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The radio outside the building reported the news that the Second Ring Road received victims from the Third Ring Road.In the news broadcast for the residents of the first and second ring roads, the anchor described it like this: Although the sea ghost tide broke out suddenly and the third ring road was lost, the disaster relief work was carried out in an orderly manner.In order to ensure the safety and stability of the Second Ring Road, the surviving people will be placed in a newly built isolation area near the checkpoint to wait for testing.In the face of disasters, people showed strong cohesion and worked together to overcome difficulties.The city defense force of the main city and the headquarters of the Security Bureau have joined forces to select the most elite fighters equipped with advanced weapons and form hundreds of armed special operations teams to defend the safety of the main city. In the future, human beings will be able to expel the former defeated generals from the main city, and regain a comfortable and happy life...

The anchor's voice was impassioned and full of hope, but Lou Yue's office was lifeless.In this neat and simple office, there are three top leaders of the security department in the main city, as well as a top scientist of the research institute and a member of the think tank group.

After a while, Lou Yue's expression changed again and again: "Do you still study biological weapons?"

"It's just a propaganda and appeasement strategy. If we hadn't tried our best to stop it, those people in the propaganda department would even say that we can cast a spell and wipe out all the sea ghosts." Yan Ai said, "Of course, if I can do this magic Spell, I want to get the water out of their minds first."

"Speaking of business, have the things I brought last time been found out? Is it a problem with the magic reagent?"

"The talisman reagent is Professor Yuan Qiong's most significant breakthrough in the study of sea ghosts, and it is also one of the keys for humans to repel sea ghosts and build a main city 50 years ago. From the existing sea ghost autopsy and experimental results, the reagents are not There is no invalidation." Yan Ai handed the test results to Lou Yue, "But the reagents distributed to the front-line personnel did not contain active ingredients, your previous guess was correct, the reagents were secretly replaced."

Lou Yue looked down at the test report and said, "Someone in the Comprehensive Management Department of the Third Ring Hospital, which is responsible for the production and distribution of reagents, was infected with parasitism. It was because the review work was not done well, which caused a catastrophe."

In fact, the personnel in charge of this production and transportation chain at that time were all tested by the magic reagent reagent according to the regulations of their superiors, but the sea ghost took advantage of the time difference in waiting in line to switch the reagent and escaped the test.

"Even if the re-inspection finds a problem with the reagents, we don't know if there are any parasitic sea ghosts among the remaining staff." Yan Ai said, "The sea ghost reagents are being re-produced in large quantities, and all personnel involved in the production and re-inspection must Mandatory testing is carried out every two hours, but this still cannot ensure safety. The division of labor and cooperation in human society is the basis for our efficient development, but similarly, if any of the chains is affected, all will be lost. Sea ghosts can They sneaked into human organizations again and again, from the head of the temporary isolation zone at the beginning to the front-line military and police inspection team, and then to the comprehensive management department of the Third Ring Hospital. They seem to understand our social structure and organization very well form." Yan Ai said, "but we know very little about them."

After a pause, Yan Ai added: "We only know now that the manager of the sea ghosts may be the No. 1 sea ghost back then, and it somehow established a cross-species relationship with Ran Yu three months ago. and used the puppet virus to tamper with part of Ran Yu's memory, making him firmly believe that the sea ghost was his own brother named Ran Qiu. At first we doubted that Ran Yu had not been infected, and thought that Ran Yu Yu may be a new type of parasitic sea ghost that cannot be detected by existing technology, but recently we discovered that Ran Qiu—although it is awkward to call it by a human name, but for the sake of convenience, he does not go to The infection didn't eat Ran Yu either, it seems to have a more important purpose."

"Let Ran Yu act as your eyes and ears, and go to the city to find out the news, just like using a bug." Lou Yue's face was clouded.

Albert discovered Ran Yu's anomaly before, but when he wanted to arrest and deal with Ran Yu quietly, he was intercepted by Lou Yue.Captain Lou rejected all of Albert's drastic actions on the grounds of Ran Yu's meritorious service and future research value. After a lot of wrangling, the two sides reached a consensus to let Ran Yu stay in the scientific research institute to wait for observation.Of course, one of Albert's compromise conditions is that Lou Yue and Yan Ai are obliged to share all subsequent anomalies discovered in Ran Yu's body, and they must not hide them.

This request was indeed out of consideration for the safety of the main city, and Lou Yue knew this, so he had to agree—but it also means that if Ran Yu is found to be dangerous to the main city or responsible for the fall of the third ring road, even Lou Yue Can't keep him either.Not only is he powerless, but he has no position.

Albert and Old Wei have already learned the whole story of Ran Yu's problems, and regard it as one of the important breakthroughs in the current predicament.

"The question is, why did Ran Qiu spend so long with Ran Yu, an ordinary human being, and establish a cross-species connection, and also took the risk that Ran Yu might not be able to successfully enter the city?" Albert said, "If the cross-species The connection requires physical distance or special measures. Why didn't Ran Qiu spread the net widely to increase the probability of letting his "eyes and ears" enter the city for reconnaissance? Or start with the staff at the city inspection office? Or through the human traitors in the city, For example, the masterminds of the Ginkgo Road Mutual Aid Association who started the riot before and have not been arrested, they must be willing to take on the role of being connected, and they have the ability to enter and leave the city illegally-doesn’t cheating on the entrance exam involve illegal entry into the city? In short, Ran The time when Qiu stayed next to Ran Yu pretending to be a human always made me feel weird."

