Carrying the fat man's body, Liu Chang walked to the street outside, found a leather pipe in an abandoned car on the side of the road, inserted it into the car fuel tank to draw out gasoline, and poured it on the fat man who was riddled with holes.

And when he finished all this, Li Qingshui also led the two soldiers out.

"Well, is he still dead?" Shen Mingyi looked at the corpse on the ground and sighed slightly, "Let's mourn." ”

"Hmm." Finally, after glancing at the fat man, Liu Chang asked for Li Qingshui's lighter, and after the flames, it was still on the fat man.

Flames rose up, melting his body and scorching the alien life that lurked within him.

"Let's go." When the flames were finished, Li Qingshui glanced at the charred corpse and stepped forward to pat Liu Chang on the shoulder. "He didn't die painfully."

"Well, that's the only thing that makes people happy." Liu Chang nodded, "What's next, where are we going?" ”

"Institute." Li Qingshui looked in the direction of the northwest, "I want to see how much human technology can play a role in this natural world." ”

"Where is the institute?" Liu Chang turned his head to look at Shen Mingyi.

"In the direction of the intersection of Huayuan Road and Guangdian South Road in the former Jinshui District of Zhengzhou, there used to be an urban village called 'Xu Zhai', which was completely bulldozed during the urban reconstruction project in 02, and then a large research base was built in situ." Shen Mingyi diligently recalled the research materials given to him by the division commander before leaving: "It is a large-scale biological research base, and it seems that since the end of 02, this kind of research base has been built around many large cities." The country seems to have attached great importance to biological research since the various red fog events in 02, and it should have known a lot of secrets of the red fog early. ”

"It's just that I didn't expect the red mist to suddenly come on such a large scale." Li Qingshui looked at the red sky and sighed: "Let's go, let's go and see it!" ”

"Okay." Putting away his sad emotions, Liu Chang touched the finger bones of the fat man in his pocket, carried the little girl on his back, and followed the team along the road of Zhengzhou to the northwest of the city.

The small team traveled all the way, Liu Chang always paid attention to the situation on the roadside, and sure enough, he saw many different places between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng.

Due to the influence of the large-scale human ecosystem, the other creatures here are much more depressed than Kaifeng, the wild grass on the ground is no longer tall, and mutated monsters are rarely encountered. Along the way, he even saw a lot of humans looking for food on both sides of the street, which showed that the number of survivors here was much higher than that of Kaifeng, and people did not have to be limited to the protection of the army.

"What a peaceful place." Liu Chang walked on the grassy street and couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, this place is to Kaifeng, just like Kaifeng is to the jungle, it is much safer and more peaceful." Li Qingshui also looked around at the surrounding environment and human beings, "I just don't know what these surviving people rely on to eat, if they only eat these plants on the ground, sooner or later something will go wrong." If I were from the research institute and I was proposing a research direction, I would definitely put the issue of food first. ”

"Heh, then you'll be from the institute right away." Liu Chang turned his head.

"It's a pity that the newcomer has passed, and it doesn't count if he says it." Li Qingshui frowned, "And I don't know how many people are in the brain domain." ”

"You'll find out when you get there." Liu Chang said: "But as I said in advance, I don't think there will be a lot of people with brain domain mutants. If all human beings are like you, then I really feel that this apocalyptic world is nothing, human technology will increase a hundred times in a year, and the human biosphere will become unshakable again in the shortest possible time! ”

As Liu Chang spoke, he saw a human-sized flower cat walking towards him from a distance, but after the cat smelled the breath of this group of people from a distance, it fled as fast as it could—obviously feeling the smell of danger.

"What a smart guy, is it also a brain mutant?" Seeing the reaction of the "little" cat, Liu Chang couldn't help but admire.

"What did you say?" Shen Ming, who didn't see this scene, asked Liu Chang, who was "talking to himself" on the side.

"Nothing. Keep going. ”

"Oh."

After a night's rest, several people had recovered a lot of physical strength, and they hurried quickly, and after more than an hour, they passed through most of Zhengzhou City, walked from the east to the north, and arrived at the research base that Shen Mingyi mentioned before -- the "Biological Gene Science Research Park."

The words of the park are hung on the plaque at the gate, and the words are huge, showing the atmosphere and majesty. Around the park, there are also a large number of troops stationed, and soldiers are guarding this very important place no matter how you look at it.

Standing at the gate of the park, Li Qingshui and Liu Chang watched as Shen Mingyi walked to the soldier in the handle park and negotiated for a long time, and then the soldier went in to report. After a while, a division-level soldier walked out of it directly, and greeted Li Qingshui and the others from a distance under the leadership of Shen Mingyi.

"This is Mr. Li!" The division commander walked up to Liu Chang and the two, and after distinguishing their appearances, he immediately overflowed with fifteen points of enthusiasm, "Welcome, welcome!" ”

"I just heard this little warrior say that you are from Kaifeng, a brain domain mutant?" As the young division commander in his forties spoke, he stepped forward and took the initiative to shake Li Qingshui's hand.

