Although he said so, verbal agreements are not valid for at least half, if not seven or eight out of ten.

The secret guard took out a bottle of medicine from his chest and said, "Excuse me, senior. If you really want to see me, please take this."

"What kind of poison is this?"

"The poison is fatal. Only an antidote can cure it. Without it, the patient will die within three hours. I believe that since you are just asking a few questions, it shouldn't take more than three hours, right?"

Chao Haisheng looked at him, opened the medicine bottle nonchalantly, tilted his head back and swallowed a pill, then threw the bottle back: "Alright, lead the way."

The secret guard breathed a sigh of relief and loosened his grip on the knife handle.

"Senior, follow me."

Along the way, other secret guards followed them in the dark. The leading secret guard walked to a hidden corner, reached out and pressed the stone, and a tunnel suddenly appeared.

Chao Haisheng followed behind him. There were no torches on either side of the tunnel and the entire road was pitch black. Fortunately, there was only one road and it was narrow enough so there was no need to worry about losing him.

Chao Haisheng's ears twitched slightly.

It was very quiet, so quiet that only their footsteps could be heard.

The secret guard said without even turning his head: "Senior, please don't use your inner strength to listen. This entire secret passage, including the secret room, is made of walls made of pottery urns. The sound will be absorbed by the urn, and you won't be able to hear it."

Chao Haisheng sighed softly and murmured inaudibly, "Why are you still as cunning as when you were little, so cunning and clever?"

The secret guard didn't hear clearly and asked subconsciously: "What?"

"Nothing. How much longer will it take? Those who know will think they are just walking. Those who don't will think they are blind."

Ignoring his venomous words, the secret guard said in a good-tempered tone, "We're almost there."

After taking a few more steps, the view suddenly opened up.

In fact, the candlelight was very dim, but to the two people who had just come out of the secret passage, the light seemed very bright.

After adapting for a while, Chao Haisheng was able to see his surroundings clearly.

The secret room was not big, but square, with all kinds of torture instruments hanging on the walls. The person he was looking for was huddled in a ball in the corner, with both legs crippled.

The dried bloodstains and fingerprints left on the wall made Chao Haisheng's eyes waver slightly.

Before he could open his mouth to chase him away, the secret guard said with a shrewd look, "Senior, I'll wait for you at the door."

Chao Haisheng had tried it before and knew that the secret guards standing outside could not hear their conversation, so he nodded slightly.

After the secret guard disappeared, he turned to the people huddled in the corner and asked, "What's going on?"

"How could you become like this? After all, you are his elders who taught him, yet he didn't hold back at all?"

As soon as the words fell, the group of people seemed to have found their backbone. They let go of each other and crawled over using both hands.

Even though Chao Haisheng was used to big scenes, he couldn't help but take a few steps back, but he quickly reacted, stood where he was, and let those people grab the corners of his clothes.

They grabbed at each other while forcing themselves to raise their heads, their faces stained with blood. “Haisheng, Haisheng, you have to take charge of us!”

"Kill He Yanting! Kill him!"

"No, don't kill him first. Let him go through all the suffering we've put him through. Let him have a taste of what this feels like! Then let him die!"

They looked crazy, and seeing that they were emotionally unstable, Chao Haisheng didn't ask them immediately, but waited patiently for them to vent.

…

First base.

Everyone was in a corner. It was already dawn. When everyone woke up or the patrol team returned from the night exploration, it would be extremely difficult to sneak into the laboratory.

Since we can't go underground, we can only go in from above and find a way to hide in the laboratory.

Thinking of this, the young man picked up Professor Jing.

As they were walking in the middle, before they could find the mechanism, the ground suddenly split in two and the iris lock slowly rose.

The young man gave Professor Jing a light push, and after a voice message indicating successful unlocking was heard, the door of the laboratory was opened.

Everyone walked in cautiously.

There was no one in the laboratory, and there were not even any instruments in front. The boy's prepared lies were useless. Although Professor Jing was held hostage by them, a faint light of excitement could be seen in the depths of his eyes.

The others naturally didn't notice anything and continued to move forward, but soon they realized something was wrong.

Let’s not talk about the fact that there is no one. Whose laboratory has been visited for so long and not seen even one instrument?

Experimenting with thoughts?

Without waiting for anyone to speak, everyone turned around and rushed back the way they came.

Professor Jing displayed amazing strength at this moment. He dodged and made the young man's grab fall away, while shouting, "Someone! Catch them! Someone!"

The young man cursed under his breath, and without caring about him, he rushed forward at a faster pace. However, the next moment, something strange happened. The door of the laboratory on the ground slowly closed, and there were noises all around. Soon, the area was surrounded by people, each holding a gun.

Professor Jing had a smug smile on his face. A person with healing abilities hurried over and tended to his wounds. During the treatment, Professor Jing couldn't help but say to the crowd, "You're dumbfounded, right? I might as well tell you that the one above ground was never the real base. The base is built underground, and that door will open according to the person's iris."

"If I were still a researcher and logged into the base with this identity, then you would indeed be in a laboratory today. It's a pity that my research now is just based on my hobby."

As he spoke, his injuries had completely healed. He flexed his wrists and smiled, his face brimming with embarrassment. "What diary? Everything I said was just a lie."

"Your experiment has nothing to do with me, but this zombie virus was indeed researched by me," he said, his eyebrows raised, with an expression of enjoyment, "For this, I even used my family as an experiment."

"I didn't want to do that at first, but one day she bumped into me and insisted on stopping me. She even called the police. I had no choice but to inject her with the reagent that I hadn't yet developed."

“I didn’t expect the effect to be so good.”

"Beast! Worse than pigs and dogs!" The young man cursed, but Professor Jing's expression became more and more ecstatic, as if he felt very happy after scolding him.

"What do you know?" Perhaps having already determined their death, Professor Jing spoke patiently, "It's difficult to eliminate the hierarchy between people, just as the world is inherently unfair. If you weren't born without it, you'll never be able to obtain it again in your lifetime."

"But things are different in the apocalypse. Although it's still unfair, it's still the survival of the fittest. It's no longer your birth that determines your future, but you yourself."

"As long as you have awakened your superpowers, no matter how rubbish they are, as long as you work hard, I can ensure that you can upgrade and kill everyone. Even if you haven't awakened, as long as you have the heart and can endure the pain, I can also help you."