In Captain Zhu's view, Xiao Song was tearing at the blood on the crystal core with his rotten teeth.

He doesn't know how to absorb crystal nuclei or anything like that.

All he knows is devouring flesh and blood.

His vacant gaze and rotting, grotesque face proclaimed that he had become "it".

"roar--"

Xiao Song let out a roar like a wild beast and angrily pounced on Captain Zhu.

Unfortunately, it was firmly bound to the spot by an iron chain.

Beside it lay piles of white bones, covered with marks of teeth gnawing.

On those stark white bones, besides the marks of teeth gnawing, there were also... marks of knife cuts.

Captain Zhu really did treat the survivors as food.

Captain Zhu stared blankly at Bai Xizhu, but what he saw was Xiao Song's roaring appearance.

He covered his face in anguish, his voice escaping through his hands.

"Don't worry, no matter what, I will make you a high-level zombie like Fan Tangtang and Zhang Yiming."

Captain Zhu's voice was soft, yet unusually firm.

He will never give up, no matter what.

"So you colluded with the research institute to raise ant queens, hunt down superhumans, and harm the lives of ordinary survivors?" Bai Xizhu stared intently at Captain Zhu.

Bai Xizhu's words, through the action of pollen, acted on Captain Zhu's brain center.

In his eyes, Bai Xizhu was still a hideous zombie, but a strong voice in his heart was questioning him.

He questioned whether it was worth it, given that his hands were now soaked in blood.

"The research institute will succeed. They will develop a drug that can turn zombies into humans and ordinary people into superhumans. When that happens, everything I've done will have been worthwhile!"

Captain Zhu muttered to himself, uttering the words that had been comforting him in his mind.

"Where is the research institute located? Who is in charge?" Bai Xizhu stared intently at Captain Zhu.

Reborn in the apocalypse, my family is safe and healthy, the only drawback is that I haven't found the research institute yet.

Its existence would be the greatest threat to powerful superhumans.

She wouldn't feel at ease as long as the research institute wasn't blown up.

"It is everywhere." Captain Zhu's gaze was blank as he curled the corners of his mouth. "The ancient legends are true. The true god will eventually descend, bringing peace. The research institute will one day revive it. One day, everyone will be a superhuman..."

Captain Zhu's face contorted in a grimace, as if he couldn't believe what he had witnessed, a scene that was undeniably real and profoundly disturbing him.

"What did you see?" Bai Xizhu asked.

Captain Zhu remained silent.

"What did you see?" Bai Xizhu asked again.

Captain Zhu remained silent.

Bai Xizhu asked several more times, but Captain Zhu remained tight-lipped and didn't say a word.

The pollen from the purple datura flowers was extremely concentrated, yet it still couldn't pry open Captain Zhu's mouth.

This shows that this matter is something he cannot talk about.

It was something that couldn't be spoken of; even if he died, he would never say it.

The pollen of the datura flower was far from enough to make him reveal such a secret.

"Where is the research institute?" Bai Xizhu asked the question again.

"It is everywhere." Captain Zhu gave the same answer. He paused for a moment on his blank face, then said, "All our experiments are for the survival of humanity, for the sake of humanity's survival."

"What does 'everywhere' mean?" Bai Xizhu frowned, a bad feeling creeping over her.

"Anyone can create a research institute. The one that those damn siblings broke into is called a research institute. Any place where experiments can be conducted can be called a research institute."

Captain Zhu murmured, his eyes filled with longing.

"Is the ancient legend true?" Leng Yebai suddenly asked. "You all started various experiments because of that legend."

Leng Yebai suddenly realized that Captain Zhu might have been brainwashed by some kind of obsession.

Captain Zhu stood there stunned and didn't say anything, only muttering to himself.

"Little Song, don't worry, even if you can't become human, I will definitely turn you into a high-level zombie."

Captain Zhu looked in Bai Xizhu's direction.

His eyes held a resolute look.

Subconsciously, she accepted Leng Yebai's words, so she did not refute them.

Bai Xizhu's heart sank to the bottom.

Therefore, the place where she was imprisoned in her previous life was very likely established by members of a mysterious organization.

That organization might be a cult.

In this vast apocalypse, who knows who was the member conducting the experiment?

Where is your companion's laboratory?

Leng Yebai asked again with a cold face.

Captain Zhu shook his head blankly.

Bai Xizhu and Leng Yebai asked many more questions, but still couldn't find any clues about the mysterious organization.

Captain Zhu's laboratory is merely the birthplace of the Queen Ant. What he truly desires is a fifth-tier crystal core, to give Xiao Song the potential to become a high-level zombie.

As for his close relationship with Zhao Mier, it's because Zhao Mier can buy children, allowing him to let Xiao Song devour delicious flesh and blood while protecting his own image...

We asked a lot of questions about that mysterious organization, but Captain Zhu didn't provide any useful clues.

Zhao Mier might be a breakthrough point, but she's already dead.

The trail has gone cold again.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Xiao Zhu, do you smell anything strange?"

There was a knock on the door, and a middle-aged man's voice.

It's Captain Zhu.

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