Someone knocked lightly outside the door, and the girl was slightly startled, her eyes off the eyepiece lens of the microscope, "Come in." ”

With a "creak", the door of the laboratory was pushed open, and a man in a gray military uniform stood in the corridor outside the door, with an automatic rifle on his shoulder, and raised his hand to salute: "Director!"

Ariana glanced at him, a little surprised, she had seen this man...... The head of the executive department, who often conveys orders from the top of the academy, can be regarded as the colonel's right-hand man.

What are the people from the executive department doing at this time?

The Executive Department and the Virology Research Institute have no contact in their work, and Ariana has no good feelings for these simple-minded and well-limbed rough men, in her eyes the Executive Department is just a security guard for the Academy and a thug for the colonel. Anna had always believed that human society was driven by scientific researchers, and that violent institutions would only hold all of humanity back, like the Roman soldiers who cut off the heads of Archimedes, or the fanatical revolutionaries who executed Lavoisier, who were too stupid to know how stupid they were.

The Queen has always been impatient with stupid people.

Ariana remembers that the academy was holding a cocktail party tonight to celebrate the "World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought", when the whole safe people should either be drinking in the auditorium or on duty at the sentry post, how could the head of the executive department come to the library?

"What's the matter with you?" Ariana asked.

The head of the executive department entered the door and took off his hat, "I am here on the orders of the colonel. ”

The girl raised an eyebrow, she noticed the automatic rifle in the hand of the head of the executive department, the safety of the rifle was open, the transparent magazine was full of bullets, the man did not put down the rifle when he entered the door, he held the barrel of the gun with one hand, the muzzle was facing down, and he could raise it to shoot at any time.

"What's the Colonel looking for me?" Ariana sat in her chair and didn't move.

"Please ask the director to turn on the computer and plug in the college's CCTV system, and the colonel will explain the specific situation to you personally." The head of the executive department looked as serious as a gendarme.

The girl didn't move.

"Please cooperate with us." The head of the executive department is one step closer.

"What if I don't cooperate?" Ariana smiled coldly, "Are you going to shoot me?" ”

"Don't dare, I don't mean to offend the director." The executive department took a step back, took off the rifle on his shoulder and put it on the table, and bowed to the girl, "This is the colonel's order, and I hope you can cooperate." ”

Ariana turned on the computer in front of her and connected to the CCTV system inside the security zone, and the picture on the monitor gradually became clear, and the gray-haired old man sat at the desk, dressed in a crisp gray military uniform.

"Anna, I'm sorry I have to talk to you like that." The Colonel looked up, "I hope to talk to you." ”

"What the hell are you guys up to?" The girl frowned, "If there's something you can't just come to me?" Do you have to go through the camera? ”

"I beg your pardon."

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

The old man was silent for a moment, "I hope you can hand over Zhao Gao and Lu Xun." ”

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The laboratory suddenly fell silent, the humming centrifuges seemed to stop in an instant, so still that the breath could be heard, and the air was almost stagnant and no longer flowing.

Ariana sat in her chair, motionless, and did not speak for a long time, the atmosphere in the room began to become faintly uneasy, a certain palpitating restlessness was hidden under the seemingly calm appearance, and the head of the executive department quietly stepped back and blocked the door, one hand on the pistol at his waist.

The girl broke the silence as she smiled softly and shook her head.

"I don't know what you mean."

"Anna, since I'm sitting here and making things clear, it means that I have enough evidence." The colonel said, "You clearly deny and deny it is useless. ”

"Evidence?" The girl tilted her head.

"Do you need me to repeat your plan to you through?" The Colonel crossed his hands, "Isn't that proof that I've seen through your thoughts?" ”

"Please." Ariana tapped her knuckles on the table.

"The whole thing starts with Zhao Gao's disappearance...... Apparently Lu Xun and Zhao Gao had been attacked by something when they were catching ghouls on the other side of the river, and that thing was so powerful that Zhao Gao couldn't distract himself to protect Lu Xun when facing him. ”

The girl's eyes rolled, "I noticed that you just said 'he', not 'it'." ”

"That's right, it's him." The colonel nodded, "I have carefully reviewed and analyzed the reports of all of you in response to this attack that took place outside the school, whether it is the Executive Department or you, Anna...... Your analysis reports all point to the same crucial point, that is, when Zhao Gao was on the other side of the river, he encountered a humanoid creature with a high degree of intelligence and the ability to communicate with humans, and Zhao Gao also talked to him. ”

"Go on." Ariana was silent and expressionless.

