Chapter 97: Cooperation (1st update, seeking monthly votes)

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As soon as the words fell, the few people in the laboratory became nervous immediately, their gazes cast toward Ding Junyi. Thinking it over, they certainly knew that there was nothing in this broken laboratory that could be presented as a condition, so they could only listen to Ding Junyi's analysis. And Ding Junyi walked up at this time, without too much hesitation, and said directly:

"We possess P3-level management permission for the underground city. Except for a very small number of specific areas, residential areas, commercial areas, entertainment areas, industrial areas, storage levels, animal and plant and cultural asset protection levels, research levels, and various rapid passages, we can all cooperate with you to enter and obtain supplies. Although after the migration, in the situation of an emergency abandonment of a city of hundreds of thousands of people, there must still be quite a few valuable supplies left."

"In addition, we also know the parking location of a Twin Star 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive. The small micro-nuclear power DRX power pile device on this electric locomotive has a thermal power of 290 megawatts. Besides that, if you need the research data of our biological laboratory, we can also provide it, but it needs to be two-way confidential to avoid us suffering political trials by the Federation government."

She stated all the chips she had analyzed. Xu Wen on the side looked nervous and said in a low voice,

"Then the third point... should we say it or not."

Although it sounded very resistant at first, when she really faced the negotiation, she wished she could pour out all the conditions just to survive.

"No need." Ding Junyi took her finger off the response button and said faintly: "If they save us, we will obtain the right to life, but at the same time, we will also lose other rights. By then, whatever they want to do to us will not be something we can decide."

The few people here were all ordinary people, and it could even be said that they had no strength to truss a chicken. In this situation, they could only treat Lin Xian and others as saviors, while also considering the possibility that the other party were bandits and thugs.

Han Qiming looked ugly. "Is it possible that it's not that exaggerated? Look at those three women; they don't look like the kind of people who would do anything to a man like me. Looking at their faces, they don't look like vicious people."

Zhao Yan looked at him with a strange expression.

"Professor Han, you're confused. Do you think Director Ding is talking about those three girls? Do you want to look at that 2-meter-tall big guy?"

"What?!!"

As soon as these words were out, Han Qiming's face turned green, and his legs trembled. "N-n-no way."

Ding Junyi rubbed her eyebrows, really unable to understand why these people always focused on these unimportant points.

On the "Infinite," Lin Xian and Kiki heard what Ding Junyi said, and their eyes lit up.

"My God, a Twin Star 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive, wow!" Kiki exclaimed. "Lin Xian, it sounds good, eh."

Lin Xian looked surprised, looked at Chen Sixuan and the others, and gave a strange smile.

"This woman is so smart. But according to her statement, they don't have any material resources; what they possess is just a bit of permission and information."

A huge underground city that was evacuated in an emergency must have left behind quite a few supplies. But such a statement was too general, and it didn't have much value for Lin Xian and the others. They certainly knew that there would be some gains inside.

It was just that these unknown gains couldn't be assessed for risk, and they were far less meaningful than the Twin Star 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive the other party mentioned. It was just that Ding Junyi directly brought up this matter, giving Lin Xian a sense of *déjà vu* that the other party understood his purpose.

"If that's the case, then actually we don't need to go through them at all. Give me some time to hack into this system, won't that do?"

Kiki said directly.

"How long will it take?"

"I'll know after connecting. But in a situation like this, the main control AI must have been moved away. What's left should be a subsystem. I guess... five."

"Then there's no need."

Lin Xian said: "Maybe saving them is even simpler. And if this group of people really is a research team, perhaps there is a lot of information we need. Plus, they are relatively familiar with the internal situation of the current underground city. In this situation, the efficiency of cooperation is definitely greater than confrontation."

"Then will they be lying to us?" Chen Sixuan knew Lin Xian's intention, but also said with worry.

"Let's see, girl!"

Lin Xian pointed to the roof of the train, and Kiki understood immediately.

Soon, two drones on the roof of the Infinite rose and quickly flew toward the sky above the underground city.

"The wind and snow are too heavy, the imaging effect is not good."

In the information center, Kiki complained while operating the drone.

"It doesn't matter." Lin Xian said: "Take advantage of the fact that it's not dark yet to observe. It can help us judge the general situation. Let's look below first..."

"Alright~" Kiki pouted, looking at the underground city tunnel that had completely fallen into silence, and said: "It looks about the same as what they said. There's no movement of living people."

"If only there were a thermal imaging system. This kind of place is the most suitable."

Lin Xian nodded. "The large aerial nocturnal body they mentioned just now might be that atmospheric jellyfish we saw last night, but I don't know what the hell that underground creature is."

