Doomsday police, please show your god/demon ID card.

Tang Long finished speaking.

He carefully carried Su Yan on his back; her body was frighteningly light, like a feather.

"Okay." Liu Qiang wiped his face, stood up, and together with Chen Ming, helped Luo Yongchao up.

The group walked out of the emergency room and went up to the second floor.

Each floor has eight rooms, four on the left and four on the right, numbered 201, 202, 203... all the way up to 208.

Tang Long pushed open the nearest door, which read: 201.

Behind him, Chen Ming's exclamation immediately came.

Holy crap!

"This...dorm? Awesome!"

The room is small, about 20 square meters, but it is clearly functional.

Two standard bunk beds with clean military green mattresses and blankets, and a long table and four chairs by the window.

At the end is a balcony, to the left is a sink, and to the right is a separate bathroom where you can see the outline of the shower and toilet.

Above the wall, a brand-new air conditioner hangs silently.

The standard four-person dormitory is not luxuriously decorated, but it is clean, tidy, and sturdy. Most importantly, it has the most luxurious "private space" and "basic sanitary facilities" in the post-apocalyptic world.

Tang Long nodded in satisfaction and glanced back at the people behind him.

"Please settle Lao Luo in the next room first."

"Oh, right! Don't forget to immobilize his leg. You know how to use a basic first-aid bandage, right?"

As he spoke, he handed over the painkillers and alcohol bandages.

I redeemed this while I was in the emergency room downstairs.

"I know! I taught him in the army before." Liu Qiang nodded, and he and Chen Ming helped Luo Yongchao into the next room.

Tang Long carried Su Yan to the lower bunk of dormitory 201.

Lay the other person down comfortably and tuck them in.

He then pulled another one out of his pocket—a mental tranquilizer.

This was just redeemed at the pharmacy in the emergency room. It cost 8 Order Points and can effectively relieve nerve pain.

Although the emergency room mainly treats external injuries, it has a good supply of sedatives and analgesics.

Tang Long fetched some water, pried open Su Yan's mouth, and fed her the pills mixed with water.

After doing all this, he stood quietly by the bed for a moment.

A few minutes later, it was clear that Su Yan's tightly furrowed brows seemed to relax a little.

Seeing this, Tang Long breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, he saw Chen Ming standing at the door, looking furtive.

Tang Long frowned: "Why are you here? Did you get Lao Luo's leg treated?"

"It's taken care of." Chen Ming scratched his head and walked in, seemingly a little embarrassed. "Brother Liu is taking care of him. I... I'm not very good at that, so I came to see if there was anything I could help with."

"It's not helpful!" Tang Long said indifferently, "Let's talk outside, don't disturb her rest."

The two walked to the stairwell one after the other.

Tang Long took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, picked one out, and handed it to Chen Ming: "Want a smoke?"

Chen Ming shook his head: "No! I don't smoke!"

Tang Long nodded, put away the cigarette, and lit it for himself.

Actually, he didn't smoke before.

But after the apocalypse, sometimes when the mental stress is too great, taking a shot can really be very comforting.

"call!"

I took a deep drag, watching the smoke drift away in my eyes.

Tang Long glanced at Chen Ming, then unfastened the tactical pouch that had been hanging on his waist.

Two crystals came into view.

A piece of dark red amber, covered with irregular cracks, resembling solidified blood amber, exudes an ominous aura.

The other one is entirely emerald green, crystal clear, and seems to have flowing light rotating inside, full of vitality.

"What is this?" Chen Ming's eyes widened instantly, and he instinctively wanted to get closer to take a look.

"Be careful, don't touch it." Tang Long moved the crystal further away.

He paused for a moment.

He explained.

"These two items were found in the meat cocoon in the basement of the supermarket and in the butcher's corpse."

Chen Ming's eyes widened: "So you went back to the underground lair for these two things."

"No." Tang Long shook his head and recalled, "I was just trying to make sure whether Meat Cocoon and the Butcher were dead or not."

"This crystal was discovered by chance later."

He frowned slightly, as if lost in some kind of memory.

"When I got my hands on this red stone, a violent urge suddenly surged through my mind, and I wanted to destroy everything in front of me! That feeling only disappeared when I put it in my bag and stopped touching it directly."

"The green part... feels even stranger, like it's trying to 'dissolve' itself and merge into something."

"However, I was on guard the second time, so I wasn't affected much."

He looked up at Chen Ming, his gaze sharp: "I suspect that this thing is their energy core, or something similar."

"Only after I removed these two crystals did the cocoon and the butcher finally die completely."

"Your task is to figure out what they are and what they are used for."

He couldn't understand this thing, and the system didn't give any hints, so Chen Ming had to figure it out himself.

Although this guy is a bit arrogant and loves to show off, his professional skills are beyond doubt, as evidenced by his previous drone modification.

"Are you confident?" Tang Long asked.

"No problem!" Chen Ming suddenly looked up: "But I need a laboratory!"

He emphasized, "Not these kinds of tables and benches, but a real laboratory! It needs microscopes, spectrometers, centrifuges, cleanroom workbenches..."

"Without these, I can't do anything! At most, I can only look at it as a pretty stone."

He paused.

She looked at Tang Long with a burning gaze: "Captain Tang! Don't you have superpowers? Help me set up a laboratory too."

In his view, Tang Long had managed to turn a police station into a police station.

Setting up a laboratory is a piece of cake.

Tang Long frowned slightly.

"System, what conditions are needed to unlock the research lab?" he asked silently in his mind.

[Ding! Lv3 - Public Security Bureau, small research laboratory unlocked.]

really.

Tang Long sighed inwardly and said to Chen Ming, "The lab doesn't have any right now, but please make a list of what equipment you need."

"Next time we go out, we'll try to get it from a university or research institute in the city for you."

"Really?" Chen Ming's eyes lit up.

"When have I ever lied to you?"

"Okay!" Chen Ming nodded vigorously, carefully put away the tactical belt, and closed the zipper.

With Tang Long's reminder, he didn't dare to touch it directly, fearing something might happen.

"Officer Tang, don't worry, as long as the equipment is in place, I guarantee I'll strip them both naked!"

Tang Long's lips twitched, and he waved his hand: "Fine! Get lost."

"Alright." Seeing Chen Ming leave happily with the two crystals in his pocket, Tang Long also showed a rare smile.

Now that the base has been upgraded and the team has a safer shelter, Chen Ming has begun researching crystal cores, which may be the key to breaking the deadlock in the future.

Everything is going in a good direction.

He stubbed out his cigarette, turned around, and went downstairs.

I'm going to take a good look.

What exactly are the new features in this newly upgraded Lv2 police station?