CH 92

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After settling down, Fang He was about to greet a group of people to go around the first line of defense to understand the situation first, when he heard a huge movement outside. It continued, so Li Zhen, who was sitting next to him, suddenly frowned and went to the window sill with Fang He. 

Fang He looked at the direction of the second line of defense from a distance. Even if Fang He’s eyesight was good, he could only vaguely see the steel plate materials being controlled up in the air in the second line of defense. Its shape kept changing in mid-air, and then it was fastened in the original steel structure of the second line of defense.

Although he was mentally prepared, Fang He still felt a little uncomfortable when he saw that the steel plates he had diligently collected were being used to reinforce the second line of defense instead of the first line of defense as he had imagined.

Li Zhen held his shoulder, “We still have resources.”

Fang He nodded. Since they have the space, they can collect some more supplies back sooner or later. He then pulled Li Zhen towards the outside, “Let’s ignore them, let’s go and take a look around.” 

After going around the first line of defense, Fang He sighed. Compared with the second line of defense, the first line of defense was too simple, and it was difficult for most ordinary people to make a living here.

Moreover, the construction of the first line of defense was also very bad, and the majority of it was mud houses. If one wants to improve the situation of the first line of defense, he’s afraid that it cannot be done in the short term.

When he and Li Zhen came back, Fang He was relatively silent. Li Zhen held his hand and tightened his hold, “Take your time, you can talk to Wang Che and the others.”

Fang He’s eyes lit up, “Yes, Wang Che and them must have experience. Didn’t he always say that their base construction is very good.”

Seeing Fang He’s confidence again, Li Zhen chuckled. He took Fang He’s shoulders and went back. When they walked to the premises, they saw Yang Fei hurrying over, “Little leader, they gave us half of the steel plate material. Let us deal with it as soon as possible.”

Fang He nodded. They could keep half of it, which was not bad. He could take people to the surrounding mountains for a lap, then add some stones together with the steel plates. It should be possible to fortify the rudimentary first line of defense equally as strong as the second line of defense.

Yang Fei saw Fang He had no opinion, Yang Fei went over and caught up with them, then said, “Little leader, they just handed over the supplies to us and asked us to temporarily reinforce the line of defense by ourselves, saying that they couldn’t send any manpower, or we could wait for the second line of defense to be reinforced before making arrangements.”

Fang He turned to look at him, “I see, what’s wrong?” 

Yang Fei touched his head, “Little leader, without those mutants who are responsible for the construction, just relying on our people, this line of defense can’t be built even in three or five months.”

“Tsk, stupid, go and send a notice everywhere in the first line of defense. As long as they participate in the reinforcement of the defense line, they can have free food with vegetables and meat. Then go to the second line of defense and issue a bounty. If the mutants come over to help, offer fifty crystal nuclei for every ten square feet of reinforced defense line.”

Listening to Fang He’s words, Li Zhen raised his eyebrows. Originally, he also considered whether to get some mutant zombies to help while hiding it under people’s eyes. Unexpectedly, the method his kitten came up with was more perfect.

Yang Fei nodded and went to prepare in a hurry. He was confused. When he saw the second line of defense buzzing with activity, and the scene of various mutants contributing to strengthening the line of defense, he completely forgot that they can mobilize all the survivors. You won’t see this kind of thing in their X County North City Base. 

With Fang He’s approval, the first line of defense quickly boiled over. When the steel plates were brought in batches by Yang Fei and the others, Fang He and Li Zhen went to the mountain outside to get some stones as well. Fang He mixed the stones inside the steel plate material and made it half-covered. Immediately afterwards, the reinforcement of the first line of defense began in full swing.

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Li Zhen paused, then he looked at the busy crowd outside, and said slowly, “Just in case.”

Fang He didn’t understand. He looked at Li Zhen, and felt a little uneasy in his heart, “Are you worried about the meteorite in the laboratory?”

Li Zhen put his head closer to Fang He’s head, and his deep eyes were looking at Fang He, “He-miao…”

His kitten was very smart and his guess was correct. If the laboratory hadn’t gotten the meteorite, he wouldn’t have had to worry about it, but now that the laboratory had the meteorite, it meant that the zombies outside the base could get out of control at any time. If he couldn’t control them by then, the first line of defense may be attacked by the zombie siege. It was estimated that other than the ones he implanted with the seeds of consciousness, other zombies could be affected. 

Fang He held Li Zhen’s arm, “Then let’s take out the lake water. It’s better to rely on your own strength than anything else.”

Li Zhen nodded, “Let’s go and get Xiao Baiqiu. Xiao Baiqiu’s domain space can prevent us from being discovered.”

Fang He suddenly remembered that they left Xiao Baiqiu and Xiao Sang in the steel plate house in the second line of defense.

Fang He dragged Li Zhen and ran to the second line of defense in a hurry. As soon as they entered the defense line, Li Zhen felt that he was being targeted. Fang He glanced behind, there were two people not far away following them. If Li Zhen didn’t remind him, Fang He wouldn’t have seen them, “Find a secluded place to beat them up?” 

Li Zhen shook his head, “It’s better to go directly to Xiao Baiqiu.”

The corners of Fang He’s mouth twitched, thinking of Xiao Baiqiu, the big killer, “Then, they’re going to die.”

