at the gate of the entire research building, and the surveillance cameras that are constantly shaking their heads in every corner, only the footsteps of Yaoguang and Qian Li'er are left.

The two walked into the elevator all the way unimpeded and went directly down to the B5 floor.

The B5 floor is the most secure place in the entire building, Yaoguang verified his ID to the smart console, took Qian Li'er through the corridor, inserted the permission card, entered the password, and finally walked into the laboratory that he left in the afternoon.

Qian Li'er was very excited, and when she saw the zombies lying on the platform, she tore off her mask and rushed straight up.

"Bang!"

"Ouch!"

Unexpectedly, her head hit the glass door, and Qian Li'er screamed in pain.

"What are you in a hurry, don't you see that there is another door?" Yaoguang was a little speechless, walked to the side of the controller and pressed it a few times, and the glass door slowly opened.

"Is this necessary for this heavy access control? as if it is so powerful!" Qian Li'er walked in angrily.

"It's nothing to you, but it's a threat to those of us who are powerless!"

The lights in the lab are set to night mode, which is much dimmer than the daytime light.

Yaoguang walked in behind Qian Li'er, brightened the light a little, and just saw the zombie lying there with a hideous face.

Qian Li'er first observed it quietly, and when she was sure that it was indeed firmly fixed on the operating table, she stepped forward and looked carefully.

"I pulled out one of his fangs. The zombie's mouth didn't know when it had been closed, the bridge of the nose seemed to have returned to its normal position, and the eyes, no change, were still swollen and bubbled.

Yaoguang looked down at the side of its lower back, and the wound of about 5 centimeters was nowhere to be seen, as if it had never appeared.

Yaoguang couldn't help but sigh, the zombie's self-healing ability is really so strong!

"It's really not something we know. Qian Li'er studied carefully for a while, and finally said a dry sentence.

"I heard that zombies have evolved now, and they can not only speak some simple human words, but also have thoughts and consciousness. Qian Li'er recalled the scene with a few zombies some time ago, and said:

"They seem to have a certain hierarchy, and when they confront us, they are obviously arranged by some kind of command, and if they win, they will fight, and if they can't win, they will run away very neatly, unlike before, stupidly ramming the muzzle of the gun. ”

Yao Guang nodded when she heard this, although she had never seen that scene with her own eyes, she had seen the relevant videos.

She put on a sterile mask and gloves, ready to lift its eyelids to take a look.

"Do you want to talk to it?" Qian Li'er looked at Yaoguang.

"When it wakes up, you can ask. ”

"Now ask, how?"

"Huh?"

Before Yaoguang could react, he saw that Qian Li'er had already made a move and smashed a punch into the zombie's chest.

"Li'er, what are you doing?" Yaoguang was frightened by her move, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, "Are you crazy? Why did you promise me? Didn't you say don't mess around?"

"Don't worry, you can't die!" Qian Li'er was stopped, couldn't swing her fist anymore, and stood aside in a daze, watching Yaoguang observe the zombie's smashed chest.

Qian Li'er is an anomaly, and like her father, Qian Zhaoqi, she has a powerful gold ability.

Yaoguang was very worried that Qian Li'er's punch would cause the zombies who were finally caught to lose half their lives, which was a great loss for people engaged in life research!

"You!" Yao Guangzai carefully examined it, and indeed found no damage, so he lost his temper at Qian Li'er: "I really shouldn't have drunk your ecstasy soup and brought you in!"

Qian Li'er was thick-skinned, walked over with a smile and shook Yaoguang's arm, and said flatteringly: "Hey, I'm not a little embarrassed, don't worry, I won't mess around again."

Besides, do you think zombies are papier-mâché? Those are thick-skinned and thick, and ordinary weapons can't hurt them, let alone my pink fists?"

"Uh, pink fists?" Yaoguang looked at Qian Li'er's hand in front of her, and was completely amused.

"Ho Ho ......"

The two were talking, when suddenly, a strange breathing sound sounded in the laboratory.