Chapter 101: Disaster Plant (5th update, seeking monthly votes!!)

Zhao Yan looked at Ding Junyi tightly. Although she usually didn't like this colleague who had no emotional intelligence, she also knew at this time that the other party's rationality was far greater than her own, and it was precisely her communication and style that had brought about the rescue of Lin Xian's group.

Seeing Ding Junyi's busy appearance at this time, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she thought of something. She hurriedly called her student Xu Wen. "Little Xu, hurry, let's also copy and bring the research data."

"Ah? Why bring that?"

"This is our hard work!" Zhao Yan glanced at Ding Junyi and pulled Xu Wen to the side, whispering, "If we get out, these things can prove our value. If we want to find the original organization or the Apocalypse Federation to defect to, do you think these things are important or not?"

Xu Wen gasped upon hearing this, and nodded solemnly, knowing the importance of this matter. As researchers, this research data might become their capital for survival later. Thinking of this, the two ran to their computers and began to download the data.

Han Qiming, who was on the side, saw the actions of the three and also understood. He joined the process of downloading data.

Ding Junyi didn't care about the thoughts of the other three. Besides research data, she also downloaded the holographic structure map of the underground city and the notes and information of various cabin areas, along with the surveillance information that could be backed up. At this time, she looked at the three people who were moving rapidly in the surveillance, and thought of something else, so she began to search for relevant information inside the underground city transport train system in the system.

Not long after, the figures of Lin Xian and the three disappeared from the surveillance. Judging from the area just now, they had already passed the D23 area, and the distance to the F13 area where they were should be only a few hundred meters left.

But the surveillance in the corridors and passage areas outside them had been damaged, so Ding Junyi couldn't see the actions of Lin Xian and the others.

So she got up after finishing everything, walked quickly to the laboratory, and arrived at the blocked hall. There was an isolation door here, which was their last line of defense.

Zhao Yan, Xu Wen, and Han Qiming also followed out. Seeing Ding Junyi standing by the door, they didn't dare to walk over.

"Are they coming?" Han Qiming shouted.

Xu Wen looked anxious. "Director Ding, are you going to open the door? It seems like there's no one outside."

The three retreated far away, not daring to approach the big door, for fear that as soon as the door opened, countless man-eating monsters would swarm in.

And Ding Junyi just signaled for the few people to be quiet, then stood quietly behind the isolation door, her slender fingers placed lightly on the door-opening key.

*Thump, thump, thump, thump. *

Inside the highly sealed and soundproof isolation door, almost all sounds were cut off. The hall was incomparably quiet, and the few people waiting for rescue felt as if they could hear their own heartbeats.

No one knew what kind of situation everyone would face after that door opened.

It could be rescue personnel descending from the sky, or it could be terrifying monsters swarming in.

At this moment, everyone's heart was suspended.

Ding Junyi listened to the movement outside with focus, her expression calm, as if she didn't carry any emotional color. Suddenly, her gaze flickered, and she decisively pressed her finger.

*Hiss~*

The isolation door, which had been sealed for many days, suddenly opened, and the cold air surged in suddenly.

*Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat! *

Violent gunfire resounded. Almost the moment the isolation door opened, three figures wearing gas masks suddenly surged in, followed by the wailing of countless zombies.

*Hum! *

After Kiki rushed in, she waved her hand back, and an invisible telekinetic barrier surged, instantly blowing the zombies chasing behind flying.

"Ah!! ~"

This terrifying scene made Zhao Yan, Xu Wen, and Han Qiming shrink into the corner, Han Qiming even holding a stool in front of him.

"Wow, the door opened just in time." As soon as Kiki entered, she looked at Ding Junyi at the door in surprise.

And at this time, Ding Junyi pressed the door-closing key again.

*Clang~*

The isolation door closed, and the thunderous wailing was cut off. The lights in the research area hall were bright, and the interior was clean and tidy, which was a world of difference from the bloody and deathly atmosphere outside just now.

Afterward, Ding Junyi turned around, facing the three, and slowly raised her hands high.

"I am Ding Junyi. The air warning system didn't issue an alarm, so you don't need to worry about air problems. You can take off your gas masks." Lin Xian pointed his gun at Ding Junyi. The other party raised her hands high, her expression calm, and her whole body was written with harmlessness.

Seeing this woman, a hint of surprise flashed in his heart.

Calm, logical, as if she didn't carry any emotional color. Her features couldn't be called stunning but belonged to the exquisite and durable type. Gold-rimmed glasses, a white long coat, jeans, and short high heels—her whole body exuded a high-knowledge and cold-beauty aura.

Lin Xian took off his gas mask, took a breath, turned his head to look at Zhao Yan, Xu Wen, and the others, and said with a scrutinizing gaze, "There are only four of you, right?"

"Zhao Yan, PhD in Molecular Biology, Federation Level 1 scientific research talent asset. Xu Wen, PhD in Biochemistry, Federation Level 1 scientific research talent asset. Han Qiming, PhD in Microbiology and also an ecology expert."

Ding Junyi introduced while raising her hands high. She didn't talk nonsense, directly and rapidly expounding the value of the few people to Lin Xian.

The words were concise, without any dragging of feet, as if trying to tell Lin Xian that the people he saved were not ordinary people, and if he wanted to kill them, he at least needed to consider it more.

"We don't possess any weapons and are willing to cooperate with all your actions. If you save us, you can exchange for a certain interest value from the original Federation government team or the New Apocalypse Federation organization."

"Right, right, right. We can provide value. Don't hurt us!" Xu Wen looked pleading and nodded repeatedly.

"We are just researchers and have no hostility."

"Yes, yes."

!

Zhao Yan and Han Qiming also said hurriedly.

Lin Xian's gaze tightened.

"Didn't you just say that you were already abandoned assets?"

Ding Junyi didn't refute, saying:

"In terms of rescue difficulty comparison, we belong to the abandoned, but as long as we are alive, for the official authorities, our existence still has a certain value."

Lin Xian couldn't help but sneer in his heart upon hearing this.

Abandoned and still talking about value—it was indeed the logic of intellectuals, both profound and shitty.

However, from the perspective of survival, it was very reasonable. These researchers could only have a better way out by joining government organizations. In this situation, what was the point of struggling with whether they were assets or human rights?

"Dalou, check them." Lin Xian signaled to Dalou.

Afterward, Dalou held his gun and walked over. His huge figure scared Zhao Yan and the others into retreating repeatedly.

He held the gun and lifted the research uniforms of the few people to check, confirming that there were no weapons, and then nodded to Lin Xian.

"Wow, what is this stuff?!"

At this time, Kiki, who had just taken off her gas mask, suddenly saw something and ran over in a few steps. She saw a sealed transparent cultivation room in the laboratory, in which a plant similar to a chrysanthemum was growing, but the difference was that this was a nearly pure black flower, and the center of the flower cluster was dotted with scarlet, which looked very strange.

"Disaster Blood Plant. We call this one No. 1. It was discovered during the first polar night." That woman named Xu Wen walked up nervously at this time. "From the leaves, stems, and inflorescence, it is clearly Asteraceae, but this seems to be some kind of mutated classification, because it was discovered growing on..."

"Growing on corpses!" Ding Junyi responded coldly.

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