CH 74

“Who’s looking for you?” Fang He was surprised, and he leaned into Li Zhen’s ear and communicated with Li Zhen in a very low voice.

Then Li Zhen said in a very low voice as he walked, “Probably someone from the laboratory.” 

“Are you sure? Meow-wu, the people in the laboratory don’t know anything, do they?” Fang He was immediately nervous. Did the people in the laboratory have their eyes on Li Zhen? Will they also intend to do the same research on Li Zhen that he had been subjected to?

They are reckless enough on this journey, but Li Zhen was fully armed all the time. He had never showed his face before, and he just started to show his face after recovering his vital signs. He shouldn’t be noticed, so it is worth investigating who is looking for Li Zhen. Fang He thought of Li Zhen’s sister, but there was no need for her to ask these strange questions.

Meow-wu?

Hearing Fang He’s words, Li Zhen raised his eyebrows, then turned to look at the certain unaware kitten squatting on his shoulder. He reached out and scratched his belly. 

Fang He leaned down, and waved his cat paw at Li Zhen’s hand, “Don’t make trouble! Be serious.”

The corner of Li Zhen’s mouth moved, and his fingertips tapped Fang He’s head. He turned his head and continued to walk forward, “Before I became a Forensic Scientist, I was a Paleontological Colony Researcher, and I was invited to study the zombie virus.”

Fang He was stunned and looked at Li Zhen in disbelief, “What have you studied before?”

Li Zhen stretched out his hand to hold Fang He over and brought him in front of him, “I once studied some kind of strain in a foreign research institute. It’s just that I only participated in the first few researches on the structure of the microorganism. Later, something happened, and I didn’t participate in the later period. When I saw the structure of the zombie virus, I was sure that this was the kind I had come into contact with at the beginning, but it has mutated and some of its characteristics have changed.”

Fang He’s head was a little confused, his body felt cold, and his cat paws curled up unnaturally, “Is this a virus developed by humans?”

Li Zhen shook his head, “This is an extraterrestrial strain, He-miao. I don’t know how this virus mutated into this. It may be caused by man-made or several meteorites that frequently landed before, but it’s really difficult to determine.” 

Fang He thought about it for a while, “Li Zhen, have you ever thought about it, if you go directly to the laboratory, will they fully cooperate with your research?”

Li Zhen shook his head, even if they fully cooperated with his experiment, he wouldn’t even want to be the chief researcher or the chief officer of such an organization!

He can clearly see from Fang He’s past experience, they were a kind of laboratory without a bottom line. Even if he uses the laboratory equipment to develop a solution to the zombie virus, it may not be popularized.

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Li Zhen hugged Fang He against his body, then lowered his head. He took a deep breath, and gently rubbed the top of Fang He’s head, enduring the pain of his heart being torn apart. As long as he thinks of the inhuman torture Fang He has suffered, he can’t wait to destroy that laboratory into a slag.

The strong emotions caused Li Zhen’s eyes to suddenly change for a while. They turned gloomy and terrifying, and an inexplicable power erupted suddenly, but Fang He, who was being held by him, didn’t notice it at all.

At this time, outside the A City Base, the zombies were pulled by some kind of force. They suddenly stopped any predatory attack action, and turned frantically in the direction of the A City Base. Their King was angry.

“Zombies are besieging the city!” A sudden cry sounded from the city wall of the first line of defense, and soon a red flame was ignited at every sentry point of the line of defense. 

The people in the first line of defense suddenly panicked. The base has a large population and a strong breath of life. It has endured several small zombie sieges. Although it can resist it every time, this line of defense can only stop ordinary zombies, but can not stop mutant zombies. There was even a time when a dying mutant zombie broke into the defense line, and ended up killing and injuring dozens of people all at once.

Fang He was stunned for a moment. He looked at the team of mutants on duty that quickly gathered towards the first line of defense, his cat paws stepped on Li Zhen shoulder, “Did you hear that?”

