I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1321 - 1316: Excellent Candidate 1

Chapter 1321: Chapter 1316: Excellent Candidate 1

In his previous life, including the four major families, wasn’t Ning Tianlang just a dispensable nobody to Ye Changgong? How ironic!

"Oh! It’s Ning Tianlang! The original subject of all the Order Defenders was this man!" Ye Changgong thought for a while, and finally remembered this name.

"Last name Ning?" Upon hearing this name, Tang Ye’s ears twitched, and a glimmer of light flashed across his eyes, not knowing when, whether it was hearing or seeing the word "Ning" in a book or a document, his heart would throb intensely, as if anticipating something, but he didn’t know what he was anticipating.

It seemed that after becoming a zombie, only the "Ning" could catch his interest, and all his actions revolved around this "Ning"!

He had assumed that his journey to Cloud Gorge Base would be dull, but unexpectedly, there was something here that aroused his curiosity. Tang Ye didn’t speak, but he was already all ears, listening intently to the conversation between Su Sigui and Ye Changgong.

"That’s him, the previous Order Defender. I’ve encountered quite a few Order Defenders lately, but none were Ning Tianlang."

"Ning Tianlang..." Tang Ye repeated these three words to himself, conjuring the image of a man in his early forties in his mind, from Pingnan Base, to the identical man who attacked the United District together with others. So, all those people were called Ning Tianlang.

Just as Su Sigui finished speaking, Ye Changgong let out a "hehe", a weird laugh, and said, "Were all those Order Defenders very handsome?"

"Yes."

"I don’t know what exactly happened in that research institute, but you be careful, as far as I know, the current controller of the institute is one of the members of the council."

"The council? How could that be?"

Upon hearing this, Su Sigui’s brow furrowed deeply. If that research institute was controlled, it would be enough for its controller to become the overlord of Cloud Gorge Base. How could it have remained silent until now?

Unless that person was particularly tolerant, which would be terrifying if true.

"Can you identify who it is specifically? Or give me a rough range."

"No one knows that, but we can guess. First, after the change of the master of the research institute, the Order Defender was no longer Ning Tianlang, not even appearing at all. Then, the Order Defenders turned out to be very attractive young people, both male and female. You might guess, the owner of that research institute might have such a preference."

Su Sigui was silent for a moment, eliminating in her mind the characters of the council members she knew, then she spoke four names, "Qu Yangming, Zhang Jingqi, Zhang Lu, Dongfang Yuanhang?"

After speaking these four names, Su Sigui began to eliminate them one by one, continuing, "Zhang Jingqi and Dongfang Yuanhang don’t seem to be very forbearing. Zhang Lu wasn’t very favored in the Zhang family in his early years, which led to flaws in his character. Such a fallen person but very eager to prove himself to the Zhang family; if he controlled the institute, he couldn’t be hiding it. If it was the Zhang family and Zhang Lu putting on a show for others, there wouldn’t be no rumors at all."

"So, only one left, Qu Yangming!"

"That’s what I guessed too." Ye Changgong smiled, praising Su Sigui, feeling increasingly certain of her.

This Qu Yangming, eighty-one this year, should have been half buried in the soil, but he was lucky to evolve into a New Human, keeping up with the times and reaching the stage of Level 8 New Human, not only was he not frail, but more vigorous than ever. At eighty-one, he looked like a man in his fifties.

Also, because of his age, he was a leading figure in the council, usually dignified and serious, but behind the scenes, this old man was nothing but an old lecher; his evolution made him more virile than younger men, and he, who had lost his vigor in that aspect, once again lifted his "precious sword."

Moreover, the most detestable part was that this old man specifically targeted young girls, and sometimes, he was interested in boys with pretty and feminine features.

These matters were Qu Yangming’s private affairs. In the apocalypse, everyone, especially the powerful ones, had their peculiar indulgences; it wasn’t a big deal. It was said that in his youth, Qu Yangming was nicknamed "The Little Prince of Steel Cannons."

A rusty steel cannon regaining its edge and venting was not a strange occurrence; such things, not just in the apocalypse, were plentiful even before the Apocalypse, except that in the apocalypse, people weren’t as secretive.

Su Sigui resumed her contemplation, quickly looking up to ask, "If Qu Yangming is now the controlling person of that research institute, then who was the previous controller?"

Ye Changgong thought for a moment, glanced at Su Sigui, and said, "I’ve heard of it, but I’m not sure who it is exactly, now, I don’t trust that ungrateful grandson at all!"

As he spoke, Ye Changgong dissatisfiedly huffed towards the door; he could sense Ye Zhong and his granddaughter Ye Liuyi hadn’t left the prison door yet.

And who told Ye Changgong these things was quite obvious.

"It’s okay, just talk."

"Ah, it’s said that the owner of that research institute was Ning Tianlang’s daughter."

"Ning Yu’er!" Su Sigui blurted out a name.

This name stunned Ye Changgong for a moment, and also startled Tang Ye; his heart pounded dozens of times in that second, setting off the pink plush elastic in his heart.

"How do you know?" Ye Changgong questioned, unaware that Ning Tianlang’s daughter was called Ning Yu’er.

"I heard it too."

"Hahaha~" Ye Changgong rubbed his nose and chuckled, having lived for over a century, he knew that Su Sigui was just hiding something, not wanting to reveal exactly how she knew Ning Tianlang’s daughter was Ning Yu’er, and he didn’t ask further.

Su Sigui and Ye Changgong fell into silence, and as Tang Ye sensed the topic was coming to an end, he became anxious, quickly asking, "Old man, do you know where the research institute is?"

Ye Changgong glared at Tang Ye, but soon looked away, irritated with Tang Ye’s way of addressing him.

Reluctantly, Tang Ye, being accompanied by several Level 8 Powerhouses, didn’t dare reveal too much, only responding irritably, "If I knew, Little Su would have taken action long ago."

"Then is there any way to get into that research institute?" Tang Ye couldn’t care less and continued asking.

"There is, but you need a very special person to help you."

"Who?"

"Like Little Su, but many people know her and she can’t help you, you need to find a very attractive girl..."