The two of them turned to a quiet corner when the two people suddenly rushed over. Fang He waved his hand, and when the dense wind blade was about to hit the two people, one of them suddenly stopped, and a strang barrier blocked Fang He’s wind blade. Then the man said, “Don’t fight, we have no malice, our boss just wants to ask you two to do something.”

“Your boss?” Fang He withdrew his hand and frowned at them. 

One of them looked at Li Zhen, “Our boss said he wanted to thank you in person for your timely warning.”

“Beating someone’s face with a stick?” They hadn’t beaten anyone recently, not to mention they wouldn’t use sticks to beat someone.

However, Li Zhen understood and held Fang He’s shoulder, “You’ll know him if you see him.” Then he turned his head to look at the two, “Where is your boss?”

The two nodded, “Come with us.” 

The two led Fang He and Li Zhen around the secluded streets of the second line of defense, and finally stopped next to a crumbling house. He then pointed towards the seven-seat modified commercial vehicle parked in front, “The boss is in the car.”

Li Zhen held Fang He’s hand, and the two walked over and got into the car. When they saw the person inside, Fang He looked at Li Zhen in surprise, and Li Zhen nodded, “Old Chen.”

The person sitting inside was none other than Old Chen, the person who took over the materials that day. Old Chen’s face was not looking good, he was haggard and tired, and it seemed that he hadn’t slept in the past few days.

Old Chen pinched his eyebrows, then looked at the two, and said something meaningful, “Perhaps, the future of the children in the A City depends on you two.” 

Li Zhen’s eyebrows also wrinkled. At that time, after treating Old Chen, he quietly left a message to let him pay attention to the laboratory, but listening to Old Chen’s words, he was afraid that the situation was not optimistic.

Old Chen was silent for a while, then slowly told the two of them about the current situation. After he was cleared of mental interference by Li Zhen that day, he went back to investigate the situation. And from this investigation, he realized that not only he, but almost all the Base Administrators had been affected.

The mental hints made by the group of psychic mutants led by Cheng Qidong were very subtle and stubborn, although it only affected a tiny bit of perception.

In fact, to put it simply, it was a kind of misguided perception, which made all the base administrators think that the human experiments were not a serious problem, and for the sake of overall glory, appropriate sacrifices were inevitable. 

“Should even children be sacrificed?” Fang He remembered the thought that had been keeping him alive. A voice once told him just that, for the future and safety of the entire base, and even for the survival of the whole world, his sacrifices as an experimental subject was something to be proud of.

If Li Zhen had not relieved Old Chen of this mental suggestion, he would probably righteously reply to Fang He that even if it was a baby, those who should be sacrificed should be sacrificed, and they can’t be soft hearted towards the mothers. For everyone, in order for the children to have a better future, it would be appropriate to sacrifice some people.

But now, Old Chen was silent.

He had read many experimental reports, and some experiments involved sacrificing perhaps a dozen children or adults at a time. This so-called experiment which forced others to sacrifice themselves, was it really for the salvation of humankind? 

“What about the virus? What about the antidote to the virus? Old Chen, shouldn’t the so-called saving the future be seeking the vaccine? You have read the experimental reports for so long, have you ever seen any experiment on solving the virus?” Fang He asked.

Old Chen frowned tightly. As far as he could remember, all the experiments in the last six months were about enhancing the abilities of mutants and stimulating the abilities of normal people. And as for the experiment to solve the zombie virus, apart from some experimental plans signed at the beginning, it didn’t seem to have been carried out at all.

“Actually no, right? Then you tell me whether the laboratory hopes that the zombie virus will be solved, or that the zombie virus will continue. Don’t forget that in a sense, for mutants, as long as they are a little careful, the zombie virus will not be fatal to them, unless they are infected many times.”

Fang He, who was so overbearing in front of the deputy commander, made the corner of Li Zhen’s mouth twitch. 

Old Chen sighed slowly. After learning about the real situation of the laboratory in the past few days, all he thought of was how to regulate the behavior of the laboratory, but he found that he couldn’t do it at all. If he hadn’t hidden so well, they probably would have given him another mental hint.

However, the laboratory was, after all, brought together with a few experts after the end of the world. If the laboratory was really dealt with, who would solve the zombie virus?

Just when Old Chen was rubbing his eyebrows wearily, Li Zhen said something that shocked old Chen directly, “I’ll take the equipment in the laboratory. I can develop a solution to the zombie virus.”

“Are you sure?” 

Li Zhen said, “Old Chen must have checked my identity, don’t you have any doubts about my name?”

“You are the biology expert the laboratory has been looking for?” Old Chen suddenly sat up straight.

Li Zhen nodded, “I have been in contact with this virus before the outbreak of the zombie virus. Since they are looking for me, they probably wanted to know the initial virus structure of the zombie virus, and then obtain the highest-performance virus prototype. But what they did not know is that the initial viral structure may be the most important clue to solving the zombie virus.”

Old Chen was silent for a long time, “How can you guarantee that you are not the second Cheng Qidong?” 

Li Zhen looked at old Chen quietly, “I don’t need to guarantee it.”

Old Chen looked at Li Zhen for a while, and finally took out a black folder and handed it to Li Zhen, “The original design drawings of the lab are inside, and also the personnel guards.”

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