The operation lasted six hours, and the doctors finally pulled Sun Guangzhong back from the line of death. Unfortunately, the patient fell into a deep coma due to a head injury, and doctors cannot guarantee that the patient will ever wake up again.

Things have become a bit troublesome, and Zhong Xin still has a lot of questions that he hasn't had time to understand clearly with Professor Sun.

So far, all he knows is that Professor Sun has a desire to destroy the organization. What are the specific plans? Is the evidence ready? Is this an opportunity to wipe out the organization? None of these questions are known. In addition, what happened to Qin Yu? Whereabouts? This is the question that Gu Song is most concerned about, and no one can answer it now.

The doctor's words were very tactful, but Zhong Xin could hear that the professor's hope of waking up was very slim. He didn't have time to wait any longer. Even if Professor Sun never wakes up again, he must fulfill the old man's last wish.

On the evening of September 20, 2015, Zhong Xin left the hospital and secretly went to see someone. Up to now, the only person he can fully trust and entrust this matter is his former comrade-in-arms and best friend, Qiao Sheng, the captain of the R City Criminal Police Detachment.

I haven't seen each other for a year and a half, and both of them have something to say. However, due to the urgency of time and the importance of the matter, they all tacitly avoided personal topics and just got to the point with a few simple greetings.

Zhong Xin recounted the information he had learned so far to Qiao Sheng. He thought that Qiao Sheng would be very surprised after hearing these bizarre stories, and he didn't even believe that these things were true. Unexpectedly, the other party pondered for a long time, and the first thing he said was: "With your ability, there should be a way to get Gu Song out of prison, right?" Why did you leave him alone in such a dangerous place? The rhetoric is full of blame.

Hearing this question, Zhong Xin was stunned for a moment, then frowned, and said aggrievedly: "I wanted to help him get out of that ghost place, but he refused to leave!" ”

"If he doesn't leave, you'll compromise?" Qiao Sheng snorted coldly and continued to complain. Zhong Xin shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "What can I do." He's so stubborn, it's not like you don't know him. ”

"Then you can't let him mess around! He is young and vigorous, and he is impulsive, as a senior, you should be able to think rationally, right? You can't ......."

"Alright, alright." Zhong Xin interrupted Qiao Sheng's words impatiently, "He is your subordinate, not mine, and I have no obligation to take care of him." And I think, are you overreacting a bit? ”

"Well, you think I'm willing to take care of him." Qiao Sheng sighed, but there was a kind expression like a brother on his face. "Gu Li, this kid went to be a policeman because of me. When he joined the criminal police team, his mother took my hand worriedly and said, 'I'll leave this kid to you, you have to take care of him.' You said that if he has three longs and two shortcomings, the leader will be held accountable, how can I explain it to his family! ”

Zhong Xin couldn't help but smile and said, "Oh, I remember, you two seem to be related." But your worries are completely unnecessary. As soon as he entered the prison, he beat the original boss unconscious and lay in the hospital bed for several days. It's already good that he doesn't bully others, which prisoner dares to provoke him! ”

Qiao Sheng shook his head with a wry smile, and said with a solemn face: "You know, I'm not worried about those prisoners. ”

"Don't worry." Zhong Xin hurriedly comforted Qiao Sheng, "Now the only people who know his identity are me and Professor Sun." As long as I don't leak secrets, he shouldn't be in danger for the time being. ”

"But I think things have developed to this point, and Gu Song's stay in prison won't play a role, so it's better to get him out as soon as possible."

"Not necessarily." Zhong Xin said thoughtfully, "Although I haven't figured out how to use this chess piece next, I'm not in a hurry to let him out without ensuring that his identity is secret." In case he needs to do something inside after that, it will be impossible to send people in. Anyway, you're going to have to send someone to 'clean up' that prison, and there's bound to be a fierce fight, so it's worth keeping him inside. ”

"Well, you tell me to think about him again." After being silent for a few seconds, Qiao Sheng's expression became extremely serious. "Zhong Xin, tell me the truth, what kind of research are Professor Sun doing in prison?"

“EL27。”

"Huh? What is that? ”

" is the code name of an anti-aging drug. To put it simply, this drug was developed on the basis of the telomere theory. Telomeres are complex structures at the ends of chromosomes composed of many simple repeats and related proteins, which have protective value for chromosomes and can maintain chromosome stability and gene integrity. The initial length of telomeres is different for different individuals, but for each individual, they are progressively shorter over time.

"In new cells, the telomeres at the end of the chromosomes are shortened a little bit every time the cell divides. When telomeres can no longer be shortened, cells can no longer divide. If a way can be found to keep human telomeres intact and undamaged, humans will be able to live forever. Of course, these are just the most basic theories.

"Since many years ago, scientists at home and abroad have been scrambling to study drugs that can prolong human life, but so far, the drugs sold on the market are only used as nutritional drugs, such as TK-65 produced by the biotechnology giant JL in the United States, although it has the effect of enhancing some functions of the human body, but it does not really play a role in delaying human aging, and the use of this drug will also increase the risk of cancer in humans.

"Because to maintain telomere length, you need an enzyme called telomerase. This enzyme plays a very important role in maintaining telomere stability, genome integrity, long-term cell activity, and potential ability to continue proliferating, but it is also likely to cause cell division to spiral out of control.

