179 Research Institute

Yang Dian and Ned were depressed. The exploration team they went to rescue was staff from the Lewis Institute, and the client was also the Lewis Institute. After Han Xiao left, the two rested for a while, groped carefully, and finally explored The team found their target in the small valley where they were missing.

However, all members of the exploration team were infected with the death virus, mutated, and had bone spurs protruding all over their bodies. They became crazy beasts and were hopeless.

The captain of the exploration team barely maintained a trace of clarity and handed a metal box to the two of them, saying that it was important material that could be used to develop an antidote to the dead virus, and asked the two to take it back to the research institute.

The two could only reluctantly abandon the hopeless exploration team and leave the restricted area with the box. They encountered an accident on the way and were attacked by a herd of animals. In order to protect the metal box, they did not hesitate to protect the box with their bodies. In the end, he was lucky enough to escape, covered in bruises, but luckily the box was intact.

After dragging their exhausted bodies and flying back to Camross, Yang Dian and Ned came to the institute with a guilty heart. They were still brooding over their failure to save the exploration team. They were mentally prepared to be blamed by the institute, and felt that they had betrayed the trust of the client.

A bespectacled man dressed as a senior official walked out of the elevator and ran quickly towards Yang Dian and the two of them, with hope on his face.

"Two heroes, you are back." He sounded enthusiastic.

Ned was full of apologies, "Mr. Lockett, I'm sorry, we failed to complete the mission."

The bespectacled man Lockett's expression changed, "Did they all get killed?"< /p>

"I'm sorry, they are infected with the virus and there is nothing we can do." Yang Dian did not dare to look at Lockette's sad face.

"It's not your fault..." Lockette took off his glasses and wiped his eyes. This gesture made Yang Dian and Ned feel uncomfortable. Ned took out the metal box and said, "This is The relics that the exploration team asked us to hand over to you contain important materials that can solve the source of the dead virus!"

Lockette took the metal box and stroked it with a sad tone, "Oh, if they It would be great to be able to come back. This is their contribution. We will never forget that if the finished product is made, it must be named after them."

The two of them were convinced, and their eyes were a little hot. , Yang Dian sighed: "They are heroes. Failure to save them will be a regret in my life."

"To put it seriously, without you, their hard work would not be transferred. You have done your best, Don't blame yourself for this, if you don't mind, we can treat you for free," Lockette said in a grateful tone.

"No, I can't trouble you anymore." The more grateful Lockette showed, the more embarrassed Yang Dian and Ned became. They hurriedly waved their hands, rejected the invitation, and helped each other to leave. Their backs were straight and full of energy. Proud.

Lockette pushed up her glasses and watched the two of them leave, then walked up to Han Xiao and smiled, "Hello, do you have any business that you would like to entrust to our research institute?"

Han Xiao smiled and openedThe metal box, showing Lockette the mutant heart.

"This is the heart infected by the death virus. The material is a very powerful individual."

Lockette's eyes lit up and he smiled, "Please follow me."

Lockette led the way. Han Xiao followed him into the elevator and arrived at the thirteenth floor. After opening the door, he saw a long white corridor with laboratories on both sides. The windows were double-sided. Looking inside from the outside, people were doing experiments in some laboratories, experimental instruments and materials were stored in some rooms, and there were idle researchers chatting in the corridors.

The thirteenth floor is one of the experimental floors of the Lewis Institute. Lockett led the way and said: "Dead virus has always been an important project of our research. It has been stuck in a bottleneck and lacks active materials. This heart is very important to us. It may be possible to make a potion at once. As usual, you can get a finished product after completing the potion. Of course, if you want other rewards, that’s no problem.”

“No, no. I want the potion." Han Xiao said calmly, pointing to the metal box in Lockette's hand, which was what Yang Dian and Ned handed over, "I thought you already had the materials."

"This? Haha, this is also quite important." Lockette smiled and did not elaborate.

Arriving at a large biological laboratory, Lockette stopped and said, "Please wait outside the door. Unrelated personnel are not allowed to enter the laboratory."

Han Xiao put the box To Lockette, Lockette walked into the laboratory with two boxes and talked with a senior executive who seemed to be the laboratory director. The two boxes were opened on the table. Han Xiao saw from a distance that the other box contained a Snow-white eggs, I don’t know what kind of creature they are.

Lockette and the experimental director were chatting in a low voice. Han Xiao’s ears moved, and his level 55 senses picked up the conversation between the two people in the distance.

Experiment Director: "Where are the people on the exploration team, are they all dead?"

Lockette: "Yeah, those two heroes didn't save anyone."

"I feel ashamed. Trust us, haha, hiring these superheroes is much more cost-effective than mercenaries. As long as we give them some good reasons, they will even work for us for free, which saves me a budget."

"You didn't reveal your secret, did you?"

"Of course not. They are stupid and naive. They were so moved that they almost cried after just a few words of lies. It's best to coax such so-called heroes. Praise and gratitude will do. It made them dizzy. When they left, they thought they had done something great. I almost burst out laughing."

"Don't offend superheroes, try to make friends with them."

"Don't worry, I left a good impression on them. If you have anything to do next time, you can come to them. As long as you make up a good reason, they will definitely not refuse."

Not long after, Lockette ended the conversation, returned to the door, and said with a polite smile: "It takes a day to make the potion. If you don't mind, we will provide a room to rest. The potion will be delivered as soon as possible. In your hands."

"Okay." Han Xiao had no objection.

The two took the elevator to the living area floor. Han Xiao was assigned to a guest suite. Lockette told some areas not to run around and left with an excuse.

Han Xiao checked whether there were cameras in the room and found two, so he took out his computer, hacked into the network, controlled the cameras in the room, and played the freeze-frame pictures in a loop.

Then he hacked into the institute’s database without any politeness and browsed through various research projects.

[Elementary Programming] has reached the full level. His hacking skills are enough to break through most of Aquamarine's network firewalls. Except for Six Nations Secrets, Germination Headquarters, Darknet Core and other key networks of major forces, they cannot be invaded. , a small research institute cannot stop him. If he enters an uninhabited land and does not trigger the institute's network alarm, he will clear the traces after reading it, and no one will know that he has invaded the network.

Opening the institute's project file, projects flashed across the screen.

"Green lizard potion, bull hormone, thunderclaw extract, grouper plague pathogen..."

Many of the names are potions obtained by players in previous lives. After reading them After a while, he finally saw the dead virus project. Its full name is [Dead Virus Enhancer]. In the detailed records of the project, there are allocations from various consortiums. This is an experiment to enhance physical fitness. As for the antidote to the death virus that Lu Keite told Yang Dian and Ned, the institute has not conducted research in this area at all.

Han Xiao’s eyes flickered and he quickly tapped the keyboard to implant the program.

PS: (I will ask for leave tomorrow, organize my outline, and adjust my work and rest)