【687】Reunion
Zhao Qiang carefully held the drop of blue liquid in his palm, watching it disappear little by little under Yang Shiyun's anxious gaze, as if it had never appeared in Zhao Qiang's palm at all. Yang Shiyun was very surprised: "You, you absorbed it into your body?" Because of the control of the super biochip, it is not difficult for epidermal cells to absorb a substance.
Zhao Qiang nodded silently, closed his eyes, and remained motionless. The underground laboratory around them was still making occasional sounds of collapse. Seeing that things had come to this point, Yang Shiyun dared not disturb Zhao Qiang any further. She stood quietly beside him to protect him and prevent any other creatures from attacking Zhao Qiang who was working.
At this moment, the blue liquid inside Zhao Qiang's body had been rapidly decomposed. The different types of cells it was composed of were now completely exposed to the super biochip—a function that the super biochip had only recently developed. Previously, Zhao Qiang would never have used his own body as a microscope. After the analysis, the blue liquid was excreted through his pores, forming a mist on his arm.
Zhao Qiang shook his arms, stood up and said, "It's a very simple thing, but Professor Martin's research work seems to have hit a bottleneck."
"What?" Yang Shiyun was even more anxious to know the result, but she objected to Zhao Qiang using such a dangerous method to analyze it.
Zhao Qiang said, "This drug cannot treat the virus."
Yang Shiyun said, "Then how did the professor say that it could achieve a 20% treatment effect?"
Zhao Qiang said, "It actually only inhibits the rapid reproduction of the virus, but it is still very difficult to kill the virus."
Yang Shiyun said, "You haven't done any experiments, how do you know it only inhibits virus reproduction instead of killing the virus?"
Zhao Qiang said, "I was afraid you would worry if you saw it, so I didn't let you see that I also absorbed some virus samples."
Yang Shiyun was startled: "What? You don't want to live anymore? You actually absorbed the virus into your body. What if you get infected?" Yang Shiyun's voice was loud. She was really worried about Zhao Qiang's safety.
Zhao Qiang waved his hand: "It's okay. My body can control a single cell. The virus has already been expelled from my body. Otherwise, I would have been infected long ago after fighting those two beasts for so long."
Yang Shiyun asked, "What about me?"
Zhao Qiang thought for a moment and said, "You should be fine, because your body is different from that of ordinary humans."
Yang Shiyun patted her chest: "I hope so, I don't want to die."
Seeing Yang Shiyun slap her chest and tremble, Zhao Qiang laughed and said, "Trying to seduce me? Anyway, there are no outsiders here. Be careful, or I'll take you right here and now."
Yang Shiyun glared at Zhao Qiang with a mixture of reproach and anger: "If you dare to flirt with me again, I'll tell my sister."
Zhao Qiang ignored Yang Shiyun's threat, his gaze drawn to the interior of the laboratory. "What is that place? I didn't see it before." Zhao Qiang pointed inside, and Yang Shiyun looked over. Her body suddenly stiffened because another world had been revealed in the collapsed laboratory. Inside were more complex-looking instruments, completely different from the laboratory she had just seen. Could this be a new laboratory added by Professor Martin?
Zhao Qiang walked through the ruins. His super biochip, using X-ray vision glasses, had already scanned the newly appeared laboratory. Many of the devices inside excited him; most were related to biological experiments, and their level of advancement was more than ten times that of the laboratory he had just seen. This seemed to be beyond the capabilities of Earth.
Yang Shiyun followed behind Zhao Qiang, but there was something vague in her mind that she couldn't grasp. At this moment, her brows were furrowed, and she was completely dazed and stiff. She was just mechanically following Zhao Qiang, not knowing what she was looking at at all. Her head was pounding as if something was hitting her, giving her a splitting headache.
Zhao Qiang carefully observed that it was a space that wasn't very large, and it was completely encased in concrete. If the entire building hadn't collapsed, it would have been very difficult to find this place from the outside.
"What a brilliant design!" Zhao Qiang carefully scanned the structural diagrams of every piece of equipment inside. This would be extremely useful for him to manufacture drugs to treat the virus insane people; it was like a godsend.