"The project that Professor Sun is in charge of is codenamed EL-27. EL is the abbreviation of Eternal Life in English, which means eternal life. The drug is said to have been developed at Ryan's international pharmaceutical company's U.S. headquarters for a long time. Compared to TK-65 manufactured by JL, the EL type drug is more functional, but the side effects of the drug are also more obvious, and it needs to be continuously tested and improved. In recent years, with the expansion of the company's business, Ryan Group has established a branch in China, and the research and development of EL drugs has also been carried out in Chinese mainland.

"If this experiment can make effective progress, it will be a great thing for mankind, and for the R&D company, it will mean the highest honor, as well as a steady stream of wealth. Because of the lure of money and honor, many people fell into it, and so there were later human trial programs and increasingly large organizations. ”

After listening to Zhong Xin's introduction, Qiao Sheng suddenly felt that these things seemed to be very far away from his life. Although he didn't understand some of the content in the middle, the last sentence, which was also the most critical information, made his mood unable to calm down for a long time. Even if the subject was a sinful person, he still found it too mad.

After pondering for a moment, he asked worriedly, "When did this trial begin?" The result? Can this drug really be used in humans? ”

"The pilot project was officially launched on September 1, 2014, and has been going on for more than a year now. I don't know much about the specifics of drug trials. But so far, more than a dozen inmates in prison have died from the side effects of the drug. I'm sure there are many more people who have used the drug. ”

"This is really evil...... Qiao Shengqiang held back the anger in his heart, muttered in a low voice, and then continued to ask, "How did you get the prisoner to ingest this drug?" Didn't they notice anything unusual? ”

"When the inmates go for a medical check-up, the prison doctor will inject them with an immune-boosting drug, which is actually EL-27. Because the prisoners live in such a cold and dark place all year round, everyone is very worried about their health. So even if they are treated as test subjects and injected with test drugs, they will not be suspicious.

"If a prisoner's physical condition changes, the researchers will isolate them for observation. Although there have been a few public cases of inmates who have become ill due to the side effects of the drugs, others do not suspect the problems with the drugs. Afterwards, we covered up the truth on the pretext of sending the prisoners back to the city for treatment. In fact, the prisoners did not go anywhere, they all died in the prison, and their bodies are still kept in the prison morgue. ”

"That's crucial evidence!" At the mention of the word "corpse", a hint of excitement immediately flashed on Qiao Sheng's face, but this was quickly replaced by the worry that followed. "I said, Gu Liao was kept in the underground prison as a wanted criminal, was he also injected with this drug?"

"Not really." Zhong Xin was afraid that Qiao Sheng was too worried about Gu Li's condition, and he didn't plan to tell the other party about Dr. Yao's attempted murder. "In fact, there was a little accident on the day of the physical examination, and Gu Liao was not injected with any drugs."

"Oh? What's going on? ”

"It's just a small thing, you don't need to know. By the way, you can take a look at this first. Zhong Xin said as he took out a USB flash drive from his pocket and threw it to Qiao Sheng, trying to divert the other party's attention. The latter took the USB flash drive, took it in his hand and looked at it for a while, and asked curiously, "What's here?" Could it be evidence of a crime? ”

"It's not." Zhong Xin shook his head and said, "How can the evidence be so easy to get. These are some of the pictures captured by the surveillance of the underground prison, you had better be mentally prepared before you watch it, Gu Li's performance will definitely surprise you a lot. ”

"Yes." Qiao Sheng smiled slightly in understanding, got up and went to the study to get his laptop.

There are several edited videos on the USB flash drive, which not only contain Gu Li's daily life in the underground prison, as well as the scenes of his fights with prisoners, but also the process of attacking the police and grabbing the gun when he escaped from prison.

Qiao Sheng was so stunned that he had to press the pause button a few times to confirm whether the person in the picture was Gu Li.

After watching the video in its entirety, Qiao Sheng turned off the player and said half-jokingly: "In addition to proving the existence of the underground prison, these videos can also show that Gu Li suffers from a serious 'split personality'. How did I not know that this guy had such good acting skills? ”

Zhong Xin smiled noncommittally and did not speak. Qiao Sheng quickly showed a distressed expression again, "These videos alone can't connect the underground prison with illegal experiments. There is no evidence, if I want the leaders above to fully believe this, I need more evidence! ”

"I'm sorry, I don't have any evidence." Zhong Xin spread his hands and replied helplessly, "If Professor Sun hadn't been in a car accident, things would have been relatively easy." But now, we have to use our own methods to defeat the organization. ”

"Zhong Xin, have you ever thought about it......" Qiao Sheng looked at him with some confusion and said his true thoughts. Perhaps Professor Sun originally asked you to go to the underground prison to help, but in fact he left a way back for himself. As you mentioned earlier, the professor was not particularly in favor of this experiment from the very beginning. Perhaps, he expected that one day he would get tired of it and want to break away from the organization, but he didn't dare to oppose the organization, so he needed you to establish contact with the police. In other words, you may have been taken advantage of by your professor from the very beginning. ”

"Maybe......" Zhong Xin smiled faintly, the expression on his face was very calm. It doesn't matter if I'm used, I don't blame him, he gave me my life anyway. ”

"When this time the matter is settled, are you willing to come back and be a police officer?"

"I don't know......" Zhong Xin shook his head, not thinking about such a long-term thing. Qiao Sheng suddenly put his hand on his shoulder and said expectantly: "Then come to the criminal police team, we all need you very much!" ”