Chapter 28: Who Else?!

Yang Shuo's expression became a bit hard to control upon hearing this; they hadn't even had time to hold a meeting to decide on this matter. "Old one, I'll arrange for someone to help you get a storage locker first. Rest assured, there won't be any problems inside the Base."

In Liu Mu's view, this statement was actually a bit exaggerated, but it was still better than them holding onto their things themselves and being targeted.

Yang Shuo immediately arranged for someone to go get a storage locker, and when he turned back to see that Liu Mu still had no intention of leaving—having only met twice, this young girl gave him a bit of a headache—he said, "Research on the Giant Sun hasn't started yet, but we will send people to quarantine every place where it is discovered."

Liu Mu didn't feel guilty after hearing this; who could say for sure whether that stone would disappear into thin air? Anyway, it had nothing to do with her.

"Uncle, you really aren't researching things related to Mutation? I couldn't ask when there were so many people before, but will my Gouzi have any aftereffects? If people come into contact with it, won't they also mutate? Can you reveal some information?"

She changed from her previous worldly-wise demeanor, her expression anxious, as if she were truly especially worried.

Saying she wanted a storage locker might have been based on a merchant's calculation, but when it came to Mutation, Yang Shuo really didn't doubt Liu Mu. Never mind that she was just a young girl in her twenties; even he himself had been startled when he received the news today that a Military Dog had arrived at the Base.

"At present, we can only confirm that the Giant Sun possesses some kind of special radiation; the specific effects and subsequent situation are still under study. Little Liu, you yourselves must not approach the radiation source. That dog of yours, Niu Boyi, right? You should also observe its subsequent situation and come over regularly to communicate with Doctor Xing. If something really happens, perhaps he has a way to help you."

The information revealed in his words was too little, but Liu Mu believed the other party wasn't lying, so she said she wanted to go see Doctor Xing before leaving today. Yang Shuo agreed and even wrote her a note, telling her to check if Doctor Xing was free.

Using an old-fashioned method like writing a note was unavoidable; one had to know that there were very few smart devices that could be used now, and currently, there wasn't even any security scanning equipment for entering or leaving the Base.

As she left, she happened to run into Tan Ziyan who was coming in. Head-on, Liu Mu felt like she had almost bumped into a wall.

After she had walked a distance away, Tan Ziyan handed the tablet in his hand to Yang Shuo. "Chief, who is that girl? Big and tall, she wouldn't be a new soldier, would she?"

Upon hearing the description "big and tall," Yang Shuo only felt it was hard to put into words. "It's not appropriate for you to describe her like that given your height, is it? Enough, that's Little Liu from the suburbs who came to do business. Has the urban area been cleared?"

"Yes, no traces of Black Stone were found within the county town." Tan Ziyan was a special soldier in the military, and the missions he carried out sounded mostly mysterious to outsiders. What he actually wanted to say was that Liu Mu's physique didn't look like that of an ordinary person at first glance; at the very least, she had undergone rigorous training for years. To be frank, he was a bit interested.

"Animal mutations have already appeared in the suburbs. You go find Doctor Xing in a while and discuss going outside the city tomorrow to take a look." Yang Shuo suddenly remembered that he should have let Liu Mu and Tan Ziyan get to know each other just now, but there was no rush. "Did you see a Military Dog when you came back? The situation is likely more serious than General Command estimated, and it's too fast."

Tan Ziyan put away that touch of curiosity, his expression stern. "If that's the case, I'm afraid the first wave of mutations is earlier than Doctor Xing predicted, or rather, it has already begun."

"Too fast, too fast..." Yang Shuo's fingers slid across the tablet. If Liu Mu had stayed a while longer, she might have been surprised that the tablet in his hand had a network signal.

Of course, the greatest use of the network for her was just receiving money and scrolling through short videos; if it was gone, it was gone, and she didn't care much.

Before leaving the Base, she wandered around the shopping area for a bit and saw from afar that the storage area had already set up a sign to help people keep their things. She then went to the basement level, which was said to be used as a Laboratory.

Two soldiers at the downward stairwell stopped her, saying that it was a quarantine zone and non-staff were not allowed to enter.

Liu Mu showed them the 'note', but she still couldn't go in directly. She could only ask them to pass on a message to ask Doctor Xing when he would be going out of the city and if he needed her to lead the way.

The soldiers went in for a few minutes and came out holding a notebook. Xing Tianyang told her to write down her home address, and he would go check on Niu Boyi's situation when he had time.

As for the matter of the Giant Sun, the other party didn't mention it at all. Liu Mu left the address of the breakfast shop on Food Street and told them to honk the car Loudspeaker or shout a few times when they arrived.

Returning to the stall, there were even more people than before. Xu Xiaofeng was bargaining with someone. Liu Mu squeezed in and saw that the ones being bargained with were the same few who had been making the most noise earlier; they had likely picked up scrap iron, beer bottles, and broken ceramic tiles nearby and insisted on exchanging them for Compressed Biscuits.

"We are collecting scrap, not trash. Are you guys here to cause trouble?"

Liu Mu stepped forward and kicked away a pile of broken bricks. "Looking for a fight, are you?"

She rolled up her sleeves, revealing her muscular arms, and the surrounding people retreated a step one after another.

"Didn't you say you collect everything?" A man with a tattoo on his neck stepped forward. Even in the hot weather, the bald man was actually wearing a wool hat, and he was wearing three face masks.

Liu Mu let out a cold snort. "Brother, take off your mask to talk! Come, let's learn to read properly. If you don't recognize what's written on my sign, I'll have my dog teach you!"

Upon hearing about her dog, Zhu San, who hadn't seen Niu Boyi, thought Liu Mu was scolding him and immediately raised a hand. A yellow-haired man closest to him hesitantly handed over a brick. "Brother San, she really has a dog, and it's not small."

Zhu San wanted to spit, but the mask affected his performance, so he could only let out a cold laugh. "Little girl, your dog will just happen to provide a meat dish for the brothers. Where is it? Today your Brother San only has these things; you have to trade whether you want to or—ay!"

Before he could finish his sentence, the hand he was using to point the brick at Liu Mu was grabbed, and he let out a pig-like wail. "Who the hell do you want to eat? Hmm? You want to eat my dog? I'll dismantle you right now to provide a meat dish for everyone!"

Being held under guard by Luo Sanlin and his men in the underground parking lot and managed by soldiers at the Base, Zhu San was lazy and didn't want to work at all. Today, seeing a big girl with a little boy exchanging things here, he felt he would be doing a disservice to his 'Three Eyes' name if he didn't come up and bully them.

Who knew that everyone around wanted to trade things? They had finally squeezed in, and before they could take any advantage, this woman who would start fighting at the slightest disagreement had arrived!

"Help! Uncle soldiers, someone is going to kill!"

Zhu San only felt his arm break. He wanted to resist, but this woman with freakish strength kicked him down directly, stepped on his back, and he could only flounder in the dirt.

His shouting didn't summon the soldiers, but instead made the few lackeys with him retreat one after another. As bystanders, they had seen clearly just now that this woman was definitely a skilled fighter.

Liu Mu was no skilled fighter; it was just as Zhu San had experienced personally—she just had great strength, fast speed, and her voice was full of vigor. "Who else?!"