Chapter 27 Winning the Beauty System

The final door from the prison to the laboratory was pushed open by the three men, with two burly guards running behind Li Nai.

He had barely run inside when, from the depths of the corridor, came the high-pitched, ferocious roars of zombies, the railings slamming against him with deafening crashes. Li Nai hesitated, a fleeting thought startling him: Why were they even more frenzied than usual?

A chill ran down my spine for no apparent reason.

The burly guards following behind overtook her and led the way, seemingly unaffected. One of them turned and waved. "Hurry up and keep up!"

She suppressed her fear: What's there to be afraid of? My two older brothers guard the gate day and night; they're used to this kind of thing. Nothing will happen.

After successfully convincing himself, he ran with more determination and quickly caught up with the people in front of him.

The three ran out of the cell where a large number of zombies were being held without even glancing at the surroundings, completely unaware that among the dense, smelly horde of zombies, a beautiful woman with long black hair was standing against the wall. She lightly raised her jade-like hand to brush her hair behind her ear, her slender fingertips gleaming with silver light, and the dim light above her head illuminated her foxy, smiling eyes.

Beep—beep—

As they ran near the lab, they could hear the wailing of alarm lights in the distance. They stopped in front of the isolation door, the red light reflecting off the glass windows.

Huh?! Where did this door come from?

Li Nai squeezed in and peered through the glass window. The corridor leading directly to the lab's main entrance was dimly lit, with flashing red lights sweeping across the walls and floor, creating a tense and eerie atmosphere. The main door, which had been open when he ran out to get help, was now tightly shut, illuminating the entire area.

"Can this door be opened?" she asked without turning her head, tapping on the steel door with her fingers.

The two burly guards behind him didn't answer, only whispering rapidly. Only a few words could be vaguely heard.

...Possibly leaked...Deliberately activated...No way...Notify Brother Liang...

She looked back and saw that they all looked serious, even a little bewildered.

Do you know what happened?

One of the square-faced guards frowned at her and said, "What you said is indeed true."

It seems they never believed in themselves.

"Whether it's true or not, do you have a key or password to open this door? Dr. Merck is inside!" Li Nai was both anxious and angry.

The guards looked at each other.

“We cannot open the door,” the square-faced guard said solemnly.

Li Nai felt a throbbing pain in her lungs, and her voice rose: "Didn't you hear? Merck is coughing up blood in there! He's coughing up blood, he's dying!!"

Seeing that they remained unmoved, Li Nai brought up Missy to intimidate them.

“You should understand better than I how important Merck is to Missyco. If he dies because we didn’t save him, given Missyco’s temperament…”

She observed their expressions and noticed they were clearly softening.

"...I don't need to spell it out, do I?"

The square-faced guard whispered something to another person, who then took out a communicator and typed.

"We need to ask Brother Liang first, or better yet, wait for someone else to come over."

"My God!" Li Nai sighed deeply, then his eyes suddenly lit up as he looked at the ceiling.

It seems they have a way to open the door, but this method will have serious consequences.

"Brothers, I understand your predicament. How about this: you tell me how to open the door, and I'll open it myself. I'll take responsibility for the consequences, okay?"

The two of them hesitated.

A surge of anger began to rise within Li Nai, and she pressed her brows tightly, trying her best to speak in a gentle and polite tone.

"Stop thinking about it. If you rescue them, you'll be rewarded, and I'll take responsibility for the consequences. If you fail to rescue them and something terrible happens, I'll take responsibility too. Isn't that enough? Please, stop hesitating! Okay?"

After a combination of persuasion and pressure, they handed over a card, which instructed Li Nai on how to open the door to connections.

The door opened and moved to both sides, disappearing into the wall.

"Come on, help me carry Merck out of there."

After the two guards were cleared of charges of opening the door, the three of them made their way through the security checkpoints and into the laboratory.

In the dimly lit environment, only the cultivation room emitted a deep green light, and the three of them couldn't help but swallow.

Using the red and green lights, Li Nai found the mobile operating table, only to find it empty.

