Chapter 201: Doomsday: Saving the Cold Beauty Doctor 19

Jin Chen raised an eyebrow, "How do you know what poison he's carrying?"

"... He only has that much trick." Yu Rongzhou avoided answering, tilted his head back and drank the potion, his neck fully exposed before Jin Chen, his Adam's apple rolling, extremely sexy.

Jin Chen couldn't help but reach out and touch Yu Rongzhou's neck, smiling as he rubbed his Adam's apple, his voice low, "Zhouzhou really looks good."

"Jin Chen... let go."

Yu Rongzhou was somewhat caught off guard, forced to maintain the tilted-head posture, he lowered his eyes and glared at him, the touched skin quickly heated up, his neck flushing.

Over the past few days, Yu Rongzhou had grown accustomed to Jin Chen's affectionate little gestures, but that layer of window paper between them remained unbroken, leaving him feeling a bit awkward.

"I won't tease you anymore, let's go."

Jin Chen chuckled lightly, took Yu Rongzhou's hand and headed downstairs to the living room.

Jiang Luo indeed brought people to the villa, not minding Zhao Rui and the others' unfriendly remarks; seeing Jin Chen and Yu Rongzhou approach, a hint of darkness flashed in his pupils as he rose to greet them.

"Yo, General Jiang."

Jin Chen seemed to only just realize he had come, exclaiming in surprise, "What wind blew you here?"

"To be frank, I came this time to apologize to little Yu."

Jiang Luo put on the full posture of a kind elder, and had his subordinates place a box of red crystal cores on the table.

"I only found out today that Xu An actually swapped your potion and shamelessly claimed it was his own research."

Yu Rongzhou's expression remained blank, "So what?"

"You also know that in this apocalypse, dangers lurk everywhere, and humanity urgently needs a potion that can save them." Jiang Luo let out a deep sigh, "The original intention behind establishing this base was to let more people survive."

"So I hope you can return to the lab and continue researching the C4 potion."

"You really want me to go back?" Yu Rongzhou suddenly asked, his tone flat but his eyes hiding a sharp edge.

"Yes, everyone at Long Jiang Base hopes you can return to continue research." Jiang Luo laughed heartily.

While he was persuading Yu Rongzhou, his subordinates behind him were covertly scrutinizing Zhao Rui and the others, as if trying to find someone who could sabotage the base's specially made infrared monitors.

"Fine, but before that, I need to meet Xu An."

Yu Rongzhou seemed to have softened his attitude under his persuasion, only putting forward this one request.

"Of course, but he's been dragged away for punishment; whether he still has a life is uncertain, you're looking for him because..."

Meeting Jiang Luo's probing gaze, Yu Rongzhou's expression didn't change at all, "Several of my core data files were stolen by him; if I can't get them back, I can't continue."

"Alright, I'll ask now."

Jiang Luo signaled his subordinate to hand him the communicator, then directly dialed Jiang Junshen in front of everyone.

"Father?"

Jiang Junshen quickly answered, his tone doubtful, and he was still slightly out of breath.

From the communicator faintly came wails and the sound of flesh being torn apart.

Jiang Luo: "Xu An? Is he still alive?"

"He's alive, Father, do you have something for him?"

"Stop for now, find someone to treat him; little Yu's core data was stolen by him, we need to get it back."

"Got it, I understand."

Jiang Junshen's tone still carried regret.

Hearing Xu An's voice from the communicator, Yu Rongzhou slightly raised his eyebrows, the corner of his mouth twitching up.

【Villain Blackening Value detected -10, total 60!】

"Tomorrow I'll go find him; the core data is of utmost importance, I hope Lieutenant General Jiang won't send anyone to follow."

Yu Rongzhou put it bluntly as a warning, "If the data leaks, I won't be able to turn things around."

"Of course."

Jiang Luo didn't think this request was excessive at all.

"Done chatting?" Jin Chen leaned against the sofa, bluntly issuing the dismissal order, "After we're done chatting, Lieutenant General Jiang, you can leave without seeing us out; by the way, you've stationed our team here but given us no mission."

"Are you trying to let us waste away, or dreaming of controlling us?"

Jiang Luo's expression shifted slightly, he and Jin Chen faced off in silence for a few seconds, then he smiled and said, "What Captain Jin says, the base naturally wants to properly nurture elite teams like yours."

He then gestured for another subordinate to produce two tubes of blue water.

"Although I trust you, as the one in power everything must prioritize the base's personnel; to put their minds at ease, you two drink this first."

Jiang Luo moved it to the edge of the table, his tone firm, "But rest assured, as soon as little Yu's potion research succeeds, I will personally hand over the antidote."

"Deal."

Jin Chen and Yu Rongzhou exchanged a glance, and under the tense gazes of Zhao Rui and the others, they drank the water.

Jiang Luo left the villa satisfied, as if he felt victory was already secured.

As soon as he left, Zhao Rui immediately couldn't stay seated, "Captain Jin! You drank poison!"

"Don't worry, we took the antidote beforehand." Jin Chen reassured them, "This is also part of our plan."

"All right then." Xu Yue relaxed, his muscles no longer tense; heaven only knows how much he wanted to rush over and beat Jiang Luo to death when he saw Jin Chen and Yu Rongzhou drink that just now.

"Tonight everyone should rest well; tomorrow we'll start implementing the plan."

——

Night.

Jin Chen came out after his shower, didn't see Yu Rongzhou's figure, he got dressed and called out doubtfully, but no one answered.

【Host, Little Pitiful One is on the rooftop.】0731 reminder.

He responded, grabbed a jacket and headed for the rooftop.

Yu Rongzhou was leaning against the rooftop stairs, only a few steps from the edge.

He lowered his gaze to the ground below; in the base, most civilians couldn't afford electricity, had turned off their lights and gone to sleep early, with only a few lamps still lit.

Looking back on the past, his former life was empty and barren, like a piece of wasteland, as if a fleeting gray tide, everything around him seemed devoid of interest, as if covered with a layer of dust.

After a long time, it seemed that this world ought to be this dull, so he remained calm toward everything, almost indifferent.

Tomorrow, after mixing zombie blood into the potion, if anyone among the high-ranking officials of Long Jiang Base tries it, the entire base will fall.

Exactly the same as his anticipated plan.

But… it also seems not the same.

His plan did not include Jin Chen.

Thinking of that name, Yu Rongzhou's drooping fingertip twitched slightly, and a ripple stirred in his otherwise calm gaze.

Jin Chen was the sole variable in his entire plan.

It was also, in his long and tedious life, like fireworks blazing across the night sky—passionate and bold, bursting in with a mighty roar, leaving an indelible mark.

If the original plan proceeded as intended, everyone would die.

He should have been pleased about this, but thinking of Jin Chen, he wasn't that happy.

At some moment he was unaware of, Jin Chen had already become a variable, affecting the course of the entire plan's closed loop.