I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 168 - 166: Do You Really Think I’m Stupid?_1

Chapter 168: Chapter 166: Do You Really Think I’m Stupid?_1

"We’re here."

"What is this place?" Chen Chaoyang asked, cradling Nannan, whose face was covered in blood-filled blisters.

Looking around, he was puzzled. He had a feeling that he had been here before, but he couldn’t quite place it.

"This is Yan Zhaofeng’s office. It’s actually a door that can be opened. Inside is a secret room, originally used by Yan Zhaofeng for... well, you know..."

When it came to the purpose of the secret room, the researcher held hostage by Chen Chaoyang and his partner wore an awkward expression. Clearly, Yan Zhaofeng used it for some unspeakable affairs.

"Oh, I see~"

Chen Chaoyang seemed to understand. Nannan was burning up. Her rapid, shallow breaths and the blisters filling her face suggested that she had been injected with the evolutionary drug and her chances of survival seemed slim.

The fate of Nannan was irrelevant to him. All he wanted to do now was get back to Qinshan Base.

"Uhm... are you letting me go?"

"Of course! Wait, no way!"

Chen Chaoyang grinned as he chased after the researcher. However, Li Xiaoyan, standing nearby, raised her rifle and shot him in the head.

Bang!

The researcher fell to the ground, a bloody hole in his forehead from which a bright red stream of blood flowed.

"Let’s go."

With that, Chen Chaoyang opened the door and walked out into what was indeed a secret room, decorated in the same style as Yan Zhaofeng’s office. A short, ten-meter corridor led to a door.

After opening it, they saw another door, behind which neatly arranged clothes met their eyes.

It was a wardrobe, used by Yan Zhaofeng as a disguise.

As soon as they left the wardrobe, they heard a piercing alarm from outside, immediately confusing them.

"They’ve triggered the alarm."

"Did the boss expose his cover and escape?"

"Maybe."

Hearing the chaotic footsteps outside, they felt a touch of fear and decided to stay here temporarily.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Wen Yiyan’s group rushed up to the bell tower. Spotting the soldiers on guard, she immediately asked one of them, "Where’s the zombie? Did it escape?"

"Yes, we have sent people after it!" the soldier confirmed, nodding.

Disappointed by the soldier’s answer, Wen Yiyan cursed inwardly, "What a bunch of useless idiots!"

There was no hope of catching Tang Ye now. She remembered that Yan Zhaofeng had conducted an experiment on an insubordinate New Human. Now, she was only concerned about the subject of that experiment.

She carefully inspected the experimental chamber, but failed to find anything. She guessed that Yan Zhaofeng hadn’t carried out the experiment in the basement.

"Do any of you know where the experimental subject is?"

To find out where the experiment subject was, she had to ask the researchers. But since they had been killed by Tang Ye and turned into zombies, there was no one to answer her query. So instead, she asked the local soldiers of Yindan Base.

The soldiers exchanged glances but remained silent. The clinical trial of a new evolutionary drug was a classified matter - it wasn’t information that anyone could obtain, even if they wanted to.

Amidst the silent crowd, a sergeant who knew a bit more than the others bravely stepped forward and said, "Ma’am, presumably... presumably the subject has escaped."

"Escaped? Explain."

Wen Yiyan’s eyes twinkled as she stared at the sergeant, which made him nervous. He knew a bit about the experiment subject, which was an infant girl. Even though the girl was a New Human, an experiment on a child not even two years old was inhumane.

Knowing the truth, Yan Zhaofeng had lied to Wen Yiyan, telling her the experimental subject was an adult.

Now, hearing the sergeant say the experiment subject had escaped, Wen Yiyan felt thrilled, for the moment forgetting about the zombie Tang Ye. Compared to the detestable zombie, the potential for a mass-produced Level 2 New Human brought about by the improved evolutionary drug was far more worthy of attention.

If the experimental subject could escape, it implied the drug hadn’t harmed her and might have even altered her!

However, she couldn’t help but wonder, where had the subject run to? Where did she start running from? How did this sergeant know? The experiment was supposed to be classified!

The sergeant didn’t know how to respond, regretting stepping forward to answer the question. This was like asking for trouble.

With Yan Zhaofeng dead, the control of Yindan Base would change hands. The new leader was likely to be Wen Yiyan. If she were to assume control, people would scramble to curry favour with her and try to make themselves visible to her, with the hope of securing a position and thus gaining abundant resources.

The sergeant had had all these thoughts in his mind and carelessly put himself in the spotlight. But when it was his time to speak, he choked, not able to utter a word.

All he knew was who the experimental subject was. Who knew whether the experiment was successful, or whether the drug had had the desired effect?

Under Wen Yiyan’s penetrating gaze, the sergeant swallowed his panic and tried to seem calm. "The new batch of the evolutionary drug has been completed. It’s much more effective than the first one. The chances that the drug was absorbed by the subject after injection are high..."

"Stop, stop, stop! You don’t need to tell me all this. If she escaped, where was the experiment conducted? Why wasn’t I informed?"

Wen Yiyan was not interested in the sergeant’s speculation - she already knew all of that. His words were nothing but a waste of time.

Interrupted by her, the sergeant felt a bit annoyed but didn’t dare show it. He was also worried - if even Wen Yiyan didn’t know where the experiment was conducted, how could he, a minor officer, know? The experiment should have been carried out in the bell tower’s basement. Where else could it have taken place?

He had been down there, and there was no sign of the baby girl. Had she been eaten by the zombies? This explanation seemed plausible, but he had just said that the subject had escaped. How could he explain this contradiction?

After some pondering, he decided to make something up to tide over this predicament. Why did he even talk himself into this situation?

"The basement?"

"Downstairs?"

"Maybe she escaped in the chaos when the zombies broke in."

"Go on," commanded Wen Yiyan, gently tucking her hair behind her ears. Her beauty was captivating, but no one noticed. Her hand, pale as porcelain, slipped towards the pistol on her waist.

"Furthermore, the experimental subject is from Tang Ye’s camp. He’s notorious for his insolence towards Mayor Yan. Now that he’s fled, it’s highly likely that he’ll return to Tang Ye. If we find Tang Ye, we’ll definitely find him!"

Utterly relieved, the sergeant felt sure he’d deflected any blame towards Tang Ye.

However, a gunshot suddenly rang out. His chest was pierced by a bullet, and he staggered and fell to the ground.

"What, do you think I have no common sense?"

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