Merck is gone.

"Merck. Merck."

I called out a few times and heard some movement to my right front.

The three of them followed the sound and approached a research room, a room used to study the new type of zombie.

"Merck!"

Li Nai saw a man leaning against the heavily guarded iron gate.

Merck hung his head, stretched his legs forward, and pressed his back against the door. His white coat was covered in dark blood, a shocking sight.

She leaned closer to check on the man, and her gaze fell upon a remote control clutched in his hand.

"Make way, let us pass."

The burly guard grabbed Merck's arm, intending to drag him away, but Merck offered only a weak resistance.

"Don't let it out! Don't let it out!"

“Merck, it’s me, Lina. I’ve called people to help you,” she said softly.

But Merck seemed to ignore everyone, stubbornly backing away, determined not to stray even a step from the iron gate.

In the struggle, the remote control in his hand clattered to the ground.

Li Nai hurriedly went to pick it up, and when she looked up, she saw a three-meter-tall iron cage standing in the window of the research lab. It was quiet and chilly.

"Don't pull me, we can't let it out, we can't let it out—cough cough, no, no..."

Weakened, Merck used his last bit of strength but was no match for the two strong men and was carried towards the exit.

Li Nai casually tucked the remote control into her back pocket and followed them away. She didn't notice that the remote control flashed a red light, then turned green.

As the group stepped out of the gate, the sound of running like a flood came from the end of the passage, accompanied by heart-wrenching, chilling roars.

Zombies! Zombies are coming!

"How could this be? How could they get out!" the square-faced guard exclaimed in disbelief.

As they hesitated, several zombies appeared at the end of the road, their bloody mouths gaping open as they ran frantically towards them.

"Hurry up, hurry up."

"Turn back, turn back."

The four of them hurriedly retreated back into the laboratory.

Li Nai quickly pressed the button to close the door.

The moment the door closed, the zombie slammed against the frosted, semi-transparent door, splattering blood everywhere. Countless bloody hands scratched and clawed, quickly staining most of the door red.

The door shook violently, as if it would collapse at any moment. Li Nai stared blankly and quickly took a few steps back, moving away from the "fragile door".

"What do we do! We can't get through to Brother Liang." A burly man pounded his thigh in frustration.

The square-faced guard's fingers trembled slightly as he pulled out a cigarette, silently lit it, took a deep drag, and exhaled smoke from his nostrils: "Are we going to be trapped here and die?"

"If I had known, I wouldn't have come in." The burly man, who was not calm, looked at Li Nai with a meaningful look.

“Probably not.” The square-faced man noticed this and quickly denied it: “The cell door has double security. Even if the power is off, they don’t have intelligence and it’s impossible for them to open the door.”

Li Nai listened quietly, then turned and walked to the other side.

The guards followed her with puzzled looks.

A short while later, a roller-skating operating table was pushed in front of them.

“You won’t die here.” Lina looked at them seriously. “Please carry Merck up there.”

Then, she pulled the remote control out of her back pocket and handed it to the square-faced man.

A dazed Merck caught sight of the remote control and became agitated again: "No, don't put it down, get out. No..."

The voice was so soft it was barely audible and was ignored by the three people.

The square-faced guard took the remote control: "What are your plans?"

"I'll take you out later, so be sure to stay close to me."

The guards looked at each other, while another shook his head, thinking that Li Nai was joking.

Li Nai observed their expressions but offered no further explanation. She turned and approached the exit gate again, closed her eyes, and her consciousness flickered before her eyes.

"Eliminate the zombies blocking our way and escape with the three of them."

[Instructions received.]

He opened his tightly closed eyes, his gaze empty and cold.

"I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted as to take you away! Qi Laosan is right, you, Lin Jinghua, should have rotted to death in a dark alley! You should have brought eternal shame to your European mother clan!"

Just as Li Nai regained consciousness, she heard the middle-aged woman shout angrily.

