On the third day in the Nevada Desert, it was also afternoon. Li Haojun and Keshia were invited to enter the base again. The same security check process, but this time they signed more confidentiality agreements. Then they were guided by the base staff and walked along the corridor on the other side. It was still the same dim light, rough walls, and armed men patrolling with guns. Li Haojun noticed that the armed men had no military identification and no soldier names, so they might be security personnel or mercenaries.
At the corner at the end of the corridor, there was an old-fashioned elevator with metal fences and a small space for personnel to use. Obviously, any passage here requires corresponding permissions. Li Haojun and Keshia followed the guide and entered the elevator. Then, the elevator ran downwards. The underground first floor did not stop, and it was unclear what it was used for. The underground second floor did not stop either, but it seemed to have been renovated, with a wide space and bright lighting. As the elevator reached the underground third floor, the door opened, and the two were led to a room, which was obviously a locker room, but it was a locker room belonging to the cleaning plant. Li Haojun looked around, then glanced at Keshia, and said nothing, thinking, fortunately it's not a virus laboratory.
After the cleaning area and the disinfection area, the front should be the clean production delivery room, which is not large in scale. The assistant who led the way yesterday happened to be in front, and the person who led the way just now followed Li Haojun and Keshia. This time, they were shown some bioengineering manufacturing equipment, but the focus was on the material and drug supply facilities connected to these equipment. There were projection devices on the eyepieces worn by Li Haojun and Keshia. The assistant introduced the basic situation and the problems encountered to them through these interactive devices, and then returned to the office to answer questions.
Today, I returned to the hotel for dinner later than yesterday. The moon was already high. The two put on more clothes and decided to go out for a walk.
The moonlight shone through Keshia's headscarf, shining on her face, which was subtle and soft. Her hips and thighs were fuller than Malaya, and her steps seemed more stable.
"Ethan, what do you think those devices are used for?" Keshia chatted with Li Haojun as they walked.
"There are many practical uses, but they are obviously not used by environmentalists to revive prehistoric animals."
"Do you think they are cloning people?" Keshia asked
"I don't know much about this, but judging from the size of the equipment, it should be no problem to copy tissues or organs, especially since they seem to be a paramilitary unit, and maybe they have a rehabilitation project for disabled soldiers."
"Well, why don't they go to the hospital? The hospital can do it, too."
"Maybe there are some secret operators who need it, or there are unethical or regulatory aspects, or they also have their own research projects that are more advanced than the public can access. Sometimes technology is also a kind of power, and there is a premium power when there is a certain power, so technology is power." Li Haojun looked at the bright moon and said helplessly, "So they can use their technology to exchange their power with those in power," "Well, unfortunately, things work like this, which is not fair to ordinary people. Of course, their technological progress will benefit the general public one day. But before that, it may be that the elites have further consolidated their ruling position." Li Haojun pointed to the moon and stars on both sides, "Like this brightness difference," "Well, yes, for ordinary people, there is no way to participate in this process, nor the ability to supervise this process, and can't get rid of their disadvantaged position." "Yes, Darwin's law, although we can try our best to use public power to interfere with the operation of society and try to maintain fairness, Darwin's law is everywhere. "Unless," Keshia said with a smile and stopped talking halfway, "Unless what?" Li Haojun asked curiously, "Unless there is a traitor among those elites! Haha," "Oh, yes, it is not impossible, people with conscience, or sympathy for the masses, or people who are indignant about the world. Oh, it may also be internal strife due to uneven distribution of spoils, haha, it seems that we may not fall into hell yet." "Yes, there is no need to be so pessimistic," "Yes, it's just that the pressure on those people will be very high, and they may disappear, but human society has always alternated between light and darkness in history." As the moon climbed higher and higher, the moonlight shone on the earth, and the snow was white. The two figures close together cast their shadows in the light, like exposed film, presenting the eternity of that moment in nothingness. Back at the hotel, Keshia took off her coat and lay down on the bed, crying coquettishly, "Oh, I'm too tired today. I won't take a shower," and then stared at Li Haojun. Li Haojun looked at her and wanted to say to her, "You're tired but you're not sleeping yet," but he held it back. He held back his words and his smile, and it was all on his face. He let her think whatever she wanted. Then, like caring for a child, he took the blanket from the bed opposite, lay down on his side facing her, looked into her eyes, and waited for her to say something. "If you could always..." Keshia stopped talking halfway through her words. Li Haojun felt bad. He knew that Keshia needed his love, but he couldn't always be with her. The sisters had never had the warmth of a family since they were young, and now he was in love with him but couldn't satisfy them. Thinking of this, he put one arm around her shoulders, leaned her head against his neck, and put one arm around her waist to lean against his body, hoping that his body temperature could convey enough love to her, enough for her to spend the days without him...
