Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 958: Yu Ge (Part )

Seven or eight people walked out of the white factory building on the other side of the lake. Most of them were wearing the same blue work clothes, and only two or three wore shirts with cards like work badges on their chests. Luo Binhan tried to look far away to see if they came out to move something, but the group of people just separated in a scattered manner, talking on the phone or chatting on the grass or by the fountain. He glanced at the time again, and it was time for a lunch break.

"Can you tell what those people do?" he asked Li Li, "What do those factories do?"

"I don't know, sir. The important facilities inside use an independent intranet system."

"Where are those people's cell phones? I saw the guy next to the fountain was chatting with someone typing."

"I need to find her first."

"These people are right in front of you." Luo Binhan said puzzledly.

"From the perspective of light propagation, yes. From the perspective of the data world, they are just a few threads on the whole canvas. Can you come closer?"

"What? Will there be a signal if we get close?"

"Yes, you can go and chat with them, within Bluetooth reach. And don't cover the camera, I want some additional social engineering information."

Luo Binhan had no choice but to stand up and brush off the grass debris on his shoes and pants. "You're not that invincible," he complained. "What happened? Back then, you paralyzed the traffic on the entire street. I thought you could roam the electronic world at will."

"It's easy to find a fixed traffic light on a street, and the building in front of you is almost an island. They use an intranet, and I think there are signal jammers inside the building."

Luo Binhan became alert. "Is this normal?" he asked, "What kind of factory needs to install a signal jammer?"

"I have seen the chat records between you and the business department in the past two weeks. You also discussed whether to install such equipment on certain floors."

"Yes, but they're going to install it in the toilet," Robinson said. "I don't agree with this. What if we have to kill the guy in the toilet?"

"It's not uncommon for certain commercial projects that are more confidential to try to protect their key areas as well."

He and Li Li obviously have different definitions of "rare". "Whatever you say, I don't believe signal jammers are part of normal business practices," Luo Binhan said as they walked. "Don't tell me about safety regulations. Do you know how many people will run away from the security department if two more reporting procedures are added? Now you want to tell them not to play with their phones while at work."

"I suggest raising the salary as a trial."

"Don't be ridiculous," Robinson said. "What should I tell them when I get there? Is there anything you want me to tell you?"

"You don't have to ask their name or position, just say anything. Just don't let them call security out."

"Let's go check it out!" Luo Binhan said, straightening his sleeves and quickening his pace to go around the lakeshore. When he was halfway there, most of the people who came out to get some fresh air had already gone back, probably to have lunch. Only the man by the fountain was still staring at his phone. There were sparse white painted low fences around the factory building, but they were built in a perfunctory manner, and it seemed that there was no intention to stop people in this wasteland. Several brick roads paved along the lake led directly to the open space in front of the factory building. The lawn on the open space was neatly trimmed, clearly distinguished from the wild grass on the lakeshore, and one could tell at a glance that they had entered private territory.

Long before Luo Binhan stepped into the open space, the people at the fountain had already seen him over the fence. Luo Binhan also saw her face clearly. She was probably in her twenties or thirties, wearing black narrow-leg pants and a chiffon shirt, with short hair to her chin. She was typing on her mobile phone, with a long blue and white dress hanging in her arms. At first, Luo Binhan thought it was a thin windbreaker with a rather alternative color, but when he got closer, he saw that it was actually a coat. Except for the color being a little blue, it was similar to the one in Zhou Yu's home.

He only glanced at it, pretending not to care, as if he was concentrating on finding something. The woman holding the blue and white coat had put down her phone, but she didn't walk away directly. Instead, she continued to stand by the pool and stare at him. When Luo Binhan came closer, she asked directly: "What do you want?"

"Oh, I'm looking for a place." Luo Binhan said, scratching his head and giving the other party a puzzled smile, "I'm from another place. I remember there should be an abandoned shipyard here several years ago. Have you heard of it? I think it should be near this lake."

"What are you looking for that for?"

"A friend of mine who works in this business asked me to come take a look." He looked at the white box-like buildings and saw the windows of the security room next to the entrance. People's heads were swaying behind them. "I haven't been to Lihai for several years. I feel that it has changed a lot. Even this place is not so desolate. However, I don't think this house is used to build ships, right?"

"No. We are in the medical field."

"You came to a place like this!" Luo Binhan said, "Is it because the land is cheap? But it's so inconvenient for you to go to get off work. I drove here too, and I couldn't even find a convenience store along the way. The scenery here is pretty good, and they even built a small fountain for you."

