A cute, timid mushroom mistakenly takes the zombie king for her boyfriend and sticks close to him.

Chapter 295 Pretending to be Dead

With Meng Xiaoyou's purple bubble covering them, all the fog in the laboratory was easily blocked outside, without harming anyone in the slightest.

Meng Xiaoyou's defensive bubbles are quite sturdy and can stop the zombie's claws. Unless sulfuric acid is poured on them, these gases are no problem.

Lu Beichuan had never seen anything so strange before. His pupils dilated, and it took him a long time to calm down.

"The alarm has sounded. Our personnel will increase security, and the base's superhumans will arrive. No matter your purpose, your plan is doomed to fail."

He stared at Pei Sinian through the purple transparent bubble, saying slowly and deliberately, "Since you've delivered yourself to our doorstep, don't blame us for accepting you all."

Pei Sinian is a wanted person by the base; once he arrives here, he can forget about leaving alive.

"Unfortunately, you can't see it." Facing the malicious humans, Pei Sinian's emotions remained unchanged. The ice shattered inch by inch, along with Lu Beichuan's body.

He lost his body instantly, and even in death, he still had a composed and strategic expression on his face.

"Go to the third floor."

Pei Sinian half-carried the mushrooms hanging on his body and walked out step by step. The humans who came with Lu Beichuan had no chance to resist and followed in Lu Beichuan's footsteps.

Wherever the man went, ice formed with every step. Except for humans enveloped in bubbles, everyone was frozen to death by his mutated power.

bang-

Something fell to the ground. Meng Xiaoyou turned around warily and saw Luo Qingxue, who had been perfectly fine just moments before, lying on the ground in pain, clutching her aching back. "No way, why did you even kill your own teammates?"

Why pretend to be dead? If you're going to kill someone, just kill them. Why freeze the floor?

Does he think everyone has nails growing under their feet like him?

He didn't die at the research institute's hands, but he almost died from the slippery path created by his teammates.

"You don't need to come along."

Pei Sinian left behind a sentence and took the mushrooms with him.

He found all other creatures an eyesore, except for Meng Xiaoyou.

As she emerged from the basement, dozens of superhumans had already gathered in the lobby on the first floor. Meng Xiaoyou spotted a familiar face.

The base sent people from two powerful families to protect the research institute: the Mu and Su families. The leaders were Su Ji and the head of the Mu family, who was also Mu Qingfeng's father.

He had never met Pei Sinian, but he had met Meng Xiaoyou. He frowned. "Are you the ones who came here to cause trouble?"

Mu Qingfeng is the future heir of the Mu family and the most valued child of the Mu family head. His mental disability is a huge blow to the Mu family. The Mu family head looks even older, with graying temples. Standing next to Su Ji, he is just as bad as the other man.

Meng Xiaoyou didn't even glance at her cheap father, and slightly raised her head: "We're not here to cause trouble."

"Oh? Not causing trouble, could it be helping?" The head of the Mu family had an extremely bad impression of Meng Xiaoyou. Based on his guess, Mu Qingfeng becoming an idiot was likely related to Meng Xiaoyou.

Otherwise, why would Mu Qingfeng go to the research institute?

According to Academician Rong, Mu Qingfeng wanted to be with this woman, which is why he was injured in the brain by zombies when he died at the research institute.

And the person with Meng Xiaoyou... The Mu family head's gaze locked onto Pei Sinian, filled with inquiry: "Are you that high-level zombie?"

Within the base, who doesn't know that a zombie, lusting after a beautiful woman, abducted the Su family's long-lost daughter? This caused the Su family head to become despondent and lose all interest in the power struggles.

Pei Sinian stood in the crowd, his handsome face and pale skin making him appear, upon closer inspection, unlike what one would expect from a human.

He frowned, annoyed by the noise on the first floor. "I am. Your people, get out of the way. I can spare your lives."

His voice was cold and indifferent, and he spoke casually, as if the people standing in front of him were a group of unwelcome ants that he could easily crush with a single step.

"Arrogant and disrespectful!"

The head of the Mu family cursed and said to everyone, "What are you waiting for? Go capture the zombies alive."

"Wait!" Just a second before the Mu family rushed out, Su Ji, who hadn't spoken until now, said, "Ask clearly before you fight."

Originally, the Su and Mu families had a good relationship, but unfortunately, after Mu Qingfeng was cheated on by Su Lanyue, the head of the Mu family had a problem with the Su family. Not to mention that Mu Qingfeng had gone mad because of the Su family. He said impatiently, "What are you asking? What good could zombies do at a human base? Are you perhaps feeling sorry for your daughter because she's among them?"

Su Ji: "Otherwise what?"

Patriarch Mu: "?"

He was stunned: "What did you say? Say it again? Didn't you used to hate her the most? What, now you want to give up all hope for humanity for your daughter?"

Mentioning the past, Su Ji felt a dull ache in her heart: "Hope? Look at this research institute, the whole building is gloomy and eerie, does it look like a good place? You and I know perfectly well what they use for research. I'll just say it here: I don't agree with human experimentation, and I don't believe that Academician Rong can save people by catching this zombie!"

Are you getting senile?

“He’s just confused.” Su Ji sneered. If he weren’t confused, why would he be so harsh on his own biological daughter for the sake of an adopted daughter? He said to Pei Sinian, “Do what you want to do. I’ll handle things here.”

Pei Sinian didn't see this as gratitude. From his perspective, Su Ji had escaped a calamity and should be thanking him for sparing her life. So without hesitation, he carried Meng Xiaoyou away and strode up the elevator.

The members of the Su family exchanged glances, their faces showing hesitation.

Although they were members of the Su family, they also wanted the apocalypse to end as soon as possible...

Su Ji sneered: "If you are unwilling to accept this, leave now and I will not stop you."

"If anything unexpected happens in the future, it will have nothing to do with the Su family."

A third of the people stepped forward and chose to stand on the Mu family's side, expressing their apologies to him: "We're sorry, sir, but we still believe that we should protect the research institute personnel and end the apocalypse."

Su Ji had no objection. Everyone has their own ambitions. The Su family could give them not much more. They should leave as soon as possible to avoid having to kick the Su family while they're down.

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The elevator doors opened on the third floor, the warning lights still blaring. The researchers on the third floor frantically packed their things, preparing to flee. Pei Sinian grabbed someone at random: "Where is Academician Rong?"

The man was clearly not as loyal as Lu Beichuan, and he pointed in a direction with trembling hands, "In...in the command room."

Without saying a word, Pei Sinian let go of him, used his water ability to wash his hands, and led Meng Xiaoyou in the direction the human had indicated.

At the end of the corridor, which became increasingly secluded, the sound of their footsteps echoed in my ears, along with the ticking of a clock.

The command center sign and the door, which required fingerprint unlocking, were violently kicked open by a zombie.

With a loud bang, the old man in the chair turned around, slightly surprised, "They've delivered themselves to my doorstep?"

In front of him were the monitors for each floor and a complex array of machine buttons on the command console.

There was no one around him, only rows of giant containers on the wall.