Chapter 203: Apocalypse: Saving the Ice‑Beauty Doctor 21

But Xu An didn't succeed; after being discovered by Yu Rongzhou, he ruthlessly shoved him into the zombie horde to finish him off.

Never would I have imagined that today it would be used on myself.

Xu An, however, had not forgotten that besides himself, the basement also held three terrifying mutant zombies.

"Don't come over……don't come over!"

He curled tightly in the corner, every cell screaming with fear, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"Is begging for mercy a thief's usual trick?"

Yu Rongzhou tilted his head, his eyes mocking.

Not giving him a chance to struggle, the needle tip had already pierced Xu An's neck; his wretched cry was bleak and desperate. As Yu Rongzhou withdrew the syringe, his right hand brushed over Xu An's pocket.

One injection of the drug went in, Xu An's muscles tensed, his pupils began to tremble involuntarily, his gaze scattered and lost; he felt his pain amplified tenfold.

Yu Rongzhou lifted his neck, his tone icy.

"It's not over yet; don't rush to faint."

He stood up and pressed the call button outside the cell.

After a few beeps, two fully armed guards rushed over, their expressions solemn.

"Mr. Yu, is something the matter?"

Yu Rongzhou remained composed: "Exchanging the core drug data is very important, so please come and witness it."

He slightly lifted his chin, indicating Xu An, who kept hitting the wall in the corner to ease the pain.

"All right, please go ahead."

The two guards exchanged a glance, then stood holding their guns side by side.

Xu An heard their conversation loud and clear, barely extracting a thread of reason from the pain: "What core drug..."

Seeing Yu Rongzhou approach, he actually produced a glass tube from his own pocket.

For some reason, a great panic suddenly surged in his heart.

"I was wondering why I couldn't find it—turns out you were hiding it on yourself."

Yu Rongzhou had his back to the guards, staring at Xu An with sharp, playful eyes, almost writing "I did it on purpose" on his face.

"Bu……"

Xu An opened his mouth to retort, to tell the guards Yu Rongzhou's true colors, but a warm surge blocked his throat, and he vomited black blood, unable to utter another word.

"Mr. Yu, is this the core of the drug you spoke of?"

One of the guards asked.

"Yes, it's very important; after Xu An stole it, I never saw it again.' Yu Rongzhou said lightly, placing the glass tube into the silver box."

"Thank you for your effort, Mr. Yu; the major general said you must hurry to prepare the drug's development."

"I know."

Yu Rongzhou gave one last look at the half-dead Xu An, then followed the two guards away.

As the main gate of the institute's corridor closed, an extremely fine ice needle shot from Yu Rongzhou's sleeve, flying toward the door lock at the far end of the hallway; after a soft click, the gate opened a crack.

"Roar……"

【Detected villain corruption -5, total 45!】

Jin Chen lured the guards away, and with Zhao Rui entered the subsidiary research lab's main gate; while studying the map closely, he heard the broadcast from 0731.

It seems his wife has already succeeded; he too must speed up.

【0731, shielding surveillance.】

【All right! Host, rest easy!】

Jin Team, there's a hidden room here.

Zhao Rui spoke softly, his hand finding a depression in the wall; after pressing hard, the wall shifted left, revealing a passage.

Go.

Jin Chen led the way, his steps quickening.

Beyond the passage lay the true entrance to the underground laboratory.

Everything in sight was sterile; in the immaculate glass biochemistry lab lay many high-tech precision instruments, marked with the words 'high risk', 'biochemical', and 'zombie serum'.

0731 immediately gathered the surveillance network, covering it with old footage.

Jin Chen went straight into the innermost metal fabrication ward.

His peach-blossom eyes narrowed slightly; his thoughts stirred, and he reached out to rest his hand on the iron door.

Zhao Rui also activated his ability, lending Jin Chen a hand.

After a few seconds, the door opened.

A naked middle-aged female zombie was bound to the metal operating table, her skin rotting all over, dark substance faintly visible flowing in her veins, transparent tubes filling her mouth, nose, back, and chest.

Its spinal fluid and blood were slowly being drawn; after the experiment, it resembled a corpse about to be drained of blood.

Various drug test tubes were placed beside the operating table.

This is the mutant zombie Yu Rongzhou mentioned earlier—the first batch of apocalypse mutants, the original wife personally killed by Jiang Luo.

"Goodness……truly sinful."

Zhao Rui hissed, shaking his head in lament.

Their purpose for this trip is to extract blood from this zombie's body, and to obtain evidence that could threaten Jiang Luo.

Jin Chen waved at Zhao Rui, who immediately took from his carried bag the empty needle and drug vial given by Yu Rongzhou.

He put on goggles and rubber gloves, skillfully and precisely locating the zombie's blood vessel; the needle tip pierced it, and the air‑purged syringe slowly filled with black blood.

Jin Team, should we search this lab? Zhao Rui asked.

Search.

Jin Chen didn't even lift his head, observing the zombie's condition, his gaze suddenly fixed on its shoulder, his brow slightly furrowed.

He moved closer, reaching out to push aside the tube covering the shoulder, and saw that the zombie's shoulder bore an extremely fine, faint letter S.

This similar letter, Jin Chen had only seen it on another person not long ago.

Yu Rongzhou……

He and Jiang Luo's wife are acquainted?

Why do they both have the same letter on their bodies?

The deeper mystery gradually surfaced with the appearance of this letter, but Jin Chen still couldn't grasp it.

He recorded it with the recorder, then took a deep look at the zombie's tightly closed-eyed face, Silence, not speaking.

【0731, was this mentioned in the original plot?】

【No, after the dark forces interfered with the world, many accidents not mentioned in the plot have appeared.】

Jin Chen put away the glass tube, turned to look at the data on the lab bench, and flipped through it.

The two people searching the data didn't notice; the zombie's fingers on the metal lab bench curled, and the dark substance flowed faster and faster.

"Jin Team, look at this!"

Zhao Rui called out softly, handing the report data in his hand to Jin Chen.

"Special Cultivator S Series Experimental Research Report"

He read it at a glance, stopping at the last few paragraphs.

——"Special Cultivator S03, female, 50 years old, detected with super-first-class gestational function, suitable for cultivating super-powered individuals."

……

——"Special Cultivator S07, escaped and missing, not yet recovered, has activated the crystal core self-destruct device."

——"Report date: 3032, June 13."

Zhao Rui exclaimed in surprise, "June 13, the apocalypse hadn't even started yet! How could Jiang Luo have begun cultivating these things!"

"Hard to say."

Jin Chen's gaze lingered on the S07 section for a long time, and he ultimately recorded this report as well.

Things have become increasingly interesting.

He lowered his eyes, his gaze cold and empty.