Chapter 607
After entering the building, Lin Qiao stopped following those people because they were headed upstairs, and not toward the underground floors .
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She glanced at the signs in the lobby and found that there were many departments in the institute,
Medical Department? Medical researches seemed to have been greatly valued . Architectural Department? Was that department arranged in this institute as well? Lin Qiao looked around and found a Weapon Department, Agricultural Department, Soil Study Department, Virus Study Department, and Energy Study Department, along with many others . No wonder so many people were working in this place . It turned out that Huaxia Base had been studying in many spheres .
Lin Qiao quickly looked around and then headed toward the Virus Study Department . As she expected, that department was located underground, with strict access control and all sorts of alarm systems .
Standing before the elevator door, she quietly looked at the smart lock on it . To unlock the door, it required both an access card and a fingerprint . Therefore, she had no choice but to stand outside and wait for the others to come .
She looked at the time and found that it was already afternoon . She figured that some people would need to use the elevator .
As she expected, a few people soon came that way . They each swiped their staff badges and then put a finger on the lock before entering .
Lin Qiao followed the first person into the elevator, then quietly watched the others come in .
“There are more guards these days . ”
“No doubt! After all, so many outsiders are in our base . We have to be careful . ”
“You’re right! Oh, you’ve made enough credits, haven’t you? When will you apply for surrogacy?”
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“I’ll wait until the meeting is over . What’s the rush? I have enough patience… Why don’t you?”
“Come on, you’re not young anymore! Make it hurry! You need a child, or who’ll take care of you when you’re old?”
“What do you mean that I’m not young anymore? I’m only thirty years old, okay? I’m not old . ”
Surrogacy?
Standing in a corner behind those people, Lin Qiao scratched her chin . She knew that Huaxia Base had developed a surrogacy system . The people who had achieved high credit were able to go to the surrogacy institution to apply for a surrogate mother, so they could have children .
The women who had been serving as surrogate mothers there were doing the job willingly, because the institution paid them very well . The institution wouldn’t force any woman to be a surrogate mother . However, because the pay was really good, many women were willing to work for the institution . Even some married women were willing to do the job, as long as they were still able to give birth . They were doing it for survival .
However, as the percentage of male members in the base was very high, it required very high credit to apply for surrogacy . All kinds of jobs in the research institute could provide good chances of getting high credits . After all, the jobs here were all relatively difficult .
Lin Qiao glanced at the man who was about to apply for surrogacy . His staff badge said that he was a team leader . No wonder he had gotten enough credits .
That team leader said with an expectant look, “If only I can get a single surrogate mother . ”
Hearing that, the others burst in laughter . “Stop dreaming! A single surrogate mother? Your credit isn’t enough for that, unless you double it . So, in order to have a child, just stop being picky!”
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The team leader gave out a long sigh, then nodded and said, “You’re right though! Men like us can only apply for married surrogate mothers . ”
Surrogate mothers were divided into a few levels . Unmarried surrogate mothers were paid better than the married ones, so applying for an unmarried surrogate mother required higher credit .
As an ordinary researcher, the team leader could only afford to apply for a low-leveled surrogate mother with the credit that he saved over the years . Most of those lower-level surrogate mothers had incapable husbands . They needed to survive, and raise their own children .
While the elevator was going down, Lin Qiao was listening to the conversation about surrogacy . Soon, the elevator stopped moving and tinged . After that, the door was opened, and those people walked out .
Three meters away from the elevator door was another door that needed an access card . Behind that door was the underground lobby of the institute .
After entering the lobby, those people split up and went to their own departments .
Lin Qiao looked around . She was on the first floor underground, and the zombie was on a lower floor .
She stood by a pillar in the lobby, waiting quietly .
An hour later, she heard some other people saying, “The tranquilizer might not be working . We need to switch to a different type of tranquilizer to keep him quiet . His body has built up a defense against the tranquilizer that we’re using now . So, when it wears off, he might wake up . ”
“Can’t we increase the dosage?”
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“Absolutely not! Be careful, don’t let him smell humans, or he’ll go crazy . ”
“I get it . ”
Lin Qiao blinked, then followed behind those people .
As she thought, those people were heading downward . They took the elevator to the third floor underground, then walked out and turned to the other direction .
That floor was guarded by armed soldiers . Clearly, something important was kept here .
Lin Qiao followed those people as they turned and turned again, finally arriving at a thick door . Those people followed to open the door and walked in . It was a research department that contained many research rooms and research material .
After entering the department, those people walked into the changing room nearby . There, they changed into a special suit and subsequently came out .
Their suits were sealed, with zips on their head masks . They could zip the head masks to have their entire bodies covered at any time .
Lin Qiao followed them into a research room, which was about two-hundred meters square . In the room were all kinds of advanced devices and half-finished drugs .
Lin Qiao had no interest in those drugs . She walked to a glass wall and looked through it . On the other side of the glass was a cloud of white mist, within which was a naked creature locked on a shelf .
The glass before her eyes was thick and bulletproof . The air temperature on the other side of the glass wall was clearly much lower than that on this side, because the white mist was actually generated by cold air .
Icicles hung thickly on that creature’s body .
They actually froze it to keep it quiet .
“How’s his condition?” Someone asked .
“The effect of the tranquilizer is fading . He hasn’t woken up yet, but once the tranquilizer wears off, it’ll soon wake up . The cold air can only buy us a couple of hours . It can’t deliver any stronger effect . ”
“It’s okay . He won’t go crazy for now, as long as he can’t smell any living human being . Under extra low air temperature, his power will generate a self-protection awareness, and will put him in a shallow sleep . We still have time to develop the tranquilizer number two . ”
“What are we waiting for then? Start working now!”
While speaking, those people quickly started working .
Lin Qiao quietly stood before the glass, observing the zombie dominator who was in deep sleep .