Feeling that the inventory was almost full, Xin'er left the space.

Before she could even go to find Carl, he arrived in a panic.

"Sister Xin! Lu Zheng is looking for you."

Seeing that he sounded quite anxious, Xin'er took out the satellite phone and asked:

"What do you know?"

“He probably couldn’t contact you last night, so he sent Lu Chen to the store, saying it was a matter of life and death and that I had to do it as soon as possible.”

Having dealt with Lu Chen quite a bit at the base, this was the first time he had ever seen such panic and urgency on Lu Chen's face.

Carl shared his guess with Xin'er.

"The team he sent out hasn't returned yet. They said Lu Zheng is looking for them, which is probably related to the Xinghuo Base. But the only thing that could make Lu Chen anxious there is probably something wrong with someone from the Lu family."

Xin'er nodded. "Okay, I'll call him back. You wait here, I have something to do."

“Okay.” Carl nodded and sat on the sofa to wait for her.

The call was answered almost instantly. Lu Zheng's voice was hoarse and sounded even more tired than the last time.

"Miss Xin, I want to ask you to save my life on my own behalf. Name your price."

"Tell me more about it."

“It’s my son Jin’an. A level 4 psychic zombie has appeared in Wei City. The Wei City base has suffered heavy losses because of this zombie. I received the news the day before yesterday, and Jin’an led a team to provide support.”

"During yesterday's battle, Jin An reached level 4, but the zombie reached level 5. The support team was almost completely wiped out, and Jin An was seriously injured and infected with the virus."

Xin'er remained calm and asked in a low voice:

"Didn't the base buy two doses of antidote before, and they didn't work?"

"Two doses of medicine, more than half of which were used in the experiment. I brought him a third of the antidote, which only slowed down the rate of infection. He is still conscious, but the situation is still not optimistic."

Xin'er glanced at the prices of antidotes in the space shop: level 2 antidotes cost 120 points, and level 3 antidotes cost 260 points.

"I can give it a try, but I can't guarantee it will work. If it succeeds, I'll take that level 5 crystal core as payment. If it doesn't, you don't have to give me anything. If you think it's feasible, I'll come over now. You can consider it..."

"Okay! Sure, no need to think about it, I hope you'll give it a try."

Where is he?

“At the foot of Heming Mountain in Wei City, you can see several blue tents when you come here.”

For the sake of base security, Lu Jin'an cannot enter any base and can only be housed outside.

"good."

Xin'er hung up the phone, and Carl stood up.

"Shall we go now?"

Fearing someone might contact her, Xin'er put the phone in her pocket instead of storing it in her spatial storage. She nodded.

"Yes, he can't hold out much longer, from last night until now."

As she spoke, she stepped outside, saying, "Come with me, and when we're done, let's set up the teleportation array at the base over there."

Carl immediately followed, and along the way, Xin'er didn't forget to tell him about the defense stone, teleportation stone, and space stone.

“Go to each store in person and have the store manager register. For those store managers who are not yet stable, either confirm them as soon as possible or replace them. I don’t want to deal with the trouble later.”

"There are still about twenty bases left. I will set up the teleportation arrays, and you can arrange for people to take over."

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The two first teleported to the nearest open supermarket, and then set off from there to Crane Cry Mountain.

With the help of her spatial abilities, Xin'er was able to tear through space and teleport, even faster than her previous soul teleportation. In less than half an hour, the two arrived at the tent.

Lu Zheng was also there; he received the news last night and flew over.

After all, he was his only son, so he must love and worry about him.

Lu Zheng's temples had become much whiter, likely from a sleepless night; his eyes were also dark.

"Miss Xin, thank you for making this trip."

Xin'er didn't stand on ceremony and went straight to the point, "I'll go see Lu Jin'an first."

Lu Zheng stepped aside and gestured for them to enter. "It's inside."

Lifting the tent flap, one can immediately see the furnishings inside: a solar-powered floor lamp is on, and there's an empty metal bed frame with Lu Jin'an bound to it.

Xin'er raised her hand to stop Lu Zheng and the others, "You guys wait outside."

“Okay.” Lu Zheng responded, and Carl also stayed outside.

The curtain was drawn, making the room even darker. Lu Jin'an's upper body was naked, with a long scratch mark on her chest that stretched from her neck to her abdomen.

The wound was bluish-black, decaying, and emitting a putrid stench.

His veins were bulging and throbbing all over his body, as if something was wriggling inside. Other parts of his body were also abnormally bluish-white. His mouth was stuffed with a towel to prevent him from biting himself.

Lu Jin'an closed his eyes, his face contorted in pain as he twisted his barely mobile body, dragging the iron bed frame across the floor with a creaking sound, much like a drug addict undergoing forced rehabilitation.

When Xin'er approached the bed, he opened his eyes and looked at her, but then it was as if the pause button had been pressed. He remained motionless, staring at her for several seconds, tears welling up in his eyes.

This is a stark contrast to Lu Jin'an's previous image.

Xin'er looked him up and down expressionlessly, and made a very objective comment.

"Your situation doesn't look good."

Lu Jin'an's bloodshot eyes held a pleading look. Xin'er seemed to understand what he was trying to say: he wanted her to kill him.

He didn't want to become a zombie.

"If you've persevered this long, you might have a solution. Don't give up so quickly."

As Xin'er spoke to him, she mentally contacted Xiao You, instructing it to buy the highest-grade level three antidote.

As Xiao You did as instructed, she didn't forget to remind him.

“Master, this person has been dragging on for too long. The zombie virus has already invaded his heart. Even a level three medicine can't save him. At most, it can only delay the inevitable.”

The medicine was already in Xin'er's hands. She paused slightly, then casually reached up and pulled the towel out of Lu Jin'an's mouth.

"Ha...ha...kill me...don't...waste...ha..."

Lu Jin'an turned her head to avoid the medicine and spoke with difficulty.

He could tell that he couldn't keep going.

Xin'er pinched his cheeks and forced the medicine into his mouth, saying as she did so:

"How will you know it won't work if you don't try?"

"Your dad promised to give me a level 5 crystal core and a bottle of potion, so it's not a waste."

This potion is worth 260 points, and a level 5 crystal core is worth 100,000 points. She earned quite a bit.

"Xiao You, do you know any other way to save him?"

Little You, inside the space, swayed and spun around several times before tentatively asking uncertainly:

“Master, why don’t you try your spiritual spring water? Your spiritual spring water is much better than those antidotes.”

"However, Xiao You can't be sure if it will definitely work."

"I'm sorry, Master, it's my fault. I can't help you at all."

Seeing that Xiao You was talking to herself and was almost crying, Xin'er quickly told her to stop.

"You're fine, don't blame yourself."