He looked around the fountain. "Strange," he walked around the pool, "What is this sculpture on the pool? Two small combs stuck on a big comb?"

The woman holding the coat smiled. "That's a moth... I think it's a silk moth. It's designed to be a bit abstract. The little comb you mentioned is a feathery antennae."

"Ah, now I see. What about this big comb underneath? Or is this the line of motion that indicates its upward flight?"

"It means that this symbolizes the genetic chain."

"This doesn't look like anything at all," Luo Binhan commented. "It looks like a string of beads on a curtain, or at most a bit like a net. And why are there moths strung on it?"

"It's said to be in memory of the experimental animals."

"Then it should be the guinea pig."

"Insects are cheap," the woman said. Luo Binhan looked at her in shock. She smiled twice and looked down at the time on her phone screen saver. Luo Binhan guessed that she was going to go in.

"Okay," he said immediately, "so is there anything like a shipyard around here? Or at least like an abandoned factory? Or was it finally demolished?"

"I don't know. I was just transferred here not long ago."

"Where were you before?" Luo Binhan ventured to ask. When it came to specific information, the other party just smiled and didn't answer. "Is this place finally going to be redeveloped? I saw several trucks on the road."

"Maybe. I don't hang around here much."

She turned and walked towards the factory. Luo Binhan had no choice but to ask, "Do you know where there is a convenience store nearby?"

"You can try walking a few kilometers south." She pointed in a direction for him from a distance. "There are several packaging factories there."

She walked into the door with coated glass. In the compartment beside the door, the guard's face was faintly visible behind the window, staring at the direction of the fountain. Luo Binhan knew that he had better not stay here any longer. So he stared at the moth statue on the fountain for a few more times and turned to the south.

When he was close enough that the guard would no longer be interested in him, Luo Binhan shook his cell phone - he had been holding it in his palm.

"How was it?" he asked. "Did you get anything useful?"

“Depends on how you define useful.”

"Is this the new evil secret base built by 0206?"

"Obviously not."

"Then what is it?"

"From what I've seen," Li Li said, "this is the research and development department of a pharmaceutical company."

"But what about the statue?"

"What statue?"

"The statue on the fountain. Look, they put a bug on the pool."

"Perhaps you have some personal attachment to bugs. That's fine with me."

"No problem? Why would a pharmaceutical company want to have anything to do with bugs?"

“Did you realize that pesticides are also in the business of pharmaceutical companies?”

"That just makes me more confused," Robinson said. "It's like a weasel building a monument to a chicken."

"I really hope I don't have to tell you this," Li Li said to him politely, "We have been trying to extract drug ingredients from insects, and our immune systems are very similar to those of insects in many mechanisms."

"Okay, just think I'm making a fuss. But it's built in a very coincidental place."

"I checked the municipal development plan for the past few years. They are trying to attract investment here. If you go a little further southwest, you should be able to see the first phase of factories built last year."

Luo Binhan shrugged and said, "I'm here now."

They finally drove there. As expected, there was a newly built industrial zone covering several hundred acres. There weren't many people yet, but it was already quite lively. Luo Binhan watched from a distance across the road for a while and found that he had indeed become very suspicious. When he saw the flowers and trees on the truck, he immediately thought of the strange vines that Cai Ji had mentioned; when he saw a chimney emitting colored smoke, he would always wonder if it was hiding the secrets of another world. Maybe he was too sensitive about insects.

He thought for a while. The person chosen was Luo De, and the possibility that Luo De had been to Lihai City was very small.

"Can you keep an eye on that place again?" he said to Li Li, "Find out when it was built and what's going on there."

"I'll try, but I don't recommend you put your energy into it."

"Then I'll just leave it alone," said Robin. "I'm going to keep an eye on that thing in my company. By the way, you suggested that we build our own workshop before. What do you think of this place? Can we get a small factory here or something like that?"

Li Li agreed to help him find a suitable place, so Luo Binhan said nothing more and just started the engine to go back. It was already afternoon when he left, and it was still early for dinner. If he went home now, Yu Xiaorong would definitely be suspicious. What if he went to Guns and Flowers? He knew he would go again, but not today. He and Cai Ji had nothing to talk about today.

He decided to go to the company and face that thing. On the way back, he turned on the car radio and listened to some random songs he had never heard before. His ears seemed to have aged, and the popular melodies nowadays only sounded noisy. The waves of electronic music drilled into his ear canal and it itched, so much so that he hadn't reacted when Li Li spoke.

"What did you just say?" he asked after turning off the radio.

