Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 983: Accomplice (Part )

The match went out. The corridor was completely silent. The darkness gave everyone a brief buffer, allowing Luo Binhan to step back and take his eyes off Zhou Yu. He turned his head to look at Cai Ji, who was leaning against the wall, his arms folded across his chest, his head lowered, not even looking at the situation further into the corridor. He looked at the other side of the corridor. Zhou Yu stood there, staring at the front, seemingly not noticing that Luo Binhan had stepped aside, and was only thinking about his own problems.

The stairwell was lit up with cold green fluorescence. About five or six people came up, calling out from time to time. The leader was the speaker. Holding a fluorescent stick, he was the first to see Cai Ji standing silently near the door. "Ah," he said, as if he didn't know how to address the other person, "Hello, are you still waiting for Pajaniya?"

Cai Ji turned his face away, perhaps to avoid the light or to avoid seeing people. "He's awake," he replied stiffly, "You go talk to him."

The speaker nodded, not surprised at his attitude, and led the discussion group to move forward. "Pajaniya," he said as he walked, "I'm sorry we have to wake you up again. I know you need to rest during this period, but now we really have some tricky problems...ah!" He jumped back a little step and almost knocked down the person behind him.

  Luo Binhan imitated Cai Ji, leaning against the wall with his arms folded across his chest, and smiled coldly at the fluorescent light coming from the front. His face must have looked ugly under the green light, which frightened everyone. They stared at him in amazement, not understanding how a stranger could suddenly appear in this building. Luo Binhan just stared at them, not ready to speak first. Why did he have to explain? He was not the one who should explain in this building right now!

The speaker was the first to accept the situation. "Hello?" he said hesitantly, turning his head to look at Cai Ji's reaction, "Uh, we thought there was only one visitor today..."

He looked at the gauze on Luo Binhan's face with doubt. At this time, Zhou Yu slowly walked up from behind. "Hermaco," he said, "Are you looking for me?"

The speaker immediately forgot about the two statues standing in the corridor. "Pajaniya!" He greeted happily, "It's a good thing you woke up by yourself. We were a little worried about the power failure protection of the rest cabin. You know, you are the only one using that device, and El has been transferred again-"

"El was transferred?"

"Yes, that's what we want to talk to you about." The speaker called Hermako said emphatically, "Just last weekend, she was suddenly transferred away. Not only her, more than half of our people were seconded. You really need to take care of this matter, Pajaniya, you are the only one who has a say here. I want to ask those people what do they regard our work as? An entertainment project to consume excess funds? We are about to make history, we are doing a great cause! And those people are busy stabbing us in the back!"

The people behind him all made angry noises of agreement, as if they had not been arguing with each other downstairs before. Facing these excited complainers, Zhou Yu did not have any special reaction, but from time to time he stole a glance at Luo Binhan using the light of the fluorescent stick.

"Well." He answered absentmindedly, "What's the reason for the secondment?"

"I don't know. No one knows."

"Didn't you ask?"

"We can't ask," Hermak said. "The person who issued the order is at a very high level in the address book, at the same level as you, and ranked ahead of you. We can't contact this person directly, nor can we ask her to give a reason for the secondment."

"Who gave the order?"

"Maggie Wall. This is the name we found in the address book. This person's historical records are mostly in the European division. I don't know why she suddenly came to us to borrow someone."

Zhou Yu's expression suddenly changed. He glanced at Luo Binhan again and lowered his head as if nothing had happened. No one else noticed his reaction, only Luo Binhan, who was staring at him, saw it clearly.

"It's just bullshit." Hermako continued, "Last week she seconded El and her entire team, as well as Elivans, Suslata, Baogu, Alu... She hired away anyone who had anything to do with medicine!"

"Maybe she really has something urgent."

