Chapter 03:ㅤ"Do you smell that?"ㅤ[edited]
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When passing by, Ying Xize noticed that many colleagues were subconsciously glancing in the direction of the recorder.
It's rare to see the rumored leader of the Seventh Team, so it was natural to take another look at such a legendary figure.
Only Ying Xize, who came in with the people from the Research Institute, came to the nearest area without looking sideways.
He always remembered that his only task here was to collect the samples.
The scene, which had just experienced a fierce battle, was in a mess.
Looking around, the density of the corpses once exceeded the standard. According to the rough estimation, it can be inferred that everyone in the entire community are already here.
Infected organisms often receive cues from the main body in their subconsciousness.
These people apparently obeyed the call, gathered here instinctively, and completely gave away their lives silently.
Some of them were corroded alive and died in the process of mutation. Some people have even entered the alien's mouth, but because of the fierce fight with Su Fengzhou just now, they were peeled off from the cystic part of the alien's main body again. The whole body was still wrapped in a sticky green liquid, and under the intense corrosion, there were almost no human form left.
The members of the Research Institute who went on the mission this time are basically already battle-hardened.
Except for the intern who ran out with a pale face due to discomfort and Yu Qingyi following to comfort him, everyone else almost straightaway avoided these human-like things and went straight to their sampling target.
Although most of the ordinary people who died at the scene of the "accident" have also undergone mutations, according to their previous experimental experience, these incomplete mutations are obviously not suitable for testing and research. The samples they need to bring back are mainly taken from the alien's body.
Those scattered limbs around are obviously the best choice.
The Logistics Department personnel responsible for handling the scene came and went, trying to avoid the scope of activities of the people in the Research Institute.
Next to them were the members of the Department of Elimination and Investigation who were standing by.
They stood by with guns and observed everything at the scene. Although they didn't move, everyone knew what these people were there for.
No one wanted the members of the DEI to perform their duties here.
Obviously no one spoke, but the sound of footsteps coming and going, which fell in the ears of the sentinel whose five senses were extremely sensitive, was still enough to make people feel irritable from the inside out.
When Su Fengzhou opened his eyes again, all of his demeanor has returned to a calm state.
He snuffed out the cigarette in his hand and was just about to leave when his eyes inadvertently glanced over, and paused slightly.
From this angle, the young man's back looked tall and thin.
The dusky twilight fell, the mottled starlight leaking in from the distance dyed a very thin outline around him. With his back facing him, he couldn't see his specific appearance, but there was an indescribable sense of pallor in this peaceful background.
Shen Wenyan noticed Su Fengzhou's line of sight and with a low chuckle, he blurted out: "Ying Xize, the famous iceberg beauty of the Research Institute's Group E. It wasn't me, boss, this person is really hard to chase! I don't know how many people wanted to pursue him before, but they were all turned away. But if you have an idea, boss, I can ask someone to inquire more carefully."
Su Feng Zhou raised his eyebrows and replied, "Oh, from the Institute."
No further words were said.
And yet this simple sentence was enough to make Shen Wenyan shut his mouth in due time.
Despite the fact that the relevant personnel from the Department of Elimination and Investigation and the Research Institute will always appear in the same frame at every "accident" scene, but in fact, these two departments have taken two completely different paths at the end.
Since no one believes in another, they naturally do not deal with each other.
The top leadership, in particular, has come close to fighting several times in the group conferences just for the future planning in this current crisis situation.
Su Fengzhou also did not say anything else.
Although everyone has a love for beauty, with the state of his spiritual power like this, it was indeed not enough to rely solely on personal aesthetics to determine his likes and dislikes.
Only, that unintentional glance just now made him vaguely have a very subtle feeling.
After a moment of distraction, his steps slightly halted.
It was at this time that the first shots were fired at the scene of the "accident".
This time, Su Fengzhou did not turn back because of this, but resumed his steps towards the outside instead.
Everything else has nothing to do with him.
However, such a gunshot sounded like an extremely dangerous signal, shattering the originally silent atmosphere at the site of the accident.
Then, the second sound, and then the third...
Exactly five shots in a row.
When the others looked in that direction at that time, they only saw several figures crumpled to the ground and the indifferent movements of the Department of Elimination and Investigation personnel who retracted their firearms again.
The few people who were killed on the scene were wearing protective uniforms of the Logistics Department, and the fear of imminent death caused their eyes to widen in instinctive horror.
