"It's over..."
"Black Table Special Pollution Event has been cleared."
"The basic data recording of the escaped laboratory No. Subject No. 9 has been completed."
"Abyss..."
"... No obvious reaction was observed!"
"..."
Central City No. 2 Main City, Research Institute No. 5 observation room.
Looking at the detection data that was quickly returning to a low amplitude on the electronic display, the two staff members in front of the computer took a long breath. One of them slowly stretched out, and the bones in his body crackled, so comfortable that he even groaned.
Another person picked up the paper notepad at hand and began to fill in the data in detail:
No. 1022 Special Pollution Event
Location: Buffalo City
Cause: Black Table Forbidden Experiment
Core: life
Threat level: S level
Pollution cleanup personnel: Qinggang - individual soldier (confirmed to be the escaped laboratory No. Subject No. 9. It has been detected that it has distortion characteristics and fear characteristics. It can be confirmed that it has an extremely active black factor ability. Without observation conditions, it is impossible to get a specific answer. It is tentatively estimated that the ability level is S level, and the risk of loss of control is 80%. It is recommended to implement a recovery plan."
Then he casually threw the notepad aside and said with a smile, "Let them put S-class weapon into storage."
"Let's go!"
They made an appointment together. "I don't know if the sweet and sour pork ribs are sold out..."
"Three minutes longer than I expected..."
In the Research Institute apartment complex, in a small building that looks Ping Ping unremarkable on the outside, there is a room decorated with antique style. It does not look like someone doing research, but looks like the study room of an old-school scholar who wears a Tang suit every day, composes poems to amuse birds, and studies ancient prose.
At this time, a square table was placed in the study room.
It was covered with a silk tablecloth, and there were two people facing each other, sitting on the east and west sides, playing mahjong tiles.
To the east is a fat old man wearing Zhongshan suit.
He wore small round black-rimmed glasses and two short mustaches, and his eyes narrowed into slits when he smiled.
Opposite him was a glamorous female researcher with bright red lips and deep eye shadow. Even though she was wearing a large lab coat, her curvy figure could not be concealed. Occasionally, one leg would rest on top of the other, making her slender and charming.
There were only two people, but it seemed like there were four people playing cards on the table.
The mahjong tiles on the table were also clattering, as if eight hands were rubbing them.
The old man Zhongshan suit said with a smile while rubbing the cards, "It seems that Old Wang is still good. He already had such conjectures and insights more than ten years ago, but he is not very good at teaching students. He only values Ability, but did not pay attention to the cultivation of moral quality. Black Table has made such a big noise. I think we should urge General Administrative Hall to severely suppress this kind of Forbidden Experiment."
"Heh..."
The cold female researcher sneered disdainfully, "If you pretend to be confused for too long, be careful of pretending to be a real fool."
The old man who was scolded looked embarrassed, his mustache trembled, he looked at the glamorous female researcher, and then quickly looked away.
He whispered in a low voice, "It seems that the cultivation of the moral quality of my students must also be strengthened..."
After lining up the Great Wall, the two cards flew up and landed on the south side of the mahjong table.
It was as if an invisible hand was holding it, and a thin voice sounded at the same time:
"Research Institute indulges Administrative Hall's ambition?"
"..."
Zhongshan suit's old man also followed suit. He stretched out his hand a little too fast and was slapped on his hand by the cold female researcher.
He calmly took it back and said with a smile, "The world is like this. Where there are people, there will be power struggles. As the powerful faction in the General Administrative Hall, they are always suppressed by a Research Institute. They are restrained in doing things. Administrative orders are imposed and hindered. As a result, the dissatisfaction accumulated in their hearts is getting more and more. They finally have the courage to take back their power. Isn't it reasonable?"
"I think we should not interfere too much with their behavior. This pursuit of power does not sound good, but it is necessary to exist. In a normal and complete social order, these careerists need to exist."
"We can easily say that what they did was wrong, but we cannot deny that their existence is reasonable."
"..."
The cold female researcher glanced at the old man and sneered, "It is dangerous to let a bunch of idiots take control of the power."
"These idiots have the idea of controlling power, which is also a dangerous thing."
"..."
"But to some extent, it's just as dangerous for us to seize power."
The old man Zhongshan suit put his cards up, an excited look flashed across his face, and his voice was slightly higher. "Let people who are good at it do things they are good at, whether it is politics or research, but it is stupid and naturally dangerous for any party to interfere in the affairs of the other party. Therefore, I have always disagreed with letting Research Institute try to participate in administrative matters, and vice versa."
"To put it simply, compared to some people in the General Administrative Hall who want to control Research Institute, there are people in Research Institute who want to gain more power. On the contrary, it is a more dangerous thing. They will only kill some people, and we... will harm the entire world."
"Research Institute has his own issues to solve and doesn't have the energy to interfere too much."
"You must remember that Pollution Source has the greatest power!"
"..."
"So, they secretly funded Black Table and did such a thing, so let's forget it?"
The old man's words made the mahjong table quiet for a moment. After a pause, the cold female researcher rolled her eyes.
"Of course not."
Zhongshan suit The old man gently stroked the cards in his hand and said with a smile:
"As the same saying goes, the right people do the right things. We only care about research, and administrative matters are not our responsibility."
"Since someone chooses to do such a thing and violate the rules, then people from other departments will naturally punish these people. By then, Central City will still be Central City, and nothing will happen that will affect this rare peace..."