Opening his eyes, Li Nai saw Aunt Hong kneeling dejectedly among the group of men in black. Her face contorted in a grimace, she failed to rise, her knees pooling in blood, as if someone had shot her and shattered her kneecaps, rendering her unable to stand. Li Nai recalled Qi Laosan's miserable defeat; it was clearly Misike's doing.

She turned her head and saw that everyone around her was Misiko's men.

Why is it only Aunt Hong here? Where are her people?

"Don't move, little chubby girl."

The familiar, cold tone rang in my ears.

Lin Jingru?!

She glanced at the person holding her, who gave her a warning look, before continuing to watch the Aunt Hong incident.

"Anything else to say?"

It's Misico's voice.

She looked over.

Aunt Hong gave up getting up, took a deep breath, and gradually calmed down. She raised her noble head and looked down on Missy, the murderer of her daughter.

"I have no regrets. You can never repay what you owe me, Miao Hong."

Missy raised his gun and aimed it at Sister Hong's forehead. Several seconds passed, but the gun didn't fire. Finally, the gun dropped.

Those present were quietly observing Misico.

Aunt Hong's eyes showed surprise.

"Sister Hong. This is the last time I'll call you that."

Misike began, slowly recounting: "Back then, I made it clear to you that I was determined to become the eldest brother's wife. Only by taking that position could I escape my lowly status as a prostitute and begin my revenge plan. But why did you make Miaomiao compete with me? You know my methods well; anyone who has ever competed with me has never had a good ending!"

He paused, the fierce glint in his sharp eyes softened slightly, and his firm tone became noticeably gentler, revealing a hint of sorrow.

“Miaomiao is like my own sister, and I really don’t want to hurt her. You once told me that you didn’t want Miaomiao to follow in your footsteps, but you insist on making Miaomiao go against me. Sister Hong, you are the elder I trust the most, and what you’ve done has hurt me deeply.”

Aunt Hong lowered her face slowly as she listened, a laugh escaping her throat: "You don't want to hurt her?"

She raised her face, staring at Mixike with a mocking expression: "Lin Jinghua, I could tell you were a ruthless character the first time we met. I admired your ruthlessness, which is why I took you away. But I never expected you to be so heartless."

Misiko's eyes flickered slightly, as if she had anticipated what the other person was going to say.

"You're so smart, trying so hard to please Geng Zhao and keeping an eye on other competitors. Haven't you noticed anything? Miao Miao isn't trying to compete with you for this position; she's just... in love with Geng Zhao."

"Fall in love?" Misike's eyes flashed with disdain, as if she had heard a joke: "What's so great about loving a man like that? To be so desperate as to lose your life for him. And you, knowing everything, why didn't you warn Miaomiao or stop her?"

Aunt Hong's eyes reddened, and she closed them in anguish. "I can't... I can't bear to see Miaomiao suffering so much for love—"

"So, you encouraged her to go and die in my hands?"

The gun was raised again and aimed at Aunt Hong.

Aunt Hong didn't even blink, as if her heart had died, calmly accepting the end of her life.

Misiko's expression was indifferent, and her eyes held a hint of weariness.

"Xiao Jinghua." Aunt Hong suddenly looked up and glanced at the big-eyed little girl: "If you still have the heart, take good care of Mimi."

--Bang!

The woman fell backward.

Missy was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Even if I had to do it all over again, I would still kill her."

The people dispersed to clean up the mess.

Only then did Li Nai see the other corpses.

Someone walked towards her.

"Your subordinate, Liang, said the person has been safely retrieved. Now, the zombies in the prison are all out of control and have taken over most of the base," Lin Jingru said. "Let's get down to business."

"Important business?" Li Nai glanced at the dead Aunt Hong. "Wasn't it already taken care of?"

Someone took her chubby little hand and squeezed it a couple of times.

She looked at Misi Ke, who was playing with Mimi's hands, intently pinching her palm like a cat's paw, as if she hadn't heard Lin Jingru speak.

"Sister!" Lin Jingru couldn't help but urge.

Misike looked up and stared at Lin Jingru. In her eyes, she could see that her beloved older sister loathed her.

