"I heard you were also in the medical field before the apocalypse?" Wang Tian said as he led Lu Heng along.
"Yes, I was a surgeon in our small town, but I had only graduated not long before," Lu Heng replied.
"So you had already started performing surgeries?"
"No, after graduating, surgeons still need to learn from senior doctors. It takes three to five years before one can perform surgeries independently. However, after the apocalypse, I haven't pursued this further; it's almost as if I've returned it to my teachers."
"That's still better than someone who hasn't studied medicine at all. At least the knowledge of how to handle injuries won't be forgotten."
As they spoke, the two arrived in front of a detached villa. There were guards at the entrance. Upon seeing Lu Heng and Wang Tian, they saluted them and then helped open the villa's main door.
"This is where we research the zombie virus. The first floor of the villa is for researching and analyzing the zombie virus, while the second floor is used as a conference room and a資料室 (ziliao shi - data room)."
"You're researching the zombie virus, have you brought in live specimens?"
The zombie virus was too dangerous. Researching it within the city required caution.
"We definitely can't bring in live specimens; we know how dangerous zombies are. We only have parts of deceased zombies here, and these parts are stored separately."
Wang Tian opened the door to a room equipped with a fingerprint unlocking device. Without a pre-registered fingerprint, even Lu Heng couldn't enter normally.
Looking at the design of the building, Lu Heng suddenly thought of his own act of stealing from the research institute in Dragon City. To prevent others from doing the same, Lu Heng decided to find Sun Zhentao later and have a special metal protection installed underground for the research center.
If he had the capability, Lu Heng felt that he could create a complete metal protective layer beneath the entire Nameless City, ensuring complete safety underground.
Entering the room, Wang Tian led Lu Heng to examine several jars containing virus samples.
These were similar to the various specimens from before the apocalypse, except that zombie body parts didn't require formaldehyde. Their bodies were already in a state of death. The zombies were controlled only by their brains, so one could only truly kill a zombie by piercing its brain.
"Are the brains of these zombies still alive?" Lu Heng asked, standing before several bottles containing items resembling brains.
"No, we dare not store live brains for now. Teacher Chen also mentioned that we should wait until the zombie virus research shows some progress. He's also afraid of a virus leak within the city."
"Yes, having such concerns is correct. Do you have enough experimental equipment? If anything is missing, be sure to report it. We in Nameless City will not lack the resources for your research in terms of hardware."
"Yes, at the beginning, some items were difficult to obtain, but now the basic equipment is all in place. And every time we submit a supply request, our base can replenish it the next day."
"Let's go to the data room to take a look," Lu Heng nodded and walked out of the specimen storage room.
"Why is there no one here at this hour?" As Lu Heng followed Wang Tian around the building, he noticed that no researchers had been seen in this experimental building yet.
"They were working quite late last night. They're probably resting now."
"Why aren't you resting?"
"I'm not a primary researcher. As I just told you, my skills are quite limited, hehehe."
Lu Heng glanced at Wang Tian. There was no expression of jealousy on his face, but rather a hint of awkwardness.
Lu Heng didn't say anything further. Scientific research itself demands extreme rigor, especially in modern medical research, which requires individuals with strong capabilities to conduct research. Science cannot tolerate carelessness.
Soon, the two arrived on the second floor and toured various rooms. Lu Heng was quite satisfied with the hardware equipment of this research institute.
In the data room, labeled folders were neatly arranged in filing cabinets. Lu Heng signaled Wang Tian to open a few cabinets, and he selected some files to browse.
However, he was slightly disappointed to find that the research here had no leads, and no breakthrough progress had been made.
"Alright, I've seen everything here. I'll head back now. When Chen Dong wakes up, have someone come find me at my residence."
After giving his instructions, Lu Heng didn't delay any further and returned directly to his own residence.
Returning to the space from his residence, Lu Heng also needed to instruct the Director and the others to teach Xiao Liu the survival rules of modern society.
Otherwise, Xiao Liu, this innocent, would surely cause trouble in this world.
As expected, upon returning to the space, Lu Heng saw a rather amusing scene.
However, what was so amusing to him was not so funny from Xiao Liu's perspective.
Currently, it had shrunk into a corner, fearfully gazing at Lu Bai and the other beasts who were watching television. Xiao Liu had tried several times to move away from this place that sent shivers down its spine.
But it always felt as if Lu Bai was constantly watching it. Several times, it extended its left foot only to retract it. Lu Heng stood in a corner of their living room, watching Xiao Liu repeatedly perform the same action.
"Huh? Why aren't you watching the show with them?"
Lu Heng chuckled for a moment, then a cup of water appeared in his hand. He naturally walked to a single-seater sofa and sat down.
This sofa was Lu Heng's reserved seat, so even if he wasn't there, no one would sit in that spot.
"Master! *Wuwuwu*, I've been busy for so long today, my stomach is starving."
Xiao Liu, while observing Lu Bai, moved towards Lu Heng's position.
After taking a sip of water, Lu Heng looked at Xiao Liu, who was still dirty. It was likely that it had been huddled in that corner since its return.
Was it that afraid of Lu Bai?
Should he arrange for Xiao Liu to have more contact with Lu Bai, so that Xiao Liu could overcome its fear of Lu Bai?
"Lu Bai, pour some warm water for Xiao Liu to wash itself. It did work hard digging holes all night, after all."
Lu Bai showed no expression. It got up from the sofa, transformed into human form, and walked towards the bathroom.
"Ah! Ahhhhh, it's a zombie! No, there's a monster!"
"Xiao Liu, that's Lu Bai. Lu Bai has two forms; it can be in the form of a fox or in a human form like me."
"...So perverted? No wonder it's so powerful."
Lu Heng glanced at Xiao Liu. Xiao Liu was sticking out half of its body, observing the direction Lu Bai had left, occasionally twitching its nose as if judging the distance by the intensity of the scent.
This fellow didn't seem to be overly terrified of Lu Bai anymore. It dared to call Lu Bai perverted at this moment.