"The new people who come to power will probably be more cautious when doing things in the future after seeing the results of these people."
"..."
As he spoke, he looked at his cards with satisfaction, and then played a card with a smile on his face.
"Nine tubes."
"Eat!"
"Touch!"
The two families responded, and the one who touched took away the cards.
Zhongshan suit's old man suddenly looked embarrassed and stretched his head to take a look.
The cold female researcher leaned back slightly, and her white coat spread to both sides of her body, which was extremely shocking.
She looked at the old man coldly and said, "You have never allowed Research Institute to touch power, but others don't think so. They will only think that Research Institute is aloof, like a supreme emperor. This kind of thing is not the first, nor will it be the last. There will always be some more dangerous things that even we can't solve calmly. So, what are you going to do?"
The old man Zhongshan suit looked at his cards and was silent for a while, as if he was very embarrassed.
"Then let them know what Research Institute really wants to do?"
He murmured, finally made a decision, and played a card. "Eight Barrels!"
"Crack!"
Push down the cards on the north side and hang the "eight tubes" individually.
Zhongshan suit The old man's eyes widened. He suddenly pushed down his cards and pointed at them in muttering, "I am all in one color..."
"Are you... a fool?"
"..."
The female researcher sneered and said, "What are you doing all the bells and whistles every day..."
Zhongshan suit The old man's expression changed very quickly. He stared at the card and suddenly stood up angrily.
He grabbed the phone next to him and dialed a shortcut key.
After a few seconds, he shouted directly inside, "Start the escape plan of the laboratory Subject No. 9 now!"
"It's over?"
Buffalo City East Outpost, the gray-haired old man looked at Buffalo City who suddenly became quiet, and then looked at the mental radiation detector standing around the camp, facing Buffalo City. After all, their detector is not as precise as Research Institute's, so there are still some fluctuations in the numbers on Research Institute's detector, but on their detector, the numbers on it have all returned to zero at this time.
He stood up and stared at the zeros with an expression of disbelief on his face:
"Is this really the end of it all of a sudden?"
"..."
"Huh..."
It didn't take long for the people around him to react and show admiration to him.
"Sure enough... Sure enough, the commander's decision is correct!"
"I didn't expect, I didn't expect that the ability users in the city could really solve this problem..."
"Great. According to observations, the 100,000 refugees in the outer city were not seriously damaged. The Flesh Monster produced by Black Table has been completely removed. The pollution has not spread. Only some buildings in the abandoned city have been damaged... A perfect cleanup task!"
"How it was cleaned up still needs careful investigation..."
"..."
Amidst the sighs of compliments and congratulations, the gray-haired old man's lips trembled and his face turned pale.
"That's not right. The experiment was obviously successful, so why did it suddenly disappear?"
"If the experiment we have been looking forward to for so long ends with this result..."
"Then, our preparations for so many years, as well as those bold arrangements and actions, now... what does it mean?"
The compliments of the surrounding staff for his accurate grasp of the situation and his unwavering expression seemed to become the biggest ridicule at this time. He quietly looked at Buffalo City who was completely quiet. For a long time, he was unable to say a word.
"Woo..."
At this moment, a lonely black jeep drove over in the distance.
The light of the car lights shone directly on the face of the gray-haired old man, like a majestic gaze.
"So..."
The dark conference room had become deathly quiet at some point.
The person who was already ambitious and had bet the biggest chip suddenly saw the cards drawn.
Then, it was like they were hit in the head with a stick.
There is not even an intermediate process between the joy of victory and the sudden change of situation.
"So, we just..."
Someone suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly, "Promoted the most ridiculous coup in history?"
No one else answered, which was an embarrassment that people didn't want to accept.
"But..."
Someone suddenly slapped the table and stood up, shouting loudly, "Impossible! How did Research Institute do it?"
"Obviously, Research Institute did not react at all on this matter, and did not even send any news to the outside world..."
His voice was trembling, confused or unwilling?
"Perhaps, this is the most terrifying thing about Research Institute..."
Someone laughed bitterly, "Either it means that their reaction could not even be discovered by the people we arranged to go in, or it means that they have long seen that we carefully prepared this trick, like... teasing children?"
In the awkward silence, someone suddenly said, "Then... what should we do now?"
Everyone was silent, and suddenly, their eyes turned to one of them.
That was the only person who showed his face next to the long conference table.
This man's eyes suddenly widened and his mouth opened wide, but he couldn't breathe.
He seemed to subconsciously want to raise his hands to cover his face.
But in the end, this childish and shameful move was not actually done.
"Ding Lingling..."
At this moment, someone's phone suddenly rang.
"Ding Lingling..."
"Ding Lingling..."
"..."
Immediately afterwards, everyone's phones rang.
Someone sensed something was wrong, swallowed, and pressed the answer button.
A gentle and melodious female voice rang. "Hello Minister Xu, are Minister Zhang, Mr. Li, Colonel Zhao and others here too?"
"Tell them that they don't need to answer the phone. The content is the same. You have violated the core security agreement between Central City General Administrative Hall and Research Institute. Now Research Institute hopes that you will rush to First Main City General Administrative Hall to explain the specific situation..."
"See you in half an hour, don't be late..."
"Dudu..."
The only sound in the silent conference room was the beep of the phone being hung up, and everyone slumped in their seats as if they were discouraged.
Silent for a long time.
I misremembered before, it turned out to be live broadcast tonight.
Fortunately, I have already bought the wig...