Releasing her reddened little hand: "Go ahead and do it. Meet on the rooftop in fifteen minutes to catch the plane."

Unaware of what was happening, Li Nai suddenly felt a sharp pain in her neck as cold liquid was injected into her flesh.

Three seconds later, her heart pounded violently, and she clutched her chest, letting out a soft cry of pain.

Hold her tightly with both arms to prevent her from slipping.

Soon after, her heartbeat slowed, and eventually her consciousness began to blur. During this time, she heard the two talking intermittently.

system……

Hibernation time...

Cutting it off... Li Nai will die...

It's just removing... obstacles...

Fragments of words turned into decadent music and flew away, while the roars of zombies were right next to our ears.

Roar! — Roar! Roar! —

Li Nai suddenly opened his eyes and saw the scene before him. His heart sank into an abyss, and he gripped the rope tightly with both hands to prevent himself from falling.

At this moment, she was suspended high on a thick rope that spanned the dance floor, with birthday ribbons swaying with her, and zombies darting around her on the dance floor.

Good heavens, how did she end up hanging there?

Her palms burned from the friction of gravity, and she looked around at Merck and the others, hoping someone would notice her.

I didn't see it on the first floor, and I didn't see it on the second floor.

Aside from the festive birthday decorations, all that could be seen were groups of freshly killed zombies standing up again and running around at the sound of their voices.

Her wrists and arms were numb, and she felt like she couldn't hold on any longer.

She closed her eyes, trying to summon the invincible "Li Nai" again, but nothing happened. She tried several times, but still nothing.

What's going on? It's not far from the host.

The person suddenly dropped a little, and only eight fingers on both hands were left to grip the rope.

She was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat, her breathing became rapid, and she felt dizzy.

In a daze, she remembered the needle that had been injected into Mimi's neck, and the feeling of her heart pounding so hard she felt like she was going to die—some bad thoughts were bubbling up in her head.

Could it be...?

Boom!

My fingers slipped, and the feeling of weightlessness instantly assaulted my heart.

"Help me!—"

BOOM!!!

Dust billowed as she slammed into the center of the dance floor, her bones cracking and her internal organs scurrying about like zombies, spitting out a mouthful of blood that splattered all over her face.

The surrounding zombies, smelling the blood, became extremely excited and instantly pounced on Li Nai, grabbing at his clothes and scratching his skin—newly mutated zombies are in dire need of fresh flesh and blood.

"Ahhh! Help! Get away! Get away!"

She twisted her body with all her might, trying to avoid the dozen or so bloody mouths, but her almost broken bones wouldn't allow her to struggle for even a minute longer.

She gave up, letting the zombies shake her body.

Looking up, past the sea of ​​zombie heads, I saw a large red silk cloth swaying in the air, which read: "Happy 33rd Birthday to Missy, the Mistress of the Base."

Oh, today is Missy's birthday.

She hasn't given out the gift she prepared yet.

She could clearly feel her flesh being torn apart and a hand reaching into her abdomen.

She could no longer hold back, squeezing out her last tears and letting out a dying scream: "Mommy!—"

Buzz—

A dazzling arc of silver light descended from the sky, sweeping across and slicing the zombies surrounding Li Nai in half.

Li Nai faintly felt someone pick her up, followed by cold liquid being continuously splashed on her head, face, and body.

I licked my lips; a sweet, metallic taste lingered on my tongue—it was blood.

Someone saved her. Who? Who was it?

She tried to open her eyes wide, but the cold red liquid splashed into them, and she failed to recognize the person.

"This is the first time in my life I've been called 'Mom.' Li Nai, you have to take responsibility for my first time, okay?"

The tone sounds so familiar.

Is Qi Shuihan cold?

A sigh that went unnoticed.

"Last night was a complete waste of breath and time. They're still going to target you. My beauty sleep is gone."

What?

A whole host of questions filled my mind.

Unable to keep her eyes from getting too heavy, she could no longer stay awake and fell into a deep sleep against the warm, soft breasts that exuded a unique fragrance.

The system has been severely damaged and will be shut down for seven days.