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Chapter 654 The Rainstorm Before Dawn
In the early morning of February 2, Newcastle and Virginia waited for dawn in the office of the Epidemic Prevention Institute.

It's 5 o'clock in the morning, and there are still three hours left. The medicines that have passed the effect test of a large number of criminals will be put on the shelves in the medical centers of various communities in the lower city of Qianfan City.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the matter, the Epidemic Prevention Station will be used as the command center, and the Archaeological Association and the Security Department will be coordinated to monitor the development of the matter throughout the process.

It is also because of this that Virginia appeared here at this point in time. As for the Minister of Security who should have been waiting here, he is now participating in a high-level meeting.

After nearly a week of working together and cooperating with Weird Studio, the relationship between Virginia and Newcastle is quite close, but now they are in the same room, but they have their own concerns. There was no intention of communicating at all.

The lights in the office are bright, but Virginia’s eyes are staring at the dark street outside. In order to limit the nighttime travel of the people in the downtown area, the government shut down nearly 7% of the entertainment venues in the downtown area, which made the brightly lit community Now filled with suffocating darkness.

Thinking about the news from the association not long ago, the elite team sent by the headquarters was attacked by cultists halfway. Although they successfully repelled the attackers and killed some of them, the latter still caused them a lot of trouble.

The team that was supposed to arrive yesterday was forced to rest. Even if everything goes well, they can only arrive tomorrow. However, the official government of Thousand Sail City held a press conference after receiving support from the association and was about to arrive. I have already said it, it is impossible to take it back, so I have to bite the bullet and continue.

Virginia doesn't care about the face of the official government, what she cares about is the intention behind the cult's sudden attack on the support team of the Archaeological Society.

Nowadays, the number of bone trees existing in another world in Thousand Sails City is increasing, and the activities of "yin soldiers" that the public thinks are becoming more and more frequent. The growth rate of the number of victims is even more shocking, which makes Virginia have to doubt The attacker was sent by the Ouroboros organization or the Zero organization, and it was clear that they wanted to intercept the support team.

Although the result was that the interception failed and suffered heavy losses, it is undeniable that they did delay the progress of the support team. Under the premise that the official government claims to have successfully developed a drug that can successfully resist pollution, it is difficult to guarantee that the Ouroboros organization will not choose Take the risk before the HQ support team arrives.

With that in mind, Virginia took off the cigarette between her lips and extinguished it, then took out her mobile phone and dialed the number she had dialed almost every day for the past week.

After a short ringtone, the call is connected.

"Has the matter with your boss been resolved?"

Leaving aside the pleasantries, Virginia went straight to the point. Before the support team from the Archaeological Association arrived, she needed a strong helping hand.

"The association's support team was attacked. I'm afraid it won't be until tomorrow to reach Thousand Sails City. Today is the day when the potion will be released. The Ouroboros organization may take this opportunity to make trouble. We don't have enough manpower. I mean we can fight in another world. Wandering monster souls, we need help, and this is also an excellent opportunity to fight the Ouroboros organization, and I don't think he will want to miss it."

"Sorry, we can't help, please contact me again."

Suzi's response was the same as before, without any explanation, she hung up the phone directly.

Virginia, who vaguely sensed the irritability from the other party's tone, was also surprised. She knew that the other party's emotions were not aimed at her, and a phone call would not cause such emotions. Thinking of the phone call in the past week, there was no such emotion. Hearing a man's voice from the phone, there is only one possibility left. The person I want to ask for help is probably in trouble now!
But when we met on the tarmac, the other party’s state didn’t seem to be a problem at all. From the perspective of the battle scene, he was even brave. He didn’t receive any information about a war breaking out somewhere in Qianfan City recently. How could it suddenly appear? question?
"Are you guys crazy or I didn't wake up? I heard it wrong. The potion is priced at 300 federal currency. How many times do I need to emphasize that these potions are resources to ensure that the public will not experience large-scale abnormal hue values ​​and prevent further deterioration. Attrition, is the pharmaceutical factory of Life Medical still short of such resources?"

Virginia was wondering, and Newcastle on the other side was also on the phone, and suddenly slapped the armrest of the sofa, her face flushed with anger looked a little hideous at this moment, and then she roared muffledly. road,
"Idiot! Are those guys' minds clogged with shit? At this time, they are still thinking about making money, so aren't they afraid of making money?"

According to Newcastle's plan, these medicines will be funded by the official government, and they will be used by the people of Thousand Sails City as quickly as possible to ensure that they have the ability to protect themselves in the crisis that may become more serious in the future. At this juncture, the Life Medical Group, which is responsible for the mass production of pharmaceuticals, has somehow obtained the power to price pharmaceuticals.

300 federal coins, compared to the price of other special medicines, it is undoubtedly quite cheap, but this is a medicine to be used by most people in Qiansail City, and the quantity must be in units of tens of millions!

Life Medical Group obviously took a fancy to this huge profit, and Newcastle knew that the high-level council must also be involved with its eyes closed.