Some of the foot limbs have abruptly ripped through the flesh and blood on their bodies, spreading out densely from their bodies, but they also lost their lives quickly with the death of their hosts, reluctantly struggling a few times before completely losing any movement.
The appearance of the alienation infection caught them off guard, which also added a few depressing moments on the site.
Several of the Institute's researchers were relatively close, but their reaction was still rapid. They decisively added an additional extra protective equipment, and carefully put the twisting and struggling limbs that were still unwilling to give up beside the corpses into the isolation box.
The sudden change of environment made the foot limbs instinctively agitated, knocking the side walls of the vessel out with a sharp sound.
However, the container made of special materials naturally cannot be cast off so easily.
Such image of knocking fell into their eyes, adding a bit of excitement in the eyes of some researchers.
Who would have thought that these few parts of the alien's main body still remained active? This was obviously an important source of infection for the mutation of those Logistics personnel. Once brought back to the Research Institute, it will be a very precious experimental sample.
Someone couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "We finally got a live sample this time..."
Such words were clearly inappropriate in the scene at this moment, especially in the sight cast by the rest of the Logistics Department, which was undoubtedly full of repressed discontent.
Ying Xize, standing among several people from the Research Institute, naturally received their obvious anger.
His demeanor remained unmoved.
There are reasons why researchers from various research institutes are sometimes unpopular.
Even since its inception, all of the Research Institute's achievements have gradually become the most important defensive weapons in their confrontation against the aliens, but they can never tear off the "cold-blooded" label on these people no matter what.
Of course, for these research maniacs, they don't seem to care about the eyes of others at all.
The team leader, Chen Sining, clapped his hands and duly pulled back the crowd's attention: "There are probably other active wreckage at the site. Everyone should take protective measures and be careful."
While speaking, the fewer alienated people who were shot down have been dragged aside by other colleagues in the Logistics Department without a word.
They were piled up with the bodies of those who died in the community.
After everything was processed, the corpses at the scene will be brought to a unified harmless extinction process.
Yu Qingyi has just returned from comforting the group's interns and happened to witness such a scene. At this time, the whole person's mood was obviously not too good.
Tying up the large wavy curls that fell over her shoulders, she sighed lowly, "Really, every time there's an accident."
Yes, no one can guarantee that there will be no accident at the "accident" sites around the world.
And compared with many more tragic areas, what they are facing today doesn't even deserve of being called an accident.
Attrition, for all those who frequent the "accident" sites, can simply be said to be accustomed to it.
When stepping into this place, everyone has practically been prepared to lie in the pile of corpses at any time of thought.
As Ying Xize's assistant, Xiang Jiayan has brought brand-new protective equipment right away.
Using these things on top of the current basic protective clothing can provide even more safety and security.
Xiang Jiayan handed the accessories in his hand to Ying Xize and laughed silently when he heard Yu Qingyi's complaint, "When did our Beauty Yu begin to be compassionate?"
Yu Qingyi glared at him: "Do you really think I'm cold-blooded? I call this having feelings."
Xiang Jiayan was noncommittal: "Feelings, this kind of thing in itself, should not exist in us."
Ying Xize listened to the quarrel between the two, looked down at the protective equipment handed by Xiang Jiayan, and frowned slightly.
He wanted to say he didn't need these, but the moment he looked up, a residual light swept past behind Yu Qingyi.
"Be careful."
Yu Qingyi didn't even have time to react before she was already dragged forward by Ying Xize.
She nearly fell down when she stumbled. When she looked back in amazement, she saw something suddenly flying not far from where she had just been.
With Ying Xize's sharp evasion movement to the side, it nearly grazed his arm.
Then it fell heavily to the ground.
Realizing what that was, Yu Qingyi's face turned a little pale.
She looked at the thing still writhing on the ground with a deadly stare, and then saw that the limb that was almost still connected with flesh and blood did not respond anymore. After twitching, it suddenly seemed to have withdrawn all its strength and curled up into a very strange shape. In an instant, it shriveled quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Like the sneak attack made a while ago, it was only a brief reflection of that thing. In just a few seconds, it was completely dead on the ground.
All the flesh and blood completely melted into a green pulp, and collapsed to the ground like a deflated balloon.
Xiang Jiayan's heart jumped at the sudden change and rushed up immediately: "How is it, are you alright?"
Ying Xize's eyes fell on the rapidly depleting leg and calmly shook his head: "I'm fine."