When the sun rose the next day, the base's flying car came to pick them up early, which was a bit unexpected. This was obviously different from the pattern of the previous two days.
Everything was the same as yesterday, and it was familiar, but the elevator seemed to go deeper, and it was impossible to distinguish which floor it was underground, because there was a closed shaft. When the elevator door opened again, the same procedure was followed, but this was an unmanned production facility, and the technical assistants were waiting as yesterday, but no one else followed in. Following the guide, walking through the pedestrian walkway, you can see the electrical support part of the industrial production facility. Li Haojun leaned over to Keshia's ear and said to her, watch your feet, follow me closely, don't walk around, and pay attention to safety.
After passing the public engineering area, we came to a relatively wide area. A large number of culture dishes of different sizes were arranged in a three-dimensional steel structure frame. Each set of equipment had its own number on the stainless steel shell.
Looking at such a large facility, Li Haojun couldn't help but feel a little excited. As an engineer, he was like a boy seeing his big toy. Excited, he looked back at Keshia, not knowing whether she was keeping up or wanted to share his inner joy. Keshia said nothing, smiled and followed quietly.
After walking through the area just now, several people came to the office on the other side, which was unattended. Here, the technical assistant introduced the situation of each production line and the different problems encountered to Li Haojun and the others. Li Haojun also asked the other party to provide more detailed technical information for analysis based on his own understanding. Due to confidentiality reasons, the hardware and software can only use the equipment provided by the other party in the underground facilities. Fortunately, the other party respected the rights of workers, and the two were sent back to the hotel after get off work.
After dinner, it was time for a walk. Today, they had to go to work early, and considering the intensity of the work, the other party sent them back a little early. After dinner, they had not missed the sunset. Walking in the fiery red sunshine, the red glow shone through Keshia's headscarf and hair. Li Haojun couldn't help but miss the time he spent with Qin Wenjing. He didn't know what she was doing at this time. An inexplicable impulse in his heart had been transmitted to his arm, wanting to take out the phone to contact her, but his right arm just shook and didn't move.
Li Haojun glanced at Keshia beside him. Her gentle eyes were like the warm comfort of the sunset. "Do you miss her?" Keshia asked softly. "Why, can you really feel it?" Li Haojun was a little surprised. Keshia smiled, looked at him for a while, and said, "It's all on your face. Go say hello to her. I'll wait for you here." After that, she stopped. "Oh," Li Haojun agreed. He was still suspicious in his heart. Is it true that everything I think will show on my face? Even if it is, it won't be so obvious that it can be seen by a girl in her early twenties. Or are women born so sensitive? After taking a few steps, Li Haojun looked back at Keshia, and they smiled at the same time. Dial the phone,
"Hello, Haojun, how are you doing over there?" A familiar voice came from the headset,
"It's OK, sorry I can't take a walk with you, I just had dinner, and the sun is still high here,"
"Oh, it's a bit of a contrast, it's raining here," Qin Wenjing said, and opened the video. The drizzle was sliding down from the glass outside the living room, and the roses in the corner of the living room were more beautiful in the drizzle.
That familiar little nest, the familiar lover, made Li Haojun yearn for home.
The two watched each other's world through the video, relieved the longing for each other, and hung up the call after exhorting each other.
Looking back, Keshia was walking slowly. She just stood in front of Li Haojun, without pulling his hand or hugging his waist, just looking at Li Haojun's eyes quietly.
After looking at each other for a long time, Li Haojun took her hands and shook them, not knowing what to say.
