Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Two days later, Lan Zhi, who had been frequently injected with zombie blood, successfully became a zombie. Fortunately, they had prepared in advance; the handcuffs and leg irons restraining Lan Zhi were connected to electricity, and the experimental bed was also covered with a high-voltage electric grid.
“Roar—” Lan Zhi’s eyes were bloodshot as he angrily glared at the old researcher standing outside the electric grid: “I will… kill… you!”
His tongue seemed stiff, and his speech was not very fluent, but he easily let out a hissing sound from his throat.
“He actually managed to retain consciousness?” The old researcher was even more surprised: “How are the other experimental subjects?”
The assistant flipped through the data: “Teacher, so far only this one became a zombie after being injected with zombie blood twelve times; the others, even with high abilities, did not exceed three times.”
Among them were also third-level ability users like Lan Zhi.
“How is this possible?” the senior researcher asked incredulously.
“I also find it unbelievable. Could this person be different from others?” The assistant couldn’t understand why either.
“Are there still the hair and blood samples extracted before the zombie blood injection?”
“Yes, Professor, but last time we analyzed them, we didn’t find anything useful from his blood, hair, or flesh,” the assistant said.
“I’ll handle it,” the senior researcher said, turning and leaving.
Outside the abandoned factory.
After observing for several days, Song Fei had figured out what they said each time they went in. The first and third days were the same, and the second and fourth days were the same.
Lan Sheng and Song Fei had agreed that Song Jing would wait outside while Lan Sheng and Song Fei led their men in to rescue the people.
They followed a truck away and witnessed them capturing some ordinary people before returning.
Lan Sheng and Song Fei seized the truck when they weren’t looking, and luckily, only one person drove and two people captured the people, so their numbers weren’t large.
After stealing the truck, Lan Sheng and Song Fei released the captured people.
After the three of them changed clothes, the remaining two pretended to be the captured ordinary people.
Lan Sheng drove, while Song Fei and another man guarded the ‘captured’ people with guns.
They drove slowly towards the abandoned factory.
“Song Fei, if things get bad, find a way to get everyone to escape.”
“Tch, Lan Sheng, enough talk. We’re about to go in. We won’t rest until we rescue Lan Zhi.” Song Fei touched his gun: “Tsk tsk, these guys have a lot of good stuff.”
Lan Sheng suddenly smiled: “Yes, we must rescue Lan Zhi. But once we’re inside, you’ll do as I say, understand?”
“Yes, yes, you’re the vice-captain, you’re in charge.” Song Fei couldn’t help but touch his gun.
They entered the abandoned factory safely. Someone directed Lan Sheng to park the car. Then, someone came to escort the people, only to see two bound individuals.
“Just two? You came out to play, didn’t you?” Looking up at Lan Sheng, something felt off: “Which team are you from?”
The people at the gate didn’t recognize them, but they should have seen the people inside regularly. However, these people were complete strangers.
“We’re from Team Six, Squad Three,” Song Fei said.
He’d been watching them lip-reading for the past few days, and it wasn’t a joke.
“Team Six?” The men who came to escort them looked at them suspiciously, then waved their hand: “Take these two away.”
Then they said to Lan Sheng, “I’m not trying to be mean, but even if you’re slacking off, you should at least show some semblance of professionalism. If you do this again, you’ll be in big trouble.”
“Yes, yes, we won’t do it again,” Song Fei quickly said with a smile.
The sky gradually darkened. After walking for a while, the man turned back to look at Lan Sheng: “What are you following us for? Go do what you’re supposed to do.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he clutched his neck and collapsed.
These men who came to escort them were all researchers, and their combat skills were poor. As soon as Lan Sheng made a move, the others acted in perfect unison, and in an instant, several researchers were on the ground.
They stripped off their clothes, moved the men to a corner, covered them with something, changed them into the men’s clothes, and then led the two men inside in a pretentious manner.
Because it was a temporary research institute, it didn’t have much high-tech equipment. A knock on the door was met with an answer.
The person who opened the door saw Song Fei and paused, “You…”
Clearly recognizing him as someone who hadn’t left earlier, Song Fei swiftly knocked him unconscious.
He untied the two who had been captured and said, “Split up and find where Lan Zhi is.”
Although it was a temporary research institute, it was still quite well-equipped, brightly lit upon entering. However, before they could split up, the sound of footsteps approached.
Lan Sheng suddenly tensed up.
“Heh… not bad, not bad. It’s only been a short time since the apocalypse. You’ve adapted quite well.” A man in a T-shirt and jeans clapped his hands as he walked over.
