IJWTRQ Chapter 075

“Doing this thing… is there any significance? Liang Xian already…” Yan Yongfeng asked.

If it’s to find Liang Xian, it really doesn’t make sense. If Liang Xian can come back, why should he let go of his hand?

“Did I say I was going to find Liang Xian?” Qiao Zhixue shot him a look, “You are concerned about your companions, I’m different, I’m just a researcher. What I want is the possibility of traversing through the ‘void’, and how far the transmission of quantum entanglement can be achieved.

If the smuggling can be successful this time, my guess will be verified, and it will be a leap forward for our research. Have you forgotten what our biggest disadvantage is now? Only Tan Yan alone can come back from another world. Without him, everyone is finished, right?”

Yan Yongfeng was silent, he understood the reason, but Liang Xian…

Minister Yu and Professor Qiao are right, they cannot wallow in Liang Xian’s sacrifice, they still have to continue in the future.

Minister Yu didn’t speak, he looked at Qiao Zhixue quietly.

Qiao Zhixue tried hard to convince him: “With Tan Yan’s ability, I think the success rate of this smuggling is very high. First of all, it is not a dangerous world. Although zombies are rampant, Tan Yan is capable of holding a fourth-level zombie as a talisman, and easily kills the fifth-level zombie king. As long as he is not dragged down, this world is actually easier for Tan Yan than the real world. After all, the real world has laws and order, and superpowers cannot be exposed casually; Secondly, after Tan Yan entered, there was a full five hours, at his speed… Minister Yu should still remember that our car drove hard on the expressway and failed to catch up with Tan Yan, five hours is quite enough; Lastly…”

He glanced at Tan Yan: “You don’t seem to have discovered your specialness yet, I need to verify this specialness.”

“Specialness?” Tan Yan was puzzled.

Isn’t his specialness the first person to enter the ‘void’? What else does he have besides experience?

Qiao Zhixue held his forehead: “It stands to reason that the ‘void’ will disappear only after entering the ‘void’ and returning to form a closed loop. But as soon as you enter the ‘void’, the space collapse will disappear immediately, you haven’t completed the closed loop yet, why did the ‘void’ disappears?”

Tan Yan was taken aback, he had never considered this matter.

“Even if you have the ability to close the loop, and the ‘void’ will be aware of your power, but at most the ‘void’ will only stop spreading, right? But it disappeared, what is the reason for this, I would like to know.

This smuggling is just to verify one of my conjectures, and it cannot fully explain your specialness, but it is still progress for the research.”

“Are you willing?” Qiao Zhixue finally asked.

The most important thing about this experiment is not Minister Yu’s opinion, but Tan Yan’s.

To be honest, even if Minister Yu disagrees, as long as Tan Yan is willing, he can take the little deer to find Liang Xian when passing through the ‘void’.

Based on Qiao Zhixue’s understanding of Tan Yan, this man will not disagree.

Whether it is because of the organization’s request or Liang Xian.

Sure enough, Tan Yan said: “Professor Qiao, thank you.”

Qiao Zhixue, who has always known everything, showed a puzzled expression: “Why thank me?”

“Ever since I knew that Liang Xian was staying in another world, I wanted to find him.” Tan Yan said, “Even if you didn’t propose this experiment, I would like to ask you if there is a way to find Liang Xian. It’s not for the mission, it’s my own desire to bring him back, my selfishness.”

“If Liang Xian has turned into a zombie, how do you bring him back?” Minister Yu asked.

Tan Yan touched his heart with his palm, feeling very sad, but he had to face it.

“On the way back, I kept thinking is Liang Xian considered a martyr?” Tan Yan asked.

“Of course,” Minister Yu affirmed, “Liang Xian died in order to save the people who strayed into another world. Of course he was.”

“Martyrs are to enter the cemetery, right?” Tan Yan said, “I know that there is such a cemetery in B City, which is dedicated to burying these martyrs who died for the revolution. Liang Xian, what are you going to bury in it? Build a cenotaph¹衣冠冢 yì guān zhǒng: cenopath, an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere.?”

