implication [end times]

Xiang An and Shi Xun drove to the storage center, it was almost one o'clock in the morning, the wind was chilly in the middle of the night, and the black shadows of the trees on the side of the road quickly passed by, and the car was very quiet.Perhaps because of the calculations in his heart, Shi Xun found that many things that he used to take for granted now become very conspicuous.

For example, they passed the big turntable in the center of the second ring road, and inside the turntable was a sculpture of the city lord.The city lord was wearing a combat uniform and carrying a machine gun, looking tall and mighty. Behind him were many people who looked up to and followed him.This kind of shape can be seen everywhere in the main city, not only statues, but also posters, murals, book covers, and detailed historical materials in museums... The face of the city lord is like his control, everywhere, but because he is used to it ignored.

While driving, Xiang An Xiang wondered if his robbery just now was too proficient and frightened the scientist, so he coughed lightly and explained: "Professor Shi, in fact, my leaders taught me these things. It's just work. Need... my family style is very upright, my aunt taught me to be a good person since I was a child."

Shi Xun came back to his senses, smiled lightly and said, "Yes, I understand. I just lost my mind and was thinking about something."

"Ah, that's good." Xiang An Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly said vaguely, "Then you and my aunt..."

There was a car speeding past on the side of the road, and the sound of tires rubbing against the ground drowned out Xiang Anping's voice.Shi Xun asked: "What?"

Xiang An Ning swallowed the words on his lips: "Ah, it's nothing, there are still twenty minutes to arrive."

The communicator on the wrist vibrated slightly, and Shi Xun received a message from Yuan Qiong, saying that he suddenly thought of something strange in the laboratory back then and wanted to discuss it with her.

Shi Xun dialed the other party's number.The voice from the communicator was a little excited: "I suddenly remembered, do you remember that you have a brother named Gong Xiao? He is usually very stupid, and he can't keep up with the rhythm of experiments, but he believes that hard work can make up for it?"

"Remember," Shi Xun paused, "I saw him tonight."

Yuan Qiong's tone was a little anxious: "how are you now? I seem to hear the sound of the engine, are you in the car?"

"I'm fine, I didn't run into him head-on." Shi Xun thought for a while, and decided to tell the truth, "I took a blood sample from him, and I'm on my way to the backup storage center of the scientific research institute. Because I want to confirm some guesses."

Yuan Qiong was silent for a while, and said, "You guessed it too."

The reason why Yuan Qiong and Shi Xun carried out the memory copying experiment was because of Gong Xiao, or the intention of the city lord behind Gong Xiao.

There are such a group of people in the main city. They are no different from ordinary people in their respective jobs. Usually, their positions are not high, and there are layers of leaders on their heads.But no one knows that they are directly ordered by the city lord. They are the hands and eyes of the city lord everywhere in this magnificent city, and they are also the most sensitive nerve synapses.They are found in all walks of life and in the streets and alleys of the community, but they do not know each other's identities.

This is a rumor that sounds very familiar, and its other version is the chiefs of the Red Tea system.There are a lot of people gathered in the main city, and there are always a lot of rumors. People will choose what they want to believe to accept, and then spread it according to their own version.

People like Yuan Qiong and Shi Xun who are devoted to academic research have no time to take care of these things. To them, Gong Xiao is a student and senior brother with mediocre qualifications but a generous personality.In the crowd of ordinary people, he is regarded as the best, but in Yuan Qiong's team, he is the tail of the crane.Different from others, what Gong Xiao stands out in the research group is not the ability to do scientific research, but the success rate of applying for projects.

The usual funds of various departments and research groups in the scientific research institute are provided by projects one by one.For a period of time, the projects applied by Yuan Qiong's research group were repeatedly rejected, and the researchers' subsidies were almost exhausted.At that time, Gong Xiao took out a draft and said that he wanted to try his luck to apply for an S-level project. He also said that he had acquaintances in the project approval committee and had inquired about it. The possibility of passing this topic was very high.Yuan Qiong and others were hesitant about this, because the risk of this plan was too great, and it was easy to make mistakes on ethical issues, and then they were invited to drink tea by relevant departments and were resisted by the public.

