The group walked on the road back to their residence. However, compared to their enthusiastic demeanor when leaving work, they now appeared much more silent and less talkative.
“What’s wrong?” Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but ask after walking for a while.
Hearing Lin Xinghai’s inquiry, Liu Miaomiao cheered up and said with a smile on her face, “It’s nothing.”
However, Lin Xinghai did not believe that the women were truly fine, especially since they had just come out of the security office. This instantly led him to associate their behavior with some unpleasant matters.
His face instantly became serious as he said, “In the interrogation room, they didn’t do anything to you, did they? If they did, tell me now, and I will immediately seek justice for you.”
“Michael is about to step down, so if you have suffered any grievances, feel free to speak up. You don’t need to bear any psychological burden.”
After entering the security bureau, a separate interrogation was required. Lin Xinghai truly did not understand the situation of the girls.
“What did they do to us?” Liu Miaomiao was a little confused for a moment.
Wang Yao, who was standing by, did understand, “They didn’t dare to, at first. Their attitude was quite bad when they entered, but after hearing that we are official employees of the government office, they became much more compliant.”
The functions of the government office were in no way inferior to those of the security bureau. Being in the same lower district, how could they not be aware of the tricks within the security bureau?
Even if an employee really did commit an offense, the government office would definitely send someone over to thoroughly review the case.
Moreover, when they entered the security bureau, Lin Xinghai had already revealed to them that he had notified the Sky Fracture Mercenary Group to come over, so they didn’t need to say anything.
Therefore, Liu Miaomiao and others, after staying in the security bureau for over ten minutes, discovered that the military had already taken over the area outside.
They didn’t even realize what happened during this period.
At this time, Liu Miaomiao also came to her senses and immediately blushed, “Don’t worry, we are all fine.”
“Why are you all still gloomy? Is it because of the Hatchet Gang?” Lin Xinghai asked further.
“Yeah!” Liu Miaomiao nodded.
“Don’t worry! He will have to serve at least 5 years. By then, you all will have already moved to the middle district.” Lin Xinghai reassured.
“Actually, I feel so useless. If we could become Enhanced, then in times of danger, we wouldn’t become targets of threats, causing you to be in a passive position.” Liu Miaomiao finally spoke her mind, and the other women also nodded in agreement.
Lin Xinghai was slightly moved by their words. He smiled and said, “Then you all should become Enhanced soon. Didn’t Huai Feifu give us some compensation? Although it’s only a little over 7000, each person can still get 1400 points. If you’re lucky, you could become Enhanced very soon.”
The “luck” he referred to, of course, was the genetic assessment of these individuals.
Upon hearing this, the women were moved but shook their heads repeatedly, insisting that not only had they not contributed, but they had also been a burden, and thus, they could not accept these points.
In the end, Lin Xinghai proposed a compromise plan, which was to lend the points to them.
Finally, Liu Miaomiao and the others agreed, but they did not take much, accepting only 500 points each.
In Lin Xinghai’s view, 500 points could only buy 5 vials of genetic serum, which was far from enough to become Enhanced. However, he did not try to persuade them further.
For most people, 5 vials of genetic serum took over half a month to absorb it. Once he took on a few more missions and had enough points, he could also help them.
Next, everyone changed their route and instead of going back to the dormitory, they headed to the Gene Center before it was too late.
Genetic serum was available in the Gene Center at the vending machine.
Of course, there were many places to buy genetic serum. However, the main purpose for the girls to visit this place was to undergo a genetic assessment.
Not everyone had undergone genetic assessment testing before the apocalypse, like Lin Xinghai.
Because genetic assessment technology was not yet perfect at that time, and it was very expensive.
More importantly, genetic assessment didn’t hold much significance for ordinary individuals, unless they aspired to become outstanding athletes; that was when genetic assessment became an important criterion.
Lin Xinghai was a provincial Sanda [1] champion, so how could he not take genetic assessment?
The girls arrived at the Gene Center in a state of nervousness and anticipation.
The staff here have gone off work in the evening, but there were still a few service robots working.
After showing the ID card to the robot and explaining their objective, the girls were taken to a special testing room.
Inside the room were rows of vertical coffins.
*Cough!* Vertical testing pods.
Yes, indeed! The appearance of the testing pods was similar to the hibernation pods, except they were vertical.
As they gazed at the genetic testing pods in front of them, the expressions on the faces of the group of girls grew even more tense. Lin Xinghai could understand this, as a person’s genetic assessment was truly a matter concerning their future.
Therefore, he just stood aside and waited quietly.
“I’ll go first!” About a minute later, Wang Yao was the first to step forward.
“Come on!”
“You can do this.”
“Believe in yourself.”
The women all said words of encouragement that seemed meaningless to Lin Xinghai.
Wang Yao nodded, with a look of determination on his face as he walked toward the genetic testing pod.
After swiping her ID card, the semi-transparent pod’s hatch opened. Wang Yao, with her long legs, stepped up with a single stride.
The pod’s hatch closed, green indicator lights lit up, and numerous instruments integrated inside the genetic testing pod started operating.
On the operation screen, the progress bar was steadily advancing: 10%, 20%, 50%, and 100%.
It took about three minutes. As the progress bar reached 100%, the hatch automatically opened, and the displayed screen showed genetic assessment: Grade C.
“Wow!” A cry of surprise suddenly sounded.
Wang Yao also screamed with excitement after seeing her genetic assessment.
Genetic assessment was divided into 6 levels: A, B, C, D, E, and F.
For most ordinary people, the genetic assessment only had Grade E or Grade F. Having a Grade D was already pretty good.
Grade C was deemed excellent.
Captains like Roger and Wu Yan of Sky Fracture Mercenary Group only had Grade C genetic assessments.
Wang Yao’s excitement was quite understandable under the circumstances.
The remaining girls seemed to be inspired after seeing Wang Yao’s genetic assessment.
They all entered the genetic testing pod one by one and started testing.
The three-minute testing time was not long. Soon, the genetic assessments of Qin Zixue, Yang Yi, and Shen Yimei came out.
Among them, Qin Zixue and Shen Yimei’s genetic assessments were both Grade D, while Yang Yi’s genetic assessment was Grade E.
It was common to become Enhanced with at least a Grade D genetic assessment. In fact, many mercenaries were only at this level.
As for the genetic assessment of Grade E, it was not impossible to become Enhanced, but it would consume more resources and take longer.
The women comforted Yang Yi, and then Liu Miaomiao also entered the genetic testing pod under the watchful eyes of everyone.