"That's not all!" Hermák said angrily, "The worst thing was last night, in the early hours of the morning! She even called Radumos away! Because he's high-ranking and has a criminal investigation background! What kind of emergency project requires a criminal investigation background? As soon as Radumos and his people left, everything became a mess here. Because of this transfer order, there was no one guarding the wellhead, and no one was maintaining order. Some of us got impulsive and caused a big mess - Pajaniya, let me make it clear to you first, the people who did this were definitely not from our team -"

His clarification caused the two people behind him to shout, "This is not what we agreed on! Stop playing tricks here!"

"I have a basis for this! The people in our group didn't have time at all!"

"So what are you implying? We can also produce evidence!"

Zhou Yu still lowered his head, and sighed quietly when no one noticed. Luo Binhan looked at him coldly, and saw him calmly hanging his hands by his legs and shaking them. Cai Ji, who was behind the crowd, quietly walked into the stairwell and did something unknown.

"Wait a minute," he asked before the group started arguing again. "What's going on now?"

"There's a problem at the wellhead," Hermák said. "Someone sneaked down again while Radumos was away. I don't know what kind of test they did, but they broke all the equipment in the base. We suffered heavy losses this time. The data and equipment... This is definitely the second worst accident in the history of the base, but fortunately there were no casualties. We were a little worried about your situation, but we couldn't get into the rest cabin. But fortunately someone came to see you today, and I knew you would wake up. We would like to ask you to go and take a look at the wellhead first, after all, you know how to solve the problem there. And there's also the matter of Maggie Wall. You are the only one qualified to contact her, so you have to ask her for an explanation."

When he said this, Zhou Yu finally reacted to the situation. He looked around curiously, and finally his eyes fell on Luo Binhan. Luo Binhan was still staring at him. They looked at each other for a few seconds, and Zhou Yu said, "There is no problem with the wellhead."

"Nothing's wrong?" Hermak looked puzzled. "But look around you——"

"The accident was not caused by the wellhead, and none of you have ever sneaked down there. It's all just a misunderstanding."

"But all the equipment is broken, Pajaniya. Broken, not just without power, but everything! The flashlights don't work, the backup generators are too hot to boil water, and our cell phones don't work..."

"I'm only halfway through my report!" someone interrupted from behind.

"We don't know how much data in the electronic database has been lost," Hermak's tone immediately became depressed, "The storage devices stored below may all be destroyed..."

"But most of them should be backed up to the center, right?"

"This month's isn't done yet," Hermak said immediately, not allowing anyone to question the damage they had suffered, "and there's also equipment loss! If we can't catch someone, we can't explain the overspending this quarter. Really, we all agree that getting results is the most important mission of the base, and we've complained about Radumos's meddling, but now the situation is completely out of control. Look at what we're like now: the improvisation necessary for a noble cause has degenerated into shameless exploitation, dignity and principles have been trampled upon, no one can trust each other, and this place is almost turning into a prison simulation experiment for researchers—"

  The speaker's face showed real sorrow and tragedy. The people behind him were also moved to tears, each of them was deeply sad. Only Zhou Yu stared at them blankly, as if he was still in a trance. Hermak paused, letting the atmosphere settle for a while, and then continued:

"What happened today has completely broken the bottom line. This person is simply heartless! He is harming the world! You can't be a hands-off boss anymore, Pajaniya, we all admit that you are very tolerant and respect your contributions. You are a very good friend and colleague, but now we can only ask you to fulfill your duties as the highest manager of this department: you have to talk to Maggie Wall and get our people back; then ask Radumos to adjust the surveillance... Oh, it's over, we don't have surveillance now. But he is as smart as a ghost, and he will always find a way to figure out who the murderer is-"

Zhou Yu asked in a daze: "Did anyone die?"

"No, no, there are no casualties. This is just a metaphor! What this bastard did is no different from murder!"

At this time, Cai Ji appeared quietly in the stairwell again. He held several candles in his hands, one of which was burning, and was shaking his head to Zhou Yu by the light of the candle. Zhou Yu saw the signal he gave, so he stretched out a hand to stop the angry complainers.

