Before Wu Chengyue and Xiao Yunlong could gather any information about Li Yueshan’s brother, Li Yue He, and come up with a rescue plan, the information they needed was delivered to them.
Xiao Yunlong looked at the file that was sent to him by Huang Ming, asking, “Who gave you this?”
Huang Ming shook his head and said, “I don’t know. I found this outside the security room of your apartment. I’ve asked the security guys, and they said they don’t know who put it there. We’ve checked the surveillance footage. There was a guy in the footage, with his entire face covered. He went near the security room, dropped the file, and left quickly.”
Xiao Yunlong stayed silent and read the file. A while later, he put it on his desk. The file included not only the information about Li Yue He, but also the news that Si Kongchen was going to change his plan.
He thought for a moment and then said to Huang Ming, “Go and verify the information. We’ve foreseen that Si Kongchen might want to change his plan, so put the main attention on the information about Li Yue He.”
“Yes, sir,” Huang Ming nodded and left.
The next day, he came back to Xiao Yunlong with the latest news.
“It’s true. Li Yue He is indeed kept in Liu Zhinan’s lab. They’ve been doing blood research on him. His blood seemed to have changed somehow after he was poisoned. Currently, his blood contains a strange type of energy, which is being studied by Liu Zhinan. No result has been obtained yet, though,” Huang Ming stood before Xiao Yunlong’s desk and reported about Li Yue He’s current condition, causing the latter to furrow his brows.
He figured that Li Yue He was under strict guard as the subject of such a research project. It had been years, but Liu Zhinan’s research still hadn’t come to any result. Xiao Yunlong wondered what exactly he had been studying. He was also surprised by the fact that Li Yue He was still alive. Perhaps, it was the change of his blood that provided him with a chance to survive.
“Who on earth is that person who leaked this information to us? What does he want? Does he hate Huaxia Base? Or, does he hate Si Kongchen?” Xiao Yunlong thought for a moment and asked.
Huang Ming shook his head; he had no idea what that person wanted. The information had proven to be authentic. Based on that fact, he guessed that that person might have been trying to jeopardize Huaxia’s plan. That didn’t make sense though. That person wouldn’t have to find out about Li Yue He if he were only trying to bring trouble to Huaxia Base or Si Kongchen.
Li Yue He wasn’t the only person being locked in Liu Zhinan’s lab as an experimental subject. There were more people like him in Huaxia Base. Earlier on, Hu Zhiyong had been doing the same kind of thing to people. Perhaps the mysterious man wanted Wu Chengyue to rescue all the human experimental subjects. But, he had never requested that.
Xiao Yunlong and Huangming spent quite a while thinking but failed to figure out anything. They had confirmed the authenticity of the information but couldn’t be sure if there would be a trap or not. They had no way to find out about that.
“What are we supposed to do now?” Huang Ming asked him about the next step.
“I need to talk to Wu about it,” said Xiao Yunlong. Next, he brought the file to Wu Chengyue and told the latter about what had happened.
“Our mysterious friend has kindly delivered the information we needed to us, so no matter how, we’ll take action. It doesn’t matter what that person wants. Even if there will be a trap set for us, we’ll still have to jump straight into it. How are we supposed to rescue our man without giving every possible way a try?” Wu Chengyue learned about what had happened and shared his opinion.
“But it’s gonna be dangerous. It can very likely be a trap.” Xiao Yunlong was worried.
“Then our people will have to play it by ear,” said Wu Chengyue. It meant that the task had been performed by some capable ones who were able to cope with any possible situation. They probably also needed to come up with a series of different plans. There would always be a way leading to success.
“Who are we going to send then?” Xiao Yunlong asked. It had to be someone capable of sneaking into Huaxia Base to perform the rescue task. The task would not be easy.
Wu Chengyue thought for a moment and said, “Emm, I think I’ll borrow a few people from All Beings Base.”
On hearing that, Xiao Yunlong looked at him with surprise and asked, “Who do you want to borrow?”
“Yun Meng. She can be like a ghost, and she’s capable. While rescuing our man, she can also try to find out about Si Kongchen’s new plan,” said Wu Chengyue with a smile.
Xiao Yunlong nodded and said, “I’m thinking about the same thing. But, will Chief Lu agree to let us borrow her?”
Wu Chengyue glanced at him and said, “Why not? It’ll mean a lot to both All Beings Base and us if she manages to find out about Si Kongchen’s new plan. Si Kongchen already knows that his entire plan has been exposed, so he’ll certainly adjust it. Won’t it be great if we can know about that new plan of his?”
Xiao Yunlong didn’t know what to say.
About an hour later, Lin Qiao received Wu Chengyue’s message.
Yun Meng hadn’t returned yet. She had been outside, collecting nuclei, but Lin Qiao didn’t reject Wu Chengyue’s request. She spent a while thinking and figured that Yun Meng and Xie Dong’s intelligence system together would probably be able to dig deeper into Huaxia Base.
She spent a short while thinking and then summoned Qiu Lili.
“Go and replace Mengmeng. Tell her to come back. You and Lin Kui will continue her current mission. Remember, collect as many nuclei as possible. I can’t wait to find out how many level five and six superpower possessors Si Kongchen has under his command, and if that force of his is strong enough to fight our zombie army.”
Qiu Lili accepted the new task happily; she was free anyway. After leaving Lin Qiao’s office, she went straight to Lin Kui. He was at his sister, Lin Jing’s place, having a meal.
When Qiu Lili showed up, Lin Jing smilingly offered her a seat and said to her, “I heard that the ones from Base Number Two occasionally eat some special meat. I bought some of that meat from Director Cheng for you two. You two can’t always sit there and watch me eat, right? Ah, I feel like I’m having two large pets. I’ve been thinking about getting food for you the whole time. We used to call the food for dogs dog-food, and the food for cats cat-foot. Should we call your food zombie-food?”
Under Lin Kui’s attentive caring, Lin Jing had become much more energetic than before. She had gained some weight, not looking as sallow and skinny as she once was.
The two zombies who were referred to as pets didn’t know what to say.
Qiu Lili watched Lin Jing put the food in two clean plates for her and Lin Kui. It was raw meat that smelled like the meat soaked by Lin Qiao’s lake water, almost scentless. That was indeed the most common food in Base Number Two.