usatvline Chapter 23 I will get you safely to the CDC
Chapter 23 I will get you safely to the CDC
……Airport.
Since being forced into the building by the infected, Li Ailun and Susan ran all the way into the depths of the building.
This building is a warehouse for the airport's logistics and material transfer. It is divided into individual storage rooms, each of which is very large and filled with various materials. Their vehicle drove into one of the storage rooms.
He bumped into an infected person dressed as a ground crew member, but Li Ailun easily dealt with him in a few moves.
He pulled an employee card from the corpse and then led Susan to swipe the card to enter the employee-only internal passage.
With the electronic gate acting as a barrier, all infected individuals were kept outside, which allowed the two to escape infection.
Li Ailun and Susan settled into a nearby storage room and waited there for two days. The expected rescue never arrived, and it was as if they had been completely forgotten by the outside world...
Because he had been on guard duty for the second half of the night, Li Ailun was resting now. As a qualified agent, he maintained a certain level of vigilance even while sleeping.
Just as he was drifting in and out of sleep, he faintly heard a low sobbing sound, seemingly both near and far...
If it were an ordinary person, they would definitely be terrified; this is a scene that only appears in horror movies.
However, Li Ailun recognized Susan's voice. He did not open his eyes, but continued to doze off and listen quietly to the obviously suppressed sobs.
He understood that Susan needed to vent her emotions.
As someone who grew up in a greenhouse and has lived in the stable social environment of China for a long time, this is the first time I have experienced this situation.
He was quite surprised that Susan hadn't completely broken down.
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After an unknown amount of time, the sobbing gradually subsided, and the storage room returned to silence.
Li Ailun opened his eyes at the right moment and saw Susan holding her phone, staring blankly into space. Her eyes were red, clearly she had just been crying, and she looked like a pear blossom in the rain.
"You...you're awake...did I wake you up? I'm sorry..."
When Susan saw Li Ailun get up, she quickly wiped away the remaining tear stains on her cheeks.
Li Ailun noticed her unease, so he shook his head, naturally not saying, "I've been listening to you cry for most of the day."
Instead, she looked at the phone in her hand, proactively changed the subject, and asked:
"Still no phone signal?"
"...Hmm, there's absolutely no signal here."
Susan answered sadly, her mood very low.
They have been trying to contact the outside world for the past two days, but neither of their phones has a signal.
Li Ailun nodded upon hearing this, showing no surprise.
Atlanta International Airport is one of the world's busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic.
The fact that no government rescue operation has been launched despite such a serious incident can only mean one thing: the situation outside the airport is far more serious than it is here.
Lee Allen is now worried that if the virus breaks out not only at the airport but also across the entire country, it could lead to a complete collapse of the entire national system in the United States.
This incident could very well be a global catastrophe.
Susan clearly understood this as well.
That's why she couldn't help but cry just now, partly because she was anxious and worried about being trapped here, and partly because she was concerned about her relatives thousands of miles away in China, wondering if they were in danger...
"I'll go check other areas and see if there's a signal in other locations. You wait here for me."
Li Ailun said.
Since they arrived here, their activities have been confined to one or two storage rooms. He planned to see if there were any other exits from here.
Although it is safe here for the time being and supplies are plentiful, we can't just stay here and wait indefinitely.
There are still countless infected people outside. Who can guarantee that they won't be breached? They must find another way out.
"I...I'll go with you..."
Susan became nervous upon hearing this and quickly said...
Susan was well aware of her awkward situation; she was nothing short of a burden. So she was terrified that Li Ailun would abandon her, and she couldn't even sleep peacefully.
Li Ailun naturally understood Susan's concerns. He looked into her eyes and said earnestly:
"I won't abandon you, don't worry."
"why?"
Susan isn't an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl; she doesn't have that many naive fantasies.
She didn't think Li Ailun was the kind of person who would risk his life for a mission. Look at what happened to the other experts; she hadn't seen Li Ailun risk his life for them.
But she didn't think Li Ailun had any ulterior motives towards her, because he had many opportunities in the past two days, and she couldn't resist them at all.
However, Li Ailun did not take advantage of the situation; she even secretly suspected that Li Ailun might be gay...
Actually, she didn't know Li Ailun's secret identity, which is why Li Ailun's attitude towards her confused her.
Many times I had a feeling that Li Ailun was deliberately protecting herself, unlike her attitude towards other experts. This differential treatment was definitely not because she was also of Chinese descent.
Moreover, she always had a strange intuition that she could trust the man in front of her.
So whenever there was danger, she would instinctively move closer to Li Ailun, which is why she became the only one of the six experts to survive.
"Because protecting your safety is my mission."
Li Ailun's answer was not surprising at all.
Susan looked closely into Li Ailun's eyes, trying to discern something from them.
But her efforts were in vain, because Li Ailun's eyes were so firm that he could practically join the Party right away.
"...Is it just a mission?"
Susan suddenly asked, as if possessed.
"What do you say?"
Li Ailun raised an eyebrow and looked at her with amusement.
"Uh...no...it's nothing."
Susan felt guilty and stammered.
"Don't overthink it, I'll get you to the CDC safely."
Li Ailun said.
Is it still worthwhile to go to the CDC now?
Susan was somewhat puzzled.
"Isn't your mission to investigate the virus? Besides the CDC, do you have any other leads? Perhaps we can find something at the CDC."
Li Ailun countered with a question.
Susan remained silent. Although what Li Ailun said made sense, something still felt off.
Li Ailun seems unusually persistent about going to the CDC, even in his current situation, he is still preoccupied with the so-called mission.
"Heh, don't wander off, just wait for me here, I'll be back soon."
Seeing that Susan had fallen silent, Li Ailun gave her a word of advice.
After saying that, he turned and walked out of the storage room, heading deeper into the passageway.
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Susan watched Li Ailun leave before she could help but mutter a few words of disgust to herself about him being such a clueless straight man.
She had been on edge for the past two days, but after talking with Li Ailun and receiving his promise, she felt much more relaxed.
However, once she relaxed, she suddenly felt the urge to relieve herself.
Susan covered her stomach with one hand and looked around. She couldn't possibly relieve herself here.
If Li Ailun comes back and smells the odor, she feels she won't be able to live with herself anymore.
Left with no other choice, Susan carefully left the storage room and began searching the vicinity for a restroom.
Sure enough, she found an internal staff restroom shortly after, a single stall, the kind that doesn't separate men and women.
She tried the bathroom doorknob, found it wasn't locked, and simply pushed the door open...
However, an infected person was found hidden in the restroom; she appeared to be a middle-aged Latina woman dressed in a cleaning uniform.
It had been staring blankly at the mirror when the bathroom door opened, startling it. The infected cleaning lady abruptly turned around, met Susan's bewildered gaze, and then lunged at her with a ferocious expression...
“Ah…Ah…”
Susan screamed in fright. She backed away, but her steps faltered and she tripped and fell on her bottom, landing on the ground.
The female cleaner who was infected was also tripped by a mop and bucket placed on the ground and fell straight to the ground.
With a splash, the bucket tipped over, spilling its contents onto the ground and forming a puddle.
The icy water splashed all over her face, instantly bringing Susan to her senses and snapping her out of her shock.
Even after the female cleaner who was infected fell into the puddle on the ground, she still crawled towards her on her hands and feet.
Its face was ferocious and terrifying, and it kept making hoarse roars.
Susan was so frightened that she stumbled backward. She scrambled to her feet and fled in the same direction as before.
The infected female cleaner also got up from the ground and, with an extremely awkward and strange gait, chased after Susansan in the direction she had fled.
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