CH 93

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Sunnyshies: Only two chapters to got till the end of the main story! Oh, just a slight warning: Mentioned of disturbing scenes. 

Saying goodbye to Old Chen, Fang He and Li Zhen walked silently on the secluded street. Fang He was not as thoughtful as Li Zhen, nor as meticulous as Li Zhen. At first, he always thought that as long as he entered the base, then rushed directly into the laboratory and killed that madman Cheng Qidong, it would be over. But he didn’t know that it involved this much.

Li Zhen’s hand holding Fang He’s shoulder tightened, “Don’t think wildly.”

Fang He glanced at Li Zhen and nodded. They must draw out the Spiritual Water from the lake as soon as possible and get the first line of defense in place, so that they can deal with the laboratory without distractions.

When they were about to reach the steel plated house, Fang He stood still and said, “I suddenly have a bad feeling.” 

Li Zhen’s eyebrows twitched slightly, and quickly opened the door of the steel plated house.

As soon as the door opened, Xiao Baiqiu rushed forward and ran into Fang He’s arms. It buried its head in Fang He’s arms aggrievedly, making a very hoarse sound.

Fang He didn’t know what was wrong. After looking around, he didn’t see Xiao Sang’s figure, and asked doubtfully, “Xiao Baiqiu, where did Xiao Sang go?”

Xiao Baiqui raised its little head buried in Fang He’s arm, and ooh ohh again, then the kitten’s paw pointed in the direction of the third line of defense.

Fang He suddenly had a bad premonition. He turned to look at Li Zhen, and Li Zhen reached out his hand to cover Xiao Baiqiu’s head, then he frowned tightly, “Xiao Sang has been caught.”

“What?” Fang He was startled. “What’s going on? How can he still get caught with Xaio Baiqiu?”

Xiao Baiqiu’s domain power was so powerful, other than Xiao Liang Si, who can still catch people from under its cat claws?

“The day we left, they followed Sun Peng and followed him to the third line of defense, they just didn’t expect Sun Peng to be captured and at the same time they were attacked.” 

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Xiao Baiqiu was very aggrieved and looked at Fang he with teary eyes. After its family mama left, they had nothing to do, so they ran out to play. And when they met someone they knew, they followed. It just wanted to tease him, but it didn’t expect its little zombie to be caught. It tried rescuing him several times in a hurry, but it has never been successful.

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Fang He frowned and thought hard. The laboratory really did have such an experiment at this stage, then Fang He’s eyes suddenly widened, “Human ability core! It’s a mutant who devoured the human ability core. But they are the kind that will explode within a few days.”

And the experiment in the previous life was a failure. Those who swallowed the human ability core did not have much time left to live, and they blew themselves up before they could even reach level three, let alone grow to the point where they could compete with Xiao Baiqiu.

When they were in T City, Fang He had also met person who relied on swallowing other people’s ability cores to enhance his power, but that person had gone crazy and ended up exploding himself under Li Zhen’s power supply.

Li Zhen then once again put his hand on Xiao Baiqiu’s head, “I need to look again.” 

Fang He held Xiao Baiqiu carefully, but Xiao Baiqui cooperated very well. Its soft kitten’s paws were no bigger than Fang He’s fingers. Fang He then held the kitten’s mouth tightly between the thumb and the forefinger of his hand. Being invaded by their Emperor was actually a very frightening experience, but for its little zombie, its simple consciousness still worked hard to endure it, even if it was very afraid.

When Li Zhen pulled out his mind power, Xiao Baiqui immediately shrunk into a ball in Fang He’s palm. Fang He then gently stroked its short white fur and looked at Li Zhen, “How is it?”

Li Zhen frowned tightly, “That’s right, they were indeed mutants who swallowed the ability core to improve their supernatural abilities, but Cheng Qidong seemed to use the meteorite to curb the hidden danger of self-destruction to a certain extent.”

“To a certain extent, that means there is still the possibility of self-destruction?” Fang He asked. 

Li Zhen nodded. Fang He then breathed a sigh of relief, “As long as their weakness is still there. What about Xiao Sang?”

“Xiao Sang is different from other zombies. Cheng Qidong will not give up such research materials. He should not be in danger for the time being.”

Although Fang He nodded, his mood still did not improve. Xiao Sang would not be in danger, but it meant that other people being used as experimental subjects were at risk.

Li Zhen naturally knew Fang He’s thoughts, he reached out and pressed his shoulder, “Soon, when the first line of defense improves a little, we’ll do it.” 

Fang He nodded his head, then suddenly he remembered another thing, “I remember that there are laboratory benefits in our quest rewards, they stated that those potions can enhance abilities. Does that mean that other mutants might have used the potions that enhance abilities? And those potions, could they be made from the ability core in the human body?”

Human ability cores were extracted while the person was still alive in order to retain their effect. This so-called effective method of improving the ability of the laboratory, how many people have been sacrificed for them to come up with it? Fang He was shivering all over. The laboratory in the third line of defense has become such a purgatory in just half a year since the outbreak of the apocalypse.

Li Zhen nodded, then he reached out to hug Fang he tightly and kissed his forehead heavily, “Be good, we’ll get there soon.”