Human blood steamed buns, they are delicious!
However, at this moment, Newcastle could only watch this incident happen in front of his eyes. Not only did he not have any ability to stop it, he even had to go out to stand for those people and shout this destined to be extremely popular. Merchandise, because that's the only thing he can do for the city.

It's just that Newcastle still feels extremely ashamed, and it's no wonder he lost his temper here.

"Are they going to set a price for the potion?"

Virginia, who probably understood the situation, looked at Newcastle strangely.

"Yes, those vampire-like bastards. Given the price of this potion, a considerable part of the people in the lower-level communities will definitely choose to wait and see, and that is the hardest-hit area."

Subconsciously thought that Virginia was laughing at the Thousand Sails City government, and as one of them, Newcastle felt ashamed.

"That might be a good thing."

"Of course, those guys are so disgusting what do you say?"

For Virginia's change of tone, Newcastle didn't react for a while.

"Sorry, Newcastle, I'm not doubting the ability of the laboratory of the Epidemic Prevention Institute, but I always feel that this drug appears too strange, as if there are hands behind it to promote its appearance, just imagine the pollution in the No. 37 community at this time How long has it been since the district was broken, and you have not only developed the medicine, but even completed the test and started production, is this normal?"

At this point, Virginia no longer hides the doubts in her heart, and then said,

"Nowadays, Life Medical's pricing of medicines may cause a considerable number of people to suspend the idea of ​​​​injecting medicines. There are now 10 blockade areas in the entire Thousand Sails City. Although the scope of its influence is constantly expanding, it has not yet reached a large area for the time being. The degree of scale spread, let some people inject medicine first, if the Ouroboros organization does it, we can see whether these medicines can work, and if there is a problem, there is still time to remedy it, and it will not be irreparable. If it is effective, it will be too late to promote the drug by then."

"That's right. The more you get to this kind of time, the more you need to be calm. It's about the safety of Qianfan City. There must be no accidents."

The anger gradually cooled down, and Newcastle had to admit that what Virginia said was reasonable, heaved a sigh of relief, flipping the phone unconsciously, digesting what the latter said just now.

While the two were talking, the sky outside the office became darker and darker, and the dark sky enveloped this city that was no longer glorious and filled with an atmosphere of panic.

Newcastle glanced at the time on the phone screen, and suddenly got up and walked to the window, not knowing whether he was talking to Virginia or encouraging himself, and said: "The potion is released, and the support troops of the Archaeological Association will also arrive. This is the darkness before the dawn, and I believe that Qianfan City will usher in the dawn."

crackle!

A bolt of lightning exploded in the night sky.

For some reason, Newcastle, who was not afraid of lightning and thunder in the past, trembled all over, but now he felt cold all over.

The darkness before dawn has not yet dissipated, and the rainstorm is coming!

In the private clinic, perhaps because of the rainstorm outside the window, or other reasons, the atmosphere here is also not good.

It has been nearly a week since Zhu Jue and Ivanka entered the deep world, and Suzi and Gu Yinxing still haven't waited for either of them to wake up.

"Is Zhu Jue's body able to hold on? If he hasn't eaten or drank water for such a long time, do we need to use the equipment in the clinic to infuse him with some nutrient solution?"

Wiping Zhu Jue's face with a hot towel, Gu Yinxing's mood was a little depressed, and her fingertips always pressed the former's face deliberately. If she could not feel the temperature and elasticity, she would have been unable to endure such a long wait. .

"It shouldn't be necessary. Zhu Jue's body is not very human, and the current state does not seem to be an accident."

Suzi's electronic brain is monitoring Zhu Jue's physical changes almost all the time, and at this time, he is no different from sleeping in terms of appearance alone.

"Tomorrow, the Thousand Sails City government will release the medicine. Zhu Jue said before that there might be problems with the medicine, and he still hasn't woken up. What should we do?"

Putting the towel into the washbasin beside him, looking at Zhu Jue's calm face, Gu Yinxing pursed her lips, sat beside Zhu Jue, looked at him and said softly,
"The situation in Qianfan City is constantly deteriorating. The Ouroboros organization is still active in the dark. Tomorrow is a critical moment. If you don't wake up, you may miss it!"

While talking, Gu Yinxing stared at Zhu Jue's expression, and Suzi did the same. Both of them were vaguely looking forward to the change of this face.

The results were disappointing.

"He can't hear me and I'm going to contact Virginia again and ask her to keep in touch with us."

Suzi raised her hand to her ear and dialed the phone.

chah~
The grinding sound of leather boots against the ground.

The movements of both of them paused, and they stared at Zhu Jue again. Could it be that they were about to wake up?
In the next second, a figure crossed the sofa and walked towards Lawrence who was also in a coma on the other side of the living room. The two pairs of eyes turned and locked on him again, with excitement appearing in the eyes.

Ivanka seemed to have noticed their attention, raised her hand to cover Lawrence's cap, and turned around with the overflow of energy.

"Wait a little longer, it's still close."

The voice rang in the minds of Gu Ginkgo and Suzi.

(End of this chapter)