Chapter 114 - Bluffing

Qiu Yaokang said coldly, “Speak!”

There was hope!

He was indeed interested!

Fang Heng was secretly happy, but he remained calm on the surface.

“Hehe, I’ll tell you in secret, there are even three Lickers in the laboratory.”

“I’ve checked. Everything is fine. The Lickers are in good condition. They haven’t been affected at all!”

Fang Heng was still mumbling to himself.

Ever since Li Bo joined his shelter, the secret laboratory for breeding Lickers had been sealed.

Li Bo was a high-level NPC, but he was too afraid of death!

Even with the Dark Knights accompanying him, he did not dare to go into the laboratory for breeding Lickers.

Li Bo claimed that the biochemical virus outbreak in the prison started in the Lickers’ breeding laboratory.

He believed that the cultivation pod housing the Licker might pose a major safety hazard.

If a Licker suddenly woke up and escaped from the room, people would die!

According to Li Bo, he rarely entered the room even before the biochemical virus outbreak.

Now that he has learned his lesson, he would not enter the breeding laboratory.

Fang Heng did not have a good solution to this.

Every time this matter was brought up, Li Bo’s loyalty and favorability began to decline.

Therefore, the research project on the Lickers in the shelter was temporarily put on hold.

Fang Heng desperately needed a leader for the experiment team.

What a coincidence!

Qiu Yaokang was very good!

He was not afraid of death!

He could even stay in a villa in the wild to conduct his research!

“Licker…”

Qiu Yaokang muttered to himself and looked thoughtful.

“You mean the biological weapon research project?”

“Yes! You know about Meteorite Company’s biological weapon research project? That’s great!”

“Licker is an accessory of the biological weapon project. It is the product of a living body being injected with the T-virus.”

“How is it? Are you interested?”

“If you come to my shelter, the Meteorite Company’s research laboratory will be yours from now on! You will be in charge of it!”

Seeing that Qiu Yaokang was tempted, Fang Heng continued to beguile him.

“Oh right, there are still also living corpse vines for you to study, and they are high-level varieties that Meteorite Company has modified!”

“Corpse vines?!”

Hearing this, Qiu Yaokang couldn’t help but clench his fists.

He was extremely hesitant.

Fang Heng threw out the last bargaining chip by throwing a small booklet to Qiu Yaokang.

“Come, take a look at this again.”

[Erita’s experimental observation summary report (March)]

Qiu Yaokang took the booklet that was thrown at him.

Seeing the title on the booklet, his breathing suddenly stopped.

Qiu Yaokang quickly opened the booklet and read it hurriedly.

His eyes never left the book. He didn’t know anything about the outside world until he read the whole book till the end.

Fang Heng already knew Qiu Yaokang’s temperament.

After he finished reading the whole book, he continued, “How is it? Do you want the live sample of Erita?”

Qiu Yaokang raised his head and looked straight at Fang Heng.

“You have it?”

“Hehe, of course. You know I’m greedy. How could I not bring something with me?”

Fang Heng said as he held the live sample of Erita in his hand.

“As long as you join my shelter, the sample of Erita can be provided to you for free so that you can conduct your research work.”

“And I can promise you that after you join my shelter, I will do my best to help you with your experiment.”

“I’m serious, would you consider my proposal?”

Qiu Yaokang fell silent.

To him, this temptation was too hard to resist!

At first, he was indeed not interested in Fang Heng’s proposal at all.

But as Fang Heng started to add chips bit by bit…

And then Fang Heng took out the live sample of Erita!

Qiu Yaokang’s psychological defense was almost broken!

His strong willpower made him gnash his teeth and say, “No! No.”

Eh?

He didn’t agree?

Fang Heng was very surprised.

Qiu Yaokang took a deep breath.

“Unless you can agree to one condition.”

“Phew!”

Fang Heng heaved a huge sigh of relief.

He knew that the recruitment of Qiu Yaokang was already half successful!

Fang Heng was just afraid that he wouldn’t mention the condition! As long as he mentioned it, everything would be easy to handle!

“Alright, tell me, what condition?”

Qiu Yaokang stared at Fang Heng with a burning gaze.

“You said that you can help me gather all kinds of research materials. I need you to prove this.”

“No problem. How do you want me to prove it?”

“I stayed here for a reason.”

Qiu Yaokang turned around again as he spoke.

He took out a map from the laboratory cabinet and laid it flat on the experiment table.

Fang Heng leaned over to check.

He saw that someone had drawn an obvious circle on the map with a red pen.

“Where is this?”

“An abandoned chemical factory.”

Qiu Yaokang continued to explain to Fang Heng.

“Since the outbreak of the biochemical virus, a special mutated zombie has appeared in the drainage channel of the abandoned chemical factory.”

“Have you heard of the infected area?”

Fang Heng raised his eyebrows and thought, “This is not good.”

The infected zone was an area within the game.

Once players stepped into the infected zone for more than 30 seconds, they would enter a state of infection.

The longer you stay, the higher the degree of infection.

This was a place that could only be explored in the later stages of the game.

There were various opinions about the infected zone in the forum, but there was still no exact explanation for how the infected zone was formed.

But one thing was certain.

The infected zone was related to Meteorite Company.

It was too difficult…

A recruitment mission had to be related to the infected zone?

Fang Heng felt bitter in his heart, but he also became serious.

Qiu Yaokang was very important. For the development of the shelter, he had to recruit him!

“Yes, I’ve heard of it.”

“I’ve observed that the scope of the infected zone has been expanding recently.”

“Yes, indeed.”

Fang Heng knew clearly in his heart.

At the beginning of the game, the infected zone kept expanding. However, in the later stages, the expansion gradually stopped.

As for the specific reason, Fang Heng didn’t know either.

“To prevent the infected zone from expanding endlessly, we have to go in and see what exactly happened inside and what caused the existence of the infected zone.”

“The zombie found in the chemical factory is very unique. The poisonous gas it releases is very similar to the poisonous gas in the infected zone. I’ve been studying it recently.”

“I think we can find a way to enter the infected zone by researching this zombie.”

Hearing this, Fang Heng let out a sigh of relief.

“Oh my god!”

Qiu Yaokang was panting heavily.

He thought Qiu Yaokang wanted to go to the infected zone himself.

“Now, my research on mutated zombies has reached a critical stage. Unless you can guarantee that you can provide me with an endless supply of living zombies in the chemical factory for research, I won’t agree to leave with you..”