Pale Silence

Yan Ruoming shook his head: "At that time, the whole laboratory was in a mess, and I didn't notice it. I originally wanted to destroy the laboratory, but the samples and data are still here, so I couldn't bear it."

Song Jian frowned and asked Chen Mo: "Momo, how far is the sample room on the map from here?"

Chen Mo said: "13 meters, three corners, and two doors for fingerprint verification, I can't get in by myself."

Yan Ruoming looked at Chen Mo in surprise.

Su Zeyu said in a low voice: "Chen Mo's ability to read maps is superhuman, and he can remember everything at a glance."

Song Jian shined the flashlight on the wall in the passage, and saw a vent.

He said to Chen Mo: "Momo, you go into the ventilation duct, go in the opposite direction from the laboratory, and lure the zombies away."

Chen Mo nodded, stood on tiptoe and smashed open the entrance of the ventilation duct with the butt of his gun, and jumped twice without jumping up.

Song Jian hugged Chen Mo's legs with one hand, and easily lifted the small thing into the ventilation duct.

Chen Mo felt a little flustered.

After all, he was still a little afraid of this narrow, dark cave.

The darkness makes people think of all kinds of bad things. When crawling inside, there is always a fear of being swallowed up by the darkness and crushed to death here.

But Chen Mo stubbornly refused to show the slightest fear, gritted his teeth and quickly crawled into the depths of the ventilation duct.

The map of the laboratory was hand-drawn by Yan Ruoming for them to see, and the size and layout were not so accurate, so Chen Mo could only organize the appearance of the map in his mind more carefully, carefully looking for the right direction.

The ventilation ducts in the laboratory are stricter than other places, and there are barbed wire where the ducts intersect to prevent mice from entering.

Chen Mo had no choice but to use the vise to pinch off bit by bit, and his action was much slower.

During the waiting time, Yan Ruoming chatted with Song Jian in a low voice: "Is this child your...lover?"

Song Jian was silent for a while, then gave an indistinct "um".

Yan Ruoming lowered his head and rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "Zeyu, go to the car and bring me my mobile phone, I need to use it when I open the door."

Su Zeyu looked blank: "Huh?"

Yan Ruoming said, "It's on my car seat, hurry up and get it."

Su Zeyu ran out in a daze.

Yan Ruoming looked at Song Jian and said softly, "Song Jian, you...why do you..."

Song Jian said, "I don't understand what you're talking about."

Yan Ruoming said, "Any fool should see how much that child looks like me."

Song Jian said, "I didn't mean that."

Yan Ruoming asked: "You don't need to explain to me what you mean, Song Jian, I'm not the one you're sorry for."

Just as Song Jian was about to explain again, Chen Mo's low voice came from the intercom: "Song Jian, I'm here."

Song Jian picked up the walkie-talkie and responded: "Get ready to start, pay attention to safety."

Chen Mo gave a soft "hmm".

The laboratory fell into silence again.

A few seconds later, Chen Mo started shooting.

Attracted by the gunshots, a large number of zombies rushed towards the ventilation duct where Chen Mo was hiding.

The ventilation duct is more than two meters high, and even a tall zombie can only touch it with a raised hand.

Chen Mo hid inside and shot, which was actually the safest place.

Song Jian had a hurdle in his heart.

Although he didn't say anything, he still felt ashamed of Chen Mo in his heart.

So this time, he must not let Chen Mo take risks in order to protect Yan Ruoming.

Song Jian threw another fluorescent stick over.

A large number of zombies have gradually been attracted to Chen Mo.

Su Zeyu ran back panting, and whispered, "Dr. Yan, I didn't find your cell phone..."

Yan Ruoming said, "Shh."

Song Jian said: "You two walk on my right side, close to the wall, try to be as light as possible, don't make any movement. It's only seven or eight meters from here to the first gate. It's only a few steps away, so you have to move quickly."

Yan Ruoming and Su Zeyu agreed, and followed Song Jian carefully and quickly walked out.

The group of corpses was still roaring around the ventilation duct where Chen Mo was hiding, with their backs almost turned to them. This gave the three of them enough chances to quickly rush towards the door leading to the laboratory sample library.

This door uses triple biometric technology, face, fingerprint, and iris, and only Yan Ruoming can open it.

Yan Ruoming stood at the door and hurriedly verified his identity.

There was too much dust on the fingerprint reader, so Su Zeyu wiped it with his sleeve frantically.

The group of corpses attracted by Chen Mo's gunfire roared under the ventilation duct for a while, and slowly began to give up.

The zombies on the outermost edge wandered around and suddenly found three people standing at the door of the laboratory. They immediately howled excitedly, summoning their companions to give up the hard-to-catch prey in the ventilation duct and rush towards the door of the laboratory.

Song Jian opened fire, and in a burst of gunfire, the zombies in the front row were beaten to a pulp.

But in such an unobstructed situation, Song Jian couldn't even deal with the corpses to protect others, even if he was a tank.

He growled anxiously: "Quick!"

After Yan Ruoming verified his fingerprint and facial recognition, he couldn't pass the iris verification.

He was also anxious: "Zeyu, restart the system!"

Su Zeyu smashed the shell of the recognizer with a punch, tore off a wire and hurriedly connected it.

