Chapter 131: Zerg Invasion 25
Under the unwavering gaze of Chu Yian and Lu Qingyuan, the sonar was finally repaired.
The head of the Parasitized test subject exploded, and the observing researchers, unable to bear the gore, ran to the side, continuously vomiting.
After they finished, their faces were ashen.
After working continuously day and night, coupled with the mental strain, the only thing everyone wanted to do at this moment was rest.
A good night’s sleep, and then they would have the energy to face the upcoming work.
But they couldn’t.
Lu Qingyuan looked at them, “Now, everyone, please enter the sonar one by one for testing.”
What?
Hearing Lu Qingyuan’s words, everyone else was stunned.
However, some quickly reacted, “Do you think there are still Parasitized among us?”
This statement caused an uproar.
“That’s impossible, we just repaired the sonar together.”
“Didn’t we already pass the sonar test before? Everyone is normal.”
“No, when we went upstairs just now, didn’t Teacher Wang and Zhang Gang attack the sonar midway? Who knows when they became Parasitized. We never left, yet those two were Parasitized, so it’s really possible that someone among us is Parasitized.”
…A group of people began to discuss, then looked at each other.
Although everyone was reluctant to believe that their companions had become Parasitized, once the thought took root, their hearts grew a few shades more vigilant.
Of course, some were dissatisfied with Lu Qingyuan’s arrangement.
“Seriously, are you playing with us?”
“How could there be Parasitized among us? If there really were, a Parasitized person mixed in would surely try to destroy the sonar, not diligently repair it.”
“Pure nonsense, making trouble for no reason. What we truly need is rest. Professor Liang, Professor Liu, they are all over fifty years old. After such high-intensity work, are you trying to make them drop dead by having them undergo another sonar test?”
The objector passionately stated his reasons for not wanting to go, when a sudden interjection silenced the scene.
“Since Teacher Xu is so agitated, why don’t you go in first?”
Chu Yian said this.
She said it as if it were perfectly natural, with full confidence.
“If you’re a normal person, upon hearing that there might be Parasitized among us, the normal reaction should be to immediately find that person, right? Who could sleep soundly in a dangerous situation? Go in yourself, or shall I push you in?”
Chu Yian’s words truly reflected the sentiments of normal people.
Everyone around fell silent, leaving Teacher Xu, who had been speaking, in an awkward position.
Seeing that no one agreed with him, Teacher Xu gritted his teeth, somewhat resentfully, “Fine, I’ll go in!”
He strode towards the observation room, looking angry and determined to prove himself. However, midway, he suddenly changed direction and rushed towards the laboratory door.
But Lu Qingyuan was already prepared.
He immediately apprehended the man, directly grabbing Teacher Xu and pushing him into the observation room. The sonar was activated again, and with a bang, his head exploded.
It was an expected outcome.
However, everyone had just been fighting side-by-side, and a person was gone in an instant, making the atmosphere heavy.
“Who’s next?”
Chu Yian looked at them.
Compared to the teachers present, she seemed much colder.
Her demeanor seemed to ignite the anger of a young student, “If there must be a next, why can’t that person be you?”
“All of our researchers are in the lab; we can’t come into contact with anything from the outside. The only ones who could bring the parasites back are you and Professor Lu, aren’t they?”
“Of everyone here, you two are the most dangerous.”
“We can’t rule out that you are the true Parasitized, trying to use these methods to gain our trust…”
Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by another voice.
“Wei Ming, you go in.”
It wasn’t Chu Yian who spoke, but Professor Liu.
“Professor, you want me to go in?”
Wei Ming looked at Professor Liu in shock, his face full of disbelief. They had a teacher-student relationship; Professor Liu was his mentor, and he himself was found by Chu Yian and Lu Qingyuan only because of Professor Liu’s request.
He was shocked that his mentor was not on his side.
“If Little Chu were Parasitized, theoretically, she could have destroyed the sonar with the other two Parasitized in the elevator. Furthermore, there would be no need for her to risk going downstairs alone to capture a Parasitized person and bring them up.
And the sonar we first repaired had its parameters altered, and it was only corrected by experimenting on a Parasitized person.
Clearly, the possibility of Parasitization existing among us is greater.”
No one supported Wei Ming because this group of scientific elites was not foolish.
They were experts, not charlatans.
Professor Liu took off his glasses and wiped them with a corner of his clothes, saying with a weary face, “Go in and test. After you’re done, I’ll be next.”
Would he go in?
Of course not.
Seeing that his instigation failed, Wei Ming rushed to Professor Liu, directly pushed him down, and, lying on top of him, opened his mouth to its widest extent. A large number of thumb-sized parasites gushed out of his mouth, covering Professor Liu’s face.
“Professor Liu!”
“Professor!”
Everyone rushed towards them.
Someone was pulling Wei Ming off Professor Liu, someone was using something to brush the bugs off Professor Liu. Everyone panicked at once, yet some still took advantage of the chaos to rush out of the lab.
“You stay, I’ll chase!”
Lu Qingyuan threw out this sentence and left.
Chu Yian looked at the parasites all over the floor, grabbed a broom and dustpan, and swept them all into the observation room. The sonar had the same lethality for both bugs and the Parasitized.
As for Professor Liu… he was Parasitized.
So many parasites had landed on his face; although most were brushed away, a few still entered his body.
“Professor…”
Everyone was extremely somber at this moment.
“It’s alright, even if I’m gone, there’s still Professor Xu, Professor Deng, and the others.”
Professor Liu looked at them, forcing a smile onto his face, “No need to test me. Just put me on the scanner. We can also study how these parasites infest a living person.”
Professor Liu was secured onto the scanner, and the remaining people orderly entered the sonar for testing.
Almost everyone had finished testing when Lu Qingyuan returned from outside.
His face was a bit pale, and there were bloodstains on his sleeve.
“How did it go?”
Chu Yian quickly went over, noticing a five-centimeter long wound on his arm.
“Qian Feng and Wang Zhi, both were also Parasitized, but they escaped.”
Who would have thought that out of the remaining 14 people, there were still four Parasitized! Not only did two escape, but Professor Liu also became Parasitized. These parasites caused them heavy losses.