The door behind him opened, blocking both ends.
Lan Sheng clearly hadn’t expected this.
“Since you’re here, then stay here.” The man waved with a smile.
“Don’t move!” Lan Zhi released the safety latch towards the man.
“Heh…five of you, so many of us. Do you think you have a chance?” the man said disdainfully.
Several people stood back to back, only three of them carrying guns, pointing them at the people on either side. Song Fei squinted: “How did you find out?”
Along the way, he genuinely believed the security here was so lax.
The man laughed: “You guys have really adapted too well to the apocalypse, forgotten about surveillance?”
There were no surveillance cameras elsewhere, but the laboratory entrance and inside were covered. They had already discovered this when Lan Sheng and the others killed those people.
“I just hope that if my sister sees we haven’t gone out, she will obediently leave…” Song Fei said with a bitter smile, then said to Lan Sheng: “Lan Sheng, if they catch us, we’ll definitely be used for experiments. I’d rather die than suffer like that.”
Lan Sheng gritted his teeth: “Calm down, don’t forget why we came here!”
To save Lan Zhi…
“Bang—” In his distraction, Song Fei’s finger twitched slightly, and he accidentally pulled the trigger.
‘Bang bang bang—’
They were greeted by a series of gunshots.
“Stop! Who told you to fire!” the man said angrily, but by then, Lan Sheng and the others were already dead.
“These are just ordinary people, worthless. It’s no big deal to shoot them.” Another person blew on the muzzle of the gun.
However, the man noticed something fall out of Lan Sheng’s pocket. He picked it up and saw it was a photograph.
“This person is…” The back of the photograph bore two names: Lan Zhi and Lan Sheng.
“The test subject’s brother?” another person asked, leaning closer.
The remaining people exchanged glances.
There was a knock on the lab door.
The assistant opened the door, looked at the people outside, and frowned: “The professor is still busy, at a crucial moment. What do you want?”
The man handed the blood-stained photograph to the assistant: “The test subject’s brother inside came to rescue him, but we killed him.”
The assistant looked at the photograph with disdain: “He’s dead, that’s all. Just throw him out. There’s nothing to say. The professor is busy; don’t bother him with such trivial matters.”
However, Lan Zhi, lying on the lab bed, suddenly opened his eyes, his blood-red pupils flickering.
“Roar—” He struggled violently.
The assistant was startled, closed the door, and hurriedly turned on the current.
Lan Zhi was electrocuted; his skin tore open, showing how strong the current was. Even so, he glared fiercely at his assistant, as if he were a vengeful ghost risen from hell.
“Roar—” Even as the electric shocks tore his skin and emitted a burnt smell, Lan Zhi still struggled violently.
“What happened?” The old researcher rushed over, looking at the frenzied Lan Zhi: “Why did he suddenly become so manic?”
“I don’t know, teacher, it just suddenly happened like this.”
Black stuff seeped from Lan Zhi’s pores.
“Sizzle…”
The black liquid made a sizzling sound like roasting meat when it touched something, and the assistant watched as the handcuffs and leg irons gradually melted away, as if he had seen a ghost.
“T-Teacher…”
The old researcher was also shocked. He took several steps back and looked at Lan Zhi, swallowing hard: “Quick, increase the voltage!”
The handcuffs and leg irons were completely melted away. Lan Zhi struggled to get up from the bed, stood unsteadily on the ground, breathing heavily, his bloodshot eyes staring fiercely at the old researcher.
“Kill!” A hoarse, unpleasant voice came from his throat.
Grabbing the electric fence, Lan Zhi hurled it aside, landing right where his assistant was standing. The powerful high voltage caused the assistant to let out a bloodcurdling scream before falling silent.
The old researcher turned to escape, but Lan Zhi grabbed his neck.
“Ah!!” His neck was gripped tightly, and the black liquid began to corrode it. He screamed, his eyes rolling back, but he quickly lost his voice.
Song Jing heard the gunshot and sensed something was wrong. She wanted to leave with her people, but she couldn’t move.
Gritting her teeth, she led them over.
Unfortunately, when she finally managed to kill the guards at the entrance and went inside, she found corpses strewn everywhere. Everyone inside was dead.
She found the bodies of Song Fei and several other brothers near the research institute, but Lan Sheng was nowhere to be seen, nor was Lan Zhi…
The entire abandoned factory was deserted.
“Song Fei…” Song Jing knelt before Song Fei, hugging him with tears streaming down her face.
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