Chapter 197: Apocalypse: Saving the Cold Beauty Doctor 15

20 kilometers from Long Jiang Base, the convoy was again attacked by a zombie horde.

Over forty zombies, as if premeditated and organized, split into three groups and surged toward the convoy from different directions.

"Jin Team! What do we do!"

Zhao Rui could barely hold the steering wheel as the vehicle was repeatedly hit by zombies, spinning out of control.

"Get out, everyone stay safe!"

Jin Chen quickly fastened his protective belt, opened the car door on the side with fewer zombies, jumped out first, then turned to catch Yu Rongzhou and dodged to the side.

Zhao Rui and the other two also got out of the vehicle in succession; Zhao Huan's ability was non‑offensive, so he took two short daggers in hand.

Jiang Junshen's team members also got out and began killing zombies, but they had too few ability users there; relying solely on physical attacks made it extremely hard to kill a zombie in one blow, leaving some willing but unable.

The reason was that the zombies' heads had become much harder than before.

"Damn! Their heads are like iron! What's going on!"

Zhao Rui also noticed the anomaly and cursed.

After so long in the apocalypse, everyone knows that the zombies' weakness is their head; if even their heads have evolved, humanity's resistance will become even more arduous.

"These zombies have evolved again."

Yu Rongzhou frowned tightly; these zombies rushing at him were the same as those he had encountered before—pupils dilated to pure black, with not a glint of light in their eyes.

They naturally would not know that this was the result of dark forces at work.

Jin Chen narrowed his eyes; it seemed the insider was determined to oppose him in the apocalypse world, repeatedly throwing his power onto the zombies.

He condensed his spiritual power into a sword, brandishing a sword wind; ordinary daggers could not cleave the skull, but under his sword it fell apart like a sandbag.

A zombie happened to lunge at Yu Rongzhou's face, letting out a low growl, its mouth full of blood as it lunged forward.

Jin Chen reacted swiftly, lifting his leg and kicking; the force was so great that the zombie's jaw cracked with a click, its head knocked off and rolling away, while its body collapsed a beat later.

It happened so fast that Yu Rongzhou didn't even have time to react.

He glanced at Jin Chen in astonishment; this person's strength kept refreshing his understanding.

With Jin Chen's protection, Yu Rongzhou hardly needed to lift a hand, merely using his spiritual power to pick off the outer layer of zombies trying to rush in.

Until he noticed Xu An not far away by the container, squinting thoughtfully, a plan forming in his mind.

Yu Rongzhou climbed to the RV's window, took out several sheets of analysis reports on the potion's molecular structure from the silver box, and hid them in his sleeve.

Taking advantage of the chaos, he quickly walked to the container, fought the zombies there, raised his arm to unleash his ability, and the report sheets slid down and fell to the ground.

The zombie attacks continued; Yu Rongzhou kept slashing, paying no attention to anything else, then ran back to Jin Chen's side.

Xu An widened his eyes, personally seeing a line of text on the report paper.

His heart pounded violently; he didn't bother with much else, rushed over to pick up the report, then, fearing Yu Rongzhou would notice, hastily stuffed it into his pocket and ran back to the vehicle, his heart racing, unable to conceal his excitement.

It's as if even heaven is helping me! This report must be what Yu Rongzhou originally used to optimize the C4 potion; if I follow it, I will surely develop a potion with longer lasting effects!

By then, what will Yu Rongzhou amount to? I will be the base's top genius researcher!

Xu An had no idea that his every move just now had been observed by Yu Rongzhou.

Of course, there's also timidity, but from the overall perspective, 0731.

"【Host… please wait a moment, let me say something.】"

"【You speak.】"

"No… watching you kill zombies, I don't dare open my eyes."

"Then speak with your eyes closed."

"Oh… just now the Little Pitiful One deliberately tossed a few sheets onto the ground; Xu An picked them up. This also happened in the original plot: the report with tampered data, while effective in the short term, will backfire doubly once its effect wears off."

"0731 covered its eyes with its two paws, 【but in the original plot the report paper was first seen by Jiang Junshen, who then gave it to other researchers to analyze first, so it didn't succeed.】"

Jin Chen responded, indicating he understood.

0731 quickly cut off his screen.

With the addition of the Red Blood Squad, and Jin Chen covertly using spiritual power to counter the dark force, the zombie horde was finally resolved.

Strangely, although they all turned black‑pupiled, the crystal cores in their brains remained the ordinary three types, with the Red Blood Squad having collected the most.

After all, they are the main force killing zombies; other team members, even if they eyed the cores enviously, did not dare to snatch them, since they all saw Jiang Junshen's attitude toward the Red Blood Squad.

Back on the road again, this time without danger or unexpected obstruction, they soon smoothly reached Long Jiang Base.

——

Upon receiving the news, Jiang Luo personally led the senior officials out to greet them.

This batch of escorted materials consisted of core supplies and research specimens gathered from several other bases, extremely costly and rare.

But Jiang Luo merely glanced at them lightly, and instead his attitude toward Jin Chen and the others was warm.

Clad in military uniform, standing among the crowd, his face bore a false smile, yet he appeared somewhat kind.

"You must be the captain of the Red Blood Squad, Jin Chen—truly a talented youth, impressive in appearance."

Jiang Luo laughed heartily as he shook hands with Jin Chen, then glanced at the people behind him, matching their faces with the information Jiang Junshen had conveyed.

Finally he looked at Yu Rongzhou, no longer showing the ruthlessness of when he had expelled him, his brows and eyes smiling: "Little Yu, welcome back."

Yu Rongzhou ignored him, stepping half a step back behind Jin Chen.

"I know you helped a great deal with this escort mission; I specially arranged a villa for you at the base's center, fully equipped with all facilities, and you needn't worry about electricity."

Jiang Luo remained cheerful, his eyes crinkling with laughter, paying no heed to Yu Rongzhou's attitude: "This is the induction card for the main gate."

He handed it to Jin Chen, who did not refuse, took the card and patted it in his palm, giving Jiang Luo a meaningful look.

"Then I'll trouble General Jiang."

"It's nothing; ability users are precious resources in the apocalypse, let alone that your whole team consists of ability users."

Jiang Luo extended his hand inward, saying, "Please."

Everyone headed for the base, the people on both sides of the street gathering together, whispering as they chatted, all of them discussing Yu Rongzhou's matter.

Some even went further, shouting loudly.

"Yu Rongzhou is a traitor of the base! The medicine he researched killed people! How can he still come back!"

Jiang Luo's steps paused, he glanced at the man causing trouble in the crowd, gave a look to the security behind him, and that person was quickly gagged and taken away.

The crowd that had just been discussing fell silent instantly, after all, nobody wants to provoke the ruler of this base in such a dangerous apocalypse.