But its allure seems greater. The funds of the S-class project are rich enough to support other stranded projects to continue to operate.In addition, the forward-looking and breakthrough nature of the topic made Yuan Qiong, who had no new achievements for a long time, feel excited.

The application for project approval went smoothly, and the progress far exceeded Yuan Qiong's expectations.The theory of using the gene fragments of sea ghost virus to help copy memory is perfected, but the selection of experimental subjects is in trouble.The ethics review team of the Academy of Sciences was indeed very strict, restricting them with the most basic humanitarian principles in the laws of the main city.In their words, this level of research is enough, and Yuan Qiong's research team is required to submit all the results immediately.

Soon afterwards, accidents happened to Yuan Qiong and Shi Xun one after another, some other members of the research team changed careers and some got into accidents, completely lost contact with each other.Only Gong Xiao is still working in the scientific research institute. He resigned suddenly a few months ago and is no where to be seen.Of course, these cannot be regarded as evidence. What made Shi Xun and others suspicious was actually some abnormal behaviors of Gong Xiao during the research process. Many small things may not be remembered clearly, but the strange feeling will remain in the heart.

Shi Xun said: "If it goes well tonight, all speculations can be confirmed. But the operation of that machine was carried out under your guidance. If I encounter difficulties later, can I call you for help?" ?”

There was a burst of noise from the communicator: "You can't do it alone, I'm on my way."

Before Shi Xun could stop him, the call was hung up.Yuan Qiong's health is very bad now, and it's such a late night, Shi Xun is very worried, and wants to call back to dissuade him, but he still can't get through, and he hasn't received a reply to the message he sent.

It just so happened that Lou Yue called to inquire at this time, and Shi Xun explained the current situation.Lou Yue said, it's okay, I'll make arrangements.

When Shi Xun arrived at the back door of the storage center, there were already two inspectors waiting at the door.Xiang An Xiang waved to the two of them: "Da Huang, Xiao Wang, are you done?"

"Sure!" Rhubarb waved the key in his hand, and made a gesture of invitation, "As long as you don't blow this up, use it as you like."

Shi Xun nodded in thanks. She thought it was not easy to get the right to use it in such a short period of time, and she was already mentally prepared to simplify everything. She decided to use the machine to analyze the samples and bring them back to the laboratory of the City Defense Military Region for further analysis. for further processing.But when they entered the door, they found out that Da Huang and the others had borrowed the aseptic laboratory in the storage center.The modified machine, DNA sequencer, centrifuge, ultrasonic cleaning machine, sea ghost virus preserved in a protein protective agent... all kinds of equipment are available, and it is to the extent that you can directly work with the samples.

Da Huang: "Professor Shi, you are busy first. Professor Yuan and Team Lou are on the way."

Lou Yue and Yuan Qiong arrived one after the other, and Lou Yue arrived first.At that time, Shi Xun had finished separating and extracting the virus gene fragments, took off his protective clothing for disinfection, and was waiting for the machine to run the data outside the laboratory. He was bored while waiting, looking down at the blood vessels on his arm, holding the needle in his hand, Make gestures above.

Lou Yue asked: "Are you planning to give yourself another injection? Aren't you afraid that Gong Xiao's personality will take over your territory and continue to keep his mouth shut?"

"It is possible to regulate gene expression by targeting the cells that record Gong Xiao's memory with inhibitory proteins. When we copy the sequence later, we can pay attention to controlling some variables. It is theoretically feasible, but it has not been tested before." Shi Xun shrugged , "You know, ethical risk. Let's discuss it when Professor Yuan comes. It's not too difficult."

"Can your current body still bear it?" Lou Yue said, "It is said that taking on an extra memory will put a heavy burden on the body, and there will be rejection."

Shi Xun smiled indifferently: "There is no need to worry, I can feel that my time is numbered."