There was only a trace of red in the sky, adding a touch of sadness.
"This is unfair to you," Li Haojun said softly to Kezia.
"How do you know?" Kezia took his hand and continued the previous walk.
Li Haojun was a little confused. He didn't know why she said that. He followed her and looked at her blankly.
Kezia didn't say anything either. She just swung her arms like a little girl, pulled Li Haojun's arm and swung it together, and then laughed.
After walking a few more steps, she restrained her smile, stopped and held Li Haojun, looking into her eyes.
When the last ray of afterglow on the horizon faded, looking at the shining eyes in the gray night, Keshia whispered,
"Kiss me,"
I don't know whether it was the indifference and coldness of the previous life, or Keshia's figure involved the cause and effect of the previous life, Li Haojun gently embraced her in his arms, kissed her lips, and then there was the heat and fusion of dry wood and fire...
In the night, they finally satisfied the moment of hugging temporarily, and the two began to return to the hotel hand in hand.
Looking at Keshia, it seems that she really doesn't ask for much. After being intimate, her face is sweet, and she walks back slowly. I don't know where this relationship will go. Fortunately, this girl has never asked for more, to the extent that I can't satisfy her. But he didn't know why he was moved by her. Thinking of this, Li Haojun asked tentatively, "Can we sleep in our own beds tonight? I'm afraid if this goes on," "What are you afraid of?" Keshia asked back while looking at Li Haojun with a smile, and before he could answer, she continued, "I won't disturb you tonight, you have a good rest," Back to the hotel, Keshia did as she said, went back to her bed and went to sleep obediently. Li Haojun then took a simple shower, returned to the room and saw Keshia was already asleep, facing this sideways. So he tiptoed and lay on the bed, thinking about the good experiences of the past few days, it's better to stop, don't end up not even being friends, it would be bad to hurt her feelings again, after all, she is still young and has a long way to go in the future. However, middle-aged Li Haojun did not sleep well. He still had difficulty falling asleep with his eyes closed because of the brightness. He looked up and saw that it was the bright moon shining on the earth, and also shining on the bedside table and Keshia through the curtains and gaps. The diffuse light through the curtains illuminated her hair, and a strand of naturally curly bangs pressed on her face, which looked more beautiful in the moonlight. A pair of bright eyes were looking at him.
Li Haojun carefully identified her again. Sure enough, she was looking at him. He couldn't help but sighed,
"Oh, okay," he said, making room for her and stretching his arms to her.
Keshia said nothing and came closer with a blanket wrapped around her body.
When he hugged Keshia in his arms again, Li Haojun finally felt peace in his heart for some reason, and the two fell asleep peacefully in each other's embrace.
When the sun rose again, it was another energetic day. It was necessary to continue the unfinished work yesterday. In the control room of the base's underground facilities, Li Haojun checked the preliminary analysis results entered yesterday. After discussing with the other technical assistant, the group decided to check the actual pipeline path. Because the facility is large, the rows of culture dishes occupy a huge space, which inevitably leads to long distances and cumbersome materials and control lines, so the system function must be checked.
It is a bit boring to patrol the rows of culture dishes and verify some suspicious data points. Just as Li Haojun and the other technical assistant were checking the corresponding system conditions, suddenly Keshia screamed behind him.
Li Haojun hurriedly looked back and Keshia pointed to a culture dish and whispered,
"It, it, it's moving,"
Li Haojun walked over in the direction. It turned out that the culture dish had tempered glass on the front, which was easy to observe. The stainless steel with the number printed on it was just a shielding cover. For some reason, the cover of this equipment did not return to its original position. You can see human toes and forefoot, and the skin was a little pale due to the culture fluid. According to the height of the culture dish, it is obvious that there may be a complete person inside.