Hearing his words, Minister Yu’s heart ached uncontrollably again. Only God knows what strength he relies on to stay awake now. A voice in his head told Minister Yu that this meeting must be held. He is so sad, and so must the members of the supernatural team. If he doesn’t appease everyone’s emotions the first time, the trauma will never heal. He must turn this sacrifice into the driving force for the ability team to move forward!

Although it was his son who died, even though he suffered more than others, but Minister Yu’s position dictated that he had to suppress his personal feelings and everything was for the overall situation.

He wants to cry more than anyone now, but he has to endure it.

Tan Yan continued: “Liang Xian he… is actually very afraid of the dark, afraid to sleep alone, moving to an unfamiliar dormitory needs someone to sleep with him. I think about him, if he becomes a zombie in a different world, if his human consciousness is still there, will he be very scared?”

Cui Heyu wanted to say that kid Liang Xian is not afraid of the dark at all, he is taking advantage of you. But after hearing what Tan Yan said later, he didn’t tell the truth.

“I am very grateful to Professor Qiao for giving me a chance to find Liang Xian. If he has become a zombie when I see him, then I will kill him with my own hands.”

Tan Yan paused for a moment. He remembered that he also killed Director Li who had become the zombie king, but that time was fine, after all, he knew that the Director Li he knew was still alive, and they were not the same person. But Liang Xian…

“I’ll kill him and bring him back, even if it’s just an urn, I want to take him home.” Tan Yan said softly, “The older generation is very superstitious, saying that if no one mourn after death, they will become lonely ghosts. I learned Marxism-Leninism²馬列主義 Mǎliè zhǔyì: Marxism-Leninism. Marxist–Leninists reject anarchism and left communism, as well as reformist socialism and social democracy. They oppose fascism and liberal democracy, and are anti-imperialists. since I was a child, and I don’t believe in this kind of saying. But… now I know that even after death, consciousness may still exist in the form of energy, he must prefer to be buried in his homeland.”

Minister Yu suddenly felt his face was wet, he quickly reached out to wipe it off, but he pulled the needle on the back of his hand.

“Minister, your hand is swollen!” Xu Mingyu hurriedly said, “Don’t move around, the needle must have pierced a blood vessel, I’ll ask the nurse to give another injection… Minister?”

Seeing Minister Yu’s face full of tears, Xu Mingyu was stunned.

Xu Mingyu has been with Minister Yu for three years, and he knows that he is a tough man, no matter how difficult it is, he never sheds tears, but now…

Everyone saw Minister Yu’s tears, only to realize that it was not that he was not in pain, but just endured it all the time.

Cui Heyu is not someone who can hold back his words, he couldn’t help saying: “Since it’s not that you don’t care, why don’t you pay more attention to him when he is alive.”

Minister Yu looked at Cui Heyu, the boy for Liang Xian complained to his father, accusing him of not caring more about his son.

But Minister Yu didn’t need to explain, he just said lightly: “Liang Xian is not only my son, but also the country’s soldier. If he and the safety of the country, and mission, or even an ordinary person are weighed on the scales, even if it is done again, ten thousand times, even if I know that I will be heartbroken after he dies, my choice will always be the same.”

Always, choose to sacrifice Liang Xian.

“In other words, you are also the same,” Minister Yu continued, “I hope everyone can remember their own duty.”

“How can we be the same as Liang Xian?” Cui Heyu couldn’t help saying, “At least it’s different for you!”

Minister Yu touched his military rank, and said to Cui Heyu: “As long as we have this on our shoulders, we are all the same.”

He said to Xu Mingyu again: “No need to call the nurse, the meeting is over, I’ll go for the infusion.”

Minister Yu stood up, his back was still straight, and his footsteps were still steady, but his drooping hand was bleeding continuously. He even forgot to hold down the needle hole, and the punctured blood vessel was bleeding continuously.

