The virus research institute had its own independent power supply.
So even when the entire city lost power, the institute still had electricity.
All the lights were on, and the elevators still worked.
At that moment,
Inside an elevator,
Lin Zhiwei, who had barely spoken the whole way, suddenly said to the soldiers, "Put your weapons away."
Her tone was as forceful as ever.
The soldiers froze, then frowned.
The institute was this dangerous, and she wanted them to put away their weapons?
Wasn't that asking them to die?
Even Captain Zhao, who had cooperated all along, was unwilling to listen to Lin Zhiwei this time.
Everyone's safety was at stake!
If they put their weapons away, they would be several seconds slower to react to an enemy.
Most of the time, a few seconds could mean the difference between life and death.
So Captain Zhao told the soldiers, "Stay focused, everyone. Don't let your guns go off by accident. There may be something important in the underground laboratory!"
"Yes, sir!"
The soldiers acknowledged the order, and some of their discomfort faded.
They could take care not to fire accidentally, but putting away their weapons was out of the question!
Without them, they wouldn't feel safe.
"Dr. Lin, you can trust my men. None of them will fire by accident!" Captain Zhao explained to Lin Zhiwei.
Since Lin Zhiwei hadn't explained herself, he figured there might be precious genetic samples in the underground laboratory. Perhaps she wanted the guns put away to keep them from being damaged.
But Captain Zhao trusted his men.
They were professionally trained. There was no way they would fire by accident in a situation like this.
Captain Zhao's solution was a compromise. He had sided neither with his soldiers nor with Lin Zhiwei.
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