"There's nothing wrong with the wellhead," he said. "The underground passage is sealed, and there's no sign of it being opened. Only Radumos and I have the key."

"But--"

"I know who caused the accident."

Everyone looked at him in surprise. "You know?" Hermák said, "But you just woke up--"

"That's the reason." Zhou Yu said, "I caused it."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Cai Ji came up silently, first sticking the candle on hand to the disposable paper plate used to hold the cake, and then walked around the crowd and handed it to Zhou Yu. "You go down first." Zhou Yu said, "Please stop the work at hand today, organize all the paper documents, mark the instruments that were turned on when the power was cut off, and don't touch those that were not turned on, and the storage devices that were put away will be fine. If you are worried, you can take some useless ones out and try. About one kilometer away from here, the electronic equipment should be able to start normally."

"Pajaniya? What's going on?"

"I'm sorry, I'll explain it later. As for those people who were transferred, I'll talk to Maggie Wall and ask them to return to their posts as soon as possible."

His assurances could not wipe away the suspicion on everyone's faces, but when he fell silent, no one was willing to continue asking questions. "I have something to deal with as soon as possible." Zhou Yu said again, "You go down first. I will let you know when it's over."

The members of the negotiation team left one after another. Their minds were immersed in the latest news. No one remembered the missing security guard at all, and they seemed to have forgotten the existence of Luo Binhan. Only one or two people glanced at him and showed a little curiosity about the wound on his face. The corridor soon became quiet, leaving only the sound of the candle melting and dripping on the paper plate.

"Are you done with your work?" Luo Binhan asked.

Zhou Yu looked at him, still in a trance. Luo Binhan suspected that he was trying to cover up his guilt and take the opportunity to think of a countermeasure, but it didn't seem like that. "Why are you here?" Cai Ji asked, "How did you get in?" "I came in through the door." Luo Binhan said, "Your security here is terrible. What's the matter with the gatekeeper? As a secret research base for doing big things, you hired a very loyal person."

Cai Ji's face darkened. Zhou Yu replied nonchalantly, "He's just a man who really needs a job."

"Just give him one if he needs it?"

"His daughter is my patient, so I need to keep him under observation. I guess this is also a bit of assistance. There's nothing in this building that can't be seen by others. It's just a formality."

Luo Binhan didn't quite understand what he said, but he didn't care about such a small mystery. He had been listening and thinking while the speaker was speaking, and he thought he had figured out many things. For example, the simplest one was that he had previously blamed Li Li for making a wrong judgment and wrongly accused her. Cyber ​​King Xuan had never misunderstood the nature of this place, and she just deliberately deceived him.

Of course, there were still many things he hadn't figured out. "You should have a lot to tell me, right?" he said. "I didn't expect you to be on a business trip so close to the city."

Zhou Yu held the candle calmly, as if she didn't understand what he said. "Would you like something to drink?"

"I'm going to drink your brains," Robinham said. "Go get me some painkillers!"

Cai Ji looked at him with his mouth wide open. Zhou Yu, as if nothing had happened, told him to get some medicine from a cabinet on the second floor. "Bring all these here," he said, turning around to look at Luo Binhan's face again, "How did you get hurt?"

"How did you get hurt?" Luo Binhan asked, "No one told you yet?"

Zhou Yu blinked. Cai Ji said in a low voice, "I was planning to tell him today."

"I've been planning this for over a month!" Luo Binhan yelled, "You're only planning to tell him today!"

He put on an angry attitude, but in fact it was more of an act, in order to test the bottom line of the two people opposite. As a result, Zhou Yu just frowned and said nothing, while Cai Ji had a strange expression, just like an unlucky student who cheated in the exam and was exposed to his parents. It was really wonderful. It seemed that everyone had a part to explain in this confrontation between the three.

"What's going on?" Zhou Yu looked at Cai Ji and asked.

"You know Zhou Wenxing, right?" Luo Binhan said, "I killed him."

Zhou Yu suddenly turned to look at him. In the flickering candlelight, Luo Binhan saw that his eyes were first surprised, then sank, and he was thinking very seriously.

