Instead of enjoying after-work indulgence like the rest of his subordinates, Base Director Beckett sat alone on a bench in the data room, flipping through the latest issue of Gene Monthly, which had just been delivered yesterday.

It is the most authoritative academic journal in the field of life sciences, and the papers published in it are all written by leaders in various fields of life sciences.

He carefully studied and analyzed the latest research trends, but there was still a hidden thought in his mind - maybe it won't be long before his name will be printed in lead on a page of this thin book, and he will become one of the brightest stars in the field of life sciences, or, remove the "one"!

As he thought about it, he was a little distracted for a moment, and the words in front of him became a little blurry.

Fortunately, a cold chill on the Adam's apple allowed him to wake up. He was stunned for a moment, and before he could understand what was happening, he saw a cold dagger with a sharp blade against his neck.

The flickering cold light silently told the threat, and it seemed that in the next second, everything that stood in front of the blade could be easily cut off!

A slightly deep voice helped him unravel his doubts.

"Mr. Beckett, please do me a favor. If you agree, you will nod. If you don't agree...... You don't have to know the rest of the story, oh, you can't know either. ”

"Don't make it hard for me, sir!"

Beckett nodded obediently without any thought. Although the voice of the command was gentle and young, even like a shy request from the boy next door, instinct told him that if he refused, something very unfortunate would happen.

"I think we can talk." Beckett slowly raised his hands and signaled that he would not resist, "I can help you as much as I can, if you can keep me safe." ”

"Of course!"

At the long table in the reference room, Chen Yu, Mo Yu and Beckett sat on either side, each looking at each other attentively.

Chen Yu played with a small dagger in his hand, and the sharp blade danced on his fingertips, as well-behaved as a pencil.

The cold light reflected from the blade crossed Beckett's eyes from time to time, and he felt that every beat of the dagger was slapped in his face, even though it was across a long table.

Two young men sat across from each other as if they were the masters of the place.

The silence heightened the tension, and Beckett raised his throat and asked in a low voice, "What do you want?" Although I am the supervisor here, I have very limited authority, and everything is at the disposal of the general manager. ”

Mo Yu put his hands together, put the tips of his elbows on the table, supported his chin with both hands, and looked around boredly, obviously not interested in answering. The phantom of the schoolboy behind him kept the same movements as him.

Chen Yu played with the dagger while his other hand tapped lightly on the tabletop.

His eyes drooped slightly, and he didn't know where his eyes were going, but he said, "Although I am afraid of trouble. But once you encounter something you have to do, you will never give up halfway. ”

"You know about the Dragon God Sect!"

“…… Slightly heard. ”

"We're looking for a couple of missing kids. According to you, it was during yesterday's worship service that he disappeared with the dragon god - the 'sacrifice'. ”

"Yesterday?" Beckett pondered for a moment, "Oh, it should be in D2, where live human specimens are being held!" ”

"Experimental specimens?"

Chen Yu frowned, he didn't like this kind of title very much, and he didn't like Beckett's indifferent attitude when he said this word, "They are flesh and blood people like you, don't you think it's rude to call the same kind like this!" ”

"Sir, I understand your displeasure." Beckett changed to a comfortable sitting position, and his tense nerves relaxed a little, "I'm not a cold machine, and I have my own emotions. ”

But when a doctor comes to the operating table, the patient lying in front of him becomes a person who has no gender, no temperature, and just needs to correct the fallacy of deviation...... Special items. The same is true for scientific research. ”

"If reason is swayed by emotion," he said, "the eyes will be obscured, wisdom will be clouded with dust, and truth will be missed." Do you see what I mean? For science, looking at everything objectively at all times is the basis for moving forward, and of course, it is also a curse that has to be carried. ”

"Science? Truth? What a fig leaf for hypocrisy and powerlessness. Chen Yu sneered coldly, "Isn't it fame and selfish desires?" The research you are doing, without mentioning morality and conscience, has gone one step further and has gone beyond the minimum standards of conduct that a legally bound civilized society must abide by. You guys, you broke through the bottom line!"

"If your so-called research is made public, I can guarantee that tomorrow morning you will be nailed to the gallows of shame and forever spurned by history!"

"Your sense of justice is admirable."

Beckett forgot about his situation, as if facing this like-minded friend, and unabashedly praised himself, "In this day and age, there are not many people like you!" After all, in the eyes of many people, the law is just a thin piece of paper that is afraid of bullying the weak, and it is a tool that can be used rationally to obtain benefits. ”

Beckett has reverted back to the knowledgeable director who controls the research process at the base, and has regained his poise and majesty.

"But you're too young for me to mean anything disrespectful. The world is not black and white, it is complex, with sunshine and shadows, and a lot of filth and filth. Strange pollution everywhere, mutated creatures that can never be eradicated...... Humanity has so far made unimaginable sacrifices, but it has only barely survived. ”

"When the old world is destroyed, and the other side struggles to drive to the new world with the remnants of civilization, we will no longer be the masters of this world. The truth is so cruel and hopeless. ”

"Humanity is a boat struggling in a storm, a group of parasites that feed on the remnants of the old world, pitiful and unaware."