"I said that since you have visited the old place, maybe you are in a better mood now." Li Li replied, "Or maybe you are more upset because things and people have changed?"

"Not really. It would be good if the place could become lively again. Lively places are managed by people, so there won't be things you don't know about sneaking in."

"Well, are you in a mood to listen to what I was going to say to you by the lake?"

"Okay, just say it."

"I know you're seeing a lady and it's going well."

Luo Binhan held the steering wheel, rubbed the sweat from his palms, and then wiped his forehead. When he finished this set of tricks, he also hid the embarrassment from his face - of course Li Li knew about Shi Qi, she was very good at knowing. The song "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond" was chosen by her, and God knows where she found out Shi Qi's hobbies.

"What's the matter?" He asked casually, "What do you want to say?"

"This is a season of warm weather and many festivals, a good time to take a long trip to the seaside. If I were you, I would call that lady right away and invite her to Malta, Sicily, Santorini or Nice--"

"Don't make trouble." Luo Binhan said, "She is at work, and I am at work too."

"If you really want to go, you will find that chance will come to you - the lady got a recommendation from a friend to teach Chinese in any city you want to travel to."

Luo Binhan blinked twice in confusion. He knew Li Li was capable, but this sounded beyond the capabilities of a cyber ghost. "Are you really going to pay her a salary?"

"Of course, this is a legal job." "Yes, you can teach me this method. She doesn't want me to find her a job." Luo Binhan said, "But what about me? I don't have any overseas business."

"I'm sure you can find ways to get out of this. If you tell the director that this is a matter of life and death, you can always get two or three months' vacation."

"You know that's not the point. I have to stay here."

"Or," Li Li said as if he hadn't heard, "it's time to take her to Regenberg to see your other life. You can bring your sister back with you."

Li Lijun must be crazy, Luo Binhan thought. She was running around in the data world and got infected with a Trojan virus in some Internet gutter, which is why she mentioned this to him now.

"You know," he said politely, "I'm not staying here for the company's IPO. I just released you from the safe the day before yesterday, not to ask you to help me with travel plans."

"I know exactly why—to minimize your losses in this incident."

Luo Binhan drove silently. After a while he said, "You really want me to let go."

"Yes."

"No kidding, you want me to leave that thing alone, whether it's entering my company, wandering around my office, or even running into my house?"

"That's exactly what I meant."

"And you want me to watch him kill people I know, my family, and maybe put their heads in a tower in my house?"

"He won't do that."

"That's not what you said before I let you out."

"We now have more information."

"It's the shop owner." Robin Han said, "Did the story last night change your mind? What was so special about that story?"

There was no sound on the phone. Luo Binhan had to think about it himself. The story last night was of course special, but that was for him, and it also fully explained the danger of 0206 and Zhou Wenxing. As for what conclusion Li Li drew from it, he didn't know.

He called her: "You know something that I don't, right?"

"Yes."

"And you're not going to tell me."

"Yes. I promised."

Great, Robin thought, another secret.

"I don't care what you guys are doing." He said to Li Li, "If you won't tell me the reason, I'll do it my own way."

"Why not live your own life?"

"Is this my problem? He's the one who won't let me live a good life!"

"If you ignore him, he can't do anything to you," Li Li said. "He doesn't particularly want to kill you, we can all see that. If you leave here and live far away for two or three months, maybe things will work themselves out."

"You think he won't come after me and cause trouble?"

"I don't think so."

"So, you think he'll just work here honestly - get up early and work late to sort out my mess for two or three months, and then leave quietly?"

Li Li didn't say anything. Luo Binhan continued to ask: "Can you guarantee that he won't kill anyone?"

"I can't say that."

"Then there is nothing to discuss," Robinham said. "Are you still willing to help me with this?"

"As long as you insist, we will continue."

The words he didn't like to hear finally ended. Luo Binhan suppressed his anger and continued driving. He was not angry because Li Lixiang stopped their plan, but because her proposal to stop at the brink was too abrupt and too weird. It was obvious that there was something else hidden here, and he was tired of these people's secrets. Jing Huang and Fake actually hid such a thing from him - the person who killed 0206 was most likely Zhou Yu, who was currently promoted to management in a small underworld society. Why did they hide such an important thing from him? It was as if they thought he would do something because of it. What a joke, he is not the kind of person who puts notes of ghost-summoning rituals in his book.

"Does Zhou Yu know about this?" he suddenly asked.

"You mean your conjecture about this series of events?"

