The people at Yunshan Base were stunned and stared blankly at Jiang Qichen.

"Why do you doubt me?" Seeing that all the blood servant bats had been dealt with by Xu Yi and the others, Jiang Qichen gave a bitter smile and leaned back in his chair.

"First, you mobilized four elite teams from the base to deal with Xia Ziqiu, whom you knew very well, but you unusually only brought a few people when dealing with Gu Die, whose clues were all unclear."

Lu Sheng lowered her eyes, her delicate face devoid of any emotion. "Secondly, after learning that Liang Xiaoyun and Li Song were infected with the virus, even Xiao Lin would take the opportunity to inquire about Li Song's condition, but you did not follow up on the progress of their treatment. This is not in line with your usual image of being considerate of your subordinates."

"Third, you didn't take off your clothes to check for mosquitoes when everyone else did. Wu Hainan said you really like dogs, but when Rocket played with you, you immediately became nervous and hid away. This shows that you already knew Rocket wasn't an ordinary dog."

"But from the time we met until now, we have never revealed the true nature of the rocket to you."

"Fourth, fourth-tier ability users have a constitution that is beyond ordinary people and they are almost never allergic, but you have allergic hives on the back of your hands and behind your ears."

“Originally, these were all guesses, but when you took me to the basement alone, I became certain that you were the Blood Pact Holder.”

As Lu Sheng finished speaking, the empty underground space fell into a deathly silence.

"I couldn't lie when I was a child, and I never thought I still would."

Jiang Qichen seemed to have lost all his strength, slumping limply into the chair. He sighed self-deprecatingly, "If you had just given me a little time, I could have handled it all and pretended it never happened, but you had to show up."

The expressions on the faces of the people at Yunshan Base went from astonishment to confusion, and finally only deep bewilderment remained.

"Qichen, is what she said true?" Wu Hainan's usually carefree face revealed a look of near-collapse and agony.

"yes."

Jiang Qichen nodded indifferently, "When I rushed back from the seaside base, I encountered a little girl whose parents had died suddenly."

“I felt sorry for her and was going to take her back to the base, but I never expected that both of her parents had died from Ebola. I just wiped away her tears and I got infected too.”

"I still had a glimmer of hope when the little girl died, until I started vomiting blood and at the same time I awakened my blood pact ability."

Jiang Qichen suddenly beckoned to Wu Hainan with his finger halfway through his sentence, "Give me a cigarette."

"I've lived for 28 years and never done anything wrong, so why did this misfortune befall me?"

"I am not reconciled. I cannot accept such a cowardly way of dying. I still want to lead everyone in the base to a good life where they have no worries about food and clothing."

As he spoke, everyone present fell silent.

If it weren't for this accident, Jiang Qichen would undoubtedly be an excellent leader.

He is honest, fair, and empathetic. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will take over as the head of the Yunshan base in a few years.

His future is almost a certainty, a bright and promising one.

“I met Gu Die when I was at my weakest. She was also a pitiful person. I used her because I wanted to live.”

Jiang Qichen's tone was somewhat unsteady when he said this, it was unclear whether it was due to physical weakness or guilt towards Gu Die.

"What about Sister Xiaoyun and Captain Li! They trusted you so much!" Xiaolin shouted in despair.

"Who told them to have type O blood?" Jiang Qichen's lips twitched with difficulty. "I'm desperate."

“I was able to get a blood pressure change to control my condition. As long as I find the antibody, everything can go back to the way it was before. But unfortunately, I was too weak after the first blood transfusion and they both ran away. And then you ran into them.”

“I sent my Blood Servant to follow Liang Xiaoyun. After I discovered that you had taken her, I used mosquitoes and my Blood Servant to attack you twice, once on the road and once in the hotel. My purpose was to make you give up.”

The truth is like a mountain, weighing heavily on the shoulders of everyone at the Yunshan base.

Having finally revealed his darkest secret, Jiang Qichen looked more relaxed than ever before.

"Last time, Lady Luck didn't smile upon me."

Bang! A gunshot rang out.

In the dark basement, Jiang Qichen chose the most dignified way to end things.

...

After leaving the Gu family manor, Wu Hainan had an emotional outburst and returned to the Yunshan base first, while Xiao Lin and Bai Shi chose to go back to the K3 base with Lu Sheng and the others to find Li Song and Liang Xiaoyun.

"Human nature is truly complex."

During dinner, Han Rui held up her bowl and chopsticks and sighed, "Leaving aside Liang Xiaoyun, Jiang Qichen had many ways to kill Li Song after he was sold to the slave market."

"But Jiang Qichen kept hoping for the best and couldn't bring himself to do it until Li Song was bought by Sister Lu. He was worried that things would be exposed, so he hurriedly took action. I really don't know what he was thinking."

“He probably couldn’t bring himself to do it, after all, he’s been his subordinate for so long. If Li Song were bought into slavery by just anyone, he would know the matter wouldn’t be exposed, so there would be no need to take action,” Sun Tiantian replied wistfully.

Zhang Xiaojuan, standing nearby, mercilessly teased Han Rui, "With your brain capacity of only 1kb, you shouldn't be thinking about such profound questions; your CPU will easily overheat."

"Dog! Give me back my ginseng!"

Rocket, who was standing nearby, suddenly sat up straight.

Who's calling him? What ginseng! He only ate two of the rootlets!

The oppressive atmosphere was broken by the sounds of the two bickering. After a long day of activity, everyone was exhausted. They quickly ate a couple of bites and went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next morning, Han Rui insisted on going to the black market to buy some more comic books.

After all, entertainment options are scarce in the apocalypse. In the previous life, even a box of worn-out playing cards with curled edges could fetch the price of several kilograms of rice.

They are leaving the West Market today, enjoying one last shopping session.

After spending more than an hour with Han Rui at the black market, Sun Tiantian suddenly squinted and looked at a Thai massage parlor not far away.

"There's someone inside who looks just like Sun Zhe."

They have similar body shape and facial features, but their clothing and style are different.

Sun Zhe usually dresses like a high school student, but the person in the massage parlor had dyed pink hair, wore a big floral shirt with green shorts, and looked very flashy.

Several people followed with a glimmer of hope, and as soon as they stood still, the young man inside the door stood up excitedly.

"sister!"

Sun Tiantian almost fainted.

Where is her simple-minded little brother? And who is this flamboyant, non-mainstream guy?

Before she could comment on Sun Zhe's outfit, Sun Tiantian's gaze suddenly fell on Sun Zhe's arm.

"Xiao Zhe...you went to the Gu Family Hospital to donate blood?!"

Upon seeing the needle marks on Sun Zhe's right hand, everyone's hearts sank...