Chapter 516: Worrying changes

"Mutated zombie... Brother Su, do we really have to kill it directly?"

Chen Hanzhou and the others dispersed and stood in position, quietly leaning toward Zhang Su and asking in a low voice, their tone full of regret.

Zhang Su looked at Chen Hanzhou thoughtfully and said: "You've been researching with Dr. Fu so much, have you been influenced by him too?"

Chen Hanzhou scratched his head embarrassedly: "Hehe, I just feel that every mutated zombie is very rare. Look at the flame zombie; how useful it is. If it dies, it doesn't mean it's definitely useless, but it's definitely greatly discounted, right? So I think we can try to capture mutated zombies."

Zhang Su let out a long breath, looked toward the office building, and said somewhat forlornly: "I also know that utilizing zombies is important, but everyone's lives are also very precious. Now we don't even know the ability of that mutated zombie; how can we dare to keep it casually..."

"Exactly!" Zheng Xinyu pouted from the side: "Black gas floating here and there, just thinking about it is disgusting, isn't it? How many days without bathing does it take to emit black gas? Will it suffocate people directly!"

"Sister-in-law is right, it's all turned black, not easy to mess with. Killing it once and for all is better. Look at the venom zombie; it's better to utilize it after it's dead, right?"

Wang Xin returned to the front line. He had no curiosity about the black gas zombie. Whether it could be utilized to create value was an unknown, but the danger was real.

Chen Hanzhou lowered his head slightly. When no one noticed, his eyes flashed with a red light, then he raised his head and shrugged: "Fine, it has research value even if it's dead. You guys are right."

"You guy are capable. Your combat power is getting stronger and stronger, and you don't forget to develop your brain. In the future, you'll be on the front line of battle and in the laboratory. Can you handle it?"

Zhang Su jokingly patted Chen Hanzhou's arm; the solid muscle mass was a testament to his usual hard work.

Chen Hanzhou smiled slightly embarrassedly: "I'm a person who fears idleness; when I'm idle, I want to find something to do. That, I'll go to my position first."

After speaking, he walked toward the arranged position.

After Chen Hanzhou left, Tachibana Mai-Sakura floated to Zhang Su's side like a ghost, startling Zheng Xinyu, who glared at her with a strange expression.

"Sorry, I have official business to discuss with Brother Su, don't overthink it."

Unexpectedly, Tachibana Mai-Sakura took the initiative to explain to Zheng Xinyu. She sensed a hostility with a hint of jealousy and felt that such a misunderstanding must be cleared up on the spot.

Tachibana Mai-Sakura's voice was very small, but Zhang Su could hear it clearly and couldn't help but curl his lips.

Zheng Xinyu felt very embarrassed and wanted to explain, but she knew her thoughts had been basically seen through by the other party, and explaining was futile, so she simply snorted and turned away.

"What is it?"

Zhang Su looked at Tachibana Mai-Sakura with an inquiring gaze.

"I felt a strange fluctuation from Chen-san."

Tachibana Mai-Sakura's voice was very light, but her tone was very grave, and she used a very formal address.

Zhang Su frowned, subconsciously wanting to glance at Chen Hanzhou, but held back, thinking with a furrowed brow: Chen Hanzhou did have something special, but if it was just this kind of injury repair, Tachibana Mai-Sakura should have felt it long ago and wouldn't feel strange.

"Could it be that this snow has an impact on Chen Hanzhou!?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Su was shocked in his heart and hurriedly recalled the past. Chen Hanzhou was bitten after the first heavy rain, and after the first snowfall—that is, after the second precipitation—he discovered he possessed the ability of rapid injury healing. So now, the third precipitation...

The answer was ready to come out. Precipitation could strengthen zombies and was also affecting Chen Hanzhou. In other words, there was indeed a so-called "zombie robot" lurking in Chen Hanzhou's body, and he was also benefiting from the "zombie robot" to some extent! Either become the master of the power or become the puppet of the power; it seems there will only be these two paths to take in the end? "I know, you're thoughtful." Zhang Su nodded at Tachibana Mai-Sakura. This Sakura woman had done a lot for Tianmayu, and he had nothing to say. He originally thought the other party would rely on her high combat power and be arrogant and difficult to get along with, but judging from her current performance, she was a bit difficult to get along with, but that was with others. She was very efficient in handling things and never lazy, which made him very gratified.

"It's my duty. If possible..." Tachibana Mai-Sakura looked at Zhang Su with burning eyes, slightly requesting: "I want to return to Tianmayu before nightfall. I'm worried that Xiao Ling will be afraid. Please allow me."