At this time, the other party's technical assistant also came over and explained in a trivial way, "Ah, that is bioelectricity, which is conducive to the normal growth of organisms. Don't worry, it's just an unconscious organism." In the rest of the day, Li Haojun paid attention to Keshia. She kept following him and never looked around. It seemed that she was a little scared. Obviously, she was too young to bear such a psychological shock. After adding the newly filled data to the computer and letting it analyze it at night, Li Haojun and Keshia finished their work for the day. On the way back, in the flying car, Keshia couldn't help asking, "Is that a clone?" "It's very likely, but it could also be modified, without consciousness, for experiments or medical treatment." "Is that a headless zombie?" "It could also be a headed zombie, such as one that has been implanted with a control program, a chip with certain AI processing and control capabilities, or controlled by indirect brain waves, but why do you think about it in a terrifying way?" Li Haojun asked her with a smile, "You are afraid in the first place, why do you have to think about it in that way?" "Oh, I think, I think I am afraid because I don't know what it is." Keshia thought for a while and asked again, "Will we be installed with brain control chips?" "You shouldn't," Li Haojun answered her, and then asked back, "What do you think?" "I don't know," Keshia rolled her eyes and thought for a while and said, "It shouldn't be. If it is, you should be used for some purpose now, used by others. Obviously you are free," Li Haojun thought for a moment and added, "Usually young women are mainly for sexual value, and you are not sexually exploited, you can fall in love freely, right?" "Well, yes," Kezia nodded, Facing this girl, Li Haojun suddenly had an idea in his mind, could it be? Is it related to himself? But he didn't say anything to Kezia. He just laughed at himself, "Look, I just recovered my memory from a coma, and it is very likely that a brain-control chip has been installed. Do you still want to come with me?" Kezia looked at Li Haojun and didn't know what to say for a while. After returning to the hotel, dinner and the walk after dinner became boring. Li Haojun couldn't figure out what he said made her feel uncomfortable, or what he said was wrong. Lying on the bed, Li Haojun recalled the work during the day, looking back to see if there was anything he missed, which might be helpful in analyzing the status of the production equipment. There was a sound of running water in the shower room. It was Keshia who was taking a shower. The dim light shone into the bedroom door from there. Suddenly, she called out anxiously, "Ethan, Ethan, come here quickly," Li Haojun hurried over to check what happened. When he got outside the shower room, he saw through the embossed glass that nothing had happened to her. She was washing her hair, and the foam made her unable to open her eyes. "What's wrong? What's the matter?" Li Haojun asked hurriedly, "Don't leave, stay with me, okay? I'm a little scared," "Okay, I'll be here, I'll talk to you," Li Haojun breathed a sigh of relief and realized that she was afraid that I would turn into a zombie? Soon she finished washing, wrapped a towel around her and came out but did not leave, "Ethan, go take a shower, I'll wait for you here," "Oh, okay," Li Haojun walked into the shower room and handed out the clothes she had taken off through the crack of the door. Hot water poured down from the top of my head, blocking my sight, but I could still vaguely see Keshia sitting on the chair I had just sat on. It was really uncomfortable to be watched by a young woman while I was taking a bath, so I had to chat with her to relieve the embarrassment and eliminate her doubts and fears about turning into a zombie.
I soon finished my bath and found that I didn't have a bath towel or a bathrobe. Seeing Keshia sitting there, I didn't dare to go back to the bedroom by myself, and I didn't want to bother her to get it, so I had to wrap a towel around my waist, stick my head out, upper body, and then walk out of the bathroom. Keshia didn't have any unusual reaction. She walked back to the bedroom carefully, holding her arm like taking a walk.
Lying on the bed, looking into Keshia's eyes, Li Haojun quickly explained to her, "You don't have to be afraid of me. I don't think I have a brain control chip. Even if I have a strong will, I will not be completely controlled, and my body will not turn into a zombie in seconds. Don't be afraid, okay?" "Yes," Keshia agreed softly, put her arm on Li Haojun's chest, and said softly, "I'm not afraid that you will become a zombie, I'm afraid that you will no longer be you, and then I don't know where to find you." Suddenly, Li Haojun felt how superficial his previous understanding was. He turned his body more towards Keshia, put his right hand around her waist, and his left hand rolled up her hair, revealing her cheek, gently kissed her lips, then looked into her eyes and whispered, "I won't leave you, even if I die, my soul will accompany you." After that, he hugged her tightly in his arms. "Yes," Keshia agreed softly, and then buried her head under Li Haojun's cheek.
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