After successfully choosing the course, everyone came to the classroom to wait. There were still a few minutes before the exam began, Ke Shaobin couldn’t help but complain, “The course requires us to solve the puzzle and leave the chemical factory alive. It seems that the location of this exam is in the chemical factory? Leave alive, this… sounds a little scary!”
Zhang Xiaonian said worriedly, “Will there be many corrosive chemicals in the chemical factory?”
The conversation between the two made Yue Xingwen couldn’t help but think of the strangely colored chemical pool with bubbles gurgling on top. Once someone accidentally fell in, that person would definitely be corroded to the bone.
Chemistry was indeed a very dangerous course, there were countless corrosive and toxic reagents, and non-professionals entering a chemical factory had to be extra cautious with every step they took.
Thinking of this, Yue Xingwen immediately reminded everyone in a loud voice, “Everyone pay attention. After we enter the chemical factory later, if we are scattered by the library, don’t move around first and let Ke Shaobin use his Xiao Tu using ‘finding someone’ skill. Alos, things in places like chemical factories can’t be eaten indiscriminately. You shouldn’t drink the water, there are too many colorless and odorless poisons, we must be more careful.”
Everyone nodded and expressed their understanding.
Xin Yan said lightly, “That’s right. It’s better to be cautious, and don’t touch the instruments on the table or the agents in the test tubes.”
The numbers on the countdown quickly shrunk, and in the blink of an eye, it was 8:00 am sharp, and the exam room at the Faculty of Chemistry was open.
Everyone only felt that it was dark in front of them, and when they opened their eyes again, they appeared in a strange room. Yue Xingwen looked around vigilantly, and as soon as he raised his head, he met a pair of familiar gaze.
Jiang Pingce: “…”
Yue Xingwen: “…”
This is awkward!
What’s going on with the library, actually spawning both of them into one room?
Since the strange conversation in the morning, Yue Xingwen had deliberately avoided Jiang Pingce, because Jiang said that the person he liked was a man, Yue Xingwen was in a state of confusion for a while and didn’t know how to respond.
Today, both of them spawned in the same room, widened their eyes, and there was no way to avoid it.
Yue Xingwen scolded the library with a few words in his heart, and then forced himself to break the silence, “Cough, let’s find the others first.”
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Jiang Pingce looked around calmly and said in a low voice, “This environment is like an office, there are three desks, but currently there are only two of us in the room, and we don’t know where that colleague went.”
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Ke Shaobin said, “I’m in the laboratory.”
Xin Yan said, “I’m with Ke Shaobin, and the library has assigned us to be a scientific researcher.”
Liu Zhaoqing quickly reported the location as well: ‘The place where Zhuo Feng and I should be the production workshop. There are machines running inside, and neat test tubes are being transported on the conveyor belt. The test tubes are a transparent liquid, I don’t know what it is.”
Xu Yishen said, “I’m with Xiao Nian, and I saw that the environment was a dormitory, with two single beds, an independent bathroom, and a simple wardrobe for each person.”
Lan Yarong said, “The four girls are in the office, and the library assigned us the status of a logistics manager.”
Yue Xingwen looked at the information from his classmates. He hesitated for a moment and discussed with Jiang Pingce, “Since the library has arranged the identity for everyone, it’s not good that everyone leaves without permission during working hours.”
Jiang Pingce nodded and typed in the Research Group: “Ke Shaobin, you can determine the coordinates of our teammates and send me the data.”
Ke Shaobin immediately replied, “Okay.”
He summoned Xiao Tu and turned on the detection function of ‘find a friend’, and soon, 11 green coordinate points appeared in Xiao Tu’s display screen. The coordinates closest to him were of course Xin Yan, who was also in the laboratory, and other coordinates were distributed all around.
Ke Shaobin quickly asked Xiao Tu to determine the position of each coordinate and sent the date directly to the chat channel.
Jiang Pingce glanced at Ke Shaobin’s data, drew out the Cartesian coordinate system with his right hand, and quickly calculated the result: “Based on the coordinates and the distance from the ground, Ke Shaobin and Xin Yan are on the 5th floor of the experimental building; Xingwen and I are on the 3rd floor of the office building, and senior sister Lan with the other 3 girls are on the 2nd floor of the office building; Senior brother Liu and senior brother Zhuo in the production workshop on the 1st floor of another building 50 meters away from us; Xiao Nian and senior brother Xu in the employee’s dormitory on the 3rd floor, 30 meters away from Xin Yan. The four buildings form an irregular trapezoidal structure.”
Xin Yan said: “According to the common sense when the chemical factory was built, the production workshop should be built near the water to facilitate the introduction of water sources and the treatment and discharge of sewage. Chemical factories are usually located on the outskirts of the city, and there is likely to be a river nearby.”
Yue Xingwen followed closely, “There is a dormitory building next to it, it seems this place is a very large chemical factory, and we’re going to stay here until the end of the exam.”
The chat channel was silent for a few seconds.
Lan Yarong said, “A few of us in the logistics post, we can check the information of all the employees in the entire factory.”
Liu Zhaoqing typed quickly: “The workshop director came to check. Zhuo Feng and I can’t leave for a while, I don’t know what’s going to happen in this ghost place, anyway, I looked at those neat test tubes, and I can’t help but feel goosebumps in my heart.”
Xin Yan said calmly: “There are many kinds of things produced in chemical factories, and judging from senior brother’s description, the test tubes are filled with transparent agents, so it should be a pharmaceutical-type factory. Can you find out what kind of drug it is?”