Fang He held Li Zhen’s clothes tightly, “Let’s go back first.” 

Li Zhen nodded and led Fang He away quickly.

When they returned to the compound, Yang Fei was already waiting for them at the entrance. Seeing that Li Zhen and Fang He were back, Yang Fei hurriedly greeted them, “Big leader and small leader, these are some ideas for the construction of the first line of defense that we have considered during this period of time, please take a look.”

Asking Fang He to see this was really embarrassing for him, so Fang He simply stuffed it directly to Li Zhen. Li Zhen then flipped through it at will. He estimated that the X County Northern Pass Base was used as the reference, and many of them were practical. Immediately, Li Zhen nodded and handed the documents back to Yang Fei, “You are fully responsible.”

Holding the thick stack of paper, Yang Fei could only watch his two leaders leave. In fact, he didn’t have much hope at all, he understood that the big and small leaders were both arm-flinging shopkeepers. 

After Fang He comforted Xiao Baiqiu and repeatedly assured that Xiao Sang would be rescued, Xiao Baiqiu used its domain space to lead the two of them around the various water storage areas of the first line of defense, which took them half a day until they finally mixed all the water in the water storage areas with the water of the Spiritual Lake.

Just when Fang He was about to return to the compound with Xiao Baiqiu in his arms, Li Yue hurriedly helped Wei Panjiang in from the gate.

The unfortunate Wei Panjiang, had a blood red face. All the blood vessels in his body were about to burst, and surface capillaries had long since gone out of shape.

Fang He took a step back somewhat uncomfortably, and Li Zhen just looked at Wei Panjiang with an expressionless face. When Li Yue entered the room, Li Zhen stared at the trembling Wei Panjiang, and his voice was a little cold as he said, “You’ve injected the potion provided by the lab to enhance your supernatural ability?” 

Wei Panjiang’s omen of self-destruction could only be due to this reason. Although Fang He soaked him in a pickle jar filled with water from the Spiritual Lake before, it was precisely because he consumed a lot of his energy from upgrading his level that he avoided self-destruction. But now that he suddenly drank the water from the Spiritual Lake, the power overflowed directly, and it was only a matter of time before he blew himself up.

Wei Panjiang’s power was out of control and he could not speak now. He was leaning against the sofa with blood oozing from the surface of his body, and was trying to express his meaning with his eyes.

“That potion is made from the ability core that was taken out of the mutant’s body.” Fang He explained slowly.

Wei Panjiang didn’t have much strength to speak, and he barely controlled his hand, then struggled to tear off his clothes, revealing his hideous belly. 

Fang He suddenly stood up and stared at Wei Panjiang’s lower abdomen. Li Zhen grabbed him and blocked his sight. Fang He turn to looked at Li Zhen and said, “Save him first, and let him explain himself after.”

Li Zhen nodded. He then turned around and held Wei Panjiang’s arm to send his healing power in, and he also pulled out the power that erupted from Wei Panjiang’s body. Slowly, Wei Panjiang’s face became better, and Li Zhen withdrew his hand.

Wei Panjiang gave a wry smile, then wiped his face. He pointed his bloody fingers to his hideously stitched-up belly and said, “It’s not a potion injection. They did an experiment and forcibly transplanted another ability core into me.”

Li Zhen hugged Fang He and sat back on the sofa again, and said, “He does have two ability cores in his body.” 

Wei Panjiang sighed and smiled bitterly, “I’ve been preparing for so long, but I haven’t taken action because there are too many experiment subjects like me in the lab. I am considered good, and I can still maintain a little humanity. It may be because I am a wood type, but the other experimental subjects have already lost their humanity. They just want to swallow the ability core of the mutants.”

Li Yue, who was next to him, cursed, “What kind of laboratory is this, it’s just hell.”

Fang He closed his eyes slightly. He had also endured this experiment. He really blew himself up, but his body’s regeneration ability was strong. Although he lost half of his body when he exploded, he still grew back, and even more, his ability core grew again.

Li Yue was right, it was a hell, a hell on earth that had to be destroyed. 

Wei Panjiang pointed to himself, “Is there a place to take a shower?”

Fang He pointed to the room next to him, and Wei Panjiang moved his blood-stained body and ran in.

Li Zhen hugged Fang He and closed his eyes to sort out the latest information. Li Yue sighed slowly and said as she walked out, “I’ll go to look after Xiao Liang Si.”

Fang He was at a loss, so he turned to look at Li Zhen. Li Zhen opened his eyes, then stretched out his hand and took Fang He in front of him, “Although the level is high, there are still flaws, and there will always be ways to solve them. Soon, He-miao, wait for a few days before we start.” 

Fang He nodded heavily. It seemed that he should ask his grandpa Wei to prepare more seeds, and Xiao Liang Si to get more lightning balls.

Sunnyshies: I keep wondering about this since I read this novel, I wonder how Wei Panjiang got kidnapped by the laboratory.

ParanoidKitten: I’m more interested in the question of how he escaped. Because I don’t think the laboratory is so stupid as to let him go just like that.