Mysterious creature sightings

Nice weather again.

The field operations of the Special Investigation Division have been restricted, and there are fewer and fewer busy researchers in the base. Finally, there are only a few people responsible for daily maintenance of the security of the containment area.

When no case occurred, they continued to renovate the data, digging up old history from many years ago and studying it again.

Ling Jiangyue worked as an assistant, a contract worker, and worked more seriously than a formal compiler, carefully searching for the information he wanted between the lines.

Jiang Yuxing came back from the containment area, glanced at them a few times, and winked at Xu Jiayan and Lin Jia——

Comrades, I can confirm today that they are definitely on to something. Our Lin team usually looks at information in the archives and doesn't come out for half a day. For the past two days, we moved to the rest area. We are still inseparable from Jiang Yue. I found that twice he was distracted and stared at others. That look in his eyes was... .

Xu Jiayan: What’s wrong with your eyes? it's common.

Jiang Yuxing: The way a water monster looks at you is full of determination to win.

Xu Jiayan: ...Buying insurance is not the reason why you are so talkative.

Lin Jia: I think you two are not as serious about your work as Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yuxing: Don’t just criticize me, criticize the captain. How about you just take this opportunity to push him down? Let me tell you, no deputy position can be eliminated through competition. You have to wait for the principal to die or wait for him to make a mistake. This is a good opportunity.

You may not be able to hear this long talk clearly, let alone make eye contact.

Lin Jia looked at him and winked for a while, then turned on the microphone: "Why are you staring at me?"

Jiang Yuxing: "...I can't stand it anymore. This boring team, can't there be someone with the same brainwave frequency as mine?"

Xu Jiayan: "If you are really on the same channel, you should lie down in the Zone II containment room."

Jiang Yuxing: "Stop. Don't involve me with the ferocious creatures in there. I just went to check it out. I didn't dare to breathe heavily in front of the specimen, for fear that a breath of oxygen would turn something into a corpse."

Lin Jia: "Has the fungus moved in?"

Jiang Yuxing: "It has been moved and kept according to the fourth level security level."

"Preservation?" Ling Jiangyue was attracted by this topic, approached them and asked curiously, "Fungi? Why should such a dangerous thing be preserved? I thought it was eliminated that day."

"Because there will be follow-up research, if there is another related Fungus No. 2 next time, we can respond quickly based on the genetic material and treatment direction of Fungus No. 1." Jiang Yuxing said.

It sounds like preserving dangerous creatures is part of the Special Branch's work.

Ling Jiangyue asked again: "Is it the same as the creatures in the containment area outside? It was made into a specimen that cannot function... But how did this become a specimen?"

"No, not the specimen, just the spores themselves."

She couldn't understand it even more: "Aren't you afraid of it running out?"

Jiang Yuxing: "Don't worry, strict safety protection measures have been taken in the containment room, and not even air can escape."

"But what if it's leaked? Hasn't this happened in history?"

"Yes, indeed. In 1978, the smallpox virus in the British laboratory was leaked, and Mrs. Parker became the last human to die from smallpox. In 1979, the No. Compound of the former Soviet Union exploded, and the anthrax virus was leaked, killing More than a hundred people and a flock of sheep.”

"However, this price is nothing compared to the thousands of deaths and injuries caused by new microbial outbreaks and our failure to treat them in time."

Ling Jiangyue was convinced: "Okay."

She was about to go back and continue to read the information with Lin Zheng, but she was stopped by Jiang Yuxing, who lay on the table and whispered gossip: "Did you have a true heart-to-heart talk with Brother Lin? The relationship development has entered the next level visibly to the naked eye."

She thought carefully for two seconds and said, "Let's go to bed."

Jiang Yuxing was caught off guard and shocked by the answer: "..."

Xu Jiayan and Lin Jia: "..."

Lin Zheng, who was not far away and was distractedly listening to their chat: "..."

After a long suffocating silence, Jiang Yuxing spoke sincerely: "You are so honest. I swear I didn't want to ask this."

Lin Jia grabbed him by the collar and pulled him away: "Silly b, your wages are going to be deducted."

Ling Jiangyue watched them walk away innocently, then went back and asked Lin Zheng, "Can't we talk about this?"

Lin Zheng didn't know how to tell her. She looked like a blank piece of paper, and anything she said was stained.

Finally, he asked a question: "If your brother asked me, would you answer like this?" She nodded: "Otherwise, how can I say it?"

"Aren't you afraid that your brother will be angry?"

She shook her head: "Anyway, he won't scold me when he is angry, he will only scold you."

"..." It was indeed too sincere, and Lin Zheng didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

He stroked her long hair twice, and his eyes fell on the invitation that had been there for two days.

"For the birthday, are there any friends you want to invite? Your brother gave you a rough list and we are checking it out."

"Not yet...ah, I still have a friend."

She should be free that day, but she probably can't come as her friend, so she can only find another reason.

Lin Zheng asked who it was, and she blinked and said, "Can you not tell me?"

What can’t a friend say? Lin Zheng looked into her eyes and asked casually: "Is it Yu Zhang?"

Ling Jiangyue said "Ah": "Him? It seems he doesn't have to go as a friend."

"In what capacity?"

"Neighbor, what else can I be?"

Lin Zheng paused.

Ling Jiangyue saw his reaction clearly. He turned around and flipped through the information, but a muffled laugh escaped his throat.

Lin Zheng: "What are you laughing at?"

"You look like a wolf now."

"Huh?" He didn't quite understand this meaningless statement, so he pinched her chin and turned her around, "What do you mean?"

"Don't wolves patrol the designated territory? When they encounter someone of the same sex who may approach their mate, they will bar their teeth to warn. You are now like a wolf ensuring the integrity of the territory."

After she finished speaking, she still sighed in her heart: Sure enough, possessiveness after mating is a unified behavior of male creatures.

Oh, to be more precise, it should be said that some male creatures, like bonobos, like to mess around. If they are possessive, they will probably be busy all day long.

Lin Zheng listened to her and commented without changing his expression: "You remember biological knowledge very quickly.

Then he asked: "Do you think I am wary of Yu Zhang?"

"You haven't?"

He delayed his answer for half a minute: "Yes, indeed. I met him when I sent you back to Ling's house that day, and he gave me a warning."

Ling Jiangyue opened her eyes slightly, quite curious about this matter: "What?"

"He told me to pray that your liking is true. It sounds like he thinks your liking is fake."

She reacted in surprise: "Really? I think it's very real. It's much better than the relationship with my brother."

At first glance, it sounded like he was saying, "I really like him." Lin Zheng's eyelids jumped, thinking that he was going to discuss her relationship issues with other men after they had just had a relationship.

But if you think about it carefully, this straightforward expression of love is a bit nondescript.

"What do you think he is?"

Ling Jiangyue pondered for two seconds: "Brother with whom we have a good relationship?"

"Can you let your brother pay off hundreds of thousands to buy a watch?"

"Oh - you're jealous," she grabbed his wrist, turned it over, and poked the veins on his back, "Are you missing a piece of decoration here too?"

Lin Zheng wanted to say that people like Yu Zhang were not worthy of envy, but the words did not come out. When faced with the question, he just said "hmm".

Ling Jiangyue thought of something, smiled and said: "Don't worry, you will also have a gift, it will be different from others." (End of Chapter)