Liu Zhaoqing shook his head: “There is no label on the test tube, the workshop we are in is only responsible for filling the test tube with chemicals, and the labeling and closing the packaging should be carried out in the next workshop.”
Yue Xingwen asked: “Xin Yan, aren’t you in the laboratory? Can you find information from the content of our scientific research?”
Xin Yan quickly sent a line of message: “I have a lot of chemical reaction equations and drug formulas in my office computer, the molecular structure of this drug is very complex, I’m still analyzing it, wait a minute.”
Ke Shaobin looked back and saw that Xin Yan was wearing a clean and neat white coat, sitting at his desk, staring intently at the computer screen. His right hand constantly clicking the mouse, quickly sliding down the page to check the information.
THis was the first time that Ke Shaobin had seen Xin Yan working seriously, and his side profile was quite handsome.
He had a cold personality, and he looked even more serious when he worked, completely entering the state of ‘isolation from the outside world’. Ke Shaobin was afraid to disturb him, and the breathing sound did not dare to come out, and even the light on Xiao Tu’s head was turned off.
After a moment, Xin Yan suddenly frowned and said: “Information about sodium cyanide appeared in the research data.”
Yue Xingwen was stunned: “Cyanide? I remember this chemical contains a high level of toxicity?”
Xin Yan quickly typed: “But theoretically, regular chemical factories will not produce sodium cyanide on a large scale, and this highly toxic material is strictly controlled by the country. I found a line of reaction equations in the information, sodium cyanide and ferrous sulfate to form sodium ferrocyanide, an inorganic compound, one of the important raw materials used in pharmaceuticals, and can also be used to melt snow in winter, and put in table salt to prevent the salt from clumping. This substance is non-toxic.”
When the roads were covered with snow in winter, Yue Xingwen had also seen people spraying chemicals to melt the snow and ice on the roads. He didn’t expect that the highly toxic substance sodium cyanide, which was generated after a chemical reaction, would be so useful.
The reason why chemistry was magical was here. Toxic things could be turned into non-toxic chemicals that were of great benefit to humans through chemical reactions; Non-toxic chemicals, on the other hand, might become highly toxic after reaction.
According to Xin Yan’s information on the computer, Yue Xingwen deduced: “That is to say, this chemical factory is mass-producing a certain medical drug, and sodium cyanide is likely to appear in the raw materials. The use of sodium cyanide is to generate non-toxic sodium ferrocyanide after reaction? As a raw material for drugs?”
Xin Yan said: “This explanation will be more reasonable. I’m also looking at other chemical reactions, and the drug that was ultimately produced looks a bit like an anti-cancer drug I’ve seen before in terms of its molecular structure, but I’m not completely sure.”
Yue XIngwen analyzed: “What kind of drug is created in the end should not be the key. I think that since the course requirements mention solving the puzzle, it’s likely that someone has died or is about to be killed at this chemical factory, and the easiest way to kill someone at a chemical factory is with chemicals. This toxic sodium cyanide needs to be paid attention to.”
Lin Manluo chimed in: “Senior sister Lan and I are responsible for drug approval and warehouse management. We should be able to get some clues here.”
Yue Xingwen immediately decided: “Let’s do it this way, let’s all gather the information at hand and find out the surrounding environment. Since we eat and live in this chemical factory, we will definitely meet in the dormitory building after work in the evening, and we can exchange information at that time.”
The other students quickly replied: “Roger that!”
Yue Xingwen turned off the chat channel and looked back at Jiang Pingce. The latter was frowning slightly, as if he was thinking. Yue Xingwen ignored the awkwardness in his heart and took the initiative to say, “We… go out and see? Pretend to go to the restroom to investigate?”
Jiang Pingce nodded and said, “Okay.”
The two walked out the door side by side.
The light in the corridor was very dazzling, and in broad daylight, he didn’t know if the air conditioning temperature was turned down too low or not, because as Yue Xingwen went out, he felt a strange coldness coming from his spine, as if someone was staring at him from behind.
He suddenly turned around, but all he saw was long, empty corridors.
On the left side of these corridors were the doors, on the right were the windows. At this time, the sun was shining outside the window, the weather was fine. Through the window, they could clearly see the production workshop not far away, and the high chimney was emitting gasses into the air, forming a thick white fog.
Jiang Pingce said in a low voice, “White fog. It looks like water vapor after treatment. The chemical factory was built in the outskirts, and it’s now known whether there is any hidden danger of pollution.”
Yue Xingwen turned to look at Jiang Pingce and said, “Let’s take a circle in the corridor and draw a detailed map of the chemical factory first, so that we can escape as soon as possible when we encounter trouble.”
Jiang Pingce agreed and said, “En, I think so too.”
After all, the course requirements mention the word ‘survive’. In addition to drug homicide cases in chemical factories, there might be accidents such as ‘reaction explosions’, in short, it was certainly right to be prepared in advance.
Both of them glanced at each other tacitly and walked forward quickly.
At this time, Lan Yarong, who was checking personnel information in the office, was surprised to find a problem. She and Lin Manluo carefully checked the list of employees, and then, Lin Manluo quickly typed: “I and senior sister Lan found that three old employees in the chemical factory have resigned in the past month. Is it normal to suddenly quit your job and go home at the age of retirement?”
thanks for the chapter!! <333
Thanks for the update 😍
Is it normal? Yes, it is.
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I’ll be honest, I would like seeing Xin Yan and Ke Shaobin as a couple..