Franklin's Coffin Lid Can't Be Held Down Anymore! (Seeking Recommendation and Monthly Tickets!)

Shen Jin and Yang Ao couldn't stand being on the second floor any longer; the smell was too overpowering!

After resting outside for a bit, Fu Wei regained some strength and walked out, leaning on the wall.

"Are you... Mr. Yang's son, Yang Ao?"

Fu Wei had been so dizzy from hunger that he hadn't seen the faces of the two people who saved him. Now that he felt better, he could see Yang Ao's appearance clearly by the light of the torch.

"Yes, my father told me this address before he passed away."

"What!? Mr. Yang passed away? I didn't receive any news!"

"That's also why I returned to Q City."

"But the last time I saw Mr. Yang, his health was perfectly fine! I'm sure of it!"

Yang Ao felt the same way. His once thriving father "suddenly had a heart attack and was gone."

Fu Wei fell silent for a moment, remembering when he used to drink with Yang Tianyao, linking arms and talking about changing the world together. He never expected...

"Heh heh... Not seeing this post-apocalyptic scene might not be a bad thing for Mr. Yang."

"Perhaps..."

Shen Jin felt the atmosphere had become a bit heavy, but he didn't know Yang Tianyao and couldn't empathize.

"Ahem... You two can talk about this later. For now, let's confirm if the 'gene optimization agent' is still here?"

Fu Wei looked at Shen Jin in shock.

Yang Ao nodded in confirmation, "I'm following Brother Jin now. We're here to find the two bottles of 'Gene Optimization Serum 1.0' left by my dad."

"That thing... it's still here, but it's sealed in a secure vault and can't be retrieved."

Fu Wei sighed. This was the proudest achievement of his life, capable of optimizing humans at a genetic level, allowing humanity, stagnant for thousands of years, to evolve again!

Great biology!

If the zombie virus hadn't broken out, Future Human Pharmaceuticals would have sparked a gene craze worldwide, soaring to become the strongest company in the world.

And he would have become a brilliant biologist in human history, with the Nobel Prize not even enough to praise his greatness.

Yang Ao became anxious upon hearing this, "Why can't it be retrieved? I know the password!"

Fu Wei looked at the burning torch. "A month after the zombie virus broke out, the backup power here was completely depleted, leaving no energy. To open the secure vault, we first need to supply power to the laboratory."

"Moreover, if I'm not mistaken, the outside world is the same as the laboratory, occupied by zombies, right? Whether the generator on the ground is functional or not is another matter, but where can we find energy to generate power?"

Yang Ao seemed dejected. "Brother Jin probably has some energy, but powering such a large laboratory would require a lot of diesel, and we'd also need to clear out the zombies above."

As he spoke, Yang Ao felt it wasn't impossible to complete. "The three of us, with a little more time, should be able to restore power here."

Power supply?

Shen Jin looked at Yang Ao's determined expression with some bewilderment:

"As long as there's a power source, the secure vault can be opened and those two bottles of serum can be retrieved, right?"

Fu Wei nodded. "Theoretically, yes. But with just the two of you, it would be very difficult... wouldn't it?"

Yang Ao suddenly smiled. "Old Fu, you don't know, but Brother Jin awakened an Earth-based Ability. What would be difficult for ordinary people, we can finish in a few days if we work together!"

"Really? Then what do you do? Did you also awaken some superpower?" Fu Wei cut to the chase.

Yang Ao: "..."

That hit a nerve, Old Fu!

"I'm responsible for killing zombies! Look at my sword, it's long and black!"

Shen Jin observed the laboratory by the torchlight. "Where's the main circuit breaker?"

Fu Wei pointed to a mural on the second floor. "It's in there. What's wrong? The power outage wasn't caused by a tripped breaker; the energy was genuinely depleted."

As a low-voltage engineer, Shen Jin was quite skilled at electrical work.

He quickly figured out the main power lines inside.

"Hey!"

He yanked off a thick cable coming from above, then took a wooden box and something else from his bag, throwing them on the ground.

Fu Wei, on the other side, was bewildered. "What is he doing? Is he giving up? And where did he get such a big box from???"

Yang Ao looked confused. "Abba abba..."

The two were completely baffled by Shen Jin's actions!

Shen Jin took out a few wires and quickly replaced the original ones, then plugged the final connection into the wooden box!

Boom!

The laboratory exploded—cough, cough, cough... power was restored!

The previously dark laboratory suddenly lit up. Some machines that weren't completely damaged started flashing red lights and emitting piercing alarms.

"I feel like my knowledge is insufficient. Yang Ao, what exactly happened outside these past three months?"

Fu Wei felt this was unscientific! Extremely unscientific!

Pulling a one-cubic-meter wooden box out of thin air was already fantastical enough.

And then, that wooden box could actually generate electricity!

The power was abundant, running the entire laboratory without any voltage instability!

Yang Ao rubbed his forehead. "Old Fu, don't just talk about yourself, I'm a bit dizzy too."

Forget Newton, even Franklin's coffin lid couldn't be kept shut!

"Now, can you go get my gene optimization agent?"

Shen Jin didn't find it strange at all. What was so unusual about items from the Minecraft system exceeding the technology of this era?

Did they look down on a wooden box power bank?

After fully charging it next to the Combustion Generator, it stored a full 4000 kWh of electricity!

That's enough to charge an electric car with a 200 km range over 100 times!

Seeing that Shen Jin had no intention of explaining, Yang Ao and Fu Wei didn't ask further and walked together into the inner room on the second floor.

Inside, there was only a deep yellow metal pillar, with a brightly lit screen placed flat on top.

"This place stores the most classified files and achievements of this laboratory."

Yang Ao took a deep breath and entered the password his father had left him.

'857! 857! 857!'

The electronic screen received the signal, and the password was confirmed.

"Screech~ Klik-klak!"

The left wall of the inner room suddenly opened, and a mechanical arm pushed out a large alloy platter.

On the platter were a miniature portable hard drive and two sealed bottles of pale blue agent.

"These are the last two bottles of the 'Gene Optimization Serum 1.0' left by your father. The U disk contains all the data from this laboratory."

There was one thing Fu Wei didn't say: the value of this U disk far surpassed that of the two agents.

If someone were to build him another laboratory of the same scale – no! Even a slightly smaller one – and provide the raw materials, he could replicate the 'Gene Optimization Serum 1.0'!

Although the raw materials were extremely precious, with the formula, anything was possible!

Shen Jin smiled as he looked at Fu Wei, whose face was filled with fervor.

He put the portable hard drive and the agents into the pack on his back, then into the system inventory.

"Let's go. I'll hold onto the hard drive for now. We might need it in the future, right, Old Fu?"

Fu Wei knew he couldn't hide anything from Shen Jin. "Yes, if we can create such an agent again, humanity might stand a chance against these disgusting zombies."

"Excellent! Now, you are officially welcome to join my territory."

Shen Jin, like a packrat, even if he didn't intend to fight for the great rejuvenation of humanity, decided to keep this talent for now and pass down the formula for the gene optimization agent.

What if it came in handy later?