【Gene mutation-04】

In broad daylight, no one could be seen on the sidewalk, and many shops on the side of the road were locked. The whole city was deserted, and it was so quiet that no human voice could be heard.

The trash can next to the street has not been cleaned for a long time. A gust of wind blows, and paper scraps and plastics fly in the sky.

Yue Xingwen looked at his teammates and said solemnly, "I can't even see a pedestrian on the street. Could it be that mutants have already occupied the city?"

Everyone looked out the window.

The empty city caused a strong sense of unease in everyone's heart. Although the city will not collapse directly like the School of Architecture, the desolate and modern city can't help but think of the word "doomsday".

Zhuo Feng and Lin Manluo, who were sitting in the back row, looked at each other, and Lin Manluo whispered, "Did the residents of this city flee collectively, or did they hide at home and dare not come out?"

Zhuo Feng lowered his voice: "Ask Tang Shuo, what he might know."

Yue Xingwen looked back at Tang Shuo.

The man wearing gold glasses sat upright in the second row in the second half, next to Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce, with a calm expression. Liu Zhaoqing sat with him, and let him sit on the inner side, lest he suddenly escape.

Yue Xingwen asked: "Tang Shu, all the shops on the street are closed, what happened in this city?"

Tang Shuo shook his head with a wry smile: "I don't know, I have been in the scientific research institute for the past few days. Last week, the city was still normal, and the accident happened suddenly. I received a message from a superior that the data was leaked. After someone researched and transformed people, they immediately processed the data in the computer, hid, and then met you."

In other words, the accident happened in just a few days. The other party should have done research in secret for a long time and prepared for it, and then suddenly launched an attack on the city. Being able to occupy a city in just a few days shows how huge and terrifying this organization is!

Thinking of the "mutated people" with tongues over 30 cm that he met in the scientific research institute, Yue Xingwen only felt "hairy" on his back.

The city was empty, and there was a lot of blood on the streets. Obviously, there was a fierce battle here. After the war, where did the residents go? no one knows.

Yue Xingwen took a deep breath to calm down, looked at Tang Shuo and said, "The chip you just gave me is fake, right?"

Tang Shu straightened his glasses and said, "Sorry, seeing you flying down from the roof, I thought you were mutants who came to catch me, so I gave you a fake chip."

No wonder Tang Shu's expression was so calm when they flew down from the roof at that time. It turned out that Tang Shu always regarded them as mutants and had been prepared for it.

This professor is really smart. Yue Xingwen didn't mean to blame him, and continued to ask: "Have you received a notice from your superiors that someone will escort you to the gene center in f city?"

Tang Shuo nodded: "I have received a notice, let me wait for rescue."

Liu Zhaoqing turned his head to look at him and said, "Scholar Tang, we are indeed here to protect you. We were able to fly down from the roof because we have special abilities, and we are not mutants." He opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue to the other side. After looking at it, he said with a smile: "Look, my tongue is still a normal human being, not as slender as a mutant, nor is it poisonous?"

Tang Shu said calmly: "Not all mutants are fused with snake genes."

Liu Zhaoqing stretched out his hands and feet: "Then look, our posture doesn't look like any other animal?"

Brother Liu is trying to prove that he is a "normal human being".

Tang Shu ignored him, looked at Yue Xingwen, and asked, "What's your moving code?"

"Move the code?" Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce looked at each other.

The course prompt doesn't say they still have moving code?

Yue Xingwen thought about it carefully, and said tentatively, "The c-183 movement team?"

Tang Shuo nodded: "Well, it seems that you are not mutants."

Actually using the research group number as the action code, the library really has you!

Tang Shuo said: "I can trust you for the time being, and I won't resist or run away. However, I won't give you the real data chip unless you take me to the genetic center to meet the recipient."

Liu Zhaoqing raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you afraid that we will tie you up and search you?"

Tang Shu was silent.

Yue Xingwen smiled and said: "I guess, this data chip involves the high secrets of the Institute of Biological Sciences, and Professor Tang must have set up a password protection and self-destruction program. Even if we get the chip, you won't tell us. The password, if we forcibly decipher it, will only lead to the destruction of the chip data, right?"

This sentence is exactly what Yue Xingwen made up to the mutants just now. Tang Shu glanced at him at the time, and Yue Xingwen guessed that he was probably right.

Sure enough, Tang Shuo looked at Yue Xingwen with admiration and said, "You guessed right, the password of the data chip is indeed only known to me, and the data contains the weaknesses of mutants, so they are eager to kill them. I got this information."

"Why not, let me guess, where is the real chip?" Yue Xingwen said seriously: "The first possibility is that you didn't take the chip with you, but kept it secretly in a place that only you know. But this approach is not very safe, and if the mutants turn the research institute upside down after you leave and find the chip you hid, it will be troublesome."

"The second possibility, as long as you are caught by the mutants, the other party will definitely forcibly search your body and take away your data chip, unless." He looked at Tang Shuo's eyes and said word by word, "The chip was hidden in your body by you. in."

"..." Tang Shu's originally calm face changed slightly.

"For example, you seal the data chip with a material that cannot be digested by the gastrointestinal tract, and then eat it. That way, no matter where you go, you can ensure that the chip is with you. , won't be robbed." Yue Xingwen looked at him with a smile, "Did you guess right this time?"

Tang Shu was silent for a moment, then whispered, "What do you want?"

