Chapter 172 Arrival
That's... the direction of the island where the research institute is located.
He clearly saw the disgust in everyone's eyes, but he didn't stop talking.
"I think you're being a bit overly sentimental. The Flower Country people are looking for a way to combat the disease, not you," the handsome young man chuckled. "I believe you have the ability to destroy all existing data and clues to cover up your crimes, but I hope you'll consider it carefully before deciding whether to do so."
He looked around, and as he had hoped, he saw the anger on the faces of the people around him. Then he smiled brightly, "After all, the people you are stopping are the only hope for restoring this world to its original state!"
"If you want to keep living the life you're living now, then stop it!"
…
The door of the room opened and closed in silence, and the young man's figure disappeared from sight.
The people who stayed looked at each other and fell into silence.
Even though they all disliked the young man who left, because his youthful face and healthy body were treasures that they could not buy back no matter how much money they spent, everyone present had to admit that what he said before he left was correct.
Although they invested in the research that led to the serious disaster and did not want to expose their involvement in the research to the public, on the other hand, they did not want the disaster to continue.
Although they can rely on their wealth and power to control warships to ensure their own safety and live a luxurious life no different from before the mutation, these people also know that if this disaster cannot be stopped in time, such a life will not last long.
They are businessmen who know better than anyone else where their accumulated wealth comes from and what consequences the world will face if it continues to fall into chaos.
Who wouldn't want to live an upright life rather than drifting on the sea and living a life of mediocrity? A peaceful and stable situation is the breeding ground for wealth.
Therefore, privately, they are also forming teams to research vaccines, and even supported the vaccine research teams of international rescue organizations with a lot of investment, but unfortunately, there has been no progress in the research of both sides.
The thin old man who spoke earlier was the first to break the silence in the room.
He sighed and said, "I'm old and don't have many days left to live. You can decide the rest for yourselves!"
After hearing this, the others also became shaken when they thought of what the young man had said before.
"How about we just leave it alone? Let them find it!"
Perhaps if we want to develop a vaccine, we really have to rely on Chinese talents.
They conduct these studies in order to live a good life. If they destroy the last possible clues at this time and let the situation develop, even they are not sure whether they can have a good end in the future.
"In this situation, if they can really find some useful information, it would be a good thing for us, right?"
"The research institute was bombed to pieces, and all the information was destroyed. No matter how hard they try, they won't be able to connect us. But if we act now, it'll be easy to leave traces. I think it's best for us to let things take their course and not interfere."
"That's true."
“…”
After everyone finished speaking, they looked at the fat old man who was the only one who didn't speak.
Although this person's wealth is not much among them, he is the one with the highest say among them. After all, it is a chaotic world now. Even if they also have a lot of wealth, they have to rely on this old man who made his fortune with arms.
The old man sitting at the top slowly blew out a smoke ring. His face was obscured by the smoke, and his expression could not be seen clearly, but his voice came through the smoke clearly.
"Then forget it, let them be. But have your informant keep a close eye on them and report anything they find immediately."
The middle-aged man standing behind nodded quickly, "Yes."
…
On a ship that was sailing away in the distance, a young and handsome man was standing at the stern in the snow, staring at the direction of the warship that had just left with a telescope.
Seeing that no one had left the warship for a long time, he smiled, put down the telescope and returned to the cabin.
…
In the vast ocean, heavy snow fell. A small, unknown island was separated from the distant mainland by the sea. Not far from the island, a dilapidated yacht floated on the sea.
In the cold sea breeze, two people came out of the cabin and onto the deck, holding sticks and brooms in their hands, and cleared away the snow on the deck and the snowflakes on the windshield in front of the yacht's cockpit.
After clearing the snow from the yacht, the two men, already chilled to the bone by the cold wind, rubbed their hands and quickly returned to the cockpit with their tools.
There were two of them on duty on the boat tonight. They thought it would be a peaceful night, but they didn't expect that the heavy snow that had stopped due to the rising temperature would suddenly start again.
“What bad luck!”
After entering the cockpit, one of them took off his hat while complaining, revealing his bald black head.
The other man didn't say anything, but his frown clearly indicated that he agreed with the bald man's opinion. The blond man took out a small silver bottle from his pocket and tossed it to the bald man next to him.