"I mean his deceased fiancée, the current city-level Yama King, has avenged herself and even raised a little brother in the living world to bring him coffee."

"From everything I can gather, he was unaware of the situation you describe."

"Let's not tell him yet," said Robin Han, remembering the note in the book. "Let's talk about it later. He's on a business trip now, so the less he knows about these things, the better. Is that okay with you?"

"This should be decided by you. True friends will certainly consider each other."

Luo Binhan frowned. He felt that Li Li's words were a bit sarcastic, but he couldn't find any fault with them. She must be unhappy that he didn't listen to her advice. So he softened his tone and said, "I know that thing is dangerous, but we have a new situation now."

"Your old friend can't help you now."

"Her thugs are still alive."

"And you heard how the thug responded. It's hard to convince a man like that to help you hunt."

"Did you get the idea from him?" Robinson asked. "Is it because he told me to leave it alone that you asked me to go out and play for a few months? But I don't think he looks that reliable. I don't necessarily take his advice seriously. Besides, he doesn't know my situation... I have a wonderful family to look after."

"It's two completely different things, sir. I have my own judgment. But you should also be able to hear that he can't fight against our goal."

She was right about that. Robinson didn't want to argue with her about this. "But he didn't tell me to run away, did he? He told me to stay in the store," he said. "I wonder what that means."

"You're not going to do that."

"Why should I? If what any of you, him, or that thing says is true, my life will not be in danger."

The car entered the tunnel across the river. In the darkness, the owner's face appeared before him again. In the last hour before dawn last night, after listening to the story of the one who fell into the netherworld city and was finally taken in by its owner, Luo Binhan also revealed his own secret.

"Someone came to see me." He leaned on the chair and looked at the sky outside the window, and said to Cai Ji behind him, "He is the same person as you. But he is more capable than you - I guess he is the legitimate heir you are talking about."

He heard something breaking behind him, so he turned his head and saw that Cai Ji had dropped a cup he was cleaning. "You're not going to ask me to pay for this?" he asked casually. Cai Ji ignored him and just stared at him blankly.

“Is that the guy with the guitar on his back?”

"Oh?" Luo Binhan raised his voice and straightened his back in the chair, "You know him?"

"Of course I know! He was the one who told Xiao Chu to look for the old shipyard."

When he said this, Robin Han clearly saw the other party's angry face, with dangerous colors flashing in his eyes - he felt that he had met another avenger - but slowly, that dangerous look was covered by other emotions that surged up. He thought it should be fear, or at least some kind of heavy worry.

"You saw him on the road?" he asked anxiously. "Did he, did he speak to you?"

"Of course he talked to me," Robinson said. "He's working at my company now."

The owner's expression at that time was the most amusing amusement in this sleepless night. But when Luo Binhan was about to say goodbye and leave the store, the other party stopped him.

"where are you going?"

"Go back to the company."

“That guy is there.”

"Yes, do you want to go and take a look?"

"I can't see him... that man is dangerous. You'd better not go either."

Luo Binhan looked at the man's uncertain expression. "What do you want me to do?" He asked with some ill intentions, "He has come to my company, where else is safe?"

"…You just stay here. He won't come here."

"What do you mean? What's so special here?"

The shop owner's face turned red again. He said in a tight voice, "I said he wouldn't come, and that's why he won't come."

"Okay, so you're going to ask me to stay here forever?"

"You don't need to stay here for a lifetime. Just stay here for a few days."

"How many days is a few days?"

The shop owner was stuck again. Luo Binhan thought this guy was a real joker. He had seen many people get angry when drinking, but not many people get angry when lying.

"Anyway, it's just a few days," he stammered, "Anyway, don't mess with that person."

So Luo Binhan folded his hands and looked around the store again. The paper flowers that surrounded them were lost in the darkness before dawn, a dark red color that was about to wither. In the dimness, he seemed to smell a hint of floral fragrance mixed with the smell of decay.

At that moment, he wanted to change his mind. I won't leave, he thought. I will just sit here, drink some wine and play with my phone to see what the hell is going on. What kind of shit are these people doing behind my back? When he thought about it, he couldn't even figure out who these "people" were. There might be Fake, Jing Huang, Cai Ji, and even Zhou Yu behind him. After going to the ruins of the disappeared old shipyard, he even doubted Li Li. But fortunately, he didn't have to know from her.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, he drove to the company, turned off the engine in the parking lot, and grabbed the computer bag from the back seat.

"You guys do your thing, I'll do mine," he hummed to the silent phone, "I'm going to work now."

(End of this chapter)