Chapter 116: Super Soldier Serum!

When the news of Lin Yue's decision to return to Suchen spread throughout Xuanwu City, the reaction it provoked was beyond many people's expectations.

There was no panic, no doubt, and not even much discussion.

The vast majority of residents, whether they were among the first to follow Lin Yue or later newcomers who had joined from various shelters, chose to believe the news upon hearing it.

"The City Lord is going back to Suchen? At this time?"

An old farmer who was working in the fields, upon hearing the news brought by the patrolling guards, merely froze for a moment, then lowered his head again and continued to tenderly care for the several sweet potato seedlings thriving before him.

"The City Lord must have his reasons for doing this. All we need to do is stay calm, farm our land well, do our work properly, and not cause trouble for the City Lord."

Beside him, a woman also laboring, efficiently weeding while speaking without raising her head.

Her words voiced the inner thoughts of the vast majority of Xuanwu City's residents.

To them, Xuanwu City had taken them in and given them a life that outsiders could hardly imagine; although an epidemic had now broken out in the city, they believed the City Lord would surely be able to resolve it.

However, while ordinary citizens could blindly trust, the core administrators of Xuanwu City—Wang Gongtou, Sun Hao, and others—could not remain so calm.

Inside the City Lord's mansion.

The atmosphere was heavy to an extreme degree.

"City Lord, do you mean we will return to Suchen, and then you will personally lead a team to that abandoned chemical industrial park to seek the 'original toxic strain'?"

Sun Qian's brows were tightly knit; her usually intelligent and calm face was now written all over with undisguisable worry.

As the head of the medical department, she understood the terror of this epidemic better than anyone.

It was a previously unseen virus, mutating at an astonishing speed and directly attacking and devouring the human immune system.

Its source was precisely that abandoned chemical industrial park in Suchen,

and the danger level inside was likely more than ten times greater than any mutant beast nest they had encountered before!

"No way! This is far too dangerous!"

Wang Gongtou slammed the table, stood up first to oppose, and at this moment he didn't care about anything else, directly calling Lin Yue "Lin Xiaozi",

"Lin Xiaozi, you are now the backbone of several thousand people in Xuanwu City! If something happens to you, what will become of Xuanwu City? What will become of us?"

"Yes, City Lord!"

Even the usually taciturn Han Ya could not help but speak up,

"With the epidemic raging in the city, this is precisely the time for you to hold the fort and command; how could you leave at such a critical juncture?"

"I know you're worried about my safety, but after all this time together, don't you still know my character?"

Lin Yue looked at the several anxious people before him, yet a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Huh?"

The several people looked at each other, unsure what Lin Yue meant by that.

"You lot! Worrying only brings chaos!"

Lin Yue laughed and shook his head,

"I recall I should have told you this before!"

"I'm afraid of death! Very much so, the kind that's terrified!"

"Er!"

Those who heard this became even more bewildered.

Lin Yue was also speechless; having said all this, how could those few still not understand?

"Don't you find it strange that, despite my fear of death, I still want to go myself?"

"Indeed!"

"Why would someone as afraid of death as Lin Yue personally go to such a dangerous place?"

"Alright, stop overthinking it—since I'm going, I'm absolutely confident! Besides, who said I have to lead the team myself?"

Saying this, he turned his head to look at Han Ya and continued:

"This operation will be led by Han Ya."

"What?!"

As soon as those words were spoken, Wang Gongtou, Sun Hao, and the others all froze.

"Let Han Ya lead the team?"

They acknowledged that, after more than a year of tempering, she now possessed both strength and command ability sufficient to act independently.

"But this mission is no small matter!"

"It's a death zone that even mutant beasts dare not approach!"

"City Lord, this..."

Han Ya herself was also stunned, instinctively wanting to refuse.

Although she had absolute confidence in her own abilities, she understood even more clearly the importance of this mission, which concerned the safety of the entire Xuanwu City.

She feared she would fail to live up to the City Lord's trust.

"What? No confidence?"

Lin Yue looked at her, asking with a half-smile.

"No! I do!"

Han Ya abruptly lifted her head, meeting Lin Yue's gaze.

She knew that, since the City Lord had made this decision, all she needed to do was carry it out unconditionally.

"Very good."

Lin Yue nodded satisfactorily.

Xuanwu City, the guards' exclusive training ground.

Han Ya, along with ten elites carefully selected from the city's over a hundred guards, now stood in a row with solemn expressions.

Each of them has endured countless trials of blood and fire, true warriors who fought their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

But now, under Lin Yue's calm gaze, they felt as nervous as new recruits on their first battlefield.

Why did the City Lord summon them here in the middle of the night?

Everyone's hearts were filled with doubt and confusion.

Lin Yue said nothing, merely silently watching the eleven before him.

They are Xuanwu City's finest warriors and his most trusted subordinates.

This operation is far too dangerous, so Lin Yue intends to boost their strength!

He slowly raised his hand; a flash of light in his palm, and eleven syringes appeared in his hand out of thin air.

"This is..."

Everyone, including Han Ya, seeing this magic-like scene, involuntarily contracted their pupils.

"This is the 'gift' I prepared for you."

Lin Yue's voice was calm; he handed out the syringes in his hand, one to each person.

"It's called Super Soldier Serum; it can let your bodies break through human limits."

As soon as he said that, the entire place fell silent.

Break through human limits?

Everyone stared, astonished, at the faintly glowing syringe in their hand, their eyes full of disbelief.

"City Lord... you... you're not joking, are you?"

A burly team member nicknamed "Man Niu" couldn't help but ask.

Before the apocalypse, he was the provincial weightlifting champion, his strength already far beyond ordinary people.

But the idea of "breaking through human limits" sounds utterly like a fantasy.

"You can choose not to inject."

Lin Yue glanced at him indifferently.

"No! I didn't mean that!"

Man Niu jumped in fright, quickly shaking his head like a rattle drum.

"Come on, he's not stupid—how could he possibly give up such a good thing!"

"What nonsense are you all spouting? Could the City Lord possibly harm us?!"

Just then, a clear, cold, and firm voice sounded.

It was Han Ya.

She hesitated not at all, picked up the syringe in her hand, pulled back her combat uniform's sleeve to reveal a jade‑white arm, then fiercely drove the syringe into her vein!

Her action made all the iron‑blooded tough guys present feel a wave of shame.

Seeing this, the remaining ten also hesitated no longer, all following Han Ya's example and injecting the Super Soldier Serum into their bodies.