The bald man took it subconsciously and was surprised to see the label on the bottle. "Hey, Tony, you still have this?"
Surprised, he clumsily unscrewed the bottle cap with his almost numb fingers that were frozen, tilted his head back and took a sip.
The wine flowed down the throat, bringing up a burst of scorching heat from the lungs. The limbs frozen by the cold wind felt the heat flowing through the body and gradually regained consciousness.
"I traded it with someone a while ago, and I thought I might be able to keep it for a while longer, though I know the day has changed again!"
Tony waved his hand helplessly, but when he saw the bald man unscrew the lid and was about to pour it into his mouth, he still tried to stop him with a heartache, "Jin, don't drink it all! We don't know how long we have to stay here!"
Ever since the international rescue organization sent people to the island to investigate and discovered that this might be the location of the research institute that caused the zombies and mutations, they have never sent anyone to this ominous place again.
Although the team Tony and Kim were in were forced to guard the island, they did not dare to get too close, and the boat always stayed far away from the island, for fear that they would be infected by the unknown germs remaining on the island at any time.
Thinking of this task that was temporarily pushed onto their team, Jin was filled with anger and took another sip from the bottle in his hand.
However, when Jin thought about what that annoying boss told him the last time he went to the big ship for supplies, he felt a little better.
He swallowed the spicy taste in his mouth and said to Tony, "We should be able to leave this place soon!"
Tony was stunned for a moment, then a look of joy appeared on his face. "What do you mean?"
"Didn't I tell you before? This island is what the Flower Country people are looking for. All we have to do is wait here for them to take over. Last weekend, the squad leader told me that the Flower Country people will be here soon, and what happens after that has nothing to do with us."
"But when will they come?" The joy on Tony's face quickly disappeared. He was not optimistic about being able to leave here soon.
He leaned back in his chair and said, "This news has been circulating for a long time, and we've been waiting here for a month. Jenna hasn't seen me in three months, including the last mission. I don't know if she'll still recognize me as her father when we meet again."
Listening to Tony's words, Jin also thought of the cute and sweet little blonde girl who looked like an apple. He thought more than once that if he had such a cute daughter, he would never leave her side.
So Jin understood Tony's feelings very well. He returned the bottle to Tony and comforted him, "I think it will be quick. You know the Hua country people, they always value their promises and are efficient. Maybe after we finish this bottle of wine, those people will magically appear on brooms like magicians!"
Tony couldn't help but laugh after hearing what Kim said. "If there really is such a magical skill, Jenna will definitely be so excited that she will scream and cry and beg to learn it!"
"Stop talking about Jenna, don't you want to learn?"
"Okay, I want to too." Tony shrugged, took a sip of his wine, and shouted angrily, "After I learn how to fly, I'm going to take Jenna away from this fucking world!"
As he spoke, he looked outside through the cockpit, but saw only endless darkness and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In the current situation, even if they could fly, where could they go? No land on this planet was safe. Even the Flower Kingdom, known as the paradise, was only slightly better off than theirs.
Tony raised his head and was about to take another sip of wine to suppress the depression in his heart, but suddenly he found something flashing in the corner of his eye.
He was stunned for a moment and turned his head to look at the horizon.
A silver "meteor" came from far away, drawing a streak of light in the dark world.
But he soon discovered that it wasn't a meteor. Rather than a falling meteorite, it was more like a sword that was about to split the world in half.
The sword slashed down from high in the air, as if it was about to land where they were.
Tony didn't have time to think, and subconsciously grabbed Jin's arm, "Quick, hurry up and start the boat, something is about to fall from the sky!"
Jin had taken two sips of wine and was feeling drunk. Tony's words jolted him awake. He followed Tony's gaze and his eyes widened instantly. If Tony hadn't seen it too, Jin would have thought it was a drunken hallucination.
And just as they were surprised, the sword in the sky was getting closer and closer.
Jin reacted quickly and started the boat, but they soon realized that they might not need to escape by boat, because the sword passed over their heads and the place where it was about to fall was obviously some distance away from their yacht.
That's... the direction of the island where the research institute is located.
【Author’s words】
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