Yue Xingwen shrugged: "Don't worry, we will not dissect you and take the chip from your body. Our mission is to escort you and the chip to the gene center in f city."

Yue Xingwen emphasized: "We have no malice towards you, and I hope you don't deliberately cause trouble for us."

Liu Zhaoqing's sharp eyes swept across Tang Shuo's whole body, as if he wanted to scan where the chip was hidden. Tang Shuo was horrified by him, and said bitingly, "Okay, I believe you."

Liu Zhaoqing smiled and said, "Eat the chips, you can figure it out. Don't you feel bad in your stomach?"

Tang Shu let out a soft breath and said, "The situation is urgent, and I have no choice."

Seeing that his attitude was slightly relaxed, Yue Xingwen asked, "What happened in the research institute?"

Tang Shu frowned and said, "Our research institute has obtained the entire sequence of the human genome. We originally wanted to overcome some problems in genetic diseases. This plan is absolutely confidential. However, no one expected that there would be a traitor in the institute. Secretly took the gene sequence out, went into secret experiments, and created a lot of mutants."

He paused, and a trace of anger appeared in his eyes: "mutants, also known as genetically modified people."

Hearing this, Xu Yishen, who was driving, couldn't help but "cut in" and said, "Is it like many improved varieties of fruits and vegetables? They modified the gene sequence and modified human beings?"

Tang Shu nodded and said, "The direction of the transformation includes the flexibility of the limbs, the strength of the muscles, the metabolic rate, etc. The genetically modified person is as powerful as a cow, as flexible as a snake, and can be like some animals when they hibernate. In the same way, if you consume very low calories every day, you will not feel hungry without eating for a month."

Yue Xingwen was shocked and couldn't help but said: "Are the special forces formed by such transformed people invincible?"

Tang Shu looked sad: "So, these modified people will become terrible biochemical weapons! They began to mass-produce modified people like an assembly line, and even madly integrated the excellent genes of various animals. What you see today are all It's a mutant mixed with snake genes."

Ke Shaobin asked curiously, "Are there any other animals mixed? Like lions, tigers, cheetahs, etc.?"

Tang Shuo said: "I don't know the specific situation. Those lunatics can do anything! I only knew all this when I received an urgent notice from my superiors. These days, they have sent batches of mutants here. The research institute came to me, and the other colleagues of the research institute were taken away by them. I hid on the rooftop and survived by luck."

Yue Xingwen clenched his fist lightly. It is conceivable that the emergence of "transformed people" will have a very serious impact on normal human society. Those "transformed people" are much stronger than normal humans in terms of speed, strength, and physical fitness. They also save resources by not eating anything for up to a month...  

In their eyes, humans are trash.

So, they want to clean up human beings and be the masters of the world themselves?

Yue Xingwen took a deep breath and asked, "Tang Shu, how far does it take to get to F city from here?"

Tang Shu said: "The plane takes two and a half hours."

Yue Xingwen helped his forehead helplessly: "No one of us can fly a plane. Moreover, the whole city is empty now, and the airport and train station must also stop operating. We can only travel by land. How long will it take to drive there?"

Tang Shuo said: "If you are driving, you need to take the high-speed all the way, and it will take at least three days around the clock. If the highway is interrupted, it may take more than a week to detour."

Yue Xingwen turned around and asked his friends, "Apart from Senior Brother Xu, who else can drive?"

Jiang Pingce said: "I have a driver's license, but I have never driven a bus."

Zhuo Feng said, "I also got my driver's license. I'll drive if you dare to sit just after the internship period."

Xu Yishen said: "I have never driven a bus before. The principle is similar to that of a moving car. You can see the gear clearly, and it does not involve the test items such as reversing into the garage and S-turns. It is not difficult to drive all the way forward."

Jiang Pingce nodded: "Then I will switch with Senior Brother Xu and Senior Brother Zhuo."

Zhuo Feng said: "Yishen, you drive first, and after you get on the expressway, you can drive for a while. I will sit next to you and study."

If the driver does not stop around the clock, one driver will definitely not be able to hold on to it. It will be much better to have three people change the car.

Yue Xingwen thought for a moment and said, "In this way, let's find a supermarket first and put some supplies in the car. We are not mutants, we have not been transformed, and it is impossible for us to not eat or drink for a few days."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

According to the exam rules of the library, it is impossible for them to go all the way smoothly. There will definitely be many situations on the way to prevent them from reaching the f city. They must store enough food and drinking water to have the strength to run to the finish line.

Ke Shaobin said: "Save more cow's milk', biscuits and other things that are convenient to carry." Although he is a foodie, but now he is running for his life, and he can't carry a pile of heavy and nutritious food.

Qin Miao said calmly: "Let's make a list first, so that each person can carry a book package to eat. Don't blame me crow's mouth. If we have to abandon the car on the way, it will be very troublesome if we can't take the supplies."

Lan Yarong said with a smile: "The mutants will definitely not let us drive to F city smoothly. All kinds of emergencies must be prepared in advance. I suggest each person have a backpack, full of food, and buy a few boxes of mineral springs. Put the water in the car."

Xu Yishen reminded: "There is still gasoline. It's definitely not enough for a long journey. You have to go to the gas station to save a few more barrels of gasoline."

Yue Xingwen nodded and glanced out the window quickly: "Everyone, find a supermarket or a convenience store, we have to hurry up and make all preparations before being caught up by mutants."