Chrysalis

Chapter 607: The Institute In Huaxia Base

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

After entering the building, Lin Qiao stopped following those people because they were headed upstairs, and not toward the underground floors.

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?”

“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!”

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?”

“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.