Yang Shiyun stopped moving and stood there like a wooden stake. Zhao Qiang didn't care about her at the moment, and the two of them were doing their own work. It wasn't until Yang Shiyun suddenly fell to the ground unconscious that Zhao Qiang realized that there was someone following behind him.
"How are you?" Zhao Qiang ran over and helped Yang Shiyun up. Yang Shiyun's jaw was clenched, her body was trembling, and her eyes were tightly closed. This frightened Zhao Qiang. He touched Yang Shiyun's forehead, which seemed to be a little hot. Could it be that Yang Shiyun was infected? Impossible. Her body structure is different from that of ordinary people. If she were infected, how could she have been infected?
Zhao Qiang couldn't understand it, but he didn't dare to take it lightly. He carefully placed Yang Shiyun on the bed in the laboratory. Because the power supply inside was cut off, the equipment in the laboratory could not be turned on. Of course, Zhao Qiang was not sure if the equipment would be effective for Yang Shiyun's current condition. It seemed that Yang Shiyun had suffered a stroke, and she was almost foaming at the corner of her mouth. This should be different from the symptoms of an infection.
Seeing Yang Shiyun trembling violently, Zhao Qiang could only hold her in his arms. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you'll be fine. I said you won't get infected, and that means you won't get infected." Zhao Qiang said domineeringly, but unfortunately Yang Shiyun couldn't hear him at the moment.
Boom, boom! There was a huge noise outside. Zhao Qiang glanced around and saw that Louis and the others had called for reinforcements. There were many soldiers patrolling the main roads of the city. It would only take a few minutes to send them over as the vanguard. The soldiers were digging through the collapsed floorboards and would soon be able to see the situation here. After a brief consideration, Zhao Qiang decided not to damage the equipment inside. These things were very important at the moment, and he couldn't let national grudges and competition get in the way at such a critical moment.
Yang Shiyun in his arms trembled even more violently. Zhao Qiang tried to scan her body to find the reason for her sudden fainting, but the situation remained the same. Zhao Qiang couldn't see through Yang Shiyun's body at all. Zhao Qiang thought of taking Yang Shiyun to the hospital, but then he thought that it was hard to say whether there would be any doctors in the hospitals in downtown New York at this time.
Zhao Qiang was extremely anxious. Fortunately, after a while, Yang Shiyun's body stopped trembling and then became completely still, as if she had stopped breathing. This was even more frightening to Zhao Qiang than her trembling earlier. He was worried that Yang Shiyun had died, so he kept checking her breathing. Thankfully, she was still breathing, just very slowly.
Zhao Qiang, holding Yang Shiyun, paced around the laboratory like a headless fly. He tried every method he could think of, but none of them worked for Yang Shiyun. No matter how much knowledge you have or how great your abilities are, you are powerless when it comes to other people's physical problems.
Boom! The people outside pried open a large section of the floorboards blocking their way. Their flashlight beams could be seen, and they would be able to get in soon. Zhao Qiang wasn't afraid of these American soldiers, and they wouldn't do anything to him. However, he wondered if Yang Shiyun, who was unconscious, would be mistaken for an infected person. Perhaps he should take her away first? As for the equipment here, Zhao Qiang had already made backups, and it wouldn't be difficult to remanufacture it. He could even improve the equipment in the room.
After thinking it over, Zhao Qiang decided to go to the mainframe of the small laboratory and remove the hard drive. Because of the lack of power, he didn't know what data was on the hard drive. This was something that could not be viewed by scanning. With the hard drive in his arms and Yang Shiyun in tow, Zhao Qiang decided to exit through another fracture point, avoiding contact with the American soldiers and preventing any misunderstandings.
Zhao Qiang was holding Yang Shiyun when he suddenly heard a faint voice, "Brother."
Zhao Qiang was stunned for a moment. His first reaction was to turn around and look around before he realized that the voice was right next to his ear.
"who?"
Yang Shiyun suddenly moved, wrapping her arms around Zhao Qiang's neck. She didn't speak, only silently shedding tears. Zhao Qiang was a little surprised, "You're awake? What happened just now? You scared me half to death."