Xu Mingyu stepped forward to help him hold the needle hole with cotton wool, and also supported him.

Minister Yu leaned lightly on Xu Mingyu.

Leaning just a little, just a little, so he doesn’t fall down.

Guarding this road is too difficult, but even though the road is full of thorns, he still walked to the end with his head held high, never wavering.

“He… how could… why the hell am I crying for Liang Xian again?” Cui Heyu looked at Minister Yu’s back, tears streaming down uncontrollably.

Qiu Qizheng was wiping his tears for him, Cui Heyu leaned his head on his shoulder, hot tears burned Qiu Qizheng’s shoulder.

“If I encounter the same situation, I’ll make the same choice as Liang Xian.” Ah San stood up and said solemnly, “The same goes for you, if you don’t want to experience this feeling anymore, you can quit at any time.”

No one will quit, they have the ability, and they are destined to take this responsibility.

“You guys adjust at the base for a day or two,” Qiao Zhixue said, “Don’t go back to class for the time being.”

Going to class? Everyone thought about it, they always felt that the day and night were so long, and school life seemed to be getting farther and farther away from them.

Professor Qiao is right, now is not the time to take a leisurely study in class anymore.

When everyone returned to the room arranged for everyone at the base after the meeting, Tan Yan kept following Qiao Zhixue.

“Is there anything else?” Qiao Zhixue asked.

Tan Yan: “I just want to ask, how the country wants to hide this news, the matter of the subway is too big, and there are family members among the missing people, so it can’t be concealed.”

“We blocked the news as soon as possible, and it has been treated as a subway derailment.” Qiao Zhixue said, “After you left, we faked the scene, and now we can publish the accident death list.”

“Can it be concealed?” Tan Yan asked.

“The relevant personnel of the subway must bear the responsibility, but they will be compensated after the limelight passes. The corpse of the deceased can also be forged, and the hospital certificate can also be forged. When the time comes, the corpse will be sent to cremation and all will be turned into ashes. Who will find out whether it is true or false?” Qiao Zhixue said, “As long as the survivor don’t talk nonsense, the news will not be leaked.

What’s more, compared to crossing to another world and being bitten by zombies, people must be more willing to believe that it was a subway accident, right?”

Qiao Zhixue’s words are justified, Tan Yan has nothing to worry about.

He thought about it and suddenly laughed at himself: “Back in the zombie world, I kept rejecting that mother’s request, but when it was Liang Xian’s turn, I wanted to bring it back even if it was a corpse.

I even hope that the ‘void’ will appear tonight so that I can find Liang Xian immediately. He’s smart, and he’s a supernatural being. Maybe it’s only a day before he turns into a zombie. Maybe he can be saved if he was brought back… I, can’t help but think so…”

Qiao Zhixue stared at Tan Yan for a while, and asked: “Do you want me to comfort you? This kind of thing should go to Minister Yu or a psychiatrist, I don’t understand.”

Tan Yan: “…”

He just wanted to say what was in his heart. After all, Qiao Zhixue seemed to be the least affected among the crowd, so talking to him seemed to be the best choice.

It’s a pity that Qiao Zhixue didn’t understand what Tan Yan meant, and instead took him directly to the infirmary. At this time, Minister Yu has already received another infusion, while watching the research team’s analysis of the survivors’ psychological conditions.

Xu Mingyu was worried about him and stayed in the infirmary to take care of Minister Yu.

Qiao Zhixue took Tan Yan over to the minister and said directly to him: “Tan Yan may need some psychological counseling. I don’t think it’s suitable to confide in a psychiatrist based on the situation he has grasped. It’s better for you to explain it, or you can confide in each other.”

Tan Yan: “…”

Minister Yu: “…”

“Originally, I wanted to take Tan Lu to do a quantum entanglement experiment, to see if I could pass some information to Liang Xian through Tan Lu, or get some information from Liang Xian, but… It seems that fluffy creatures are more conducive to psychological recovery? Lend him to you for the time being.”

