Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 234 - Seriously Ill Right
Chapter 234: Chapter 234: Seriously Ill, Right?
Chapter 234: Chapter 234: Seriously Ill, Right?
“Su Yaen, those people upstairs…could they be from the base laboratory?” Jiang Ye whispered to Jiang Yan after glancing upstairs.
Jiang Yan unconsciously slowed her pace, replying, “Probably.”
The loudspeaker man announced, “The room’s light is dim, if you want to be selected, move forward as much as you can! Stand within the red line!”
The surrounding people all yearned to be chosen by the laboratory; upon hearing this, they couldn’t help but swarm forward.
The room instantly became chaotic, resembling a vegetable market.
Only then did Jiang Yan notice that a meter from the edge of the ice house, red objects similar to warning stakes were set up, forming three-quarters of a circle.
The young woman upstairs didn’t move an inch, her gorgeous eyes piercingly sweeping over the crowd below like a hawk.
Jiang Yan and Jiang Ye were quickly squeezed to the back by the crowd.
With a tacit understanding, the two glanced at an ice column near the entrance and took positions in front of and behind it.
That spot was just the right blind spot.
Among the survivors, only the two of them hadn’t entered within the red line, sticking out like sore thumbs.
“You two seem to be in good condition. The opportunity to become base experimenters is rare; aren’t you going to step forward and seize it?” The loudspeaker man suddenly approached them, his words laced with meaning.
His voice was low enough due to the commotion in the room that only the two of them could clearly hear.
Jiang Yan cast an upward glance at him.
Bushy eyebrows, full lips, and slightly dark but even skin; by looks, he seemed quite decent.
Also, his attire, calm demeanor, and how he had “taken charge” with the loudspeaker suggested he was a – minor figure in the base.
It wasn’t realistic to pry core information from such a person, but general information should be within reach.
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Jiang Yan had previously interrogated people like Chu Hui in Guoluo Mountain’s wooden house, but they did not cover everything.
And Jiang Yan realized after arriving at Flame Base that some of their words were clearly concealed.
They only told her that the Flame Base had a ground city and an Underground City of modest size, nothing more.
Yet the building with everyone gathered bore the sign “Flame Base Outer City Management Center.”
It seemed the base was not only divided into the ground city and Underground City but also had an Outer City and Inner City.
It wasn’t small at all.
All these thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant, and Jiang Yan let out an embarrassed smile, expressing regretfully,
“Ah, I dropped out in high school. I can’t handle such intellectual scientific research.”
Jiang Ye chuckled next to her, “I’m even worse; I’m the one who slipped through the net.”
The loudspeaker man looked at them with a hint of amusement, clearly skeptical, but he didn’t get angry. Instead, he changed the topic,
“Nowadays, it’s not about educational background; the key is surviving in the apocalypse. Your skills just now weren’t bad. Since you’re not interested in the laboratory, would you be interested in joining my team?”
Jiang Yan’s expression didn’t change, but she was inwardly startled.
It looked like their earlier battle against the mutated Rats outside had been closely observed.
Luckily, she had warned Hua Bao to keep a low profile; otherwise, they might have ended up being dissected for research.
Jiang Ye had already politely spoken up, “May I ask what your role is here, sir?”
“Don’t call me sir. I’m Zhao Yougong, responsible for the defense of the Outer City at Flame Base Outer City Management Center. You can call me Brother Zhao. If you’re interested in joining, we can chat after the laboratory finishes selecting people.”
The man gestured and then glanced surreptitiously at the people upstairs, speaking softly.
Jiang Yan: “…” The person responsible for base defense holding a loudspeaker, dressed in a fur?
Though he seemed sturdy and authoritative, it would be more fitting if he wore a Combat Uniform and carried some heavy weaponry.
Next to her, Jiang Ye looked confused but smiled, “Sure thing, sure thing, Brother Zhao, I’ll look for you in a bit. I forgot to introduce myself; my name is Jiang Ye, ‘Jiang’ as in Yangtze River, and ‘Ye’ as in Liu Ye. She is Su Yaen, ‘Su’ as in Su city, and ‘Yaen’ as in the camera app BeautyCam.”
After speaking, he didn’t forget to lean in and quietly say to Jiang Yan, “Sis, this is a rare opportunity!”
Jiang Yan: “…” Seriously unwell.
“Alright,” Zhao Yougong nodded, his gaze lingering on Jiang Yan’s face.
Seeing that her attire was fully covered, making eye contact impossible, he eventually averted his gaze.
The young woman’s entourage upstairs had already begun to descend.
Pairs were coming down, each holding what looked like a testing device.
The device was circular at the top, glowing faintly.
Jiang Yan felt it looked familiar. Upon closer inspection for two seconds, she recognized it as a portable human microelement tester.
Before the apocalypse, she seemed to have bought one or two of those when purchasing medical equipment.
However, testing for trace elements in the human body is most often done through blood and hair.
It seemed they were going to test directly in the air?
“Please, quiet down a bit!” a man with black-rimmed glasses waved his hand, and the crowd instantly fell silent.
“Ladies and gentlemen, basic physical fitness is required to become an experimenter, so we’re going to perform a basic physical examination here. Only those who pass the physical exam will move on to the next stage of selection!”
After he spoke, there was a buzz of conversations among the crowd again.
Someone, puzzled, raised their hand, “I was wondering if there are any educational requirements. I only have a bachelor’s degree in finance. If the degree doesn’t match, can I still become an experimenter?”
“Yeah, yeah, it’s been so many years since I graduated. I’ve totally forgotten everything in the books!”
“I studied veterinary medicine—”
Someone else tried to speak, but the black-rimmed glasses man cut them off, “Everyone, as long as your physical condition meets the requirements, we will train you. The position of experimenter is not as difficult as everyone thinks.”
The man turned his head to look up at the young woman on the second floor, with an obsequious tone, “Isn’t that right, Dr. Xue?”
The crowd looked up to see the young woman upstairs, their reactions overt.
“Doctor?! So young!!”
Jiang Yan: “…”
Could it really be Xue Qianmei?
But why would such a person attend in person?
Incomprehensible.
Extremely incomprehensible.
“Yes, just follow what my colleague said.”
Her figure standing against the ice wall was slender and graceful; her voice was sweet and pleasant with a trace of soft intellectual charm, resembling a pure and pristine Snow Lotus.
The crowd below were mostly men.
Men who had survived all manners of natural disasters and retained their lives through the blizzard and attacks of mutated giant rats.
Hearing her words, a glint of hope flashed in their eyes, and without questioning further, they felt their heads heat up.
Besides, becoming an experimenter meant a life free of worries; something they wouldn’t dare to dream of!
The odd selection process finished quickly.
Out of over a hundred people, some fifteen or sixteen followed a few staff members and left.
Jiang Yan had observed them; they just had regular features and complete limbs, nothing special.
The only notable thing was that these individuals were personally chosen by Xue Qianmei’s indicating glance.
