Chapter 140 Raising Little Zombies in the End of the World 24 Have we seen this before...
Shen Qian's heart skipped a beat. She was familiar with the name "Institute Zero". In the original book, Institute Zero took advantage of her son Lu Zai'an's hatred and tricked him into the institute, turning him into a pitiful experimental subject and subjecting him to inhuman treatment.
The reason why she is willing to stay in this world without any missions, rewards or cheat codes is largely related to the heinous behavior of the Zero Institute.
Now that we know that Lu Zai'an is not only a zombie but also a person with superpowers, we also know that Lu Zai'an is indeed a very rare experimental subject for Institute Zero.
So, Lu Weiyuan is actually a zombie with consciousness and memory, as well as special abilities.
Lu Weiyuan added, "If you need medical treatment for a team member, I can arrange a safe location. You can also invite them out for treatment."
This consideration was very reasonable. After the last incident, Shen Qian never participated in any operations of the Dawn Action Team again. She even did not answer the calls from Zhuo Lin and Lin Wan.
"Okay, I'll listen to you on this matter."
After explaining this matter, Lu Weiyuan was ready to leave. He looked at Shen Qian and said, "You stay here with An and take care of yourself. I'm leaving."
Shen Qian called him: "There is something I want to ask you."
Lu Weiyuan: "You say."
Shen Qian stared into his eyes, wanting to see through them into the depths of his soul: "Have we met before?"
Lu Weiyuan thought that she might ask about the midnight incident, that she might be curious about where he would go after he left, and thought about her various needs, but he never thought that one day he would be asked so directly by her whether they had met before.
Lu Weiyuan's heart was surging at this moment. These words had a bewitching power and were extremely tempting to him.
She definitely wasn't referring to whether this world had seen it or not. They were a divorced couple with a child. If she asked him based on their identities in this world, there would be no need to elaborate on whether they had seen it or not.
So what she was asking about was what happened before this world...
God knows how many times he imagined, while enduring those lonely worlds alone, that he could stand in front of her again, not as a stranger, but as his truest self.
He wanted to tell her everything, but he couldn't say anything.
The system's ban was a shackle that he could not ignore. He was afraid that she would not believe it, and he was even more afraid that he would never find her again after this world ended.
They are both taskers. Will they be like two parallel lines that never intersect and never meet again?
Thousands of words flowed through Lu Weiyuan's mind, but in the end he just smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly: "We have a child between us, are you kidding me when you say this?"
After saying this, Lu Weiyuan felt a little uncomfortable. He was not good at lying, so he subconsciously looked away out of guilt, not daring to look directly at her.
Shen Qian was not surprised by Lu Weiyuan's answer at this time. It was normal for him not to admit it. She had not asked this question in order to get Lu Weiyuan's recognition.
At this moment, she noticed all his body language. In the previous world, Zhou Shengmo used the same body language when he was avoiding pain. He shrugged his shoulders, clenched his fists, and turned his face away, not daring to look her in the eye.
What he didn't know was that in that world, his son Shi An also made similar little movements when he lied.
Shen Qian's heart trembled, he was obviously it, but he couldn't admit it, the answer was already very obvious, he couldn't admit it.
There was nothing wrong with this, and Chen Qian knew the rules, but since he could meet her in ancient times and in the end times, maybe they would meet again in another world in the future.
What does it matter whether you admit it or not?
Chen Qian sighed lightly and decided to put the matter behind him. "It's dangerous outside. The Zero Point Institute is targeting me because I'm related to you. The person they really want to capture is you. Maybe capturing you is related to their secret experiments. You must be careful. How about this... If you don't mind, you can stay. We can go out together every once in a while to fight zombies and get crystal cores. If you don't need crystal cores much, you see, these mutant plants can grow crystal cores. You can also capture some mutant animals and get a lot of crystal cores as well, but they're of a lower level."
Lu Weiyuan was so shocked. He didn't expect that Shen Qian would keep him after he gave a negative answer.
There was a flash of pain in his eyes. He wanted to stay and didn't want to leave, but he also had his own tasks to complete.
Chen Qian's mission in this world should be related to Lu Zai'an. As long as she and the child are well in this village, there will be no danger. She should be able to live a comfortable life without having to take risks with him.
Perhaps it won't be long before she can complete her mission and escape from this dangerous world. All he wants is to protect her and help her complete the mission.
"I... will come to deliver supplies to you regularly."
Lu Weiyuan still only had this to say.
Shen Qian was a little disappointed. He rejected her proposal and her help. He decided to face it alone.
But she couldn't do anything and couldn't stop it.
If it was someone else, Shen Qian would not be bothered by being rejected, but in her heart, Lu Weiyuan was no longer someone else.