After saying that, Qiao Zhixue simply turned around and left to go to the research room.

Tan Yan: “…”

The little deer was quite happy, he rubbed his dad’s arm.

There was a burst of embarrassment in the room, Xu Mingyu always felt that he was redundant, especially when Tan Yan was sitting next to him, the little deer was standing next to Tan Yan, Xu Mingyu felt his stomach ache when he saw the little deer’s hooves, he was still drinking millet porridge, he couldn’t eat high-calorie food, his body was limp and weak every day.

“Ahem, since you have something to talk about, I’ll go out first. After you leave, remember to call me.” Xu Mingyu instructed, “Watch Minister Yu’s IV drip for me, and call the nurse when the medicine runs out.”

After saying that, he left quickly, the farther away from the little deer, the better.

Only Tan Yan and Minister Yu were left staring at each other with big eyes, and there was a little deer sticking to Tan Yan’s body watching Minister Yu.

Minister Yu suddenly felt embarrassed, especially when Qiao Zhixue also said that the little deer had been entangled with Liang Xian’s consciousness and had mastered what Liang Xian had learned, so is the little deer now half his son?

Under the big, clean eyes of the little deer, Minister Yu was a little embarrassed.

He could only start the conversation: “It has been ten hours since everyone came back from the other world, and none of the survivors showed signs of zombification. You have completed your mission very well. While saving people, you have eliminated all dangers from the other world.”

“It’s not good enough.”

Tan Yan is not modest, but really thinks so. With such a result, no one in the supernatural team will feel that they have completed the task perfectly.

“Next, these people cannot go home for the time being. They need to have one by one conversation, sign a non-disclosure agreement, and observe whether they have awakened their abilities.”

Speaking of abilities, Minister Yu said again: “I… have been to another world for half a year, and I didn’t realize that I’ve also awakened. Fortunately, Professor Qiao’s instrument can test supernatural beings. If we want to confirm the identity, we can study the countermeasures.”

Hearing his words, Tan Yan gradually relaxed a lot. As Qiao Zhixue said, he is in charge of technology, and the supernatural team is in charge of saving the world. Leave the rest of the trivial matters to Minister Yu, and he will take care of them.

In this situation, Minister Yu really doesn’t have time to be depressed and grieve over the death of his son, he has too many things to deal with.

Whether it is the supernatural team or Qiao Zhixue, all of them can concentrate on doing their own things because of the support of Minister Yu.

In the future, even if names are left in history books, they will only be people like Tan Yan and Qiao Zhixue. Minister Yu and the others have always been dedicated to the front line in obscurity.

They have no right to blame Minister Yu.

“Thank you.” The two of them spoke at the same time, and were both taken aback for a moment.

Tan Yan is thanking Minister Yu and all the backup forces for their support and help. What about Minister Yu?

“Thank you for your willingness to risk another trip to the zombie world and help me see the boy.” Minister Yu said, “I’m not a qualified father, when he hurts, there’s nothing I can do but give him up. When he was diagnosed by the doctor that his right hand was disabled, I only dared to sneak a glance at him when I returned to B City, and then left in a hurry.

I… have done so many people’s mobilization work, appeasement work, condolence work, but to my son, I don’t even know how to say a word of comfort.”

The little deer walked slowly in front of Minister Yu, and awkwardly gave him a head bump.

Minister Yu was flattered, hugged the little deer, stroked his neck, and said to Tan Yan: “You’re more like his father than me.”

Tan Yan: “…”

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The author has something to say:

Tan Yan: Speaking of which, you may not know, he just confessed to me a few days ago.

The little deer: I want to hoof him, can I?

Xu Mingyu: No!!

Awkward…

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  衣冠冢 yì guān zhǒng: cenopath, an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere.
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  馬列主義 Mǎliè zhǔyì: Marxism-Leninism. Marxist–Leninists reject anarchism and left communism, as well as reformist socialism and social democracy. They oppose fascism and liberal democracy, and are anti-imperialists.