"...Did you kill him yourself?"

"Probably. If he's really dead."

"What weapon was used?"

Luo Binhan reached into the bag—he had put the knife back before the gang came in—and fumbled among the cards, books, and the broken shell from last night, then pulled out the machete and handed it to him. Zhou Yu took it and looked at it carefully without saying a word. Cai Ji looked at him nervously, and Luo Binhan guessed that he was thinking the same thing as he was: Could Zhou Wenxing really be killed by this knife?

After a long while, Zhou Yu raised his head and handed the knife back to Luo Binhan. "How is it?" Luo Binhan asked, "Will that thing die after being hit by this?"

"Did you recite the fire spell above?"

He really knew, Robinham thought. "Yes," he said, "and the thing is burning. Although I only burned his arm, I didn't see his whole body."

"That's enough... If I were to be exposed to this kind of fire, my entire concept of life would disappear."

Hearing his answer, Cai Ji's face showed a strange hope. Zhou Yu, however, did not seem very happy, and was still thinking deeply. After a while, he came to his senses and asked Cai Ji to go downstairs to get medicine. "I heard that thing has a curse," Luo Binhan said after Cai Ji left, "Anyone who wants to kill it will be in bad luck."

"Are you unlucky?"

"Am I not unlucky enough now?"

Zhou Yu looked him up and down for a while. "Right wrist and left leg?" He asked, without any worry on his face, just pure professional curiosity.

"How did you tell?"

"People wearing plasticized bone braces have very obvious movements, their clothes become a little more bulky, and their joints are shaped very differently... That is also a project I am promoting. Although I am not the one doing it, the funding is under my name, and I went to see it a few months ago."

"You are so busy." Luo Binhan said. He decided to send the box of the little king Xuan to the bathroom as soon as he got back.

"You can consider this as a trial."

Zhou Yu smiled a little veiledly. This bastard actually had the nerve to smile. Luo Binhan suppressed the urge to take revenge on the spot and asked in a nonchalant manner, "What is your relationship with Li Li? She can mobilize your people and borrow equipment from you. It seems that you two are very familiar with each other."

"We're not that familiar with each other. We can probably be considered colleagues."

Luo Binhan was skeptical about this answer. He was about to ask again, but suddenly remembered that Miffy was still left downstairs. After such a long time, the cunning little monster might have slipped away by himself. He wanted to ask Zhou Yu to check on the unlucky security guard, but gave up in a flash. He didn't need to worry about it, Cai Ji must have released the person, and he had more important things to talk about.

"Your colleagues can't test the memory," he said to Zhou Yu. "Walking one kilometer is definitely useless, and walking ten kilometers may not work either - I just rushed here from almost ten kilometers away, and I was the one who exploded the electromagnetic bomb."

“Did you walk all the way here?”

"Don't worry about how I got here!" Luo Binhan said, "Take care of your storage device!"

Zhou Yu shook his head. "Do you have anything special with you?" he asked, his eyes already on the hanging bag. Luo Binhan didn't want to show his trump card so early, but there was no need to keep it to himself. He took out the card and notebook and was about to explain the origins of the two things, but Zhou Yu took the card from his palm and looked at it over and over for a while.

"This is it."

"What? This isn't your pass here?"

"No." Zhou Yu said, "This is the electromagnetic bomb you mentioned. Its impact range is only about 500 meters. If you left it where it was, or put it back in the isolation box, you would probably find it after walking a little further."

Luo Binhan's head began to buzz. "How did you know?"

"I've seen something similar. This kind of card is made by 0206. Other Wuyuan people won't make it in this style."

"But this thing is Zhou Wenxing's relic."

"…You're just going to run around with a frozen relic like this?"

"It has your address on it! It says the acting chairman is Chilabin. By the way, do you have another nickname called Chilabin?"

Zhou Yu slowly put down the card and looked up at him again, his eyes full of vigilance.

(End of this chapter)