Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 98 Necessary Procedures
Ou Yang sat down on the chair, his eyes fixed in a daze.

He spent so much time and effort and finally arrived at the consulate, but the result was such a despair?
He was so confused that he lost all his composure.

Jiang Yuwei hesitated for a moment, then squatted in front of Ou Yang and comforted him softly, "Don't be discouraged, let's think of other ways."

"I'm not discouraged, I just don't know what to do." Ou Yang subconsciously grasped the USB drive in his pocket. "There must be people staying at the consulate, but I don't know where exactly... Do you think they've left? Like, retreated to Chinatown or somewhere else?"

He scratched his scalp vigorously: "Let's look for it again, maybe we can find a clue..."

"What are you looking for?" A voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Ou Yang jumped up and instinctively reached under his armpit, grasping the handle of the gun but not pulling it out.

Because he suddenly realized that the man was speaking Mandarin!

Ou Yang was surprised and happy, his expression changed constantly, and for a moment he even forgot to speak.

Jiang Yuwei asked curiously, "Who are you?"

"Of course it's someone from the consulate." Just as he finished speaking, a man wearing a blue-black combat uniform, holding a standard rifle and wearing a mask on his head walked in.

A few minutes later, the safe house.

This is a small room with three very classic bunk beds against the wall, a small table, several safes, and screens covering the entire wall. Every corner of the consulate, both inside and outside, can be seen clearly.

Ou Yang could never have imagined that there was such a place in the consulate.

The man had taken off his mask, revealing a handsome face with a tough and sharp look between his brows.

He walked straight to the wall and locked the rifle in the cabinet. Ou Yang took a curious look and was so envious that he couldn't take his eyes off it.

The cabinet was filled with guns and bullets, as well as stacks of magazines!

“So many guns?”

"This is America!" The man chuckled, opened a bag of self-heating food, poured water into it, folded the bag, and placed it on the table. "You must be hungry. You can eat it in a while."

"Thank you." Ou Yang said, "Are you the only one staying here?"

"There are two more, they haven't come back yet." The man pulled over a chair and sat down backwards, staring at Ou Yang with interest: "My name is Lei Yong, you can call me Brother Lei, your name is Ou Yang? Your name is Jiang Yuwei, right?"

Ou Yang and Jiang Yuwei were both stunned.

Lei Yong continued, "International student? From Shanghai, right?"

"Yes, yes, you know me?"

"I've read your information." Lei Yong smiled calmly.

Ou Yang couldn't help but gasp in amazement: "Have you read everyone's information?"

Brown Bear City has a population of over one million. Calculated proportionally, there must be at least 17,000 or 18,000 Chinese people, if not 20,000. How much information does one have to have read?

Jiang Yuwei looked bewildered: "Whose information?"

Ou Yang explained a few words, and Jiang Yuwei opened her mouth in shock.

"How is that possible? You're too imaginative." Lei Yong laughed heartily. "You're talking about everyone combined. I've only seen the information of a few people, and I can only remember about two or three hundred people. You two happen to be among them."

Ou Yang suddenly looked at Lei Yong with a strange look: "Isn't this a coincidence?"

Lei Yong smiled appreciatively and pointed to his temple. "People in our line of work have excellent memories. Jiang Yuwei has been to the consulate twice, and I happened to meet her once."

"What about me?" Ou Yang asked curiously. "You!" Lei Yong suddenly revealed a complicated expression. "You know, we've been looking for you."

Ou Yang was stunned: "Looking for me?"

Jiang Yuwei looked at Ou Yang curiously, but couldn't think of anything about this guy that was worth the consulate's fuss.

"Yes!" Lei Yong suppressed his smile. "The situation is a bit complicated... After the US military sealed off the city, many of our compatriots were stranded in Brown Bear. However, due to communication interruptions, most of them could not be contacted. The embassy repeatedly negotiated with the US Palace, and only then did we learn a little from the US. For example, there were 76 people trapped at the airport, 74 of whom were infected, the remaining one was immune, and one was missing."

When Ou Yang heard this, his heart was suddenly filled with ripples.

It has been a while since he left the airport. He has thought of his former companions more than once and has speculated about what happened to others, but he never expected to get the answer today.

"Is it me who is missing?"

"Yes!" Lei Yong nodded.

“Who is immune?”

"Zhu Yiming." Lei Yong said.

Ou Yang suddenly raised his head, surprised and happy: "Zhu Yiming? He's still alive?"

"Yes, alive."

Ou Yang excitedly grabbed Lei Yong's arm: "Brother Lei, do you know where he is?"

"They should still be at the airport," Lei Yong said. "The US military's lab has been operating constantly. They even claimed the other day that they'd developed a drug that could inhibit fungi. I don't know if that's true or not."

Jiang Yuwei's expression darkened as she thought of her mentor who had committed suicide.

Lei Yong's eyes suddenly sparked with curiosity. "According to the information we've received, you were codenamed 13 by Lao Mi. After being escorted out of the airport, Lao Mi disappeared. Later, he sent many people to look for you everywhere... Can you tell me about your experiences after leaving the airport? Don't go into too much detail, just a brief description will be fine."

Ou Yang simply didn't know what to say. He knew that the underground party's intelligence work was legendary, but things were different now. The consulate actually knew about his experience at the airport. Isn't this intelligence work too powerful?
A complicated feeling welled up in his heart: "Is this a test?"

"Of course not." Lei Yong smiled. "You're not a public official, so it's not a test. It's just a necessary procedure."

Ou Yang didn't say anything, and Lei Yong didn't urge him. The safe house suddenly fell into an eerie silence, with only the hissing sound from the self-heating bag and wisps of water vapor slowly rising.

"Don't want to talk about it?" Lei Yong turned the self-heating bag over and continued heating it.

Ou Yang shook his head and told the whole story from the time he left the airport until he arrived at the consulate.

"You have quite a lot of experience!" Lei Yong was very surprised. "I know about that attack. Everyone said it was the gun shop owner who saved the day. I didn't expect you to be the real backbone."

"How can I be considered a pillar of support?" Ou Yang said with a smile, "Can I ask a question?"

"Say!"

"The Americans are jamming communications. How does the consulate know so much information? Is there any way to contact the outside world?"

Lei Yong was startled and asked solemnly, "Why are you asking this?"

Ou Yang placed the USB drive he had been clutching on the table. "This is the research data I obtained. I think it should be transferred back as soon as possible... If necessary, I will fully cooperate with the research!"

He did not take out the hard drive or mobile phone, not because he had any intention of hiding anything, but simply because it was their first meeting and he was not sure of the other person's identity.

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