After finishing speaking, Shi Xun suddenly put away his smile and became a little more serious.She told Lou Yue, "Don't tell Yan Ai."

Lou Yue raised his eyes and asked, "Do you remember?"

Shi Xun shook his head: "No. But I feel that she will be very sad when she finds out. In the current situation, no one knows how long they can live. Every day less sad is like one day."

"it is good."

Yuan Qiong arrived at this time. He looked haggard, but he was in good spirits.After he came in, he still ignored Lou Yue, pulled Shi Xun up and went to tinker with the precious machine he hadn't seen for a long time.

Lou Yue didn't speak, he turned and left the laboratory, handing it over to the teacher and the student.The laboratory with the best conditions in the storage center is very difficult to borrow. Lou Yue did not go through the formal process, and directly asked people to equip the locks and then brought them in. With the captain of the inspector, no one dared to bother to do it even if they were discovered. experimenter.

While waiting at the door, Lou Yue contacted the person in charge of the temporary inspection team of the City Defense Military Region.On the way he rushed over, a batch of magic talisman reagents in Yihuan's inventory had arrived, and the testing of the frontline combatants obviously had to be completed overnight.The testing team checked the list of people who had passed the test, but did not find Ran Yu's record.The uneasiness in Lou Yue's heart expanded little by little.

It was nearly two o'clock in the morning, and the night outside was heavy with dew. Lou Yue sent Xiang An Ning and others to take turns to rest in the car and followed them.After an unknown amount of time, there was a sudden dispute outside the laboratory, and Shi Xun shouted loudly: "Teacher, no!"

Surprised, Lou Yue hurriedly pushed the door open and went in, only to see Yuan Qiong covering a point on his arm with a cotton ball, and shouted impatiently: "What's wrong, the thing I made is of course an experiment on myself. You It's still my student, grabbing things from the teacher."

"But your health is too bad now, something will happen," Shi Xun was so anxious that his voice sounded a little crying, "it's agreed that I'll come."

Yuan Qiong's tone softened a bit: "You are my most proud student, you live longer than me, keep going, and finish what I haven't finished. Drive the sea ghosts out, drive them back into the sea, Or completely wiped out. I may not be able to do this while I am alive, but you have to do it."

Shi Xun: "But..."

"Not so many but," Yuan Qiong said, "just treat it as the last homework I assign to you, you will never let me down, right?"

Shi Xun's eyes were filled with tears, and she nodded with her eyebrows tightly frowned.

"This is the student I have taught." As soon as the words fell, Yuan Qiong suddenly shook and fell down in convulsions.

Perhaps because of the strong rejection, Yuan Qiong fell into a high fever and fell into a coma.

The busyness of the Second Ring Hospital did not decrease by half at night.Doctors and nurses hurried through the corridors with medical records and medicines, and the lights outside the operating room went off and on again, and countless unknown lives and deaths were determined in the blink of an eye.

Yuan Qiong's condition cannot be alleviated by medicine, let alone surgery, which is beyond the capabilities of doctors.The hospital had no choice but to arrange a single ward with the best conditions, and gave him a bottle of sodium chloride injection in time, and gave him a bottle of glucose after the blood sugar test results came out.

The glucose injection flowed into Yuan Qiong's vein from the transparent hose drop by drop. After the medicine bottle was more than half empty, Yuan Qiong moved his fingers and slowly opened his eyes.

Shi Xun, who was guarding in front of the hospital bed, first noticed Yuan Qiong's waking up. She asked the teacher's condition in surprise, but the teacher waved his hand slowly and stared straight at the ceiling.Shi Xun didn't bother. She was familiar with Yuan Qiong's expression. It was the expression that only appeared on Professor Yuan's face when there was a major error in the experiment and it was necessary to completely overthrow it.After two or three minutes, Yuan Qiong closed his eyes and said dryly: "Call Lou Yue over, don't disturb the others, I have something to say."

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The author has something to say:

It seems to be broken in a place that needs to be beaten (scratching head

I will continue to update tomorrow, and I should be able to finish writing before dark... right?