Yang Shiyun shook her head: "I'm fine, everything is fine. I'm so happy to see you. Where are you taking me?"
Zhao Qiang said, "The Americans will be able to dig this far soon, so let's leave."
Yang Shiyun glanced around: "Hmm, but the things here..."
Zhao Qiang said, "I've already scanned the structural diagram, and the hard drive for the main unit is here too. The rest can be given to the Americans."
Yang Shiyun still hugged Zhao Qiang's neck affectionately, "Okay, whatever you say."
Zhao Qiang patted Yang Shiyun's head: "Are you really okay?"
Yang Shiyun said, "Of course, I'm perfectly fine now."
Zhao Qiang said, "Then why are you hugging me so affectionately?"
Yang Shiyun said, "Because I like you, I want to hold you like this every day from now on, so you can't be separated from me for even a moment."
Zhao Qiang said, "Personally, I welcome anyone, but aren't you afraid your sister will be jealous?"
"Her? I don't care about them," Yang Shiyun said domineeringly.
Zhao Qiang asked in confusion, "Are you alright?"
“You’re the one who’s sick,” Yang Shiyun said.
Zhao Qiang touched Yang Shiyun's forehead: "Are you really confused?"
Yang Shiyun pushed Zhao Qiang's hand away and suddenly said in a sweet voice, "Okay, brother, I won't tease you anymore."
Zhao Qiang was startled, then remembered hearing someone call him "brother" just now. "You, you are Xiao Wei?" Zhao Qiang immediately realized, could it be that another system in Yang Shiyun's body had been activated?
"Yes, brother, have you missed me?" Yang Shiyun said sweetly. Her tone was exactly like Xiao Wei's before, but thinking of her cold demeanor in the past, the contrast was too great.
Boom! It was the American soldiers outside who had successfully broken through the collapsed floorboards, and squads of soldiers rushed in. There were samples of the virus and treatment drugs inside, so how could they not be anxious?
Just as Zhao Qiang was about to express his thoughts, Yang Shiyun suddenly made a silencing gesture: "Don't make a sound, let's follow the Americans."
Zhao Qiang was puzzled, and Yang Shiyun whispered in his ear, "I created the virus. If I can help them resolve it, then I will. Otherwise, if it spreads globally, it will be a real catastrophe, and I will feel very sad."
Zhao Qiang was startled again: "What? You created it?"
Yang Shiyun gestured for silence again: "Alright, I'll explain slowly to you. Just don't talk and follow them."
Zhao Qiang asked in a low voice, "Then what about Yang Shiyun?"
"Hmph," a cold voice snorted, "You still remember me."
Zhao Qiang was completely baffled: "So now you have two systems sharing one body?"
Xiao Wei said, "More or less, but they'll merge very quickly."
Zhao Qiang rolled his eyes: "God, you two have completely different personalities, it's a miracle that you can get along."
Volume Two [Chapter 688] On the Road
【688】On the Road
"Don't move! Don't move!" The American soldier raised his gun and gestured at Zhao Qiang and his companion.
Zhao Qiang and Yang Shiyun raised their hands. Just then, Louis crawled in through the gap he had dug. "Where's the box? Where's the box?" Louis yelled. He knew the importance of the box, of course. Seeing Zhao Qiang, he grabbed him by the collar. "Tell me, where's the box?"
Zhao Qiang said, "I didn't keep the box, so why are you asking me for it?"
Louis released Zhao Qiang and frantically searched the ground. The box wasn't buried very deep, so Louis found it easily. When he saw that the box had been destroyed and most of the virus samples and treatment drugs had been broken, he was stunned. The thought that the virus might seep into the air made him immediately cover his nose. His life was more important.
"The box contains virus samples and treatment drugs. Handle it carefully," Louis instructed the American soldiers to complete the task.
"Yes, sir," someone stepped forward, saluted, and accepted the mission; for soldiers, carrying out orders was their duty.
"Sir, what else should we take with us when we leave?" the soldier asked Louis.
