Chapter 370, Confusion
Hearing Qiao Yi's question, Jiang Ran just smiled bitterly and shook his head: "She took Sister Shen Yao as a hostage and asked me to take Qin Huai's head to the arena to rescue Sister Shen Yao."
She didn't even know where Qin Huai was now. Even if she found Qin Huai, she didn't have the confidence to deal with Qin Huai... What's more, with the relationship between Qin Huai and Shen Yao, there wasn't much she could do about it.
"Qin Huai...'s head?" Qiao Yiyi clapped his hands. "That's easy!"
Jiang Ran, frowning and thinking, turned to look at him with a puzzled look on his face.
Qiao Yi waved his hand: "Follow me."
…
Returning to where they stayed, Jiang Ran saw an extra figure from afar.
That person is...
She quickened her pace.
Affected by the space gap, Qin Huai was still unconscious. Qian Miaomiao was kneeling beside him, looking at him cautiously.
"Jiang Ran, do you still have that life-saving medicine?" Seeing Jiang Ran, she felt like she saw a savior, "Boss Qin seems to be dying, can you save him?"
Is he dying? Jiang Ran squatted down and felt the man's breathing, then felt his pulse.
"There's no need for life-saving medicine, he's just unconscious." Jiang Ran said, and then said to Qiao Yi, "Get a basin of water."
Qiao Yi understood and turned to find water.
When Qiao Yi came back, Jiang Ran asked Qian Miaomiao: "Where is your brother?"
"The city wall was blown up, and my brother went out to help." Speaking of this, Qian Miaomiao secretly looked at Jiang Ran, "The city wall, it can't be you..."
"It's Luo Rui," Jiang Ran said. "The people in your base killed Xie Chengzhi, and you still think Luo Rui will treat you sincerely?"
Qian Miaomiao was angry: "I knew that woman was not a good person!"
After thinking for a moment, she argued, "We didn't kill Xie Chengzhi! I heard from my brother that he was already injured when Boss Qin brought him back."
Jiang Ran was silent.
Xie Chengzhi was injured by her. At that time, she was concerned about the alliance with Luo Yuting, so she was relatively restrained in her attack.
"I beat him up." Jiang Ran didn't hide it from Qian Miaomiao, "I was quite merciful at the time."
Qian Miaomiao: "..." So, where do you get the right to accuse the people in our base?!
…
Qiao Yi returned with a basin of water. Jiang Ran took it, turned around, and poured it directly onto Qin Huai's face.
The cold water fell on his head, and the man coughed twice and opened his eyes.
He glanced lazily at Jiang Ran, bent his long legs, sat up, and put one hand on his knee: "Am I dreaming? Or did I accidentally fall into the Xiling base?"
"You're not dreaming." Jiang Ran threw the basin away. "Qin Huai, we are now at the Yancheng base. I want to ask you, where is Si Xu?"
Judging from the way Chen Yao and Qin Huai appeared, she suspected that Si Xu might also be affected by the spatial ability and transferred to another place.
Qin Huai wiped the water off his face and said indifferently, "How would I know? When I lost consciousness, Si Xu was still fighting that zombie."
In other words, Si Xu was abducted by the space-related supernatural power after Qin Huai and Shen Yao.
Hearing the noise outside, Qin Huai got up and dusted himself off: "Okay, can anyone tell me what happened here during the time I was gone?"
He looked out the window at the flames surrounding the base and raised his eyebrows: "Jiang Ran, don't tell me that you blew up the outer wall because you couldn't find me."
Jiang Ran: "..." Why does everyone think she blew up the city wall? Does she look like someone who would do such a stupid thing?
Qin Huai flexed his wrist and walked out.
Jiang Ran followed him and asked: "Where are you going?"
"Didn't you see what was happening outside?" Qin Huai rubbed his temple. "Although I don't care whether these people live or die, it's a shame to see the shelter I finally found destroyed."
Jiang Ran reminded him expressionlessly: "Sister Chen Yao was captured by Luo Rui. Thanks to you, Luo Rui let me use your head in exchange for Sister Chen Yao."
"Luo Rui?" Qin Huai paused and turned to look at Jiang Ran with an exaggerated expression of surprise. "That woman is still alive?"
"Not only is she alive, but after you disappeared, she became Luo Shuai of Yancheng Base. Look at those people lying over there." Jiang Ran pointed at the group of psychics knocked unconscious by Qiao Yi. "They are all Luo Rui's confidants."
Qin Huai lost interest after just one glance: "It seems that Luo Rui still can't beat you."
Jiang Ran was silent.
Didn't win? No, this time Lori won.
She failed to find Si Xu, failed to rescue Shen Yao, and put Qiao Yi and the Qian brothers and sisters in danger...
