The Gray Age Chapter Seventy-Eight: Starfire
() "Hei Hei, it's time to reduce inflammation."
Maggie had already washed up, and was rummaging through her backpack for medical cotton and iodophor.
After more than two hours of washing, everyone sat on the stool and chatted with each other refreshed, only Fei Fei was the last to wash, and Dabin was sparing no effort to boil hot water in the kitchen.
I spent a few days in my nest, and my body was already smelly and couldn't smell anymore, and this time I was finally able to take a shower, although the conditions were simple, but it was also a fortunate thing in the last days.
"Okay, it's not early, let's rest quickly, there are a lot of private rooms upstairs, you can just find a few." Oh yes, I have a candle in my backpack, each of you take one. ”
Like I said, it's getting dark. There is really no need to sit on the first floor all the time, just rest when you should rest, and recuperate.
"Zizi... Xiaoling, don't delay time, Mr. Zuo needs you very much now. ”
Just after everyone went up to the private room on the second floor, the walkie-talkie, which had been in my backpack, suddenly sounded an electric current, and then a man's voice rang out from the walkie-talkie. The voice sounded so cold, like a machine without a trace of emotion.
"Zi.. Click: Got it. It's only 400 kilometers to the capital, just a few hours. ”
There was another lazy and seductive woman's voice over the intercom, which made people feel that their bones were about to fall off.
"The number of infected organisms is far from what was previously planned, and Mr. Zuo said to speed up the progress."
The man continued.
"Speeding up the process, it's easier said ... Zizi.."
The woman replied very lazily.
Then, I heard the sound of a car passing by outside the door of the teahouse. After that, everything was silent, there was no movement, as if nothing had happened.
"This... What's going on? What does it mean that the number of infected people is not up to the requirement? Do we need to artificially create a large number of infected people? ”
I froze there, unable to figure out what was going on.
"Maggie, what's wrong with you?"
Maggie trembled slightly. Seeing that Maggie was not in the right state, I hurriedly came to her side and whispered.
"Spark.. Yes, it's them.."
Maggie was so frightened that she couldn't even speak.
"What is Starfire? Who are they? ”
The more I listened, the more anxious I became, and continued to ask Maggie.
"It's not going to be the Paula Corporation Special Operations Group, is it?"
At this time, Dabin, who was guarding next to the toilet, scratched his head and came over. Something uncertain said to me.
"The Einsatzgruppen? Could it be the organization you work for? ”
I looked at Maggie in shock. If that's the case, then the female voice that came from the walkie-talkie just now is very likely to be Meiqi's own sister, Meiling!
"It is said that the first sister has a sweet voice, and when I heard it today, it really deserves its reputation! The sound is so sweet! I just don't know if people are beautiful or not..."
The more Dabin talked, the more outrageous it became, as if he had no heart or lungs.
"What do you say? Shut your mouth up, okay? ”
I want to blast Dabin away in front of me like a fly, this guy is so annoying.
But Dabin, who was very ignorant of current affairs, still stayed next to me, smashing his mouth while recalling the seductive voice just now.
"That one just now was my sister, and I will never forget her voice."
Maggie's face was full of anger and grievance, as well as deep helplessness, and tears flowed out unconsciously.
"Coincidence? Just passing through? So why do they communicate with each other on my walkie-talkie? The probability of this happening should be extremely low.
Could it be... Did they deliberately let us find out? No, they don't know we're here..."
My brain was racing, thinking about all the possibilities, but in the end, I rejected them all. Only "coincidence" can explain it.
"Who is that man? Is it from your group as well? ”
I suddenly remembered that there was a man's voice over the intercom.
"He's Ah Leng.."
Maggie said with a trembling voice.
"Ah Leng?"
I repeat the name. No idea who he is at all.
"Huh? Ah Leng? ”
Dabin's loud voice shouted again.
"Is there really such a person? I heard our captain mention it before, I thought he was bragging, but it turned out to be true? ”
Dabin seemed excited.
"Dabin, help me take off my clothes."
At this time, Fei Fei's voice came from the toilet, thinking that she had finished washing up, and was waiting for Dabin to bring her clothes.
"Maggie, let's go upstairs first."
Anyway, regardless of whether Maggie agreed or not, I directly grabbed her hand and went to the private room on the second floor.
Fortunately, Lao Liu Zhouping and the others were not here in this incident just now, and they didn't experience what happened just now, otherwise it would be another long explanation. Besides, it doesn't matter if they know about this kind of thing, after all, living is the ultimate goal.
We can't change anything that happens here, we're just a person, a carbon-based creature. No superpowers, no ability to fly away. The only thing I can do is to try to help my friends around me on the premise of saving my own life. If you really can't help... No, I believe there is no end to it.