Yu Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the conversation between the two, but her voice suddenly tightened up again when the afterglow passed by: "Ying Gong, are you... bleeding?"
At the same time, Su Fengzhou, who had walked down several floors because of the damaged elevator, suddenly stopped.
Shen Wenyan, who was following behind, almost collided with him when he wasn't paying attention. He stumbled and asked in confusion, "Boss, what's wrong?"
Su Fengzhou: "Do you smell that?"
Shen Wenyan's expression became even more bewildered: "?"
Noticing the other party's puzzled gaze, Su Fengzhou didn't ask any more questions.
He looked back thoughtfully towards the winding stairs, and after a pause, he suddenly strode back again.
He was pretty sure he smelled a very faint smell of blood.
It was laced with a strong, unadorned scent of a guide.
A taste that he could only dream of.
On the other hand, seeing the deep cut on the back of Ying Xize's fair hand, everyone's faces instantly turned ugly.
In particular, the members of the Department of Elimination and Investigation in charge of this area have put their hands on the gun at their waist with vigilance, looking like they're ready to fire.
Judging from the currently known research results, all alienating infections to humans are irreversible.
In order to avoid the tragedies that have occured before, according to the orders received by the Department of Elimination and Investigation when taking action, they are always killed on the spot as soon as they entered the alienation process.
Regardless of identity.
Such a tense atmosphere made Xiang Jiayan frown: "There is no alienation infection. Why are you so nervous?"
But apparently, his unilateral protest was not accepted by the members of the Department of Elimination and Investigation.
In the midst of the eyes gathered on all sides, Ying Xize took the emergency tissue from Xiang Jiayan's hand, wiped the blood off his wrist in an unperturbed manner, and quietly hid the not-so-deep gash back into his cuff.
Only then did he raise his eyes and glanced at the people present, using another tissue in his hand to gently wipe over the broken glass opening of the window beside him: "I just accidentally bumped into this place."
Everyone looked at Ying Xize's hand, and sure enough, they saw the mottled bloodstains wiped off the glass.
The researchers present were a little relieved.
Yu Qingyi also patted her chest with lingering fears: "Okay, okay... you scared us to death."
The personnel from the Department of Elimination and Investigation remained very vigilant: "No matter what, put the detector on first."
Ying Xize nodded, took the precision instrument for detecting the degree of alienation from them, and fastened it on his wrist.
The whole process of wearing it seemed quite cooperative.
At the end, he looked up at the other party, not forgetting to ask one more question, "Is it alright now?"
Swept away by these eyes, the staff of the Department of Elimination and Investigation who were initially on official business, inexplicably caught their breath and stammered subconsciously: "Yes, yes."
Such an attitude caused a burst of laughter from Yu Qingyi next to him.
The faces of several people in the Department of Elimination and Investigation became a little unsightly.
Just then, there was suddenly other agitation nearby.
Hearing someone crying "I'm really not infected" from a distance, after exchanging glances, the team leader quickly dispatched a few people to check the situation.
The others also immediately curbed their flirtatious smiles, and their emotions sank again in an instant.
Obviously, there are people elsewhere who have encountered this kind of sneak attack by the alien's residual body, but they may not have the same good luck as Ying Xize and Yu Qingyi.
A few more shots rang out, confirming their conjecture.
"Fortunately, that shit just struggled against death, otherwise it would be really scary." Yu Qingyi thought of the thrilling scene just now, and still felt a little scared in her heart.
Ying Xize didn't answer, just casually found a corner and sat down to rest.
The remaining members of the Department of Elimination and Investigation were still keeping an eye on Ying Xize.
According to the current research results on the incubation period of alienated infection, the evolution cycle in humans is very short. As long as the detection instrument does not give an alarm within the next ten minutes, his potential threat warning can be lifted.
The sound of footsteps from far away attracted the attention of the crowd.
When they saw the person clearly, the people in the Department of Elimination and Investigation kept their backs in unison, and instinctively gave a military salute: "Captain Su!"
Su Fengzhou responded, his line of sight turning around, and finally rested on that alienation detector in Ying Xize's hand.
After a moment's pause, he raised his head and asked meaningfully, "Was someone injured just now?"
Ying Xize met such a line of sight.
He obviously didn't quite understand why the leader of the Seventh Team, whom he had never met before, chose to ask him out of so many people.
But he finally gave a low "hm".
The good-looking fingertips pointed lightly in the direction of the earlier turmoil, giving a clear path: "If you wanted to find the wounded, you can go over there and have a look."