"That's where the whole thing started...... We don't know exactly what was discussed between Zhao Gao and the humanoid, but one thing is certain, that is, from that moment on, a certain plan began to form in Zhao Gao's mind. The colonel continued, "Zhao Gao's disappearance on the way back was apparently deliberate, he was the only person in the entire security zone capable of surviving in the restricted area for a long time, and he took advantage of the hunter's attack to get out of our sight and make us all think that he had died in the restricted area...... In fact, this is his front to facilitate his next actions, because no matter what happens in the academy, we will not suspect that a dead man is the mastermind. ”

"Next, Zhao Gao infiltrated the academy and found Lu Xun, because he himself could not appear in public, and someone had to assist him." The colonel said, "I think the reason why Zhao Gao is looking for Lu Xun instead of others may be that Lu Xun has almost unconditional trust in Zhao Gao, and he has not been in the safe zone for a long time, so he does not know what kind of person Zhao Gao is...... But Zhao Gaosuan missed a step, and he was accidentally caught by the camera. ”

Ariana didn't speak, she stared into the eyes of the old man on the screen, she didn't know where Maxwell Hugh Sean was now, through the glass screen and the unknown length of cable, Ariana couldn't see how deep the secrets were hidden in the old man's eyes.

"This immediately triggered the alarm, and Zhao Gao knew that pretending to be dead no longer worked, and he had to find a place to hide." The Colonel said leisurely, "He found you...... Anna, Zhao Gao knows that the library is your territory, and the executive department does not dare to search it at will, as a hiding place, it is really good. ”

"Why should I help hide his whereabouts?" Ariana asked.

The old man smiled, "He threatens you." ”

The girl scoffed, "Can he threaten me?" ”

"He threatens you with a land patrol."

Ariana was stunned.

"For you, Lu Xun is an extremely important experimental sample, related to the development of doomsday virus drugs, without Lu Xun, then your work cannot be completed, this is your weakness...... Anna, he seized on this weakness of yours. The old man said lightly, "For Zhao Gao, it couldn't be easier to kill Lu Xun, Lu Xun is his brother and father, and he is almost defenseless in front of him, I think...... Zhao Gao probably told you something like this, right? 'If you don't help me, I'll kill Lu Xun'. ”

"These are your guesses." Ariana shook her head.

"Out of thin air? No, no, no...... You're wrong Anna. Sean smiled and shook his head, "I have a record here, it was pressed down by me, someone disappeared while delivering something to the library the other day and has not returned, she is a part-time nurse in the school hospital, I think...... Anna, you must know where she is, don't you? ”

The girl's face turned pale.

"What did she come across that led to your detention...... Or even extinguished? ”

Ariana took a deep breath, "You're just telling a story, if all this is true, then what is Zhao Gao's motives?" You say he has a plan in mind, but what kind of plan is it? ”

The old man's eyebrows raised, and he was silent for a moment.

"Revenge."

Anna frowned, "What? ”

"If my guess is correct, the purpose of all this Zhao Gao is to take revenge." The colonel said slowly, "I don't know what kind of plan he has in mind, but the ultimate goal of that plan is undoubtedly me, so I have to take this method to meet you, if I really go to the library myself, maybe I will hit Zhao Gao's gun." ”

"Zhao Gao has always been hungry for revenge, and hatred has tormented him for so many years. Did we just mention the highly intelligent humanoid? Sean continued, "We might as well make a bolder speculation on this basis, what if that humanoid creature is the culprit who appeared in the academy four years ago and killed Zhao Mu?" Zhao Gao met him again...... What will happen? ”

The girl's eyes widened, and the head of the executive department behind her was already completely stunned.

"I think Zhao Gao definitely tried to kill the other party at first, but he failed, and in the end the two came to some kind of consensus, or made a deal." Sean said, "For example, Zhao Gao paid for my life in exchange for a chance to take revenge on that devil...... Anyway, in his eyes, that monster and I are enemies, so if we can kill both of us this time, why not? ”

"You mean Zhao Gao made a deal with the devil?"

Sean spread his hands and asked, "What is the difference between a person whose heart is distorted by hatred and the devil?"