"Wow..." Lu Zai'an watched his father leave eagerly. He didn't understand why he didn't just stay and why he was so cold to his mother. It was obvious... that his father was also very concerned about his mother's safety that night and stayed with her outside the resettlement site for the whole night!
Shen Qian touched his son's head: "Your father has things he wants to do."
Lu Zai'an raised his tearful eyes in confusion. He also wanted to go with his father, but he also couldn't bear to leave his mother. By staying here, he could help his mother grow a lot of things.
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At the Zero Point Research Base, the Hunting Team Headquarters, Captain Li Furen was being trained.
"Dr. Yan has repeatedly told us that the base must capture this high-level zombie. How come you keep failing again and again?"
Dr. Yan is the founder of the Zero Point Research Base. Before the apocalypse, this base was a genetic research institute cooperating with the military. After the apocalypse, it became a famous virus research center dedicated to the research of zombie virus vaccines.
After the human world entered the apocalypse, many people placed their hopes on this Zero Point Research Base. As long as they could survive until the vaccine was developed, humans would be able to defeat the zombie virus.
But what outsiders don't know is that the research at this base has run into trouble and all research has almost come to a halt. Half a year ago, Dr. Yan accidentally obtained a zombie that possessed both consciousness and superpowers. Unfortunately, the zombie self-destructed after being captured, leaving no research materials for the base.
Dr. Yan believes that such high-level zombies are the key to restarting the stalled research and becoming the most critical link in solving the vaccine problem.
So the base cooperated with the military to set up an independent hunting team to search the entire city of S for the mysterious high-level zombie that had been hiding in the dark.
The last time the Dawn Operation Team was on a mission, the zombie unexpectedly showed up. When the base found out, they immediately sent Li Furen to capture him, but he came back empty-handed.
"Sir, this high-level zombie is very cunning and hasn't appeared in a while. We've sent all our men to set up a dragnet throughout S City, but we still haven't found his whereabouts."
"Hmph, I think you just didn't try your best. Didn't you say before that this zombie was related to a female member of the Dawn Operation Team? We didn't get anything out of her."
Li Furen wiped his sweat and said, "Sir, we have also sent people to the resettlement site to keep an eye on her, but she hasn't been there recently and even moved her things away..."
"You're useless! If you knew about this person, why did you let her move away? I think you just let her get away because you didn't take her seriously! Even if she's gone, her social connections are still there. Go check if she has any relatives."
"Yes, sir, I'll go right away."
Li Furen was indeed careless. After receiving the tip-off from Xu Yingshuang, he searched the resettlement site overnight and found no high-level mutant zombies in the entire resettlement site.
At most, there are some people who have been injured by mutated animals or mutated zombies hiding here. This is no secret in each resettlement site. As long as they don't get sick, these people will hide in the resettlement site and survive until they become real zombies and are executed.
After that day, he did not send anyone to keep an eye on the resettlement site until he received intelligence that the woman had actually run away. Only then did Li Furen realize that something was wrong. It was too late to send anyone to keep an eye on the resettlement site, as Shen Qian never went back.
The hunting team also had spies in the Dawn Team, but after that day, Chen Qian never returned to the Dawn Team.
Li Furen also found out that Shen Qian was related to Lin Wan from the Shuguang Action Team. The two were sisters from a reconstituted family and had never had a good relationship since childhood. He immediately felt that he could find Shen Qian through Lin Wan, so he asked Xu Yingshuang to lobby.
The information Xu Yingshuang provided last time did not help the hunting team capture high-level zombies, causing her to lose face in front of Li Furen. Xu Yingshuang has always been brooding over this.
When Chen Qian was in the Dawn Action Team, he stole a lot of her limelight, which made Xu Yingshuang hate him very much. Now was the perfect time to take credit for it and took on this job.
That day, the two of them followed the Dawn Operation Team to a coordinate point to carry out a cleanup operation. Xu Yingshuang attentively handed Lin Wan a bottle of water and said, "Wanwan, what's wrong with you lately? You've been so cold to me and you don't have much to talk about."
Lin Wan took the water and put it aside without drinking it or responding.
The two of them were indeed very close and had been best friends since middle school, but now they are drifting apart.
Lin Wan didn't know when she began to feel that the best friend she thought she was most familiar with was gradually becoming blurred.
Maybe it was after entering the apocalypse, maybe it was after the two of them awakened their powers, maybe it was after they joined the Dawn Action Team, or maybe it was after she was injured in the last operation...
Chen Qian healed her injuries regardless of past grudges, and also spared no effort to treat ordinary members of the team, but what did Xu Yingshuang do?
She only greets those high-level psychics in the military with a smile, and is calculating towards ordinary team members, and even towards her former best friend.
At this time, Lin Wan remained calm and wanted to know what Xu Yingshuang was up to.
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