"Yes, chief, I'm from Kaifeng." Li Qingshui also cooperated and shook hands with the division commander.

"Oh, that long journey is really hard, and the road is also full of dangers!" The division commander said, with a regretful expression on his face, "It's a pity that our Zhengzhou side has also cut off contact with the surrounding cities, otherwise we should send additional troops to pick you up." ”

"The chief is gracious." Li Qingshui smiled and nodded.

"What's polite, we will all be people working together in the same place in the future, and we can be regarded as comrades-in-arms, if there is anything that needs help in the future, just ask. It just so happens that I am also in charge of this area, and I am the commander of the 52nd Division. In fact, a few years ago, I was also transferred from the 955231 troops in Kaifeng, and we are half of our fellow countrymen. Uh, by the way, I forgot to introduce it, my name is Xie Hang, you can just call me Lao Xie. While talking to Li Qingshui enthusiastically, Master Xie beckoned Liu Chang and the others to enter the park together, "This is your friend, come in, come in and have a look." It's been more than a year since the park was built, and not many people have come in. ”

Under the leadership of Master Xie, Liu Chang followed him into this "science park". And after entering here, he realized that this place is extraordinarily huge. The architectural atmosphere is not as full of "super-technological" feeling as he imagined, it is an ordinary building complex, of course, this is only a superficial phenomenon, as for what it is inside, he does not know.

"This science park was built by the state at a cost of billions of dollars, and it is almost as expensive as the construction of the Olympic 'Bird's Nest'." Master Xie led Li Qingshui and a few people to visit, and at the same time introduced the origin of this science park, "If you want to talk about this episode. You see, what the country wants to do, the funds are mobilized very quickly, and it is very efficient to be able to do something with the strength of the whole country. And I heard that in the past two years, the country has made a breakthrough in biological research, and major cities have built such science parks, and I heard that Yanjing is even bigger! ”

"It seems that the country is not completely unprepared for the arrival of the end of the day." As Li Qingshui spoke, he was led into a reception hall by the division commander, and then the latter said with a smile: "Mr. Li, please take a seat first, I'll call Dr. Chen, he is one of the responsible people here, if that old guy hears that there is a brain domain mutant over there in Kaifeng, he will definitely be very happy!" ”

"Okay, then trouble Master Xie!" Li Qingshui also responded with a smile, and after seeing the head of the unit leave here and see his back go away, Liu Chang, who was sitting on the sofa, also showed a somewhat relaxed look: "It seems that they attach great importance to you!" ”

"Hmm." Li Qingshui also nodded as if relieved, "This makes me feel a lot more relieved, now it's up to me to see how the above is arranged." ”

After Li Qingshui said this, he was speechless, and Liu Chang also cooperated and remained silent.

A moment later, the door to the reception room was opened again, and a man who looked to be in his fifties, but whose hair was darker and shinier than that of a young man, entered. Liu Chang's eyesight is very good, and from the moment he entered the door, he saw the words on the business card pinned to the person's body - "Leader of the Third Research Group of the Institute of Biology, Chen Xudong." ”

This Chen Xudong is not wearing the white coat of a scientific research personnel as Liu Chang imagined, but also a military uniform, through so many days of living in the military region and understanding the army, he also rarely recognized the rank represented by the person's epaulettes this time - major general.

The highest military rank for a Chinese scientific researcher. In China, a major general is the highest honorary rank, and above a major general, the rank represents not only honor, but also a red rank. Bare. Naked army. Right.

After this Chen Xudong came in, Master Xie just now also came in to say hello, and then turned around and left in a witty manner.

"Lao Chen, I brought it to you, you have to remember that I helped you!"

"Don't worry." Chen Xudong patted Master Xie on the shoulder and sent him out of the reception room.

And then, his sharp eyes stared at Li Qingshui.

"It's called Li Qingshui?"

"Yes."

"Follow me."

The first conversation between the two was extremely brief, and after saying these three sentences, Li Qingshui and Liu Chang followed him out of the reception room and into the door of a strange room.

"This is the testing room, there are all kinds of test props and supporting facilities, let's go in first to test the degree of mutation in your brain domain!" As Chen Xudong spoke, he opened the door of the strange room, and peeking in, Liu Chang also smelled the breath of "super technology" for the first time in all kinds of instruments that he couldn't understand.

"This young man with a child in his arms, you can just wait here for a while." Chen Xudong looked at Liu Chang.

"Okay."

After nodding, he watched Li Qingshui follow Dr. Chen into the room full of technology, and after a while, he heard the "humming" sound of the machines running inside and the calm voice of Li Qingshui as he answered the questions later.

Ten minutes later, the two walked out of it, and Chen Xudong, who came out again, no longer had the calm on his face just now, but changed to an expression of extreme shock and excitement - this expression was already undisguised, and even Liu Chang, a person who was ignorant of the world, could see the horror at a glance.

(To be continued)