After arguing with the male protagonist system for a long time, Gu Qingqiu finally came out of the room. Of course, before coming out, she didn't forget to carefully hide the ostrich egg-like thing in a safe and warm place. She didn't know if it would help with hatching, but the male protagonist system repeatedly assured her that it would ensure the safety of the child, so Gu Qingqiu was a little relieved.

"Hello, Dr. Gu!"

"Good morning."

Seeing her colleagues again after so long, Gu Qingqiu felt a little complicated.

Fortunately, her worries did not come true. She, who was usually unlucky, was blessed with good fortune for once. Time was reset to three months before she came to this timeline. In other words, she had not yet captured Lozen's girlfriend, and the child had turned into an egg.

Although there are still some minor frictions between the South Base and the Thunder, it hasn't reached the point of deep-seated hatred and irreconcilable differences. Maybe this is a good opportunity to speed things up.

Upon arriving at the lab, Gu Qingqiu typed in a few programs and manipulated them. Suddenly, a slowly increasing value jumped to 98.6%. A colleague passing by was so startled by this sight that he immediately backed away, rubbed his eyes, and looked at it again carefully. He exclaimed in surprise, "Dr. Gu, how come your research is progressing so quickly after you've just woken up?"

Gu Qingqiu actually smiled at her colleague, "I did have a dream, and when I woke up, it was like a revelation. I understood many issues that I hadn't fully explored before."

Surprisingly, her colleague didn't doubt Gu Qingqiu's story. She expressed envy and said she also wished she could wake up and finish her research like that. More than the rapid progress of her research, the colleague was astonished that Gu Qingqiu would actually smile at her; after all, this exceptionally intelligent doctor had always been stern and unsmiling!

Actually, putting aside the ostrich egg, Gu Qingqiu was in a pretty relaxed mood. When she was surrounded by zombies in the lab, she decisively injected the zombie vaccine she had developed into her own body, using herself as a test subject, and also obtained the conclusions she wanted to know, thus contributing to the research results.

Gu Qingqiu now has the experimental data from before and information on the mutated genes; the only thing she lacks now is Luo Ze'en himself.

As long as she has the opportunity to find Lozen, Gu Qingqiu can obtain a portion of Lozen's blood to replicate the mutated gene she needs. Then she can mass-produce the survival zombie vaccine. Of course, Gu Qingqiu also did not forget to apply for the level 4 zombie crystal core as soon as possible. This is also an important item. Now that she has started applying three months in advance, she can get it ahead of time.

The South Base laboratory held a meeting in the afternoon, which Gu Qingqiu also attended. Unexpectedly, the topic of the meeting was how to capture more superhumans to conduct human experiments in the laboratory.

Gu Qingqiu's expression changed drastically upon hearing this. Although it was originally a pretext, her other colleagues genuinely believed it to be the right research direction. Most importantly, if this proposal were to be passed, it would definitely exacerbate the antagonism between the South Base and the external wild teams, and also intensify the conflict with Thunder.

"No way!" Gu Qingqiu immediately slammed her hand on the table to express her opposition.

As expected, her colleagues looked at her with surprise. After all, Gu Qingqiu had always been a proponent and supporter of such things before, so why would she suddenly express her opposition?

Gu Qingqiu cleared her throat and explained the reason she had quickly come up with earlier: "In my latest research, I discovered that the zombie crystal cores have mutated to some extent. Since humans can begin to possess superpowers, it is also possible for zombies to evolve. Creating conflict with superpowered individuals now not only does not bring any benefits, but will also weaken the fighting power of the human camp. We should use our elite troops and formations to eliminate more zombies, collect more zombie crystal cores, and make research on zombie evolution our key project in the future."

Although it was an excuse, it was, to some extent, the truth.

As expected, the conference room erupted in an uproar, with everyone displaying different expressions.

"Instead of opposing the superpowered individuals, it would be better to cooperate with them. If we can establish a friendly cooperative relationship, they can not only help us obtain more zombie crystal cores, but it would also be even better if someone were willing to cooperate with our experiments."

These words do make sense, and many colleagues nodded in agreement after hearing them.

Gu Qingqiu didn't speak again, but her academic level was always respected in the South Base, and her suggestion was obviously reasonable to many people. So the meeting ended early, and the proposal to "capture superhumans" was automatically invalidated.

Next, they'll probably figure out how to get someone to make overtures to the superhuman squad outside the base, right? Then they can openly get to know Lozen, Gu Qingqiu thought to herself.

Unexpectedly, three days later, Xiao Fang secretly told Gu Qingqiu some new information: "Dr. Gu, it seems that the superhumans from the Thunder Squad are coming to the South Base soon."

Gu Qingqiu's hand trembled, and the reagent bottle in her hand almost fell to the ground. She exclaimed in surprise, "Really? So fast? Is the South Base this efficient now? But hasn't this proposal been officially released yet?"

“No.” Xiao Fang also found it strange. “It wasn’t the South Base that contacted them first. It was people from Thunder who contacted us first, saying they were willing to send a team of elites to join our human experiments, but on the condition that we don’t harm their lives, and also…”

Xiao Fang seemed to hesitate for a moment, then looked at Gu Qingqiu's expression. "That Thunder captain... that Luo Ze'en... he specifically said that he would only accept research from you, Dr. Gu."

"Me?" Gu Qingqiu was surprised. "Why? How could he...?"

Xiao Fang scratched his head. "Perhaps it's an affirmation of Dr. Gu's professional competence?"

"...Is that so?" Gu Qingqiu felt something was off the more she thought about it. As soon as Xiao Fang walked away, she immediately called out to the male lead system in her mind.

"System! What's going on? Give me a proper explanation!"

The male protagonist system was also quite bewildered: [What's wrong, host? Is something wrong?]

Gu Qingqiu: "...Nothing's right, okay? Why did Luo Ze'en suddenly become so eager to join the Party overnight? What triggered him? I didn't kidnap his girlfriend to study her!"

The male protagonist's system seemed to have been lagging for a long time: [Host, I've suddenly realized that this world does seem to have a bug...]

Gu Qingqiu gasped: "Is it what I think it means?"

Male protagonist system: [It seems so... Lozen seems to have the time to reset previous memories...]

"Haha." Gu Qingqiu felt she was close to going crazy. "Looks like I'm not going to grind this experience bar anymore! I'll just give up! I'll research the zombie vaccine and then run away!"

The male protagonist system, realizing he was in the wrong, ran away and went offline.