Hearing this, Zheng Xinyu, who was staring at the dim street with big eyes, made a face. So this guy really only cared about her little lover Yi Xiaoling...

Zhang Su raised his wrist to check the time. It was past four in the afternoon. Winter days got dark early, and with the dark clouds refusing to leave, the outside was no different from night. It was just that he was used to night vision and didn't notice.

"Fine, you can drive away after handling the matter at hand. Tianmayu definitely hasn't had any problems for now, otherwise someone would have run over to report. We won't be able to go back until tomorrow at the earliest. Long nights have many dreams; I can feel more at ease if you go back!" Zhang Su approved Tachibana Mai-Sakura's application. Now that there was a group of people in Tianmayu, their combat power wasn't weak compared to before, and they could handle many problems with ease. Even if thousands or tens of thousands of zombies attacked the camp, they wouldn't be afraid. But times had changed; let alone tens of thousands, even a thousand zombies attacking the camp could cause unimaginable disasters! After discussing things, Tachibana Mai-Sakura was obviously more relaxed and returned to her position to stand guard. But she still insisted on her principles and didn't take a gun, holding a steel bar in her arms and drawing a beautiful long dagger she had found in Gong Chengming's room, quietly staring at the street ahead.

"Are you guys studying Xiao Zhouzhou?"

Zheng Xinyu asked softly when she saw Zhang Su standing beside her.

"Yeah, did you see anything too?"

Zhang Su didn't hide it and nodded.

"A little bit..." Zheng Xinyu put down her weapon and looked at Chen Hanzhou's direction vaguely, saying: "Xiao Zhouzhou was always staring at the box truck before. I feel like he's very interested in the flame-throwing zombie."

"When did that happen?"

Zhang Su frowned. He really hadn't noticed these situations. There were too many things, and his ears could hear some gossip, but Chen Hanzhou's abnormal behavior was easily ignored.

"Just before, from outside Yujing Garden."

"It seems he really has a problem. Let's take it one step at a time. We don't know if it's good or bad for now."

Zhang Su didn't intend to arbitrarily pass a "death sentence" on Chen Hanzhou.

Time passed minute by minute. Zhang Su kept raising his wrist to check the time. Ten minutes had passed since the last contact with Qi Xiaoshuai! Let alone ten minutes, driving from the Le Gou mall to the kindergarten only took five minutes under smooth road conditions. By logic, Qi Xiaoshuai's running speed must be faster than ordinary zombies. It should have been a long time, but now, let alone a person's shadow, Zhang Su couldn't hear a sound even when he perked up his ears.

"Brother Su, this time is a bit long. How about I go check the situation?"

Wang Xin licked his dry lips, mainly because the flame-throwing zombie was nearby, and he was being roasted by the high temperature.

Zhang Su tapped his fingers on the walkie-talkie, took a deep breath, and said: "If there was danger, Qi Xiaoshuai would definitely call for help. Let's wait another two minutes!"

The dark clouds in the sky were very quiet, without a trace of wind, just pressing heavily in the air, pressing on everyone's hearts.

Two minutes, it certainly wasn't long, but for those waiting, it wasn't short either.

Since Zhang Su's group went downstairs, the atmosphere upstairs had gradually become heavy.

Everyone knew what they were going to do. Those who wanted to help found a window to look out, and those who couldn't help were also nervous and anxious...

*Awoo... Awoo. *

Just as everyone was concerned about the situation outside, a middle-aged man lying in the corner with his hands and feet bound suddenly turned into a zombie. His thigh had been bitten, and he had insisted on not amputating. The final outcome had no surprises.

"Old An..."

Some people from the Le Gou branch looked at the person on the ground with grief, or perhaps he could no longer be called a person, because he had completely zombified. In his eyes, there was only cold killing, and no more emotions.

"I'll go."

Zhao Dezhu greeted Zhang Ya and was just about to get up when he saw Zhang Xin walk up with a dagger and decisively send his former companion away.

Zhang Su could vaguely hear what happened upstairs, but he had no time to care. He was staring at his watch seriously. Just ten seconds before the time was up, his ears moved, his expression tightened, and he raised his gun: "Get ready, he's back!"

As the words fell, before everyone understood how Zhang Su knew, they heard Qi Xiaoshuai's melodious shouting from the opposite side.

"Grandson, follow, hurry up and follow Grandpa! Damn..."

Soon, Qi Xiaoshuai's vigorous figure ran out from beside the office building. After looking back, he rushed to the road, stood on the double yellow line for a while, and then ran toward the Le Gou mall without looking back.

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