Sitting at the head of the conference table was still the military officer with the star on his shoulder. He stretched out his hand and patted the thick stack of reports about Chu Yunsheng's recent situation. He looked around and said, "let's discuss freely. According to the current information we have, this little guy is very sure that the end of the world is coming, and he is using all the time to prepare materials. What do you think?"
The gray-haired old man adjusted his glasses and pointed at the report about Song Ying, which was only a few thin pages compared to Chu Yunsheng, and said, "I still say the same thing, Chu's problem is much more serious than Song's. If we want to solve the mystery of the monster's retreat, we must start from him."
The military officer nodded and asked, "Professor Sun, what do you think?"
"I think so." Professor Sun hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "is it possible that the monster incident in the laboratory has seriously stimulated him, causing him to have some kind of doomsday complex, and then a series of crazy actions? He is different from Miss Song, he has no background, so he is under a lot of psychological pressure. Even if Miss Song has the same complex, her family situation can easily make her not think about this problem."
Then he sped up and continued, "of course, who is the root cause? In the current situation, it is not important. The first thing we need to figure out is why such an incident happened? We should focus on this. Even if it is Chu's problem, it is useless to catch him and put him in the laboratory now, because we don't have a specific experiment plan. We can't lock him up and put him on the operating table to dissect him, right? If we waste a quasi-experimental subject that is very likely to solve the mystery, it is better to put him outside and continue to observe. "
What professor Sun said was not unreasonable. The military officer also nodded, but still did not make any comments. He looked at the other people and asked again, "do you have any other opinions? Let's hear it, let's brainstorm. "
In the laboratory building, the people in white lab coats were always led by a few old guys. Professor Sun and the white-haired old man both expressed their different opinions, while the other people all belonged to different academic camps. They all had the idea of protecting themselves, so they just kept quiet and did not say a single word.
Just when the military officer was about to lose his patience, Zhao Ling, who was next to professor Sun, suddenly said, "if, I am just hypothesizing, let's look at it from another perspective, what if the doomsday that Chu thinks is true?"
She repeatedly emphasized that it was an if, a hypothesis, and not a fact, but when she finished speaking, everyone still looked at her in surprise. The meaning in their eyes couldn't be more strange — You think so too?
Zhao Ling slightly nodded her head, under everyone's questioning gaze, she added, "I have a good friend who just joined Chu's company not long ago. After the monster incident, I looked through Chu's personal information and found this relationship. I immediately went to find my friend. According to her memory, Chu had already decided to resign before he came to the lab, and he asked her a strange question. It was about the end of the world. Later, Chu's colleagues also confirmed that before the car accident, he had already begun to believe in this concept, and he had spread it several times among his friends."
Hearing this, the officer's eyebrows twitched. He sat up straight and seemed to be interested. He gestured, "Continue. Do you have any conclusions?"
Professor Sun also gave her an encouraging look, signaling her to continue speaking boldly.
"Okay." Zhao Ling sorted out her thoughts and speculated, "I think that Chu's abnormal behavior is an isolated incident, and has nothing to do with the car accident and the monster incident. That is to say, before the car accident, his behavior was already abnormal, and because of the influence of the car accident and the monster incident, we confused the two and created an illusion that both Chu and Song were abnormal after the monster incident. But in fact, this may not be the case. Then, it is easy to understand that the monster's reaction at that time should be related to Miss Song, because only she behaved abnormally after the car accident, so logically speaking, it is more reasonable. "
The military officer was silent for a while, and then praised her, "your analysis is very good. How about this, I will leave Chu to you for the time being. You will be fully responsible for tracking him, and try to contact him as much as possible. It is best to find out why he believes that the end of the world will happen. This is very important. Professor Sun, do you have any problem with me borrowing your people? "
"Of course, no problem, but —" Professor Sun's tone suddenly changed, and he said very seriously, "General Gao, I have a question. Since the military has summoned us to participate in the 1011 plan, but so far, they have not disclosed the real content of the plan. I personally have a suggestion. I hope that the cooperation between the military and us should be mutual trust, and not mutual vigilance and concealment. Recently, we have reached a critical period of research. If we don't know the exact direction of our research, it will be very disadvantageous to the development of the research."
The military officer responded very quickly, immediately nodded, and said in a calm tone, "of course, the eyes of science without direction are like headless flies, but the military has its own confidentiality system, and it is not something that I can change personally."
His words were equivalent to saying nothing, and it was obviously a bureaucratic tone. Professor Sun was not satisfied, but he also knew that confidentiality was the most important thing when working for the military, and it was impossible and would not be disclosed casually. This was related to national security, and it was not a child's play.
However, as the work got deeper and deeper, and it reached a critical period, especially after the monster incident, there were all kinds of speculations among the researchers, so he had to ask a fatal question on behalf of many researchers and himself.
"I only want to ask one thing." Professor Sun weighed for a moment, and finally made up his mind.
This question was not a small problem, nor was it a national security issue, but it was related to everyone's life and the safety of all families, so he had to ask, and he had to ask.
In order to smoothly touch on this question and get the response he deserved, he deliberately raised the tip of the iceberg first, and then arranged his students to gradually lead the topic to the top.