When you come to the private room, arrange the stools in the private room in a row and put them together to form a simple bed. Maggie and I each lay on the "bed" and closed our eyes. But I couldn't sleep.
Sit up and open a gap in the window, then pull out a cigarette and light it.
The burning sensation of the smoke passing through my lungs made me relax and stop thinking about the. As much as I would love to put an end to this, to end this world that continues to rot, I don't have the power to do so.
I was originally affiliated with Paula, and I was really enthusiastic when I first joined the company. He once made a vow to develop a variety of special drugs that would benefit mankind and keep people away from the pain of disease.
Although I am not as bad as Dr. Chan's life-threatening job, at least I have not been lazy, and I have not flinched in the face of difficulties. But in the hotel, the moment Maggie confessed to me, my world collapsed. I can't imagine what kind of people I'm working for, ostensibly trying to save the sick and overcome the odds for them, but what are they doing behind the scenes? Spreading mutant cells and destroying human civilization, just for himself or "Boss Zuo" himself's own plan, he was able to make the world look like this, but in the end, he hid behind the scenes and laughed secretly!
I feel that my personality is no longer pure, and I feel ashamed and ashamed that I once had been in the company of these beasts!
If the mutant cells accidentally leak and cause a catastrophe, it is understandable, and we will try our best to remedy it, even if we become sinners in the world, but we must bear this responsibility. But what did this Paula company do? There is not even the slightest contingency, and an even bigger conspiracy is brewing!
But what exactly should I do? I'm just a little common man, I don't have heavy weapons, I don't have a strong team, and I can't even play Paula's company, should I survive in this foul-smelling world and finally die here and become those walking dead outside?
I thought a lot about a cigarette and asked myself a lot of questions, but it didn't come to fruition
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The room was dimly lit, and the candles on the tea table were shining with small golden flames. The flame was small, but it was tenacious. It will not be completely extinguished until there is no more essence of life.
"I'll get you some medicine."
Maggie was also so preoccupied that she couldn't sleep at all. So I got up and brought medical cotton and iodophor from the table on the first floor of the teahouse to the private room, asking for a change of dressing.
"Maggie, tell me about Paula again."
I said in a calm tone.
I have been in the company for more than four years, but except for some scientific research experiments, I don't know anything else, and even Dabin, who has been in the company for less than half a year, knows more than I know in detail. I can't sleep at all, and it's good to chat.
"Actually, Paula is a very scary organization. What you know is what they want you to know. ”
Maggie's tone was also calm, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her.
"Paula Company is a mercenary organization dressed in the skin of benefiting mankind, they use illegally obtained funds to research all kinds of biological and chemical weapons, and even use living people to conduct direct experiments, its cruelty is no less than the living experiments carried out by the Oriental people in our country, many terrorist activities in the world are planned by them, and the country has tried to investigate Paula Company in depth before, but its cover work is in place, there is no flaw at all. This is why the state has never been able to eradicate Paula, even though it knows that it may be a terrorist group. ”
Maggie said so much in one breath, but I wasn't surprised. Maybe I was mentally prepared.
"Huh? I remember you just said something about the Spark on the first floor. What does that mean? ”
I suddenly remembered that Maggie had just said the word "Spark" when she was not very emotionally stable, and now I want to know what it means.
"Xinghuo, is Paula's company's special operations team, codenamed Xinghuo, and it is divided into two groups, Xinghuo and Huohuo. The star group is a special operations team headed by Ah Leng, and they usually carry out some difficult and long-term large-scale missions. The fire team is a group led by my sister Meiling, who specializes in carrying out some plans such as stealing confidential documents and assassinating important people. And Ah Leng is also the general leader of the whole group. ”
Maggie said that the previous thing was fine, but when it came to Leng, I could clearly feel her nervousness and fear.
"Who the hell is this Ah Leng? Feel like you're scared of him? ”
I finally asked what was in my mind.
"Ah Leng.. I don't know much about him, but my sister once told me not to talk to him or provoke him. ”
Meiqi was also puzzled by this, but he listened to his sister Meiling's words, and he had never greeted Ah Leng in the past few years, and he had never said a word.
"That's right."
I had no choice but to give up, but I became more and more curious about this man named Ah Leng.
"By the way, Maggie, why did you and your sister end up in a welfare home when they were young?"
I didn't know much about Maggie's background before. Now that the two of us can be said to be together, it is necessary to learn more about it and enhance the relationship between the two parties.
"I don't know the specifics, but I remember that night I had a high fever, and when I woke up, my sister and I were sent to a welfare home. I heard from my sister that my parents had an accident in a car accident that night, so..."
Speaking of which, Maggie clearly didn't want to continue.
"I'm sorry, Maggie, I don't know..."
"It's okay, it's been years."
Maggie is very free-flowing.
"The days in the orphanage were hard, but they were really happy......