Chapter 415 Interrogation of the Bald Man...
"His injuries aren't that many..." He Zhuo suddenly turned to look at Chi Yi: "Brother Chi Yi, why don't you give him a few lashes to make the wounds more evenly distributed?"
Chi nodded: "Please make way."
Gu Wan and He Zhuo nimbly took two steps back.
Chi Yi slightly raised his right hand, and the vines lashed out at the bald man.
"Slap! Slap! Slap!"
Each sharp crack was accompanied by a muffled groan from the bald man, and his exposed skin was quickly covered with crisscrossing whip marks...
Sang Che tilted his head, examining him: "Looks pretty tough, huh? How about... we add some more salt water?"
Lu Nange took out a basin of warm water from her spatial storage.
Chi Yanzhou took the basin of water, and Lu Nange casually sprinkled in a handful of salt grains, which quickly dissolved in the water.
"Nan Nan, I'll do it!" Ji Xian volunteered, picked up the basin of water and splashed it on the bald man without hesitation.
"ah--!"
As the salt water seeped into the fresh wound, the bald man finally couldn't help but let out a piercing scream.
He trembled violently, his voice hoarse as he pleaded, "Kill...me, kill...me!"
Chi Yanzhou slowly stepped forward, looking down at him: "Don't worry, you won't die. Every base now has healing-type ability users, so we'll keep you alive until your last breath!"
For the first time, a hint of fear appeared in the bald man's eyes.
Lu Nange: "I'm giving you one last chance. If you don't say it now, don't ever say it again!"
Shi Xu: "If he won't tell, why not use me as a guinea pig?"
Lu Nange nodded: "Whatever makes you happy."
Shi Xu took the golden dagger handed to him by Lu Beiye; the blade gleamed in the sunlight...
He approached slowly, step by step, the tip of the knife gently grazing the bald man's scalp, raising goosebumps.
"Let's start with this? Peel back the scalp and examine the areas of the brain that are active during fear..."
"I...I'll talk...!" The bald man finally broke down and shouted, his voice hoarse like a broken bellows.
He struggled to lift his head, his cloudy eyes focusing with difficulty.
Only then did he realize that while he was struggling in pain, Lu Nange and her group were already sitting in a neat row in front of him, each with a cold expression.
He Zhuo: "Speak up! What are you dawdling about?"
"Snap!" Chi Yi swung the vines, and another 'whip' lashed down on the bald man.
The bald man jolted awake, panting heavily, and said, "You...you...killed my family first. I was just taking revenge!"
"us?"
"Did they kill your family?"
"Do you think we believe it or not?"
"Utterly absurd."
Bald man: "Yesterday! Just yesterday...you killed my family!"
He Zhuo immediately exploded, jumping up from his chair: "We may not be good people, but we never kill people on our own initiative!"
Besides, it was clearly your group of three hundred or so who came to ambush us first yesterday, and you wouldn't even let us fight back? If we weren't strong enough, we'd be the ones lying on the ground right now!
Baldy: "What do you mean, three hundred or so people? I don't know what you're talking about..."
Lu Nange leaned forward slightly: "Are you talking about... those zombies at Jingmao Shopping Mall?"
The bald man nodded, panting heavily...
He Zhuo could hardly believe his eyes: "He...he nodded? You bald guy, this is ridiculous! That's a zombie!!!"
Baldy: "No, that...that was my son...he was just keeping me company in a different way...What do you outsiders know? You...you killed him first!"
Lu Xici: "It was your son who came looking for trouble with us first! We were just defending ourselves! Were we just going to stand there and wait to die?"
Bald man: "So... what's wrong with me... avenging my son?"
Chi Yanzhou: "Why don't you tell me, how did you raise your 'son'? How did you raise so many high-level zombies? And how did you control them?"
The bald man's lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something...
Just as he opened his mouth—"It's 'the boss'..."
"Bang!"
With a muffled thud, red and white substances splattered everywhere, but were blocked by an invisible wind shield just before they were about to touch the crowd.
"careful!"
Everyone jumped to their feet, the chairs scraping against the floor with a screeching sound...
"What...what's going on?"
"Shi Xu, did you do this?" He Zhuo stared wide-eyed at Shi Xu with disbelief.
Shi Xu rolled his eyes in disdain and waved his hands repeatedly.
"He Zhuo, can you at least find your lost mind? He hasn't revealed any crucial information, how can I possibly make a move at a time like this?"
He Zhuo: "Who told you to be a habitual 'headshot' offender!"
"Then... what's wrong with this person?" Gu Wan covered her mouth, trying to suppress her nausea.
"Superpower self-destruction?"
"But this bald guy only has level three superpowers."
Lu Nange removed the wind shield, walked to the bald man's corpse, squatted down and carefully examined the headless body.
Blood was still gushing from his neck, pooling on the ground in a dark red puddle, and the air was thick with the smell of rust.
Chi Yanzhou squatted down beside her: "If I heard correctly, he just said 'boss'... and then it exploded?... That does seem like... some kind of pre-set trigger mechanism."
He Zhuo scratched his hair in frustration, making his already messy hairstyle even more disheveled.
"A pre-set trigger mechanism? That... sounds incredibly advanced!"
Gu Qi: "Old He, you can just say you don't understand. You don't have to force yourself."
He Zhuo: "Old Gu, you're the one who understands me best!"
Gu Qi: "It seems the 'boss' is hiding in the shadows."
Lu Xici: "They'll show their true colors sooner or later! But since returning to Beijing, I've rarely encountered high-level zombies, yet I ran into so many yesterday. Do you think all the high-level zombies are in this 'boss's' hands?"
Chi Yanzhou stood up: "The probability is very high! We're not sure if the 'boss' has his eye on us, so let's not go out today! Let's burn the body first, and then clean up the yard!"
Lu Nange: "Yes, we harvested quite a few crystal cores yesterday. We need to hurry up and upgrade our abilities."
Everyone nodded in agreement: "Okay!"
......
Meanwhile, near the Jingmao Shopping Mall, Brother Ren was leading his men in a thorough search.
"Search carefully! Don't miss any corner!" Brother Ren roared impatiently, veins bulging on his forehead.
They searched the area last night, but they didn't find the bald man, or even half a giant zombie.
Based on the last location shown by the locator, they found a street, but the detector couldn't find anything.
They followed the street to Jingmao Shopping Mall, but still... there wasn't a single clue.
Blade Bro: "Damn bald guy, where did he take the test subject?!"
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