She lost completely.
Seeing her expression, Qin Huai seemed to be thinking: "Was it Luo Rui who blew up the city wall?"
Jiang Ran came back to his senses and nodded: "In revenge for the harm we did to Xie Chengzhi - Xie Chengzhi is dead, I killed him with my own hands, and that woman went crazy."
"Oh." Qin Huai was not surprised at all, "If you don't take action, Xie Chengzhi will not survive."
He knew very well what the man's situation was, otherwise he would not have personally sent Luo Rui to the dungeon to meet him.
Thinking of the woman's desperate scream, Qin Huai shook his head: "If I had known earlier, I should have killed her directly at that time~"
A person with special abilities ran by on the road, glanced at the people standing there, and saw Qin Huai at a glance.
"Boss Qin!" The man cheered, "Boss Qin is back!"
"The boss is back! Woohoo, we're saved!"
Qin Huai is back.
In just a short moment, the news swept through the entire Yancheng base like the wind, and the soldiers fighting on the front line seemed to have been injected with stimulants and perked up again.
Boss Qin is back! He didn't abandon us! He came back to save us!
"Stop yelling." Qin Huai hit the howling boy on the head and said angrily, "You've made such a mess, it's really embarrassing - useless things, I didn't come back to save you, don't dream."
The young man covered his head and laughed foolishly.
"The city wall is beyond saving. There's no point in holding on there now." Jiang Ran asked, "Do you have an emergency shelter at your Yancheng base?"
Qin Huai looked at the young man: "Is there?"
The boy was bewildered: "Ah, is there...?"
Jiang Ran: "Then there is nothing."
“…”
"Without an emergency shelter, are there any other buildings that can be used for defense?" Jiang Ran asked. "Without the city walls, this base is now flat and you can see the end at a glance. If the zombies break through the outermost defense line, this place will be like a large buffet."
The zombies' roars became more and more intense. Qin Huai remembered something. He hooked his finger at the boy and waited for him to approach. "Do you know how to get to Qingcheng Mountain?"
"Of course!" He was a native of Yancheng, how could he not know how to get to Qingcheng Mountain?
"Give orders to those with special abilities to guard the outermost perimeter of the base, and for all ordinary people to move to Qingcheng Mountain."
"Qingcheng Mountain?" The young man hesitated. "There are many tourists on the mountain..."
More tourists means more zombies.
"I've cleared the zombies on the mountain." Qin Huai didn't want to waste time. "Just go when I tell you to. Don't be so fussy."
"Oh, okay!" The boy seemed to see hope, "Boss, I'll go right away!"
He ran to the base's sound control room.
Qin Huai sneered: "He is a smart man."
Jiang Ran looked at him: "What are you going to do next?"
"Me?" Qin Huai sighed resignedly, "Look, they have high hopes for me. I have to help them solve their problems, right?"
After taking two steps, he turned around and called Jiang Ran: "Do you want to go out with me to see what's going on outside? It must be spectacular."
Not knowing what his plan was, Jiang Ran did not refuse his invitation.
"Jiang Ran." Qiao Yi grabbed her wrist and whispered, "That guy can't be trusted."
Everyone who has worked with Qin Huai in the laboratory knows how dangerous he is.
Hearing Qiao Yi's whisper, Qin Huai just laughed indifferently and walked towards the noisiest place outside.
After he walked away, Jiang Ran patted Qiao Yi on the shoulder and said, "Qiao Yi, you and Miao Miao, take Xue Weixin with you, and go help the ordinary people here evacuate. I'll go outside to see what Qin Huai is planning."
Shen Yao is still in Luo Rui's hands. They must solve the trouble here as soon as possible so that they can concentrate on rescuing Shen Yao.
Qiao Yi lowered his eyes, expressing his displeasure with his attitude.
Jiang Ran touched the top of his head and coaxed him like a child: "Qiao Yi, no matter how outrageous Qin Huai's actions were, those ordinary people in Yancheng Base are innocent..."
"I know!" Qiao Yi dodged her hand and sneered, "You just treat me like a child anyway, haha."
He turned and left.
Looking at the young man's thin back, Jiang Ran moved his lips, but ultimately didn't say anything more.
…
When Jiang Ran rushed to the outskirts of the city wall, he happened to encounter a large number of psychics retreating inside.
"Luckily the boss is back! He saved my life hehe."
"Such a big thing happened, why is that Luo Shuai nowhere to be seen?"
"I guess he was so scared that he peed his pants and hid somewhere."
"Don't worry about that woman. Let's go help the people inside evacuate first."
“…”
Those people with special abilities were talking as they walked, and judging from their direction, they seemed to be preparing to retreat to Qingcheng Mountain.