Li Zhen finally recovered and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, his eyes had returned to normal. He looked at Fang He, “What’s wrong?”

“Zombie siege? Did I hear it right? How could there be a zombie siege here?” Fang He was extremely surprised. 

Li Zhen frowned slightly, he hugged Fang He and walked to the vicinity of the defense line. In order to prevent someone from maliciously destroying the defense line, there were guards under the defense line, so when Li Zhen walked over, someone arrogantly said, “What are you doing, do you want to die?!”

Fang He didn’t bother to pay attention to him, and suddenly jumped out of Li Zhen’s arms, stepping on the uneven wall, jumping two or three times to it.

The man was stunned when he saw the kitten, and when he saw the kitten jumped up, he turned around to grab it, but the kitten was already gone, so he turned around to yell at Li Zhen instead. But seeing Li Zhen jumping easily on the three-meter high defense wall, he suddenly fell quiet, then resentfully turned around. In the base, the one who can’t be offended the most are mutants, fortunately, he met someone who just ignored him.

Fang He looked at the accumulation of zombies in the distance, then turned to look at Li Zhen, “What’s going on?” 

When Li Zhen saw these zombies, he generally knew what was going on.

Among this group of zombies, there are obviously those mutant zombies that he had planted the seed of consciousness. They can sense his power better, so when he was angry just now, he accidentally attracts all these mutant zombies. The other ordinary zombies just followed their instinct and came.

“Hey, are you new here?” Li Zhen jumped on the defense line so brightly, and was naturally seen by the other mutants guarding the defense line, and one came towards him.

Li Zhen reached out and hugged Fang He first, and nodded. 

The man looked at Li Zhen for a while, “Name, ability attribute?”

“Li Zhen, power department.” Li Zhen replied simply.

The man threw a sign to Li Zhen, “Mark the zombies killed. After the zombie siege is over, you will receive rewards based on the number of kills.”

After the man finished speaking, he turned around and left. The power department does not have an advantage over the defense line; he could only kill a limited number of zombies, so there is no need to join their squad. 

Fang He looked over at the sign. There was a number on the sign, which seemed to be able to mark zombies. Previously, he heard that the base has a memory mutant, specializing in counting the number of zombies killed by each mutant during the zombie siege.

Fang He threw the sign into the space, and when he looked up, he saw Li Zhen staring into the distance, and then after a while, the zombies quickly retreated just like how they came.

Li Zhen jumped down from the defense line with Fang He in his arms, startling the person guarding below, and almost scolded him. But when he saw the person, he immediately became silent.

Fang He glanced back at the direction of the defense line, “Are you sure you solved it? What happened to them? Why did they suddenly besiege the city?” 

Li Zhen touched his nose, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he reached out to squeeze Fang He’s stomach, “I don’t know, maybe I’m hungry. Let’s go, go to the second line of defense.”

Hungry…

Fang He looked at Li Zhen suspiciously, but Li Zhen had already raised his head and walked along the street.

There were not many people on the originally noisy road, and most of them were hiding. Fang He turned around,  turning his back to Li Zhen, and looked at the large area of rough mud brick houses within the first line of defense. 

Most of the rocks near the base are used to repair the damage of the defense line, so the houses in the first line of defense can only be built with these soils.

This kind of house is very simple. It wasn’t the same mud brick house mixed with wheat straws like the ancients, it was only the kind of withered glass, which has poor toughness and leaks water when it rains. After soaking for a long time, it will collapse, and there are also many people living in each room, nevertheless, the rent is cheap, and you can live there for a long time with a little supplies, but the safety is not guaranteed at all.

Back then, he and his uncle and aunt’s family lived in this place. His uncle and aunt forced him to go outside to find supplies, but he was still a child. According to the regulations of the base, children are not allowed to leave the base without someone leading them. His uncle and aunt were

greedy for life and afraid of death, and they dared not follow him out there.

So at that time, the two of them relied on the supplies given by the base to the children like Fang He for food ration. 