"The old soil needs a revolution. Life, only after enough pain and bloodshed can it be completely transformed. Only a determined idealist can lead it through this metamorphosis. I think you're an idealist, and of course so am I, and I can even assure you that every dedicated researcher at this base is like that. ”

"But there is hope for humanity, and science is the only light. As long as cross-species gene combinations and editing techniques are mature, we will be able to control the evolutionary direction of the ubiquitous mutated creatures of the Old Earth, and even have the opportunity to eradicate the mysterious erosion and pollution forever. We can restore the glory of the old world...... For the sake of the long-term well-being of the entire human race, a small sacrifice is nothing! ”

With an indescribable glint in his eyes, Beckett described his utopia to an orator who was giving a loud speech, desperately trying to tell the audience.

"We all have strong beliefs. That's why we can deal with boring data year after year in this dark bunker. ”

"Science is the pioneer that leads civilization forward, and we are a group of incognito protectors."

Chen Yu's emotions were inexplicably infected, and he was moved by the ideal world he generously displayed, but the voice of reason in his head warned him that it was just the wishful thinking of a group of madmen. Changing the world or something, it sounds like an incomparably distant and unachievable project, and it is the rhetoric of drunken madness.

There was an inexplicable irritability in his heart. He was moved, and there was a sense of eagerness in the depths of his consciousness, and the concept of right and wrong in common sense suddenly lost its sufficient theoretical foundation.

He doesn't feel that he is wrong, but under the contradiction, he is unwilling to continue this grand and heavy proposition.

The elementary school students on the side also showed thoughtful looks.

The air in the data room was a bit dreary, except for the faint sound of the air conditioner's air vent from time to time. An unforeseen debate about worldview ended in silence.

The silence for a long time made the atmosphere a little heavy, as if waiting for something

Da, da, da......

I don't know how long it took, but the familiar sound of fingers tapping on the table that had been quietly interrupted at some point sounded again. Chen Yu spoke again, his strong thirst made his throat itch a little, and his voice was a little hoarse.

"You have your ideals, but I also have my persistence. At this moment, your life and death are in my hands, so ...... You've got to listen to me! ”

"Now, take us to the children right now."

"Of course!"

Beckett's smile gradually retracted, "But what about after this?" While I don't know how you get into the heavily guarded base, whoever wants to exit safely and silently comes with a bunch of burdens...... I don't think anyone can do that. ”

His eyes seemed to have something else in mind.

"What you will face is a power that overrides the rules."

"Don't bother, that's our business."

The elementary school student, who had been wandering outside the library since he entered the reference room, suddenly said, "When you make a choice, you must be aware of the process and the result. ”

The reflection of the spectacle lenses obscured his eyes, and the schoolboy looked up at Beckett, a smile leaking from the corner of his mouth, "Mr. Beckett, what about you, are you ready to come to your senses?" For the sake of the so-called faith, and your choice. ”

"......" Beckett bowed his head and said nothing, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Bell, bell, bell......"

The hands of the mechanical clock in the room stayed exactly in the direction of twelve o'clock, dutifully fulfilling their duties.

“Waining……”

“Waining……”

“Waining……”

The cold and stiff mechanical female voice suddenly sounded as she stepped on the chiming hour, and along with it, there was a swirling red and blue light in the corridor.

Biological Laboratory 709 sounded the alarm for the first time since its establishment.

Beckett's face changed suddenly, his ears moved, and his lips turned a little pale.

"Something's wrong!"

He turned on the computer in the herbarium so quickly that he forgot to sit down, bent over and tapped on the keyboard urgently, and after a few seconds of the progress bar on the screen, the security key was verified and he logged into his internal account.

The surveillance footage of the third basement floor soon appeared on the screen. Most of the images from the probe are relatively normal, except for the C-area, which is slightly blurry and has a large hazy red mist.

In the thin fog, a huge shadow flickered.

Although the images were not clear, Beckett could tell from the outline alone that the shadows were the subjects who were supposed to be dormant in the petri dish of the test chamber.

Time froze suddenly, and Beckett sat down as if he had aged ten years in an instant, dazed, hesitant, frightened, hesitant, and determined...... All kinds of complex and even contradictory emotions flashed alternately in his eyes.

Chen Yu and Mo Yu also saw the footage in the surveillance. In addition to being shocked, I found that this was a good opportunity to escape with the children while there was chaos.

Beckett only lost his mind for a moment and came to his senses, and the years brought him the composure and wisdom he deserved.

He took out a white IC card and a floor plan from the drawer and handed them to Chen Yu, and said something lonely but firmly that sounded like there was no logic.

"I haven't seen you today."

"My personal belongings were stolen."

"Now, I need to get back to my job as soon as possible."

Chen Yu and the primary school student glanced at each other and did not communicate, but tacitly took a step back and made a way.

At this moment, aside from the position, courage and responsibility deserve to be respected.

In addition to the shrill alarm bells, there were panicked footsteps and frightened screams in the corridor from time to time.

Beckett straightened a few strands of sweat-drenched, proudly lonely hair on his bare scalp, got up and walked out briskly.

His hurried back went up the river in the crowd, so lonely, so resolutely. Maybe it has nothing to do with grandeur, but with an indescribably complex meaning, ideal, perseverance, or conscience?

I'm afraid that even the owner of the back can't say clearly.