Jiang Ran grabbed one of them and waited for him to stop impatiently before asking, "Where's Qin Huai? Where are you going?"
"The boss is over there on the city wall." The psychic, anxious to complete the task Qin Huai had assigned him, replied simply, "We're going to Qingcheng Mountain."
He looked at Jiang Ran and said, "You are also an ordinary person. It's just right. Come with us and retreat. Don't go outside and cause trouble for the boss."
Does he mean that Qin Huai is the only one left outside now?
Jiang Ran let go of the man's hand and ran quickly to the outside.
"Hey! You!" The psychic roared, watching her break into Qin Huai's psychic range, and could only stamp his feet anxiously, "Women are trouble!"
…
The outer city walls were very quiet, unlike the noise immediately after the explosion.
Qin Huai was standing on a stone wall that had not collapsed yet. The zombies were all facing him, looking up at him - at first glance, it looked weird and funny.
Jiang Ran approached.
There were staggering zombies all around, and he was the only one standing among them. The man's figure reflected in the firelight was tall and resolute, which inexplicably reminded Jiang Ran of the male protagonists in the superhero movies he had seen before.
Of course, Qin Huai is not the male protagonist, and I think he has never considered himself the male protagonist.
If you ask him why he is doing all this, the answer he will get will definitely be "I find it interesting."
Selfish, unruly, cruel... Because he doesn't understand true gentleness, he deliberately creates a gentle and elegant shell for himself.
Speaking of which, Qin Huai is somewhat similar to Si Xu in some aspects.
Jiang Ran avoided the zombies that were standing still and walked over to Qin Huai: "Did you use your superpowers?"
Qin Huai hummed and kicked the stone at his feet: "Yes, my superpower."
Jiang Ran commented: "It's quite impressive."
"Yes, the laboratory's risk rating is S-level. Don't you think it's serious?"
Hearing his tone, which was not sure whether it was sarcastic or boastful, Jiang Ran pursed her lips and did not respond.
She had read Qin Huai's information. His psychic ability was "Confusion", which was at the danger level S and extremely aggressive.
In addition to being able to affect humans, his special abilities can also control zombies.
Jiang Ran remembered something: "I just met Si Xu when I was returning to Xiling from Shenmu City. I saw a mutant zombie on the road..."
Before she finished speaking, Qin Huai exclaimed, "Well, I arranged for him to go out."
Jiang Ran glared at him: "Why did you arrange for the zombies to go to Shenmu City?"
"Looking for you." After saying that, seeing the cold light of the dagger on Jiang Ran's waist flash, Qin Huai slowly changed his words, "I was bored, so I arranged a zombie to go out and see what Si Xu and the others were doing."
"...Qin Huai, do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"
Qin Huai smiled: "I'm telling the truth - at that time, my superpowers hadn't recovered yet, and I was trapped in the blockade area by Min He and his team. I couldn't get out, so I had to find something interesting to do to pass the time."
It seemed like something he would do. Jiang Ran said, "That zombie is also a psychic type, and its ability level is higher than Gu Yunqing's."
"Gu Yunqing?" Qin Huai's tone was calm, but Jiang Ran was sure he could hear disdain. "Of the experimental subjects in the lab, apart from those like me who have superpowers and mutations, and those like Si Xu who have been completely transformed, most are just half-baked."
"Half-baked?"
"Incompletely transformed bodies," Qin Huai said. "Gu Yunqing, Su Qin, and Qiao Yi, who came with you this time, are all from the third batch of experimental subjects. When the disaster struck, the transformation of the third batch of experimental subjects had only reached the second stage. If they were truly fully transformed like Si Xu was back then, not many would have survived."
Jiang Ran remembered what Su Qin said, that only Si Xu survived from the first batch of experimental subjects, and none of the second batch of experimental subjects survived. Now it matched what Qin Huai said.
"What effect does incomplete transformation have on superpowers?"
"Look at Si Xu, then look at Gu Yunqing and the others. What do you think the impact is?"
“…”
"Zombies are different from humans. They have no emotions or thoughts, and everything they do is based on instinct. Therefore, the evolution of zombie abilities is much faster than that of human psychics. Gu Yunqing and his companions' abilities are indeed among the best among human psychics, but compared to zombie mutants..." Qin Huai concluded with two words, "Hehe."
Jiang Ran: "If you put it that way, it seems like humanity is truly hopeless."
Zombies have an overwhelming advantage both in numbers and the speed of their superpower evolution. Under such total suppression, where can humans find a way out?
Jiang Ran was pessimistic, but Qin Huai directly pointed out her thoughts: "Didn't you get the virus vaccine left by Jiang Yize?"
With the vaccine, and unless something unexpected happens, it is only a matter of time before this disaster ends.
(End of this chapter)
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