A row of lights on the side of the identifier light up sequentially, and the display starts a 20-second countdown.

Song Jian fired out a box of bullets, and the group of corpses got closer and closer to them, rushing forward one after another.

20 seconds, they can't last 20 seconds here!

Chen Mo lay on his stomach in the ventilation duct, watching Song Jian and Yan Ruoming surrounded by zombies. The circle got smaller and smaller, but the iris detector was still counting down.

Chen Mo looked at Song Jian not far away, took out a knife from his pocket without hesitation, and cut his arm fiercely.

Blood trickled down the wall.

The smell of blood stimulated the most instinctive desires of the zombies. When a large number of zombies smelled the smell of blood, they roared excitedly and rushed towards the bleeding wall with their bloody mouths wide open.

The light was too dim, Chen Mo couldn't see how his wound was doing, it was just a little painful.

The blood is slowly flowing away from the body, life is like a slowly withering flower, so sad and so gentle.

Chen Mo was a little scared and a little happy in a trance.

Song Jian... is it safe...

Taking advantage of the corpses being attracted by the blood, Yan Ruoming finally passed the iris recognition.

The door of the laboratory opened slowly, and the three hurriedly retreated while fighting, and rushed into the laboratory.

There are still a few zombies in here, but Song Jian has enough to deal with.

Song Jian yelled into the walkie-talkie while shooting: "Momo! Momo! What did you do? Chen Mo!"

The situation was too critical just now, and he had no time to think about what Chen Mo did to lure the corpses back.

But when the stone hanging over his heart was finally let go, he couldn't help thinking more and more afraid, and roared louder and louder.

Song Jian yelled for a long time before Chen Mo's response came from the intercom.

Chen Mo's voice was very small and soft, and he always spoke in such a soft and flimsy manner, he whispered: "I'm fine, everything in the ventilation duct is safe, I'll wait here for you to come out."

Song Jian finally felt relieved, and said to Yan Ruoming, "Go, get the samples and data."

In the dark and narrow ventilation duct, Chen Mo cut off a piece of his clothes and wrapped them tightly around his arms to stop the blood.

He couldn't continue to bleed anymore, he had to keep as much energy as possible, and wait for Song Jian to come out to have the energy to continue attracting the zombies' attention.

Chen Mo rested for a while, poked half of his head out of the ventilation duct, and carefully checked the movement.

The door leading to the laboratory has been closed, Song Jian and Yan Ruoming are going to get the experimental samples, will they come out soon?

If... If Yan Ruoming can really develop a vaccine for zombies, will the world return to normal?

Can he go back to school again, can he ride a bicycle to the supermarket to buy snacks, can he... be with the person he likes seriously...

Chen Mo held the walkie-talkie, hesitated for a long, long time, still pressed the call button, and said softly, "Song Jian."

His voice was too low, Song Jian couldn't hear clearly, and asked again: "What's the matter?"

Chen Mo whispered, "Song Jian...I...I'm a little scared..."

He was choked with grievances, clutching his injured arm in the dark, pressing the wound tightly to stop the bleeding, tears rolling in his eyes.

Song Jian shot dead a zombie who was about to pounce on him, and said, "We'll get out right away, you get ready."

Chen Mo looked down at his arm that had just stopped the bleeding, and said in a low voice, "Mmm..."

Yan Ruoming saw that it was too late to copy a large amount of data in the computer, so he simply smashed the host computer one by one, removed the hard disk and took it away.

Su Zeyu carried a large bag and packed boxes of test tube samples into it.

Song Jian stood at the door with a gun in his hand, separated by the dark corridor and two doors, calculating the time it would take to get out.

Yan Ruoming stood in front of the last largest computer and said, "Song Jian, once the central computer is damaged, this research institute will enter a self-destruct mode. When the self-destruct mode is activated, the entire research institute will be blocked and burned. There is only a 5-minute countdown, tell your people to evacuate quickly."

Song Jian picked up the walkie-talkie: "Everyone get out immediately. This place will be completely burned in 5 minutes. I repeat, everyone get out immediately. Zhang Pingzhou, check the outside and the exit, and prepare to take us out."

Several people who were searching for materials in the research institute responded one after another: "Understood."

"clear."

Zhang Pingzhou said: "Everything is safe."

Song Jian waited for a while.

Yan Ruoming waited in front of the host with a small hammer for half a minute, then turned around in doubt: "Song Jian, what are you waiting for?"

Song Jian switched to the private channel and whispered, "Momo, are you there?"

Chen Mo replied, "I'm ready."

Song Jian said: "When we cover our withdrawal, you only have 2 minutes to withdraw."

Chen Mo said, "Yes."

Song Jian said: "I will meet you near the vent you climbed in."

Chen Mo said, "Yes."

Song Jian took a deep breath and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll wait for you to come out."

Yan Ruoming asked Song Jian with his eyes.

Song Jian nodded.

Yan Ruoming raised his hammer and slammed it on the outer wall of the host.

A piercing alarm sounded throughout the institute, and electronic sounds began to issue warnings.

"The host is damaged, the host is damaged, start the self-destruct program, start the self-destruct program. 5 minutes countdown, start..."