Louis hadn't seen the suddenly appearing laboratory yet, because he wasn't familiar with the area, and the addition of a laboratory didn't affect him at all. However, Martin was different; he had only just crawled in because of his injuries, and when he saw the suddenly appearing laboratory, he was stunned. "Th-what is that?"
Louis asked, puzzled, "Isn't this Professor Martin's lab? It looks very advanced."
Martin coughed and said, "No, no, that's not my lab. I've never seen this lab before."
Louis was even more puzzled: "What? You're saying there's a place in your lab that I've never seen before? Did it just spring up from underground?"
Martin stepped forward to examine the equipment in the laboratory and said, "That's right, you're right, it really did emerge from underground. The equipment here is all unheard of; it's very advanced. This is the first time I've ever seen something like this." Martin was, after all, an expert in this field. Although the equipment wasn't turned on, he could tell from its appearance alone that it was no ordinary device. Otherwise, his title of expert would be meaningless.
Louis's expression was grave. He was now the highest-ranking commander on the scene, so the decision rested with him. Louis immediately ordered the soldiers, "Guard them carefully. No one is to touch them."
The soldiers saluted: "Yes, sir."
Martin said to Yang Shiyun, "Sarah, you should know that you've probably never seen this laboratory before."
Yang Shiyun chuckled, "Yes, Professor, I thought it was your secret laboratory."
Martin straightened his face and said, "Nonsense, how could I run a secret lab? My research projects are overseen by the university and investors, so it's impossible for me to conduct secret experiments."
Yang Shiyun said, "Yes, yes, I misunderstood you, Professor. You don't look well. Have you been infected with the virus? You need to get treatment immediately, otherwise it will be troublesome if the virus flares up."
Martin's face was clouded with confusion: "I've already injected myself with the treatment."
Yang Shiyun said, "Your medicine doesn't seem to be working." Xiao Wei was the kind of person who spoke the truth, unlike Yang Shiyun who was more tactful.
Martin asked, "Do you have a better drug?"
Yang Shiyun remained silent, since Zhao Qiang hadn't revealed the truth to her. However, since Xiao Wei's system was already activated, Yang Shiyun was quite confident. With Zhao Qiang's super biochip, finding a cure for the madman virus shouldn't be difficult; the only challenge was time. Unfortunately, this virus spread extremely quickly, and time was of the essence.
Louis was consulting with headquarters when the sudden discovery of the research equipment caught him off guard. Upon learning that Professor Martin had declared the equipment useful, headquarters immediately ordered Louis to take Professor Martin back to headquarters, while another team remained at the university laboratory to oversee the equipment. Once its usefulness was confirmed, it would be transported back to headquarters.
Louis put down the communicator and said to Martin, "Professor, we should get going."
"No helicopters?" Martin looked around and asked, somewhat puzzled. Helicopters were currently the best mode of transportation in the city.
Louis said, "I'm sorry, Professor Martin, the city of New York is in complete chaos, and there are simply not enough helicopters to go around. The two helicopters that came to pick us up were pulled off the roof by the madmen and crashed, so we have to walk back to headquarters."
Martin asked, "Are you sure you can get through the chaotic neighborhood?"
Louis said, "We will send troops to protect the area as it passes through the city; there will definitely be no problem."
There was no other choice, Martin said. "Well, it's better than staying here."
At Louis's command, the American soldiers gathered on campus split into two teams. One team stayed in the laboratory to guard the equipment and prevent infected individuals from sabotaging it, while the other team drove with Louis back to headquarters. They were also there to protect Professor Martin and the virus treatment reagents. Louis originally planned to move a few more pieces of equipment, but they were too heavy. Even the military off-road vehicle could not bear the weight, and carrying them on the road would be a hassle, so he had to give up.
Martin climbed into the military off-road vehicle. His complexion grew worse with each passing moment, and his wounds were numb and itchy. Professor Martin wasn't sure how long he could hold on and hoped that the military scientists would find a more effective treatment as soon as possible; otherwise, his life would be in danger.
Zhao Qiang and Yang Shiyun got into the car with Martin. Louis said somewhat angrily, "What are you doing following us? Stay here."