Therefore, it could be said that this meeting was ostensibly to discuss the problem of Chu Yunsheng and Song Ying, but in fact, it was a secret competition between the people in white coats and the military.
"Professor Sun, what do you want to ask? Please say it. "General Gao's eyes narrowed, but he still expressed his sincerity.
But the more he behaved like this, the more pressure Professor Sun felt. With his experience at his age, he knew very well what he could ask and what he could not ask, especially when dealing with a powerful department like the military. He needed to be more careful and follow the rules. But the arrow was already on the bowstring, so he gritted his teeth and said, "what Chu Yunsheng is doing, is it true?"
In the end, he still chose a more euphemistic and vague way of asking. It could be understood as "Chu Yunsheng is preparing for the end of the world", but it could also be understood as "whether the end of the world is real".
Everything depended on how General Gao answered.
General Gao seemed to be dazed for a second, and then he immediately laughed and said, "Old Sun, you are our famous scientist, do you really believe such a thing? Besides, you are the scientists, you are the authority, even the military has to listen to you, right? "
What he said was very logical. Professor Sun also couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Whether the end of the world was really going to happen or not, it was not really up to the military to decide, unless there was a nuclear war or a world war. As an elite of the scientific community, why did he have to ask the military about scientific things? Wasn't it a big joke?
As if he saw professor Sun's embarrassment, General Gao stood up and said, "professors, why don't we call it a day? You also need to sort out a specific plan as soon as possible. Whether it is Chu or Song, they are both very important to us."
After he finished speaking, he packed up his things and left the meeting room. He did not think that it was a joke for a scientific expert to ask a layman about scientific things. This meant that the people in the laboratory building had already become restless, and the researchers were full of doubts and dissatisfaction. It was a very sensitive period, so he needed to find a way to quickly calm them down.
…
When Chu Yunsheng was ordering meat products, he received a phone call. The number was very strange. He hesitated for a moment, then directly hung up.
But not long after, the phone rang again. It was still the same number, so the butcher said that he should answer the phone first.
Chu Yunsheng had a lot of money in his bag. He was afraid that someone might rob him if he answered the phone at the door. This kind of thing often happened on the news, so he was always very careful. So he quickly went into the butcher's shop and answered the phone, "hello, who is this?"
A young girl's light voice came from the phone, "Chu Yunsheng? I am professor Sun's student, Zhao Ling, do you still remember me? "
Although the day of the car accident was a bit unreal, it was not that long after all. Of course, Chu Yunsheng remembered her. But he didn't know why she suddenly called him. He was really scared of the girl named Song Ying, so he asked confusedly, "oh, hello, what can I do for you?"
"I want to ask you for a favor." Zhao Ling paused for a second and said, "someone wants to see you."
Chu Yunsheng immediately became alert, "who?" Then he immediately added, "I don't have time."
Zhao Ling was afraid that he would hang up the phone immediately, so she hurriedly said, "it's Song Ying, I went to see her today. Her mental state is very bad, and her mood is also very unstable. Since the last time she went back, she has been locking herself in her room. She refuses to see anyone. She only eats when she is hungry. She is very weak. I mentioned you outside the door, so she let me into her room …"
While listening to the phone, Chu Yunsheng thought that it was indeed that person again. He didn't want to see this person again. So he immediately said resolutely, "I'm sorry, I really don't have time. That's it, I'm hanging up. Bye."
After that, he really hung up the phone. He took a deep breath and pretended that nothing had happened. Then he asked the butcher to calculate the quantity and total price of the meat, as well as the delivery date.
Just after he said a few words, the phone rang again. Chu Yunsheng only took a glance at it, and immediately hung up the phone without hesitation. Then he blacklisted it. He had made up his mind to draw a clear line between himself and this group of dangerous people.
The butcher laughed. 'Quarreled with your girlfriend?'
Chu Yunsheng glared at him and said, "Are you a butcher or a gossiper?"
The butcher just laughed and didn't say anything. Chu Yunsheng was a big customer, so he naturally couldn't offend him.
This young man didn't want any kind of meat except human meat. He wanted a lot of meat, and he didn't care too much about the price. However, the delivery date was very strange. The delivery date was more than a month later, and it couldn't be earlier or later.
However, he couldn't do this business alone. After all, he didn't sell all kinds of meat. He needed to find another butcher to cooperate with him. Of course, as the middleman, he would also get some benefits.
The butcher smiled and gave Chu Yunsheng a discount. He then took out a piece of paper and scribbled a simplified version of the contract, pressed his fingerprint on it, and took the deposit from Chu Yunsheng while counting the money happily.
At this time, Chu Yunsheng's phone rang again, but it was not a phone call. It was a text message from another number.
The butcher was counting the money, and Chu Yunsheng couldn't leave. So he decided to see what she wanted to do this time. Facing those powerful people, he was inevitably a little worried.
The text message read:
"Chu, Song Ying is in a very dangerous situation now. If you don't go, I am worried that she will commit suicide. She only mentioned to me that she wants to see you … Don't worry, I understand your concern. I didn't report this matter to my superiors, and Song Ying's father also doesn't know about it. I have tried to find an excuse, but he is afraid that something might happen to his daughter again, so he refused to let Song Ying come out with me. So if you want to go, I will drive to pick you up later."
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