Chapter 376 Sun Feng

"Oh? Dr. Lin had an accident? What happened to him?"

Li Shurou quickly stood up from where she was.

At this moment, she was extremely worried because Dr. Lin was her most important teacher in the underground research institute.

Without Dr. Lin, she would not have achieved what she has today.

Han Shuo frowned slightly, but he didn't ask anything. He stood there quietly, waiting for Qing Yu's reply.

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"Don't worry, Dr. Lin and the others are still alive."

After saying this, Li Shurou finally relaxed a little.

Then, Qingyu sighed deeply.

Sigh~

"How should I put this..."

He paused for a long time before finally beginning to tell Han Shuo and the others.

"To be honest, I am not a competent leader."

After he finished speaking, everyone present fell silent. They hadn't expected that Qingyu's first words would be spoken in a somewhat dejected tone.

At the same time, Han Shuo also thought to himself.

"It seems this camp isn't as peaceful as it appears on the surface..."

...

Qingyu continued to tell the story to everyone.

"Actually, I don't need to hide this from you, because everyone here knows it, and you'll find out soon enough if you stay in the camp."

"On that day, not long after I took over this place, a major change occurred."

“A man named Sun Feng kidnapped Dr. Lin and others midway through the journey. He was unhappy that I had become the leader here, and he instigated a group of people, thus creating an adversarial situation between us.”

After saying this, Han Shuo asked a question with a puzzled look.

"Sun Feng? I know that guy. Isn't he also in the guard team? How could he do something like this?"

He remembered that when Chief Steward Wang led them in a fierce battle against the Legion of Death, during the final retreat, this man, like them, desperately used his last moments to collect the turbid liquid on the ground.

He also remembered that the internal documents Li Shurou brought back showed that this person named Sun Feng was not only the captain of a guard team, but also a genetically evolved human at level 4.

During his two years at the underground research institute, Han Shuo didn't pay much attention to this person, but he occasionally heard that Sun Feng's team had been making good progress on their outings. During this time, this person had always kept a low profile and had never been known to have any bad character traits.

Han Shuo simply couldn't understand how someone who had once made contributions to everyone could suddenly commit such a heinous act.

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At that moment, Qingyu's voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Do you remember something I told you before? Not everyone in the guard is a soldier."

“This Sun Feng, like Wang Bahu, was a lab rat brought in from outside to participate in the gene modification experiment in the early stages.”

"Because he has always been very low-key, I only found out about this recently when I was looking up information."

After hearing this, Han Shuo suddenly realized what was going on.

So that's how it is. If he wasn't mistaken, most of the first batch of mice that Yue Zongyang brought in for the experiment were people who had committed unforgivable crimes, like death row inmates.

From this perspective, the person named Sun Feng is also among them.

However, he had been lying low, waiting until he saw the underground research institute destroyed and power within his grasp before he suddenly hatched his evil plan.

After all, his own strength is higher than Qingyu's...

"Oh, no wonder, no wonder..."

Han Shuo nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Brother Qingyu, please continue."

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The next moment, Qingyu turned around, lifted the tent flap, pointed to the distance, and spoke.

“Look at the other side of the camp, those people in plainclothes with guns near that bus are all Sun Feng’s men.”

"By the way, Dr. Lin is on that bus right now. Although there aren't many of them, I'm really helpless because Sun Feng has taken important researchers hostage."

Han Shuo and the others looked in the direction Qing Yu pointed and, sure enough, found a small team of forty or fifty people.

At this moment, Han Shuo understood completely.

He understood why Qingyu looked dejected.

All of this is because of a man named Sun Feng.

If the other side is holding some insignificant ordinary survivors hostage.

He believed that Qingyu would act without hesitation because he needed to consider the bigger picture.

When necessary, some people can be sacrificed for the sake of longer-term and more stable development.

However, this time, Qingyu was clearly caught in a dilemma.

Because the hostages Sun Feng is holding are too important; these researchers, led by Dr. Lin, absolutely cannot die.

These people possess the most core technologies. If we abandon them, not only will we lose the path to future advancement, but we will also be unable to overcome certain technical challenges.

Since the underground research institute was destroyed, these technicians cannot be trained simply by chance.

They have lost their best environment...

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After understanding the general situation, Han Shuo was fully aware of the predicament Qing Yu was facing.

He thought for a moment and then asked.

"Brother Qingyu, how many evolutionary modifications has that guy Sun Feng completed?"

"He's still level 4, but... he should be able to gather the turbid liquid for the fifth evolution soon."

Qingyu gave a casual reply, and then continued.

"He and I reached an agreement at that time."

"He said he wouldn't indiscriminately kill anyone, but in return, all the turbid liquid he collected along the way had to be handed over to him."

“I know he wants to remove me from my position when the fifth evolution is completed, and he wants to take over as the leader himself.”

"Because I possess a black card and am the rightful successor to the director, I have more supporters here, which is why he has hesitated to take action."

"However, this situation will definitely be broken when he gathers enough turbid liquid for the fifth evolution."

"After all, I, the commander, am still stuck at level 3 evolution..."

After saying this, Qingyu gave a bitter smile; at this moment, he felt very uncomfortable.

Looking at his older brother, Han Shuo felt a pang of heartache. In just over half a month, some gray hairs had already appeared on his temples.

He knew that Qingyu was right; when the first genetically evolved Level 5 human appeared in this camp, the situation would inevitably be disrupted.

Here, Qingyu, having only been in power for a short time, has accumulated far less prestige than Yue Zongyang had in the past.

It's important to know that this place not only has a guard team and ordinary survivors, but also experienced personnel who were previously evacuated from the underground research institute.

These latter people have their own opinions...

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