But later, the base issued new regulations. As long as the family members are willing, the base can be responsible for raising the children on their behalf, and can also directly enter the second line of defense. However, the child can only go in by himself, and the family can only be allowed in unless they have enough materials in exchange for the qualification to enter the second line of defense.

Many people were reluctant at first, but later they determined that the children inside were treated well, and that they could receive education without worrying about food and clothing, and that it was better than living a difficult life here, and slowly sent the children in.

But without the slightest hesitation, his uncle and aunt made him remain, just to continue to rely on his supplies to get by.

Later, the zombie siege became more and more frequent, and their life became more and more difficult. And then, his uncle had other thoughts, and he sold him to the laboratory. The husband and wife then obtain the qualification to enter the third line of defense. As long as they work, they can live a peaceful life. 

Fang He stared blankly at the mud brick house in front of him. At that time, he was so stupid that he didn’t even know how to inquire about information. In fact, as long as he found someone at the base and said he was an orphan, he could enter the second line of defense on his own. Unfortunately, he only learned this later in the laboratory.

“Li Zhen, you say, why don’t they build the base in the urban area? There are at least a lot of buildings and stuff in the urban area that can house more people.”

Fang He asked a question that he never understood. Although there are many buildings near this mountain, the base is very large and does indeed circle a lot of high rise building. But now, except for the buildings in the second line of defense, the high-rise buildings on the periphery have been directly demolished, and all the materials were used to build and expand the defense line. After all, the population of the A City base is constantly expanding.

If this is in the urban area, wouldn’t it solve many problems? 

Li Zhen rubbed Fang He’s head, “Because there is a fortification under this mountain that is impenetrable even for nuclear bombs, and there is a retreat tunnel in the mountain. In the long run, there is no water source in the city, and it is easy to be besieged. If surrounded by zombies, it will be difficult to hold on, and it’s not good for evacuation.”

Li Zhen’s statement was also the initial concern of the leader of the A City base when they chose the site for the base, but Li Zhen frowned tightly as he looked at the chaotic and crowded mud houses. He sighed secretly in his heart, if the problem with the zombie virus is not solved, then the lives of these people will only be more difficult.

Seeing that Fang He was still a little tangled, Li Zhen rubbed Fang He’s head, “Not to mention that there are too many zombies in the urban area of ​​A City, it is too difficult to clean up. Not all mutants are as strong as you and me. It is very difficult to clean up the urban area full of zombies. It’s hard to do it in a short time.”

Fang He knew clearly that Li Zhen was right, but compared to the T City base that they had helped before, and even the temporary base in X County, they were in much better conditions than here. However, if faced with several large zombie sieges, its hard to say for such a small base, and the base in A City still has advantages. It is backed by the mountain and only needs to face the siege of zombies in one direction. 

The second line of defense is a steel structure, very magnificent. Fang He paid careful attention to the surrounding area, and made sure that there was no one around. Most of the people hid when they heard the news of the zombie siege, “Take something out?”

If they didn’t offer the car they had before to replace his support fee, then they will do the troublesome procedure in Supply Channel. Now it saves them time.

Not all supplies have to be handled with such a hassle either. If you are qualified for the base Hunter Team, you can directly bring the supplies in through a special channel.

Seeing Li Zhen nod, Fang He directly released a cargo truck full of bulk grain, enough for them to easily enter the second line of defense. 

Sunnyshies: Zombie Emperor is actually my first Cn novel trans, I’m still doing Jp by then. So when I started this, I had a lot of hesitation in my words. Like I want it to be direct and easy to understand. So now, well, I’ll go and edit some chapters from the earlier chapter, particularly the chapter 10, since it is not really an alien bacteria, but an alien strain microorganism. (*ﾉ▽ﾉ) Really embarrassing. Hahaha…anyway, I’m just going to replace the bacteria with a strand of microorganism. Now, we don’t need to doubt why the bacteria evolved into a virus…since it was the translator’s fault not the author! OMG, sorry guys~