Yan Ai: "The current research shows that the connection in Ran Yu is indeed continuous and stable. In addition, considering the first batch of sea ghosts that appeared in the main city, it stands to reason that the connection within the sea ghost is more stable and continuous. According to what Captain Lou said, when Ran Yu sleepwalked close to the city defense post for the first time, there should have been sea ghosts lurking in the city. If Ran Qiu wanted to obtain information as a leader, why did he not use the same species to cross over through Ran Yu? The connection of species is also very strange. Even the deputy director who illegally stole the data at that time was controlled by the puppet virus and had the real power to enter and leave the city. Why didn't Ran Qiu directly contact the deputy director, but kept in touch with Ran Metaphor?"

Director Wei added: "And we still haven't found out how the first batch of sea ghosts appeared in the main city. Sea ghosts need to eat people, and the recorded cases of disappearances all happened within two to three months. There has been no slack in the inspection of entering the city. Everyone in the main city has traces of their daily activities and scores to check. If the outbreak of sea ghosts in the city is a spark that ignites a large grassland, then the first spark How did Zi appear in the city?"

……

However, all these mysteries concerning the future of the main city cannot be solved at this time.

This is a small meeting in the gap between evacuation of the people and emergency rescue and disaster relief. After the discussion of the problem, the meeting will end immediately. Everyone must return to their jobs and submit a simplified written statement to the city lord's office. Report.In fact, during the impromptu meeting of just half an hour.Their communicators were receiving messages from all parties almost without a break.Before leaving, Albert, who usually acted very old-fashioned, rarely relaxed his expression, and hesitated to speak.He exchanged a few glances with Old Wei.

Lou Yue saw all these interactions.Lou Yue made a lot of speculations in his heart. Although these two usually shirk each other because of their positions and interests, they still know the importance at critical moments, and their experience and ability are also worthy of their positions.So he asked, "Anything else?"

Albert tried to create a relaxed atmosphere for talking about family affairs, but it obviously failed. The only effect was that the sharp crow's feet in the corners of his eyes became more relaxed, showing a kind look: "Take this opportunity, I just want to ask you Captain Lou apologizes. The last time the situation was urgent, I didn’t know the relationship between the two of you, so I didn’t take your feelings into consideration. I learned some things recently, and I hope Captain Lou can distinguish between public and private. I know you must be very upset after your lover is under house arrest. It's easy, but there will be no eggs under the overturned nest, I believe you will not be too rigid about the small family in the face of the big situation."

Lou Yue: "...May I ask what you learned? We are just friends."

"Oh?" This time it was Albert who was taken aback, "But it is said that you got married not long after Ran Yu entered the city, and the wedding room is your dormitory. Don't worry, even though my wife is a woman and is of the same sex in the main city Marriage rates are low, but I'm not that chauvinistic fanatic."

Yan Ai's astonishment at this time was no less than that of Lou Yue, but she quickly looked at Lou Yue narrowly, with complex emotions such as "I see" and "What a beast" written all over her face.

Once the word "supposedly" is used, it means that the source of the information is ambiguous, and the versions that have been repeated many times have already distorted the facts.Lou Yue didn't want to refute verbally, but his heart moved secretly, like a wooden stake lightly hitting a clock, and the accompanying tremor made his heart numb for a while, and all the abnormalities disappeared quickly.

After Albert and Wei left, Yan Ai was about to leave but was stopped by Lou Yue.

"Oh, there's one more thing," Lou Yue said, "I brought Professor Yuan Qiong to Yihuan, and he seems a little unhappy. I'll trouble you to take care of me during this time."

"You were able to invite him here?" Yan Ai didn't hide his surprise, "At that time, the old leader couldn't do it no matter how hard he tried, Captain Lou really had a few tricks...Okay, I'll go see him right now. Is Professor Yuan in the inspection team now?"

"He may not be able to see you now," Lou Yue twitched the corner of his mouth, "In the living room of the scientific research institute, Deputy Xiang should have arrived, you can go now if you want."

Afterwards, Lou Yue offered to drive Yan Ai back to the research institute if he had half an hour to spare.

Yan Ai thought to himself, maybe this is the old book saying that drunkards don't care about drinking.But anyone with normal intelligence can guess what Lou Yue wants to do when Albert has no time to attend to him.

Ten minutes later, Yan Ai came to the living room of the scientific research institute, and finally understood what Lou Yue meant by "a little bit unhappy".

Yuan Qiong was wrapped in a sack and carried over abruptly.

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The author has something to say:

I really can’t bear it anymore, let’s start with a short orz chapter

Before 12 o'clock tonight (maybe) there will be a new chapter drop, the identity of the single group will probably be mentioned in the next chapter or the next chapter (pushing glasses)

PS: In fact, her identity is not too difficult to guess. Use your cute and smart little head to think about the clues given in the previous article and you can definitely guess it! (Make a fist and knock on the blackboard