Chen Sixuan said: "It looks much more dangerous than we imagined. Even if we go in, we can't stay too long." "Then prioritize the Twin Star 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive as the target, and we can decide on the rest according to the situation." Lin Xian said at this time: "Can you locate the 52nd floor where they are?"

Kiki shook her head: "No, leaving the horizon will lose the signal. It's too dark below, and I can't see anything. But look, there is a downward tunnel ahead. After opening the door, the train can drive directly down into the underground city."

"It's very normal to set up underground tracks for cargo transport in such a large underground city."

Staying on the train, the grasp of dealing with zombies would be higher. Plus, if they wanted to move supplies, it would be more convenient to have elevators inside.

But driving a train into a sealed, fallen underground city was somewhat risky.

Lin Xian pondered slightly and looked at Kiki: "What do you think?"

"There must be risks." Kiki supported her chin and looked at Lin Xian. "But what the other party said sounds very much in line with our expected purpose. The only problem is that I don't know what kind of anomalies are inside, and that underground creature that sounds a bit scary..."

Lin Xian nodded: "Energy is a big problem and the key to our subsequent survival. But I have also reserved 1-2 days for this place, the purpose of which is to improve the Infinite's protection and detection systems before going up to the high-altitude corridor. The life-support system and weapon system are also very critical..."

"So?"

"I think this risk is worth taking." Lin Xian said in a deep voice.

!

An empty underground city was right in front of him. If he didn't even try to explore this, it would be too unfair to his mechanical ability. Not to mention that he already had information about the nuclear-powered electric locomotive. Such an apocalyptic artifact, he had to try it out no matter what!

"Okay!" Kiki raised her hand actively. "I agree."

Hearing Lin Xian's words, Chen Sixuan and the others also exchanged glances and looked at Lin Xian with approving eyes.

Everyone knew that the key to current survival was the Infinite train, and Lin Xian, as a mechanical ability user, had the absolute right to speak in this regard. If there was a chance to improve the train's safety, the effect would definitely be greater than obtaining ordinary daily supplies.

On the other side, in the laboratory, Zhao Yan, Xu Wen, and Han Qiming felt incomparably tormented. It wasn't easy for them to wait for a team that could provide rescue before the polar night, and they saw a glimmer of hope. But the other party had no obligation to risk their lives to save them, so they could only pray that the conditions Ding Junyi offered could move the other party.

"Will they really agree? There's no food or water here, and I don't know if there are any weapons in the military area. Will they really save us for that nuclear-powered electric locomotive that I don't know if it can be used?"

Xu Wen looked desperate. Although Ding Junyi's analysis sounded reasonable to them, when they thought about it carefully, they felt that it didn't count as any condition at all.

The other party had ability users and might not need their help at all to enter the underground city. Not to mention that the Twin Star 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive was just information in theory. In reality, the 95th floor had been disconnected from the system for many days, and they didn't know what the situation below was like at all.

It seemed that saying these things didn't sound as likely as food and weapons.

It was even more likely that there was sexual value or that they were expecting the other party's savior conscience to explode to save their fellow human beings.

Thinking of this, the expressions of several people became even more flustered.

Xu Wen walked back and forth anxiously, watching the transponder not reply, and became anxious. She immediately prepared to rush to the transponder.

"What are you doing?" Ding Junyi asked.

"I... I'll tell them there's a lot of food here, a lot of water, and a large number of weapons. That way, maybe I can move them!"

As soon as these words were out, Zhao Yan and Han Qiming also looked over with complex gazes.

They all knew that Xu Wen was a bit sick and seeking medical advice, but they were also in a mess and couldn't calm down at all.

Ding Junyi looked at her coldly. "I know what you're thinking, but I suggest you'd better not do that."

"Why?!!" Xu Wen was a bit hysterical, her eyes red. "The conditions you mentioned, I think they can't move them at all. If there's nothing more practical..."

"Then are the things you fabricated very practical?"

"But... but..."

Ding Junyi looked at the other two people. "Judging from rationality, if the other party has no ideas about the first condition, then we are actually equivalent to having no value for rescue. And even if we guessed right and the other party reaches a temporary friendly cooperation with us, this seemingly friendly cooperation is actually very fragile, because our existence is not necessary and essential to the other party. In other words, they can completely kill us all after using us, and we have no choice. In this negotiation where subsequent survival depends entirely on the other party's moral level, do you think it's rational to use lies to induce the other party to save us?"

Xu Wen was left speechless by her, her face terrified, her lips dry, and the hand reaching for the transponder button trembled slightly in the air, then slowly retracted.

"Clear your head." Ding Junyi crossed her arms and said directly, "We don't possess armed strength. In this situation, maintaining friendliness still has a glimmer of life, but deception and luck will surely lead to death."

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